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As a Lakers fan the Wood signing has got me excited and it got me thinking is this the year 🤔. Now this deal would strictly be a deadline deal if a variety of things happen
Lakers one move away from title favorite
Hawks are sitting just outside playoffs
Raptors are a bottom 4 seed in the East This deal is impossible to get done other than the trade deadline as these players have all signed new contracts and cant be traded for a while.
Lakers Perspective💜:
From the Lakers perspective, the lakers could be say the 2 seed and one step away from becoming title favorites and if everything breaks correctly this would be a great trade to fall into their laps. As we know lakers are lacking defense in their starting lineup, and lacking some 3 pt shooting. This void gets filled by Murray who is consistently top 10 steals leader in this Legue with his lanky frame and can shoot the 3 ball decently at a 36 percent clip. OG also fills the void as he is one of the leagues best defenders and shoots the 3pt at 36 percent on his career. In return they would be giving up JHS a solid prospect, Gabe Vincent, and Rui Hachimura and a handful of picks. This is a great trade from LA because both players are relatively young and can be part of a post LBJ era. In order to equivalate value however Lakers would depart ways with Vanderbilt, for Thadius Young. Finally signing Edmond summer is purely incase as injury occurs and LA need a backup.
Rui Hachimura 6'8 (25yrs) 11 pts, 4 reb, 0.9 ast VS OG Anunoby (26yrs) 6'7 16 pts, 5 reb, 2 ast
Dejounte Murray 6'4 (26yrs) 20.5 pts, 5.3 rebs, 6.1 ast VS Gabe Vincent 6'3 (27yrs) 9 pts, 2.1 reb, 2.5 ast
JHS/RUI/GABE<OG, MURRAY
Depth Chart After Trade 🔍:
PG- Dejounte Murray, Dangelo Russel, Edmond Summer
SG- Austin Reaves, Max Christie, Cam Reddish
SF- OG Anunoby, Taurian Prince, Maxwell Lewis
PF- LeBron James, Thadius Young
C- Antony Davis, Christian Wood, Jaxon Hayes
Pros Of Trade👍:
Upgrade PG and SF play
Upgrade Defense
Upgrade Shooting
Cons of Trade 👎:
Get slightly older
Give up fan favorites
Give up on young prospect
Atlanta Hawks Perspective 🦅:
From a Hawks perspective if the Hawks are just outside the playoff picture and the Murray/Trae experiment still in not clicking cashing in on a star who compliments Trae's Game and can space the floor for Capela. In return for this they would have to give up Bogdan Bogdanovic, and Deandre Hunter, and Kobe Bufkin which is unfortunate but getting a young prospect in JHS to replace Kobe and Gabe Vincent to be a better backup than an aging Patty Mills. The Hawks would also give up a singular first rounder and get a second rounder in return. Finally, Atlanta makes a few signings by signing Austin Rivers to give more Point Guard Depth (I would add john wall but cant find), Usman Garuba to cap off big man spot, and Kelly Oubre Jr to add power of bench, and yes Kelly will sign for a minimum for the same reason as Wood he will have opportunity to earn more money next year as he will be a key option off bench possibly even start.
Depth Chart After Trade 🔍:
PG- Trae Young, Jalen- Hood Schifino, Austin Rivers
SG- Gabe Vincent, Sadiq Bey, Patty Mills
SF- De'Andre Hunter, Kelly Oubre Jr
PF- Pascal Siakam, AJ Griffin, Jalen Johnson
C- Clint Capela, Onyeka Okongwu, Usman Garuba
Pros 👍:
Add depth to all position
Find a better fit than Murray
Satisfy Trae Young
Don't give up many picks
Cons 👎:
Lose solid prospects
Lose Guard Depth
Raptors Perspective 🦖:
From a Raptors perspective if they are a bottom 4 seed at the deadline, then they are certain to blow it up. In return for offloading there two most valuable players they get, a variety of young assets that could blossom into great role players
Rui Hachimura young player with potential to become 3 and D wing
Vanderbilt a great defensive player
Hunter a great young small forward
Kobe Bufkin another good defender whom as drafted in the lottery this year Raptors would also receive a stash of picks that could turn into stars as the lakers picks in the future could be very valuable as the lakers may be rebuilding.
Depth Chart After Trade 🔍:
PG- Dennis Schroder, Kobe Bufkin, Marquis Noel, Malachi Flynn
SG- Gradey Dick, Bodan Bogdanovic, Garret Temple
SF- Gary Trent Jr, Rui Hachimura, Jared Vanderbilt
PF- Scottie Barnes, Jalen McDaniel's, Chris Boucher, Otto Porter jr
C- Jakob Poeltl, Precious Achiuwa, Christian Koloko
Pros 👍:
Lots of good young players
young depth
floor spacing
suit Scottie play stile
good defense
Cons 👎:
Lose two great players
not that many picks
will be losing for a few years
To conclude, this is not a realistic trade but would benefit both sides in my opinion if ATL and LAL are both trying to make a push and raptors need to rebuild. Please upvote, flame, follow for follow and dont just downvote, give me some feed back instead. I must repeat again for those haters, this trade will only occur if a series of events occur. Comment below your feed back 👇