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On the trade board, a topic listing Bynum as possibly (though hardly likely) being available due to salary constraints and the cost of Kobe, Gasol, Odom (Odom being more likely be gone than Bynum) pushing around 50 million alone. Bynum does provide what they seem to be lacking in the playoffs, rebounding and interior defense, so again highly unlikely to be available.

This, then, is purely hypothetical and not likely to ever be available, but.... would we consider Bynum for the #3 + filler?

Not with the knee injury.

If no injury occured, I think I still would not do it simply because on offense, he would only get in Jeffersons way. However, the defense would be awesome. Ideally we want a defensive minded center who blocks shots and rebounds but has a face up game on offense. IMO

that'd be automatic, but if the Laker have to move somebody, they'd move Odom I'd think. He only has one more year left anyways, they should be able to ride it out.

For Bynum, I think the Lakerfans here would want the #3 and the #1 and the #2.

As long as they're winning I don't think the salary constraints are an issue in LA.

shrink wrote:For Bynum, I think the Lakerfans here would want the #3 and the #1 and the #2.

Is that all? I guess the knee injury has hurt his stock.

LOL, nice. Yea i agree I wouldnt do it due to the injury, and i think his offensive abilities are HIGHLY overrated. He cannot create, and he would absolutely get in Jeffersons way.

I can see him on offense standing with his arms straight in the air as if he was playing defense.

4ho5ive wrote:LOL, nice. Yea i agree I wouldnt do it due to the injury, and i think his offensive abilities are HIGHLY overrated. He cannot create, and he would absolutely get in Jeffersons way.

I can see him on offense standing with his arms straight in the air as if he was playing defense.

I don't think you guys are giving Bynum enough credit. He might not have offensive moves like Jefferson, but they are certainly adequate. Not to mention he can man handle just about anyone in the league. You guys wouldn't trade the 3rd pick in the draft to have a modern day twin towers? Two guys that demand double teams in the post is a recipe for success.

DaKidKG wrote:
I don't think you guys are giving Bynum enough credit. He might not have offensive moves like Jefferson, but they are certainly adequate. Not to mention he can man handle just about anyone in the league. You guys wouldn't trade the 3rd pick in the draft to have a modern day twin towers? Two guys that demand double teams in the post is a recipe for success.

I agree. And forget his offense, everybody wants that rebound/defender at the 5 and Bynum is pretty much at the top of that mountain.

And say goodbye to centers guarding Al Jefferson, a hearty LOL if Washington thinks they can put Haywood on Al and then Jamison on Bynum.

Bynum doesn't have to do anything on offense except wait for drive and dish from Foye and dump offs from Al for power dunks.

The list of people in the NBA that can stop Bynum from dunking from 5 feet:

Well again, was off of what I saw on the trade board. We would have to match salaries, McCants would be my suggestion and gives more incentive. Again, don't see it happening, but figured it was an interesting discussion. Thanks for insights.

I wouldn't trade the #3 pick as a wolves fan, but as a Lakers fan I would love to see Mayo playing the point in the triangle and as a successor to Kobe (Is there a better possible mentor for him?)

Before the knee surgery I'd have been happy to trade Bynum for the #3. Right now though, when we don't know how he'll come out? Its too great a risk to me.

First, you've got the financial risk. What do you do if Bynum comes back slowly, and has a so-so season. Do you give him the max deal it would take to keep him? For all those years? What if he comes back great, and doesn't want to stay?

Second, we're risking more than money here -- we're risk OJ Mayo. Yeah, he might not become a star, but he has the upside, and mroe importantly in my book, "cojones," to be a special, game-changing player. We'd have that guy locked in on a low salary for 4 years.

It would be a huge risk, and all depends on how Bynum's surgery goes, how he heals, and how hard he rehabs. The Lakers view these all as irrelevent. However, with the table stakes this high, I disagree.

I'd do it in a heartbeat. yeah he had a knee injury but I think it's not such a big deal as many people make it out to be. his knee cap broke. I don't think in modern day medicine this should be such a big question mark once you're fully recovered though I have to say I have no idea about medicine

but I highly doubt the lakers will trade him - this year at least

I don't think LA would ever consider trading Bynum.

Recent history shows that they covet this guy.

They could have traded Bynum for Garnett, Jermaine O'Neal, or Pau Gasol...etc, but they didn't. Last year Kobe even 'dogged' Bynum and wanted him out for veteran talent and still no trade.

I'm sure Memphis asked for Bynum for Gasol but I suppose they settled for Kwame and something else...

I would definitely trade #3 for Bynum, assuming he's healthy, of course.
I watch a lot of LA games and Bynum is surely a top 5 center, on top of that, he's only what, 21?

20, he'll be 21 when the season starts. The type of injury he had is something he should recover from 100%, he didn't need microfracture surgery.

Bynum was worth #3 before the knee. But I won't do it now. The knee is an important thing.

13 and 12 before a major knee injury is not enough to convince me to trade for him.

its just to unknown and I guess you could argue that its unknown what mayo will become...but man, guys his size with knee troubles just scares me.

This thread shows how little that people are really paying attention to the other teams' player.

Bynum had a minor operation (30 minutes total time) to clean up his knee.

You can see him walking freely during game 5 between Spurs and the Lakers week and half after the operation. (He had the operation on the same day as Game 1)

I agree with some of the poster. If Lakers want to make a trade, it will be Odom, but Bynum.

OK, so how do you explain Bynum being out for the rest of the season? He was supposed to be back in time to get a few games in before the playoffs and then come off the bench during the playoffs. He had a setback, and then another one, and then they shut him down. Throughout his injury, it has been noted many times that he has been slow to heal. That tells me two things: either the injury is much more severe than they originally thought, or he's a really slow healer. Since he's very young, I find it hard to believe he's a slow healer.