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Ken Lagerquist · Post by **Ken Lagerquist** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:11 pm

Washington Bullets in a sweep!

Ken Lagerquist · Post by **Ken Lagerquist** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:13 pm

Unfortunately i have th say the Spurs in 5 also. The most boring Dynasty in NBA history!!!!

Casey Fisher · Post by **Casey Fisher** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:44 am

Any truth to the rumors of Lamar Odom getting traded to Indiana for Jermaine O'Neal?

Ken Lagerquist · Post by **Ken Lagerquist** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:57 pm

I havent heard that rumor in awhile. The rumor trail has been kinda quiet with the Lakers

Mike Nordin · Post by **Mike Nordin** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:38 pm

Bullets, good one Ken, they should have kept the old school name.

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 8:56 pm

Casey Fisher wrote:Any truth to the rumors of Lamar Odom getting traded to Indiana for Jermaine O'Neal?

I know the Lakers are trying to get a center in the off-season and have been edging toward Jermaine O'Neal and Marcus Camby. I don't think the Nuggets are willing to trade Camby within the division without getting Bynum in return. I would actualy prefer the Lakers to trade Kobe to the Pacers for Jermaine O'Neal and a couple draft picks.

Casey Fisher · Post by **Casey Fisher** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 8:30 am

Jason Spoor wrote:I don't think the Nuggets are willing to trade Camby within the division

Same division? Where did you go to school Roops? j/k. You must have meant same conference. LOL...

My guess is that it will be Kobe and Andrew Bynum to the Nuggets for Carmello Anthony and Marcus Camby.

Another rumor I heard is Kobe to the Bobcats for Gerald Wallace and Adam Morrison. This would reunite Gonzaga legends Ronny Turiaf and Morrison.

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 10:42 am

Casey Fisher wrote:Another rumor I heard is Kobe to the Bobcats for Gerald Wallace and Adam Morrison. This would reunite Gonzaga legends Ronny Turiaf and Morrison.

Fish, where the heck are you getting these rumors!?! Comic books?? Is this coming from the Bill Bavasi guide to General Managing?

The Bobcats would at least have to throw in Jake Voskuhl to make that deal work!

Ken Lagerquist · Post by **Ken Lagerquist** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 11:06 am

The Kobe rumor to Charlotte is just that, just a rumor. There is no way the Lakers trade him and get nothing in return. Now im not saying Morrison and Wallace arent anything, but come on, nowhere close in terms of talent. Lakers learned their lesson in the Shaq trade. Wont happen to Charlotte

Casey Fisher · Post by **Casey Fisher** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:17 pm

I read a very interesting article on espn.com about how they need to change the NBA Playoff format, and I 100% agree with it.

This year’s NBA Finals are boring and nobody is interested despite having the “Phenom” LeBron James playing in it. Why is this? It is because Cleveland would be no better than the 7th best team in the Western Conference. I would even go one further and say that the Western Conference #8 seed Golden State is better than Cleveland. San Antonio is having its easiest playoff round and playing the worst team they’ve played in the playoffs and it is the Championship Round!!!

They totally need to drop the Eastern and Western Conferences and just have the 16 best teams in the playoffs (1 vs. 16, 8 vs. 9, 2 vs. 15, etc.) Have you seen this format before? I believe so, it is called March Madness baby!!!

This way each round would have more meaning and the best teams would be playing at the end. When they are down to 4 teams, it would be like a legit Final 4. Just think if San Antonio was playing Phoenix for the title right now!!! Many more people would be interested. Unfortunately, this wass a 2nd round series and not the NBA Finals.

Yes, a few East teams have won the title in the past nine seasons, but this was mainly due to the fact that the West Champ was tired out by having to go through the entire Western Conference Playoffs. The East champ pretty much cruised to the finals. The new format would eliminate this and more people would actually look forward to watching the NBA Finals. It would be NBA basketball at its best for the World Championship, like it used to be when the conferences were even.

Casey Fisher · Post by **Casey Fisher** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:56 am

Who gets traded first? Kobe Bryant or Kevin Garnett

Ken Lagerquist · Post by **Ken Lagerquist** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:51 am

KG gets traded first. Bynum will get traded before Kobe, partly because the Lakers wont get equal value for Kobe if the try to trade him. Unless Kobe goes to some other team like Jersey for Vince Carter or Cleveland for LeBron(NOT) or soemthing like that. Very tough situation for the Lakers

Casey Fisher · Post by **Casey Fisher** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 1:14 pm

A perfect solution would be to trade Kobe & KG for each other. I know it would never happen though as Kobe would not waive his no-trade clause to go to Minnesota.

