Woj: Talks of Michael Beasley to the Lakers in 3-way trade

[Donkeybong]

@WojYahooNBA

Portland's talks with Minnesota for Jamal Crawford are part of a 3-way scenario with Lakers, source says. Michael Beasley would go to LA.

[pass1st]

Who are we giving up is what I would like to know

[Cry Havoc]

Why all the sudden desire to move Crawford? I mean, who would want to pick him up at this point unless they got picks/expirings?

Also, if Crawford is traded, his player option of 5mil for next season is still open, correct?

[Robz4000]

It begins...

[anonoftheinternets]

Who are we giving up is what I would like to know

gasol for beasley ...

[pass1st]

gasol for beasley ...

I'm sure Spurfan would be happy with that

[TimmehC]

Beasley fits handily into the Odom trade exception. Just sayin'.

[Donkeybong]

apparently beasley has been injured

[ChrisRichards]

Beasley fits handily into the Odom trade exception. Just sayin'.
This is stupid for the Lakers. Odom is by far a better player than Beasley.

[pass1st]

This is stupid for the Lakers. Odom is by far a better player than Beasley.

A pretty big question mark is over Odom's head, and by Big well....I mean that literally
http://img.ibtimes.com/www/data/images/full/2011/12/06/200401-khloe-without-any-make-up-on.jpg

[Donkeybong]

This is stupid for the Lakers. Odom is by far a better player than Beasley.


Season Team G GS MPG FG% 3p% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
11-12 DAL 39 4 21.3 0.352 0.255 0.580 0.8 3.6 4.4 1.7 0.4 0.4 1.0 2.1 7.4

[ChrisRichards]

^:lol


But seriously, I think if Odom stayed with the Lakers he won;t be as bad as he is with the Mavs right now. Odom loves LA, vice versa. I thought the trade was the last straw for Odom this season and he completely went into i dont give a shit mode.

[IronMaxipad]

Who are we giving up is what I would like to know

Most likely Blake.

And lakers are also working on a 3 way deal to land sessions:

https://twitter.com/#!/IamaGM/status/180010244368371713

Trade Rumor: Ramon Sessions to the Lakers, Jonny Flynn to Cavs, Lakers first-rounder to Rockets http://dlvr.it/1K40Y6

[LkrFan]

Season Team G GS MPG FG% 3p% FT% OFF DEF RPG APG SPG BPG TO PF PPG
11-12 DAL 39 4 21.3 0.352 0.255 0.580 0.8 3.6 4.4 1.7 0.4 0.4 1.0 2.1 7.4

:rollin

[ChrisRichards]

3 way trade

Steve Blake to Portland
Crawford to Minny
Beasley to LA

?


Just curious, why not just go for Jamal Crawford? Jamal off the bench to back up Kobe will be HUGE for the Lakers. He can easily solve LA's offensive bench scoring woes. I havent seen much of Beasley though, but according to Minnesota fans he can be incredibly good or incredibly stupid. Jamal Crawford may be a chucker but he's a consistent scorer.

[LkrFan]

Most likely Blake.

And lakers are also working on a 3 way deal to land sessions:

https://twitter.com/#!/IamaGM/status/180010244368371713

This would fill 3 needs and bring balance to support KGB:

- PG
- SF
- Bench scorer

I just hope we keep Glock. I like that kid.

Sessions
Mamba
Beasley
Pau
Beast (AKA Baby Drew)

:lobt2:

[LkrFan]

3 way trade

Steve Blake to Portland
Crawford to Minny
Beasley to LA

?


Just curious, why not just go for Jamal Crawford? Jamal off the bench to back up Kobe will be HUGE for the Lakers. He can easily solve LA's offensive bench scoring woes. I havent seen much of Beasley though, but according to Minnesota fans he can be incredibly good or incredibly stupid. Jamal Crawford may be a chucker but he's a consistent scorer.

Crawford is old. Beasley is young and could learn from Mamba, and grow with Bynum as a player.

[IronMaxipad]

3 way trade

Steve Blake to Portland
Crawford to Minny
Beasley to LA

?


Just curious, why not just go for Jamal Crawford? Jamal off the bench to back up Kobe will be HUGE for the Lakers. He can easily solve LA's offensive bench scoring woes. I havent seen much of Beasley though, but according to Minnesota fans he can be incredibly good or incredibly stupid. Jamal Crawford may be a chucker but he's a consistent scorer.

