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Originally Posted by Boozer
Did you forget Odom WAS suspended for drug use?
And once again. I didnt say the Lakers should get artest or Jackson. I said they should get that TYPE of player. Shawn Marion type if that makes you feel better.
P.S. I am a Rams fan
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Shawn Marion type would be great except he's looking for a larger contract than he's worth. I don't think they'll be able to find a player to improve the team in trade for Odom. I think they'd do better with a Peja type big time shooter but Peja has horrible D and a history of choking in the playoffs.
Kirelenko seems to be available still. He rebounded this year but AK wants out of the Jazz so I think if you dangle Odom the Jazz jump on it.
Here's the top fantasy SF's and Odom is 8
http://www.nba.com/fantasy/draft_kit...wards1_15.html
forget 'melo, Josh Smith looks REALLY good and is only 20. He's one of the best dunkers in the game and is just exciting to watch. At 6'9 he could be pressed into PF if there's injury problems. I do agree that Odom is just too slow to play SF all year next year but unless they can bring in Smith or AK I'm not sure a trade would make sense. 'melo's talent is incredible but I don't see him ever taking advantage of all that talent. Most of what I hate about Kobe is also true about 'melo (rumored to be heading to Detroit)
I certainly see the Lakers making some moves this off-season. They either have to trade Kobe and go with young players with more heart and desire to win or they need to trade for players with more defensive abilities. Possibly bring in a better leader for the team but that can't happen unless they trade Kobe.
I do know that it is incredibly unlikely the Lakers would trade Kobe... I just REALLY like the entire team EXCEPT kobe. I loved the shaq lakers, PJ is a great coach too. Gasol was stuck on some HORRIBLE teams for so long so he never got the All-star votes he deserved. We're all really seeing how great he is now that he's on a team that gets national coverage. I see Gasol as FAR more valuable to the Lakers in these finals games than Kobe. If the Lakers somehow recover I would be absolutely thrilled if Gasol got the MVP and people started talking about HIM and STFU about Kobe already. Even the most hardcore Kobe fanboy has to see that so far Gasol is carrying a LOT more of this team than Kobe is.
BTW I'm a Packers fan, I'm 25 and other than Barry Sanders Brett Favre was the player that I absolutely loved to watch. I hated Scott Mitchell so even when the Lions were respectable I liked the Packers WAY more. I watched Brett's first completion and made the long road trip to the frozen tundra 3 times and watched them in Detroit 3 times. This past year I ALMOST made the road trip to St Louis to see them but had schedule problems. I'm still rooting for the Pack without Favre but who knows how they'll do now, they have incredible talent levels but without a QB they could be pretty bad.
When a player has incredible talent levels and is a great sportsman that stands out to me. When i guy has incredible talent but is selfish, loudmouth and generally wasting his talent I get a bit pissed. Randy Moss, TO, Kobe, Shaq's FT%, Garnett not putting on weight shit the list is endless LOL