rumor: 3 team trade wolves, lakers, magic

[Kobe System]

Well Barea is not one of the best in the league but he's a good PG. He was very important in the Dallas championship last year. Beasley is OK for small forward. Has some offensive skills that Ron doesn't and he still has some progression margin. Dwight is Dwight.

About the article I don't know if it mentions Howard in long term. But don't u agree with me that, if this happens, LA office will make sure it is for long term? Cause LA's office has proved many times that they can make great deals for LA.

That's the reason why I don't like this deal. Dwight won't sign an extension with that kind of roster. If this is for an extended D12, I'm all for it. Barea and Beasley are cool. But don't you think we can get a PG and SF of their caliber without giving up Pau and Bynum?

[change]

I don't think Rubio gets much better than he is now. Not every player gets better every year. With Rubio, what you see is what you get. He's been a pro for a long time and his game is what it is.

his progress from last year to this year has been gigantic. so now hes magically going to stop improving?

[criteriado]

I don't think Rubio gets much better than he is now. Not every player gets better every year. With Rubio, what you see is what you get. He's been a pro for a long time and his game is what it is.

his progress from last year to this year has been gigantic. so now hes magically going to stop improving?

Same here. He's playing his best basketball in his career, and he's 21 and a rookie.

He's FG are bad because he's playing way too much for a rookie, his FG are up more than 5% when he's not in a back to back, he was playing 20 min per game last year, and this year he's playing 35 per game.

For the Wolves this trade is meh, I don't know if I like it or not. But, with the trade the Wolves have the best frontcourt in the NBA, that's for sure, and they can stop playing Love 40 min per game, which is the reason of the % FG for Love, after the stomp on Scola, Love was shooting 70% during 3 games, heavy minutes again and he's at the 45% again.

If they can flip Pau for Scola and Martin to the Rockets.....

[durden_tyler]

A fairly fair trade for everyone involved. Which means it's not happening. Too good to be true.

[UGA Hayes]

I think the wolves are making a mistake if they trade for Pau. They need SF and SG, as they have two good bigs already.

[tankimin]

This would be about equal for every team, Minny gets the player they want in Pau without giving up Love nor Rubio, while also gaining instant Spanish chemistry.

Rubio, Love, Pau = deadly big 3

The Magic would get good young talent in return, not only the best center, also a promising player in Williams

I don't understand why some fellow Laker fans here would not like this trade, It's not just Pau+Drew for Dwight, Beasley & Barrea in return would be amazing as well, Beasley is a young talent that I believe can be directed to become even better with a winning attitude team such as the Lakers, we would also get much needed PG help by the guy who pretty much killed us with his penetration in the playoffs, also would be receiving the best center in the NBA, don't forget #24 is still on the team. Of course I would only like this going down if we do end up getting Wallace as well.

Barrea
Kobe
Beasley
Wallace
Dwight

We become instant contenders once again + get younger

Why did you say best center twice.

[loganido]

Nothing wrong with having 3 great bigs, Lakers won twice with Gasol, Bynum, Odom.

I think Gasol, Love, Pekovic would be an even better frontcourt rotation.

Ridnour can cover some SG minutes fine, would Minny still have enough assets to trade for a quality SF tho? Is hard to imagine a contender with Wes Johnson starting

[Nyce_1]

Otis would be a boss if he got Bynum/Derrick Williams/picks for a guy thats leaving anyways. And stay with me on this but Orlando could then offer Derrick Williams/filler for Deron Williams and see if nj bite since he'd be off to Dallas fersure

Deron Williams
Jrich
Turk
Anderson
Bynum

This would be f'in fantastic!

[Laimbeer]

No way for Orlando. They aren't dumping any bad contracts, Bynum is fragile, and Williams unproven.

[panthermark]

Silly trade...
Makes no sense for Minny and LA.

Minny needs wings, not another big.
LA would have a gaping hole at PF as Sheed, Murph, or McBob would start. Beasley would find all of the good dope spots in southern Cali...

[Nolimit1211]

Otis would be a boss if he got Bynum/Derrick Williams/picks for a guy thats leaving anyways. And stay with me on this but Orlando could then offer Derrick Williams/filler for Deron Williams and see if nj bite since he'd be off to Dallas fersure

Deron Williams
Jrich
Turk
Anderson
Bynum

It's Otis Smith.... He's too dumb for that.

[Niko23]

Pretty fair on all accounts with most likely two firsts needing to go to Orlando somehow.....

[Joao Saraiva]

Well Barea is not one of the best in the league but he's a good PG. He was very important in the Dallas championship last year. Beasley is OK for small forward. Has some offensive skills that Ron doesn't and he still has some progression margin. Dwight is Dwight.

About the article I don't know if it mentions Howard in long term. But don't u agree with me that, if this happens, LA office will make sure it is for long term? Cause LA's office has proved many times that they can make great deals for LA.

That's the reason why I don't like this deal. Dwight won't sign an extension with that kind of roster. If this is for an extended D12, I'm all for it. Barea and Beasley are cool. But don't you think we can get a PG and SF of their caliber without giving up Pau and Bynum?

Getting a PG and a SF without giving away Bynum or Gasol might be possible, by signing a guy like Arenas for example. But the point of the trade is to keep with a franchise player for the years to come. It's not short-term thinking, but long-term thinking.

I still think Barea and Beasley are better PG and SF than what u can get in the free agency. But that's just my opinion, of course. If u're thinking about another kind of trade, I don't think LA as value enough in other players (Artest or Fisher) to bring better guys than Barea and Beasley.

[tdotrep2]

Why do the wolves want gasol so bad.. you already have a pf and a young c in pek, let d will develop and all u need is a sg

[panthermark]

Why do the wolves want gasol so bad.. you already have a pf and a young c in pek, let d will develop and all u need is a sg

The Wolves DON'T want Gasol that bad. That is the problem with these rumors....

[pass first]

Otis would be a boss if he got Bynum/Derrick Williams/picks for a guy thats leaving anyways. And stay with me on this but Orlando could then offer Derrick Williams/filler for Deron Williams and see if nj bite since he'd be off to Dallas fersure

Deron Williams
Jrich
Turk
Anderson
Bynum

It's Otis Smith.... He's too dumb for that.

and it's Deron williams... he wouldn't extend/agree.

[Jetset]

Why do the wolves want gasol so bad.. you already have a pf and a young c in pek, let d will develop and all u need is a sg

The Wolves DON'T want Gasol that bad. That is the problem with these rumors....

So Gasol isn't worth Beasley/Willliams/Barea but he's worth Boozer/Korver?

Oh ok.

[Judrix]

Derrick Williams and Bynum are the best they can get for Dwight? How can you people believe this stuff?

[BeasleyTheBeast]

Derrick Williams and Bynum are the best they can get for Dwight? How can you people believe this stuff?

draft picks will be included, and Dwight Howard is leaving anyways in the offseason, unless the Orlando Magic win the title.

Getting an allstar bigmen like Andrew Bynum is an asset, and lol at you acting like Derrick Williams is a scrub.

[Jase]

How is it amazing for the Lakers? It's still essentially Gasol and Bynum for Howard. Do the additions of Beasley and Barea really make that much of a difference?

Yes, they do. They give the Lakers two things they don't have, and haven't in awhile.
1. A quick, young point guard who can get to the rim.
2. A SF who can score.