Semi - OT Pau Gasol to the Lakers 2008

theman · Post #1 » by **theman** » Tue Jan 9, 2018 9:37 pm

Am I misremembering something.

As I seem to recall. When the Lakers traded for Gasol in '08 the reason they were able to fit him under the cap was because they used the Disabled Player Exemption granted because of an injury to Andrew Bynum.

Can any one fill in some of these details for me? Thanks.

Post #2 » by **dockingsched** » Tue Jan 9, 2018 10:11 pm

Pretty inexcusable to forget the trade worked financially cause of Kwame Brown.

Post #3 » by **Slava** » Tue Jan 9, 2018 10:21 pm

Yep, it was Kwame ($9.1M), Crittenton ($1.28M), Aaron Mckie ($2.5M) for Pau ($13.7M).

Post #4 » by **Kilroy** » Tue Jan 9, 2018 10:23 pm

Ahh.. And who can forget the famous European Vacation with Kobe Pau and Mitch over the previous summer, where they "never discussed a trade"... Good times.

theman · Post #5 » by **theman** » Tue Jan 9, 2018 11:59 pm

Slava wrote:Yep, it was Kwame ($9.1M), Crittenton ($1.28M), Aaron Mckie ($2.5M) for Pau ($13.7M).

So the disabled player exemption was not used to facilitate this trade?

Didn't the Lakers use it in the early 2000's to bring in someone?

PKABOOICU · Post #6 » by **PKABOOICU** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 3:13 pm

good times

Spanish_Laker · Post #7 » by **Spanish_Laker** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 4:05 pm

February the 1st 2008, one of the happiest days in my life.

Post #8 » by **snaquille oatmeal** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 4:54 pm

Slava wrote:Yep, it was Kwame ($9.1M), Crittenton ($1.28M), Aaron Mckie ($2.5M) for Pau ($13.7M).

Didn’t they have to bring back somebody out of retirement to meet salaries?

Post #9 » by **Slava** » Wed Jan 10, 2018 5:06 pm

snaquille oatmeal wrote:
Slava wrote:Yep, it was Kwame ($9.1M), Crittenton ($1.28M), Aaron Mckie ($2.5M) for Pau ($13.7M).

Didn’t they have to bring back somebody out of retirement to meet salaries?

It was Mckie.

Gus McCrae · Post #10 » by **Gus McCrae** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 7:09 am

Slava wrote:
snaquille oatmeal wrote:
Slava wrote:Yep, it was Kwame ($9.1M), Crittenton ($1.28M), Aaron Mckie ($2.5M) for Pau ($13.7M).

Didn’t they have to bring back somebody out of retirement to meet salaries?

It was Mckie.

What about the second rounder that was Marc Gasol?

SashaTheMachine · Post #11 » by **SashaTheMachine** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 7:13 am

McKie did us a solid but got $$$$ so all good.

tomacorandom · Post #12 » by **tomacorandom** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:33 am

Gus McCrae wrote:
Slava wrote:
snaquille oatmeal wrote:Didn’t they have to bring back somebody out of retirement to meet salaries?

It was Mckie.

What about the second rounder that was Marc Gasol?

Pau Gasol after the trade, insisted the Lakers Front Office to take their rights back. It was 200.000$ but Lakers refused to pay to for it

Post #13 » by **Slava** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 11:51 am

tomacorandom wrote:
Gus McCrae wrote:
Slava wrote:It was Mckie.

What about the second rounder that was Marc Gasol?

Pau Gasol after the trade, insisted the Lakers Front Office to take their rights back. It was 200.000$ but Lakers refused to pay to for it

Is there a source for this or mere conjecture?

tomacorandom · Post #14 » by **tomacorandom** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:55 pm

Slava wrote:
tomacorandom wrote:
Gus McCrae wrote:What about the second rounder that was Marc Gasol?

Pau Gasol after the trade, insisted the Lakers Front Office to take their rights back. It was 200.000$ but Lakers refused to pay to for it

Is there a source for this or mere conjecture?

Pau Gasol in an TV interview about his brother. I'll try to find it

Post #15 » by **Slava** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 1:59 pm

tomacorandom wrote:
Slava wrote:
tomacorandom wrote:
Pau Gasol after the trade, insisted the Lakers Front Office to take their rights back. It was 200.000$ but Lakers refused to pay to for it

Is there a source for this or mere conjecture?

Pau Gasol in an TV interview about his brother. I'll try to find it

Well you can't just take back rights to a player you traded so I'd love to see the context of how he said it.

tomacorandom · Post #16 » by **tomacorandom** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 2:22 pm

Slava wrote:
tomacorandom wrote:
Slava wrote:
Is there a source for this or mere conjecture?

Pau Gasol in an TV interview about his brother. I'll try to find it

Well you can't just take back rights to a player you traded so I'd love to see the context of how he said it.

Found it. I made some mistakes :lol:

Pau Gasol the night Marc was drafted, asked Chris Wallace (Memphis GM) to pay for Marc ($500K) and take the money from his salary if possible or if necessary because he knew he was to be really good.

He says also that he reminds Wallace that moment everytime they meet.

Watch on YouTube

17:55

Laker_Kid · Post #17 » by **Laker_Kid** » Fri Jan 12, 2018 3:00 pm

that’s one of things about that trade i could never forget. Marc turned out to be a beast.

Mindflayer · Post #18 » by **Mindflayer** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 6:25 am

Marc Gasol was the key prospect in the trade. We new it and so did Memphis. He had won like 7 player of the week awards in the toughest European league at the time of the trade. He would have been a lotto pick if he came out a year later. It’s so ridiculous to hear all the whining throughout RealGM with no knowledge of Marc Gasol the prospect.

danfantastk32 · Post #19 » by **danfantastk32** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 7:19 am

Laker_Kid wrote:that’s one of things about that trade i could never forget. Marc turned out to be a beast.

Forget it. How many titles has Marc hoisted? Pau was the PERFECT sidekick to Kobe, we went to 3 straight finals, and won 2.

We won that trade. Always have....always will. Marc's a nice player, but that got Memphis jack-all.

Pointgod · Post #20 » by **Pointgod** » Sat Jan 13, 2018 4:59 pm

danfantastk32 wrote:
Laker_Kid wrote:that’s one of things about that trade i could never forget. Marc turned out to be a beast.

Forget it. How many titles has Marc hoisted? Pau was the PERFECT sidekick to Kobe, we went to 3 straight finals, and won 2.

We won that trade. Always have....always will. Marc's a nice player, but that got Memphis jack-all.

Replace Marc with Bynum (who was injured through most of our playoff runs) and he would have been a nice bridge from the post Jackson years until now.