Yes we should go after Dame!

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Originally Posted by ScoutWannabe

I wouldn't do it. We lose upside and $5m in cap. Ingram is only 23; he's gotten better each year. Good wing players are vastly harder to find than combo guards. Before BI our fans were clamoring for a quality versatile SF for years, like nearly as far back as Jamaal Mashburn. Players like BI are rare and we should let him develop.

Dame didn't become Dame until he was 25. Look at both of their stats at 22/23 years old:

Ingram - 24 PTS, 5 AST, 5 REB
Lillard - 20 PTS, 6 AST, 3 REB

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Agreed!!

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

Welp. Probably to late now . LOL. Lebron has already started his recruiting

.@Dame_Lillard IS IN THE BUILDING, of course he gotta dap up @KingJames ��

The stars are out at the @LASparks vs. @LVAces game ��#CountIt pic.twitter.com/BccFFfa982

? WNBA (@WNBA) July 1, 2021

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Good news is the Lakers have absolutely no assets whatsoever to trade. They won?t get him. Question is- who will stump up the asking price or force the Blazers hand?

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Originally Posted by JJackisangry

Good news is the Lakers have absolutely no assets whatsoever to trade. They won?t get him. Question is- who will stump up the asking price or force the Blazers hand?

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Don?t underestimate them.

https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-2-re...n-make-ranked/

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...forced-a-trade

They move Pope and Tucker and or Kuzma they got room.

Kuzma has already deleted Lakers from social media.

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

Don?t underestimate them.

https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-2-re...n-make-ranked/

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/...forced-a-trade

They move Pope and Tucker and or Kuzma they got room.

Kuzma has already deleted Lakers from social media.

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Those "trades" are a joke. Probably more than half the NBA could beat those fantasy trades easily.

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Originally Posted by PELICANSFAN

Those "trades" are a joke. Probably more than half the NBA could beat those fantasy trades easily.

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I like Horton Tucker if we were to help them with anything. Remember they needed help to get Davis and got it. You might think they are joke of a trade. They don’t.

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

I like Horton Tucker if we were to help them with anything. Remember they needed help to get Davis and got it. You might think they are joke of a trade. They don’t.

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What help did they get to get Davis?

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Originally Posted by PELICANSFAN

What help did they get to get Davis?

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They needed and got a third team. All it takes is to get 3 and 4 teams involved.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...layers-lakers/

https://wizofawes.com/2019/06/27/was...ade-mo-wagner/

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

They needed and got a third team. All it takes is to get 3 and 4 teams involved.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...layers-lakers/

https://wizofawes.com/2019/06/27/was...ade-mo-wagner/

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But they don’t have assets. They gave us draft their rights for about 7 years (picks included), Ingram, Lonzo and Hart for Davis. If Horton Tucker is all they got then the best they can do is Ben Simmons (and I’m joking there).

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Originally Posted by JJackisangry

But they don’t have assets. They gave us draft their rights for about 7 years (picks included), Ingram, Lonzo and Hart for Davis. If Horton Tucker is all they got then the best they can do is Ben Simmons (and I’m joking there).

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Yep. It's going to take a package nearly as big as the one to get AD to get Dame, and they don't have the assets. On top of that, as long as we don't care about any demands from Dame about not wanting to play in New Orleans, we can easily outbid LA.

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Originally Posted by 13 - 3

They needed and got a third team. All it takes is to get 3 and 4 teams involved.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...layers-lakers/

https://wizofawes.com/2019/06/27/was...ade-mo-wagner/

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I know you know that was just a salary dump. That was not "help." That did not get them any assets. Currently, they have no assets and none of the deals you quoted did anything to help them in that regard.

They will bend rules for Lakers or Clippers