The Credits: "Ides Of March"

by theshmoes on Jan 20, 2012 8:47 AM PST in Credits

Kobe Bryant wants a trade, now. And he's got before the 15th of March to make it happen. For Kobe, these next couple years are going to be his last chances to surpass Michael Jordan in rings. And we know he's all about winning, according to assistant Chuck Person:

Kobe is lethal to the 10th power. This guy has an unending thirst for winning, and he shows it in practice every day -- when he's able to.

With the Lakers struggling against good teams this year, Kobe is ready to pull the trigger. He's desperate to improve the team. He's desperate for Dwight Howard. How desperate?

Kobe Bryant has had at least one in-depth phone conversation with Howard recently, even discussing how Howard might fit in with the Lakers' scheme.

One person with knowledge of the conversation said Howard came away feeling as if he wouldn't be the Lakers' top option, for obvious reasons. It's Bryant's team.

Kobe has always been active when it comes to potential additions to the team. Now he has to prove to Dwight that teaming up with him will get him a ring. He's shown he can still score, giving 4 straight games of 40+ points. Now he's proving a big man can flourish next him, dishing 7 assists and Gasol scoring 26 points.

Tonight's matchup against the Magic will prove to be monumental. Is this an audition of sorts? Of the Laker system for Dwight? Of Bynum to the Magic?

"It’s going to be fun,’’ Bynum said. "I don’t really think it’s that big of a matchup. It’s just a regular season game for me. I want to go out and play hard, and I’m going to try to score, and I’m sure he is, too. … Everybody else is saying (it’s a big matchup between the two), but not me. I’m just going to play my game.’’

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dang! nobody's here but us chickens...?

everyone must still be hungover from yesterdays stench fest.

"These are young men with too much money and too much fame for something as relatively inconsequential as sports, but this is entertainment." --Phil Jackson

by lakerdynasty on Jan 20, 2012 10:01 AM PST reply actions

Yeah, scared to show our faces.

For me its the consistent inconsistency that concerns me - PAGFL
It's always AMMO Time, in spirit- DexterFishmore
lebron should just lock himself away and not talk for the rest of forever-LA32

by 99bc99 on Jan 20, 2012 10:05 AM PST up reply actions

Do it Kobe!

However, one person in the Lakers’ organization has been talking to Howard.

Kobe Bryant has had at least one in-depth phone conversation with Howard recently, even discussing how Howard might fit in with the Lakers’ scheme.

One person with knowledge of the conversation said Howard came away feeling as if he wouldn’t be the Lakers’ top option, for obvious reasons. It’s Bryant’s team.

And of course Howard wouldn’t be the main focus of the offense. Duh!

I don't consider myself a hoarder just a person who loves to save things

by Jelly Bean on Jan 20, 2012 10:18 AM PST reply actions

Wait so are you on the #GetHoward

or not? lol I’m confused

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by bluexfalcon on Jan 20, 2012 10:22 AM PST up reply actions

I think Howard is a better option over Bynum and if the Lakers

can make a trade for him i’m for it as long as it doesn’t involve any other key player like Gasol. But that is not what I am hoping for at all. If it was my choice I would go for a combo guard type player like Deron Williams, Devin Harris, OJ Mayo. If they did that, I would be more happy and it would solve all of their problems. Or most of them. So yes, I’m with getting howard, but If they don’t, then it wouldn’t matter to me.

I don't consider myself a hoarder just a person who loves to save things

by Jelly Bean on Jan 20, 2012 10:35 AM PST up reply actions

Let's get Harris and Mayo!

forget about dwight for the mean time; as long as we have bynum on our team we still have someone to trade for dwight. lets focus on the bigger problem which is lack of shot creator.

"If at this stage of our careers we're the boring team, then we're the boring team. As long as we get results." - Kobe Bryant

"I like jewelry. ... I like winning," - Kobe Bryant

by markkk on Jan 20, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions

this still doesn't solve the fact

that we don’t have another creator on the perimeter, another ball handler.

