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Trimming The Salary Fat
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 2:15 am
by snaquille oatmeal
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/season-lakers-powell-2312773-mihm-odom the guy the Lakers want to play instead of Mihm is the guy who is ultimately Kupchak’s favorite Laker: Josh Powell. We can just assume the part about calling him “Kupchak’s favorite,” because bear in mind that a professional sports general manager’s job challenge is to be part brilliant Billy Beane, part basic bean counter. Powell fits on both counts. The Lakers plucked Powell out of the free-agent leftovers pile, dreaming that in a best-case scenario he’d be a conceivable fit in the triangle offense while adding a physical, hard-rebounding presence to the defense.
He lived up to all those possibilities early this season, even though there was no way to fit him into the game rotation. But Bynum’s injury opened the door fully, and the sweetest thing is that Powell makes less than a million bucks both this season and next season. That means Kupchak would love for no one more than Powell to play great this season and lock up a key rotation role for next season at the peanuts they’re paying him.
Powell would’ve played ahead of Mihm on Wednesday night anyway with Golden State’s lack of size, but it was still timely to see Powell post a season-high 16 points while impressing Jackson with an ability even to defend smaller guys such as Corey Maggette and Stephen Jackson. This was why the Lakers had no qualms about showing Mihm the door, whether that was morally right or wrong.
if Odom gets a great offer from some other team in the Summer and does decide to leave how do you feel about Powell taking over his minutes or would you go for somebody like Artest to replace Odom?
edit- wouldn't that be the irony of all ironies, Odom leaving the Lakers on his own and not because he got traded.
Re: Trimming The Fat
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:04 am
by DEEP3CL
Artest in a heart beat.....................he's leaving Houston anyway bank on it.
Re: Trimming The Fat
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:46 pm
by Dexmor
I wouldn;t mind going with Blake Griffin if he slipped to us. Or maybe we can trade 2 2nd rounders for him. Thoughts?
Re: Trimming The Fat
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:00 pm
by snaquille oatmeal
Dexmor wrote:I wouldn;t mind going with Blake Griffin if he slipped to us. Or maybe we can trade 2 2nd rounders for him. Thoughts?
Blake Griffin would be fine with the Bobcats yes.
Re: Trimming The Fat
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:40 pm
by TonyMontana
snaquille oatmeal wrote:Dexmor wrote:I wouldn;t mind going with Blake Griffin if he slipped to us. Or maybe we can trade 2 2nd rounders for him. Thoughts?
Blake Griffin would be fine with the Bobcats yes.
Thats the team he is talking about, he just confused, he thinks he's posting on the Bobcats board instead of the Lakers.
Re: Trimming The Fat
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:53 pm
by Patterns
Powell isn't a championship backup.
Re: Trimming The Fat
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:54 pm
by TonyMontana
Patterns wrote:Powell isn't a championship backup.
To you maybe, but to me he is doing what he is suppose to do.
He is driven, he has heart and he is coming through for us when needed to.
Im okay with him.
Re: Trimming The Fat
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:03 pm
by Patterns
TonyMontana wrote:Patterns wrote:Powell isn't a championship backup.
To you maybe, but to me he is doing what he is suppose to do.
He is driven, he has heart and he is coming through for us when needed to.
Im okay with him.
He can be our 3rd back up but if he's our 2nd then we're in trouble. Luckily Bynum will be back so we don't have to worry about it.
Re: Trimming The Fat
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:16 pm
by TonyMontana
Patterns wrote:TonyMontana wrote:Patterns wrote:Powell isn't a championship backup.
To you maybe, but to me he is doing what he is suppose to do.
He is driven, he has heart and he is coming through for us when needed to.
Im okay with him.
He can be our 3rd back up but if he's our 2nd then we're in trouble. Luckily Bynum will be back so we don't have to worry about it.
All Im looking for in him is to cleanup the boards on both ends and play good D, if he is able to do that which it seems like he is I think we are in good shape.
Re: Trimming The Salary Fat
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:25 pm
by G35
Powell is doing good work. He is similar to Haslem imo in that he can hit that 15-18ft open shot when teams double Kobe. Decent on the boards and decent defender. Awesome player for what he's getting paid.....
Re: Trimming The Salary Fat
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:27 pm
by TonyMontana
G35 wrote:Powell is doing good work. He is similar to Haslem imo in that he can hit that 15-18ft open shot when teams double Kobe. Decent on the boards and decent defender. Awesome player for what he's getting paid.... .
Bingo, can you expect anymore from that???
Re: Trimming The Salary Fat
Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 10:46 pm
by DEEP3CL
4 guys get it here and one don't and the other is straight up lost. Some times I really wonder if some of these guys EVER picked up a basketball and played organized ball. To say Powell is third string is straight up incredible.
Re: Trimming The Salary Fat
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 12:04 am
by iamworthy
Powell has been awesome. I wish we had him last year in the finals. He's tough, nice mid-range and he goes after every rebound like its his. Gotta give Mitch major kudos for picking this guy up.
Re: Trimming The Salary Fat
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 1:15 am
by Mindflayer
Aren't all the Turiaf homers glad we didn't match that offer?
Re: Trimming The Salary Fat
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:07 am
by Dr Aki
Mindflayer wrote:Aren't all the Turiaf homers glad we didn't match that offer?
u realise mitch asked ronny if he'd be happy playing 6-10 minutes a game
ronny said he be much happier playing for a team that depended on him
mitch didn't match the Ws contract and let ronny go
Re: Trimming The Fat
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:54 pm
by hermes
Patterns wrote:Powell isn't a championship backup.
so you think he should start?
and i think the only way Odom leaves is if he's traded
love what Powell has brought to the table though
Re: Trimming The Fat
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:14 pm
by snaquille oatmeal
hermes wrote:Patterns wrote:Powell isn't a championship backup.
so you think he should start?
and i think the only way Odom leaves is if he's traded
love what Powell has brought to the table though
what if Odom does leave? would you be happy with Powell taking Odoms place or would you get somebody else?
Re: Trimming The Salary Fat
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:53 pm
by hermes
powell doesn't have lamar's versatility and we would need to get someone else to help josh fill the void
Re: Trimming The Fat
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 9:12 pm
by amb1ent
DEEP3CL wrote:Artest in a heart beat.....................he's leaving Houston anyway bank on it.
every team the tru warier has been on has gone from playoff contention to an absolute trainwreck. causation is not correlation, but you have to wonder about the guy you're getting if 4 different teams had their postseason dreams dashed while he was on the roster.
Re: Trimming The Fat
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 6:43 pm
by TonyMontana
amb1ent wrote:DEEP3CL wrote:Artest in a heart beat.....................he's leaving Houston anyway bank on it.
every team the tru warier has been on has gone from playoff contention to an absolute trainwreck. causation is not correlation, but you have to wonder about the guy you're getting if 4 different teams had their postseason dreams dashed while he was on the roster.
Ya but your forgetting one thing.
History has proven itself when it came to certain players in this league that werent able to do well with other teams but they have been able to contribute very well under Phil Jacksons coaching and leadership, and to me I think Artest will be one of those players.
Specailly since he is getting old and he does want to win a ring and to top it off he has great respect for Kobe.
But it all comes down to money and who can we sign and add to our roster, and at this time I think our main focus on resigning players should be Ariza and L.O.