Lakers Spurned By Buddy Hield!?, Trade Options Mailbag 

Make better sense to keep dlo with the current roster

Kuzma and Rui are basically the same type players. Good regular season performers but so so in the playoffs.

If your fine with this roster your fine with another first round exit or not makin the playoffs

We lost Prince him abd Bron and dlo only ones hitting shots last year

We need wendall carter

@@LaLakers17lakers won’t win a chip anytime soon. Doesn’t matter which round lol.

exactly. He's like D'Angelo Russell... but without all the shot creation and passing.

He wont be playoff reliable. I'm good

@@TheNamesDitto that’s what I struggle in my dilemma of the Dlo

Buddy Hield Sucks, if he was that good teams wouldn’t be trading him every other time.

@@Samulzmicrotvso y’all think Christian wood is good and he play for a different team every year 😂

Naw bro. He can go. He is not a lock down defender. idk why people act like he is. Point out 1 game where he actually locked down someone. And he is terrible on offense. Too much money wasted on him. Can't even get rid of him with his limitations

Will he be of any help in the playoffs though? Vanderbilt is equally a game-changer as he is unplayable. He's a bad finisher at the rim, can't shoot, can't create but he's elite as an on-ball and help defender.

I'm with you Definitely on the big I also think people are overlooking Vando's rebounding and the fact that he was actually giving us a little offense under the basket in the few games he was healthy last year. Now you might say that was very few but I don't remember any 5 game stretch before that the year before where he was doing that good. I've always said I'm not worried about his three. He just needs to let me catch those lasers that LeBron throws he goes to the basket and he needs to be able finish when he does. And be able to finish put backs when he gets O rebs

Vando can hoop, and for the above guy he's locked up Luka and made it tough on kd and others, he's an all defensive player if he can have a healthy season, he's that good on that side of the floor

@@Kingofkings29 If we had Vanderbilt to silence Murry, Lakers would possibly be in the finals.. the Lakers were up most of the series.. they just couldn't stop their closer in Murry. Vanderbilt does the best job on him. Denver also lost KCP

True especially if the players by in to JJ, and he gets most out of the team and doesn't put them at disadvantage during games.

Gabe Vincent is pure ass

Exactly. Dodged a bullet w Klay too.

You're hard capped anyway lol, over the 2nd tax apron cause of Pelinka giving minimums to people who won't be in the league

People thinking the Lakers supposed to make any old deal. Buddy Hield ain’t it, and would be an overpay! Boy is trash

He’s not awful but he’s definitely overrated by many.

Everybody trash...once they spurn the Lakers

Facts

That’s pretty much us lol

Possibly but the Lakers have not done anything. That bullet went straight to the LAkers heart. lol

Klay would’ve been nice but neither Klay or Buddy provide any defense so we wouldn’t really improve with either of them

Facts we need diamonds in the rough not old guys

its too bad darvin scam limited his minutes

YESSSSS he would be a GOATED back up pg

If they can free up a roster spot, he's at least way better than Reddish

Should have kept shrewder too

Not his fault. Nobody cares about the Lakers no more. Kobe passed and yall let that clown wannabe king take over and become the face of the Lakers. Nobody respects yall anymore.

Please 🙏🙏🙏

Jeanie Buss should sell this team!

Front Office are such clowns. For years, they dont wanna win a chip. They just delusional, scared focused on the future. But what future!?? They dont wanna win now! 😑🤦

It’s not Rob’s fault , nobody wants to play with Bron, once he retires lakers will be the destination.

never saw a single report that the lakers were interested

I'll take Dalton over Hield now

He's not

I doubt he was a target at all bro

Buddy definitely fell off since the 1st time we tried to sign him. In hindsight, it’s PROBABLY a good thing we didn’t trade for him

@@mrdee6076 because he’s an incompetent asshole who only cares about the money

Yep, no surprise the Lakers roster usually ends up with mostly Klutch clients. They need to just hire Rich Paul because he essentially doing Rob's job withOUT the same level of resources😅

@@gamechanger114.... I almost agree with you. But if you don't think that Rich Paul has more resources than Sob Pa-stinka. Then I think you should do so research.

Maybe players just don’t wanna play for Lakers.

But nobody wants to keep talking about this,they want to blame Lebron smh crazy

It's true. He snaked a lot of GMs in the league during his days as an agent. However, there's a very small group that will do business with him. Magic left the Lakers front office specifically because of Pelinka not doing his due diligence and helping out the team

He only got the job cause of kobe

​​Reason for constant turnover of rhe team every year cause of what Kobe told him years ago?​@@otissmith1690

Magic got feelings hurt because Pelinka call him lazy, so he quit lol. Magic a quitter lol

Well if the player isn't putting out they won't be stable. That's in every organization. Not just Lakers

@@flawless39 chemistry takes time.

