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Lifestyle => Sports & Entertainment => Topic started by: GangstaBoogy on May 05, 2006, 08:55:22 PM
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What changes need to be made? Who do you think will be traded? Who do you think will be brought in?
Discuss...
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lil to early lol u actin like we lost game 7,wait till the playoffs are over
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^ trust me...our season is over tomorrow. i just want some opinions tho
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i was thinkin the same (aint it a lil early for the offseason?)
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^ trust me...our season is over tomorrow.
wtf thats fucked up man, its game 7 how can u have no hope at all?
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^ trust me...our season is over tomorrow.
wtf thats fucked up man, its game 7 how can u have no hope at all?
yeah i got heart 4 my team i got a good feelin LAKERS is going pull it offs
GO L8KERS 1 LUV!!!
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:grumpy:
This series is not over yet (http://www.thefucksociety.com/forum/images/smilies/nono.gif)
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This guy is the definition of a prideless fan... :grumpy:
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watch we win tmrw then hes gonna be like "yea,bring on the clippers,kobe's my boy" lol fake laker fan for real
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Fa realz man..game can go either way...just like in football...any given sunday..never lose faith in the lakers...
LAKERS 1....BITCH!!
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You fucking Lakers better fucking win!
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lol im not a "fake lakers fan", i just know the odds
Game 7
In Phoenix
Raja is back
We Have 1 player that we can depend on
Game 6 was ours. At home and no raja bell. not to mention we had a 3 point lead with like 17 seconds left. if we blew that i dont see us pulling off a game 7 IN PHOENIX
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The Lakers don't really have players to trade. Maybe Odom, if some retard GM decides to trade a superstar for Odom and 3 first round picks or some shit. But I don't see how players like Walton, Parker, George can be traded for reasonable players, unless Odom is involved in the trade.
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Odom is playing great, actually.
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Odom is playing great, actually.
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Didn't claim he doesn't. Would still trade the crap out of him for Garnett, tho.
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Odom is playing great, actually.
odom play good he just need to make his freethrow a lil bit better
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most of the lakers "fans" seem to be people who jump in the bandwagon when we win but diss em hard when they lost 2 in a row.. Why the fuck do u think we have no chances to win today ? Phoenix is far too be Detroit or SA and even if they were, anything can happen, that's the beauty of the sport.. Plus, even with this young roster, Phil and Kobe are enough reasons to believe in em..
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Didn't claim he doesn't. Would still trade the crap out of him for Garnett, tho.
The problem is that he won't be enought for the T'Wolves, so i'd have to know the full package. But one on one, if it was possible, obviously i'd trade him for KG.
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^^ should be most likely Odom, George and Mihm for Garnett
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^^ should be most likely Odom, George and Mihm for Garnett
Mmmm.. the temptation is high, i admit it. But see, we are already a PO team, and with the actual roster we have a chance to advance to the 2nd round. We ain't that desperate. We just need 2-3 other pieces of the puzzle to be a contender team. Add a good 2nd scorer option to this team and another big man and we can run for the title. Trading 2 men (plus a FA) for KG is somehow a risk, now.
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Odom is playing great, actually.
odom play good he just need to make his freethrow a lil bit better
yea id say freethrows are Odoms biggest weakness
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^^ should be most likely Odom, George and Mihm for Garnett
Mmmm.. the temptation is high, i admit it. But see, we are already a PO team, and with the actual roster we have a chance to advance to the 2nd round. We ain't that desperate. We just need 2-3 other pieces of the puzzle to be a contender team. Add a good 2nd scorer option to this team and another big man and we can run for the title. Trading 2 men (plus a FA) for KG is somehow a risk, now.
I think we need a solid point guard and Smush as a backup , he can't defend... Plus a veteran ala Barry who can shoot the 3.. Add Garnett and we would be unstoppable.. but obviously we can't do all that, money wise
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Didn't claim he doesn't. Would still trade the crap out of him for Garnett, tho.
Who wouldnt?!?
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Odom is playing great, actually.
odom play good he just need to make his freethrow a lil bit better
yea id say freethrows are Odoms biggest weakness
Well, that's a pretty nice weakness, cuz he's 6'10 and he shoots 70% from the line, which is not bad at all...Odom is playing great right now, easily a top 5 forward in the league. He's leading the playoffs in rebounds and is actually holding his own with Kobe. I think he's easily a lock for the all-star squad next year...Odom's game is maturing, and it's looking great. I don't even know if I'd want to include him in a Garnett trade anymore...PeACe
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Didn't claim he doesn't. Would still trade the crap out of him for Garnett, tho.
Who wouldnt?!?
I know a lot of people who wouldn't...Not saying I wouldn't, I'd have to see where Garnett would stand in our organization, but you have to remember one thing.
Odom=Entering his prime
Garnett=Past his prime
I love Odom's court-vision, and he's growing as a player very quickly. I wouldn't mind him staying a Laker for the rest of his career. Not one bit...
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...like I said - we blew it in game 6
A lot of these guys are gone next season. Odom, Parker, etc etc etc are all getting traded
We need to get Garnett and Ben Gordon (since chicago is trying to shop him)
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I think we need a solid PG that can shoot the 3 and mid range jumper.
