It’s easy to forget about the Lakers with the intense Olympics taking place right now. However, there are some heavy RUMORS going around right now. Here is the rumor (also being discussed on AM570 radio)…
The report goes that Mourning and Pargo and strongly considering the Lakers. Mouring would get the bi-annual 1.8 million and the Lakers’ would split the MLE to give Pargo 3 million a yrs.
This would be huge. Zo behind Bynum would bring a take-no-(bleep) kind of attitude this team desperately needed in the finals last season. Zo may be a no brainer - or not - but the ONLY concern I have is Pargo. While he may be the better PG now, Jordan Farmar should get the minutes this season to become the Lakers future and starting PG. Stats wise, it makes sense to stick with Farmar…
Farmar: 9.1 ppg, 2.2 rpg, 2.7 apg, 46%, 37%3FG, 20mpg, 22 years old
Pargo: 8.1 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 2.4 apg, 39%, 35%3FG, 19mpg, 29 years old
Another thing these guys are excemptions which would mean no cap hit which is key, or is what a lot of people believe in the numbers game of the salary cap world. If Mitch is reading, “do something and do it now.” What are your thoughts?
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alright! i started this conversation in the shout box.
ummm i would love mourning.. but pargo not so much… do we have to take both i only want ZO
fo’ sho’
mourninggggg
didnt mourning get a really bad injury recently??
CAN I GET A “HELL YEAH”!!!
…and Pargo would be an excellent choice ’cause who knows how long DF can hold up,insurance.
As far as ZO goes,YEEEEEAAAAAHHHH! PJ would have a field day picking apart teams offensively and defensively,should gho with LO/Pau/ZO, ZO/AB/PAU, LO/ZO/AB,O-M-G,they’d probably give up the Trophy(O’brien) at halftime…..of the 1st game of the season.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ix0lLkIQ48E!!
They both would be HUGE for this team. Pargo is money behind the arc and in the triangle he’d be sweet, much better player than he was when he played for us before and he knows are system. Zo is Zo, would be an excellent back up, much better than either Mihm or Mbenga
money plays sg too
no pargo though but BIG ZO HELL YEAH
this is the first i’ve heard of mourning. i hope we sign him.
Hell yea get ZO man great heart great player, and he can Block andhe hustls i dont know about Pargo but if you can get for cheap do it
Zo, even at his age, would be our best big off the bench if hes healthy… but the same was said about Vlade =T I say he’s worth the risk, his presense makes up for anything else…
But Pargo < Farmar
If he’s just an insurance then fine, but I dont want him in the rotation…
I like this rumor a lot…I hope it’s true…why? Sun Yue will be used mostly at the SG (that’s when he gets playing time when coming from behind Kobe and Sasha).
Pargo has always been one of Phil’s favorite players, despite him being a small PG, and I’m actually quite suprised that he hasn’t yet returned to LA, so maybe it will happen. It was good last season to have a point guard to challenge Farmar…he kind of slacked off a little once Javaris was traded. You also then have the luxury of playing one or the other if they’re having an off night…plus, Fish isn’t getting any younger, so we might see some reduced minutes from him this year.
As for Mourning; what a great pick-up he would be. He’s just the kind of tough, solid veteran this team needs to back up Bynum…kind of like a PJ Brown role for the Celtics, and those kind of role players come up big in the playoffs.
Overall, one of the better and more realistic rumors; this would strengthen our bench even more (basically Karl for Pargo and Mbenga for Mourning) and give us some experienced players which come in very handy down the stretch.
DO IT MITCH!
Give me a second to think about this…….. alright I made my decision…HELL YEAH!!!
this will be a good signing if ever.. but a rumor is only a rumor until it happens
Farmar is only a change of pace point guard. He hasn’t shown anything that suggests he is the point guard of the future.
Alonzo Mourning would be a welcomed addition. Pargo would help, but there aren’t any minutes available for him. I would much rather have Quinton Ross than Pargo.
Why aren’t the Lakers signing Quinton Ross? Or maybe Josh Powell? Don’t they need defense, especially on the perimeter? Josh Powell could be Brandon Bass; that’s why I suggested him.
Sorry Mihm, looks like you’re the 3rd string center again. haha
Anyways, I’d love to see Zo here in LA. He brings almost the same heart as Ronny. Every team needs that. And as for Pargo, I wouldn’t mind, but we do have a log jam at PG. So I wouldn’t be in favor for it if it’s serious talk.
im hoping they can get alonzo i dont think we really need pargo. of course i doubt this will happen. whenever a rumore surfaces u can pretty much guss its not gonna happen. real deals r kept super lowkey.
