M Cupcake is giving away good talent for cheap

coolingwater921 wrote:

FutureLakerGM wrote:

coolingwater921 wrote:

Lakeshow24 wrote:

coolingwater921 wrote:

Lakeshow24 wrote:This is one of the funniest threads ever! Q Brown, Mike Cupcake, and then the guy thinks it's easy to land Kidd, Boozer, and Artest? To be alongside Kobe, Odom, and Bynum? And Kwame?

If you're not savy enough to know I meant to spell Cupcake for Mitch's last name your cred is the one in question. As far as the Q instead of the K that was a boo boo. Get over it and man up to the fact we need to get more bang for the talent we trade.
Stick to the issue, M. Cupcake needs to stop giving away good talent for injured and weak talent.

First of all, you're giving yourself way too much credit. You referred to Mitch Kupchak as Mike Cupcake. Now, it would have been slightly funny had you not called him Mike as well. Second off, your repetitive usage of the letter Q is hilarious. You didn't realize something was up when your pinky finger kept stretching out to that Q? I mean, seriously, who uses the letter Q that often? Third off, your trade scenario is unbelievably stacked in favor of the Lakers. Nobody trades that way. You don't get Kidd, Odom, Kobe, Boozer, Artest, Bynum, and Kwame. Too many big names; it just isn't realistic at all.

I don't think it's unreasonalbe to get Kidd, Kobe, Boozer, Artest, K. Brown, and Odom. Look at the big names in Miami: Shaq, Wade, Morning, Patton, E Jones, J Williams, and a couple others.
Big name in Detroit: Webber, Billups, R Wallace, R Hamilton, and couple other really good players.
Our team is the LA Lakers and LA is the land of Legends. If these teams can get older vets with great talent and some great young names to play for them, it is not unlikely that the Lakers cannot do the same.
The Lakers need a good salesman in the GM spot, not a Cupcake who gives good talent away cheap.
Even Houston has MacGrady, Ming, Mutombo, J Howard, and some other great young guys.
We can do much better with the Lakers. We have some really great pieces and all we need is few more to add size, toughness, experience and J Kidd as the floor general. We don't have enough older vets on the LA squad this year. The old guys bring experience, calmness and wisdom to the younger players. On our Championship teams in 2000, 01, 02 we had some older veterans on the squad( Harper, Grant, Green, Horry) with Shaq and Kobe. We need some now and always to get to the next level. Older guys are cheap so salary is not an issuee. Add that to a team 7 or 8 younger players with quickness, and passion for the game then you have a Championship team.

Ok so now we'll play a game, you're MIKE CUPCAKE (LOL) and you send Shaq to Indiana, Lets see how we get this line up of?

\\ Kidd, Kobe, Boozer, Artest, K. Brown, and Odom. Because you said " don't think it's unreasonalbe to get Kidd, Kobe, Boozer, Artest, K. Brown, and Odom."

1) Odom we aquired him through the trade for Shaq, in your case you're sending Shaq to Indiana. Odom would not be in this line-up

2) Kwame or (Qwame in your case) We had to trade for Kwame via Caron Butler, again this wouldn't happen because Shaq went to Indiana remember?

3) I don't know how you ended up with Boozer? remember he bolted from the cavs for more "money" Lakers would of only been able to offer him MLE, You called Caron an injury prone forward, isn't Boozer worse? but they are both all-stars this year

4) Right now we're offering Kwame, Farmer etc for Kidd .. The trade you made to Indiana, would of ruled this out .. Even at that the Nets are still mulling at the idea of this.

5) Why would you sign Pippen? Yea he was good in his prime, he's 41 and hasn't played in the NBA for years. It might be a good idea now, since Mr. Vlad decided to fall on the ice. Now we're short at SF

Try buying NBA Live 04 or something and see if this pans out for you, Mitch is not doing a great job but hey aleast we didn't keep Shaun Livingston and gave up a chance on Iverson.

