HOOPSWORLD: As Amick suggests, the Lakers might need to “engage a third team in the deal.” While multi-team trades are extremely rare, the Lakers would need to get a lot more than the unpredictable Artest if they’re to give up Odom.
One player who the Lakers sought out when the Chicago Bulls had called for Kobe Bryant last summer was point guard Kirk Hinrich (LA also wanted Luol Deng and a number of other considerations). Hinrich has been linked by a number of sources this summer to the Lakers - but again LA isn’t willing to part with Odom without getting significant value in return.
Chicago has been interested in Odom for a number of years. In the Eastern Conference, Odom would be one of the better power forwards. The Bulls apparently would love to add an unselfish post player who can rebound and pass like Odom.
If the Bulls and Lakers could come up with enough young prospects to appease the Kings - more than perhaps Linas Kleiza or Brandon Bass - maybe a three-team deal could come together.
Obviously it’s a long shot but the Lakers might consider giving up Jordan Farmar and Chris Mihm with Odom if they could land both Ron Artest and Kirk Hinrich. If Chicago were willing to give up perhaps Tyrus Thomas to the Kings, would Sacramento be willing to make a deal if they also get Farmar and Mihm?
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Why don’t we just ship out half the team for Artest?
Jeez. Enough of these trade rumors.
I’d give up Jordan Farmar and Chris Mihm with Odom to get Ron Artest and Kirk Hinrich. I don’t know why the Kings would give up Ron just for Tyrus Thomas.
yea i read this before got on here and i was thinkin lot bout it does make lotta sense and all that but u know wat 4get these trade sure artse and hinrich be nice or if tyrus thomas comes to us its all good.but we shouldnt just quit on this team.they need to have a chance to win… but artest and hinrich would really be nice buttttt
i love our team right now…. but do this trade yesterday.
Lakerfirst said I have NO faith in the front office….I DON’T,sorry but truth is truth ’cause they’re told LO he wasn’t going to be traded,THAT’S CALLED A LIE IN MY BOOK!
You don’t pat me on the back after a demoralizing loss and tell me ‘your not goin’ to trade me’ and then I pick a paper or I go on the internet and my name is in all types of trade scenarios…what am I supposed to say,Thank You,no “#$%& OU” is more like it.
I’d rather we had this guy,http://youtube.com/watch?v=axqPgOkoEE4&feature=related!!!
Y’all know he’d be ‘LIKE ‘DAT’ in the Purple n Gold.
Like This
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=3002~617~25~1981~3032&teams=23~4~13~13~23&te=&cash=
we as laker fans got spoiled with the gasol trade, that trade is rare nowadays. it is more likely a team will overpay for a superstar (kidd) then steal one like we did with gasol. and if we do get artest without giving up odom please tell me who between odom or artest would be willing to come off the bench? they both played over 40 mpg last year for gods sake. and please why are we so desperate to trade for artest when we havent even seen the fisher kobe lamar gasol bynum machine up and running?
erm DCLAKER,
chances are very likely these trade rumors are just rumors and that the front office really has no intention of trading LO.
That’s why the summer is always such a frustrating time for fans and critics because if a big trade is going to happen, usually there isn’t much speculation about it beforehand. Like, the midseason trade for Pau Gasol or even just recently, Marcus Camby going to the Clips. No discussion prior beforehand about any of these trades until it was reported.
If there is speculation and discussion, chances are, that trade isn’t happening because it’s made up by the media to just keep people talking and guessing. Of course sometimes the media does get it right, but most of the time, they’re just grasping at straws. That’s why the offseason is so darn annoying.
I’m hopin’ it’s just speculation ’cause LO is TOOOO valuable,I mean,I like the idea of Bynum/Artest but I’m Old School so I’ll stick with the HIGHFLYERS,SLASHERS AND DEFENDERS that The Lakers are known for…James Worthy and Byron Scott.
I hope this works this but I like this guy MORE,http://youtube.com/watch?v=pLG1YOv99s0&feature=related
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pLG1YOv99s0&feature=related
If you’re a long-time Laker fan like you say you are, then you should know that the Lakers orgnization is about WINNING…PERIOD! The FO wants to win … EVERY YEAR.
