Listeners Weight In on Jerami Grant Trade Rumors, Criticize Rob Pelinka and Jeanie Buss

Locked On Lakers - Daily Podcast On The Los Angeles Lakers

The Lakers have done nothing this offseason. No trades, no signings. Nothing. So when there's one guy who is seemingly available for the type of haul the Lakers can actually satisfy, it's worth a conversation about whether it's a good idea.

That's the state of things with Portland forward Jerami Grant. For Tuesday's show, Mike Richman of Locked On Blazers joined to provide a scouting report, covering Grant's defense, offense and fit.

It's a trade idea that really emphasizes how tight a window the Lakers have to operate through, because with Grant you have to consider:

• Whether the Lakers should give up draft capital.
• If the gap between Grant and the (likely) two to three rotation players required to make the money work is big enough for the Lakers to improve in the transaction.
• The future implications, because Grant makes a ton of money for the next four years, and is already on the wrong side of 30.

Well, Lakers fans have considered the info, and decided they didn't like the idea of trading for Grant. Overwhelmingly, the sentiment on the Locked On Lakers YouTube page was anti-Grant, at least for the price the Lakers would be expected to have to pay, with current rates. That's despite all the frustration with the total inactivity this summer. So it says fans want improvement, not just action.

It didn't, however, prevent fans from criticizing the front office. We opened up the mailbag, and listeners responded with many, many letters critical of Lakers managment/ownership.

HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky

SEGMENT 1: Reacting to your reaction about Jerami Grant

SEGMENT 2: Fans weigh in on Jeannie and Pelinka.

SEGMENT 3: Is the criticism accurate?

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