I don't know how credible this Peter Vecsey guy is, so lock it if he's a liar. http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/more_sports/lakers_deal_for_raptors_star_has_FbaSSsePPGi1gsgGsfES9M If somehow this trade happens, Lakers will be champs for 5 years and Toronto will regret getting Bynum, he is very OVERRATED because he's playng in LA Lakers. Jeez just look, Bynum played just 15 good games last year and he considered for MIP. Brooks is playing like an all-star and nobody's even mentioning about him.
If offered, I'd imagine Bynum would be the best thing the Raptors can get for Bosh, assuming they are not keeping Bosh.
That would be great for Toronto, but I doubt Bosh would stay in LA......not enough shots for him. DD
It's kind of funny reading pages of people saying Bosh isn't even worth Landry, and here's the Lakers offering Bynum for him. If the Lakers do get Bosh, then as a Rockets fan I can only hope Kobe starts getting old FAST. Because otherwise, I fear no amount of Morey genius can get us to the finals.
I don't know if even the Lakers could afford Kobe, Pau AND Bosh. Getting Bynum in return for Bosh is probably the best the Purple Dinosaurs could hope for. If the Lakers kept Bosh long-term, they might win 75 games/year. It would move Pau from PF to C, but Bosh would more than make up for it. You could put 71 year-old Jerry West in the backcourt next to Kobe and the Lakers would still win the championship.
Kobe, Artest, Odom, Gasol, BOSH = hand them the trophy for the next 6 years. The NBA should block this trade on competitive imbalance issues. I agree thacabbage, if the Lakers are offering Bynum, that asset is tough to match.
I agree. Let's hope this rumor is not true 'cause Bosh is a better player than Bynum and would be a better fit playing the PF position in the triangle offense with Gasol playing C. The Lakers will dominate the league for 5 years and Kobe would have a chance to be regarded as one of the best player in the history of the game ever. I hate this.
Actually, not that difficult. Fisher comes off the books this season, and Sasha/Morrison both come off next season(or earlier if the Lakers can dump them on another team with picks). That's ~$16 mil/yr right there. Not to mention Bynum himself makes only ~$6 mil less than Bosh. At worst, the Lakers just have to bite the bullet for one year. And their bad contracts would all be off the books.
I like this trade a lot, probably the best trade I've seen for him, plus it places Bargnani back to the PF position, his natural spot. I don't if financially this can work, but it sound good for both sides.
The Lakers wouldn't be able to afford such a team. At least, they wouldn't be able to afford a bench. Bynum makes around $13,000,000 (how grotesque). Bosh would command another $3,000,000. In two years Kobe'll get an extension, starting at, what?, $24,000,000. If and when anything happens to one of the Jackson Five---Kobe, Artest, Bosh, Gasol, Odom---you'd have problems. If anything, I see the Lakers trading Bynum for a smaller contract and/or a pick. Besides, if Bynum's BYC, then it isn't so very straightforward anyway.
You talk about OVERRATED in a thread about Chris Bosh, but don't mention him as overrated? Bosh=most overrated player in the nba
A guy who is used to being the number 1 option and having his pick of the ball...suddenly not getting the ball....that is who.... As I said in another thread: This has chemistry spill written all over it. DD
I'd agree with this. Let's suppose they trade Bynum and have Bosh resign for 17 million, which is about what Gasol makes, so it's a fair amount. The starting five combined then are about 75 million dollars, with a bench of Sasha (slightly better than Cook), Luke Walton (crap), Shannon Brown assuming he executes his player option (okay) and their draft pick. And they don't have a point guard at all aside from Brown. I actually don't know if this would be a title team. The minute one of the five, most probably Kobe gets injured, they're doomed.
I'm sure re-signing Bosh would be the least thing to worry about for Kupchak provided this hypothetical trade goes through. Garnett and Allen used to be number 1 option on their teams and here they are meshing well on the Celtics. Are they getting as many touches as they do before?
This and not saying DD himself said this,maybe he did, I dont know, but many said the same thing about Ron. "Ron wants his touches, how does he fit? It may cause chemistry problems". They seem to be doing ok.