Lakers trade Vladimir Radmanovic for Adam Morrison

[neboat]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=ArRab0wUrNUyJ0xHtlzr9hm8vLYF?slug=ap-lakers-bobcatstrade&prov=ap&type=lgns

[Spur-Addict]

Nice pick up of Shannon Brown who has been playing well defensively as of late.

[Gino]

LMAO.

Pure salary dump.

[RedsLakers24]

Lol, Vlad was usless,

[BruceBowenFan]

They got him for his outside shooting hmmm. I thought vladimir was a better outside shooter oh well.

[timvp]

Vlad has historically played well against the Spurs. Last season, he lit up Manu in Game 1.

Good riddance.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

LOL, they trade garbagonovich for the trash 'stach, seems like two equally useless players.

[crc21209]

LOL FAIL on both sides I think. The Lakers picked up Morrison for outside shooting? Riiiiggghhht. That guy hasnt hit the side of a barn in awhile. He's DONE.

[Donkeybong]

dunno how i feel about this. I feel bad for the guy. Phil was kind of a dick to him.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

dunno how i feel about this. I feel bad for the guy. Phil was kind of a dick to him.

Maybe he shouldn't have separated his shoulder snow boarding when he should have been focused on basketball.

Phil liked him too much, most coaches wouldn't keep Garbagonovich in the starting lineup so long.

[MambaJuice2408]

Talk about breaking news. i cant find this confirmed on any lakers websites yet

[IronMexican]

Championship! It was a salary dump move on LAL's part. Charlotte, I have no idea why.

[Showtime24 LAKERS]

Well, at least Shannon Brown is pretty damn hot.

http://www.shannonbrown.com/

[MambaJuice2408]

Championship! It was a salary dump move on LAL's part. Charlotte, I have no idea why.

Charlotte was looking to bolster their frontline.

Can anyone confirm if Shannon Browns and MOrrissons contracts expire this summer.

In that case that could allow the Lakers to sign a key rotation player like Ariza or LO again.

Even if these guys don't play its not a bad thing cuz neither was Vlad

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

still a great trade for LA.....expensive European garbage for cheap American garbage when the expensive Euro garbage is useless is great for LA.

[MambaJuice2408]

This trade can be made all the more better if Brown can be used as a defensive specialist versus smaller opposing players. Morrisson will probably play very little...or maybe not since we currently don't have a shooter at the SF position with Walton and Ariza. So maybe he will play a little.

[Allanon]

Great trade in my opinion.

Bobcats were stuck with Morrison, Lakers stuck with Radman. A change of scenery might jumpstart their careers again. Win Win gamble for both teams.

If it doesn't pan out, they're in the same situation as before the trade so no harm done.

[TheMACHINE]

Trade was made to dump salary for Ariza.

[Allanon]

Trade was made to dump salary for Ariza.

I think Morrison's signed until 2011.

[RedsLakers24]

Morrrison has 2 years left on his contract and Vlad has 3

[TheMACHINE]

I think Morrison's signed until 2011.

ok, then wtf. lol

[Jloyola]

I believe there is a team option for Morrison after this year... could be wrong though

[JMarkJohns]

I think Morrison's signed until 2011.

If Adam Morrison is on the same rookie-scale tht other rookie's are, I believe the Lakers hold an opt-out clause for the final two years. This being his third year, I think they can exercise their team option and dump he and his salary.

[Purple & Gold]

Great trade for the Lakers. Mitch continues to impress and impress me. Got rid of Vlad's contract and got some young potential in return. Morrison was great in college and was a #3 pick. Brown has some potential as well and helps solidify our PG position. Never saw this coming. Great move Mitch :toast

[Trainwreck2100]

Hoopshype doesn't have it listed as a team option
http://hoopshype.com/salaries/la_lakers.htm

[Purple & Gold]

Morrison is getting 5M next year with a team option for 2010 season. And Brown is a FA next year.

[MambaJuice2408]

I think Morrison's signed until 2011.

