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06-05-2008, 03:07 PM
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Once the Kobe era is done, the Lakers will be down for a year or two and then the next marquee huge FA will come to LA, wanting to run his own Laker team and be a part of the tradition. Here's to more decades of dominance, pillaging, and milkshake drinking.
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06-05-2008, 03:51 PM
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I dont think the Lakers did anything wrong with the Gasol deal, Memphis on the other hand is crazy. The owner is trying to sell the team, and having short term deals is definitely more attractive. I dont believe what Surfah is a saying for a second. Gasol is a good piece to build around, and with how bad Memphis has been they would have been able to surround him with another lottery pick this year.
Mike Miller, Rudy Gay, Pau Gasol, Mike Conley, Darko Milicic, and Hakim Warrick are nice pieces. If they added a lottery pick or a free agent of any type they would be in the playoffs every year. 2008 Free agents that they could go after, Elton Brand, Jermaine Oneal or Gilbert Arenas A starting lineup of: C- Jermaine O'neal PF- Pau Gasol SF- Rudy Gay SG- Mike Miller PG- Mike Conley Bench: Warrick, Milicic, Lowry, top 5 draft pick or C- Pau Gasol PF- Elton Brand SF- Rudy Gay SG- Mike Miller PG- Mike Conley Bench: Warrick, Milicic, Lowry, top 5 draft pick or C- Darko Milicic PF- Pau Gasol SF- Mike Miller SG- Gilbert Arenas PG- Mike Conley Bench: Warrick, Lowry, Gay, top 5 draft pick. Memphis had plenty of options they chose to dump salary to make the team more attractive to a potential buyer, but we all know the NBA is more business than basketball.
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06-05-2008, 07:55 PM
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Lakers fan here to add his voice to the "Lakers got a steal, and were lucky Memphis is either stupid or trying to sell out" vote.
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06-05-2008, 09:33 PM
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the first mistake was actually putting a franchise in dog-crap city Memphis.
Reminds me a little of putting a franchise in dog-crap Oklahoma City. Btw, if you have a hard time getting NBA players to Utah, I would have to think it might be hard to get them to OKC as well. |
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06-06-2008, 01:45 AM
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Gasol is a good piece to build around if you could land someone like you suggest to play alongside him but that's not feasible. He's a better second option than a first which is why he's relishing his role with the Lakers.
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06-12-2008, 06:08 AM
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How Kwame Brown has been traded for both Caron Butler and Pau Gasoft is beyond me...
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