2009 off season thread

tiredandhungry67 · Post #1 » by **tiredandhungry67** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 2:46 am

let us bask in the glory of a championship, but now we have to focus on the back to back next year for 2009-2010
many holes in our roster and the key looming decision:
ODOM or ARIZA?
What do we do with Bynum?
How will Kobe do in the offseason with a looming pinkie surgery?

and the quest for 2010 championship begins now.

Sofa King · Post #2 » by **Sofa King** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:06 am

Too busy celebrating to read this!

i<3basketball · Post #3 » by **i<3basketball** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:07 am

tiredandhungry67 wrote:many holes in our roster and the key looming decision:
ODOM or ARIZA?

Odom. Period. He is too valuable to this team. What he showed tonight is that he is what puts the Lakers over the top. Ariza is replacable, Odom not so much. The Lakers may want to target a guy like Summers with their pick to play part of Ariza's role.

tlifeset · Post #4 » by **tlifeset** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:22 am

Odom. Back.
Ariza. Back
It won't hurt their luxury tax that bad. And you always take advantage of bird exemptions because you can always trade the players, that alone is worth the premium paid. I don't think it's even a question that both will be back.

hermes · Post #5 » by **hermes** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:32 pm

odom, ariza, and shannon stay

hope bynum gets back into his top form, and stays healthy

and i'm not worried about kobe

joe.linnen · Post #6 » by **joe.linnen** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 10:48 pm

SF:Ariza/Walton
PF:Gasol/Odom/Powell
C:Bynum/???
SG:Bryant/Vujacic
PG:Fisher/Farmar/Brown

Gone:
Mbegna
Morrirson

Needs:
-back-up center
-big guard

daddyfivestar · Post #7 » by **daddyfivestar** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 11:23 pm

Gasol is the backup Center and where else can the Lakers find a 3rd center who only makes 959k and knows the schemes. Keep DJ too.

The only real need is a big PG (same issue for 10 yrs now).

hermes · Post #8 » by **hermes** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:07 am

joe.linnen wrote:SF:Ariza/Walton
PF:Gasol/Odom/Powell
C:Bynum/???
SG:Bryant/Vujacic
PG:Fisher/Farmar/Brown

Gone:
Mbegna
Morrirson

Needs:
-back-up center
-big guard

i agree that ammo will be gone, but i think we keep DJ, he plays hard and he's cheap to keep around

daddyfivestar · Post #9 » by **daddyfivestar** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 3:13 am

DJ earned another year with that clutch 3 minute stretch in the first qtr of Game 4. AB, PG and LO on the pine, down 6 going on 8, but they ended it down 4 and DJ had that nice swat to end the qtr and keep the deficit at 4. Welcome back big fella.

Speedlot · Post #10 » by **Speedlot** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:12 am

Odom 9 million.
Ariza 7.5 million.