With an option for his last year

[JMarkJohns]

Hoopshype doesn't have it listed as a team option
http://hoopshype.com/salaries/la_lakers.htm

That's great, but the fact remains that there's only one rookie-scale option since 2005. It requires that the final two years of every four-year rookie contract be team options. Being that Morrison was a 2006 draftee, this should mean both this current season and next year were/are team options.

If such is the case, then the Lakers hold the rights to terminate his $5 million dollar salary for next year.

[Purple & Gold]

That's great, but the fact remains that there's only one rookie-scale option since 2005. It requires that the final two years of every four-year rookie contract be team options. Being that Morrison was a 2006 draftee, this should mean both this current season and next year were/are team options.

If such is the case, then the Lakers hold the rights to terminate his $5 million dollar salary for next year.

Shit even better :king

[Allanon]

From the sounds of it then, Lakers in the least

1) Traded Vlad for Morrison who has 1 year less on his contract
2) Shannon Brown's 1 year contract that's up after this season

I personally hope this revitalizes Morrison, he did have a great shot and good mobility for a guy who looks like he does.

And thank God it wasn't Odom in the trade.

[JMarkJohns]

Shit even better :king

I could be missing something, but I'm pretty certain it's just a goof on Hoopshype's part.

[Trainwreck2100]

I could be missing something, but I'm pretty certain it's just a goof on Hoopshype's part.

I don't goof and by proxy neither does hoopshype


10/15/08: The Charlotte Bobcats exercised the 2009-10 contract options on forwards Adam Morrison and Jared Dudley.

http://www.realgm.com/src_playerfile/658/adam_morrison/

[Trainwreck2100]

you may apologize at your leisure

[Purple & Gold]

I could be missing something, but I'm pretty certain it's just a goof on Hoopshype's part.

No I think you're right I remember 2 years for Bynum being team options. He's getting paid cause he was a #3 pick, but I think your right and next year is team option. Mitch is a genius.

Ooops nevermind saw they exercised it. Still a good trade for the Lakers.

[Showtime24 LAKERS]

We get some cap relief, we get 2 young players, added depth to our bench, and most importantly, GOT RID OF SPACEBALLS!

If the only thing it does is to get rid of Vlad off our team, then I, for one, will not look a gift horse in the mouth. I would have traded him for a pound of already chewed moldy bubble gum covered with dog sh1t...

[Trainwreck2100]

No I think you're right I remember 2 years for Bynum being team options. He's getting paid cause he was a #3 pick, but I think your right and next year is team option. Mitch is a genius.


no i think you're wrong

[Purple & Gold]

From the sounds of it then, Lakers in the least

1) Traded Vlad for Morrison who has 1 year less on his contract
2) Shannon Brown's 1 year contract that's up after this season

I personally hope this revitalizes Morrison, he did have a great shot and good mobility for a guy who looks like he does.

And thank God it wasn't Odom in the trade.

This might actually free up money for Odom, provided he's willing to take a paycut.

[Ghazi]

poor Vlad :(, not gonna enjoy the ride this season.

Not that the Lakers are winning a title or anything, but still... poor poor Rad :(

[Purple & Gold]

no i think you're wrong

Yeah I saw they exercised it. Still good, we free up money a year earlier and he becomes a valuable expiring next year as well.

[Banzai]

Well I'm not sure what to say.

[Allanon]

Well I'm not sure what to say.

You're supposed to say GREAT!!!!

Radman was in the doghouse with no door. Morrison might return to some semblance of his nationwide best 28 ppg.

It's a gamble with your money being returned back to you if you lose. Except Morrison would be in the doghouse instead of Radman.

[Trainwreck2100]

Well I'm not sure what to say.

smile the Lakers are gonna save 1.2 million :tu

[Banzai]

You're supposed to say GREAT!!!!

Radman was in the doghouse with no door. Morrison might return to some semblance of his nationwide best 28 ppg.

It's a gamble with your money being returned back to you if you lose. Except Morrison would be in the doghouse instead of Radman.

I suppose. Was this move done to resign Odom and Ariza in the off season?