Beasley is an expiring contract. Lakers=cost cutting. :lol

[ElNono]

Who is Ramon Sessions? :lol

[DeadlyDynasty]

Who is Ramon Sessions? :lol

Not Steve Blake or Derek Fisher.

[slick'81]

sessions at the starting pg in la would b scary

[ChrisRichards]

Beasley is an expiring contract. Lakers=cost cutting. :lol
Makes sense then. If the Bease experiment fails they have another option. Jim Buss is a smart dude unlike his father who has no disegard when it comes to spending. :lol

[ChrisRichards]

Who is Ramon Sessions? :lol


The only ramon that matters

http://www.freewebs.com/footballthoughts/razor.jpg

[DeadlyDynasty]

Makes sense then. If the Bease experiment fails they have another option. Jim Buss is a smart dude unlike his father who has no disegard when it comes to spending. :lol

That sentence makes no sense in a number of ways:lol

Jerry Buss has won 10 championships and still fucks dimepieces at his ripe old age. You post shitty threads and have handsex every night.:lol

[ChrisRichards]

Who cares, I like to masturbate. I get to pick a different woman every night :lol

[IronMaxipad]

Who cares, I like to masturbate. I get to pick a different woman every night :lol

:lmao:lmao

[DeadlyDynasty]

Who cares, I like to masturbate. I get to pick a different woman every night :lol

fair enough:lol

[Giuseppe]

^CR still has it!!!

[TheMACHINE]

3 way trade

Steve Blake to Portland
Crawford to Minny
Beasley to LA

?


Just curious, why not just go for Jamal Crawford? Jamal off the bench to back up Kobe will be HUGE for the Lakers. He can easily solve LA's offensive bench scoring woes. I havent seen much of Beasley though, but according to Minnesota fans he can be incredibly good or incredibly stupid. Jamal Crawford may be a chucker but he's a consistent scorer.

cant afford crawford.

[HarlemHeat37]

Beasley is a cancer and terrible team player, but it would be a great addition for a team that desperately needs some bench scoring..

Lakers currently have only 3 players that can score on a consistent basis, any other semi-reliable scorer would be a massive upgrade..

[IronMaxipad]

https://twitter.com/#!/ChrisBHaynes/status/180046474141372416

Everything is agreed upon in the 3-team deal except for what the Blazers get back from the Lakers.


And apparently Fisher is the piece the lakers are moving. :wow Mitch is a Genius.

[Brazil]

https://twitter.com/#!/ChrisBHaynes/status/180046474141372416 (https://twitter.com/#%21/ChrisBHaynes/status/180046474141372416)


And apparently Fisher is the piece the lakers are moving. :wow Mitch is a Genius.

so everything is agreed except one third... makes sense

[IronMaxipad]

Don't be surprised if the Minnesota Timberwolves trade forward Michael Beasley to the Los Angeles Lakers and acquire guard Jamal Crawford from Portland in a three-team deal that would send Lakers guard Derek Fisher to the Trail Blazers.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Beasley is a cancer and terrible team player, but it would be a great addition for a team that desperately needs some bench scoring..

Lakers currently have only 3 players that can score on a consistent basis, any other semi-reliable scorer would be a massive upgrade..

:tu

[Brazil]

so beasley for fisher... only lakers could pull out this shit

[DeadlyDynasty]

so beasley for fisher... only lakers could pull out this shit

Just the greatest franchise doing greatest franchise stuff, nothing to see here

[slick'81]

yeah Beasley's total fck head but he can help la looks like the deal is all but done

[Brazil]

Just the greatest franchise doing greatest franchise stuff, nothing to see here

just a great franchise screwing a small franchise u're right nothing to see..

[ElNono]

What???!? The rotten corpse of Fisher???? :lmao

:cry There's great eye hospitals in Portland :cry

[Andrew Bynum]

Sessions possibly coming too.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/blog/eye-on-basketball/17791257/trade-deadline-buzz-31412-lakers-wolves-and-blazers-talking-deal

[Gutter92]

Just the greatest franchise doing greatest franchise stuff, nothing to see here

http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/public/248eZVT8qrRafQFhdwKUwgK7LoMbZHjiyTs_ncLjIn3RhPSYU5 yg9XVjbdY19n60WC6OJK7X_eDR8R2CcQSn9EJQnQzRtp7ekrmx v53yOiUd2j9N5GZJP9s8-olRgqMXK79MXVJTpQDwZ41e8Wm8xkpVjyhqkLxbdL-hP7R3HDfREKN4WbC5ByJ4ZPPgAefzYP6GyO6A0G1Q1LF4BM-uiF_Sll0

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[Deuce Bigalow]

Who are we giving up is what I would like to know

picks, if it's just Beasley.
If it comes with Sessions than it's probably Steve Blake and/or the $8.9 Million Trade Exception

[slick'81]

jamal Crawford doesn't appear to be in uniform for the Blazers on Wednesday, signaling that a three-team trade between Portland, the Lakers and Timberwolves could be close to being finalized. Michael Beasley and Steve Blake could also be included in the deal, but we'll have to wait and see what news follows. Stay tuned.


