Lakers: Kupchak informs Gasol's agent that he will be traded if he doesn"t grasp offense

[Trainwreck2100]

Who said that?

Jim Buss

[pass1st]

Jim Buss

Jimmy Boy is just mad Phil creampie'd his sister, tbh

[Trainwreck2100]

yep

[Reck]

a players meeting only

But wait..Fisher ain't there to set them straight.

Kobe only has a strict one-line speech; pass the ball to me.

[DAF86]

Who said that?

Mono and the Lakers management

[baseline bum]

Except LeBron would actually need the ball in his hands

Bron would kick the out of Kobe, get his brown wings bareback with Vanessa, and then pat Kobe's head and call him his #1 sidekick when Tirico comes to interview him while awarding the Finals MVP. So yeah, Kobe could ring with the King's help.

[pass1st]

Mono and the Lakers management

Even the most homerish and fairweather of Lakerfan wouldn't say the GOAT coach isn't as good as pringles.

[Latarian Milton]

feel sorry for Gasol. He is gifted to the Lakers and they immediately go to 3 championships. Without that move Kobe will go down unarguably as the most overrated player of the past decade, instead the Gasol trade reinflated the myth yet Pau receives very little credit. Plus didn't Kobe snitch (per par) him out to his fiance? Gasol needs to get out while he can.

they won 2 les all together with pau, as opposed to 3 imho

[Koolaid_Man]

Can someone ask Kori Ellis if she likes this song... ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIOntfVPBsw

[HI-FI]

they won 2 les all together with pau, as opposed to 3 imho

i know, but adding Pau meant they went to 3 championships in a row (won 2). That's an insane impact when you think about it, cuz Kobe was turning into a colossal joke as the number one option.

[buttsR4rebounding]

Bron would kick the out of Kobe, get his brown wings bareback with Vanessa, and then pat Kobe's head and call him his #1 sidekick when Tirico comes to interview him while awarding the Finals MVP. So yeah, Kobe could ring with the King's help.

Kobe would just do LeBron's mom to even things out...

[Capt Bringdown]

What if the other 29 teams said "not this time Mitch...you're on your own"....instead of always helping them out, but inevitably someone will. This is why I believe there are under handed deals like ill give you that beach house, or that business property, or will place a large order from your other business, or something of that nature. Why else would other GMs line up to help the Lakers out?

We need to tawk:

[BillMc]

feel sorry for Gasol. He is gifted to the Lakers and they immediately go to 3 championships. Without that move Kobe will go down unarguably as the most overrated player of the past decade, instead the Gasol trade reinflated the myth yet Pau receives very little credit. Plus didn't Kobe snitch (per par) him out to his fiance? Gasol needs to get out while he can.

I don't know about the snitching, but the rest I definitely agree with. Gasol is already being minimized by LA Fans and the media for his contributions to the last 2 Laker les the same as how revisionist history has forgotten that Shaq was the most dominant player on those early 2000's LA teams.

Howard must be noticing this. His initial reluctance to put the Lakers on his "list" was based on not wanting to play second fiddle to Kobe. You don't think 9 shots to 31 is calming those fears?

The Lakers only hope of keeping Dwight (other than the money) is Nash will run pick and rolls with him and relatively ignore Kobe to keep Howard happy. If this is the beginning of the end for Nash and he can't keep healthy and stay on the court, then Kobe-ball may drive Howard away. And Kobe will only shoot more when it becomes obvious this is not a contender.

[Sportcamper]

Unless this is reported in the LA Times by a reputable Lakers insider I call B.S. on this story….The Olympics games proved that Pau Gasol is still one of the finest players in the world…

[Koolaid_Man]

Unless this is reported in the LA Times by a reputable Lakers insider I call B.S. on this story….The Olympics games proved that Pau Gasol is still one of the finest players in the world…

If this story is true then I will concede that we're officially in disarray at the moment...no way should Mitch say this to any player...counter productive to a team already struggling due to injuries, health and familiarity issues.

As for the Olympics...that was fools gold..that was Pau's last stand to rep his country he has no desire what-so-ever to play NBA basketball anymore...he wants to just be coddled and loved he's no longer interested in putting in work. He should have left when Odom did.

[djohn2oo8]

If this story is true then I will concede that we're officially in disarray at the moment...no way should Mitch say this to any player...counter productive to a team already struggling due to injuries, health and familiarity issues.

As for the Olympics...that was fools gold..that was Pau's last stand to rep his country he has no desire what-so-ever to play NBA basketball anymore...he wants to just be coddled and loved he's no longer interested in putting in work. He should have left when Odom did.

Fragile minded Pau is the last person who needs to hear this.

[BillMc]

Now that Kobe has given the death stare to Brown, and thrown Pau under the bus, who will be the next scapegoat? Vegas should put odds on this:

Pringles?
Dwight?
Jim Buss?
Nash?
Mitch?
Dr. Buss?
Metta?

[SpursIndonesia]

Weird that Lakers fans in the forum next door, are proposing trades for highly useful players, even all stars, for Pau who's injured and mentally in shambles. They might get better offer closer to trade deadline, but if they want to address the issue ASAP, i think the kinda trade that they can expect is something like this (just an example):

http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=a9fv86u

GS might want to pull that trade with hope that Pau will be back on top in the new environment, leading the young team to the post season as a starting pivot man, while LA will get a decent shooter and nice backup bigman in the process (both are suit up good with Nash's game IMHO). But Kobe might not be too happy getting a certified got playing alongside him, LOL.

[Stalin]

lol meltdown

[dunkman]

When Kobe runs his mouth against an teammate, his days with the Lakers are always over tbh . . .

[Koolaid_Man]

Fragile minded Pau is the last person who needs to hear this.

so from your Roster who would you give up for Pau...remember Pau is an All-Star, Euro MVP, Olympian, and 2 Time NBA Champ...we'd be giving up a lot in letting him go..

so go ahead make a fair proposal - I'm listening djohn...I'm listening

[Koolaid_Man]

Now that Kobe has given the death stare to Brown, and thrown Pau under the bus, who will be the next scapegoat? Vegas should put odds on this:

Pringles?
Dwight?
Jim Buss?
Nash?
Mitch?
Dr. Buss?
Metta?

It's not about scape goat..it's about results...Pau is the next one out...Kobe has decreed...

[Koolaid_Man]

I firmly believe Kobe will win 6 this season...it's like Kareem said about Kobe after his 81 points..."Kobe does it his way."

[djohn2oo8]

so from your Roster who would you give up for Pau...remember Pau is an All-Star, Euro MVP, Olympian, and 2 Time NBA Champ...we'd be giving up a lot in letting him go..

so go ahead make a fair proposal - I'm listening djohn...I'm listening

ain't anybody gonna touch that contract dawg.

[Koolaid_Man]

ain't anybody gonna touch that contract dawg.

the Rockets would be instant Contenders with this line-up

Gasol
Harding
Lin
Asik

we just need some picks from you guys and a 3rd team's involvement...