there is a reason why dwight asked for josh smith during his meeting. he must not think there is enough on the team. of course he might just be an awful GM too
Centers win championships. Can't wait to see what a roster with a champion looks like. Winning will be fun.
Marc Stein @ESPNSteinLine 13m Three rival execs told ESPN tonight they think that Warriors ARE capable of trading Bogut, Jefferson and Biedrins if LA won't sign-and-trade
Oh, and clearly we are dealing with someone that loves having all the attention in the world. Wouldn't shock me at this point it he waited another 2 weeks just to soak it all up.
Easy to add both. Assuming Detroit would do it, you S&T for Calderon by sending Lin to Detroit. Then you sign Dwight. Then you trade Asik, Jones, and White's contract to ATL for Smith and can pay Smith up to $16.6M.
You're assuming they would be late first round picks. That isn't a lock. In any case, a team like...say....Orlando who has a huge trade exception could use that and pick up the 2 best of the expirings and 2 future #1's. Next summer, they are off the books nice and tidy. They know it doesn't matter since they aren't going anywhere in 2013/14.
Dwight's deciding tomorrow. While ESPN has their flaws, they don't put this on the front page if they don't double check their sources first. He's also not confused. He's had months to explore the possibilities, and had an idea of where he wanted to be before July 1. Morey, Tad Brown, Doc Rocket are all supremely confident he's coming. I stand by my prediction he's a Rocket tomorrow.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Lakers source said Dwight was "probably" gone before the meeting. Doubts the meeting did anything to change that stance.</p>— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArashMarkazi/statuses/353028671705059328">July 5, 2013</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Why the eff are we willing to sign and trade for this dude losing players when we can just sign him outright???? Why does he want to help the Lakers out??? What the eff is this, man!!! Dilute the team you're going to to help th team you're leaving as a UFA? Why?????
