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http://www.nba.com/lakers/ mein englisch ist nich das beste. aber ich habe das doch richtig verstanden oder?
http://www.nba.com/lakers/ mein englisch ist nich das beste. aber ich habe das doch richtig verstanden oder?
"Kidd has had his chances to demand a trade and has never really followed through with it. But the Nets have also toyed with trading Kidd in the past, so it’s clearly not unrealistic to consider that it could get done this offseason, especially if the Nets fall flat in the second round yet again. If Kidd is lucky, the Lakers will come to their senses and complete a trade they were considering during the season. Prior to the deadline, the Lakers reportedly passed on a trade for Kidd because the Nets were insisting center Andrew Bynum was included in the deal. L.A., apparently, thought the big man with double-double potential was too good to be included in the deal .. So the Lakers front office personnel needs to revisit that trade this offseason and beg the Nets consider it again."
"In Orlando, Kidd would make Dwight Howard absolutely unstoppable. Remember what he did with Kenyon Martin? Well, Howard is better than that former No. 1 pick. And with the right personnel around them, the Magic would immediately be legit. But outside of a sign-and-trade scenario with Darko Milicic, the Magic may not have the parts to get that kind of deal done. The Clippers are a dynamic point guard and a deadly shooter away from being among the best even in the Western Conference. But Shaun Livingston’s devastating knee injury takes away the Clippers’ most attractive piece in any trade. Cleveland or Houston would immediately be favorites in their respective conferences with the addition of Kidd, but neither has the goods to get a deal done. The best possible scenario for Kidd could be to end his career where it began. The Mavericks can toss Devin Harris and anyone else other than Dirk Nowitzki and Josh Howard to make a run at Kidd. Such a move might be the only way to turn a devastating first-round exit into a promising offseason."
aha, also könnte es doch noch passieren. aber nun werden auch die mavs und magic erwähnt, was kidds zukunft angeht.
und wenn man Magloire holt ? wurde hier auch schon erwähnt
Eindeutig Jazz/Derek Fisher. Erstmal bin ich für Außenseiter und hätte gerne mal die Jazz in den Finals - früher mochte ich die nie, inzwischen schon. Und was Fisher in diesen PO vollbracht hat, angesichts der Umstände, nötigt mir Respekt ab.So, die Conference Finals stehen an und wie lautet das größte Matchup der Serie? Nein, nicht Duncan gegen Boozer...
... Derek Fisher vs. Robert Horry...
Für wen seid ihr? Big Shot Rob ist zwar mein absoluter Liebling (hab sogar ein Lakers Sunday White Home Jersey von ihm im Schrank hängen), aber Derek hätte es nach so langer Zeit in Oakland auch verdient, mal wieder um den Titel spielen zu dürfen. Rob hat genug Ringe, also werde ich denke ich mal mit den Jazz gehen. Zumal die mit Carlos Boozer ja noch einen "Quasi-Lakers" haben.
Pau Gasol und Zach Randdolph, aber auch Allen würden perfekt in unser Schema passen, zumindest kann man es so hinbiegen, dass sie zu uns passen werden. Ob man das nötige Tradematerial hat, kann ich schwer beurteilen und möchte mich da auch weniger in die Tradedisskusionen einmischen.
Trading Artest won't be easy
With teams afraid of the forward, the Kings might have to dump him for little in return.
By Scott Howard-Cooper - Bee Staff Writer
Published 12:00 am PDT Sunday, May 13, 2007
Story appeared in SPORTS section, Page C1
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Begin by accepting that there will be no such thing as fair value in return. Low-ball offers will be common, if offers drip in at all. Most calls will be initiated rather than taken.
Just when the Kings thought living with Ron Artest was challenge enough, now comes the real difficulty, trying to get away from him, or at least get away from him without having to mow lawns and take out the trash for a month for whoever takes him off their hands.