[Allanon]

I suppose. Was this move done to resign Odom and Ariza in the off season?

I don't think so unless Morrison's gonna get traded again. He's on the books.

Lakers do save about a million though as Trainwreck points out (Morrison is a bit cheaper than Radman and Brown's contract is up this year) so it does help a bit.

[JMarkJohns]

I don't goof and by proxy neither does hoopshype



http://www.realgm.com/src_playerfile/658/adam_morrison/

Leave it to Jordan to forfeit the club options that the owners fought pretty damn hard to make a reality.

Then it looks as though the Lakers are stuck with his benched ass. WTF, Jordan? You exercised an option for two years into the future the same year the kid missed almost half the season?

[Trainwreck2100]

Leave it to Jordan to forfeit the club options that the owners fought pretty damn hard to make a reality.

Then it looks as though the Lakers are stick with his benched ass. WTF, Jordan? You exercised an option two years into the future the same year the kid missed almost half the season?

He was Jordan's pick and Jordan doesn't seem to like to give up on his picks didn't he extend Kwame Brown when he was with the Wiz?

[Banzai]

smile the Lakers are gonna save 1.2 million :tu

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/2/65x5a7luxjll.gif (http://www.threadbombing.com/details.php?image_id=3577)

[Trainwreck2100]

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/2/65x5a7luxjll.gif (http://www.threadbombing.com/details.php?image_id=3577)

Don't scoff it, that 25% of an adultery ring, so if Kobe's get caught getting a hummer from a laker girl nobody loses anything.

[Kobe™]

AM will reach his potential by playing by Kobe/Gasol


Good salary dump too MITCH!

[Allanon]

Actually, now that I think about it, it could affect Odom and Ariza significantly.

Because the contract is shorter, this might convince Jerry Buss to bite the bullet and pay both Odom and Ariza and incur the wrath of the Luxury Tax....but only for one year.

Then after that year, Fish/Morrison's expiring would mean $20 million off the books (contract + luxury tax).

[Purple & Gold]

Ariza is gonna get resigned no matter what. It affects Odom significantly. If he takes a cut I think he comes back.

[Banzai]

Don't scoff it, that 25% of an adultery ring

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/20/hoffing.gif (http://www.threadbombing.com/details.php?image_id=3027) didn't mean to..thought Spock had a surprised reaction.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

AM will reach his potential by playing by Kobe/Gasol

This was a good trade but I'm still :lmao @ LA fans saying Morrison has potential.

[Allanon]

This was a good trade but I'm still :lmao @ LA fans saying Morrison has potential.

More than Radman does.

Who knows, if he does comeback, he has major potential. 28 ppg average ain't easy to do at any level.

But he can just as likely sit on the DNP-CD list.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

More than Radman does.

Having more potential than Radman is like having less cholesterol problems than Dick Cheney.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Don't scoff it, that 25% of an adultery ring, so if Kobe's get caught getting a hummer from a laker girl nobody loses anything.
and w/ the economy the way it is, those rings are getting cheaper:married:

[Kobe™]

Shannon Brown could be the x-factor in the trade. He's really strong and athletic, so perhaps he could be what Ariza is at the guard position.

[Banzai]

More than Radman does.

Who knows, if he does comeback, he has major potential. 28 ppg average ain't easy to do at any level.

But he can just as likely sit on the DNP-CD list.

AM will be good..but I'm not going to have high expectations just yet...he definitely needs to find his shot again.

[Allanon]

Shannon Brown could be the x-factor in the trade. He's really strong and athletic, so perhaps he could be what Ariza is at the guard position.

He just may be. I didn't think much of the Ariza trade when it happened...who the hell is Trevor Ariza? But wow, that was a steal.

[Allanon]

AM will be good..but I'm not going to have high expectations just yet...he definitely needs to find his shot again.

Yah, I'm not keeping my hopes up too high but the potential is there for another steal.

[MambaJuice2408]

More than Radman does.

Who knows, if he does comeback, he has major potential. 28 ppg average ain't easy to do at any level.