Life must have been pretty rough for you being so small and all.
Just keep repeating this " I am loved, I am loved and I am important."
You are sweating small stuff and normally small people do that.
Grow up and get over your it. Your stuck on a Q and a Cupcake - How mature is that?
I am not dealing with the Shaq trade now. We brought it up to show a pattern of giving away good talent cheap. That is the title of this post thread. Stay with us We are talking about M Cupcake giving away great players for cheap and we don't want Him to continue.

I've already talked about how I would try to get Kidd. How would I get Boozer and Artest? I would pick up the phone and call their Agents. You know those two guys don't like Utah and Sacremento(cow town). I would sell them on living in LA and ask them to come be apart of a Championship Organization. I would sell LA and sell them my plan to bring other great players to LA. They could tell their teams they want to be traded to LA or wait to be signed as free agents.
As a GM your job is to sell your franchise to the players you think would fit into your vision for a Championship team. The question is...........Does M. Cupcake have a vision for LA or is he running this day by day?

coolingwater921 wrote:

J.C. Smith wrote:Yeah, we just had so many much better offers for Shaq. Face it, we were pigeon holed. We had to trade Shaq quickly, and he held all the cards, becuase teams wouldn't trade for him if he wasn't willing to re-sign. So two years go by, Miami did get a title (thanks mostly to Wade and some shady officiating), which saves that deal for them. They got a title it was worth it. But the fact of the matter is they owe Shaq $80 million over the next 4 years (including this one) and...

Lamar Odom This Season:
16.6 points, 9.4 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 0.8 steals, 0.6 blocks. Played in 33 games

Shaq this season:
13.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.3 steals, 1.8 blocks. Played in 13 games

Looks like injury prone Odom is outperforming Shaq on his own, for half the price, and being 8 years younger. With each year that passes that deal becomes better and better for us. And for what its worth Odom has missed 32 less games than Shaq over the past two and a half seasons.

BTW since your so high on Farmar, you should note that he was drafted with a pick from that Shaq trade. And we turned Caron Butler into Kwame Brown, a wild card type manuever. But Kwame and Farmar may wind up being the two pieces that land us Jason Kidd. So in essence we received Odom and Kidd for Shaq if that went down. So what are you complaining about?

I'm for signing Pippen because we have some useless players on our roster, his leadership could help. But I don't think he can provide us much more than that. Scottie was done on a crappy Bulls team several years ago before he retired. You think that sitting at home doing nothing but aging has made him a better player in the past few years?

Fat chance of getting Boozer now. We had our chance a couple of seasons ago and it fell through. He's playing like an MVP candidate this season, we don't have the pieces to trade for him unless it involved Bynum.

Ron Artest would help us the same way he helped Indiana and Sacramento. He would give them a false sense of hope, and then implode on them, splitting the team apart and then being traded away for less than face value.

JC in regard to S Pippen I agree with you totally. That is what we need in LA, older veterans that can bring leadership, experience, poise, crediblity, and wisdom the team. As far as getting older players to come to LA- what seasoned veteran would not want to live in Hollywood and live the life of a pampered NBA player? LA has always had great players because LA is an easy sale. That is why Shaq left Orlando to come to LA and Why Kobe left Charlotte to come to LA- Jerry West sold them on the Lakers franchise and Life in LA. That is my problem with M Cupcake business transactions thus far. LA has been coming up on the shorter end and that must stop. We are not some small time franchise in the fridged wilderness. LA has the best weather, best known franchise and brightest stars. Older veterans are cheaper than the younger guys and we don't have one big name veteran (35 to 43) on the team. We have Kobe but he needs some experienced players around him and the team. The nucleus of the Lakers should always be younger very talented players but they should be surrounded by a few veterans each and every year. Look at what Kareem has done for Bynum. Bynum has greatly improved and is confidence as a dominant center is growing each game. I will answer the couple of synics we have now, No Kareem should not suit up. Just having him around to help the younger big men is great. Kareem should also be working with K. Brown as well as Bynum unless the Lakers know K. Brown will be history soon. It's great to have one player trained by Kareem but imagine if we had two or three.
As far as the Shaq trade being fair. Come on! Shaq brings both size, talent, and many intangible leadership skills. The players in the League both fear and respect Shaq. Look how C. Barkley kisses Shaq's butt on TNT's inside the NBA. That's one player Barkley will not attack like he does so many others. If Barkley fears Shaq you know the other players in the league do. The players around Shaq feed off him and adopt his personality. I mean honestly, would you feel good going to battle each night with that big mother on your team in the paint? So Heck no, the Shaq trade was not for equal value no matter how you slice it. If we could'nt have sent he him to Indy, that's Ok, we just would have had to keep shopping until we found a deal that favors LA.
That's why I say Pat riley punked M Cupcake in the Shaq trade. Riley was salavating for a player like Shaq. We could have gotten much more for Him. I say size for size, talent for talent, and so on. If we gave Miami the most dominant player in the NBA we should have gotten Morning, Wade, Odom, and a first round draft pick. Wade could have been traded for Bibby or Kidd later.
Hind sight is 20/20 but we must not let this habit of giving away good talent cheap continue. This must stop if we are going be back in the hunt for a title.

