OT: Pau to Lakers!

Post #21 » by **nate33** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:20 pm

Yup. If I'm LA, I'd be on the phone with Sacramento. Odom for Artest + Kenny Thomas would help both teams. Sacramento positions themselves for big cap room in Summer 2009 when there are a lot of free agents available. LA ends up with the best starting 5 in the league hands down.

Dat2U · Post #22 » by **Dat2U** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:21 pm

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:Chris Wallace, the Memphis GM

Ah, that explains it. Wallace was that miserable GM in Bahston for a spell. He's the same cat that traded Joe Johnson during his rookie season for the buffet-loving Rodney Rogers so they could barely make the playoffs.

I don't understand how these dudes can keep getting jobs when its proven their complete idiots.

Gasol may have been a bad fit with that roster in Memphis but they essentially gave him away for nothing in terms of actual production. Critt isn't going to get any minutes with all those bodies in the backcourt they got now.

At least Kwame will be partying his ass off on Beale Street nights after home games.

ZonkertheBrainless · Post #23 » by **ZonkertheBrainless** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:21 pm

Where's that list of most lopsided trades ever?

sashae · Post #24 » by **sashae** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:21 pm

How can Memphis even faintly justify this? What an atrocious trade.

wermolwermol777 · Post #25 » by **wermolwermol777** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:22 pm

tkunit wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

crap I am going to that game too.

more importantly how does th elusive Juan Carlos feel now about getting out from the wiz who have a winning record and now being stuck in Memphis without his guy pal Gasol.

This is exactly what I was thinking...wow...hahaha

damn...

But as others have said...this trade made Lakers ridiculously good...oh well...I guess we'll have to play them a couple of more times than expected this season.

JWizmentality · Post #26 » by **JWizmentality** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:22 pm

Holy Fuggin $h!t!!!!! That reeks of a conspiracy. That's all they gave up for Gasol. Who the hell is the GM for Memphis?? He should be put before a firing squad. Well, there's your 2008 NBA champions. That lineup is stacked.

Haha Suck on that Navarro!!!!!! Welcome to the NBA biatch!!!!!!

But still, there's something fishy going on. There seems to be a concerted effort by the NBA to get big market teams back into the limelight. There has to be some under the table crap going on. First, New York landed Randolph...although that was a wash. Boston suddenly has Garnett, and Allen, now L.A just landed Gasol....for rubbish no less. WTF?!?! I call foul.

mhd · Post #27 » by **mhd** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:22 pm

This trade doesn't work in the TC.

Lakers have to add Vujajic (expiring) to make it work.

Post #28 » by **nate33** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:23 pm

Benjammin wrote:Not that it will make much of a difference, but the deal doesn't work in the trade checker. Add another Laker body like Turiaf and it does. I can't imagine what this is like for a Memphis fan. If any of those Bulls offers were halfway accurate, this deal is a steaming pile of crap.

I wonder if that Swift for Jason Collins deal is part of this. If you include those salaries as part of a big, three-way trade, that'll probably generate enough room under the Traded Player Exemption to make the deal work.

mhd · Post #29 » by **mhd** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:24 pm

This HAS TO BE ownership's call. They want immediate relief. Lakers give up a bunch of expirings to make it happen.

If I'm LA, I try and trade Odom for Redd/whatever wing scorer. LAL are the team to beat now.

Wiz99 · Post #30 » by **Wiz99** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:24 pm

This is **** travesty.

The Lakers get an All Star PF for cap room and picks?

Are you **** kidding me?!?! There's NOTHING DC had that Memphis would have bit on?

Damn. I was really hoping there was some way Gasol would end up in DC. I really like his game, and its not often an all star PF comes available like this. [Note that I didn't say I would have traded AJ for Gasol and reopen that whole can of worms. Oh, ****... I just did, didn't I?]

Soup's Uncle · Post #31 » by **Soup's Uncle** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:25 pm

Juan and Pau...

As soon as that marriage happened, it all comes to an end. Is Juan Carlos gonna cry his way back to Spain now that he's not with his bestest buddy?

Kobe's gotta be the happiest man on the planet right now.

ZonkertheBrainless · Post #32 » by **ZonkertheBrainless** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:25 pm

Is Memphis under the salary cap? Can they use that expiring $9 mil to offer to Jamison?

ZonkertheBrainless · Post #33 » by **ZonkertheBrainless** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:26 pm

mhd wrote:This trade doesn't work in the TC.

Lakers have to add Vujajic (expiring) to make it work.

How much do the draft picks count for?

mhd · Post #34 » by **mhd** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:27 pm

I think Memphis came out OK to think about it. They wanted needed a young 2g (Crittendon) to play alongside Conley and Gay. They can tank for the #1 pick (Beasley) and start with a really nice team:

PG: Conley/Lowry
SG: Miller/Critt
SF: Gay/Jones
PF: Beasley/Warrick
C: Darko/Collins

That is a very nice looking team assuming they get Beasley. Plus, they have no cap restraints.

mhd · Post #35 » by **mhd** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:27 pm

ZonkertheBrainless wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

How much do the draft picks count for?

ZERO.

sashae · Post #36 » by **sashae** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:28 pm

ZonkertheBrainless wrote:Is Memphis under the salary cap? Can they use that expiring $9 mil to offer to Jamison?

Mentioned it in the resigning Jamison thread, but Memphis has both Stoudamire and Kwame off the books this summer.

Wiz99 · Post #37 » by **Wiz99** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:33 pm

I just bought tickets. Lower level. First time I've been down in the high class seats. I know they're closer, but I'm behind the basket so I'm wondering if it will actually be better. As long as I have better food options than "dress my dog" and get a good look at Gasol and Kobe.

Dat2U · Post #38 » by **Dat2U** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:34 pm

mhd wrote:I think Memphis came out OK to think about it. They wanted needed a young 2g (Crittendon) to play alongside Conley and Gay. They can tank for the #1 pick (Beasley) and start with a really nice team:

PG: Conley/Lowry
SG: Miller/Critt
SF: Gay/Jones
PF: Beasley/Warrick
C: Darko/Collins

That is a very nice looking team assuming they get Beasley. Plus, they have no cap restraints.

That Darko / Collins combo at C will easily be one of the worst in the league. Darko has officially become a bust for the 2nd time in his career. He's the foreign version of Kwame. Collins shouldn't even be in the league anymore.

Critt would be an undersized 2. He needs the ball in his hands to be effective. That's not going to happen with Conley & Lowry.

Memphis needs Beasley in the worst way. There's only a 25% that they'll get him.

I like Gay, Conley & Lowry but it must suck to be a Grizz fan right now.

Post #39 » by **pineappleheadindc** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:34 pm

Regarding Sunday's game (I'll be there with wife and,for the first time, baby.)

Unless Gasol is familiar with the triangle, I'm not sure how much burn he'll get in his first game with the Lakers. I wouldn't worry about his minutes against us on Sunday.

That being said, Jerry West picked the wrong day to start smoking crack.

mhd · Post #40 » by **mhd** » Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:35 pm

sashae wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Mentioned it in the resigning Jamison thread, but Memphis has both Stoudamire and Kwame off the books this summer.

Why would they want Jamison? Why would Jamison go there? Memphis is tanking for Beasley. They should try and trade Miller/Cardinal/Darko for picks, expirings, and do a rebuild around Gay and Conley.