Lakers : Free Agency

iamworthy · Post #101 » by **iamworthy** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:41 am

Please get this done!!!

iamworthy · Post #102 » by **iamworthy** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:42 am

Did he ever have knee problems? I couldnt find anything.

Anklebreaker702 · Post #103 » by **Anklebreaker702** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:45 am

Livingston, Shaq & Raja & i'm good

RocketPower23 · Post #104 » by **RocketPower23** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:49 am

I almost threw up. Never thought much of him, thought he was always overrated an a defender, would rather not go down this road.

chefy · Post #105 » by **chefy** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:50 am

nahh kobe wants raja to join the lakers so that him and artest can tag team him lol

but seriously, raja is one of those players you going to hate playing against him, but would love to have him as a teammate.

chefy · Post #106 » by **chefy** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:50 am

KB8MVP wrote:I almost threw up. Never thought much of him, thought he was always overrated an a defender, would rather not go down this road.

yeap

RaePingYu · Post #107 » by **RaePingYu** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:52 am

can he defend point guards?

Lakeshow2417 · Post #108 » by **Lakeshow2417** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:52 am

while I'd rather have miller. I think Raja would be a decent choice but I have'nt really seen him guard alot of PG's. which is something LA will have to adress if farmar and brown leave.

MAMBAEMD · Post #109 » by **MAMBAEMD** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:56 am

Phil XI wrote:I like that:

He is a vet
Has some defensive presence
Tough
Can hit the 3

+1
Bell is one of those players you hate to play against but would be a great addition on your team.
Intense.
Defensive minded
Good outside shot

BosnianBullet · Post #110 » by **BosnianBullet** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 1:58 am

I think Raja Bell would provide us with some solid perimeter defence and more importantly three points shooting. If he still has his stroke and can build some confidence i see him contributing for us. He should be cheaper than shannon also.

chefy · Post #111 » by **chefy** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:10 am

RaePingYu wrote:can he defend point guards?

did you watched the clippers vs. suns playoffs series? cassel raped him lol

The Skyhook · Post #112 » by **The Skyhook** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:12 am

Its only a matter of time before the Shaq has interest in Lakers rumors start popping up. What is it with all these guys that Kobe has had some sort of incident with being interested in playing for the Lakers

Ron Ron and the throat
Raja and the closeline
Miller and the elbow

And if Shaq rumors pop up then
Shaq and Kobe Feud

Post #113 » by **Kilroy** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:20 am

If he signs with the Lakers Kobe can destroy him in practice day in and day out... "What foul?!"

doozyj · Post #114 » by **doozyj** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:22 am

Wow, never thought I would see the day that Raja will put on a Laker uniform. If Kobe likes him and his type of play, I'm all for it. Look what the Lakers did with Artest.

dabien2 · Post #115 » by **dabien2** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:25 am

All depends on the money. If it can be done on the cheap, I say do it.

Sign Raja, re-sign Fish & Powell, sign a decent PG, let Shannon & Farmer & Mbenga walk (also draft a crappy center in the second round) and call it an off-season.

BTW, I saw an interesting fan trade thread suggesting the Laker's trade Sasha for Charlie Bell. If the Lakers signed Raja, Lakers could do this trade as the Lakers do need some 3-point shooting off of the bench. Bell is set to make 8M over the next 2 years (4 per year), Sasha just has one more year at about 5M.

The Skyhook · Post #116 » by **The Skyhook** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:40 am

dabien2 wrote:All depends on the money. If it can be done on the cheap, I say do it.

Sign Raja, re-sign Fish & Powell, sign a decent PG, let Shannon & Farmer & Mbenga walk (also draft a crappy center in the second round) and call it an off-season.

BTW, I saw an interesting fan trade thread suggesting the Laker's trade Sasha for Charlie Bell. If the Lakers signed Raja, Lakers could do this trade as the Lakers do need some 3-point shooting off of the bench. Bell is set to make 8M over the next 2 years (4 per year), Sasha just has one more year at about 5M.

Charlie Bell was actually traded to the Warriors today along with Dan Gadzuric for Maggette.

andrewww · Post #117 » by **andrewww** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:40 am

now this is my idea of an off-season. (funny how everyones interested in ring chasing w/ the lake show now)

farmar, brown, morrison etc off the books.
phil and fish both need to return.

-MLE for mike miller.
-LLE (is this the correct term?) for steve blake.
-raja bell? his style of play is what this team could definitely use. lockdown guard that can hit the 3.
-tmac? depth and slashing off the bench, providing he still has what it takes.

dabien2 · Post #118 » by **dabien2** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:44 am

The Skyhook wrote:
dabien2 wrote:All depends on the money. If it can be done on the cheap, I say do it.

Sign Raja, re-sign Fish & Powell, sign a decent PG, let Shannon & Farmer & Mbenga walk (also draft a crappy center in the second round) and call it an off-season.

BTW, I saw an interesting fan trade thread suggesting the Laker's trade Sasha for Charlie Bell. If the Lakers signed Raja, Lakers could do this trade as the Lakers do need some 3-point shooting off of the bench. Bell is set to make 8M over the next 2 years (4 per year), Sasha just has one more year at about 5M.

Charlie Bell was actually traded to the Warriors today along with Dan Gadzuric for Maggette.

I know, that's the point. The Warriors traded away Maggette for garbage. Now Bell is on GS behind both Curry & Monta; Bell is now basically useless. Bell can be gotten for expiring garbage. Not that Sasha is garbage, I actually think Sasha might do well in GS.

dabien2 · Post #119 » by **dabien2** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 2:59 am

dabien2 wrote:I know, that's the point. The Warriors traded away Maggette for garbage. Now Bell is on GS behind both Curry & Monta; Bell is now basically useless. Bell can be gotten for expiring garbage. Not that Sasha is garbage, I actually think Sasha might do well in GS.

Sorry, I meant to say that the Warriors traded away Maggette for expiring garbage.

Frantik · Post #120 » by **Frantik** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:13 am

RaePingYu wrote:can he defend point guards?

He CAN'T defend the likes of D-Will, Paul, Rondo any WORSE than Fisher could. so that's a plus.

I like this move. He will irritate the opponent, and he has killer instinct. If you take out Fish and Kobe, this team lacks killer instinct (despite that we won it all). If Lamar wont provide it for the bench crew, Raja will definitely give it a good shot.

BTW i'm happy to see that the board is slowly realizing that PG is not necessarily our biggest problem.
We need deadly shooters

Do it Mitch!