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Odom is playing great, actually.
odom play good he just need to make his freethrow a lil bit better
odom is a fuck up. i dont understand how you can be in the nba and consistantly miss LAYUPS
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I think Parker is gone for sure. Maybe Walton too.
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try to get Garnett.. he gonna be hungrier than ever.. plus sign players with a winner mentality..
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Odom is playing great, actually.
odom play good he just need to make his freethrow a lil bit better
odom is a fuck up. i dont understand how you can be in the nba and consistantly miss LAYUPS
same thing as kwame brown his right there at the basket he cant make the damn basket..but i guess he will get better soon
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Odom is playing great, actually.
odom play good he just need to make his freethrow a lil bit better
odom is a fuck up. i dont understand how you can be in the nba and consistantly miss LAYUPS
same thing as kwame brown his right there at the basket he cant make the damn basket..but i guess he will get better soon
i have no respect for kwame. im sick of this nigga dropping the ball. i can understand not being a good outside shooter, but a bad catcher? WTF
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Odom is playing great, actually.
odom play good he just need to make his freethrow a lil bit better
odom is a fuck up. i dont understand how you can be in the nba and consistantly miss LAYUPS
same thing as kwame brown his right there at the basket he cant make the damn basket..but i guess he will get better soon
i have no respect for kwame. im sick of this nigga dropping the ball. i can understand not being a good outside shooter, but a bad catcher? WTF
yeah he can't even catch the ball i guess he put to much lotion on his hand or something..lol
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Kwame had his "Kwame" moments but lets not give up on this guy yet. Phil now knows that he's a Center not a PF. He can't be out there in the Wing like these other PF's. He needs to be close to the basket. We got more out of Kwame @ the Center position then we did out of Mihm. Let's give Kwame 1 more year.
Kwame's ppg, reb's, Shooting %, And defense is waaaaaaaaaaaaay better then Mihm's. Mihm will get traded in the offseason.
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all im saying is that the lakers better make SOME moves in the offseason cause this team wont cut it next year
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Odom is playing great, actually.
odom play good he just need to make his freethrow a lil bit better
odom is a fuck up. i dont understand how you can be in the nba and consistantly miss LAYUPS
You are an idiot and very far from a Laker fan...
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I think Parker is gone for sure. Maybe Walton too.
No way...Smush was a steal (still young), and Walton is developing into a wonderful role-player for us. Also, Phil loves Walton's game...I doubt we see them gone.
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Odom is playing great, actually.
odom play good he just need to make his freethrow a lil bit better
odom is a fuck up. i dont understand how you can be in the nba and consistantly miss LAYUPS
same thing as kwame brown his right there at the basket he cant make the damn basket..but i guess he will get better soon
i have no respect for kwame. im sick of this nigga dropping the ball. i can understand not being a good outside shooter, but a bad catcher? WTF
You have no respect for Kwame? The Lakers and their fans have no respect for you...
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all im saying is that the lakers better make SOME moves in the offseason cause this team wont cut it next year
I like our nucleus, we're growing together and our players will be better next season. We really just need to add one more veteran who can contribute rather than a veteran who'll sit on the bench...I also wanna see Kwame and Odom going for the all-star squad next season!
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I think Parker is gone for sure. Maybe Walton too.
No way...Smush was a steal (still young), and Walton is developing into a wonderful role-player for us. Also, Phil loves Walton's game...I doubt we see them gone.
walton is def a real good role player. hes a real intelligent player who can do a variety of things well. getting rid of him would be straight up dumb.
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all im saying is that the lakers better make SOME moves in the offseason cause this team wont cut it next year
I like our nucleus, we're growing together and our players will be better next season. We really just need to add one more veteran who can contribute rather than a veteran who'll sit on the bench...I also wanna see Kwame and Odom going for the all-star squad next season!
Odom definitley has the potential, I saw him grow as a player right infront of my own eyes this season so I just hope he works on his game and keeps growing. Same with Kwame but Odom was on a higher level to begin with.
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kwame an all-star next season? i mean he's definately increased his stock, potentially obliterating that "bust" bubble but he's gonna hafta top Kaman, Camby & Boozer. not to mention yao & amare (locks)
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when you get blown out by 30 pts in a game 7, you gotta make big changes. Phil said there's going be big changes in the summer.
LO for KG :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
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when you get blown out by 30 pts in a game 7, you gotta make big changes. Phil said there's going be big changes in the summer.
LO for KG :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
I like the way we looked when we played to full potential. I think we just need one more veteran contributor...PeACe
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when you get blown out by 30 pts in a game 7, you gotta make big changes. Phil said there's going be big changes in the summer.
LO for KG :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
I like the way we looked when we played to full potential. I think we just need one more veteran contributor...PeACe
Like Stu said , "a VET that's actually going to play and not sit on the bench" :-X
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when you get blown out by 30 pts in a game 7, you gotta make big changes. Phil said there's going be big changes in the summer.
