Lakers Trade Impact: Championship Odds and Team Strategy

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00:00How do you now look at this Lakers team you mentioned it you bet them on

00:05Sunday morning after this trade was actually the real deal a price of plus

00:12850 that prior to the weekend to win the West was 25 to 1 an NBA championship price

00:1740 to 1 before the Luka deal that is now cut in half and then some at 19 to 1 what will be considered a

00:26Successful second half and beyond for LeBron Luka in the Lakers this year. I

00:32love that question because

00:35Here's the reality of that question, right?

00:39What will determine a successful season will determine how honest people want to be? I?

00:45Like all of you ear to the ground. What are people saying? I've heard from countless places

00:52Well, the Lakers are making a move for the future here, huh, I mean good Lakers just told LeBron

00:57Hey, you don't even matter like Lakers are going nowhere this season. So that's what I've heard and then if the Lakers

01:05Get eliminated in the conference finals the season will be a massive failure LeBron lost again

01:10MJ MJ MJ so it's about how honest people want to be to me. I

01:16Think I will be able to give you a much better answer once the trade deadline passes

01:20it is hard to

01:23Imagine the Lakers are going to be able to win a championship

01:27Without trading for a big man, but I fully expect them to trade for a big man

01:32I'm very curious if they are currently listening to Austin Reeves offers

01:37They never planned to trade Austin Reeves. They never planned to trade for Luka don't it's a franchise altering move

01:45You don't want to make any mistakes

01:47You don't you're not forced to trade right Ben and Joe Austin Reeves

01:51But it is on the board now that you could trade Austin Reeves if it helps you

01:58Round out this roster in a number of ways because this team could still use some additional perimeter guard specific defense

02:07Yeah, and that's really the thing so I mean if you were if you're Palenka and you're the Lakers

02:13Who do you want to add here who is the you got to get a big right of some sort

02:17So who would you pick up the phone and call?

02:20So I think Robert Williams should be able to be very easy to get out of Portland

02:25The problem is he is very injury prone, but Robert Williams in the 21 minutes again

02:30He could give the Lakers would probably lead basketball and net rating play next to Luka don't judge and LeBron James

02:36I think you're looking to try and grab some

02:40Defensive first options if you can I don't think Nikola Vucevic should be allowed anywhere near this basketball team

02:47I don't know what that could possibly do for them. Jakob hurdle makes sense. I am

02:53Not I mean who understands the cap these days

02:56I imagine bringing in Luka could take the miles Turner stuff off the table or it makes it more likely

03:02Miles Turner would be an excellent fit. I think you want yourself a defensive big if

03:07Possible clink Capella is another in Atlanta that I imagine could be had for a song