But he can just as likely sit on the DNP-CD list.

As long as Morrison hit's 3's its a fair trade. If he contributes anything more than that its icing on the cake.

The bright lights of LA could make these guys play a little better, harder

[Allanon]

As long as Morrison hit's 3's its a fair trade. If he contributes anything more than that its icing on the cake.

The bright lights of LA could make these guys play a little better, harder

He has the skills and 100x better basketball IQ than Rad. With Kobe/Pau/Bynum taking all the pressure, he just has to shoot.

He's definitely a lucky SOB. He goes from the Bobcats to a championship contender playing in Hollywood.

If that don't wake you up, nothing will.

[Red Hawk #21]

...

[Banzai]

He has the skills and 100x better basketball IQ than Rad. With Kobe/Pau/Bynum taking all the pressure, he just has to shoot.

He's definitely a lucky SOB. He goes from the Bobcats to a championship contender playing in Hollywood.

If that don't wake you up, nothing will.

true...true...http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/22/b9vfl4b63im3ajczb5y6Qle8o1_250.gif (http://www.threadbombing.com/details.php?image_id=3468)

[DeadlyDynasty]

He has the skills and 100x better basketball IQ than Rad. With Kobe/Pau/Bynum taking all the pressure, he just has to shoot.

He's definitely a lucky SOB. He goes from the Bobcats to a championship contender playing in Hollywood.

If that don't wake you up, nothing will.

Exactamundo, that's the key word. In Charlotte he was the #3 overall selection, hand-picked by his Airness--expectations he ultimately could not live up to. In LA he's maybe the 7th option...absolutely no pressure and a key opportunity to reinvent himself

[Allanon]

Exactamundo, that's the key word. In Charlotte he was the #3 overall selection, hand-picked by his Airness--expectations he ultimately could not live up to. In LA he's maybe the 7th option...absolutely no pressure and a key opportunity to reinvent himself

I'm starting to love this trade.

Yah, he's a last option with the chance to restart his career without His Airness, the media looking over his shoulder. If something's wrong with the Bobcats, it's AM/Jordan's pick. Anything goes on with LA, it's Kobe/Pau/Bynum/Odom ... Farmar ... Sun Yue. .. Morrison.

Let's face it, Phil and Rad didn't see eye to eye, that wasn't going to change for the "Space Cadet".

IF he returns to anything like his 28ppg average, the Lakers have just added probably the best shooter to the team since Glen Rice.

And if he doesn't, nothing lost and money saved.

[DANILO DRASKOVIC]

morrison and brown just went from basketball purgatory to the NBA Finals

[MambaJuice2408]

He has the skills and 100x better basketball IQ than Rad. With Kobe/Pau/Bynum taking all the pressure, he just has to shoot.

He's definitely a lucky SOB. He goes from the Bobcats to a championship contender playing in Hollywood.

If that don't wake you up, nothing will.

Agreed. He can't be possibly a step down defensively than Vlad. They r prolly about the same.

With Kobe and Pau all he needs to do is hit shots. Plus he's a former 28 ppg scorer in college, so i got to believe if he's open he can hit shots at a high clip. He hasnt had teammates like this EVER so his job became a lot easier. We're no asking him to play like the 3rd pick here so hopefully he can just settle in. Getting rid of Vlads propensity for making low bball IQ plays is also a plus. Given that we don't have a shooter at the SF position I think Morrisson has a good shot to get some minutes. Im not so sure about Brown tho seing as were full in the backcourt. Maybe he can be a defensive specialist in certain situations

[Allanon]

Maybe he can be a defensive specialist in certain situations

Like when Fisher/Farmar are being torched by Tony Parker, CP3, Aaron Brooks, DWill, Jameer Nelson, Steve Blake, Rajon, Beno .... ?



:lol:lol

[MambaJuice2408]

I wonder what Kobe's words to Shannon Brown will be considering Brown fouled Kobe out in that game

[layupdrill]

Interesting move...very interesting...