LO for KG :whistle: :whistle: :whistle:
I like the way we looked when we played to full potential. I think we just need one more veteran contributor...PeACe
Like Stu said , "a VET that's actually going to play and not sit on the bench" :-X
YUP...That's why I said veteran contributor...PeACe
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Lakers must spend wisely
By Ross Siler Staff Writer
IN NEED OF SOME ASSISTANCE: Lakers management must be smart about who they acquire to give franchise player Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Lakers a better team next season. (Chris Carlson / Associated Press)
The last two summers, the Lakers have chosen to spend what free agent money they had on Vlade Divac and Aaron McKie. That investment of $9.4 million so far has returned a combined 251 minutes played in two seasons, not even six full games.
Divac signed for the full mid-level exception in July 2004, intending to replace Shaquille O'Neal, only to suffer a herniated disc in his back before training camp started. He played in 15 games all season and retired after taking a $2 million buyout in October.
McKie was a luxury-tax amnesty casualty in Philadelphia who signed for half of the mid-level exception last August. The veteran guard suffered a torn quadriceps tendon in December, missed four months with the injury and appeared in 14 games during the season.
For an example of a team that spent its mid-level exception well, the Lakers need look no further than Phoenix guard Raja Bell. While Bell battled with Kobe Bryant throughout their first-round series, McKie played in one game and was not used in Game 7.
As they head into this off-season, the Lakers cannot afford to spend unwisely. They have limited options to remake their team with little salary-cap flexibility until Brian Grant's monster contract runs out after next season.
"We have to make some large decisions about this team, about who stays and what we build our team around," Lakers coach Phil Jackson said. "But we feel comfortable that we have a nucleus and that we can go from there.
"Hopefully, we can find some additional pieces that will make us a little bit better next year."
The Lakers will have the No. 26 pick in the NBA draft, coming from Miami as part of the O'Neal trade, as well
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as the standard salary-cap exceptions available to every team.
They will have a mid-level exception that was worth $5 million last season and a biannual exception worth $1.75 million. The Lakers' top priorities will be finding a starting guard and a power forward, both of which they also could accomplish through a trade.
The Lakers, however, have made preserving future cap flexibility a goal with every move since the O'Neal trade. Only Bryant, Lamar Odom and Kwame Brown are under contract past the 2006-07 season.
The most intriguing decision for the Lakers this summer might come in opting to part with one of their centers. Chris Mihm started 56 games and was having a career season before suffering a severe ankle sprain in March.
Brown averaged 12.4 points and 8.6 rebounds after replacing Mihm in the starting lineup. The Lakers have concluded that Brown is best suited as a center in the triangle offense and have $17.4 million invested in his development the next two seasons.
Mihm will be entering the final year of his contract, but has been a more consistent player than Brown. Another factor comes with the Lakers hoping to get teenage center Andrew Bynum more minutes next season.
ross.siler@dailynews.com
Btw.. If Lakers steal Garnett I kill somebody.. pz
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^^^I don't really want Garnett that bad if we have to trade Odom in a package...Honestly, we don't even need to rebuild like that, this team went through a growth process...All we really need is a veteran guard who will contribute (ala Sam Cassel) and a one more serviceable power forward (ala Chris Wilcox)...Both Wilcox and Cassel are free agents this summer.
PG Sam Cassel...Smush Parker/Sasha Vujacic
SG Kobe Bryant...Laron Profit/Von Wafer
SF Lamar Odom...Luke Walton/Devin Green
PF Chris Wilcox...Brian Cook/Ronny Turiaf
C Kwame Brown...Andrew Bynum/Chris Mihm
Coach: Phil Jackson
^^A roster like this WILL contend...
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Sam Cassell is gettin old and plus after a season like that I don't think the clippers will give him up
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Sam Cassell is gettin old and plus after a season like that I don't think the clippers will give him up
Sorry, but he's a free agent after this season and said he wouldn't mind being on another team as long as he could stay in LA...He's getting old, but he's a veteran with capabilities, and that's just what we need...We have enough young players...PeACe
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Sam Cassell is gettin old and plus after a season like that I don't think the clippers will give him up
Sorry, but he's a free agent after this season and said he wouldn't mind being on another team as long as he could stay in LA...He's getting old, but he's a veteran with capabilities, and that's just what we need...We have enough young players...PeACe
He'll get injuired in the first month if he signs with the Lakers. Just like McKie. I'm calling it.
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Sam Cassell is gettin old and plus after a season like that I don't think the clippers will give him up
Sorry, but he's a free agent after this season and said he wouldn't mind being on another team as long as he could stay in LA...He's getting old, but he's a veteran with capabilities, and that's just what we need...We have enough young players...PeACe
He'll get injuired in the first month if he signs with the Lakers. Just like McKie. I'm calling it.
LOL...Lets hope not.
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I don't even think the Lakers can afford Cassel. He's had a great season with the Clippers, so he'll probably want at least the same amount of money he got last season ($6,100,000).
Anyone got any trade ideas for the Lakers that look plausible for both teams?
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I don't even think the Lakers can afford Cassel. He's had a great season with the Clippers, so he'll probably want at least the same amount of money he got last season ($6,100,000).
He said he will sign with a team that will offer him a front-office or coaching position...Who better to learn under than Phil Jax?