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7even:
--- Quote from: GangstaBoogy on September 25, 2007, 12:08:17 PM ---
Apparently Marion wants $60 million over three years.
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LOL
GangstaBoogy:
SN exclusive: Marion would welcome trade to Lakers
By Sean Deveney, Sporting News
Posted September 25, 2007
Shawn Marion, L.A. Laker? If he has his way, that will happen.
According to a league source, the Lakers and Suns have been in discussions about a deal -- a blockbuster deal -- that would send the four-time All-Star to Los Angeles to play alongside Kobe Bryant. The Suns would get forward Lamar Odom and perhaps some salary-cap filler in return. The main obstacle appears to be Lakers owner Jerry Buss, who needs to OK the deal. Asked to handicap the likelihood of the deal going through, the source said, "50-50."
Upon hearing this, I caught up with Marion this afternoon by phone. He confirmed that he spoke with Bryant over the weekend, but added, "I've been friends with Kobe for a while, so we talk here and there, anyway."
Still, Marion was enthusiastic about the potential trade. "Why wouldn't I be?" he said. "You have a great organization, great ownership there with the Lakers. I don't see no problems with playing there."
This, it appears, would be a good fit for everyone. It has been a rocky summer for Marion and the Suns, who drafted him out of UNLV in 1999 but have been unwilling to give him a contract extension. Marion is the highest-paid player on the team, and he can opt out of the final year of his deal and become a free agent next summer.
http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=277553
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7even:
Marion can't initiate or create his own shot. Either way Lakers better make a move before training camp.
Antonio_:
We have to make trades not just cause somebody said so, but to improve the team. Trading Odom+fillers for Marion doesn't improve the team enought to do it. I mean i'm not even sure Marion > Odom, c'mon. That's not the kind of trade we should do. KG or Kidd or Boozer or JO or Gasol etc.. are players who are def worth a trade like this one. But not Marion.
7even:
--- Quote from: Antonio on September 26, 2007, 08:42:19 AM ---We have to make trades not just cause somebody said so, but to improve the team.
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It's too late for that.
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