u/Soft-Outcome8447

An underreported aspect of the walker sign and trade is that the lakers couldn’t make their other free agency signings without securing walker beforhand given the hard cap. Therefore ainge had all the leverage as he could have waited till the last day of free agency to decline or accept. That is why we got such a good package relative to say Jaylen Brown or kawhi. Essentially, the lakers traded 2 picks and 2 swaps to guarantee walker, Mamu, Grimes and sexton