Marion: Do you want me in LA??? Kobe:For sure man, I want to make it happen(silently Kobe is thinking but not if we have to give up LO) Marion: Great because I don’t get enough repect in PHX.

My point is just because Marion says Kobe wants him in LA doesn’t mean Kobe wants to trade LO to make it happen.

Thanks for the good stuff on Bynum.

Have we heard from Kobe yet?

Except for Marian saying Kobe has embraced the thought.

And what thought is that? Marian to the Lakers, but for who?

Odom is the rumored person. (per the AZ Republic)

Some bloggers in AZ think Odom is not the guy because of his injury problems and inconsistency. Some are saying Kwame, Vladimir, and Mo.
Not recommending one or the other, but we really don’t know who it is that would make Kobe “happy”.

Just saying, let’s make a trade just to appease Kobe would not be using sound judgment. A trade should make the Lakers better and ultimately will make Kobe happier.

By the way, Az Republic (paper that started this) today has said no trade will be happening.

Juwan 6.5

Kwame 8

That trade works under the CBA rules and would even help the Laker lux tax issues.

I would also push Minnie for one of their picks. Could be quite valuable.

Howard and Ronny could make a combo PF

Any idea on how we could get rid of Vladimir?

Then there were the workouts. Zarzana designed a program that makes Bynum “more effective at his position.” They worked out four to six hours, six to seven days a week in Atlanta.

Bynum ran a mile in 8 minutes, 49 seconds when they began. Zarzana said he’s shaved more than two minutes off that time.

Bynum improved his bench press from 265 pounds to 305, and his squats from 265 pounds 10 times to 405 pounds 10 times. His body fat dropped from 12 percent to nine.

He ran 50- and 100-meter sprints. He did sprints with a parachute on his back, 50 to 60 yards on straightaways, backpedals at 45-degree angles and zigzags.

And of course there were basketball drills that former NBA star Gerald Wilkins put Bynum through.

“The kid has worked extremely hard, and on his own accord,” Zarzana said by phone. “It didn’t take anybody to fire this kid up but himself. He realized going into his third year that he’s no longer a rookie and he’s expected to be a starter now. He came to me and said, ‘I want to be the best center in this game. Can you help me?’ ”

Jackson said he would be happy with Bynum’s progress when he can average 15 points and 10 rebounds. However, Bynum has impressed his teammates in pickup games at the Lakers’ training facility.

“He looks real good out here,” Luke Walton said by phone. “He looks stronger. He jumps better. He’s definitely improved since last year. I’m kind of excited to see if he keeps it up.”

http://www.pe.com/sports/breakout/stori … e97c1.html
Pick Up Games
The pick up games continued today at the team training facility in El Segundo. 3rd-year Center Andrew Bynum has been the focus of many peoples attention this off-season with questions like:

Is he bigger?
What has he been working on?
How’s his inside game?

http://aol.nba.com/lakers/news/070926_a … ility.html

not even in a million years
stats are just to dry

and pippen was the true play maker of the team… which is way far beyond marion talent…
sorry i cannot agree about that for just stats
by the way… i hated the bulls!!!!!!!!

but i agree with you about being there the whole season… but does marion really deserve a 20 mil contract? no way
so i would not do it unless he accepts a 12 mil… which is a great pay for someone who is not a super star but a great, great role player
so i would wait for better situations or next year for jo free agent which wants to c

I know it’s crazy to think of Marion as being better than one of the greatest players of all time but how would you explain this then..

http://www.basketball-reference.com/fc/pcm.cgi?req=1&cum=1&p1=odomla01&y1=2007&p2=kirilan01&y2=2007&p3=pippesc01&y3=2004&p4=mariosh01&y4=2007

the stats are right there…marion seems to be more efficient and does a lot of things better than the other 3.