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According to ESPN and Chris Broussard just a minute ago. Odom to NO. Gasol to Houston - other details to follow.

Mod - please put an "a" in my thread title above. Thx
 
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Re: Chris Paul is now Laker . . . FML

Shit will get real when they announced Dwight Howard is a Laker too.
 
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Rumored pau and odom; it's actually a good thing. They have gotten real thin. Also now they may not have enough to get Howard. I would much rather them have Paul then Howard.
 
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fuck this league.
 
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magnifier661 said:
Rumored pau and odom; it's actually a good thing. They have gotten real thin. Also now they may not have enough to get Howard. I would much rather them have Paul then Howard.
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they will get howard. its over.
 
Re: Chris Paul is now Laker . . . FML

How soon before somebody digs up the little clip of David Stern saying he'd like the Lakers to be in the finals every year. (He was joking of course, but the NBA does own the Hornets...)
 
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Odom + Gasol gone. They def. add star power, but they lose the things that made them stand out from the rest of the league: size, length, and rebounding.
 
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magnifier661 said:
Rumored pau and odom; it's actually a good thing. They have gotten real thin. Also now they may not have enough to get Howard. I would much rather them have Paul then Howard.
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The NBA wants it to happen so they will get Howard... With ease
 
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Interesting. So the team that is owned by the league just traded their best player to the leagues favorite franchise...?

Granted, it now means the Lakers have 1 awesome albeit aging players, a gimp (Bynum) a nutjob (artest) and a player who apparently has bad knees (Paul).

I wouldn't think that Orlando's best offer is Bynum for Howard. But if they somehow get him, I think it sends a strong message to the rest of the league, and that message is "why even bother?"
 
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What I want to know is what Luis Scola is thinking about now. I wonder what it would take to redirect him Portland-ward.
 
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Chris Paul's knee might be as balky as Roy's ... we'll see how this turns out (I'm guessing it doesn't actually add up to much).
 
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yuyuza1 said:
Odom + Gasol gone. They def. add star power, but they lose the things that made them stand out from the rest of the league: size, length, and rebounding.
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Yeah, I like this a lot (so far). Paul and Bryant are less than the sum of their parts (which is two good knees), while Odom and Pau were unselfish and multi-skilled. Maybe they would've been less vital in a team that is no longer playing the triangle, but I guess we won't know.
 
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Rastapopoulos said:
Why? You really think Orlando can't do better than Andrew Bynum? Hell, if I was the Heat, I'd offer LeBron James.
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they probably can, but when has that ever mattered with the L*kers.
 
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Who's gonna be their big man if...err WHEN Bynum goes down?

Walton will play PF now.

It's not a foregone conclusion that they will land Dwight. They have no one to offer ORL.
 
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deal reached in principle- woj
 
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yuyuza1 said:
Who's gonna be their big man if...err WHEN Bynum goes down?

Walton will play PF now.

It's not a foregone conclusion that they will land Dwight. They have no one to offer ORL.
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when has that EVER mattered? they get who they want.
 
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I agree with this "sky is falling" sentiment. The NBA has absolutely become the league of "Haves" and "Have Nots". There's 5-6 premier teams, and the other 20-odd are simply the farm, feeder, Washington General-style teams, and always will be. They aren't even subtle about it anymore. Fans of teams like Milwaukee, Portland, Utah, New Orleans, Philly... there's practically no hope anymore. Yes, there will be occassional fluke seasons where a non-annointed franchise catches lightening in a bottle and makes a run at a couple of season's titles. But that's it. I believe the days of even the San Antonios are over. The era of the large market "superteam" is upon us and there's no looking back.
 
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Calm down, chicken littles. Remember when the Lakers got Karl Malone and Gary Payton? And they didn't even have to give up two top-ten PFs to get them.

The Heat should be happy. Not only are they no longer the most hated team, they just got Shane Battier.
 
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I kinda think it makes the Lakers worse. Pau & Odom > Paul. Lakers must think Shannon Brown is ready to step it up.
CP3 seems to be getting hit more and more by injurys as his career goes on.
Steve Blake must just love this! He's now the 3rd PG.
 
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yuyuza1 said:
Who's gonna be their big man if...err WHEN Bynum goes down?

Walton will play PF now.

It's not a foregone conclusion that they will land Dwight. They have no one to offer ORL.
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This is my hope. Without Howard they are two minor knee injuries away from the lottery. Howard is the key.

And I know you can say that about a lot of teams, but Cp3 and Bynum have durabilty issues
 
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BoBoBREWSKI said:
I kinda think it makes the Lakers worse. Pau & Odom > Paul. Lakers must think Shannon Brown is ready to step it up.
CP3 seems to be getting hit more and more by injurys as his career goes on.
Steve Blake must just love this! He's now the 3rd PG.
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Shannon Brown signed with a different team or is about to.
 
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BoBoBREWSKI said:
I kinda think it makes the Lakers worse. Pau & Odom > Paul. Lakers must think Shannon Brown is ready to step it up.
CP3 seems to be getting hit more and more by injurys as his career goes on.
Steve Blake must just love this! He's now the 3rd PG.
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Shannon Brown signed with PHX
 
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chris_in_pdx said:
I agree with this "sky is falling" sentiment. The NBA has absolutely become the league of "Haves" and "Have Nots". There's 5-6 premier teams, and the other 20-odd are simply the farm, feeder, Washington General-style teams, and always will be. They aren't even subtle about it anymore. Fans of teams like Milwaukee, Portland, Utah, New Orleans, Philly... there's practically no hope anymore. Yes, there will be occassional fluke seasons where a non-annointed franchise catches lightening in a bottle and makes a run at a couple of season's titles. But that's it. I believe the days of even the San Antonios are over. The era of the large market "superteam" is upon us and there's no looking back.
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It's always been like this ... always.
 
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Let's hope Lakers get the same outcome as they did when they had Malone and Payton. Disfunction and the eventual demise of Kobe and Shaq.
 
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This might be big: https://twitter.com/#!/LarryCoon

If this deal goes down for LA as just Gasol & LO for CP3, then the Lakers gain two trade exceptions, one for $8.9M.
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But I believe the old rule of not being able to combine players with TEs still exists.
 
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