BOS - LAL

[Boston Celtics]

BOS Sends:

PF/C Pau Gasol $7,800,000

SG/SF/PF PJ Tucker $500,000 $500,000

PHI 2nd Rounder



BOS Recieves:

SF/PF Otto Porter $5,900,000 $7,700,000

Jeremy Lamb $3,000,000 $3,000,000 (Waived)

TJ McConnell $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 (Waived)



LAL Sends:

SF/PF Otto Porter $5,900,000 $7,700,000

Jeremy Lamb $3,000,000 $3,000,000 (Waived)

TJ McConnell $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 $500,000 (Waived)



LAL Recieves:

PF/C Pau Gasol $7,800,000

SG/SF/PF PJ Tucker $500,000 $500,000

PHI 2nd Rounder

My reasoning:
For this year Pau should give tiny bit more production, but I'm not competing so it doesn't matter. I send out tucker to give the Lakers some depth and a 2nd Rounder.

In return I get a good young player at a position that I desperately need. He fits well with Gobert and Kyrie in terms of age.

I accept.

[Los Angeles Lakers]

I accept, I am getting Pau who should post the same or a higher average per game this year then Porter. This will also free up 11 million next year for me to re-sign Russ. Tucker is nice to have seeing as he has three postions he can play. I will miss porter but this made to much sense for me not to accept.

[Dallas Mavericks]

Boston gets Otto Porter Jr. for nothing here but the Lakers need to make a move to free up cap space to resign Russell Westbrook and this trade does it.

Resign Calculator gives WB $21m
Otto Porter = $7.7m
Jeremy Lamb = $3m
TJ = 0.5m

Lakers currently have $10.23. $10.23 + $7.7 + $3 + $0.5 = $21.43 (assuming Lakers decline Tucker's TO)

Pau Gasol gets the Lakers another center and adds another player for a total of 14 active to their roster.

I accept.

[akadyje]

I accept.

[Dallas Mavericks]

Trade passed.