we need to buy out reddish or Milton for a big

Reaves wasn't doing stuff like this as a rookie. A big Shooting guard, who is a good athlete, and is an A level shooter. he can be useful. He has a ceiling to be the next Reaves

We should give Trey Jamison confidence and say he’s the backup center. We just need him to play 12 minutes a game. Play defense, hustle , get rebounds. A lot of those players play scared/ press if they don’t have a secure role . Jamison isn’t great but I think he can fill a center role

Different type of offensive player but Knecht def has the ability to be a good offensive weapon. Just needs to maintain his confidence and stay locked in

They finally recognize

Applied for season tickets

mavs fans have woken up in the twilight zone

"Though parting with Knecht and a first-rounder was considered a steep price compared with other deadline deals around the league, Pelinka made the trade, sources said, to establish goodwill with Doncic and improve the current roster. It was, team sources said, an "all in" deadline.

Even if the Williams trade fell apart, "it wasn't for lack of trying," one source said. There was also some internal calculus on the real value of that 2031 pick, sources said. Plus, Williams' fit was a necessity, one Lakers source said; Knecht's was a luxury."

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"The Lakers considered adding bruising 6-10 center Jericho Sims, sources said, before he was moved from New York to Milwaukee on Wednesday for Delon Wright as an addition to the Kyle Kuzma-for-Khris Middleton deal.

Sims would have fit the "stuff around the margins" category that Pelinka vowed the team would explore during Doncic's introductory news conference Tuesday because, the GM said, "the market for bigs right now ... is very dry. There's just not a lot available."

I go from this last night to Luka's debut tonight, God is good

"Even if the Lakers avoided a potential pitfall with Williams' health, the immediate aftermath of reversing the trade has consequences.

The team will need to repair its relationship with Knecht, for one. His agents, Anthony Coleman and Mike Lindeman of Excel Sports Management, had no comment on the rescinded deal when reached by ESPN on Saturday.

And then there is the perception of fumbled execution by the front office."

"Nobody did the research prior?" a league source said. "Why would Williams be available that young?" And the market for big men is now even drier.

Center Alex Len, who was waived by the Washington Wizards, intends to sign with the Indiana Pacers, sources told Charania on Saturday. Len is one player L.A. could have pursued, sources said."

"The Lakers can still waive someone -- Wood or Reddish would be the top candidates, team sources said -- to create a roster vacancy to bring in another center.

L.A. still has enough room under the second apron to sign a buyout player, someone making less than $12.8 million with his previous team, for the rest of the season.

"We will find another center path," a team source said. "The path is always there. We just got to put in the work to find it."

"It's a major role for him[Hayes], and one that James had privately wondered whether the 24-year-old Hayes was experienced enough to occupy in a playoff run next to Davis before Davis was traded, sources said.

Without Davis, the responsibilities multiply.Hayes will have Doncic's support, however.

He was the first of Doncic's new Lakers teammates to go to dinner with him once he arrived in Los Angeles, as Hayes, Doncic and their mutual agent, Bill Duffy of WME, dined together at Ocean Prime in Beverly Hills."

"What is clear is that Doncic will have a say.

And it wasn't lost on James' camp, sources said, that Pelinka prioritized Doncic's involvement upon his arrival and immediately engaged in the Williams trade that he'd asked for, when James had for years wanted the team to trade its picks to improve its roster."

funny enough i used to do social media for excel sports management and partied with mark williams the night he got drafted

edit: "for the long haul"

Stanley Johnson was traded to the South Bay Lakers

Everyone gets a Luka Jersey tonight