Now that we can put Ron Artest behind us, let’s start putting all our thoughts in having Baron Davis in Purple & Gold. Whose with me?! Sound-off…
ESPN: Golden State point guard Baron Davis elected to become a free agent Monday night, opting out of the final year of his contract with the Warriors in a surprise move.
Davis had until Monday night to decide whether to turn down his $17.8 million contract for next season, the final year of a six-year deal. The Warriors didn’t expect him to opt out of the deal despite little progress in the parties’ long-term contract negotiation, but club spokesman Raymond Ridder said they received a letter from Davis’ agent, Todd Ramasar, late Monday indicating his intentions.
Davis still could return to Golden State as a free agent, but his opt-out clause was his only bit of leverage in forcing contract talks with the Warriors before next summer. The former All-Star also is now free to negotiate with other clubs, possibly facilitating a sign-and-trade deal with Golden State.
Davis, a 29-year-old veteran, repeatedly has said he intended to return to Golden State, but he might be displeased by Warriors coach Don Nelson’s recent declarations about giving more playing time to Golden State’s young players, even at the expense of a few victories next season. Nelson reiterated his plan Monday at a news conference to introduce draft picks Anthony Randolph and Richard Hendrix.
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i with you
baron giving up a 17 mil contract for 5 to 6 mil..never gonna hapen
Davis/Kobe/Odom/Gasol/Bynum = OMG!
That would be an insane lineup…
I’d love to get him, but I highly doubt he’s gonna take a $12 million pay cut just to play in LA.
Mr. Davis would be quite the asset, but we don’t got the change for a dude of his caliber. I’ve been dreaming of him (and his huge veneers) in a Lakers jersey since he got drafted. Would be sweet.
it sure would but we got enough PG’s
and d-fish IMO is going to do well next yr. again …
lol we are DREAMING BIG TIME. if we think we can get Baron Davis, that dude is all about making PAPER.
you never know ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol
and i noticed him in some lakersd home games courtside right next to the bench(hint) so we will see..
this article shouldn’t even be up.
na dude he has that paper and everything he needs
that one thing missing is a larry obrien trophy.and l.a. seems to be a great destination….
yea we always want these players and they never get traded to us (besides gasol) or sign with us… it sucks maybe he be different but we see but i think its all just bout money with ALL THESE PLAYERS..
That was all part of the Zohan PR… I believe.
we have no shot at him. you dont opt out of a 17 mil contract if you dont think you can make more. he is gonna get hooked up close to 19 mil per by some team and gonna go back to his injured ways once he has the big payday and guaranted money. the only guy we have a shot at is pietres and that is if we cant sign sasha.
pietrus and dont forget posey as well
well, this is what we do during off season - rumors, speculates and talks.
Pipe dream,
but HELL YEA. come to L.A. BARON
U LOVE L.A…
L.A. LOVES U
PG-BARON
SG-KOBE
SF-ODOM[: (] lol
PF-GASOL
C-BYNUM
IF WE STAY HEALTHY ……………. TITLE!
this dude is a retard for leaving 17.8 million!!!!!
I dont want a RETARD on the team!!
dude ur s t u p i d
aint gonna happen we already hav enough PGs we could use at the 2 and kobe at the 3 but it aint gonna happen
lets jus try to get posey
sign and trade farmar
then bring sun yue and joe crawford in
yea i somewhat agree fish did a good job this yr
and next yr he’ll do great
ithink posey should be the main focus we need that one tough defensive minded player thats not scared to lay his body on the line ..
are you crazy??
WE WANT BARON. More Lakers fan will welcome him then Artest and that’s a damn fact. Baron needs to come for his hometown team and his fav when he was a child Bring him home mitch. “If you build it he will come”
Apparently Sun Yue is the Magic Johnson of the far east.
Baron is one of the classiest players in the league, and when he plays well can be considered in the top 3 point guards in the league. Hands down we cannot get him. We would have to get rid of our trash (which we can’t), and we’d have a crowded PG position. What most of you guys commenting don’t realize is the immediate and long term future for the lakers looks good right now. Just sit on that, and enjoy the ride. You don’t see SA changing their team, but they manage to win every other year or so. Just be happy, our team could have beaten the Celtics, game 1 = peirce injury (vlad horrible D), game 2 = refs… anything could have happened, game 4 = let go a 24 point lead. Enough said, we had 2 wins, that win any of the three we could have won and it would have forced game 7, or win 2 of the three and we would have the ship. Look for a few FA pickups this offseason, maybe one or two, but those players won’t get much playing time. Unless Odom gets traded I can’t see anything happening, Mitch already unloaded most of our trash, can’t see how he could possibly do it again.
