Losing Odom to Dallas for a 1st Round Pick+8.9mil trade exception is some bs....

[7even]

Like I said in the other thread, Odom is a spoiled pussy for doing this. Still GREAT to get him for virtually nothing. The Lakers also traded a 2nd round pick to Dallas. The late 1st round pick Dallas sent to them is almost as useless as the 2nd rounder the Mavs get in return. 28th pick and 50th pick ... in both cases you need to luck out to get a player that can get minutes on a contender.
Also, the Lakers cannot use the trade exception to absorb Hedo in any Dwight-deal, because the Turk makes more money than that.

[The Watcher]

Dallas haven't decided what year the 1st round pick will be from, but apparently it can be between 2012 and .. 2017!

with the trade exception from what i've been reading LA can use it to absorb part of a salary (doesn't need to be the full salary), but to do that they would need to do something stupid, like say Hedo+Dwight for Bynum+Gasol+Odom trade exception, and a lesser player like say Artest or Walton .. not a deal I would pull the trigger on if i was the lakers GM

[wcsoldier]

I think both LO and the Lakers could have handled the situation better :

LO :
 - LO is very emotional and cried like a little bitch while Gasol ( who has been labeled as soft) and Bynum are handling it like men and understand it's a business
+ Still he did take less money and was willing to come from bench to be part of and be a key of 2 championship teams

Lakers FO :
+ they had a plan for being locked with great players now and in the future until Stern happened ... then they get rid of an unsastified player very fast before his trade value goes down
- Still I think they could have noticed LO agent he could be traded knowing how LO is and what he did for the franchise
- What's the plan with the TPE , how LO versatility who is a night in and night out mismatch gonna be replaced ??

I will reserve my judgement until the final roster is set ... right now the situation is shocking and weird to me ... I'm divided between trustin Mitch abilities as a GM and the questions/fears entering the Jim Buss era

[TraceOneInfinite]

Apparently LO requested the trade. This definitely isn't the end of the Lakers moves though.

yea....fucking faggot ass. i hated odom ever since i seen the kardashian show. doesnt deserve 2 don the purple n gold after pullin such bitchmade antics anyways....but if this whole veto bs never happened, we coulda easily gotten way more for odom. *waitin for the masterplan

 

[Dikteta Dax]

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Lakers have agreed to terms with free agent forward Josh McRoberts, according to a league source.

McRoberts will sign a two-year deal worth approximately $6 million, according to the source.

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McRoberts, 24, averaged 7.4 points and 5.3 rebounds in 22.2 minutes per game while shooting 54.7 percent from the floor for Indiana last season. He has career averages of 5.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 15.7 minutes per game while shooting 52.5 percent in four seasons with Indiana and Portland.

The signing is a far cry from the "big deal" that Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak said the team is pursuing, but it does address the need for frontcourt depth that became apparent when L.A. traded Lamar Odom to Dallas and opted against re-signing free agent big men Theo Ratliff and Joe Smith.

The Lakers' frontcourt void became even wider when second-year big man Derrick Caracter suffered a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee at Monday's practice. At 6-foot-10, 240 pounds, McRoberts can play both the power forward and the center position.

The Lakers made use of their mini mid-level exception to sign McRoberts, a former Duke standout. A new provision in the recently ratified collective bargaining agreement, the mini mid-level is worth approximately $3.1 million a season (or $9.4 million over three years). It is the only contract available for NBA teams that have crossed the luxury tax threshold to offer to free agents, other than signing them to a veteran's minimum salary.

[7even]

^They should have focused on getting someone like Baron Davis once amnestied... if they actually play with a backcourt of Bryant, Fisher and Blake only, they are fucked.

Then again, they apparently are back into that Chris Paul trade shit, which could be reason they signed this semi-useless PF. To "replace" Gasol. However I don't see the Hornets getting anything close to better than what the Clippers offered..