Sasha Vujacic

[Crawfulllr]

Hmm 2 for 20 from 3 tonight... He coulda helped... Thanks Mitch

[Dr Aki]

i was hoping for a buyout from the nets so we could re-sign him for the minimum

[Crawfulllr]

i was hoping for a buyout from the nets so we could re-sign him for the minimum

He played quite well for the Nets, he showed that although he is not a starter on a true winning team, he can fill in at SG in a pinch quite capably for long minutes, has a good basketball sense as well. I dont think he should have been salary dumped.

[RamonSessions7]

Not saying he wouldn't have been a better option tonight, but that guy had his share of 0-fer's as well.

[Crawfulllr]

Not saying he wouldn't have been a better option tonight, but that guy had his share of 0-fer's as well.

But that is true of all shooters, anyone can have a bad shooting night. The fact was he was the best pure shooter the team had for the past few years, and still would be now and the team dumped him for nothing.

[dockingsched]

over steve blake in a millisecond.

[Leor_77]

Who would have thought that we would want our old bench back...

[BEazy]

Why did we spend our MLE on this bum Steve Blake. Damn you Mike Miller should of took our MLE deal!!

[PurpleGold]

Who would have thought that we would want our old bench back...

Seriously. Never thought Id say this but I miss Farmar most. While he did freeze out Kobe at times, he at least penetrated and set up teammates, and he never bricked as many open 3s as Blake has so far. He was a pesky defender too, and our energy guy off the bench. Steve does none of the mentioned and is absolutely worthless on both ends of the floor. I really don't get why Phil doesn't want to try putting in Trey Johnson for just a few minutes. From what I've seen from him in the Kings game and the limited minutes he has played vs the Hornets, he's just sooo much better than Blake and Brown. Offensively and defensively.

[RamonSessions7]

he never bricked as many open 3s as Blake has so far.

That part of your comment just screams short-long term memory loss. At a point in '09s and '10s reg season, Farmar was the king of bricking open 3's.

[picc]

Well Shannon Brown sure as hell isn't any better. Whatever he has over Sasha in athletics and defense, he loses in sheer stupidity.

[semi-sentient]

Who would have thought that we would want our old bench back...

Seriously. Never thought Id say this but I miss Farmar most. While he did freeze out Kobe at times, he at least penetrated and set up teammates, and he never bricked as many open 3s as Blake has so far. He was a pesky defender too, and our energy guy off the bench. Steve does none of the mentioned and is absolutely worthless on both ends of the floor. I really don't get why Phil doesn't want to try putting in Trey Johnson for just a few minutes. From what I've seen from him in the Kings game and the limited minutes he has played vs the Hornets, he's just sooo much better than Blake and Brown. Offensively and defensively.

I was probably the only one on this board that favored holding onto Farmar and going after SHOOTERS. Everyone else seemed high as a kite on resigning that scrub Brown, as well as Steve Blake or other equally useless PG's. Now look where we are. Farmar would have been way, WAY better for us than Blake has been, and even if he didn't work out we could still go after a new PG this coming off-season. I mean there was nothing but garbage available last season and we managed to make ALL the wrong moves.

Regarding Vujacic, he might have helped out, but that's only because it's impossible to shoot any worse. He's missed more than his fair share of wide open shots, and he's also had his share of defensive goof ups. Looking back at the numbers though, yeah, Farmar and Vujacic would have been a lot better for us. Coincidentally, both of them shot 39% in 08, 31% in 09 and 40% last year in the playoffs from downtown.

Anyway, there's nothing we can do about it. We're stuck with what we have so get used to it.

[Mass Rig]

Sasha and Farmar were pesky defenders and were able to set the defensive tone. Our bench now just comes out flat - Barnes after the latest injury is not the same player.

Looking back, for the same money, we should have kept Farmar and Ariza. Instead we brought in old legs accelerating the demise of this team.

Still, I think we can come back.

[vmor]

Sasha and Farmar were pesky defenders and were able to set the defensive tone. Our bench now just comes out flat - Barnes after the latest injury is not the same player.

Looking back, for the same money, we should have kept Farmar and Ariza. Instead we brought in old legs accelerating the demise of this team.

I think letting Sasha + Ariza go were mistakes. Yes, Lakers needed to save money, Sasha had issues with Jackson, Artest helped on 1 championship... but we are paying for it now. I think Sasha would be more useful now than Shannon - I hate Shannon's defense + chucking

... Still, I think we can come back.

I do too, IF they resolve that trust issue now (per Bynum).
But the Mavs are improved, and Dirk is finally getting support...

[ALL HAIL]

If I were Mitch, I'd trade Vujacic again, and again.

He just wasn't worth the money. Period.

[MoLakers]

sasha was getting very little PT with us anyways. even if he were on this team right now, he wouldnt be playing much or even at all. farmar is a different story. but with barnes shannon and blake, sasha was not getting any minutes. you cant look at what he did in NJ and transfer those #'s/productivity and put it over here in lakerland because he just wouldnt have had those opportunities. the nets had problems at SG anyways with injuries to james and morrow. dont overrate sasha!

[crazyeights]

Who would have thought that we would want our old bench back...

Seriously. Never thought Id say this but I miss Farmar most. While he did freeze out Kobe at times, he at least penetrated and set up teammates, and he never bricked as many open 3s as Blake has so far. He was a pesky defender too, and our energy guy off the bench. Steve does none of the mentioned and is absolutely worthless on both ends of the floor. I really don't get why Phil doesn't want to try putting in Trey Johnson for just a few minutes. From what I've seen from him in the Kings game and the limited minutes he has played vs the Hornets, he's just sooo much better than Blake and Brown. Offensively and defensively.

I was probably the only one on this board that favored holding onto Farmar and going after SHOOTERS.

I wrote quite a bit about how PJ has screwed up his shot to develop Farmar into the gamer that he had the potential to be. Too late now....

I really think we miss his ego even. Other than Kobe and recently Bynum (maybe Fish), nobody has that ingrained confidence. That eventually turned a lot of fans off to Farmar, but to me he was the same player who was the only one playing as UCLA was blowing that NCAA Finals game.