Is Zo even healthy??? The knee injury he had was pretty vicious looking, not to mention he’s 38 years old (39 next February). If he’s healthy, then Zo could be a contributor, but the keyword there is “IF” he is healthy. Remember, the Lakers weren’t willing to give Chris Webber a year long contract because of his suspect health(they offered him a 10 day contract which Webber said no to).
As for Pargo, he would create a log-jam at point guard but on the flip side, he would bring insurance in that if Farmar isn’t playing well, then Pargo would be the backup. However, numbers don’t lie, Farmar had a more productive regular season than Pargo but Pargo did have a better playoffs.
I find the Pargo rumor hard to believe. Phil doesn’t like small point guards. Why would the Lakers want to bring in another small point guard (Pargo is 6′1, Farmar is 6′2 and Fisher is 6′1)?
Pargo I would like coz he’s another threat off the bench like he did with NO but I just don’t see Alonzo EVER!!! leaving Miami. The guy will refuse to leave Miami to play in Europe if they offered him $90 mil for 2 yrs. I just don’t see that happening. I wouldn’t be surprised if he ran for office. Hell, he’s in the perfect state already for retired senior citizens lol.
I don’t like Pargo because sometimes he just shoots horrible shots when he hasn’t shot in a while. I’d much rather have Farmar then him. As for Zo, he’d probably be a pretty good pickup since the Lakers are lacking big men. That is, if he’s still in good condition to play and he can play small minutes to buy Bynum of Gasol resting time.
This is classic summer rumors regarding the Lakers (happens every year). Players have used us for contract leverages for years and this is no different. Teams are careful of losing major impacting players to the Lakers for fear of the obvious…World Domination!!!
So this is just probably the agent’s plan to get the best money for his client. “You don’t sign my client we’re going to the Lakers for free.”
I love this rumor. Zo is the “MAN”, he can take care of Shaq, dirty Brown, and Duncan with one kidney. The guy is a “Warrior” period. Pargo a good maybe, who are we gonna dump? (hint, Vlady,Fluke). I also like his shooting and defense for a small guard. Do it Mitch figure out how to dump useless players.
we need more bigs on this team…too many guards already. Get ZO….The Lake Show should be a pretty strong team this upcomin’ season. priority #1…stay HEALTHY & avoid injuries.
Get Zo!
Bring Zo. leave pargo out, he annoys me. I disliked him when he was in LA, and i hate him even more now. Farmar has similar numbers, without the mid level exep.
HELLLLLLLLLA YEA DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i am sorry but this is all BULL……until he actually wears d uniform don’t believe anything
if we make no more trades we should consider these two. we get a banger in mourning. and can teach bynum some stuff. if mourning dont play in games at least he can go hard at bynum. this will just improve AB. pargo i way better than what he showed us the 1st time. he is quick. i think he has more speed then farmar. plus we will have 2 vets and he knows how the hornets run their team so that will help us. cuz the threats are rockets and hornets and blazers.
i like pargo, but do we really NEED him? we need another big dude but i thought ZO is gon retire…. =/
bring in zo, he’ll be a great fit but not pargo we don’t need him, we got fish n our future PG, jordan
Uhh how big is our roster ALREADY?
This is CRAZY.
I think the clippers roster is more dangerous
bring them in.. dont sign karl and mitchell…
Replace Ira Newble or Chris Mihm with Zo, keep Mbenga.
And Pargo can replace Coby Karl??
I would keep looking, and Q Ross sounds like a better choice.
definately get zo if available…
no need for pargo
save money for someone else
I thought we were over 15 players already?
Whoah, this news just gave me a stiffy! =) DO IT MITCH!!!
You don’t mess with the Zo Man!
we have 1 or 2 more roster spots i believe.. and yes zo would be great dont really care for pargo
Zo would be a good gamble. In my opinion it was his play not Shaq’s that got the Heat a championship. When you seen Zo come off the bench and play the way that he did it kind of makes you wonder who should of really came off the bench? lets just hope that he at least has one more good year left in him.
Dooo iitttttt!!!!!!!!
Brin the Zo Man
Well, first thing is first. Zo says if his heart is into he’ll come back. Obviously, I think he’s physically healthy right now, but if he thinks his heart is not the game, he will retire and I respect that out of him.
But if his heart is really into it, would he consider coming into a very young Miami team? Dwayne Wade is probably the only veteran there and if Zo comes back to Miami he would be their full-time center. I don’t think he handle that since Miami has no PG and no C.
It would surprise me if he did come back to Miami and play for them. I would surprise me if came to the Lakers, it wouldn’t surprise me if he’d retire. If he does come back to any ball club, I hope he comes in the start of the season and doesn’t pull a Chris Webber on us and come in mid-way and be seldom or not used at all due to health. And please don’t have him go to Boston. He can have a lot more charity events in L.A. = )
Zo would be a great addition,he can show bynum how to step his d up…pargo,might light a fire under jordan…so i say lets do it!!!please make it happen Mitch,do it for the Nation!!!!
