Lakers and Grizz

[shagadelic45]

MEM TRADES: Marc Gasol, Marko Jaric


LAL TRADES: Sasha Vujacic, Adam Morrison, Jordan Farmar, #2 Returned (MEM)

the grizz shave a year off jaric's deal and cut $ overall, while gaining back their second rounder and get a good, young backup pg.

the lakers get depth in the front court and backcourt for some of their abundance of guards

[old rem]

So the Lakers screw Memphis again? I wonder how much under the table cash this one would take?

[shagadelic45]

how is mem getting screwed? they save $, get farmar and their second back, open a spot for thabeet to start and dump the 2 years and 15 million left on jaric's deal for 2 years and 10.5 million of vujacic

[SoCal Al]

as bad as Thabeet looked in Las Vegas, i don't think Gasol is going anywhere in the near future, and certainly not for that package. i would love it for the Lakers, but Memphis is not gift wrapping another sweet deal the Lakers' way.

[qclakers]

Yeah man that is brutal for MEM. They trade the only valuable player for a bunch of nothing and save a little bit of money. Nobody(not even MEM) just drops talented and young bigs like that.

[daddyfivestar]

Unfortunately, as much as I'd like G2 playing along side his brother, he's "Thabust Insurance".
They need him for two years while Thabeet develops.
If Thabeet does become a capable NBA C, then G2 could be avail - plus you know the Lakers already have their MLE set aside for him when he becomes a free agent in 2011.