Shawn Kemp making a strong comeback...Could possibly sign with the Lakers?

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Point is probably the hardest position to play. I wouldnt experiment with that. Put a real point guard there.

Like 7even said, get a real point guard in there.

Do you both knows the triangle system? It doesnt use a real point guard, but a point forward and an "initiator". Lakers have both. Odom is the point forward (the most versatile in the league, probably), and McKie is the initiator. Why should we get a real point guard if the triangle system doesnt need him? Did you remember Payton? He was a real PG, an All-Of-Famer type of PG. But still he failed. Why? Cause he had to do the initiator, not the point guard. So just get an initiator and use Odom as the point forward. There's no need to sign a real point guard. The best initiators in Phil's team was been Ron Harper and Bryan Shaw. Can you honestly call them "real point guards"? And yes, Spree can def do the initiator. All he gotta do is to defend and to share the ball. It's not that hard.

but it still prevents matchup problems on the other end. Kobe and Spree are good defenders (at their position). Spree, more of an "in the lane" defender then an on the ball defender. Kobe is basically streaky on tha defensive end. Quick penetrating point guards will be in the lane all day against Laker defense...which will be very bad for a team with no front court.

Just like they penetrated against Ron Harper and John Paxson duiring the Bulls reign, correct? Lakers have a fine amount of point guards or players who can run the point. Aaron Mckie, Smush Parker (very underrated), Sasha Vuvajic (Drazen Petrovic like), Kobe Bryant, shit, Lamar Odom was originally a point guard...If anything, the Lakers suffer in the front court, but we've signed Corie Blount for an extra big body. Not that he's a great addition or anything, but he can defend, block shots, and rebound. He'll be good for backing up Kwame for 10-15 mins a game...PeACe

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all this arguing for nothing, i see no links or articles about any of these deals happening, kemp hasnt even mentioned the lakers AT ALL, wtf are you all talking about, write this down, no kemp or spreewell on the lakers this year

You saw no talks of Sprewell to the Lakers? It's been reported several times this past month, in fact, it's been the biggest Laker news in a while...Now it looks as if it's not going to happen, Spree wants more and the sign and trade fell through...Kemp was never in negotiations, but I just stated he'd be a nice addition...PeACe

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Shit I'd rather see Kemp than Corie Blunt in a Laker uniform.

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Point is probably the hardest position to play. I wouldnt experiment with that. Put a real point guard there.

Like 7even said, get a real point guard in there.

Do you both knows the triangle system? It doesnt use a real point guard, but a point forward and an "initiator". Lakers have both. Odom is the point forward (the most versatile in the league, probably), and McKie is the initiator. Why should we get a real point guard if the triangle system doesnt need him? Did you remember Payton? He was a real PG, an All-Of-Famer type of PG. But still he failed. Why? Cause he had to do the initiator, not the point guard. So just get an initiator and use Odom as the point forward. There's no need to sign a real point guard. The best initiators in Phil's team was been Ron Harper and Bryan Shaw. Can you honestly call them "real point guards"? And yes, Spree can def do the initiator. All he gotta do is to defend and to share the ball. It's not that hard.

but it still prevents matchup problems on the other end. Kobe and Spree are good defenders (at their position). Spree, more of an "in the lane" defender then an on the ball defender. Kobe is basically streaky on tha defensive end. Quick penetrating point guards will be in the lane all day against Laker defense...which will be very bad for a team with no front court.

Just like they penetrated against Ron Harper and John Paxson duiring the Bulls reign, correct? Lakers have a fine amount of point guards or players who can run the point. Aaron Mckie, Smush Parker (very underrated), Sasha Vuvajic (Drazen Petrovic like), Kobe Bryant, shit, Lamar Odom was originally a point guard...If anything, the Lakers suffer in the front court, but we've signed Corie Blount for an extra big body. Not that he's a great addition or anything, but he can defend, block shots, and rebound. He'll be good for backing up Kwame for 10-15 mins a game...PeACe

Youre right...and this Laker team is exactly like those Championship Bulls teams. LOL!!

The Bulls didnt have a great front court....but in all honesty, it was still better then this one. Not to mention, the Bulls were a VERY good defensive team. 2005 Lakers....uhh....not quite the same thing happenin there is it? Jordan and Pippen were constant NBA All Defensive team members...so they had great help defense, even if their bigmen werent amazing shotblockers. You guys dont have that.

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Shit I'd rather see Kemp than Corie Blunt in a Laker uniform.

Me too, but Blount is a big body who'll block shots and scoop up some rebounds for 10-15 minutes a game. I liked him in his first run with the Lakers, hopefully he can provide some front court help...

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Point is probably the hardest position to play. I wouldnt experiment with that. Put a real point guard there.

Like 7even said, get a real point guard in there.

Do you both knows the triangle system? It doesnt use a real point guard, but a point forward and an "initiator". Lakers have both. Odom is the point forward (the most versatile in the league, probably), and McKie is the initiator. Why should we get a real point guard if the triangle system doesnt need him? Did you remember Payton? He was a real PG, an All-Of-Famer type of PG. But still he failed. Why? Cause he had to do the initiator, not the point guard. So just get an initiator and use Odom as the point forward. There's no need to sign a real point guard. The best initiators in Phil's team was been Ron Harper and Bryan Shaw. Can you honestly call them "real point guards"? And yes, Spree can def do the initiator. All he gotta do is to defend and to share the ball. It's not that hard.

but it still prevents matchup problems on the other end. Kobe and Spree are good defenders (at their position). Spree, more of an "in the lane" defender then an on the ball defender. Kobe is basically streaky on tha defensive end. Quick penetrating point guards will be in the lane all day against Laker defense...which will be very bad for a team with no front court.

Just like they penetrated against Ron Harper and John Paxson duiring the Bulls reign, correct? Lakers have a fine amount of point guards or players who can run the point. Aaron Mckie, Smush Parker (very underrated), Sasha Vuvajic (Drazen Petrovic like), Kobe Bryant, shit, Lamar Odom was originally a point guard...If anything, the Lakers suffer in the front court, but we've signed Corie Blount for an extra big body. Not that he's a great addition or anything, but he can defend, block shots, and rebound. He'll be good for backing up Kwame for 10-15 mins a game...PeACe

Youre right...and this Laker team is exactly like those Championship Bulls teams. LOL!!

The Bulls didnt have a great front court....but in all honesty, it was still better then this one. Not to mention, the Bulls were a VERY good defensive team. 2005 Lakers....uhh....not quite the same thing happenin there is it? Jordan and Pippen were constant NBA All Defensive team members...so they had great help defense, even if their bigmen werent amazing shotblockers. You guys dont have that.

Bulls had a front court of Luc Longley and Horace Grant...Chris Mihm is obviously a more talented and overall better player than Luc Longley, and that's not even a question. Horace Grant was a monster in his days, but Kwame Brown is expected to surpass a Horace Grant by a lot, and his potential under Phil Jackson might actually be proven...Now I'm not saying a frontcourt of Chris Mihm and Kwame Brown is neccessarily better than a frontcourt of Luc Longley and Horace Grant, but they're not far off, you know? The Bulls really were a great defensive team, but Kobe is the best defensive shooting guard in the league, Aaron McKie was brought in becaue of his defensive game, Lamar Odom has always been great on defense, and our frontcourt of Kwame Brown and Chris Mihm WILL block some shots, especially now that we have Corie Blount coming off the bench, who played for the original Bulls 3peat team, his main thing is shot blocking...

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I wouldn't mind Pippen suiting up as a player-coach...LOL