The Official Los Angeles Lakers thread

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

^ yeah i love dudes game. i cant wait to see him and andre iggy grow in the league.

I like Granger, but I wouldn't currently put him in the same league as Iggy...

[7even]

Granger < Iggy

JO+Granger > Odom+Bynum

[WC Iz Active]

^^^HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA NO shit Granger and Oneal >>> Odom, Bynum

JO >>>> Entire Lakers roster besides Kobe

[GangstaBoogy]

^ yeah i love dudes game. i cant wait to see him and andre iggy grow in the league.

I like Granger, but I wouldn't currently put him in the same league as Iggy...

I just mean they're both talented young players that I see being huge in a few years. They both have similar styles but A.I. is better all around.

[WC Iz Active]

^^Right now Iggy is better than Granger but I believe Granger will become the better player in the future.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

Granger is a good shooter, no doubt, but I can't see him pulling rebounds and assists like Odom. If he works on his game, I think he can one day be an all-star caliber player. As of now, he's shown lots of potential, but he's not exactly there yet...PeACe

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

You can say goodbye to those Bonzi Wells-to-LA rumors...

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/Sports/Detail?contentId=3581890&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=6.1.1

[Halu Sination]

You can say goodbye to those Bonzi Wells-to-LA rumors...

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/Sports/Detail?contentId=3581890&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=6.1.1

fuck. knew it was too good to be true

[7even]

You can say goodbye to those Bonzi Wells-to-LA rumors...

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/Sports/Detail?contentId=3581890&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=6.1.1

fuck. knew it was too good to be true

It always is ese, it always is.

[Halu Sination]

Lakers in trade talks to get Garnett
Trade discussions involve sending Odom and Bynum for the Timberwolves star in a possible four-team deal. Bryant is not part of the possible trade.

The owners of the Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves have begun talks for a trade that would involve sending Kevin Garnett to the Lakers, league sources said Monday.

A multi-team trade discussion is underway involving the Lakers, Indiana, Minnesota and possibly a fourth team, with the Lakers getting Garnett and the Pacers getting Lamar Odom and teenage center Andrew Bynum from the Lakers. Another minor player will likely be added to make the deal work financially.

Jerry Buss and Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor spoke by phone for 20 minutes Friday. Buss reportedly ended the conversation by suggesting that Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak and Timberwolves vice president of basketball operations Kevin McHale would continue the discussion Monday.

Such a move could address the concerns of Kobe Bryant, who has demanded to be traded for more than four weeks.

Bryant met with Kupchak for about an hour Friday, a day after Garnett rejected a trade that would have sent him to Boston.

Bryant did not step down from his desire to be traded. However, Kupchak, Buss and Lakers Coach Phil Jackson met later that day to discuss options based on the assumption they would still have Bryant, The Times has learned.

Garnett, 31, has never formally asked for a trade while signaling his distress in recent years as the Timberwolves fell from top-notch status. The No. 1-seeded team in the Western Conference in 2004, they lost to the Lakers in the West finals and haven't made the playoffs since then.

The Timberwolves finished 33-49 in 2005-06 and 32-50 last season, tied for 12th in the West with Portland.

Garnett can opt out of his contract after next season. He wants an extension, which Buss reportedly told Taylor he was willing to offer. Garnett is due to earn $22 million next season and $23 million in 2008-09, the last year of his contract.

Garnett, a 10-time All-Star, averaged 22.4 points, 12.8 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.7 blocked shots last season while showing few signs of slowing down, other than spending the last five games of the season in Los Angeles — he has a home in Malibu — to rest a sore right quadriceps.

Bynum, 19, started his second NBA season with a flurry, including a memorable game against Minnesota in which he had 20 points,14 rebounds and three blocked shots last November.

But Bynum struggled during the second half of the season and finished with averages of 7.8 points and 5.9 rebounds a game. The Lakers have been criticized by Bryant for not trading Bynum at the February trade deadline in order to get Jason Kidd from New Jersey.

Odom, 27, was acquired three years ago as part of the trade that sent Shaquille O'Neal to Miami.

Odom averaged 15.9 points, 9.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists last season and missed 26 games because of knee and shoulder injuries. He had a torn labrum in his left shoulder repaired last month and is expected to return in time for training camp in October.

i'm hopin something can go down. as hard as it'll be hard to part with odom, kg is simply the shit.

even if we don't land KG, as long as we don't settle for JO, i'm good. we'd be better off keeping odom and dealin bynum for someone else

[rik]

^ I hope that deal goes down, as much as I don't want Odom to go, having KG will make us a contender.

[Black_Smoke]

Paxson reluctant to gut Bulls' youth movement for Kobe

DEERFIELD, Ill. -- Although Kobe Bryant apparently would like to join the Bulls, Chicago general manager John Paxson sent a message to the Los Angeles Lakers' superstar on Monday: Don't count on it.

Paxson said he has had no discussions with the Lakers and a deal would be difficult to complete.

"What we would have to give up -- unless that franchise would ever have a change of heart and had to do something -- I don't know how that would work," he said. "They've got one of the top, maybe the top, talents in the league. What we would have to do to get there, I don't even know what it would be. It would be significant. And then, are we better?"

Bryant has waffled this offseason, saying he wants to be dealt and then rescinding those comments. Although he has a no-trade clause, The Riverside (Calif.) Press-Enterprise reported the Bulls are on his three-team wish list.

Paxson is reluctant to gut a young, but experienced, team that has made three straight playoff appearances and reached the second round for the first time since 1998.

"There's nothing going on -- that's just the reality of it," Paxson said.

-espn.com

[Bay Area Jat]

fuck espn.com they are full of shit according to NIK

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

^^Yes, they are...Even that article is twisted. Paxson would love to get Kobe, the Lakers just aren't in talks to give him up...PeACe

[GangstaBoogy]

Kwame Brown of the Los Angeles Lakers is scheduled for shoulder surgery tomorrow. He is expected to be ready in time for training camp

Funny how he's always conveniently injured or having surgery when we're trying to make a trade