http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/225723/Source_Nets_Preparing_To_Pursue_Trade_For_Dwight Not sure how legit Jarrod Rudolph is. The Nets just won't give up on trying to get this guy.
Look for Lopez to tank his game now to avoid being traded to Minnesota. Also, how much better is Lopez compared to Pekovic? They duplicate each other position-wise.
As dumb as Khan seems to be I doubt he is stupid enough to fall for, "Yeah! You'd be way better trading away your star PF that rebounds and shoots the 3 well for a fodder in a 7 footer that rarely makes his production worth the amount of money he's paid. DO IT!!!" Good thinking King.
Rudolph is Dwight's personal mouthpiece because he plays by Dan Fegan's rules. He doesn't question anything, just reports exactly what they tell him to. He's the guy Dwight gave the exclusive interview to after the "opt in" last year, and the guy who screamed from the hilltops that it was a LOCK that Dwight would be traded to Brooklyn in early July. Basically, this is the same playbook as last year. This is Dwight's team getting the conversation started and applying the initial wave of pressure. It'll pick up more as the deadline approaches (assuming the Lakers don't start winning). Only this time, Dwight doesn't have the choice of "opting in" for an additional year and trying it again over the summer, so his team is even more desperate. It's amazing how silly guys like Rudolph make themselves look. The "... searching for a third team with an attractive piece that would help facilitate a trade that would deliver Howard to the Nets" clause? He might as well be saying this: the Nets know the Lakers or any competent front office wouldn't want a maxed-out Brook Lopez, so they need a team to go brain dead and give them something of substantial value (and on a cheap contract) for Lopez. Same song, third verse.
Lucky for us that didn't happen. A lot of Love fans in the board would start hating the Lakers even more.
http://espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=a7x3fog This seems like a good trade they could make. hahaha Lopez to replace Howard Brooks to be Kobe's eventual replacement Wallace a sf the Lakers desperately need Blatche as well...canon fodder
Lol, here he go again. Meanwhile I'm listening to Stephen A say that Dwight has to be traded because otherwise he's gone for nothing. Will be interesting. I think the Lakers if they make some kind of move will rebuild on the fly. They'll have a new core to build around after the All-star game. It always works out for them in the end.
IMHO, Love would fit and be the ideal peice that the Lakers would need to be competitive. Would allow Pau to roam the post and play with his back to the basket, could play off Nash and Kobe well while spacing the floor from three point range, and would rebound just as well as Dwight would. Thank God he's not a Laker. I'd trade for him now if I were Houston, seeing that his trade value is at it's lowest possible due to injury.
This S$#% again!! Is ESPN that desperate for a story. The Lakers would be dumb to get scared by this. Even if Dwight makes a serious plee to get out of town...which doesn't seem likely at this point, they still hold the power in the finances of Dwight. This is why Morey was so willing to trade for Dwight this Summer even if he was going to be an unrestricted free agent in the Summer. If they keep him, and hold his bird rights... its VERY, VERY, unlikely Dwight gives up a guaranteed 30 million in salary to sign elsewhere... Which... hint, hint ISNT goin g to happen Brooklyn in free agency. They do not have the cap space to sign him in free agency. He would have to go to a team like Dallas, Houston, Phoenix, or Cleveland to get the max. Brooklyn does not even have the ability to give the full mid level exception to an Unrestricted Free agent. The only way this happens is if Dwight uses Dallas or Houston as a potential free agent destination next Summer, and publicly comes out to say he is planning to sign there in the Summer, but he will accept a trade to Brooklyn now instead. I seriously doubt his agent Dan Fagan is telling him to take that risk. Because to Dwight, he can still re-sign in LA this Summer, wait 6 months, and then seek a trade once his finances are secured with that mega contract he's going to recieve. This article, and the talking heads at ESPN bringing this crap up again, and again is pathetic.
Is this a joke? Timberwolves would trade Love for Lopez? COME ON NOW. LOL. I'm leaving a mental note that Jarrod Rudolph is an idiot.
And I'm looking to date a supermodel. Gotta love the Lopez-Love three-way angle, too. Makes no sense for Minnesota whatsoever, but I hey... at least it makes sense for Lakers and Nets.
I have to agree with some of the other sentiments....why would the twolves trade kevin love for Lopez. It makes absolutely no sense.
Exactly my thinking. You know we(the Nets) don't really have any attractive pieces to trade, so we need some mystery third team to bring in an attractive piece to get the Lakers to make a trade. We don't really have anything worth a crap to offer this third team but maybe they won't realize they are getting the shaft and will give up their piece(s) for nothing. At this point I hope I don't hear the Rockets mentioned as a destination or a third team.
Brook Lopez gets more asset treatment than any Rockets player to ever have the misfortune of being GMed by Morey. Dude is the king of trade rumors.
