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by LTLakerFan on Mon Dec 31, 2012 3:34 pm
by therealdeal on Mon Dec 31, 2012 3:41 pm
charvin wrote:I thought by financially, you meant in terms of salary issues, not Lakers revenue being earned off of Kobe.
As for the right price-wise, of course, I wasn't thinking of LBJ & Bosh. May sound foolish, but I'd target LBJ, Battier, and a random filler for the required salary. From that, you *can* get near-equal production in basketball production, plus a defender/3 point shooter which is what this team is lacking, somewhat. To have someone so dedicated on defense (think back to the revelation of Battier having almost an entire book on Kobe's tendencies), it sounded good to me to get him because this team has the fire power, just lacks a SF defender/shooter.
by lakersin4 on Mon Dec 31, 2012 3:47 pm
by Scnottaken on Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:06 pm
therealdeal wrote:charvin wrote:I thought by financially, you meant in terms of salary issues, not Lakers revenue being earned off of Kobe.
As for the right price-wise, of course, I wasn't thinking of LBJ & Bosh. May sound foolish, but I'd target LBJ, Battier, and a random filler for the required salary. From that, you *can* get near-equal production in basketball production, plus a defender/3 point shooter which is what this team is lacking, somewhat. To have someone so dedicated on defense (think back to the revelation of Battier having almost an entire book on Kobe's tendencies), it sounded good to me to get him because this team has the fire power, just lacks a SF defender/shooter.
Even with what LeBron James is right now in the basketball world, he does not sell merchandise for LA like Kobe does. He just flat out doesn't. Kobe sells incredibly within the country, but even more incredibly internationally.
The money he brings in is far more than we can expect from any other player in the world right now. As for production, that's debatable. I still would not trade Kobe for LeBron straight up, but that's just my opinion.
by KBJelleyBean24 on Mon Dec 31, 2012 6:22 pm
by LooN3y on Tue Jan 01, 2013 6:45 pm
by puffyusaf#2 on Tue Jan 01, 2013 7:23 pm
by cthroatgtr on Tue Jan 01, 2013 7:45 pm
Scnottaken wrote:therealdeal wrote:charvin wrote:I thought by financially, you meant in terms of salary issues, not Lakers revenue being earned off of Kobe.
As for the right price-wise, of course, I wasn't thinking of LBJ & Bosh. May sound foolish, but I'd target LBJ, Battier, and a random filler for the required salary. From that, you *can* get near-equal production in basketball production, plus a defender/3 point shooter which is what this team is lacking, somewhat. To have someone so dedicated on defense (think back to the revelation of Battier having almost an entire book on Kobe's tendencies), it sounded good to me to get him because this team has the fire power, just lacks a SF defender/shooter.
Even with what LeBron James is right now in the basketball world, he does not sell merchandise for LA like Kobe does. He just flat out doesn't. Kobe sells incredibly within the country, but even more incredibly internationally.
The money he brings in is far more than we can expect from any other player in the world right now. As for production, that's debatable. I still would not trade Kobe for LeBron straight up, but that's just my opinion.
Not to mention, I doubt Laker fans would be too happy if the FO traded away the face of the team for someone that the national media insisted has always been better. I know I'd have to skip a few games if that happened.
by BDG on Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:01 pm
by The Rock on Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:02 pm
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by Doc Brown on Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:03 pm
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by lakersyunowin on Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:10 pm
by noobiew on Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:11 pm
by Finwë on Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:27 pm
fkmikebrown wrote:crappy more often than he's good
by Lets Go Lakers on Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:27 pm
by Doc Brown on Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:30 pm
Lets Go Lakers wrote:Obviously the coach has instructed Pau to be the stretch 4. Just unreal that we have one of the most skilled post up players on this planet and he is relegated to shooting 3s.
by Ariza3 on Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:30 pm
by odom1year on Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:32 pm
noobiew wrote:Pau is shooting 42% FG this season so far whereby Kobe is shooting 48% FG, just unacceptable from me.
by King of Clutch on Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:35 pm
by trodgers on Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:35 pm
Lets Go Lakers wrote:Obviously the coach has instructed Pau to be the stretch 4. Just unreal that we have one of the most skilled post up players on this planet and he is relegated to shooting 3s.
Its like Dr. Buss is guarding the Celtic rim this second half. Nothings dropping
by Doc Brown on Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:38 pm
trodgers wrote:Lets Go Lakers wrote:Obviously the coach has instructed Pau to be the stretch 4. Just unreal that we have one of the most skilled post up players on this planet and he is relegated to shooting 3s.
We can disagree about how skilled Pau is at this point in the post. Let's just suppose he's the most skilled post up player on the planet. He's just not effective at posting up any longer. He can't do it as regularly and as well as he used to be able to do. Putting him in the post doesn't mean easy buckets. It means misses.
by wcsoldier81 on Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:40 pm
by Lets Go Lakers on Tue Jan 01, 2013 11:41 pm
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