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The latest from the Star Tribune has the Wolves head coach saying he is operating as if KG will be in a Wolves uniform next season. Interestingly enough, the article does say the desicion is up to the owner (further clearifying it’s not McHale’s desicion - but Taylor’s).
Star Tribune: … Wittman, though, is operating as though Garnett will be in a Wolves uniform come October.
Many saw draft day as a sort of deadline for the Wolves to make a move. Sunday could be another. Garnett’s $6.75 million trade kicker would count totally against a team’s 2007-08 salary cap should a trade be made after that date. It might be more difficult to trade Garnett if he carried a salary cap hit of nearly $29 million for next season.
“He’s too valuable to us to just make a deal to make a deal,” Wittman said. “As I said before, I hope he is here [in October]. But those are decisions that the owner and management will look at.”
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After reading the article, give us your thoughts on who the Lakers should sign via Free Agency. Sound-off in the comments!
L.A. Times: The Lakers can breathe easier. They are no longer paying Brian Grant. His contract finally expires tonight, but so does the one belonging to Luke Walton, who will be thrust into the open market at 9:01 p.m. while ushering in another phase of the Lakers’ off-season — and more questions — with the beginning of the free-agency period.
Will the Lakers retain Walton by perhaps tripling the $1.4 million he made last season? They hope so.
Will they re-sign Chris Mihm at a substantial pay cut? It’s a wait-and-see.
Whom will they sign with their mid-level exception? Denver point guard Steve Blake, Milwaukee point guard Mo Williams, Orlando forward Grant Hill and Miami sharpshooter Jason Kapono are all possibilities.
Although the Lakers just drafted a young point guard for a second consecutive season, they’re in the market for one with more experience than Javaris Crittenton, who played one season at Georgia Tech.
“I think that remains a position we need to pursue,” General Manager Mitch Kupchak said Friday. “Jordan Farmar may end up being that player, but we do feel that another player in the backcourt, a veteran player, would be a good fit.”
Here is a great read from the O.C. Register blog. Keep the hope alive fellas!
O.C. Register Blog: The Lakers walked away from draft night feeling fine, expressing these opinions: There is time (all summer), and there is still opportunity to make the trades that they want.
Minnesota didn’t trade Garnett, meaning the Lakers could have come in with the best deal for him, because no one else did.
Our friend, JSM, from Clublakers.com scoured the internet to find more information our 1st round draft pick, Javaris Crittenton. His also seen him play a few games. Here are his thoughts on Crittenton:
I’ve watched him play some here at GT, but I wasn’t all that familiar with his background. From what I’ve read in what I posted in the post I made, I like what I’m reading about him.
- Smart
- Family oriented
- Vocal on the court (weren’t all of us begging for some on court communication all season?)
- Very competitive (Kobe will respect that)
- Plays D (he’s already the anti-Smush)
- His quote about not giving up, wanting the W (spells more kudos points from #24)
- Knows his role as a PG (Smush would stare at the bench, practically pleading for direction)
- Watches 4 hours a week of NBA PGs (that’s already more off the court work than 3/4 of Kobe’s teammates put in)
- He’s a Magic Johnson fan (has to earn some kudos points from Laker fans)
- Very coachable (meaning the coaching staff can mold him)
http://www.clublakers.com/forums/get-to-know-javaris-t76896.html
This afternoon our beloved General Manager was on the Loose Cannons commenting on last night NBA Draft and what the Los Angeles did. Mitch actually showed some personality in this interview considering what is going on.
Here’s the interview from AM570:
This article claims KG talks will pick up Sunday. Could this be the day Taylor gets back from his honeymoon? A lot of people are speculating a deal won’t be signed off until Taylor gets back. It could be that Boston will begin talks again on Sunday, but that wouldn’t make much sense unless you believe what Jim Gray said to Mitch and said, “you’ve been on the phone for three weeks now with the exception of today.” Maybe KG talks are stalled until Sunday for everyone. Makes you wonder. Oh yeah, Boston is back in it too… maybe:
Boston Globe: Kevin Garnett stayed put last night. Starting Sunday, look for the offers to resurface for the Timberwolves All-Star. The question has to be asked: Will the Celtics be back in the chase?
One of the most important non-components of last night’s deal securing Ray Allen was who was not involved. That would be Theo Ratliff, whose attractive, expiring contract is still on the Boston books. That was good enough to get Garnett a week ago, along with, ahem, Al Jefferson and assorted flotsam and jetsam. Would the Celtics do the same deal? Would the Timberwolves?
For those of you dreaming of an Allen-Garnett-Paul Pierce triumvirate, there are a few entanglements, starting with the reason the deal was killed in the first place: Garnett’s desire not to play in Boston. He was unambiguous about not only not playing in Boston, but that his preferred destination be Phoenix. (Somehow, we think he wouldn’t object to the Lakers.)
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This has been posted on Pau’s official website for quite some time, and I never really want to post it here until now. Considering we’ve drafted Pau’s brother and Kobe & Gasol had a nice private meeting in Spain a few weeks ago. I think it’s worth mentioning. Check it (note: it’s in Spanish):
Pau’s Gasol’s website: ‘If they want to keep me that bad, they need to make the necessary effort to surround me with players capable of competing at the highest level. I want to be on a wining team, with ambitions and options, and have the chances I didn’t have last year.”
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