Orlando would at least like to get something comparable and in truth, trading Dwight for Bynum would essentially be trading someone extremely immature and injury prone (back injuries rarely just go away for a whole career) for someone that is immature and injury prone. It's a wash! This thing is really a cluster and it will be interesting to finally put it to bed though.
I'd rather that the Lakers move on from this deal and start surrounding the core with able bench players. Jamison is old, but he's a start. I'd like for Mitch to get Courtney Lee too. Kobe has no backup in the depth chart and this will give Mike to play Steve & Steve when Kobe is resting.
And they need to move on too, while Bynum is not yet completely mind- ed with Mitch and the Busses. As Findog put it, Bynum is really not the sharpest tool in the shed...
Actually, by all accounts the guy is smart in a technical sense--just not smart in social and a business sense. I see him as someone who plays basketball because he is 7' but he'd be happier being 5'11 and working IT for a company in L.A. or whatnot. He does have personality issues and it's no wonder you see it reflected on the court and off it as well.
The psyche is fragile and whether he's in a Laker uniform or not; you kind of hope he 'gets it' eventually and works hard on capitalizing on the gifts and talent he was blessed with. However, his make-up leads one to believe he will not and he'll remain petulant.
Didn't Kobe say Dwight would be the 3rd option?
yes he did and he's right. Dwight reached his peak in 09 and truth be told if he doesn't sign in LA he'll never make it back to the finals. His game is reminiscent of a 3rd option. I'm sure though Kobe will work with him to give him chances at being the first option...the first option though should be a good free throw shooter.
http://www.opposingviews.com/i/sport...mison-j-o-neal
If a Howard trade isn't feasible, the Lakers would quickly turn their attention to resuming extension talks with Bynum and re-signing forward Jordan Hill. If Bynum agrees to an extension, it would start the clock on a deal for Howard in much the same way Brooklyn's extension with Brook Lopez did.
I hope the Lakers pull the trigger and overpay for Howard and take on all those bad contracts. Then Dwight goes over to the Lakers and screws his back up around game 20. Meanwhile the Rockets get Bynum for a bag of peanuts. We keep our rookies and set the stage for the future.
Tony Mejia: "@kevinajones7:OK, so once HOU gets all their OS stuff ironed out w/Asik, how soon before we finally end #dwightmare?" Next week at earliest 3 minutes ago
Tony Mejia: Despite talks of #Lakers being Howard's destination, the chances of that has been and continues to be unlikely. Andrew Bynum wants to stay. about 6 minutes ago
Don't follow twitter--will wait until the truth does come out whatever that may be.
That Mejia cat has actually been a good source tbh... pretty sure he called the Nets' epic Dwightmare fail early before all the mainstream sources.....
Could may well be--still just won't care until there is something positively concrete. Just get this over with...
He's the Magic's insider. I'd trust him, and Adrian Woj over anyone else.
I trust nobody. Not even the Lakers' insiders...
I trust Kevin Ding, well not really that much.
He's probably the only one from the O.C. Reg that I would trust. He was all over the convo that Arte Moreno had with Albert Pujols last year. I still, though, didn't believe it until the guy signed the contract.
Like Bynum has any choice in where he goes. If he gets his ass traded he's gone.
But just like Dwight, he can simply insist that he won't extend in Orlando... and unlike Houston with Dwight, Orlando actually gives a about whether or not Bynum would extend.....Like Bynum has any choice in where he goes. If he gets his ass traded he's gone.
One guy I think who is delighted with all this Bynum/Dwight talk in Mr. Pau Gasol. He's been out of the trade talks for a little bit. I wonder, though, if that's the case and he is the secondary trade maker if this whole Dwightaclypse goes awry.
That's cuz they're all garbage or work for HoopsworldI trust nobody. Not even the Lakers' insiders...
He gave me a free Monster at the 2010 Championship parade, so I can't hate on him too much. Well, maybe lesser than any of the other insiders.
Pincus is often right about dem Clippers, tbh.....
I was kidding; Pincus is a decent Hoopsworld writer. The rest of the field though, they are utter and complete .
Oh and speaking of the Clippers, they just waived Ryan Gomes.
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