Lakers offseason thread: Renovation era

[ManBearPig]

depends who would he be drafted by.

he might win some with the Raptors with Vince Carter already there but i dont know about a team like the Nuggets.

 

[PTBG]

Actually I don't remember there being ANY reports about Kobe not liking Mike Brown. Kobe was consistently backing him publicly and behind the scenes, he was just mad about the Lakers not consulting him before hiring Brown.

The people who were bumping heads with Mike Brown were Metta, Fisher, Bynum, and to a lesser extent Barnes. All of them called Mike Brown out publicly and reportedly had beef with him in private.

also add McRoberts, Ebanks, and almost the rest of the Lakers bench bad mouthed Brown too lol I'm like damn even the bench is trashing Brown too

 

[King Jove]

When people say centers who retired just before him are WAY BETTER (hakeem i mean you) yeah, it underrates him.

shaq is dat dude but

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Why do you all seperate "dominant" and "best" for shaq ONLY? Nobody else gets that treatment...its a cop out to protect the image of his peers.

 

[jfkennedy]

Why does he have a issue with passing the reigns to Bynum then, and have Bynum all out of pocket, if he dont want the ball in his hands, the only reason he wanted an elite PG and was happy about CP3 is because he knew his ass would get easy buckets, as long as the equation equals more shots for him he's totally fine with it

Giving the ball up to a pg and a center are two different things. Bynum can't even effectively pass out of a double-team. Of course Kobe wants a pg that'll distribute the ball, that isn't a center's job.

 

[PortCityProphet]

Giving the ball up to a pg and a center are two different things. Bynum can't even effectively pass out of a double-team. Of course Kobe wants a pg that'll distribute the ball, that isn't a center's job.

truff

 

[Lakerman0834]

Giving the ball up to a pg and a center are two different things. Bynum can't even effectively pass out of a double-team. Of course Kobe wants a pg that'll distribute the ball, that isn't a center's job.

I was a bynum stan but dude just doesnt have passion and fire to be an all time great. I think we need to trade him not pau since he will get us more back dude is out there just collecting checks

 

[Malta]

Hakeem's game was prettier, but Shaq in his prime is the best center I've seen There was literally no way to defend against him.

Now that he's retired and we see all the bum ass centers, people need to appreciate just how special he was, 7"1 with no shoes, 9"6 standing reach, 300+lbs and a 36" vertical, dude is a one in 6 billion genetic lottery winner.

 

[holidayinn21]

shaq top 10, but his dominance came when the center position declined.

the only big man that was seeing him at that time was duncan.

and he still ain't better than hakeem.

 

[RedBull]

The problem is Mike Brown, as long as he's coaching LA there will be problems. His culture doesn't fit the present players, especially Pau. Get rid of Pau for Smoove,get Beas and fire Brown. Case solved.

 

[Street Knowledge]

Shaq's competition at the C position sucked. Let's be real. He only made all NBA 1st team in 98' when all the other centers were flabby and sick

00-02 is one of the worst era for centers ever. Then you add in a top 5 player In Kobe and it's not hard to see why he dominated.

Your telling me of you put Prime Hakeem(or any other HOF center) in this field with a top 5 player they wouldn't dominate and rack up chips too?

 

[PTBG]

damn I guess the pipe dream is over now with MKG going to the Lakers. They are saying the Wiz are strongly considering Barnes, and I have no clue MKG is gonna go now. The Wiz trade sounded great on paper, but I guess not now. Oh well, at least we will probably get Beasley and trade Pau, so I'm not that mad.

 

[PTBG]

We are hearing that Wash Wizards r strongly considering Harrison Barnes @ #3 but CHA Bobcats think it might just be a smoke screen

fukk I guess that kills the MKG & Blatche for Pau trade than. fukk it

 

[dre]

No one wants Blatche and Grunfeld would be a fukkin fool to trade for Paulina at his age and contract.

He'd pout just like when the Houston deal was on the table and we don't need that. Nene and Gasol would be nice if you knew what Gasol you were getting but you never know game to game.

 

[Darts]

Pau is done both physically and mentally for the Lakers. Its not even a question if he should be traded...its basically when and who u get for him.