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Marc Stein's outlook on the Lakers' future (Kobe, Phil, Odom, Bynum, etc.)
Now_Im_Not_Banned:
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--- Quote from: 7even on May 03, 2007, 09:50:19 AM ---You guys need to stop thinking that every GM in the league is a Laker-Fan. Seriously. Bynum for a superstar is literally insane.
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Then you don't know Bynum's trade value...An unhappy superstar like Jermaine O'Neal, Jason Kidd, Pau Gasol etc. will easily be given up for what would have been a number 1 overall selection last season AKA Andrew Bynum...Bynum's potential is pretty much unlimited- look at the progress he's made from 18 to 19... If Pacers or Grizzlies wouldn't accept a trade of Bynum+Kwame+Draft Pick for Jermaine O'Neal or Pau Gasol, they'd be insane...I have a feeling we're gunna part with either Odom or Bynum this off-season...It sucks, but hopefully we get something worth it in return. I HIGHLY doubt they'd both get traded though...I'd prefer to keep both and just target a valuable point guard with the MLE...Maybe trade some roll players for a veteran big (Kwame, Vlad, Cook, Smush)...That's my preference though...PeACe
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Bynum is a huge gamble. He wouldn't be the first nigga to never get close to his proclaimed potential.
Also, he's far away from a player you can truly rely on every night, lol. He's still a young, unexperienced fuck with an attitude.
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An attitude? LOL...Come on now. That's reaching. Bynum is not a good, but a GREAT prospect. Anytime you can get a great prospect for an unhappy/aging superstar, you pull the trigger. If Bynum reaches even half his potential, the teams who passed up will HIGHLY regret it. This is how the NBA works...It'd be the same with a player like Andrea Bargnani or Lamarcus Aldridge...PeACe
GangstaBoogy:
Funny thing about this is...our 04-05 roster (yes the one that failed to make the playoffs) was more talented than this team. Imagine if we would've got Phil Jackson back and still had Kobe, Odom, Butler, Walton, D.George, Kareem Rush, Chucky Atkins, and a healthy Chris Mihm :-[ in addition to Farmar, Bynum, and Smush...
Chris Mihm / Andrew Bynum
Lamar Odom / Brian Cook / Ronny Turiaf
Caron Butler / Luke Walton / Devean George
Kobe Bryant / Kareem Rush / Sasha Vujacic
Chucky Atkins / Smush Parker / Jordan Farmar
The Lakers would've gone 73-9
It's my dream so no one ruin it!
Halu Sination:
i agree with the rest of yall. much as i love bynum, its clear that the team works around phil jackson and kobe. bynum's trade value is still high, i think now would be the time to move him for the help kobe so desperately seeks (gasol, JO, kidd, etc.).
odom proved in the last couple games how badly he wants to stay in la. the mutha fucka has 4 or 5 injuries and was still giving 150% playing like a man on a mission, which is more than i could say for the rest of the squad. unless we can get kevin garnett in a deal for odom, he is not worth giving up. too much of our offense has adjusted around him, some of the youngsters look absolutely lost wen hes not there helpin them out.
the lakers also need to get jerry west back. altho for now, at the age of 69, its unlikely that west is really gonna go out of his way to rush back home in la.
Vegasmac25:
damn i can see a trade of Bynum + Kwame for JO or KG.
rik:
--- Quote from: Vegasmac25 on May 03, 2007, 07:02:49 PM ---damn i can see a trade of Bynum + Kwame for JO or KG.
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Yeah, throw Vlad and a draft pick to sweeten the deal, and it could work. Although I doubt any trade happening without Odom. :-\
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