The Lakers’ front office has been such an utterly bizarre mix of great moves and horrible ones over the last few years (really going back two different FOs ago). The Zubac trade was obviously bad as soon as Magic made it, and I still don’t understand why Pelinka placed so little value on Caruso as to just let him walk when he would have been cheap to re-sign. Other boneheaded moves were letting Brook Lopez walk when it only would have taken about $3m to re-sign him, letting Julius Randle walk in FA when his rookie contract ended, and obviously the trade to get Westbrook.
The Lakers’ front office has been such an utterly bizarre mix of great moves and horrible ones over the last few years (really going back two different FOs ago). The Zubac trade was obviously bad as soon as Magic made it, and I still don’t understand why Pelinka placed so little value on Caruso as to just let him walk when he would have been cheap to re-sign. Other boneheaded moves were letting Brook Lopez walk when it only would have taken about $3m to re-sign him, letting Julius Randle walk in FA when his rookie contract ended, and obviously the trade to get Westbrook.