coolingwater921 wrote:

J.C. Smith wrote:Yeah, we just had so many much better offers for Shaq. Face it, we were pigeon holed. We had to trade Shaq quickly, and he held all the cards, becuase teams wouldn't trade for him if he wasn't willing to re-sign. So two years go by, Miami did get a title (thanks mostly to Wade and some shady officiating), which saves that deal for them. They got a title it was worth it. But the fact of the matter is they owe Shaq $80 million over the next 4 years (including this one) and...

Lamar Odom This Season:
16.6 points, 9.4 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 0.8 steals, 0.6 blocks. Played in 33 games

Shaq this season:
13.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.3 steals, 1.8 blocks. Played in 13 games

Looks like injury prone Odom is outperforming Shaq on his own, for half the price, and being 8 years younger. With each year that passes that deal becomes better and better for us. And for what its worth Odom has missed 32 less games than Shaq over the past two and a half seasons.

BTW since your so high on Farmar, you should note that he was drafted with a pick from that Shaq trade. And we turned Caron Butler into Kwame Brown, a wild card type manuever. But Kwame and Farmar may wind up being the two pieces that land us Jason Kidd. So in essence we received Odom and Kidd for Shaq if that went down. So what are you complaining about?

I'm for signing Pippen because we have some useless players on our roster, his leadership could help. But I don't think he can provide us much more than that. Scottie was done on a crappy Bulls team several years ago before he retired. You think that sitting at home doing nothing but aging has made him a better player in the past few years?

Fat chance of getting Boozer now. We had our chance a couple of seasons ago and it fell through. He's playing like an MVP candidate this season, we don't have the pieces to trade for him unless it involved Bynum.

Ron Artest would help us the same way he helped Indiana and Sacramento. He would give them a false sense of hope, and then implode on them, splitting the team apart and then being traded away for less than face value.