The Lakers FO have put together a team that made it to th Finals (2 wins a away from a ring and no you can’t thank Jerry West for last year’s team), when sports analysts didn’t even expect the Lakers to make the playoffs. If you’re not going to give the FO credit for that, then you’re blind. Jerry Buss has proven that he wants to win EVERY YEAR (keep in mind, as the owner he could’ve said NO to taking on Gasol’s almost $50M contract but he stepped up, is paying it and even paying the luxury tax).
With regards to LO, unless he (or any player for that matter) has a no-trade clause in his contract, then he should know that he can be traded at any time (nothing peronal, just business). You can’t tell me you have never become frustrated with LO’s inconsistenty over the year past 4 years knowing that he makes $13+M per year. DCLAKER=NOLAKERFAITH.COM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pLG1YOv99s0&feature=related!!!
Dude,this is why I say you LOVE IT when I make A comment so you can try your best to out wit but your fightin’ a losing battle ’cause NOBODY IS ON HERE GETTIN’ PAID TO MAKE COMMENTS,we just like being able to voice our opinions.
DCLaker=NOLAKERFAITH.COM,hahaha(I really had to laugh,fo’real),Get’cha yo’ own sayin’,THAT ONE IS MINE!!
So on that note….LAKERSNEEDLUOLDENG.com,AND DON’T PUT CAPS ON THE ‘.COM’,FOOL!!!
we would b a better team “D” team with Hinrich n Artest have u ever seen Kirk play “D” on DWADE LOL HE ALWAYS GET LOCKED UP…IF WE CAN GET BOTH 4 BASICALLY LO N FARMAR..U HAVE 2 TAKE DAT ANYDAY HOPEFULLY IT HAPPENS LIKE DAT..
First things first. Find replacement for Turiaf.
This trade is perfect
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=3198~1981~3224~3032~25~549~617~1016&teams=23~13~23~23~13~23~4~4&te=&cash=
Every team gets something positive
Sacramento:Gets a few prospects and a solid player in Tyrus Thomas.
Chicago:Don’t give up to much talent and get rid of there gaurd problems and in return get a shooter in Radmanovic and a passing post which they want in Odom.
Lakers:All we lose is Odom and Radmanovic and we get a solid pg for the next few years in Hinrich and we get our man (Bill) Artest
I want my PG to at be able to Drive to the Rack,http://youtube.com/watch?v=T9DsWVp4gzM!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=T9DsWVp4gzM!!
DCLAKER,
LAST TIME I CHECKED LO IS STILL A LAKER…SO, SO FAR LO HASN’T BEEN LIED TO BY THE FO…UMMM REMEMBER WHEN MITCH GOT PAU FOR NOTHING?…ANOTHER FO MOVE. REMEMBER WHEN COOK THE CANCER GOT TRADED FOR AN UP AN COMER NAMED ARIZA?…ANOTHER FO MOVE….MOST IMPORTANTLY…DO YOU RECALL A HURRICANE TIRADE BY A MR KOBE BRYANT WHICH WAS EXPERTLY HANDLED BY THE PROFESSIONAL LAKERS FO?…
WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR YOU TO HAVE “FAITH”????…SEEMS LIKE YOU LOST IT.
Do iiiitttt!!! Pleeeeasse!
You want Keyon Dooling of all players for the Lakers? Why the heck would anyone want another guard on the team? We already have Kobe, Fisher, Farmar, Sasha (If he resigns), Karl, Crawford, Yue (In China). That’s a lot of guard assuming the Lakers keep Sasha and 2 of the last 3.
DO IT MITCH THIS TRADE WORKS AND BENEFITS EVERYBODY
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=1981~3032~25~3002~549~617&teams=13~23~13~23~23~4&te=&cash=
L.a.k.e.r.,OUR PG’S ARE TOOOOOOOO SMALL,did you see what Deron Williams did to Farmar? Df will be 34 or 35 and all our FO is doin’ is tryin’ to figure out what to do with LO,by gettin’ Artest,@#$%’EM!
DUNKERS FINISHERS AND DEFENDING,THAT’S WHAT LAKERS BALL IS ABOUT!