[lefty]

Shannon Brown could be the x-factor in the trade. He's really strong and athletic, so perhaps he could be what Ariza is at the guard position.

Enough with the bold letters !!!!!!

[BRHornet45]

well damn sons ... the Lakers are turning into the Jazz with all these honkies on the team

[DeadlyDynasty]

well damn sons ... the Lakers are turning into the Jazz with all these honkies on the team

or Duke:wow

[MambaJuice2408]

true...true...http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/22/b9vfl4b63im3ajczb5y6Qle8o1_250.gif (http://www.threadbombing.com/details.php?image_id=3468)

Tina Fey is HAAAAAWT :toast

[024]

why do lakers fans think this is a significant salary dump? lakers in 2010 is set with $67 million worth of salaries with only FIVE players. this doesn't include farmar, morrison, ariza, or odom. ariza will get an extention of probably $5-6 million a year so that will already put the lakers near the luxury tax threshold with only SIX players. and this is in 2010, not 2009. any contract with odom would be around $9-10 million at the least which would translate into $18-20 in salary and luxury tax and the lakers will only have seven players.

this won't allow the lakers to keep odom, just give them some breathing room to sign players near the minimum.

[iggypop123]

why do lakers fans think this is a significant salary dump? lakers in 2010 is set with $67 million worth of salaries with only FIVE players. this doesn't include farmar, morrison, ariza, or odom. ariza will get an extention of probably $5-6 million a year so that will already put the lakers near the luxury tax threshold with only SIX players. and this is in 2010, not 2009. any contract with odom would be around $9-10 million at the least which would translate into $18-20 in salary and luxury tax and the lakers will only have seven players.

this won't allow the lakers to keep odom, just give them some breathing room to sign players near the minimum.

with the lakers in the luxury tax and plans to keep odom and ariza in the offseason, saving 7 million(with luxury tax its basically 14 million) is a huge deal

[iggypop123]

true...true...http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/22/b9vfl4b63im3ajczb5y6Qle8o1_250.gif (http://www.threadbombing.com/details.php?image_id=3468)

MILF. i dont care about her scar on the face.

[024]

with the lakers in the luxury tax and plans to keep odom and ariza in the offseason, saving 7 million(with luxury tax its basically 14 million) is a huge deal

true, but this won't allow the lakers to keep odom.

[Kobe™]

That Little Fuc*er said he's willing to comply and take less.

[Allanon]

why do lakers fans think this is a significant salary dump? lakers in 2010 is set with $67 million worth of salaries with only FIVE players. this doesn't include farmar, morrison, ariza, or odom. ariza will get an extention of probably $5-6 million a year so that will already put the lakers near the luxury tax threshold with only SIX players. and this is in 2010, not 2009. any contract with odom would be around $9-10 million at the least which would translate into $18-20 in salary and luxury tax and the lakers will only have seven players.

this won't allow the lakers to keep odom, just give them some breathing room to sign players near the minimum.

Lakers Jerry Buss already said he'd pay the luxury tax to keep the team together. Magic number is $100 million from what I've heard.

Lakers were already paying Radmanovic into 2011. With Fisher and Morrison off in 2010, that's $20 million less they'll be paying (including luxury tax). Buss gets a huge break then so he only has to pony up for 1 year luxury tax on Ariza/Odom.

[Medvedenko]

I like this trade. Vlad had his ups and downs but he never truly fit in with the concept. He's a known entity and didn't improve with his time here.

Morrison is a solid player when given time and a change of scenery will help him. He still has potential and can contribute.

[024]

Lakers Jerry Buss already said he'd pay the luxury tax to keep the team together. Magic number is $100 million from what I've heard.