Our roster
Starters=(PG) Fisher, (SG) Kobe, (SF) Odom, (PF) Gasol, (C) Bynum
Bench= (PG) Farmar, Pargo, (SG) Sasha, Sun Yue, (SF) Ariza, Luke, (PF) Radman, (C) Alonzo,
Inactive List= Mihm
D-League= Crawford, Coby
Don’t Sign= Mbenga, Newble
Dude, that sounds freakin good. But what about Mitchell? D-League also?
Ehh…idk. My first thought was cool, both are good players, could help the team. But thinking into it, it doesn’t seem as good. I love Pargo, but he just doesn’t fit in. He’s a great spark off the bench, but the Lakers already have Farmar and Sasha. And it’s not like you can play all 3 of them, because then are you going to sit 2 of Ariza/Walton/Vladi? Mourning fits better, but still not so much. 3 Centers (well 4 w/ Mihm, but I don’t count him) doesn’t really do a whole lot for you. I think they need to go more in the direction of playing the 3 bigs (Bynum, Pau, Odom) in a rotation. So maybe Odom/Pau for the first 8, then Bynum/Pau for the next 8, then Bynum/Odom for the next 8, or something like that. Mourning doesn’t fit anywhere in there, so unless you are planning on sitting 2 of those 3 together on a nightly basis, Mourning doesn’t fit either. I say work on the players they already have. By that I mean get one of Luke/Ariza/Vladi used to playing PF incase they are needed, getting Fish and Kobe healthy,
continuing from above post as it posted before i was finished…
getting Fish and Kobe healthy, working with younger players like Coby Karl, and looking into extensions for Bynum and Ariza (and possibly Farmar).
this rumor would work,make the lakers tough but lets get rid of the special olympics star..luke walton,mihm,vlad..what a ambarresment they are
Yes. I forgot about him and my name is Paul also.
we have to dump dwyane mitchell
lets say we sign these two
our roster
fish
kobe
lo
pau
bynum
bench
farmar/sun yue
shasha/pargo
ariza
mouring/ sign dj mbenga
trade vlad and luke mihm and coby for a 25 28 pick first round or 31 or 32 pick in the draft cuz they need to go.
thats our 12.
Hello my LOYAL LAKER FANS,since I was asked this mornin,on another Laker site why I come up with outrageous trade demands but good ones (they gave me props ’cause they got picked up),I told’em,”It’s simple,just watch the player from another team that stands out,he doesn’t have to be THE best player on the team,just CONTRIBUTE”!
One name in particular was TYRUS THOMAS.He’s goin’ to be my Pietrus ALL SEASON LONG,so that means LAKERFIRST and AB4sure…haha,your gonna have to hear this name ALL SEASON LONG!!!
I’m not really a numbers guy so I leave that to the ‘experts’(that get paid)to critique but one thing I do know is talent and so do ALOT of guys on this site.I have NO time to diss what another persons opinion is regarding personnel for The Lakers,ALL THE NAMES from Childress,J-Smoov and yes…Pietrus..hell,GIVE ME ARTEST(let me put my drink down).It’s time to stop takin’ EVERY COMMENT SOOOOOO serious,alot of times these rumors are FAKE but HOMIES THEY SURE ARE FUN TO TALK ABOUT…..PARGO AND ZO,GET’EM MITCH!!!
Next season though,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JOw9X0eMtI!!!
keep mbenga, kick luke or mihm
Mourning would bring a great work ethic and he would be great in the locker room. Certainly, no one would question his toughness under the basket. I think he would have a great influence on Bynum. With Zo on the Lakers they would no longer be “soft”.
mourning is injured isnt he? plus pargo isnt that good. we already have the best guard in the world
mourning is injured isnt he? plus pargo isnt that good. we already have the best guard in the world
i would love to have zo back. up bynum. i don’t know about pargo though. i don’t want him taking the machine’s minutes at the sg spot and i also think that farmar is better than him. farmar has better stats AND is younger.
No disrespect to Big Zo, because he’s a legend in his own right, but does anyone seriously think he’s got anything left? How many people have said that injury has finished him? I hope it ain’t true because i like Zo, and if he’s still got something he’d be a great and welcome addition, but for real i don’t think he’s got anything left.
Pargo? Hmm yeah i guess, not overly exciting but i guess he was ok for New Orleans.
I’ll take Zo over mmmmmbenga/newble/mihm. As for pargo, don’t we have like 10 guards already? Are we collecting guards? whatever happens to Fs & PFs, mitch?