JC in regard to S Pippen I agree with you totally. That is what we need in LA, older veterans that can bring leadership, experience, poise, crediblity, and wisdom the team. As far as getting older players to come to LA- what seasoned veteran would not want to live in Hollywood and live the life of a pampered NBA player? LA has always had great players because LA is an easy sale. That is why Shaq left Orlando to come to LA and Why Kobe left Charlotte to come to LA- Jerry West sold them on the Lakers franchise and Life in LA. That is my problem with M Cupcake business transactions thus far. LA has been coming up on the shorter end and that must stop. We are not some small time franchise in the fridged wilderness. LA has the best weather, best known franchise and brightest stars. Older veterans are cheaper than the younger guys and we don't have one big name veteran (35 to 43) on the team. We have Kobe but he needs some experienced players around him and the team. The nucleus of the Lakers should always be younger very talented players but they should be surrounded by a few veterans each and every year. Look at what Kareem has done for Bynum. Bynum has greatly improved and is confidence as a dominant center is growing each game. I will answer the couple of synics we have now, No Kareem should not suit up. Just having him around to help the younger big men is great. Kareem should also be working with K. Brown as well as Bynum unless the Lakers know K. Brown will be history soon. It's great to have one player trained by Kareem but imagine if we had two or three.
As far as the Shaq trade being fair. Come on! Shaq brings both size, talent, and many intangible leadership skills. The players in the League both fear and respect Shaq. Look how C. Barkley kisses Shaq's butt on TNT's inside the NBA. That's one player Barkley will not attack like he does so many others. If Barkley fears Shaq you know the other players in the league do. The players around Shaq feed off him and adopt his personality. I mean honestly, would you feel good going to battle each night with that big mother on your team in the paint? So Heck no, the Shaq trade was not for equal value no matter how you slice it. If we could'nt have sent he him to Indy, that's Ok, we just would have had to keep shopping until we found a deal that favors LA.
That's why I say Pat riley punked M Cupcake in the Shaq trade. Riley was salavating for a player like Shaq. We could have gotten much more for Him. I say size for size, talent for talent, and so on. If we gave Miami the most dominant player in the NBA we should have gotten Morning, Wade, Odom, and a first round draft pick. Wade could have been traded for Bibby or Kidd later.
Hind sight is 20/20 but we must not let this habit of giving away good talent cheap continue. This must stop if we are going be back in the hunt for a title.

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coolingwater921 wrote:Guys I see other teams sign great free agents but why is it Mitch can't seem to get great free agents to come to LA. He did get Vlady and Radmonvic but that's it. If that is all he can get out of a league of great players you know the Lakers are in a deep fix. Detroit's team 1st turned around when they added Rasheed Wallace and now they've done it again by adding Webber.

coolingwater921 wrote:Guys I see other teams sign great free agents but why is it Mitch can't seem to get great free agents to come to LA. He did get Vlady and Radmonvic but that's it. If that is all he can get out of a league of great players you know the Lakers are in a deep fix. Detroit's team 1st turned around when they added Rasheed Wallace and now they've done it again by adding Webber.

Lakeshow24 wrote:

coolingwater921 wrote:

J.C. Smith wrote:Yeah, we just had so many much better offers for Shaq. Face it, we were pigeon holed. We had to trade Shaq quickly, and he held all the cards, becuase teams wouldn't trade for him if he wasn't willing to re-sign. So two years go by, Miami did get a title (thanks mostly to Wade and some shady officiating), which saves that deal for them. They got a title it was worth it. But the fact of the matter is they owe Shaq $80 million over the next 4 years (including this one) and...

Lamar Odom This Season:
16.6 points, 9.4 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 0.8 steals, 0.6 blocks. Played in 33 games

Shaq this season:
13.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 0.3 steals, 1.8 blocks. Played in 13 games

Looks like injury prone Odom is outperforming Shaq on his own, for half the price, and being 8 years younger. With each year that passes that deal becomes better and better for us. And for what its worth Odom has missed 32 less games than Shaq over the past two and a half seasons.

BTW since your so high on Farmar, you should note that he was drafted with a pick from that Shaq trade. And we turned Caron Butler into Kwame Brown, a wild card type manuever. But Kwame and Farmar may wind up being the two pieces that land us Jason Kidd. So in essence we received Odom and Kidd for Shaq if that went down. So what are you complaining about?

I'm for signing Pippen because we have some useless players on our roster, his leadership could help. But I don't think he can provide us much more than that. Scottie was done on a crappy Bulls team several years ago before he retired. You think that sitting at home doing nothing but aging has made him a better player in the past few years?

Fat chance of getting Boozer now. We had our chance a couple of seasons ago and it fell through. He's playing like an MVP candidate this season, we don't have the pieces to trade for him unless it involved Bynum.

Ron Artest would help us the same way he helped Indiana and Sacramento. He would give them a false sense of hope, and then implode on them, splitting the team apart and then being traded away for less than face value.

