That is fucking funny as hell.
They have to bring Blake to the masses, it’s the only right thing to do. I might be going to the Clippers game that weekend if things work out…this would be like the first Raptors game I’ve paid to go to in like…three years.
My seed must have the ray allen jump shot…that shit is insanely smooth!
IIRC that is the annual Grammy road trip, even the Lakers have like 7 straight games on the road.
You need to watch Blake Griffin live Lint.
Who is this Blake Griffin you guys keep talking about? Is he related to Peter Griffin? Now that’s a funny man!
WHY WE TALKING ABOUT THE CLIPPERS!
P.S Kim deserves to get switch to Clipper fan status for next year’s thread.
ESPN rumor mill reporting Ron wants out. If he wants out we should accept no less than sjax, prince,grange,batter or dome package deal for iggy or melo.
yeah, if that’s what you think, then lakers are gonna have ron-ron until the playoffs. i don’t see any of those guys moving for artest unless you are feeding them some sort of cap relief. artest… isn’t that…
you can only ask for one really fucking retarded trade like the gasol one, laker fans. stay greedy.
Artest isn’t really worth any of those guys its more wishful thinking, Boston and Miami are greedy so we shouldn’t lower our standards either
that’s… pretty delusional. good luck with that kind of thinking.
not exactly basketball or business sound, nor realistic considering ron’s 3yr/$22 million contract, but i guess that’s why you’re a lakers fan.
Sixers fans:
would you consider Evan Turner a disappointment at a #2 pick?
Pretty premature time to be asking that question. It’s his first year. Come on.
@Subt-L
Business sound like MJ trading Chandler’s contract for Dampier when both made basically the same amount and they both were expiring.
Business sound like Cuban giving Haywood a 6yr 52 mil contract then trading for Chandler?
First of all I would never think Indiana, Houston,or Denver would even trade for Artest, but now unlike the previous seasons the Lakers have additional desirable pieces.
Melo is highly unlikely to be traded to L.A. but a Bynum, Artest,Caracter or Ebanks plus Sasha exception is better than getting nothing in return especially when their’s a team option on Bynum after next season.
An agitated Artest with 3 yr 22mil left would be easier to pay off than an agitated Granger with nearly 3yrs 40mil left, or SJAX with 2yrs and 20. they would be willing to set back and take the money I think Artest would be willing to take a buyout.
First time messing around with the ESPN Trade machine. How does it decide which trade is successful or not? It seems to only be if the salaries match.
Just did Kobe for Prince+Hamilton. That will never happen, but it was “successful.”
My advice to LAL:
Start Odom and bench Bynum. No team in the west has a better big man that could come off the bench and and play D while snagging tons of boards when they have there 2nd best out on the court. Bynum is a beast but he’s logging too many minutes. LA, IMO, was playing 10X better when Bynum was out. Or, be hard-headed and just bench Artest then starting Odom while extending his minutes (risky).
Possible Trade Bait [IMO]: Artest ($6,322,320), Walton ($5,260,000), Blake ($4,000,000),and Brown($2,149,200).
Actually I like Brown’s game. He’s definitely not up to LA’s standards as a starter but this guy is good enough to be traded to a team where he should be getting 9-10 mill a year for playing for a team like NO, IND, MEM, or better yet, POR. You guys should’ve traded Artest last summer and got another big instead Ratliff who’s injury-prone. You guys need a solid point guard to start and put Fisher on the bench as a “sixth man” role player. He’s not starter material.
Who should you trade for? There’s not a ton of options out there other than Melo who would never go to LA. period (and Yaw don’t have enough money anyway). Iggy ($12,345,250) is over-paid (contract wise), overrated garbage who’s not clutch and never makes good decisions when shooting the ball. P.Jackson would never tolerate that kind of a player on his team. Cleveland only has two real players on their team and one of them is out for the season (Anderson Varejao, $7,281,818). If you want another off-the-bench Big then Jamison ($13,358,905) is a “decent” choice but has too much money on his contract. Stephen Jackson ($8,453,250) would be a good addition but MJ knows that’s all they really have on that squad and I doubt that LA would get a guy like him. There’s always Kwame Brown…($854,389) LMAO. You’re BEST option is Williams ($14,940,153) from Utah. a Package of Artest, Luke, and Blake ($15,582,320) could work, in theory. BUT that’s 2 SF’s gone and Kobe would never want to play that position, and Brown is too short. So, all you have left is Artest, Brown, and Blake ($12,471,520)…
At this point, the only “expendable” players to trade on LA is Walton and Blake and I doubt any team would give up decent, quality player(s) for just them two. IMO, to trade anyone else, other than those two players, would be team suicide. No way are you going to last in the Playoffs especially if you go 6-7 games in 3 of the 4 series. If OKC doesn’t take you out then SAN/DAL will.