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by bluexfalcon on Jan 20, 2012 10:29 AM PST up reply actions

Yeah..that is the biggest weakness that I rather see them fix

and should take a priority over Howard. What I’m afraid of is if the Lakers fill that void by trading Bynum. But, I doubt they would do that because if they did then that would mean that they would have done that with CP3.

I don't consider myself a hoarder just a person who loves to save things

by Jelly Bean on Jan 20, 2012 11:10 AM PST up reply actions

Doea this mean howard wouldnt come here if hes not top option?

"They’re a very special group of men. Cherish them, you will not see their like again."

by chaucer on Jan 20, 2012 10:30 AM PST via mobile up reply actions

Howard just wants to win and based on his personality

and what I have seen from a documentary that I have on him, he is much like Pau a sweet heart of a guy who doesn’t mind being a role player. Besides, the reception he would get here in LA would be crazy. He would feel like a king here. I remember how we all got when Shaq got here. He was treated like royalty. He will feel like a first option in LA.

I don't consider myself a hoarder just a person who loves to save things

by Jelly Bean on Jan 20, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions

Devin Harris is up for grabs

thoughts?

"If at this stage of our careers we're the boring team, then we're the boring team. As long as we get results." - Kobe Bryant

"I like jewelry. ... I like winning," - Kobe Bryant

by markkk on Jan 20, 2012 10:22 AM PST reply actions

lolololol

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=897uooe

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by bluexfalcon on Jan 20, 2012 10:26 AM PST up reply actions

I might take that

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by imposibol on Jan 20, 2012 10:32 AM PST up reply actions

i'll take that

"If at this stage of our careers we're the boring team, then we're the boring team. As long as we get results." - Kobe Bryant

"I like jewelry. ... I like winning," - Kobe Bryant

by markkk on Jan 20, 2012 10:56 AM PST up reply actions

but but

who will be UT’s pg?

"If at this stage of our careers we're the boring team, then we're the boring team. As long as we get results." - Kobe Bryant

"I like jewelry. ... I like winning," - Kobe Bryant

by markkk on Jan 20, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions

If I was going to trade Pau for Harrris I'd rather go with Bynum and Gasol to the Magic

for Howard, R. Anderson, Turkoglu, and either Jameer Nelson or JJ Reddick.

I’m not a huge fan of Harris and I don’t see any PG I’d trade Pau for outside of Derron Williams, who won’t be traded unless we get Howard. At which point we wouldn’t have the pieces to get him anyway.

"I'm a little worried about being a slut"
~ Bobby Hill

by Chris Hines on Jan 20, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions

Yes! I'm for that.

I don't consider myself a hoarder just a person who loves to save things

by Jelly Bean on Jan 20, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions

meh

he’s not that good.

by shawism on Jan 20, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions

better than anything we have

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by bluexfalcon on Jan 20, 2012 11:14 AM PST up reply actions

I wouldn't trade Pau away to get him

by shawism on Jan 20, 2012 11:17 AM PST up reply actions

No way

Millsap’s not good enough to make that work for me…

by x Nightwing x on Jan 20, 2012 11:24 AM PST via mobile up reply actions

I agree with the two above, I wouldn't trade Gasol for Harris.

He’s not played up to his potential enough this year but he’s better than that.

"I'm a little worried about being a slut"
~ Bobby Hill

by Chris Hines on Jan 20, 2012 11:25 AM PST up reply actions

so who do you prefer?

Deron Williams? pipe dream bro. as per reports Magic’s owner isn’t high on Bynum even though he’s the best they can get for Howard as of the moment in addition to that they don’t want to lose another all time center to LA (shaq); and come to think of it BK of the Nets wont help build the dynamic duo that they’ve been dreaming of in another place.

if there’s anything we can do right now is to trade Pau for a PG and a quality PF. it is high time for us to do that.

lakers: howard + williams = possible but not likely

"If at this stage of our careers we're the boring team, then we're the boring team. As long as we get results." - Kobe Bryant

"I like jewelry. ... I like winning," - Kobe Bryant

by markkk on Jan 20, 2012 11:39 AM PST up reply actions

funny to think that the Magic's owner isn't high on Bynum

He has everything against him. He better take that and run with it. Forget losing out on him but in reality, beggars can’t be choosers. His options are limited.