JC in regard to S Pippen I agree with you totally. That is what we need in LA, older veterans that can bring leadership, experience, poise, crediblity, and wisdom the team. As far as getting older players to come to LA- what seasoned veteran would not want to live in Hollywood and live the life of a pampered NBA player? LA has always had great players because LA is an easy sale. That is why Shaq left Orlando to come to LA and Why Kobe left Charlotte to come to LA- Jerry West sold them on the Lakers franchise and Life in LA. That is my problem with M Cupcake business transactions thus far. LA has been coming up on the shorter end and that must stop. We are not some small time franchise in the fridged wilderness. LA has the best weather, best known franchise and brightest stars. Older veterans are cheaper than the younger guys and we don't have one big name veteran (35 to 43) on the team. We have Kobe but he needs some experienced players around him and the team. The nucleus of the Lakers should always be younger very talented players but they should be surrounded by a few veterans each and every year. Look at what Kareem has done for Bynum. Bynum has greatly improved and is confidence as a dominant center is growing each game. I will answer the couple of synics we have now, No Kareem should not suit up. Just having him around to help the younger big men is great. Kareem should also be working with K. Brown as well as Bynum unless the Lakers know K. Brown will be history soon. It's great to have one player trained by Kareem but imagine if we had two or three.
As far as the Shaq trade being fair. Come on! Shaq brings both size, talent, and many intangible leadership skills. The players in the League both fear and respect Shaq. Look how C. Barkley kisses Shaq's butt on TNT's inside the NBA. That's one player Barkley will not attack like he does so many others. If Barkley fears Shaq you know the other players in the league do. The players around Shaq feed off him and adopt his personality. I mean honestly, would you feel good going to battle each night with that big mother on your team in the paint? So Heck no, the Shaq trade was not for equal value no matter how you slice it. If we could'nt have sent he him to Indy, that's Ok, we just would have had to keep shopping until we found a deal that favors LA.
That's why I say Pat riley punked M Cupcake in the Shaq trade. Riley was salavating for a player like Shaq. We could have gotten much more for Him. I say size for size, talent for talent, and so on. If we gave Miami the most dominant player in the NBA we should have gotten Morning, Wade, Odom, and a first round draft pick. Wade could have been traded for Bibby or Kidd later.
Hind sight is 20/20 but we must not let this habit of giving away good talent cheap continue. This must stop if we are going be back in the hunt for a title.

Shaq is long gone. Move on, and let's deal with the present, the current situation. I wouldn't trade Odom for any player in the NBA other than Kevin Garnett. Nobody else. If that can't be done, I'm keeping Odom.

As far as this Kwame Brown/Jason Kidd scenario goes, I think we shouldn't bite. Suck it up, the Lakers aren't going to win the championship this year. We're stuck with the team we have. Let's make a move for Pippen, let's try to make moves for other point guards.

I'd like to see the Lakers focus on adding defense to the mix. Bring Pippen in here, make a move for a guy like Earl Watson from Seattle. Earl will come here and play some defense. I'd also like to see the Lakers bring in a bigger guard, so either Sasha Vujacic or Smush Parker have to be moved. I kinda like them both, and would probably trade Sasha over Smush just because Smush picks up sneaky steals and is a world-class finisher around the basket (when he gets there).

NJ is asking too much for Kidd. If they won't take Kwame for him, they can keep Kidd. Sure, I'd love to have Kidd here, but not at the cost of Farmar, Kwame, Mihm, draft picks, etc,. No thanks, it's not like Kwame is making 20 mill. Kidd makes more than Kobe in salary.

The Lakers should try to move Mihm, and Sasha Vujacic, for an Earl Watson. If Seattle hardlines the Lakers for some young talent, I'll toss Farmar in the mix so long as the Lakers get Earl Watson and a mobile small forward who can actually shoot the rock with some consistency. I'd also like to pick up Pippen and Doug Christie off their couches, because they'd be cheap, they're tall, and they are veterans.

FutureLakerGM wrote:

coolingwater921 wrote:Guys I see other teams sign great free agents but why is it Mitch can't seem to get great free agents to come to LA. He did get Vlady and Radmonvic but that's it. If that is all he can get out of a league of great players you know the Lakers are in a deep fix. Detroit's team 1st turned around when they added Rasheed Wallace and now they've done it again by adding Webber.

