Roster Improvement: Free Agents Now and Later?

hdtvset wrote:Trade Pau for Love? Can we hit another home run?

Darren Wolfson @DarrenWolfson about 9 minutes ago
An agent who's trying to get his guy on Wolves: "I think the team is trying to make a trade. No one has said as much, but that’s my guess."

Vasashi17 wrote:

Darren Wolfson @DarrenWolfson about 9 minutes ago
An agent who's trying to get his guy on Wolves: "I think the team is trying to make a trade. No one has said as much, but that’s my guess."

At one point, didn't the Wolves want to pair Pau with Rubio and Love?

Texas Lakers Fan wrote:Any news on Delonte West?

revgen wrote:Nobody has picked him up yet. We still have 15 players on the roster, so there's nothing we can do.

Jordan-esque wrote:Can Smith hit them 15 footers?

Vasashi17 wrote:We're still a ways away from this being even possible, but Kyrie is soooo Hollywood.





Do it Mit..uh..future Lakers GM!

Sources say that the Hawks, at present, have no interest in parting with Josh Smith and Kyle Korver for Gasol. Or even Smith and lesser parts for Gasol.

Positions can obviously change between now and the Feb. 21 trade deadline, but sources maintain that Atlanta has not been enticed in the least by the prospect of parting with the 26-year-old Smith -- even as he heads into unrestricted free agency -- for the 32-year-old Gasol. The Hawks, for the record, have also been telling interested teams that they value Smith and what he offers as a hybrid forward in an Eastern Conference that's generally been getting smaller.

Vasashi17 wrote:Also in other news Pietrus wants the mini-MLE amount of 2.5M.

Recall that Meeks was signed with part of our mini-MLE (1.5M). So unless Pietrus reduces his asking price, we can't get him.

lakerswiz wrote:It doesn't matter what the Hawks want.

Josh Smith is a free agent at the end of this season. Wherever Josh wants to go - he will go.

If we get Josh Smith - sign and trade in the offseason for Pau or they do it at the break and we have to hope we can keep Smithy poo and Dwight come offseason.

lakerswiz wrote:

khmrP wrote:

lakerswiz wrote:It doesn't matter what the Hawks want.

Josh Smith is a free agent at the end of this season. Wherever Josh wants to go - he will go.

If we get Josh Smith - sign and trade in the offseason for Pau or they do it at the break and we have to hope we can keep Smithy poo and Dwight come offseason.

Lakers can't do S&T due anymore due to their cap situation

? Atlanta can't sign Josh Smith and trade him to us for Pau?

Vasashi17 wrote:^^^You're partially right, khmrP.

LA has 77M of potential salary next year. Starting 2013/14, tax paying teams cannot partake in a S&T if after the trade they are 4M or more above the luxury tax threshold (71M). So if team salary comes out to 75M or more after such a trade, deal can't happen.

Smith makes 13M while Pau makes 19M. Now if Smith decides to re-up and then get traded, he can make more than that 13M or even less than it depending on how the market dictates his value. Technically, Smith can re-up for up to 17M and we can trade Pau for him straight up and LA will still only be at 75M in potential salary allowing them to do such a trade since they are within the 4M that is allowed over the luxury tax threshold.

Seriously though, do you see anybody giving JSmith 17M per? So a S&T would probably work with Smith over the summer. Also Metta and his 7.7M have an ETO on his last year here. Duhon's 3.75M is partially guaranteed and we still can use the amnesty clause to wipe any player and their salary off the books.

So there are tons of options and factors at play that don't really limit us in a Pau for Smith type trade. However, both Atlanta and Smith would have to cooperate in the first place for such a deal to be consummated.