That Nicka wrote:sfernald wrote:It's a lot of money granted. But it gives us some leverage for when Pau's contract comes up. And frankly it's not my money, and the lakers haven't shown any limits to spending at this point, so I'm not going to worry about what they will or will not spend. If the lakers manage to revitalize him and he helps us win a championship this year, then he might be a nice trading chip next year if we want or we hold him in case we lose Pau. Or maybe we trade Bynum. I don't know. It gives us another potential all-star and a lot more options though, maybe.
They say you can't have enough good big men
not re-signing Pau
trading Bynum
That still doesnt change the fact that we'd have 17 million dollars sitting on the bench. He would never play. Or he would split time with Lamar -- which would leave them both disgruntled and they'd probably demand a trade. We dont need (extra) drama in the locker room. We're playing for a championship, not experimenting in chemistry class.
You say that he would just sit on the bench, but Bynum has missed HOW MANY games in the previous two seasons???