And as for my squad Boston:
Forget about it. There’s no need to trade for anyone this time around. Ainge put in serious work over the season and gave Boston MAD DEPTH even with injuries and is still the beast in the east. IMO, wait till summer and gun for a player like Shane Battier ($7,354,500). Boston’s weakness (other than youth and injuries) is that they have no depth at the SF position. Daniels is an “ok” role player but he’s not really that dependable for points, rebounds, or a play maker. Shane has it all and would make a great pick up for backing up Paul and giving Boston a chance to maintain leads when they’re starting 5 needs to rest. I have mixed feelings about Robinson, and Wafer as well. Robinson is loosing his focus and just being way too careless with the ball. Everytime this guy comes off the bench and touches the ball for the first time he shoots a three (and misses). Every damn time. Also, he likes to get called for offensive fouls too often like he did in the 2nd game of the season and last nite. Wafer is a slasher, I like that, but he’s also a hyper-active player that does a ton of movement but with little results. Both of these guys are still pretty decent players off the bench but they need to start growing up. If they don’t by the end of the Playoffs then they gotta go. Daniels needs to go regardless for Battier.
You know there’s only like me and whats his face. He comes in here sometimes. (no, not viciousSLASH, I mean another actual person)
I feel like Cousins should have been the pick. Especially when you just traded Sammie. You need a guy who can shoot and create his own shot so you take a less athletic version of Iguodala. Great job.
The ESPN Trade Machine also factors in the PER scores of players and the relative NBA GM IQ Factor based on cumulative ratings they’ve gathered over the years based on every successful trade since 2000, when the Elias Sports Bureau started recording NBA GM intelligence quotient ratings (invented by John Hollinger).
For example, every trade involving the Knicks used to work back when Isiah was still in charge. When he was fired? Unsuccessful.
Oh, another hilarious Rockman X post. HE IS SO SMART ABOUT BASKETBALL
LOL, you are saying that it is preferable to have Artest over Granger or Stephen Jackson because it would be easier to buy out his contract than theirs…? Why would they have to buy out Granger or Stephen Jackson’s contracts…?
You are an invaluable contributor to this thread, I heartily encourage you to keep trucking on.
You can do all kinds of dumb trades on the trade machine, if the salaries don’t match use trade exception if the team has one
Example:
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=45voccg
Granger is supposedly wanting a trade you dumbass, the only team that would be willing to trade for Granger would be New Jersey but sources claim that they still want Melo. Nobody even claimed that Granger or SJAX was agitated now it was just assuming they would be under the circumstances of being with pathetic teams.
It’s called planning for the future. If you want to keep rebuilding which each franchise listed clear are accept a lesser contract pay it off and let your star go it happens all the time.
Just Remember Jrue Holiday will be a top five PG soon.
Every thing on SRK needs to be posted with a disclaimer reading trolling jackasses may read your post .
WHy not just start Odom? They were rolling when he was starting. Then the put slow ass Bynum back in the starting line up and start losing every game.
Especially when the guy is pulling 20/20.
Bynum hasn’t done that since last season.
Other than that, I noticed Battier contract expires after this year and so does Daniels. Also, that link above showed that Boston would be over cap (I already knew that) and they’d need to trade like 3-4 players just for Battier. LOLs.
Let’s just hope Houston doesn’t resign Battier.
I lol’d and wholeheartedly agree.
imo.
LOLs: my four team trade for LA.
I traded Bynum for D.Wills, I traded Blake and Walton for Stephen Jackson, and Ebanks and Caracter for JaVale McGee.
Not “bad”.
Gasol, Odom, Artest, Bryant, Williams.
Then McGee, (Ratliff), S.Jackson ,Brown, Fisher.
Alt. Barnes and Smith.
Aye, it’s not my squad. I’m just sayin’. lol.