Posted by bigbeast:
Posted by SupremeCommander:
This is how I'd do it:
Crawford + Curry + Lee + Jones (when possible) + Dickau (when possible) for Kobe
Balkman + Nate + Rose for Artest
Marbury
Kobe
Artest
Randolph
Morris
with Collins, Wrich, Chandler, Nichols and (even) James coming off the bench would be good enough for a title run, IMNSHO.
Pretty good proposals. Still not sure if thats enough for Kobe (with Bynum, i'm not sure how much they would want Curry) but its still pretty good value.
What Boston gave up for Garnett, is probably what we would have to give up for Kobe and then some:
Young franchise player(Jefferson) /(Curry) I'm sure some will disagree
Expiring contract (Ratliff)/ (Jones, Dikau)
young budding talent (Green)/ (Lee)
more youth (Gomes)/ (Crawford) obviously not that young but can be a big PG and Phil likes big PG's..
Draft picks/ The Knicks would definitely have to add at least 2 first round picks.
On top of that, it'll also have to be pretty obvious that we are perhaps the only, or one of maybe 2 destinations for Kobe. All the stars really have to line up for this one.
For Kobe I'd give up TWO unprotected picks
. I think the general framework, like you pointed out, is doable due to recent precedent. Throw in the fact that Crawford is the perfect PG for the triangle and Lee is a better prospect than Green and--voila!!!
As for Bynum with Curry, I agree. They probably don't ant both. But, the Lakers could always wait the necessary time and flip him for something else. Personally, I think Curry would look great next to Emeka Okafor.
Posted by JohnWallace44:
Posted by SupremeCommander:
This is how I'd do it:
Crawford + Curry + Lee + Jones (when possible) + Dickau (when possible) for Kobe
Balkman + Nate + Rose for Artest
Marbury
Kobe
Artest
Randolph
Morris
with Collins, Wrich, Chandler, Nichols and (even) James coming off the bench would be good enough for a title run, IMNSHO.
that's just crazy enough to work. You'd need a better center than Morris though.
Maybe the Knicks could trade Jeffries back to Washington or QRich for their choice of Etan Thomas or Brendan Haywood? I mean, before they kill each other...
Posted by bobs3304:
^ That's just crazy enough..........
It wouldn't work though.
Crawford + Curry + Lee?
I hope he's kidding, not a chance LA takes that salary.
If Kobe really wants out, eventually the Lakers are going to have to trade him. Considering he's only going to want to go to a big market (LA, Chi, NY) or to a contender (Cle, Phx, SA, Det, Dal), find me a better deal than that one. Chicago has more pieces, but they're all on rookie contracts... meaning they'd have to trade their entire team for Kobe. Maybe the Clippers could have traded something like Brand and Livingston for Kobe last year, but they don't have enough after his injury. Cleveland has no one outside of LBJ. Phoenix would have to break apart its team for Kobe... I think they're better off as is and that goes for San Antonio too. Maybe Detroit would trade Prince, Hamilton and Amir Johnson for Kobe, but I don't know. Dallas doesn't work because Josh Howard is a base-year compensation player.
So there you go. And Mr. Angry Pants, if the Lakers do trade Kobe, they're going to take back salary. I don't think they want to pitch a salary dump in LA, especially when they try to sell out there. Also, I don't believe there is another expiring contract in the league this year as large as Ratliff's.