This is exactly my point..every year the team changes..how can any player feel loyal, play their butt's off always thinking they gonna get traded..the fan gonna demand he be traded.

Totally agree give Ainge what he wants for kessler..

@@hilamadventures4060 getting Ainge to help the Lakers though...it's like making a deal with the devil.

Right I love that defense he have and he better start next to AD if he come to us put him on Jokic

As a Knicks fan it's not happening we got the better team more upside

As a Knicks fan it's not happing we got the better team more upside

@@Brandon-ey2ym glad yall finally starting to get good took some years cause yall was just as dysfunctional as us. The issue is we continuing this dysfunctional dynamic instead of rebuilding

Pelinka trading with Danny ainge. This is going to go good I’m sure🙄

Lefraud Blames

Don't let that BS bother you so what!

U idiots find a way to blame LeBron for everything 😭😭😭

Exactly! This is the comment I was looking for. Just need 1 point of attack defender and a center to help AD, that should be enough!

Kuzma is lightyears better than rui that man gets so lost on defense is not even funny. Kuz can get his own bucket too rui needs a set play

Rui = literally 5 points per game in 6 playoff games. He was sleepwalking in the playoffs.

Rui is miles ahead of Kuz. Way better.

Dude I like Rui but Kuz is better

Kuz is a better fit than Rui. Rui's a better post up/mid range player, but Kuz runs the floor and is that young set of legs that ends up where you need him to be. With a pass first player (i.e. Back in the Zo/Kuz days), Kuz will run the floor for easy buckets. Kuz can be a 15-20pt scorer with 6-8 rebounds easily on this team. AD needs rebounding help, he needed to do so much on both ends of the floor against the Nuggets & he'll ultimately end up getting injured. I love Rui, but in the recent playoffs he was too scared to shoot, and when he did he couldn't make diddly squat.

Why is he a "bum"....you BUM?!

Or maybe buddy didn’t want to play for the Lakers.

@iagreewithtruth400 That makes zero sense! King James wasn't taking a $20M paycut to get a dam role player named Buddy Heild. Over half the Lakers current roster is far better than Buddy Heild. Unless we offered him a minimum salary. That's all he's worth! You're insane if you think otherwise!

@@troneforce8199 nobody wants to play for the lakers bro. Face it. It’s a circus. I like the lakers as well. Just keep this roster, maybe get a big and run it back

There is SM hate on Lakers...I'm looking forward to just a Center in a trade and gives us more fuel for next season haters

Exactly

I just got done recutting Christmas Day against Celts. How could they ever let Prince have that big of role is beyond me. 🤦🏻‍♂️

and a pathetic and incapable front office who doesn’t know in what direction they want to go

@@foe._nigel pathetic and incapable front office brought about by their desire to go towards the direction of pleasing the aging superstar.

@@jolli4116 not really if u actually think about it. LA is trying to do both, please their star somewhat and keep their assets intact… they don’t want to rebuild completely and they don’t wana sell the farm to retool..

For what 🤣🤣 y'all just want to hate LeBron for everything stop crying 😭🤦🤡

Hurley was just a ploy for him to get more money. How many college coaches had success in the nba. Glad he didn’t come

There wasn’t really any report lakers wanted heild 😂😂

@@mikeangel8017 Maybe true

Do Klay and Hoeld provide any defense? No so why are stuck on these washed up players

@@TheWetNomadXDdefinitely washed up

@@jeezze07 exactly I was going to buy a Knecht jersey but I’m done I’m not watching this team this year at not until the piece of shit gm gets fired

Everything you stated is facts! This fanbase is very fickle and that's why no one wants to play for the Lakers. If you are not a star player, good luck cause the fanbase will turn on you even when you go through a slump. No one wants to feel this way, and it's not fair to the players. Look at Boston for example, they keep most of the guys on the team for a while a made small tweaks, now it's paid off! FO is cheap and doesn't want to pay guys, hence why the 2020 team go broken up when it never should have been smh

People have always though and felt a certain way about the Lakers..nothing new... Lost to the celts in 84 called chokers, tragic magic, jabbar washed up, soft team.. Lakers sign Shaq..what are they doing? It's not fair rules must be changed...Lakers draft Kobe..ha ha ha they so dumb an 18 yr old high school kid gonna lead them to a title... It's been going on and on and on nearly 50 years.

@@hilamadventures4060 Being a Laker fan It is very frustrating when that can put together a better trade package, but teams will take less not deal with them. Lakers might not have the best trade package, but I sure they had a better package than what New Orleans gave to get Murray.

