26 Apr 2017 02:58:11
There's only a few stars available in the 2018 offseason, but luckily the 4 biggest ones have ties to LA. Those 4 are Russell Westbrook, Paul George, Demarcus Cousins, and DeAndre Jordan. Each of those stars would warrant a max contract worth more than $30 mil.

That offseason Randle will be a restricted free agent so we can go over the salary cap to resign him. We currently have less than $16.2 mil committed that year to the combination of Russell, Ingram, Zubac, and Nance Jr. We also have $46.5 mil committed to Deng, Mozgov, and Clarkson. With an estimated salary cap of $103 mil and a tax line of $125 mil, we would have $40.3 mil to spend in free agency.

In order to give Paul George the chance to recruit another max contract talent to join the Lakers via free agency we need to clear more than $20 mil. Please post your comments regarding trades on how you believe we should create that cap space and the other star you'd like to see join PG13 on the Lakers.

1.) 26 Apr 2017
26 Apr 2017 04:57:37
Trade top 3 pick, Clarkson, Deng, Lakers 2020 1st rounder, Denver's 2018 2nd rounder, Bulls 2019 2nd Rounder for Jimmy Butler and Rondo, before DWade opts in.

Trade Mozgov, Black, Nwaba, the 28th pick, and rights to swap 1st rounders in 2019 for Brook Lopez.

Going into the 2018 free agency we would've just made the playoffs, have a roster of Russell, Ingram, Butler, Randle, Zubac, Nance Jr., and still have $67 mil to spend. Add 2way stars Paul George and Demarcus Cousins on max contracts and we're in the west finals against the Warriors.

Russell - Ennis?
Butler - Jason Terry?
George - Ingram
Randle - Nance Jr
Cousins - Zubac.