Ken Lagerquist · Post by **Ken Lagerquist** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:56 am

So true casey, but you still need someone good to go along with KG. He wont be able to carry LA with Lamar Odom either.

Casey Fisher · Post by **Casey Fisher** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:23 am

At this point, it may be better just to get rid of the headache and ego of Kobe for the Big Ticket (KG). I think KG would be very happy in L.A. and have a great attitude toward going there. Are there any top shooting guard free agents available this year? If so, the Lakers should make the deal for Garnett and get a good SG to go with Odom at the 3 and KG at the 4. Another option would be to then trade Bynum for Kyle Korver.

Casey Fisher · Post by **Casey Fisher** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 2:13 pm

I read today that the following trade of KG to the Celtics went through, but Garnett rejected it because he doesn't want to play for Boston. The proposed trade according to sources was:

The Celtics to send blossoming forward Al Jefferson, its No. 5 overall pick in next Thursday's draft and Theo Ratliff's cap-friendly contract in addition to Wolves alumnus Wally Szczerbiak and troubled guard Sebastian Telfair in exchange for Garnett and Wolves guard Troy Hudson.

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 6:56 pm

Casey Fisher wrote:At this point, it may be better just to get rid of the headache and ego of Kobe

I couldn't agree more. Why would any of the current Lakers even want to play beside him right now? I'm disgusted by Kobe Bryant right now because he flip flops more than a fish out of water. I have a perfect deal for the Lakers:

Lakers send Bryant and Sasha Vujacic to Philadelphia for Andre Iguodala, Kyle Korver and Samuel Dalembert.

The Lakers would gain 2 million in cap space in this deal and get filthy defense from Dalembert and Iguodala. Kobe may reject it since he'd be going to a young team but he would be the #1 go-to guy in his home town of Philly so he may go for it.

Then the Lakers could pull off this one:

Lakers send Kwame Brown and Andrew Bynum to Memphis for Pau Gasol and 2 #1 picks.

This is my new Lakers starting five:

PG - Jordan Farmar
SG - Andre Iguodala
SF - Lamar Odom
PF - Pau Gasol
C - Samuel Dalembert

Key bench players:

SG, SF - Luke Walton
SG, SF - Kyle Korver
SG, SF - Maurice Evans
PF, C - Ronny Turiaf

Casey Fisher · Post by **Casey Fisher** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 8:14 pm

That Philly trade would be great for both teams... Kobe should just go for it and go to the Eastern Conference. He may just end up there with the Chicago Bulls...

However, I think the Memphis trade is pushin' it a little bit. I think Memphis would be reluctant to trade Pau to the Lakers for Kwame and Bynum. Unless you are the New York Knicks, 1st Round Picks are like hot cakes and most teams aren't willing to trade them away. They would like to throw in Brian Cardinal instead of the picks. LOL.

Casey Fisher · Post by **Casey Fisher** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 2:31 pm

Most updated trade rumor:

The Los Angeles Times cited league sources on Monday saying that the Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves are in discussions that could bring Kevin Garnett to Los Angeles.

Trade discussions have involved the Lakers, Wolves, Pacers and possibly a fourth team. The report says that the Lakers would get Garnett, while the Pacers would land Los Angeles forward Lamar Odom and center Andrew Bynum. The Wolves would likely acquire a lottery pick and young players. Another team would also have to be involved to make the deal work financially.

Sources told ESPN and ESPN.com that the fourth team at this point is the Celtics, who would get Jermaine O'Neal from the Pacers.

Jason Spoor · Post by **Jason Spoor** » Mon Jun 25, 2007 3:59 pm

that is the abosulte worse thing that could happen to the Laker franchise. Lamar Odom is a class act who has given 100% percent to the organization. I think Kevin Garnett is one of the top players/people in the NBA but this trade would sicken me and perhaps run me off as a Laker fan. If this trade goes through it means one thing - KobI BrIant owns the Lakers. If he's not happy with you as a teammate, your gone! If he doesn't like the way the teams playing - he'll throw a tissy until Dr. Buss caves in and overhauls the roster. I hope Kevin Garnett vetoes the trade and publicly chastises KobI BrIant. Bah!