I don’t want to get my hopes up.
This would be so cool!!!! Baron Davis would bring toughness. Do you think Baron Davis is going to let guys like KG yell and scream all over the court. I don’t think so.
Remember, he’s buddies with Fish when they played together in Golden State. Maybe D. Fish can bring him in! Not to mention him being from L.A!
A borderline superstar taking an mle level deal? No way. It’s not going to happen. Even with the LA connections money prevails over everything. It’s a wonderful idea, and a beautiful dream, but that’s just what it is, and not even close to reality. Baron is going to get some ridiculous deal from some mediocre team that he will ultimately accept.
Davis is a beast.. I want him but what about Fisher and Farmar? :[
If we get B. Davis we would have a great point guard behind Derek Fisher!!!!!!!!!!!
Then we should try to do this deal:
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=308~3251~1016~2027&teams=13~9~9~9&te=&cash=
:) 
Baron could be coming to Los Angeles, but I don’t think it would be the Lakers he would be joining. I think Baron will go the Clippers. The reasonsbeing are:
A) the Clippers could offer him more money than the Lakers can (Baron opted out of a $17.8M contract, he’s going to want something in that ball park and the Clippers, being under the salary cap, can offer him that)
B) The Clippers are in NEED of a point guard/leader and Baron wants to be needed. It’s obvious Baron doesn’t like the fact that the Warriors are leaning towards their younger players, hence he doesn’t feel he is needed in Golden St. If Elgin Baylor is a good GM, he’ll try to find a way to team up Brand/Baron/Maggette.
Anything is possible but…the Lakers obtaining Artest was more of a possibility then landing Baron Davis.
not happening..we cant afford him
Thats a crap load of Guards.
Kobe, Fisher, Farmar, Sasha, Joe Crawford and Davis?
Only way this works is that, Joe is sent to the D-league.
Sasha backs Kobe. B Diddy starts. Fisher and Farmar back ups.
even then thats alot of guards at PG.
But, lets say JC is something special. Better than Farmar. Than i wouldnt have a problem trading farmar with a package deal with Luke or something like that.
Baron loves LA. Watches the Lakers all the time.
For one thing, if baron teaches JC a killer cross ova. . . . .
ooooooooooooooo baby.
Yo people, didn’t you catch the part that mentioned a sign & trade deal? Why does it seems that people don’t know what the hell they are saying when I go to forums?
Baron is gonna start, fish will back up kobe, cuz he is pure shooter. i dont know about farmar he is the odd man out. do not imean do not start vlad rad bring him off the bench. so we shoul look like this nex year
Baron
Sasha
Kobe
Gasol
Bynum
bench mob
Sue
Farmar
Fisher
Odom
Ariza
VLad
Luke
turiaf
JC
DAMN this is it, peo ple are jus gonna hve to play new positions
Trade Odom and walton for Bdiddy … pick up some solid back up sfs/pfs and we should be in good shape.
What do you mean a retard on the team? Didn’t you read the article? It says that opting out is a way for him to gain LEVERAGE against Golden State regarding contract negotiations or sign + trade deals. READ THE FREAKING TEXT AND USE UR BRAINS PEOPLE. I’M TIRED OF SEEING IGNORANT (DUMB) COMMENTS IN THESE FORUMS.
LOL it’s the other way around. Fisher behind Davis.
“Parich
Jun 30th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
What do you mean a retard on the team? Didn’t you read the article? It says that opting out is a way for him to gain LEVERAGE against Golden State regarding contract negotiations or sign + trade deals. READ THE FREAKING TEXT AND USE UR BRAINS PEOPLE. I’M TIRED OF SEEING IGNORANT (DUMB) COMMENTS IN THESE FORUMS.”
I totally agree with you!
f##k this! i want to get rid of luke and get some defense! not an ego. what the f##k are we going to do with fisher and farmar if davis is here, ever think of that? we got gasol! dont get greedy you cant have it all.
people, this is all talk. these are just rumors that really have nothing to do with the lakers. baron is too good to opt out of $17.8 million dollar salary to make MLE money, even if its for a title contender like the lakers. if he’s ever coming to LA, it will most likely be the clippers. i don’t see him in purple and gold at all unless there are headlines like “B. DIDDY TO LAKERS” posted everywhere on the internet. but until then, im not going to keep my hopes up.
im just grateful enough that we have kobe, pau, odom, fish, and bynum ready for next season. sure, we can still use some roster changes, but if all is the same and we re-sign sasha and ronny, then im happy.
i still think the lakers should try and get mickael pietrus and since memphis wont re-sign kwame brown, i think we can use him as a backup for bynum. he may be a bad player overall, but he is still another big body who can strengthen the frontcourt, play some defense and get some boards at least. there is not many veteran bigs in the FA market and im still unsure about chris mihm’s overall rehab, so kwame would be a good to take back as a backup.
long shot fools! hahaha fakers all the way! you’re team reminds me of the portland days where they have sabonis,pippen, rasheed,detlef,bonzi, damon, grant and steve smith… then choke in the end… bwahahaha… same results as always! losers!
keep reaching for that rainbow LA…. bwahahaha
regards from beantown!
