Our "Gasol" trade... Multiple Ideas

[Minstrel]

richard jefferson was acquired for nothing but expiring contracts. the deal to acquire him was much more lopsided than the one in which the lakers got gasol.

But Jefferson is a much worse player. It's not just a matter of what you give up, it's also about what you get back. While I don't think the Gasol deal was historically bad as some suggest, I do think it was lopsided. Gasol is a 22-25 PER player, a solid All-Star caliber player and near superstar, and the Lakers acquired him in his prime. Jefferson is broken down and barely an average player. Jefferson is reasonable to get for nothing more than expiring contracts. Gasol should cost more than some decent young talent and expirings.

 

[maxiep]

it wasn't a 2nd round pick, it was marc gasol(who had been a 2nd round pick the previous year). add in the lakers 2008 and 2010 1st round picks and you have the deal. kwame brown's expiring contract, 3 late first round picks on cheap contracts, and the rights to a fairly highly thought of european player that costs them nothing if he doesn't pan out. that was the deal. i'm saying that there wasn't a team offering an equal or better combination of expiring contracts and young talent or else a different deal would have happened.


right. nba gms would have preferred that they benefited from memphis wanted to dump gasol's salary rather than the lakers benefiting from it. i don't think that's really relevant.


richard jefferson was acquired for nothing but expiring contracts. the deal to acquire him was much more lopsided than the one in which the lakers got gasol.

Like I said, we'll agree to disagree. Many GM's thought it wasn't an open auction and they couldn't present their best offer for consideration.

 

[BenDavis503]

Man I would do almost all of these. Except for Martin trade.

 

[SpanishFly]

Another GS trade with crazy Nellie there. Miller and Rudy for A Randolph and Vlad. A Randolph is possibly on the block and he is one talented 20 yr old big.

 

[Nikolokolus]

Another GS trade with crazy Nellie there. Miller and Rudy for A Randolph and Vlad. A Randolph is possibly on the block and he is one talented 20 yr old big.

Everything I've heard says the exact opposite. Where did you see Randolph might be moved?

 

[Minstrel]

Everything I've heard says the exact opposite. Where did you see Randolph might be moved?

Yeah, same. No matter how much or little Randolph plays, the constant word out of Golden State is that Randolph is the most untouchable player on that roster.

 

[MrSelfDestruct]

Yeah, same. No matter how much or little Randolph plays, the constant word out of Golden State is that Randolph is the most untouchable player on that roster.

This is by no means concrete, but FWIW:

http://www.blazersedge.com/2009/12/15/1201938/anthony-randolph-on-the-block

 

[BBert]

I still think we should trade RLEC for Jefferson. He could really help us right now. What, it's too late for that? WTF?