ZO would be a great addition especially since we just lost turiaf.. but yeah we really dont need pargo
Fisher/Farmar-pargo
Odom(biggest guard in the leauge)/sasha/yue
Kobe/ariza/walton
Gasol/Radmanovic
Bynum/morning
who care players:Dwayne mtchell,chris mihm
ZO! ZO! ZO! ZO!
get ZO, a great defensive center, and another mentor to Bynum, i always loved pargos game, i wished they released payton instead of him
Ickerfan,I don’t know if you said this guy but if you didn’t,what do you say about this guy,DUDE IS INSANE AROUND THE BASKET…this is just apart of my TRADEVLAD SERIES,hahaha….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpFWNM-x-6s&feature=related!!
DCLAKER
Aug 12th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Hello my LOYAL LAKER FANS,since I was asked this mornin,on another Laker site why I come up with outrageous trade demands but good ones (they gave me props ’cause they got picked up),I told’em,”It’s simple,just watch the player from another team that stands out,he doesn’t have to be THE best player on the team,just CONTRIBUTE”!
Please DCLaker. You don’t know what your talking about. Lakers are over the cap. If they were to get Pietrus, they would have to pay double…. so they would have had to sign him for 10 million a yr… Not worth it. Again you wanted Childress who signed for 7 million a yr. If the lakers signed someone for 7 mill.. that would cost them 14 million a yr… Again DCLAKER YOU MAY PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK WITH COMPLIMENTS BUT YOU HAVE A KNIFE IN YOUR HAND THAT IS KILLING YOUR “GREAT SIGNINGS” OR “GREAT TRADES”.
DCLAKER, Have you stopped taking the meds your doctor prescribed for you???
Dude…Dude…DUDE! Why when I ask a question,in this case to ICKERFAN,like right on ‘Q’,you always HATIN’,damn go play MADDEN 09 at BESTBUY or somethin’,go feed your dog,hell,take his no-bitin’A%% for a walk…matter of fact,TAKE OFF THAT R.KELLY MASK WHILE SITTIN’AT THE COMPUTER YOU FREAK…
…but all BERNIE MAC(RIP)dedications aside,I told you ONLY VLAD gets talked about in MY SUPERIOR TRADE TALKS,YES superior because EVERY name I say from here on out will be a WAAAAAAY BETTER CHOICE than VLAD the VANGUARD(coming STRAIGHT TO VHS).
Oh by the way,TRADEVLAD.com……HE WILL BE TRADED!!!
Ab4sure,My doctors takes the meds instead…right after I walk out,hahaha.
You know you admire my style ’cause it gives you somethin’ to critique….AND I WILL GET’CHA ON THE TYRUS FOR VLAD BANDWAGON..you will submit,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN9P_au2-uw&feature=related
If it is at all possible bring in Alonzo Mourning to back up Andrew Bynum immediately. If the Lakers can get a defensive minded center like Zo to come in off the bench behind Drew and shot block and do all the intangibles then trust me this time next year we’ll be talking about repeating instead of watching any other team hoisting up OUR CHAMPIONSHIP!
DCLAKER
Mar 1st, 2008 at 4:52 pm
Maggette wants a RING NOT MONEY and LA would be perfect fit.Since where playing miniature ‘GM’ these days(I’ll speak for myself,I AM)
MAGGETTE WILL BE A LAKER NEXT SEASON,WATCH
Here’s a few names:
Mickael Pietrus
Gerald Green
Jamrio Moon
Corey Maggette(Might be the biggest name to get under 15 mins.,it’s stretch though)
JO(yes ,him and he’s willing to come off the bench)
Jason Williams(he’s 32 and will come to win another ‘SHIP)
There’s some more names but these are off the top of my head so I suggest y’all go to ESPN and type in ‘free agents ‘08′ and see which free agents will fit.
I suggest you stop taking drugs. And the next time you suggest a trade make a real point. Ask yourself a few questions..
1. Can the lakers get them??? (what do they have to trade, how much will it cost?, is it good for the other team?? etc…
2. Will they fit in the Lakers system??? tri… etc…
3. Are they a head case???
Next time think before you make a trade or a signing. IF you past the test I will invite you to my gm school. If not try baseball.
LOL, you forgot his short lived crush on Keyon Dooling
Ok DClaker, come up with a trade and why you think it will be a good trade. I will review all of your trades, but first put down that pot. Please no vids are necessary. Remember to match salaries.
a why you hatin on my homeboy, jealousy iz a stong a thing ya, just cause you cant come up with the dope ass ideas like him
No he is just in school just like you homey…. look at this..
i think we should sign stephon marbury
What idiot thought we should get this guy????
You…. That’s who..
lskerfan567
Jul 16th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
i think we should sign stephon marbury
Now go back and make some good trades. If they are acceptable I might enroll you in the gm school. If not you can try baseball.
yo guys check out this video, its kinda old and probaly half of you guys have watched it already but it brings tears to my eyes everytime i watch it!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8eDApuEj9U