I don't consider myself a hoarder just a person who loves to save things

by Jelly Bean on Jan 20, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions

Well he's still weighing his limited options

with the nets scrambling to put together pieces + picks to entice Magic FO; I say we should do the same. We have to put Pau on the trading block lets see what we can get for him. In my wishful thinking if Howard doesn’t become a Laker we would still have a formidable playoff squad behind drew and kobe + quality pieces that we got for Pau. The only downside in this scenario is we dont have a trump card to force the Magic to send Howard to LA (trade deadline).

priorities for LA
1. shot creator
2. bench guys that can actually help
3. superstars (i.e. Howard and Deron)

I know that we have to prepare for Kobe’s inevitable decline (get a superstar) but we can’t put all of our eggs in one basket. Howard will be great but if Magic FO fcuks us then we’re basically……. DOOMED for the foreseeable future.

"If at this stage of our careers we're the boring team, then we're the boring team. As long as we get results." - Kobe Bryant

"I like jewelry. ... I like winning," - Kobe Bryant

by markkk on Jan 20, 2012 12:00 PM PST up reply actions

I think Orlando is trying to stress that they want both Bynum AND Gasol.

If that’s the case then I really want to acquire Nelson and Anderson along with Dwight. We would also likely be taking on Turk’s contract in some way.

I actually don’t mind taking on Turk’s contract. By acquiring him and Nelson we will have 3 players that can handle the ball on the perimeter and create plays. It will also give us another 3 pt shooter, which we desperately need.

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by PoPs_737 on Jan 20, 2012 12:05 PM PST up reply actions

This makes the most sense to me.

Trade Machine says that Bynum, Gasol, Ebanks, and Blake for Howard, Anderson, Nelson, and Turk works. Losing that kind of size hurts, but at this point I would gladly swap the size for the three point shooting and consistency on offense this would hopefully bring.

"I'm a little worried about being a slut"
~ Bobby Hill

by Chris Hines on Jan 20, 2012 12:12 PM PST up reply actions

that would be ammenable to me

in addition we should use the LO TPE for a quality big or a PG better than Nelson. Ryan Anderson is having a hell of a season but come playoff time we need to have another bruiser down low. I just dont think that Nelson would be good for us in the long run.

"If at this stage of our careers we're the boring team, then we're the boring team. As long as we get results." - Kobe Bryant

"I like jewelry. ... I like winning," - Kobe Bryant

by markkk on Jan 20, 2012 12:18 PM PST up reply actions

The combination of Anderson and McRoberts makes a decent PF

What PG are you going after with the exception?

"I'm a little worried about being a slut"
~ Bobby Hill

by Chris Hines on Jan 20, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions

I have no idea on who

Nelson aint the answer for our PG woes, undersized, defensive liability.

"If at this stage of our careers we're the boring team, then we're the boring team. As long as we get results." - Kobe Bryant

"I like jewelry. ... I like winning," - Kobe Bryant

by markkk on Jan 20, 2012 1:08 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah, ever since the shoulder injury he has been below-average...

by x Nightwing x on Jan 20, 2012 1:17 PM PST up reply actions

It's hard to find a PG that matches up well though

Especially if your trading both Bynum and Gasol to the Magic. Others have said you’d be better off with keeping Blake and trading for Reddick instead of Nelson. Certainly a better option than Kapono.

"I'm a little worried about being a slut"
~ Bobby Hill

by Chris Hines on Jan 20, 2012 1:26 PM PST up reply actions

I'd rather get Reddick at this point.

Another possibility would be a 3 team deal in which we get a pg which another team would take Reddick/Nelson/etc, Orlando would get Bynum/Pau, and we would get a pg/Dwight.

by x Nightwing x on Jan 20, 2012 1:34 PM PST up reply actions

LOL - http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=73kmbqr

I’d love for this to happen!!!

by x Nightwing x on Jan 20, 2012 1:42 PM PST up reply actions

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=73kmbqr

by x Nightwing x on Jan 20, 2012 1:42 PM PST up reply actions

I'd be good with this as well haha

http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=7pttucg

"I'm a little worried about being a slut"
~ Bobby Hill

by Chris Hines on Jan 20, 2012 1:53 PM PST up reply actions

Works for me!