Trade Vlad and I’ll have faith then or haven’t y’all been seein’ what the “rest” of the league is doin’.Let me put it like this….JERRY WEST WOULDN’T HESITATE TO PULL THE TRIGGER..BANG!BANG!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JkZSTQoEMkk!!
Let’s see how this unravels
wow this trade would be awsome….doubt it will happen but wow it would be great
We were 2 games away from a ring! Maybe we should stand pat and not do anything…I truely believe that with a strong Bynum and Ariza, that Boston series goes the other way. And, no one in the west has made a big move to get much stronger. Maybe we should just use the MLE to add a descent player to what we already have!…A young player like Josh Childress or Ben Gordon. Someone who can cone off the bench and light it up! And Phil focuses on DEFENSE! We have the players…..
lakers need to make this trade with artest happen they need that tough defence that lamar cant give us again lamar is a good player put he is not the right fit for what we need
by the end of the day all of u who say this trade is good do it no dont do it lo is gone blah blah next years starting lineup is
fish
kobe
lo
pau
bymun
THE END……
I’d do this trade in a heart beat. Kirk would fit perfect in the Triangle. Bill will be great SF with something to prove.
Again, I think Mitch is doing a great job. He only said that LO was not in trade rumors at the end of the season/exit interview. LO is fair games when you can IMPROVE the team in the off season. He’s a GM not LO’s uncle, nothing personal. If we can add pieces that make this team better, Why not. With the exception of KOBE,PAU,ANDREW AND ARIZA UNTOUCHABLE this year. Who knows next year, it may be Pau or Ariza. Four years of LO is enough. We need a change in direction of PF/SF.
i completely agree.
Why is Ariza considered “untouchable” with Kobe, Bynum, and Gasol?
Sorry all you Ariza fans, but what did he do this past season? Did he play lockdown defense? Light it up?
I’m assuming you are basing this “untouchable” status on his regular season play since he was a non factor in the finals. A non factor against the Spurs. Did not play against Nuggets or Jazz. In the games that he did play in I can hardly think of games that he was a big factor in. He must have played solid d and I missed it because his 6 or 7 PPG average will hardly be missed.
And Kirk Heinrich in Laker gear doesn’t make sense either. He’s a traditional PG. Triangle offense doesn’t need a true PG.
Just give Kobe the ball and move out of the way. Let him get his 25 shots per game and let Pau, Bynum, and LO clean up. I’m sick of Kobe passing it off to Luke or Rad only to watch them miss open shots.
Wow, shut up, just shut up to all of you who want to bring in Artest for Odom or anyone for that matter. I’m not saying Odom is great but how can any REAL Lakers fan want to make a trade when the full potential of the team that we already have hasn’t even been seen yet, and that’s a lot to say considering we won the hardest western conference in a long time and made it to the Finals. Oh, and by the way, after crucifying Mitch last off season ( I did to) he has done a hell of a job and anyone who disagrees is just a spoiled bandwagon fan who just wants to buy a new jersey they can show off to the “new” Celtics fans. Geez, sorry for my little rant but that’s just how I feel and I bet its how Mitch feels and I probably even Kobe. If we don’t win next season with Fisher, Kobe, Odom, Gasol, Bynum( HIGHLY UNLIKELY) then we let LO walk and sign Artest and see how that works out but until then be really satisfied with what we have.
-Brittnay :]
Dante,here’s something you and Ickerfan have in common, Brilliance.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TDubp5GqYfU!
Yea, Deron Williams played well against the Lakers, but the Utah Jazz did not beat the Lakers in a 7 game series, so who cares what D. Williams did to Farmar on an individual basis. At the end of the day, Utah lost to the Lakers.
You know who we did lose to…. the Boston Suckdics, in part because there was no one that could play defense against Pierce (remember DEFENDING is included when you said “DUNKERS FINISHERS AND DEFENDING,THAT’S WHAT LAKERS BALL IS ABOUT!), hence Artest (you know a former DEFENSIVE player of the year).
Do you know why the Lakers are trying to figure out whether to trade LO? It’s because LO is the only bargaining chip the Lakers have ($14M expiring contract). And the Lakers are looking at Artest because he is a small forward that can defend other small forwards such as Ginobili, Pierce, etc. Hell, he could probably guard Deron Williams if given the chance.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TDubp5GqYfU,for Dante.
