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There is a "better than even likelihood" the Lakers will unload their first-round pick before Thursday's draft, according to GM Mitch Kupchak.
L.A. holds the No. 29 pick and may not want even want another guaranteed contract on their roster. They also hold second-round picks Nos. 42 and 59.

i hope this is true, we dont need another benchwarmer and pay so much money, i except a trade done tomorrow, either done when i wake up or when the draft is taking place

link????

here on real gm
http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/60049/20090624/lakers_likely_to_deal_29th_overall_pick/

Booo.

we should package that pick with morrison that would make my day

maybe we can trade the pick to minnesota considering they already have 4 picks in the 1st round. A 5th pick wouldn't hurt right?

KB24_ILLMATIC wrote:we should package that pick with morrison that would make my day

i agree, i mean we cant get worse from this trade, or can we?

We have enough youngins... I fully support trading this pick.

I hate getting rid of picks but I would have to agree.

PG- Fisher, Brown, Farmar
SG- Bryant, Vujajic, Danny Green (2nd)
SF- Ariza, Walton
PF- Gasol, Odom, Powell
C- Bynum, Mbenga

Would make my day.

hansmoleman wrote:maybe we can trade the pick to minnesota considering they already have 4 picks in the 1st round. A 5th pick wouldn't hurt right?

good call, 29th for the 5th straight up!

DO IT MITCH!

They need to slide back into the 2nd rd in a swap with a team needing a fixed cost 1st rounder (830k), then take a Euro-stash with the 2nds. Teams that come to mind that might be eyeing a player in the late first and can deal a 2nd are:
Washington (no 1st) have #32
Denver (no 1st) have #34
Magic (no picks and they may need a Gortat replacement, maybe we get their 1st next year,
probably late 20's anyway)
Clippers (no 2nd, and have multiple picks in coming years)
Mil has #41 (might want somebody at 29)

I would actually say that the better idea would be to use the pick on a PG and trade Farmar. We'd have the kid locked in at three years and around 3.5m, versus Farmar at 1.9m plus a 3-4m extension.

Jajwanda wrote:I would actually say that the better idea would be to use the pick on a PG and trade Farmar. We'd have the kid locked in at three years and around 3.5m, versus Farmar at 1.9m plus a 3-4m extension.

then he would just sit on the bench and take a few years to be ready

for better or worse, farmar can play now, and we want to win now

kingkobe8 wrote:There is a "better than even likelihood" the Lakers will unload their first-round pick before Thursday's draft, according to GM Mitch Kupchak.
L.A. holds the No. 29 pick and may not want even want another guaranteed contract on their roster. They also hold second-round picks Nos. 42 and 59.

I thought since they traded last years and next years 1sts to Memphis, the Lakers HAVE to make a 1st round pick this year. I can see them drafting someone for another team and immediately trading them, but that's not how it sounds coming out of Kupchak's mouth there.

Wrong because Farmar doesn't play major minutes and the role asked isn't extraordinary for a smart player. Never get into the notion of winning now it leads to poor results.

Saving that kind of money for Buss (close to 2m, 6 and then 6m) would be a major coup. Plus Farmar isn't irreplaceable in any sense. Darren Collison for example could easily play just as well.

eehh the draft just got even less interesting to watch.

Selling the pick saves probably 1m plus another 1m for luxury tax and a good 2-3m for the sale of the draft pick. 5m isn't anything to sneeze at it basically means Shannon Brown+his luxury tax.

If we could get rid of Morrison it would be even better but I don't see how except if someone were very interested in Farmar (we'd then sign a veteran PG for the minimum).

Morrison+Farmar+1st might fetch us the Knicks' Cuttino Mobley insurance deal. Total savings would be close to 14-15m which would be enough to ensure that both of the big time players are re-signed. We'd have to search for a backup backup PG on the cheap which isn't impossible.

Jajwanda wrote:Wrong because Farmar doesn't play major minutes and the role asked isn't extraordinary for a smart player. Never get into the notion of winning now it leads to poor results.

Saving that kind of money for Buss (close to 2m, 6 and then 6m) would be a major coup. Plus Farmar isn't irreplaceable in any sense. Darren Collison for example could easily play just as well.

i don't get why we would get someone who can play just as well, but would have to take a while to learn the system when we already have a guy who does

What I don't understand about the article that talks about the Lakers pick is that if the Lakers resign Ariza, Odom, and Brown and bring everyone else back that doesn't make 13 players it makes 14 who do the Lakers plan on not bringing back. Are they not exercising 1 of the team options on Yue's, Powell's, and Dj's contract or do they have a trade they haven't announced involving Morrison or someone else.