Posted by deanod on 6/6/2012 6:03:00 PM (view original):
yeah exactly, we don't even gain any cap space by unloading Pierce + Rondo for him.

between his contract + the super tax the Lakers are in a bit of a compromising position going forward- kupcheck is def going to need to moneyball it up a bit.

that's because stern is the worst commissioner in any professional sport in the last 4 decades

Posted by deanod on 6/6/2012 10:03:00 AM (view original):

Posted by felonius on 6/5/2012 11:45:00 PM (view original):
and I already offered the Pau trade for Rondo again and Deano was eager so count me out (or all in) and....


Booom

troof

(I would do Kobe for Pierce and Rondo right now in a heartbeat)

Heh, we don't want your old Mamba.  Interestingly because Pierce is like impervious to age, the gap between him and Kobe has seemed to be slowly closing in recent years.  Kobe's still better but it's not by so much that it would ever be worth shipping Rondo.

I'm so happy now.  Moranis, I hope you have something to say for your million requests to blow this team up.

Clearly they played better than I thought they would and I loved the run.  Glad it worked out pretty well in the end.

All Kobe needs to do is realize that he isn't 28 years old anymore and he needs a true young stud.  Not some schmuck that's more selfish than him (Bynum).

Posted by 05nomar05 on 6/11/2012 1:20:00 PM (view original):
All Kobe needs to do is realize that he isn't 28 years old anymore and he needs a true young stud.  Not some schmuck that's more selfish than him (Bynum).

that's one thing I'll take execption to - no one is more selfish than Kobe

and that's the problem - giving Drew the ball more is actually a good thing, running the offense through the post is actually a good thing - running the offense through some triple covered guy 23' out from the basket is problematic

in short Bynum's selfishness is better for the team

he just needs to learn to pass out of a double

he got better over the course of the season - he needs to get used to the attention and the only way to do that is through more of same (and it wasnt all his fault - there spacing as a team was consistently atrocious)