If we can get artest n hinrich
with giving up farmar n odom + filler
I’m willing to do it
Is Mitch & the front office though?
nope! i was 1 of those askin 4 Artest but now id rather keep LO! Artest fuc-ked up! he blew his opportunity to be in a championship team! Lakers will win it all next season when Bynum comes back hungryer than ever
mudafukeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeers!
what about a trade like this?? while keeping L.O.
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=25~2426~3002~549~2792&teams=13~15~23~23~23&te=&cash=
Fu–ck the Lakers. It’s all about the Celtics. Rematch. Any time. Remember the Boston Masacre.
lmao, i love it when brittany post, she just takes ur man hood away, i cant baut when joseph comes back on
if we get artest we should get stephon marbury too, cause i wanna see lockerroom fights posted youtube.com
ah chance 2 pick up hinrich anddddddddddd artest
an not include our 3 main players
this has 2 happend
This is my favorite Laker video! MJ where is you’re shower of 3’s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSaKPHSEtRM&feature=related
keyon dooling is best friends with david strern…thats the only reason he n the league, cuz he worse than mark madsen….dooling sux!…plz enough of these rediculous trade rumors
KNUCKLEHEADZ’R'US.com,http://youtube.com/watch?v=ETchVLeFmu8&feature=related!!
See lakerfirst that’s how you do it.
Current Roster:
D-Fish/Farmar
Kobe/Sasha*
Lamar/Ariza/Walton
Gasol/Vlade
Bynum/Mihm/DJ*
The double positions players:
Kobe -> SG and SF
Sasha -> PG and SG
Ariza -> SF and SG
Lamar -> SF and PF
Walton -> SF and PF
Vlade -> SF and PF
Gasol -> PF and C
*has not been officially resigned.
I really don’t see a problem with our current roster. There’s nothing wrong with it. I think we’re missing the big picture here. Kings are the ones who are desperate to get a good deal swinging on their side. We shouldn’t be desperate. For all I know, most of y’all are underrating Lamar.
this video is great i also want to know if mj had that kind of range, im jung so i really didnt have the chance to see mj
24,
hahaha! well i wana consider myself to be “jung” as well but, i did catch a lot of MJ’s games back in the early 90’s…And no MJ did not shoot too many 3’s, at least not that i recall so there-for i consider Kobe the better shooter.I just wish Kobe’s pinky would have never been injured because his shooting did suffer this season as far as im concerned and im sure that the stats will back up my comment.And yes it is a great video thank god for youtube!
F**K THAT!!!
Artest is not worth Odom AND Farmar. Not by a long shot. Giving up Odom for Artest alone is debatable, and it is almost a lateral move in itself which may not benefit anyone. But to also give up a young talent like Farmar who will be our starting point guard in another year or two? Hell naw!
Pull out, Mitch. we don’t need Artest that badly. We’re going to win it all next season with Bynum anyway. And Artest will be a free agent next summer.
wtf? you and you’re sorry ass celtics are the ones who are going to get killed by us next season! do us all a favor and get the fu-ck out of this site you piece of sh!t!!!
i believe this is the best trade we could do.
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/features/traderesult?players=3251~549~1016~2027~25~3000~3211~308&teams=23~9~9~23~13~13~9~23&te=&cash=
ive heard rumors of lamara for rasheed, my cousin detroit said they were talking about that on the radio sounds interesting
I was waitin’ on the next comment,Lakerfirst.I see we’re aren’t ALWAYS goin’ to agree but I’ll ask you this,can Farmar guard D.Williams…I’ll wait…….NO! Fisher had to muscle him and he still got off good shots and by the way,I KNOW WE WON but for future purposes like this Upcoming Season teams will be scoutin’ The Lakers,especially this Finals just past,so as PJ would say after those Finals…”We need SOME PLAYERS”!
I didn’t say it,Phil did.GETDOOLING.com(I’m goin’ to listen to Immortal Technique for 4 hrs.,THE 3RD WORLD)!
dc
I hope you understand what i write down. First of all Odom was reading about all the rumors in the paper of him being likely traded. You read them I read them. Mitch sat down with Odom and explained to Odom these rumors where never started by us the FO. These were just writers speculating on who would be traded. Mitch never said he wouldn’t trade Odom. He said Those rumors in the paper were not started by him or the FO. They still might trade LO. But that doesn’t mean they lied to him if they do. They never said they would keep him and never said they would trade him. Mitch could never promise a player he wouldn’t trade him. Kobe has a no trade clause so that is a different situation. Stop being cynical about the FO. For your own peace of mind.