More goodies -
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=7dmkneh

by x Nightwing x on Jan 20, 2012 1:59 PM PST up reply actions

And, of course, the king of all trades -

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=7565py3

by x Nightwing x on Jan 20, 2012 2:04 PM PST up reply actions

These trade machine trades are fun haha

"I'm a little worried about being a slut"
~ Bobby Hill

by Chris Hines on Jan 20, 2012 2:10 PM PST up reply actions

I'd want some other PF

Relying on some combination of McRoberts, Murphy, Artest, and Turkoglu to log minutes at PF doesn’t comfort me.

"I'm a little worried about being a slut"
~ Bobby Hill

by Chris Hines on Jan 20, 2012 2:04 PM PST up reply actions

I just don't see the PG-PF combo I'd be willing to ship Pau off for right now

Maybe Kyle Lowry and Luis Scola. But Lowry was never one of the players the Rockets talked about trading and he seems like someone to build towards the future with.

Harris and Millsap just don’t fit the bill for me. Harris just isn’t that good, I’d rather wait and see how things shake out then trade Gasol for him. Especially since we should be expecting Pau to improve from his current state at some point.

Eventually The Magic’s owner is going to realize it’s Bynum or nothing, and I can’t see them just risking him leaving on the outside chance they compete in the playoffs and he changes his mind.

"I'm a little worried about being a slut"
~ Bobby Hill

by Chris Hines on Jan 20, 2012 11:48 AM PST up reply actions 1 recs

I'd do Pau for Lowry straight-up!

by x Nightwing x on Jan 20, 2012 12:07 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

I'd need Scola back The drop off from Gasol to McRoberts or Murphy would be huge.

"I'm a little worried about being a slut"
~ Bobby Hill

by Chris Hines on Jan 20, 2012 12:15 PM PST up reply actions

We could find someone else eventually.

I don’t think the Rockets would do a straight-up, nevermind both!

by x Nightwing x on Jan 20, 2012 12:37 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah Trade Machine says they couldn't do Lowry for Gasol

Like I said though I’m not even sure if they would be willing to trade Lowry. They liked Gasol before obviously, but at the time they were trading Scola and Martin with plans to sign Nene. Would they be so willing to trade Scola and the 3 year younger Lowry just to team Gasol with Dalembert? Seems like a long shot.

"I'm a little worried about being a slut"
~ Bobby Hill

by Chris Hines on Jan 20, 2012 12:55 PM PST up reply actions

Right. It won't happen, I was just speaking hypothetically I would trade Gasol for Lowry...

by x Nightwing x on Jan 20, 2012 12:59 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah just looking around the league at PG who might be available

He is on the short list of ones I’d trade Gasol for. I just wonder how Kobe plays with a young PG with no real star power. I mean I’d trust him to give the ball up for Paul or Williams, but someone like Lowry doesn’t have that kind of name around the league yet. Kobe’s never really had to give the rock up for any extended period of time to a PG before really.

"I'm a little worried about being a slut"
~ Bobby Hill

by Chris Hines on Jan 20, 2012 1:03 PM PST up reply actions

I think he would be fine with not having to create everything...

by x Nightwing x on Jan 20, 2012 1:18 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah..I agree. It would be a tough sell

to give away Pau.

I don't consider myself a hoarder just a person who loves to save things

by Jelly Bean on Jan 20, 2012 11:31 AM PST up reply actions

I want to believe that Devin Harris needs a change of scenery but I have my doubts.

