關於這一集
The Lakers finally got Luka his center, and the bill came due the same day. Two unprotected firsts in 2031 and 2033, swaps in 2028 and 2030, and a four-year, $130 million contract made Walker Kessler the anchor of Los Angeles's next era, and the fallout left the franchise without a tradable first for seven years and roughly $475 million committed to three players. Danny Ainge cashed in on Utah's leverage again, LeBron James walked out the door while the front office chased a big man, and Anthony Davis sat back and laughed at every post about it.
I get into why the fit next to Luka is as clean as it looks, what Kessler was doing in Utah on scraps from a young backcourt, and why the debt still makes this whole thing scary.
Was an A-list center worth losing LeBron and emptying the draft drawer, or did Pelinka just find a smarter-looking way to run out of options?
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