Criticise him for his trades like you usually do but you can’t call him a liar. If you do it just makes you very Naive.
Keep Lamar Odom, period. He wants to be here and I want to see how he and the new frontline of Gasol and Bynum turns out. I would hate to lose Odom, then he ends up turning into a 20-10-7 player for some East team. Then everybody will start saying that Mitch made a mistake.
Lamar brings skills that no other player the Lakers can bring in have. He is only one of a few 6-10 or taller forwards that can grab the defensive rebound then push the ball up court and lead the break. He has good passing ability and can score in the post or mid-range. The only issue is his defense and how he will handle playing the 3 spot. I want to give him a chance before giving up on him completely.
Also, he won’t have to worry about scoring that much since the Lakers have Kobe, Gasol and Bynum.
Ron Artest is a “feels good now” type of move. It sounds good, but it may not work. How do you think Artest will fit in the triangle? If the Lakers have any troubles during the season, will Artest decide that he wants some time off to help some washed up R&B group? Too many questions for me. I’d rather keep Odom for at least half the season to see if the criticism he received during the finals lights a fire under him in 2008-09 season.
Also, because he has an expiring contract of $14 million, he might be more valuable if the team waits just before the trade deadline to move him. Who knows what players will be available them.
Remember when a lot of fans wanted to trade Bynum for Kidd? That is how I feel about these Artest trade rumors.
Lakerfan,
Ariza has not play a full season with LA yet also in limited minutes. He was kind of rusty when he came back from a broken foot. Untouchable this season, yes to see his potential. Kirk is a great shooter will replace Sash if he walks. And Basketball is a 5 on 5 teamsport. The team name is the Lakers not the Kobe. I agree with you on V-lady and Fluke. No GM in the NBA would want them
You’re the only one on this site that wants Keyon Dooling, LOL. I guess you’re crying for a player has to continue because Pietrus is gone, but does it have to be for Keyon Dooling??
You do realize that last year Keyon Dooling averaged 6.7 ppg, 1.8 assists per game and 0.5 steals game, and he’s been the league 8 years. You also realize that Jordan Farmar, in just his second year, averaged 9.1 ppg, 2.7 assists per game and 0.9 steals per game. I’m no mathmatician, but those numbers seem higher than Keyon Doolings. Oh by the way, they both averaged the same minutes per game (Dooling averaged 18.5 minutes per game and Farmar averaged 18.1 minutes per game), so you can’t use a defense like “Farmar got more minutes”.
Correction, to my previous post, Farmar averaged a whopping 2 minutes more than Keyon Dolling last year at 20.5 minutes per game, so I guess he has a whopping 2 minute advantage over keyon.
THIS IS A DUMB TRADE !!!!!!! MOST OF YALL ARE NOT TRUE LAKER FANS !!!!! BRINGING IN HINRICH AND ARTEST WONT WORK .. HOW WILL WE BE ABLE TO PAY BYNUM AND KOBE ???? HAVE YALL EVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT .. AT THE END OF THE DAY I THINK THAT OUR ROSTER WILL BE THE SAME IT’S NOT LIKE WE WERE BAD WE JUST CAME UP SHORT IN THE FINALS !!!!! HOPEFULLY WE TRADE RADMANOVIC AND LUKE FREE UP CAP SPACE .. BRING IN GARBAJOSA
ya u=quit playa hatin on dc at least he hes the balls enough to say whats really go on
p.s KEYON DOOLING, what you been smoking d.c hes just terriblae, again we sould get artest and marbury in our lockeroo, cause i wanna lmao when i watch all the videoes going back and forth on youtube
i know one, trade them to the clippers for a second round pick, fair trade ay
shh, they suffer from adhd, they dont like talking bout it
ron artest does get better and better every year, it would b nice 2 have him, but keep jordan(rookie of the year!) LO could stay 2. crazy situations
DON’T DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!