27 Jan 2016 18:51:11
With recent news about us trading for Whiteside, the question is what do we give up?

I wouldn't trade Russell clarkson Randle or nance since we can just get Whiteside in free agency, but I find it hard to believe Miami would accept young, Lou, Hibbert.

1.) 27 Jan 2016
27 Jan 2016 20:23:36
I hate websites like those, unless cbs ESPN yahoo or the major sources report it I don't believe stuff like yibiada. But I would love to have whiteside.

2.) 28 Jan 2016
28 Jan 2016 00:28:29
I think Miami have quite a few injuries right now, so they could use him to trade for a bit of depth, and I believe that they don't believe they can keep hold of him in FA. They might take bass and young/ Lou if we take a larger contract from them but I think Lakers can just get him in FA anyways.

3.) 28 Jan 2016
28 Jan 2016 02:51:06
The deal has Whiteside & Luol Deng going to the Lakers for Lou Williams & Nick Young.

4.) 28 Jan 2016
28 Jan 2016 05:50:31
Citydude- honestly those are the two players who I think are a) needed and b) a good fit for the lakers to sign in the offseason. Deng can sign on a short team deal similar to bass to hopefully mentor Ingram/ Simmons and the rest of the young players and Whiteside is the centre we need and hopefully we could show him what he could build around the other young players. Don't like giving up Lou though tbh. Don't think a trade would go down, but either way, I still think we should go for those two players in FA anyways

5.) 28 Jan 2016
28 Jan 2016 08:15:00
Yeah I agree they would be upgrades to the roster on the defensive side. Wouldn't have that consistent scorer in Williams which will be a problem this season at least but Deng would provide some kind of scoring help if this deal happened.

6.) 28 Jan 2016
28 Jan 2016 19:23:33
I love whiteside but people say he is a defensive monster but Heat are better without him on defense. I would love to have him but I want a defensive minded center next to Randle like ezeli or Noah

7.) 29 Jan 2016
29 Jan 2016 03:22:20
TheKing your saying you want a defensive minded center next to Randle. Let me give you some of Whiteside's numbers. 33 games with 2+ blocks, 2 games of 10 blocks, 2 triple doubles, 27 games of 10+ rebounds, & on top of that 10 games with 19+ points. So he is a defensive minded player and far more superior to Ezeli or Noah defensively.

8.) 29 Jan 2016
29 Jan 2016 05:23:57
Blocks and rebounds aren't everything to defense. The heat defensive rating is better without white wide than with him. Instead of being a good defender he tries for blocks and rebound more than he does about his man

9.) 29 Jan 2016
29 Jan 2016 15:23:32
I don't put to much into defensive ratings. When Whiteside is on the floor he is going up against the starters. So I would expect the opponent's starters to score more and play at there very best at the beginning when he is in than when he is out. When Whiteside is out then the starters sit as well. Defensive side becomes better when top talent is on the bench.

10.) 30 Jan 2016
30 Jan 2016 08:05:35
Lakers don't have assets to land Whiteside and even if they did, I'm not a big fan of trading for free agents especially if there's no guarantee they will re-sign.