Anyone one in the West Top 8 can upset anyone......by adding Gasol the Lakers when healthy have to be regarded as Top 2 team next to the Spurs....even though they have struggled lately.
Sorry double post...getting to excited...
Anyone one in the West Top 8 can upset anyone......by adding Gasol the Lakers when healthy have to be regarded as Top 2 team next to the Spurs....evenn though they have struggled lately.
Anyone one in the West Top 8 can upset anyone......by adding Gasol the Lakers when healthy have to be regarded as Top 2 team next to the Spurs....even though they have struggled lately.
Sorry double post...getting to excited...
Agree, MoSpur. However, I don't think the Spurs will do anything. Once we get TP and Barry healthy, we can beat anybody.
look at how he is trending now...he's balling this season. furthermore, he's the perfect compliment to an offense that is post oriented. imagine mikey miller spotting up for 3's (he's shooting 40% or so this season on a crappy memphis team) versus finley. he would be a solid 3rd/4th option/scorer on this team.
You can't say that the Lakers are the second best team in the West before you have seen the revamped roster play. There are many teams who could be considered the tip teams in the West.
As a top option on a bad team, it's no surprise that Miller would suck in the playoffs. If the Spurs got him, he'd be the fourth option.
Plus I'm sure his playoff numbers weren't helped by being locked up by Bowen that one year. Same thing happened to Barry and his playoff percentages haven't been horrible as a Spur.
The only thing I worry about with Miller is his chronically injured back ... but he's been healthy most of the season and only has two more years on his contract.
man..after trading shaq, i thought it would be a decade b4 they become contendors. =(
This was the perfect trade for the Lakers. We finally addressed our forward problem and found a guy who can actually put the ball into the hoop. The best part about this trade is we didn't have to give up any depth at all outside of Kwame+Critt. Our bench stays in tact.
Grizzlies fans seem split over trade: http://grizzlies.infopop.cc/eve/foru...4/m/4011037432
Exactly. Perfect example is Kyle Korver. Spurs were supposedly after him. That wouldn't have been the case that last couple seasons since the Spurs had The 2008 Plan pending. Now that the plan got extended, they have a couple years to work with.
If there is a capable swingman available with a couple years left on their contract, the Spurs will be interested. Especially considering it makes more long-term cap sense to overpay someone like Korver or Miller for a couple season than to blow the entire MLE on a long contract.
Basically, the Spurs will be on the lookout for a way to flip a player like Barry or Elson for a similar player who has a couple years left on their contract. Even if they have to overpay those couple years.
Does anyone recall what the Bulls were offering to memphis? Had got to be better than what they received in trade! Just goes to show you: you wait long enough, it'll get discounted!!
I would like Wilcox or Villanueva.
If it were a fantasy trade the commish would squash it.
Fark, the Lakers just became conteders again.
I may be in the minority with Spurs fans here, but I'm of the opinion that it's better for everyone when the Lakers are good.
I hate em as much as the next Spurs fan, but (1) they are one of the marquee franchises in basketball, and (2) we have developed a nice rivalry with them. The better the "popular" franchises like the Lakers, Knicks, Celtics, etc. are, the more it means when the Spurs cream them in big games, the playoffs, and the Finals. IT will add more prestige and respect for our championships.
This is because people are watching it, and talking to each other about the game, and saying, "Dang, those Spurs are gangsta," etc. A win-win for everyone.
Thanks batboy.
yeah you're in the minority
Question: Who does Duncan play now, Bynum or Gasol? I would go with Bynum. Gasol would continuity beat Duncan off the dribble.
Oberto can guard Gasol.
What was his excuse when they played Phoenix?Plus I'm sure his playoff numbers weren't helped by being locked up by Bowen that one year. Same thing happened to Barry and his playoff percentages haven't been horrible as a Spur.
Fixed.
I could care less about facing the Suns again.
On the bright side, the Scola trade is now off the books at the worst of this season.
Gasol is highly overpaid and he's nowhere near good enough to build a franchise around. He's in a good situation now with the Lakers and it sucks that they were able to get him for cap space, but it's not like the Grizzlies were insane not to keep him.
It's clear that they're transitioning into the Gay Era.
This is a hunch, but I'm willing to bet that Rudy Gay's jersey doesn't sell all that well.
Yeah but I was talking about the comedic factor. The Suns losing against the Lakers would be a lot funnier than the Suns losing against the Spurs. D'Antoni has talked trash about owning the Lakers for years now and had that hissy fit earlier in the season when Phil Jackson called a timeout with the lead.
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