Trading Artest has become a priority, if not the priority, within a Kings front office eager to change the roster and, in this case in particular, the culture of the splintered locker room. What basketball president Geoff Petrie and his famed patience will find, as he surely knows, is a mix of window shoppers and a few potentially serious buyers, but also the chance that moving forward will require dumping a talented starting small forward for a minimal return.
"It's getting to the point where you can hope to get some teams that are desperate that are not opposed to taking on that kind of player," said one executive, not wanting to be identified since he was talking about another team's player, yet noting that his team is not interested in Artest.
Meaning there is a likelihood that the Kings will have to swallow hard and take a fire-sale deal to move Artest.
"I would think they would be significant," the executive said of those chances.
There should be opportunities, though. Working in the Kings' favor, Artest is due to make $7.4 million in 2007-08, with the ability to declare himself a free agent afterward, and the same amount in 2008-09 -- an agreeable contract for someone who is 27 and three seasons removed from being named Defensive Player of the Year. He is young and talented, and he makes less than market value for a player with such a résumé.
Working against the Kings: He's Ron Artest.
It has usually been a buyer's market with Artest, only more so now after a season in which he frustrated teammates with bad decisions as a playmaker and a monopolization of the ball. Off the court, he pleaded no contest in May to a misdemeanor charge of inflicting corporal injury on his spouse and received additional negative coverage nationally after being cited in April for not feeding his dog, although no charges were filed in that case.
He has swung all the way back to getting in the way of his own potential greatness, seemingly wasting the good will that had been built from the second half of 2005-06, when he was traded from Indiana for Peja Stojakovic and helped spark the Kings into the playoffs. Once the list of transgressions expanded to include the legal system, organizations that might have had an interest in trying to get him on the cheap had the concern of selling their fan base on a player who had been sentenced to a work release program, 100 hours of community service and anger management courses for striking his wife.
Said a member of one front office -- requesting anonymity since he was criticizing a player not on his team -- when asked whether many teams will be willing to take on Artest and his reputation: "I just can't see it happening. I don't see how. Especially not now."
Good thing for the Kings other teams have their own problems to address. Los Angeles Lakers
Going pedal to the metal, after failing to reach the second round or the playoffs at all for the third time in as many years, isn't just about adding a star to ride shotgun to Kobe Bryant. While that is the obvious part of it, putting them in the middle of any discussion for Kevin Garnett or Jermaine O'Neal, the Lakers on the whole are pushing hard to win now and deal with potential complications later.
The Lakers could offer Kwame Brown in a match of similar salaries. The Kings would inherit the frustration of an enigmatic player unable to grasp his considerable potential, but also the benefit of being able to clear cap space a year earlier than with Artest if Brown did not work out. And if Brown did work out, they would have the inside track on re-signing a talented young center.
The Lakers also could offer Luke Walton in a sign-and-trade, packaged with another, lesser salary (Sasha Vujacic, Maurice Evans, Brian Cook). Artest has superior skills. But Walton has become a good complementary weapon, a smart player who moves the ball, and plugs in to the same spot at small forward.
Der Plan gefällt mir, nur sollte man vor dem Trade eine Zusage von Bell oder einem anderen fähigen Guard haben. Sonst steht man wieder mit einem Haufen Mist auf der PG-Position da. Ich habe ja schon vor einiger Zeit gesagt, dass mMn Artest genau der Spieler wäre, der unter Phil aufblüht.In der Tat könnte ein Paket aus Kwame Brown und einem Talent, sagen wir mal Jordan Farmar als Mike-Bibby-Nachfolger, das attraktivste sein, was die Queens auf dem Markt bekommen. Kwame gibt ihnen endlich eine Art Inside Presence, zumindest in der Defense. Die Lakers könnten ja im Zweifelsfall noch die #19 im Draft oben drauf packen.
Walton könnte man in diesem Szenario dann gehen lassen. Charlie Bell oder ein anderer Point Guard auf der Eins wäre die höchste Priorität.
Siehe mein Offseason Plan