PS.
loved that big letter L on your forehead! fakers
heyy this is seriouss
what do you think
about bringing back kwamee??
seriously.. we missed a strong body there at center…
its only a dream…too expensive. But that would be so sick!
Trade odom for josh smith and then try to do a sign a trade for baron if that happens we will 78-4.
Baron to LA slim & non chance. And again, anything can happen. Yes package Lamar and Vlady for Nelson’s run and gun style with NO defense, fits perfect. Warriors won’t take Fluke too slow, can’t jump and barely dunk at 6′8″. We take Baron and Mike Pietrus. Man, this team is Awsome right? DCLAKER, I always respect my elder
KOBE/SASH
BARON/FISH/FAMAR
ANDREW/BROWN/MIHM
PAU/RONNY/
PIETRUS/ARIZA/FLUKE
WOW look at that line up!!
If he plays for Mid-level exception, go for it! If not, let’s stop dreaming. We already have luxury tax issues (esp. now with Bynum asking for MAX).
This is completely irrelevant from the laker’s standpoint. There is no way we can afford how much Baron Davis is worth, and even if we could, we are good at point guard and could better spend some money at the forward positions, maybe replacing Radmnovich or Walton.
Realistically speaking, Baron will not get close to the amount of money that he opted out from, from a championship contender. So, either he takes less less less money from a team that has a chance to win a title. That is the scary part. I honestly hope he goes to the Cavs. I would hate to see a team like the Celtics, Phoenix or Spurs get him.
Classic!!!
C’mon laker nation. I know we are loyal to our players but Fish will be carrying Barons gym bag to practice and on the gravy train to another Finals.
Farmar and Odom in sign and trade for Davis. Sign Posey or Pietris at SF:
Davis
Kobe
Posey/Peitris/Ariza
Gasol
Bynum
Who cares about the tax if we
re winning rings!!!!!!!!
You guys never kno maybe he could come here for 5 mill. If he does that is GREAT!
I dont know what you guys would think
but this trade seems to work the best for us
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=194~3251&teams=13~9&te=&cash=
By the way:
MLE which is about $6 million per year, and the max is 5 years.
Yeah, Davis will sign with the Lakers for a minimum,then in 2010, James and Wade will both sign with the Lakers for a minimum. Then, a meteor will fall in Kwame Brown’s back yard and give him super powers, but he still won’t be able to save the planet from the invading space ants. So I welcome our future overlords.
Baron is not coming to LA. He wants too much cash.
Mitch probably has orders from Buss not to extrapolate.
Ideally we need to dump Mihn, Luke and Vlad. Three stooges that did not contribute much last few season. If we are able to unload this garbage, then we would have leverage to bring someone like Davis.
But it ain’t happening.
He said it 2 seasons ago that he and Kobe would be TIGHT!
GET’EM!!!
Check it out!!! Got this jersey switch from LG.net:
you laker myopics are so ####@# stupid .talking out of your kobe tell me how my ##$%%^ taste . lets get baron , posey . hell lets get lebron in here , duncan , too on the same team . offer them luke . lamar . i still think you heads are still ringing from the 39 pt trashing .
Huh? Was anything you typed coherent?
Anyways, here is the latest Hoopsworld stuff:
Why in the HELL is joseph on OUR site and his coharts at SMELL-TICS PLANTATION.com on here,I’ll tell you,24 yrs. of jumpin’ on other teams JOCK-STRAPS and not having enough ‘GRAPEFRUITS to stick with your own team and would think they would be satisfied with ‘Finally’ winning but like ‘84,they’re not and they won’t win for another 24 ’cause WHEN WE WIN IT ALL THIS COMIN’ SEASON like ‘87 they will JUMP ON OUR JOCK-STRAPS…again,sad.
SHUT THE FUK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i got a better one
Check I Got A Better One
nvm i can’t post pics in my comments here is my pic http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e8/aj245/baron_davis_-_lakers.jpg
Baron is a Clipper according to ESPN