Laker front office conflict?

[Giuseppe]

Cap space schmap space....multimillion dollar tv contract covers that imho

I've seen no inclination by the Buss family that they're willing to use that warchest.

[DeadlyDynasty]

You think the richest and most arrogant owner in the league is going to gift the Lakers a sign and trade? In the year he moves to Brooklyn?

Can't D-Will just walk after this season?

[DMC]

Pau to SA for Bonner, Blair and RJ

[DeadlyDynasty]

I've seen no inclination by the Buss family that they're willing to use that warchest.

Keep the faith, they will spend.

[NewcastleKEG]

Lakers should trade McRoberts to the Grizzlies for Randolph

[Mugen]

The Lakers have to trade Gasol though; he doesn't look like anything close to the player he was in the triangle. While Bynum is no Howard, Bynum+Gasol is way too much to give up for Dwight unless the Lakers can't get anything interesting for Gasol alone.

Bynum + Pau for D12+Turk+Re is about as fair it can get for both sides.

Lakers wouldnt be better IMO but they'd be able to attract FAs after Kerby retires being that it's LA and they'll have the best C in the league.

[DeadlyDynasty]

This is hilarious. Lakers shouldn't even have both if Stern was doing his job and veteod the Grizzlies firesale

Aww...that's just precious.

[Giuseppe]

Keep the faith, they will spend.

They didn't want to lavish it on Odom and ran him off without taking back money.

[ElNono]

I thought this thread was about Mitch having an affair with Pau... never mind

[DeadlyDynasty]

They didn't want to lavish it on Odom and ran him off without taking back money.

They got a $9 mil trade exception for him iirc. I wanted to keep LO but once he heard he was on the trading block he turned all emo

[Giuseppe]

They got a $9 mil trade exception for him iirc. I wanted to keep LO but once he heard he was on the trading block he turned all emo

But, they don't have to pay that exception unless they use it.

Of course he got "emo." They knew damn good and well he would.

They were within their rights to trade him. After that failed, they were reprehensible in their actions.

[da_suns_fan]

Now I know Bucher has only like a 30% success rate with his "reports" ...but I have heard similar things through other channels ..

From Bucher: Problem as I hear it is they are on slightly different pages. Mitch wants to hold onto Pau and see if they can package him with Bynum to get Dwight. Buss wants to move Pau now for help/depth and thereby also eliminate the chance that his pet project, Bynum, goes anywhere. That's the unofficial buzz.

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Not sure what we should do I think Pau + bynum is too much unless we get Anderson or Red in addition to Turk tbh, but I do know we aint winning a le in the next 2 years as built so Mitch needs to do something.

Both scenarios of trading Gasol are ridiculous. Losing both Gasol and Bynum and gaining Howard doesnt make the Lakers better.

If the Lakers are really up for trading Gasol, Im sure the Suns would gladly take him.

[PDXSpursFan]

Buss is dump. Lakers should trade Bynum now that his value is high, before his anual injury.

[Amaso]

I don't think it would require Pau + Bynum to get Howard. Otis Smith is pretty high on Bynum. Orlando is just stalling til after the ASG to make a trade if one is going to happen, but you can't blame them for waiting or hoping someone gives them an absurd deal(which won't happen). I don't even really mind losing Pau since his impact on games isn't what it used to be. His post games seems to have recessed and he seems to be playing with zero motivation. This isn't even mentioning the fact that his contract is pretty bad at this stage of his career.

[angelbelow]

Stupid trade.

Don't like it for the lakers either, but maybe he was trolling because it really is a stupid trade.

Maybe he meant to have Hinrich as an appealing part of the package.

[baseline bum]

Can't D-Will just walk after this season?

Not to LA when they don't have capspace. You can't seriously think Brooklyn is going to take the 2 years, $38 million left on the contract for a 32 year-old Gasol if he loses DWill and thus has to rebuild.

[024]

d-will for bynum sounds plausible.