Hypothetically, Who would you rather have?

WorthyBlitz42 · Post #1 » by **WorthyBlitz42** » Thu Mar 4, 2010 5:42 am

Pipe dream thread here. Say these two teams specifically want Andrew Bynum, Orlando Magic and Houston Rockets. Both of them are willing to trade any players on their team, specifically their centers. Rockets will guarantee that Yao will stay injury free from his career to the end of it.

Who would you rather have Dwight or Yao on the Lakers is basically what I'm trying to say?

edgehead411 · Post #2 » by **edgehead411** » Thu Mar 4, 2010 5:56 am

Dwight.

It's not even something that would require any thought

WorthyBlitz42 · Post #3 » by **WorthyBlitz42** » Thu Mar 4, 2010 6:18 am

edgehead411 wrote:Dwight.

It's not even something that would require any thought

I would say so, at least for fitting this team.

That Nicka · Post #4 » by **That Nicka** » Thu Mar 4, 2010 6:44 am

edgehead411 wrote:Dwight.

It's not even something that would require any thought

Post #5 » by **Slava** » Thu Mar 4, 2010 6:47 am

If Yao is injury free for the rest of his career? I'll pick Yao in a second and run back to LA.

Sofa King · Post #6 » by **Sofa King** » Thu Mar 4, 2010 6:57 am

Yao intrigues more for the sheer fact that LA would have so many international stars. Throw in David Beckham as our point guard while we're at it.

But Dwight is my choice. Rebounds, defends, unselfish player, and Lakers really need to steal another big name center from Orlando anyway. We're due.

cavsfan2681 · Post #7 » by **cavsfan2681** » Thu Mar 4, 2010 12:16 pm

i think yao because teams would not pull a hack a dwight or a hack a shaq

Tommy Trojan · Post #8 » by **Tommy Trojan** » Thu Mar 4, 2010 3:29 pm

Superman, he will fir in much better

TonyMontana · Post #9 » by **TonyMontana** » Thu Mar 4, 2010 4:09 pm

I would take a prime Shaq. I mean HYPOTHETICALLY............ :rofl:

Post #10 » by **Kilroy** » Thu Mar 4, 2010 4:34 pm

First lets forget "For the rest of his career" because with the way Yao's going, that might be next season.

Let's change it to 6 seasons...

So if they both could be garunteed to be healthy and still contributing near their peak for the next 6 seasons...

I still pick Dwight, because if he came to the Lakers I think he'd see that it was time to stop the GrabAssing and develop his game. If he worked with Pau and Kobe, I think he could be much more well-rounded and might become a true offensive and Defensive force.

I think Yao is as good as he can be.

TruSkool · Post #11 » by **TruSkool** » Thu Mar 4, 2010 5:07 pm

yao...easily

Post #12 » by **semi-sentient** » Thu Mar 4, 2010 5:14 pm

Since it's hypothetical, I'd go with Yao Ming who has the range to allow Pau to operate more in the post (which neither Bynum or Dwight offer). He's a fantastic free throw shooter so you know he can be in the game when it's on the line, particularly in the post season.

We're already the best defensive team in the league and we'd improve on that by swapping Yao/Bynum. Sure we'd be even better defensively with Dwight, but we get so much better on offense and don't have a late-game liability (except for Gasol, but what can you do?).

If we assume that both guys are injury free and able to play 40 MPG (absurd, I know), I'd take Yao. The Lakers probably would as well since it would bring in a bit more revenue.

Edrees · Post #13 » by **Edrees** » Thu Mar 4, 2010 8:12 pm

I think the answer is..who is the better passer? Shaq did well in the triangle because he is a very good passer for a center (under rated) I don't know who is the better passer between Yao and Dwight but whoever is, I'd take that one.

WorthyBlitz42 · Post #14 » by **WorthyBlitz42** » Thu Mar 4, 2010 10:37 pm

Edrees wrote:I think the answer is..who is the better passer? Shaq did well in the triangle because he is a very good passer for a center (under rated) I don't know who is the better passer between Yao and Dwight but whoever is, I'd take that one.

Yao is the better passer, at least so it seems to me. Dwight still isn't that great at it, he gets some decent passes at time but he's awfully inconsistent.

That being said, I always thought Kobe's perfect sidekick would be Yao, Not Gasol.

daddyfivestar · Post #15 » by **daddyfivestar** » Fri Mar 5, 2010 1:14 am

Depends on what you want?

Long term security:
Dwight 24 yo on opening day next yr
locked up through 2013 (16.6, 18.0, 19.5)

Salary flexibility:
Yao 30 yo on opening day next yr
expiring contract (17.69)

I'll take D12 with his lack of injury history and penchant for D and Rebs.

lakErfrOmManiLa · Post #16 » by **lakErfrOmManiLa** » Fri Mar 5, 2010 6:23 am

Yao if healthy, and its not even close.....

joe.linnen · Post #17 » by **joe.linnen** » Fri Mar 5, 2010 5:59 pm

Sofa King wrote:Yao intrigues more for the sheer fact that LA would have so many international stars. Throw in David Beckham as our point guard while we're at it.

But Dwight is my choice. Rebounds, defends, unselfish player, and Lakers really need to steal another big name center from Orlando anyway. We're due.

Yeah I'll take Howard over Yao. I rather go for the power and on top of that stealing another powerful center for them will be another slap in the face after slaping them around in the finals