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Hypothetical IND-LAL

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:26 am
by Gremz
This is an idea that probably wouldn't go down from an Indy rebuilding standpoint but is done from a Value standpoint

IND in: Bynum, Brown, Odom LAL 08 1st
IND out: JO, Harrison, Granger

LAL in: JO, Harrison, Granger
LAL out: Bynum, Brown, Odom 08 1st

This would bulk LAL in defense and add two new scoring opttions, one of which has tremendous upside. For Indy it starts complete rebuild around a young big with plenty of potential, not saying it should or would happen, but is this where the deal would be settled???

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:37 am
by Boneman2
That is certainly a new twist. You'll have both sides upset.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:06 am
by dockingsched
teams don't trade players like andrew bynum for that.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:27 am
by Gremz
Boneman2 wrote:That is certainly a new twist. You'll have both sides upset.


I figured as much, but like i said it's not a trade that WOULD go down, i'm simply trying to see what (if any) ground can be found to accomodate a Bynum-JO based deal, simply experimental

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:44 am
by Patterns
Bynum for JO? Are you kidding me? There is nothing on the Pacers I'd trade Bynum for.

The only players I'd trade Bynum for are in Cleveland and Orlando.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:55 pm
by celtspacers
No thanks from the Pacers. Bynum will never be the same. Will not trade granger.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:34 pm
by warren weel im
Trades like this never see the light of day. You see, what some trade fans do not understand is that teams almost gamble a lot in order to get good players from picks. Now that they do, they just trade them away?

For instance, Seattle. While Ray Allen may be paid max money, keeping him would mean better development for Kevin Durant. Why? Because the pressure would not be all on him. KD would have a legit player to look up to for leadership and you would not be placing your hopes on a 19-yr old that played only a year of college. Its not that he's not that good, coz he is, but the leadership and grit isn't there yet. So Seattle trading a legit Superstar in Ray Allen and getting ONLY Jeff Green, Delonte and Wally back is a HUUUGE gamble on how good Green will become.

Indiana in your suggestion loses its prime player in Granger who is in the plans by 2011. Dunleavy, Tinsley, Murphy and co. will all be gone.

Lakers meanwhile, risks losing its 2 superstars. When Bynum goes out, now that Kobe "trusts" him, Kobe will follow suit and opt out in 09 because he will then see that management is a mess.

Its a waste of time and space.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:40 pm
by joe.linnen
Dude if I were you I would go into hiding as of right now. Thats if your still alive. As a Lakers fan I'm just gonna overlook this trade, but other Lakers and Pacers fans might hunt you down.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:43 pm
by moocow007
When did Andrew Bynum fall into the same class as Dwight Howard and Lebron James? Talk about getting carried away. Holy cow.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:44 pm
by hermes
:lol: o man
your treading thin ice here man


lakers are not going to trade bynum

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:49 pm
by DanTown8587
moocow007 wrote:When did Andrew Bynum fall into the same class as Dwight Howard and Lebron James? Talk about getting carried away. Holy cow.


I guarantee you any player not named lebron or dwight that gets mentioned in any legal working trade gets shot down by LA. Go ahead, tell me who is Bynum level in terms of ability+upside+need. Go ahead.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:39 pm
by moocow007
DanTown8587 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-



I guarantee you any player not named lebron or dwight that gets mentioned in any legal working trade gets shot down by LA. Go ahead, tell me who is Bynum level in terms of ability+upside+need. Go ahead.


I can tell you who's not at his level. Two guys. Dwight Howard and Lebron James. Mentioning Bynum in the same breath as Howard and James is a joke regardless of how much Laker fans might like him. And Bynum is a extremely promising young player but saying that he's in the same category as Howard and James is insulting Howard and James...and most fans with half a wit.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:06 pm
by dockingsched
no one said he's on their level. they said they wouldn't trade bynum for anyone other than those two, they didn't say that they would actually expect the magic/cavs to agree.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:12 pm
by xSABOx
a deal that the two teams should agree on is...

O'Neal, Daniels

for

Odom, Brown, Farmar, 1st RD

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:19 pm
by moocow007
dcash4 wrote:no one said he's on their level. they said they wouldn't trade bynum for anyone other than those two, they didn't say that they would actually expect the magic/cavs to agree.


DanTown is nobody? He just said that only Howard and James match Bynum's value in terms of "ability+upside+need". Other than ability, upside and need, what else is there to compare players?

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 8:51 pm
by LeQuitterNotMVP
Patterns wrote:Bynum for JO? Are you kidding me? There is nothing on the Pacers I'd trade Bynum for.

The only players I'd trade Bynum for are in Cleveland and Orlando.
Larry Hughes, yup.

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:27 pm
by smoothdave1
Is Bynum a young prospect? Yes

But is he a Dwight Howard or a young Shaq? I don't know. He has a few good weeks and is out for 2+ months and you'd think he was the second coming of Wilt/Kareem/MJ/Bird/Magic/Shaq. Let's see how he does when he comes back and how long it takes him to get back to his old form and whether or not he's looking for the contract extension.

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:20 am
by vincanity1
Hell no Bynum will not go to the Pacers. Quit dreaming.

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 5:16 am
by chatard5
Lakers aren't trading Bynum and Pacers aren't trading Granger (unless they can get a current star to pair with JO, in my opinion. And that is just b/c we have another youngster in Shawne Williams who is also a SF, but we can tweak it so they can both start in a couple years).

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:25 am
by Showtime:Part2
moocow007 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-



I can tell you who's not at his level. Two guys. Dwight Howard and Lebron James. Mentioning Bynum in the same breath as Howard and James is a joke regardless of how much Laker fans might like him. And Bynum is a extremely promising young player but saying that he's in the same category as Howard and James is insulting Howard and James...and most fans with half a wit.


no duh. we're saying those are the only two players that are better than him in those 3 categories, therefore, we'd happily trade bynum for them. you try to make your team better, not worse.