@@byronwilliams6532 Agree recall in 2018 how Magic was trying to get Kawhi from the Spurs? Pop stated he would give Kawhi away before dealing him to the Lakers his preferred destination..Think about how GM's around the league are connected to each other from time with the Spurs/Celtics/Cavs ..

It might can happened but both of them is our best shooter on the team To me them Russell and Rui

Like always nothings

They shamefully raise in-season tournament banners as if they mean anything. And pray for a play-in spot.

Exactly u are on my staff now I'm a GM you are the assistant

I hope Lakers fans wake up to reality. Most quality FA do not want to be in LA. The Bron circus and the fact the FO appeased all of his demands is a huge red flag. There is a reason we have empty moves so far. I don't see this dynamic changing until Bron retires.

Think about it. If you where a player, you see that the lakers players are always either getting roasted by the fans or constantly in trade talks. Players would Rather play for someone else.

So, of the rumors, there are two people who rejected more than a minimum offer from the Lakers. Klay and DeRozan LeBron offered to take a pay cut for Klay... and then when he didn't get Klay (and the other rumored names were signed while Rob was trying to get Klay for LeBron) or DeRozan, LeBron took back the offer. Not bagging on LeBron, just pointing out that the Lakers have only minimum contracts to offer to free agents. Why would any of these guys getting MLE level offers turn that down to get the minimum from the Lakers. Would you take 2 million from the Lakers when you could get 10 million from Golden State? Probably not. Most of the players that they'd actually want got more than minimum contracts. I kinda wish they had waved Cam by now and maybe re-signed Prince for the minimum, but I think they're earmarking Prince's minutes to go to Max and Knecht.

Lakers...replace 'ake' with 'ose' lol

@@johnperry7495 so multiple things here...i am not just talking players i am talking every body. ty lue rejected us in 2020 alongside monty williams (who ig people wouldnt want but still at that time he was sought out for and idk how much worse he would have been than vogel). anyways that was a few years back this year we got rejected by a college coach in hurley and an assistant coach in dwayne casey. then klay picked mavs because he thought they were a better destination for winning and so did hield with warriors ig since thats the rumor coming from them. only guy that wanted to be here is demar but we cant even get that deal done..now lets go to the player signings which are putting us above the second apron and fucking up our roster spots and may have effected our trade for klay. we gave player options to guys like christian wood, jaxxon hayes,cam reddish when atleast 2 of the 3 players didnt deserve a player option and now we are above the cap for this exact reason and do not have roster spots to sign a star either. then u add the fact that max christie was supposed to be signed an extra year and same with austin reaves and u have us paying another 10 t0 12 million a lot sooner than we needed to. these are just contractual mistakes, i could go in to detail about how they fucked up the roster build every year by building 0 shooting and wing depth for multiple years when that was our identity for when we won the champion ship. how they never ever got a decent guard for a big like ad who can use his gravity properly in pick and roll etc etc...there is so many other reasons but i hope this paragraph is enough to explain my gripes with the front office.

Lebron James

@@CoachTaeidk cause LeBron James is the only superstar that signed with the lakers for decades since shaq. Maybe, just maybe it's not LBJ? How come no superstar has ever signed with the lakers since shaq? Interesting.

@@CoachTaeAlso the only reason AD is here was because of LeBron btw, otherwise AD wouldn't even sign with this team let alone get traded to it.

I knew it! Nobody wants to come because of Jalen Hood Schfno 😔

Klay Thompson nailed it.. Being in a FISHBOWL.. The pressure of the name on the front, the demanding fans Good & entitled, the Media behaving like TMZ reporters or paparazzi... Nearly every game nationally televised..the title or Bust mentally... Not for every NBA player.. Some just wanna make money , win a games,have fun, chase the ladies then go home..

Bob Meyers is wealthy enough to pick and choose if and when he wants to work.

Perfect call

Lebron is wealthy enough to take a vet minimum... What's your point?? ​@@marcusgarvey6231

All hypothetical ​@@marcusgarvey6231

Great call! While you're at it, fire the real culprit. Jeannie Buss!

No sir get your facts right,before you post.Lebron wanted Derozan and the Bald Eagle and the Lakers front office didn’t want to do it so he had a choice out of Buddy Heild or Westbrook and at that time I would have went with Westbrook as well

@@DonieCaldwell-x2pboth of you are not stating facts. Just cause these people are out on the market don’t mean he was looking for the lakers to get them. If that was the case, he wouldn’t have resigned already.

People actually liked this comment when facts say otherwise 😅 mention LBJ always gets you a like

@@DonieCaldwell-x2pfacts Demar wanted 3yrs LA was only trynna give 2

@@MiserableRacer only the people in the room know the 100% facts (so not you either). But based on all the reporting from that period what I stated IS the known truth. Just because you don't want to believe doesn't change anything. Go back on this ch to that period and rewatch if you don't believe me.