I hope that's a typo

coolingwater921 wrote:

FutureLakerGM wrote:

coolingwater921 wrote:Guys I see other teams sign great free agents but why is it Mitch can't seem to get great free agents to come to LA. He did get Vlady and Radmonvic but that's it. If that is all he can get out of a league of great players you know the Lakers are in a deep fix. Detroit's team 1st turned around when they added Rasheed Wallace and now they've done it again by adding Webber.

I hope that's a typo

There you go again showing how small you are again. This is not a newpaper and you are not an editor. Grow some more and then come back and join us.
What did we say last time: Repeat this, I am love, I am love, and I am I important.

Maybe building your self-esteem will help you not be so judgemental.

Lakeshow24 wrote:

coolingwater921 wrote:

FutureLakerGM wrote:

coolingwater921 wrote:Guys I see other teams sign great free agents but why is it Mitch can't seem to get great free agents to come to LA. He did get Vlady and Radmonvic but that's it. If that is all he can get out of a league of great players you know the Lakers are in a deep fix. Detroit's team 1st turned around when they added Rasheed Wallace and now they've done it again by adding Webber.

I hope that's a typo

There you go again showing how small you are again. This is not a newpaper and you are not an editor. Grow some more and then come back and join us.
What did we say last time: Repeat this, I am love, I am love, and I am I important.

Maybe building your self-esteem will help you not be so judgemental.

Well, not to nitpick here. But if you're going to make an argument, you have to establish credibility for yourself. If you call Mitch Kupchak "Mike Cupcake", Kwame Brown "Q Brown" and refer to Vladimir Radmanovic as two different people... it just makes you look like you don't know these people. And if you don't know these people, you don't know the Lakers, and therefore you don't know what you're talking about.

We're still giving you the benefit of the doubt that you make countless careless typos, but...

Paul wrote:

coolingwater921 wrote:Guys I see other teams sign great free agents but why is it Mitch can't seem to get great free agents to come to LA. He did get Vlady and Radmonvic but that's it. If that is all he can get out of a league of great players you know the Lakers are in a deep fix. Detroit's team 1st turned around when they added Rasheed Wallace and now they've done it again by adding Webber.

Again, it aint that easy to get Superstars or good players, that we didnt got Webber is cause HE picked Detroit and not us, this is not our fault, it was Webbers pick to go to Detroit.

coolingwater921 wrote:

Lakeshow24 wrote:

coolingwater921 wrote:

FutureLakerGM wrote:

coolingwater921 wrote:Guys I see other teams sign great free agents but why is it Mitch can't seem to get great free agents to come to LA. He did get Vlady and Radmonvic but that's it. If that is all he can get out of a league of great players you know the Lakers are in a deep fix. Detroit's team 1st turned around when they added Rasheed Wallace and now they've done it again by adding Webber.

I hope that's a typo

There you go again showing how small you are again. This is not a newpaper and you are not an editor. Grow some more and then come back and join us.
What did we say last time: Repeat this, I am love, I am love, and I am I important.

Maybe building your self-esteem will help you not be so judgemental.

Well, not to nitpick here. But if you're going to make an argument, you have to establish credibility for yourself. If you call Mitch Kupchak "Mike Cupcake", Kwame Brown "Q Brown" and refer to Vladimir Radmanovic as two different people... it just makes you look like you don't know these people. And if you don't know these people, you don't know the Lakers, and therefore you don't know what you're talking about.

We're still giving you the benefit of the doubt that you make countless careless typos, but...

