Jake Fischer

Number six, dump Knecht, dump Hardy in separate deals, waive one of them, whatever you have to do, and sign Bruce Brown.

Apparently, Jake L. Fischer reported that Bruce Brown and the Lakers have interest once again.

If you know anything about anything, the Lakers have a, had longstanding interest in Bruce Brown.

They almost signed him in 2023 before the Indiana Pacers gave him a $20 million two-year contract.

Well, then we get him for one more year," um, there.

And then Jake, uh, Fischer had reported that it was down to the Clippers or the Pelicans via sign and trade.

Here's the thing with the sign and trade, and this is gonna come up a little bit later with Jonathan Kuminga when we talk about him.

Has to be a minimum of three years, and that could've been a sticking point for maybe Mathurin or maybe, um, the, the, uh, Pelicans.

They do not have enough room under what will now be a first apron hard cap to sign Benedict Mathurin today.

So there's another move that's gonna have to come.

Jake Fischer hinted at this.

I think, was this yesterday? Maybe it was Monday.

Kinda talks about the background around what he brought to the table.

It says, "NBA insider Jake Fischer reported in April that the Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls, and Brooklyn Nets were all potential landing spots for Watson and his market was bound to grow once the off-season kicked into gear.

A player as young as Watson and who possesses his skill set is a valuable commodity on the open market.

His value got boosted from the fact that there weren't a lot of stars in the 2026 free agent class either.

Either the front office believes his 2025, '26 improvement was a bit of a fluke, or it didn't think the cap implications of re-signing him were worth it.

Maybe the broad assessment proves true." Now, the rest is kind of, again, focusing on the Denver Nuggets and the, uh, and the Cleveland Cavaliers as far as how things kinda, like, shake out.

But the thing that stands out to me the most, if we're bringing it back to the Milwaukee Bucks side here, is it goes back to that original report from Jake Fischer that says, "Cleveland, to my understanding, has been orchestrating all the separate pieces of this trade." This was a team that even though they did not have the financial means, a- again, simply moved heaven and earth in every way humanly possible for their co- current roster to go get Peyton Watson.

And we have to remember, this is a team that has been devoid of a sufficient three for the better part of the last few years now.

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... also part of the Stein line, Jake Fischer just yesterday put this out, that the Cavs may also have to back out of sign and trade talks for Kuminga or Watson as Harden and his camp grow impatient awaiting his new contract.

Well, they're gonna pay Harden.

That's the one thing they will definitely do.