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Marc Stein's outlook on the Lakers' future (Kobe, Phil, Odom, Bynum, etc.)
Halu Sination:
--- 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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itll be really hard to do that for kg, but i think we could get jo with that.
7even:
--- Quote ---That reminds me, with everyone weighing in on the "Where are the Lakers going from here?" debate, it has to be mentioned that their overall game plan never, ever, EVER made sense. Why waste two years of Kobe's prime by trying to develop young players like Andrew Bynum and Kwame Brown over targeting gamers (dealing Caron Butler never made sense) and using expiring contracts to acquire playoff-proven guys (for instance, they could have had Kidd if they included Bynum in the deal). How could they allow all those contracts (over $10 million worth of expiring deals) to simply expire without taking a flier on someone like Stephen Jackson? And why aren't Lakers fans more furious that their team willingly threw away Kobe's prime like this? I don't get it.
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- Bill Simmons
jeromechickenbone:
^^^I agree w/ that. Kobe is the consensus best bball player on the planet. With the right cast you're in at LEAST the conference championship every year. Even if you got some older cats in there, and it may only be viable for 2-3 years, who gives a fuck? Bring in the talent to win - if it doesn't shake out destroy and rebuild around him again.
You don't have the best player on the planet sitting in the wings while you're trying to develop 18-19 year olds. It just doesn't make sense.
Vegasmac25:
--- Quote from: Jrome Is Officially Not Fuckin Around on May 04, 2007, 04:49:24 PM ---^^^I agree w/ that. Kobe is the consensus best bball player on the planet. With the right cast you're in at LEAST the conference championship every year. Even if you got some older cats in there, and it may only be viable for 2-3 years, who gives a fuck? Bring in the talent to win - if it doesn't shake out destroy and rebuild around him again.
You don't have the best player on the planet sitting in the wings while you're trying to develop 18-19 year olds. It just doesn't make sense.
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WERD!!!!
Now_Im_Not_Banned:
--- Quote from: 7even on May 04, 2007, 04:41:40 PM ---
--- Quote ---That reminds me, with everyone weighing in on the "Where are the Lakers going from here?" debate, it has to be mentioned that their overall game plan never, ever, EVER made sense. Why waste two years of Kobe's prime by trying to develop young players like Andrew Bynum and Kwame Brown over targeting gamers (dealing Caron Butler never made sense) and using expiring contracts to acquire playoff-proven guys (for instance, they could have had Kidd if they included Bynum in the deal). How could they allow all those contracts (over $10 million worth of expiring deals) to simply expire without taking a flier on someone like Stephen Jackson? And why aren't Lakers fans more furious that their team willingly threw away Kobe's prime like this? I don't get it.
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- Bill Simmons
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Threw away Kobe's prime? Bill Simmons needs help, Kobe is still 28. And LMAO@"dealing Caron Butler never made sense". I'm sure he really knows what he's talking about there. Lakers were stuck with no low-post presence, we'd be 3 years out of the playoffs had we never dealt for Kwame... ::)
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