Quote Originally Posted by The_Game
do lakers have bird rights to Odom and Ariza or are they unrestricted? sorry for so many questions lol
Hahah, no problem. Yes, the Lakers have Bird Rights on both.

The better question is" do the Lakers want to pay the Luxury tax to keep both?". Keeping both will push the Lakers salary over $100 million.

If the Lakers win the le this year, I think the Lakers will do whatever it takes. Jerry Buss said he'd pay money for a Champion.

But, if the Lakers don't win, I expect one if not both to be gone next year.