I know a lot of you shit on D’Lo. But if we get Lavine, it’ll be similar but Lavine will be in a worse fit because he cannot pass. Lavine brings nothing to a team outside of scoring and he’s only averaging 22 PPG on one of the worst teams in the league. He’s a guard that relies on athleticism to score and his athleticism is waning. He can’t playmake and he can’t defend. He may have been worth going after a year ago. But not anymore.
And this is not me defending D’Lo. Whatever D’Lo is, he is. If you’re low on him, you should be low on Lavine. If you’re high on him, you should be high on Lavine. Because right now they are similar caliber players. Lavine might be worth getting in a straight up deal for D’Lo or Reaves. But packaging anyone or any picks is not worth it.
Because Lavine has checked out… Same thing as Harden when he looked like a bum but suddenly looked like an all star again post trade.
And frankly idc that DLo has looked solid so far. At this point you can’t ignore his historically awful playoff stats. The sample size isn’t tiny anymore