2023-05-26 13:16:00
You knew it was coming, you just didn’t know when, and so this is the first time this summer that Shams Charania has mentioned the Lakers in the same sentence as Kyrie Irving and Fred VanVleet. The two leaders are the biggest fish of this Free Agency in their position, what a happy coincidence for LA, which has just experienced a new disappointment in love following the Playoffs of D’Angelo Russell.
New episode in the series “We are looking for a third All-Star in LA.” While the actor responding to the nickname of R. Westbrook gave up his place on the set to D. Russell in February, the latter would have experienced differences with the production and would therefore be in the hot seat in turn. End of joke, but you get the idea, we’re still looking for an All-Star point guard in Los Angeles, especially after D-Lo’s Catastrophic Conf Finals.
This news which is not one, it is Shams who shared it with Pat McAfee yesterday at the end of the day. According to the insider, the Lakers will only have eyes for two point guards this summer: Kyrie Irving and Fred VanVleet. “Ah good ?”
“I think Kyrie Irving and Fred VanVleet have to be at the top of the list for the Lakers this offseason” ~ @ShamsCharania #PMSLive pic.twitter.com/BwLH3fhPlK
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) May 25, 2023
“D’Angelo has a max contract and he was on the bench in Game 4 (against the Nuggets). […]. I think Kyrie Irving and Fred VanVleet will be at the top of the Lakers roster this offseason.” – Shams Charania
If this info does not surprise anyone, it is because the problem is always the same in Los Angeles. Unable to win games without LeBron James and Anthony Davis on the court, the franchise must bring a third top player back to the City of Angels. Same problem, same solution, if the Lakers were finally satisfied with Russell at the trade deadline, the first rumors already led to two players in particular: Irving and VanVleet. If the first is known for his flattering tendencies and the second for his resemblance to Drake, we are above all dealing with two sacred basketball players.
Uncle Drew is an absolute genius on the ball, all-time forward and former sidekick to LeBron at the Cavs, while FVV has proven every year since his…non-draft what a player he is. A long-range sniper, capable of turning into a leader or lieutenant depending on what is asked of him, and downright an All-Star in 2022. The two are preparing to test the market, even if Kyrie swears he s Don’t care and Fredo can always decide to activate his player option (no).
With literally zero assets in his pockets, Rob Pelinka would be happy to pick up a star without a contract before building the squad around his Big Three. The concern is that GM risks again and again facing the same limits. An exploded salary cap, role players like Austin Reaves or Rui Hachimura who will have to find a contract in a less sunny region of the US, but a contract with more zeros. Three All-Stars is good, eight or nine guys who can get the ball in the basket and prevent the other team from doing it is better. Ask the Nuggets.
We are used to it, the summer will swarm with rumors around the Lakers, especially at the lead. Between a Kyrie Irving faithful to himself and a Fred VanVleet who will be the most coveted point guard of the summer, we have here two complicated cases which we have not finished hearing about. It’s nothing, it’s LA.
Source texte : @PatMcAfeeShow
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