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Louis Williams trade worth exploring?


Kevin Pelton from ESPN wrote this in the 5-on-5 on the Lakers (19th of October):

4. What trade makes the most sense for the Lakers?

Pelton: Getting some value for Lou Williams at the trade deadline from a team in need of shot creation, such as the Boston Celtics -- even a second-round pick -- would be good for the Lakers, as Williams has been rendered a bit redundant by the development of Clarkson and Russell.

What is your take on this suggestion? Williams has shown he is a valuable scorer of the bench with the following stats:

REGULAR SEASON AVERAGES
SEASON TEAM GP GS MIN FGM-A FG% 3PM-A 3P% FTM-A FT% OR DR REB AST BLK STL PF TO PTS
'05-'06 30 0 4.8 0.8-1.7 .442 0.1-0.3 .222 0.3-0.4 .615 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.4 1.9
'06-'07 61 0 11.3 1.5-3.5 .441 0.2-0.6 .324 1.0-1.5 .696 0.3 0.9 1.1 1.8 0.0 0.4 0.7 0.8 4.3
'07-'08 80 0 23.3 4.0-9.4 .424 0.7-1.9 .359 2.8-3.6 .783 0.5 1.6 2.1 3.2 0.2 1.0 1.6 1.6 11.5
'08-'09 81 0 23.7 4.1-10.4 .398 0.8-2.7 .286 3.8-4.8 .790 0.4 1.6 2.0 3.0 0.2 1.0 1.6 1.9 12.8
'09-'10 64 38 29.9 5.0-10.6 .470 1.1-3.2 .340 3.0-3.6 .824 0.4 2.5 2.9 4.2 0.2 1.3 1.7 1.7 14.0
'10-'11 75 0 23.3 4.3-10.6 .406 1.2-3.4 .348 3.9-4.7 .823 0.4 1.6 2.0 3.4 0.2 0.6 1.7 1.4 13.7
'11-'12 64 0 26.3 5.0-12.2 .407 1.3-3.6 .362 3.7-4.6 .812 0.5 2.0 2.4 3.5 0.3 0.8 1.4 1.1 14.9
'12-'13 39 9 28.7 4.8-11.4 .422 1.8-5.0 .367 2.7-3.1 .868 0.2 1.9 2.1 3.6 0.3 1.1 1.4 1.9 14.1
'13-'14 60 7 24.1 3.3-8.2 .400 1.3-3.9 .342 2.5-3.0 .849 0.2 1.9 2.1 3.5 0.1 0.8 1.1 1.5 10.4
'14-'15 80 0 25.2 4.7-11.6 .404 1.9-5.6 .340 4.3-4.9 .861 0.3 1.6 1.9 2.1 0.1 1.1 1.3 1.3 15.5
'15-'16 67 35 28.5 4.2-10.3 .408 1.6-4.8 .344 5.3-6.3 .830 0.5 2.1 2.5 2.5 0.3 0.9 1.6 1.6 15.3
Career 701 89 23.5 4.0-9.5 .416 1.1-3.3 .342 3.2-4.0 .818 0.4 1.7 2.0 2.9 0.2 0.9 1.4 1.4 12.3

I know he would fill a position that we already have guys fighting for (Young, Hunter, Rozier, Green). But out of all of them, I do think he is the more reliable scorer.

His contract is a bit much to be fair (7 Mil per year for 2 years) and this might affect our cap space for the next off-season if we try to sign a max free agent, But we could probably flip Jerebko and one of the aforementioned players with maybe a second rounder for him and this will resolve the roster crunch as well.

I am not sold on this trade, but just wanted to see what kind of reactions this might get here on the blog.

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