He just looks awful out there with the Jazz. I would rather spend the trade exception on Andray Blatche or Anthony Morrow instead of Devin Harris. The Lakers would be buying low on Devin Harris, but that’s an expensive low. You could say the same for Blatche, but I think Blatche has more of a possibility turning it around than Harris. The Lakers need shooters in the worse way. Morrow could probably be had for pennies.

by E-ROC on Jan 20, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions

andray blatche = headcase

kobe would completely kick his bum ass

"If at this stage of our careers we're the boring team, then we're the boring team. As long as we get results." - Kobe Bryant

"I like jewelry. ... I like winning," - Kobe Bryant

by markkk on Jan 20, 2012 12:25 PM PST up reply actions

A head case........as in Vlad-Rad or temperamental like Barnes and Artest?

by E-ROC on Jan 20, 2012 12:32 PM PST up reply actions

Everything I've heard about the cat is negative from a personal stand point

plus I believe he very well may be looking at shoulder surgery if things don’t get better for him in that department.

"I'm a little worried about being a slut"
~ Bobby Hill

by Chris Hines on Jan 20, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions

Its admirable that he's playing hurt with the bum shoulder.

The shoulder specialists says he needs extensive rehabilitation, but he has chosen to play on. I still like him. I don’t believe he’s as bad a teammate as has been reported.

by E-ROC on Jan 20, 2012 12:44 PM PST up reply actions

It's kind of cold they boo'd him at home during warm ups yesterday haha

I know the team is awful, but dang. It’s not like he’s going to play better because of that haha.

"I'm a little worried about being a slut"
~ Bobby Hill

by Chris Hines on Jan 20, 2012 1:00 PM PST up reply actions

can't even explain it

fighting, talking to the media about touches, preaching like a vet playing like a rook you know what i mean?

"If at this stage of our careers we're the boring team, then we're the boring team. As long as we get results." - Kobe Bryant

"I like jewelry. ... I like winning," - Kobe Bryant

by markkk on Jan 20, 2012 12:34 PM PST up reply actions

That whole Wizards team seems to be filled with bad eggs one way or another

I don’t know how much is media hype, frustration from being so bad, bad coaching/leadership, and actual bad attitudes but you never hear anything good.

"I'm a little worried about being a slut"
~ Bobby Hill

by Chris Hines on Jan 20, 2012 12:36 PM PST up reply actions

I've read about him fighting McGee.

Talking about touches doesn’t bother me. I still think he would fit well with the Lakers and presents an upgrade over Murphy and can play 4 and 5 positions. Lots of flexibility comes with him.

by E-ROC on Jan 20, 2012 12:48 PM PST up reply actions

he's a definite upgrade

but his attitude is the problem.

"If at this stage of our careers we're the boring team, then we're the boring team. As long as we get results." - Kobe Bryant

"I like jewelry. ... I like winning," - Kobe Bryant

by markkk on Jan 20, 2012 1:10 PM PST up reply actions

Im in favor of firing mike brown. or, give him a look with dwight and a pg on roster

"They’re a very special group of men. Cherish them, you will not see their like again."

by chaucer on Jan 20, 2012 10:29 AM PST via mobile reply actions

Why in the world would we fire Brown?

by x Nightwing x on Jan 20, 2012 11:00 AM PST via mobile up reply actions

because we are 10-6 and playing like shit. this offense is the worst lakers offense i have probably ever seen. this in spite of having 3 all stars on roster.

"They’re a very special group of men. Cherish them, you will not see their like again."

by chaucer on Jan 20, 2012 11:42 AM PST up reply actions

10-6 for a team that lost it's sixth man of the year?

Calm down!

by x Nightwing x on Jan 20, 2012 11:52 AM PST via mobile up reply actions

Mike Brown isn't the one playing like shit.

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by SoCalGal on Jan 20, 2012 1:21 PM PST up reply actions

absolutely

by froZ3n on Jan 20, 2012 4:44 PM PST up reply actions

Mike Brown does not deserve to be fired.

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by SoCalGal on Jan 20, 2012 1:21 PM PST up reply actions

Would we be able to use Lamar's TPE for Devin Harris?

"These are young men with too much money and too much fame for something as relatively inconsequential as sports, but this is entertainment." --Phil Jackson

by lakerdynasty on Jan 20, 2012 10:51 AM PST reply actions

yea, for Millsap

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by bluexfalcon on Jan 20, 2012 10:54 AM PST up reply actions

we need a point guard though...