Lakers were already paying Radmanovic into 2011. With Fisher and Morrison off in 2010, that's $20 million less they'll be paying (including luxury tax). Buss gets a huge break then so he only has to pony up for 1 year luxury tax on Ariza/Odom.

lakers are already set over the luxury tax next year at $74 million. so if odom resigns, buss will have to pay luxury tax for 2009 and 2010 because lakers will be already near the luxury tax ($67 million) with only 5 players in 2010. you forget the lakers will only have 5 players under contract in 2010. odom and ariza will put them over the luxury tax and they will still only have 7 players. then they have to add 2 point guards (if farmar leaves, otherwise he adds another $3 million or $6 million with luxury tax) and four other players for the bench. if lakers find 4 scrub players at the average of $1.5 million each, that's another $12 million of salary and luxury tax.

so in 2010:
kobe + bynum + vujacic + walton + gasol = $67.2 million
ariza = maybe $5-6 million
odom = optimistically 7-8 million
so all seven players will equal 80.2 million

add 6 other scrub players to make a roster of 13 at $2 million average = $12 million. altogether would go up to $92 million.

add luxury tax and it's well over $100 million. for the lakers to keep odom they have to convince ariza he sucks (which he doesn't) AND convince odom to take near the MLE which i doubt he would because he's in the prime right now and probably would rather get paid now rather than later. damn now that i look at the salaries, walton and bynum's contracts kills the lakers.

[TheMACHINE]

DETAILS:

http://www.nba.com/lakers/news/090207detailsofthecharlottedeal.html

Details on the Charlotte Deal


Mike Trudell
Lakers Reporter | February 7th, 2009



Let's see what we can make out of Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak's deal with the Charlotte Bobcats, in which L.A. receives third-year player and former No. 3 overall draft pick (2006) Adam Morrison and fellow 2006 first-round pick (No. 25) Shannon Brown.

The bottom line from Kupchak's conference call with media members here in Cleveland is three-part:

A) Radmanovic had fallen beneath Luke Walton and Trevor Ariza on the small forward depth chart, and did not appear likely to play much for the rest of the season. Particularly since Radmanovic was "highly compensated," in Kupchak's words, it didn't make sense to keep him when he wasn't getting minutes.

B) The Lakers acquired two young players with upside that have a chance to help the Lakers down the line, if not this season. Morrison is a terrific shooter and Brown a strong, athletic wing player who might give L.A. a different defensive look off the bench than it previously possessed.

C) The salary and number of years factor favors the Lakers. In Kupchak's words, "We picked up some flexibility down the road with a shortened (financial) commitment versus Vladi's commitment." Basically, Shannon Brown’s contract expires at the end of this season, and Morrison’s expires at the end of next season. Radmanovic’s contract, however, goes through 2011, so the Lakers pick up an extra year of flexibility.

Mitch Kupchak Conference Call Transcript
Intro
"As the season wore on, it looked like Phil (Jackson) had settled into starting Luke (Walton) and bringing Trevor (Ariza) off the bench, and we are very pleased with both players. Vladi (Radmanovic) started the season (at small forward) and I thought he played well, but here it is early February and it looked like he wasn't going to play much. You can tell by just watching and talking to Vladi that he did want to play, and he didn't come here just to sit on the bench and collect a paycheck. So, part of the decision was to accommodate a player that wanted to play.

From our point of view we feel we pick up two players that are still young developing players (is valuable). As you know, Adam (Morrison) was their No. 3 pick in the NBA Draft and had an ACL injury against us last year. That injury takes more than a year (to recover from), so we think he would benefit from a situation that has less pressure, and our staff here in terms of our people downstairs medically and just a stable environment where he could progress and get back to where he was in college. Shannon Brown is a developing player as well - you may recall that he played really well against us in L.A. last week. So we picked up two players that have upside. If there was a third reason, we picked up some flexibility down the road with a shortened commitment versus Vladi's (financial) commitment."

