BEC on December 2, 2007 at 1:49 pm said:

LakersFirst (Change) (Close) on December 2, 2007 at 11:06 am said:

MILO on December 1, 2007 at 1:54 pm said:

MILO on December 1, 2007 at 1:47 pm said:

GOOD HE’S OUR ONLY HOPE!!!

TRADE STUPID LAME LAMAR AND KWAME AND PREDATOR (RONNY) FOR JO THAT SHOULD GET IT DONE.HE ALONE WOULD MAKE UP ALL THREE OF THEIR OFFENSE AND DEFENSE WE NEED A CHANGE NOW NOT AT THE END OF THE YEAR…

LO, Kwame and Turiaf for JO??? JO’s not worth all of that. Are you crazy??? LO and a #1 pick is the most the Lakers should offer for JO (I believe that trade would work as LO’s contract is within 25% of JO’s).

However, getting JO is a huge gamble as his contract goes up next year to over $20M per year (After this year JO has two years left of over $20M per year). Should Kobe not opt out of the Lakers, then in 09/10 season, both JO and Kobe would be $46M ($23M for each of those two). How would the Lakers be able to resign their youth, with JO and Kobe hogging the bulk of the salary cap?

LO, Kwame, and Turiaf is not a big loss. We dont get much out of them anyways. Although Turiaf would be a big loss. Other than that its not bad at all. A healthy JO could really bring some consistency to this team. We all know how inconsistent LO and KWame can be. As for the possibility of Kobe and JO taking up 40+ mill of the cap, its not like we wouldnt be able to afford them. They all would fall under the Larry Bird exception, only problem is paying a little luxury tax, which shouldnt be much of a problem seeing we having the biggest market other than NY in the NBA. The only problem with this is Kobes stance on being traded, why trade for JO if KB plans on opting out.

BEC: Your last sentence here is a very good point that I forgot to mention “The only problem with this is Kobes stance on being traded, why trade for JO if KB plans on opting out.”

By Kobe keeping quiet about his trade request, he’s essentially holding the Laker FO from doing any major trades.

lakers line up…

bynum
howard
ariza
bryant
nelson

bench

mihm
turiaf
walton
sasha/carl
farmar/crittenton

sign..free agent…

c webb
varejao
boykins

gugy on December 2, 2007 at 11:15 am said:

Not sure why many of you like JO so much. Sure if we can get him using Kwame or Odom, then it is OK, but seriously I think we will have JO as free agent next season. Just wait folks.
Bynum is doing great now. Our biggest issue is Lamar, he needs to go. Even though I think he is a hard working guy and have a good heart he is just too inconsistent for the Lakers to rely on him as our 2nd man. Bring someone (veteran, please!) more effective to fill his position and we will be in better shape.

If JO is a free agent, we wouldnt have enough cap space to sign him anyways. Unless he wants to play for the MLE for about 5mill, but I dont see him passing up 40 mill for 5mill. I wouldnt.

LakersFirst (Change) (Close) on December 2, 2007 at 11:06 am said:

MILO on December 1, 2007 at 1:54 pm said:

MILO on December 1, 2007 at 1:47 pm said:

GOOD HE’S OUR ONLY HOPE!!!

TRADE STUPID LAME LAMAR AND KWAME AND PREDATOR (RONNY) FOR JO THAT SHOULD GET IT DONE.HE ALONE WOULD MAKE UP ALL THREE OF THEIR OFFENSE AND DEFENSE WE NEED A CHANGE NOW NOT AT THE END OF THE YEAR…

LO, Kwame and Turiaf for JO??? JO’s not worth all of that. Are you crazy??? LO and a #1 pick is the most the Lakers should offer for JO (I believe that trade would work as LO’s contract is within 25% of JO’s).

However, getting JO is a huge gamble as his contract goes up next year to over $20M per year (After this year JO has two years left of over $20M per year). Should Kobe not opt out of the Lakers, then in 09/10 season, both JO and Kobe would be $46M ($23M for each of those two). How would the Lakers be able to resign their youth, with JO and Kobe hogging the bulk of the salary cap?

LO, Kwame, and Turiaf is not a big loss. We dont get much out of them anyways. Although Turiaf would be a big loss. Other than that its not bad at all. A healthy JO could really bring some consistency to this team. We all know how inconsistent LO and KWame can be. As for the possibility of Kobe and JO taking up 40+ mill of the cap, its not like we wouldnt be able to afford them. They all would fall under the Larry Bird exception, only problem is paying a little luxury tax, which shouldnt be much of a problem seeing we having the biggest market other than NY in the NBA. The only problem with this is Kobes stance on being traded, why trade for JO if KB plans on opting out.

MILO on December 1, 2007 at 1:54 pm said:

MILO on December 1, 2007 at 1:47 pm said:

GOOD HE’S OUR ONLY HOPE!!!

TRADE STUPID LAME LAMAR AND KWAME AND PREDATOR (RONNY) FOR JO THAT SHOULD GET IT DONE.HE ALONE WOULD MAKE UP ALL THREE OF THEIR OFFENSE AND DEFENSE WE NEED A CHANGE NOW NOT AT THE END OF THE YEAR…

LO, Kwame and Turiaf for JO??? JO’s not worth all of that. Are you crazy??? LO and a #1 pick is the most the Lakers should offer for JO (I believe that trade would work as LO’s contract is within 25% of JO’s).

However, getting JO is a huge gamble as his contract goes up next year to over $20M per year (After this year JO has two years left of over $20M per year). Should Kobe not opt out of the Lakers, then in 09/10 season, both JO and Kobe would be $46M ($23M for each of those two). How would the Lakers be able to resign their youth, with JO and Kobe hogging the bulk of the salary cap?

Benny Chains on December 1, 2007 at 7:11 pm said:

Kobe Bryant goes with Los Angeles Lakers like Peanut Butter goes with Jelly, ya never wanna trade the Bean… Don’t do it!
BChains.

Did you know that Kobe like honey with his Peanut Butter Sandwiches and not Jelly??? Your analogy makes me think that more now that kobe will want to opt out of his contract.

These guys just don’t get the job done