It sucks because Stone has his political answers lined up. “Eric is having a great season shooting the ball and his professionalism and work ethic is something we want around the young guys” “Wood is still young in this league and is improving every day and has a big impact on our team”
Stone sucks. I guess the new meme around here will be “multiple FRP offers on the table.” Dipo and now Gordon….
I’d give them wood just to get him the **** outta here. That pick needs to have no protections though.
No one is expecting stone to perform a miracle Aka trading wall. But his inability to trade Gordon or even best player on the team Wood is such a sign that he might b the incompetent one from the Morey tree.
we needed to gain assets and open up minutes for young players. that's literally all we had to do to have a successful deadline.
I'd do it. Westbrook isn't seeing the court so whatever and has a PO next year. Westbrook a different cat that might be crazy enough to opt out and try to prove he's still worth it. Wall is content on sitting out the rest of the year. I'd throw in Ego in that deal, not Wood, and take back THT and 2027 first rounder sure...Lakers have been a poorly run franchise and would still be lottery picking if it weren't for Lebron wanting to be in Space Jam 2 or whatever.
Alright it's time for the next stage of cope. How many minutes past the deadline do they allow teams to finalize details? It's usually like 15 minutes right? Am I remembering this correctly or am I crazy.
2:15 p.m. ET: The Los Angeles Lakers do have a deal available to them to trade Russell Westbrook to the Houston Rockets for John Wall, but they are balking at including the additional draft assets the Rockets are asking for, ESPN's Ramona Shelburne reports on the NBA Today Trade Deadline special. seems Moreyesque... Stone wrapped up playing big name chicken - and missing out on smaller actual opportunities... smh...
