Trade: SAC & LAC

[fauxcreative]

Kings acquire:

Austin Reaves

Clippers acquire:

Ausar Thompson

Financials
> SAC covers 3.6M on Ausar for 2024 (salary neutral)


This is admittedly a gamble, as Ausar has an undeniably higher ceiling, and whatever Monty is doing to Ausar with this minutes stuff is certainly only temporary. That being said, it's a cash year for the Kings, and Reaves absolutely helps us out more this season. Plus Reaves contract extension is a bargain, and helps offset some of the ceiling loss. I hate losing Ausar to an intra-conference foe, but I wanted Reaves stat profile more.

We'll see how this one plays out. Should be interesting.

LAC to confirm.

[SandlotLinC25]

Confirm.

Losing out on my boy Reeves is difficult, but acquiring a top talent like Ausar made it worth the risk. As Faux points out, this is a very interesting gamble for both sides, as I am certainly competing this year as well but liked both the long term potential and Ausar's ability to rebound and get steals/blocks.

Will certainly be watching this closely over the next year plus. Thanks for the fun talks and I will see you in the playoffs my friend!

[thepetis]

Fun trade, nice job guys

[fauxcreative]

Quick Addendum.

SAC will cover an additional 300K on Ausar for 2025
LAC will cover an additional 300K on Reaves for 2026

#MathIsHardSometimes

[Laimbeer40]

-Ausar is #63 dynasty asset (and dropping)... Ranked 132nd in FTX
-Reaves is #128 dynasty asset... Ranked 65th in FTX

Clear example of a team gunning it to win this year and a team looking to straddle the fence. We will look back at this trade as potentially the reason SAC wins the West. Like ThePetis said, fun trade.