Wow you really are small, I bet that becomes a real problem at times huh.
Any nit-wit could see I was talking about Vladi Divac, and Radmonoivic when I mentioned the only two Free agent LA has gotten recently with any real name recognition. I can't help you with your smallness but I can help you grow up a little. Breath deep..........are you ready? Ok now let's try this again: I am loved, I am loved, and I am important. Say that about a 1000 more times and maybe you be mature enough to stop judging the people here on what they supposedly miss spell. Don't be so negative there is a lot more right here you could look at if you choose to do so.
I am not upset with you. Lakeshow, for all I know you may be the nicest guy on the planet. No hard feelings, I just want you to move on from being our post editor and our neighborhood Hell raiser. Remember I said Vlady and Radmonivic and you jumped the gun instead of thinking that oh yeah Vladi Divac and Radmonivic are two seperate people.
Love is a beautiful thing,
I forgive you son.

coolingwater

Jajwa wrote:See I think Farmar could be a very point guard, but great? He isn't quite Nash as far as his skill-set goes so he can't get away without good D (it's alright honestly, it'll be average as far as starter's go or a little better). His shot isn't anything amazing, so how is he going to be great?

He's a great pick though for the 26th overall though. Go back and look at previous drafts and who teams got there. After around the lottery the players in the draft really get bad usually and if we get a starting point out of Farmar, wohoooo....

Paul wrote:You say we gave away Shaq for nothin and that we should have traded Shaq to f.e. Indiana for Jermaine, Psycho Artest and crap, sure i would do it, but Shaq wouldnt go to Indy to play with garbage, and if we would try to trade him to indy, he would just say that after one year he will opt out and be free agent, leave indy with nothin, so indy would never do it.

Think about this.

coolingwater921 wrote:Farmar is a major difference in the Lakers this year. Farmar is going to be great in a couple of years he should not be traded for any reason. If Phil would play Farmar more we would win more. Smush is great and has some nice moves but Farmar is a very smart and poised point gaurd. Farmar has lots of heart and he is not scary at war time. Phil needs to give Cookie and Farmar way more play time than he does. Phil is very methodical in his approach to the game. He doesn't like to go with younger guys to often and to much. I think that why Kobe and Phil had problems in the Shaq and Kobe era. Kobe was the younger guy and Phil like to stick with the more experienced players. It was nothing against Kobe is just Phil methodical approach to the game. Having said that Farmar is being over shadowed by Smush right now and Phil needs to give him more playtime. Farmar, Bynum and Cookie should not be traded by no means unless we have a chance for 2 to 3 great players to replace them. Not one great but 2 to 3 greats for these guys. In my opinion Farmar, Bynum, Cookie, Kobe, Walton and Odom should be the players that we keep for good. Kwame could be in that group but I'm not sure he is as dedicated to the game as he should be. I hope this guy gets it together he and Bynum could be another version of the Twin Towers but in LA.

Coolingwater

Lakeshow24 wrote:

coolingwater921 wrote:Farmar is a major difference in the Lakers this year. Farmar is going to be great in a couple of years he should not be traded for any reason. If Phil would play Farmar more we would win more. Smush is great and has some nice moves but Farmar is a very smart and poised point gaurd. Farmar has lots of heart and he is not scary at war time. Phil needs to give Cookie and Farmar way more play time than he does. Phil is very methodical in his approach to the game. He doesn't like to go with younger guys to often and to much. I think that why Kobe and Phil had problems in the Shaq and Kobe era. Kobe was the younger guy and Phil like to stick with the more experienced players. It was nothing against Kobe is just Phil methodical approach to the game. Having said that Farmar is being over shadowed by Smush right now and Phil needs to give him more playtime. Farmar, Bynum and Cookie should not be traded by no means unless we have a chance for 2 to 3 great players to replace them. Not one great but 2 to 3 greats for these guys. In my opinion Farmar, Bynum, Cookie, Kobe, Walton and Odom should be the players that we keep for good. Kwame could be in that group but I'm not sure he is as dedicated to the game as he should be. I hope this guy gets it together he and Bynum could be another version of the Twin Towers but in LA.

Coolingwater

What have Brian Cook and Jordan Farmar done, in the NBA, to prove they are tradeable for a "GREAT" player? C'mon...

Tariff because he plays with passion and heart.

24/8Lakerfan wrote:

Tariff because he plays with passion and heart.

Tariff...hahaha. LMAO. I feel your pain Lakeshow24.

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