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.