Source: Chris Haynes on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#%21/ChrisBHaynes/status/180074766458290176)

[ElNono]

Fish playing for the Lakers...

[midnightpulp]

This would a stellar trade for the Purp 'n Piss. A low-key move that doesn't shake up the roster too much, addresses their problems, and most importantly, keeps Gasol on the team.

That said, the Lakers should've filled these holes via the draft, but we all know the idiots that run that organization can't draft for shit unless it's a no-brainer (like Kobe or Bynum).

[Baseline]

As part of the deal, is Fisher going to be put out of his misery?

For a 2nd round pick, the Spurs will give up a silver bullet.

[Giuseppe]

Fish playing for the Lakers...

...they trade Fish and I'll appear naked upon request anywhere in the metro Phoenix area Friday noon.

[midnightpulp]

...they trade Fish and I'll appear naked upon request anywhere in the metro Phoenix area Friday noon.

So you'll be happy? I thought you're the guy who doesn't put out to pasture the players who've delivered for you?

Kobe sans Fish:

0

[ChrisRichards]

Heard Matt Barnes is also part of the package going to Portland, which sucks for the Lakers because he's one of the few Lakers out there who can cut and slash to the basket. He's a pretty good glue guy for them.

[DPG21920]

How would that work for LA? Beasley 6.2M and Fish only makes 3.4M.

[DPG21920]

Ok, Matt Barnes/Fish makes sense (although I'd argue Crawford is worth the 2M extra you are saving in this trade).

[ChrisRichards]

Via Chris Haynes on Twitter: Yes, it's official Jamal Crawford has played his last game as a Portland Trail Blazer


Blake benched on the 4th quarter despite a decent game against NOH tonight. I guess its a done deal?

[DPG21920]

Why would POR give up Crawford for Blake? Makes no sense....He has an extra guaranteed year on his contract.

[namlook]

This is stupid for the Lakers. Odom is by far a better player than Beasley.

Lakers may have moved Odom at the right time. Odom was better last year but he is an emotional train wreck now and has been absolute garbage this year. Advantage Beasley.

[ChrisRichards]

Why would POR give up Crawford for Blake? Makes no sense....He has an extra guaranteed year on his contract.
No idea. Just rumors I read from a couple of sites.

[Deuce Bigalow]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Beasley lol

[DeadlyDynasty]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Beasley lol

:lol

[pass1st]

I saw that too, surprised the Wikimods didn't change it since it isn't official

[DPG21920]

I don't get POR's motivation unless they got picks for Jamal. If it's for Fisher/Barnes, they save about 1.5M I think, but they get useless players for their team. If it's for Blake, he sucks and has a longer contract (1 extra year at 4M).

[Deuce Bigalow]

I don't get POR's motivation unless they got picks for Jamal. If it's for Fisher/Barnes, they save about 1.5M I think, but they get useless players for their team. If it's for Blake, he sucks and has a longer contract (1 extra year at 4M).

no not bARNES. dO not GIVE bARNES UP!

[Mugen]

u think Fish will poke another one of his kid's eyes out so he can get bought out?

[Deuce Bigalow]

u think Fish will poke another one of his kid's eyes out so he can get bought out?

Why would you say that?

[Mugen]

Why would you say that?

very real possibility, IMO.

[Mugen]

So you'll be happy? I thought you're the guy who doesn't put out to pasture the players who've delivered for you?

Kobe sans Fish:

0

Fish sans Kobe: Western Conference Finals

Kobe sans Fish: home by the 2nd round

[Giuseppe]

Fish sans Kobe: Western Conference Finals

Kobe sans Fish: home by the 2nd round

Fine. You take that one. I got:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

[Mugen]

Fine. You take that one. I got:::

Kobe: 5

the tired old shit bag Duncan: 4

deal.