Luke still a Laker

Luke Walton is re-signing with the Lakers - no surprise, except that it takes away one possible sign-and-trade piece in a potential KG trade. But I think Minnesota and Walton had no mutual interest anyway. More relevant is the list of Grant Hill suitors - Detroit, Miami, Phoenix, San Antonio and Orlando. Grant apparently wants a chance to play for a ring and is willing to take less to do so - but the Lakers are nowhere on that list. If Phoenix somehow gets Minny to go for Marion instead of Amare and actually pulls off the KG trade (losing James Jones and possibly Barbosa and/or Diaw in the process), Hill would be a natural fit at the 3. Miami is losing Kapono, and no doubt would love to get Grant to play 3 as well. The Spurs might even move Bowen to the bench (or keep Ginobili there) and offer Grant a starting spot. Unless he just can't leave Orlando, I suspect one of those 3 places will have him, and he could be an underrated piece of a contender next season.