Hinrich for Adam Morrison and Sasha Vujacic

Happens a lot more than the dramatic charges he draws on fast breaks.

Gibson starts because VDN is an idiot, and doesn’t like Thomas. Any observer of the team would tell you that Thomas is miles better than Gibson.

i think we should through farmar into that trade and try and get salmons.

farmar, sasha & morrison for hinrich & salmons. we will prob have to throw in a late round draft pick or cash considerattions since the money doesnt quite add up. hinrich’s contrace decreases over time and if you can re-sign Fisher for much less than hes making now, it will work out. buss wil have to spend a little extra money, but he hasnt seemed to have a problem with that, as long as we are winning.

we wont have the 3 pg problem (plus shannon) and will have a decent scoring/3 pointer threat off the bench that can play the 2 or 3, giving kobe or ron some much needed rest. hinirch will solve our defensive problems with our pg. i really like this possibility, but it always seems to be rumors. you never hear about the trades the actually happen.

If we trade say Farmar, Vujacic, and Morrison for Hinrich and Johnson, re-up Fisher for the minimum, use our second-round picks to find cheap replacements for Powell and Mbenga (or re-sign them; the salary difference is fairly negligible), and Kobe signs an extension for the max, then our payroll comes to about ~$84-86 million before luxury taxes, which is a drop from this year. That said, we’ll probably get a slight decrease of the cap, so we’ll get a slightly harsher luxury tax bill, which will drive the bill up somewhat. Given how many free agents on the market, Kupchak will probably get someone for part of the MLE, so add $3-4 million onto the payroll also.

So yeah, in the end, it will be more expensive for the Lakers with a lot of variance depending on the front office, although not as much as one would think. I would also argue that we have to get a PG replacement at some point, and if we’re stuck with the status quo, we either have to 1) burn the MLE on a replacement 2) keep Farmar with the QO and either re-up him for $3-4 million or match whatever offer another team makes (which will probably be in the same ballpark 3) bribe Stern to force whoever wins the lottery to trade us the #1 pick so we get Wall. Hinrich is a safer option over that drama, and it solidifies the starting five, so Kupchak can penny pinch for backups.

MJ could probably put up a ~15 PER until he’s 50. I remember reading several articles about Jordan regularly outplaying most of the Bobcats when he bothered to show up for their practices.

And yeah, I would do it just for the absolutely epic entertainment factor. Every sports website would implode simultaneously.

that’s beyond greed. Fortunately it will never happen

The sample size is more than large enough, and it’s far superior to anything the Lakers’ point guards offer. And yes, Hinrich has started basically since he was drafted, and would be starting now if Rose wasn’t on the team. Even then, Hinrich’s defense is far better than Rose’s, and he regularly guards the opponent’s best perimeter threat nightly.

Bulls would save money in the long run and might be making the calculation that Farmar > Hinrich — which is plausible.

Bulls would need a PG in return to trade Hinrich, and Sasha ain’t gonna cut it.