I take it you don’t like Harris?

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by lakerdynasty on Jan 20, 2012 10:57 AM PST up reply actions

look up at my "lolololol" comment :)

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by bluexfalcon on Jan 20, 2012 11:00 AM PST up reply actions

i saw it...

but i thought it would be a straight up trade. I think Harris’ contract is around 9 million… and I thought Odom’s was around 8 million… I thought maybe the Lakers can pay the difference. I don’t know how all this shit works. I’m not one of those trade junkies, that’s why I asked.

"These are young men with too much money and too much fame for something as relatively inconsequential as sports, but this is entertainment." --Phil Jackson

by lakerdynasty on Jan 20, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions

me either man, if it wasn't for the trade machine

I’d just sit around and wait for news. lol

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by bluexfalcon on Jan 20, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions

lol

"These are young men with too much money and too much fame for something as relatively inconsequential as sports, but this is entertainment." --Phil Jackson

by lakerdynasty on Jan 20, 2012 11:24 AM PST up reply actions

lol

I don't consider myself a hoarder just a person who loves to save things

by Jelly Bean on Jan 20, 2012 11:32 AM PST up reply actions

lol

I don't consider myself a hoarder just a person who loves to save things

by Jelly Bean on Jan 20, 2012 11:08 AM PST up reply actions

but to answer you question, nah we can't use it for Harris

numbers don’t match up

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by bluexfalcon on Jan 20, 2012 11:12 AM PST up reply actions

maybe

but I’d rather try for Captain Kirk.

by shawism on Jan 20, 2012 11:15 AM PST up reply actions

Kirk's more likely I think

Not a huge fan of either one, but…

by x Nightwing x on Jan 20, 2012 11:20 AM PST via mobile up reply actions

the idea being here,

anything better than what we have lol

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by bluexfalcon on Jan 20, 2012 11:22 AM PST up reply actions

this^^

"These are young men with too much money and too much fame for something as relatively inconsequential as sports, but this is entertainment." --Phil Jackson

by lakerdynasty on Jan 20, 2012 11:23 AM PST up reply actions

we can try for both of them

sure

I’d just rather get Kirk since he’s a better three point shooter and within the TPE

by shawism on Jan 20, 2012 11:30 AM PST up reply actions

He's injured and hasn't played all season.

by E-ROC on Jan 20, 2012 12:14 PM PST up reply actions

welp

by shawism on Jan 20, 2012 1:30 PM PST up reply actions

wouldn t there be the possibilities that Utah can still use thier amnesty on Harris,
because they haven’t used it on anybody correct?
Ak47 was a free agent and playing in Russia, I forgot if there is a deadline to use the amnesty or not….

by dannblala on Jan 20, 2012 12:02 PM PST reply actions

Kobe Bryant wants a trade

You’re really looking to give me my first heart attack aren’t ya schmoes?

"If you’re afraid to fail, then you’re probably going to fail. You know what I mean? Fuck it." -- Kobe "Black Mamba" Bryant

by jXn on Jan 20, 2012 1:58 PM PST reply actions

Deron & Dwight

Nets’ Deron Williams has wish list

his short list of desirable destinations includes the Mavericks, the Knicks and the Lakers
…
Getting to the Lakers would be difficult for Williams because they will not have cap room in the summer and they lack the promising young prospects the Nets would look for in return.
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they will not trade Williams for marginal players merely to avoid losing him for nothing in free agency. If Williams walks, the Nets will be left with enough cap room to sign two high-salaried players, which they view as a better option than eating up their cap space with average talent.

To get Deron at all, sounds like we’d have to land Howard first. (Hell yea!) I’ve read stuff from both Steve Kyler and Larry Coon that ORL isn’t high on Bynum, so we’d have to work in a third team.

And Pau for Deron doesn’t sound like an option, so that’d be another three-team deal.

Both moves would be last minute as well, considering both teams want to keep their guys and acquire other assets around them. Putting together two three-team deals in that amount of time will be a tall order. Still hoping Mitch can do it.

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by deadmuse on Jan 20, 2012 2:59 PM PST reply actions