More Details

The Lakers were looking for a new defensive look off the bench that "Maybe Shannon Brown could come in and give us something we don't have." The former Michigan State standout is a solid 6-4, 211 pounds, and can body up on both shooting guards and small forwards.
To Kupchak, it didn't make any sense to keep a player "who was highly compensated on the bench and not playing at all, especially if he was not happy." So shipping Radmanovic seemed to be a good option regardless; getting two young players with potential surely sweetened the deal.
When asked if he felt the Lakers were taking a risk in making the deal in terms of chemistry, Kupchak replied that since Radmanovic wasn't playing, that shouldn't be an issue. Vladi was "well liked," but the feeling was if Vladi continued not to play, he would have been more and more unhappy: "Then maybe the chemistry side doesn't look as good."
It was obvious to GMs around the league that the Lakers had an overabundance of small forwards. In short, Radmanovic, Walton and Ariza had to duke it out for playing time, and even though Vladi played well as a starter, Jackson opted for Walton due to his understanding of the offense and ability to move the ball, while Ariza's minutes couldn't be diminished in the interest of the team. As such, Vladi became expendable, and opposing front offices knew that. It just "Took a little time to see whom Phil was going to settle on," explained Kupchak.
Neither player has previous experience with the triangle offense, but Kupchak doesn't see learning it as a problem. "We're not going to expect either player to come in and produce right away, although if they earn it, they could."
The deal started to take shape in the middle of this past week, according to Kupchak. A second conversation followed on Thursday, and the deal was done Friday.
Kupchak thinks Vladi, at worst, improves Charlotte's relatively thin bench, adding that he might in fact start with Gerald Wallace on the bench due to the injury suffered against the Lakers last Tuesday.
When asked if the Lakers were done on the trade front before the February 19 deadline, Kupchak responded in turn: "I wouldn't say that I'm making a lot of calls. We have the best record in the league right now, we just had a great road trip and hopefully we can end it really strong tomorrow. The news on Andrew (Bynum) was not good, but it looks like he'll have a better chance to return this year than he did last year, so I'm not sure we want to address anything more than continuing to win as many games as possible and hope to get Andrew back.
More pointedly: "I don't think there's a deal out there that can make this a better team than the one we have or the one we potentially have."
Kupchak doesn't think there are any big men that are better than Chris Mihm or D.J. Mbenga that wouldn't command equal value on the trade market. "I don't know why we'd do that."
Finally, a business note: Both Morrison and Brown have to pass physicals before playing for the Lakers, and neither will be with the team on Sunday in Cleveland. Instead, both players will fly to Los Angeles to take their physicals on Sunday and are expected to practice with the Lakers on Monday.

Check back tomorrow for more on the two newest Lakers

[Killakobe81]

Good trade a defender and spot up shooter ...love to trade Morrison to Seattle for watson or Wilcox

[MambaJuice2408]

MILF. i dont care about her scar on the face.

Im not a shallow man. I love her glasses :downspin:

[MambaJuice2408]

Like when Fisher/Farmar are being torched by Tony Parker, CP3, Aaron Brooks, DWill, Jameer Nelson, Steve Blake, Rajon, Beno .... ?



:lol:lol

Exactly. He doesn't exactly have to set the world on fire with his defense considering how bad fish and farmar play D sometimes. They make 3rd tier players look like all-stars routinely.

[sonic21]

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/lakers-radmanovic-morrison-2302401-kupchak-brown


The team is thrilled to dump the unprofessional forward who hurt their payroll and their performance.



That was Vladimir Radmanovic’s last act as a Laker before he was traded Saturday to the Charlotte Bobcats in primarily a payroll-paring move for the future. The Lakers acquired small forward Adam Morrison, a bust to this point as the third pick in the 2006 draft, and shooting guard Shannon Brown.

In his final Lakers practice on Friday, Radmanovic didn’t wear basketball shoes. He wore Vans – the low-top, slip-on kind of sneakers favored by skateboarders and, yes, snowboarders.

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Morrison is pure garbage from what I have seen considering I live near charlotte and have watched a lot of bobcat games. Morrison straight up sucks ass. Vlad is no all-star now but now that he's gone its one less thorn the spurs have to deal with when they play the lakers. I'm not ever worried about Morrison going off against the spurs like Vlad did because Morrison is a pussy. The only upside of this trade I see is Shannon Brown who has shown some signs of potential with his ability to guard big quck guards and he has a decent offensive game.