Everybody Loves Kevin

Milicic, Hedo and a #1 for one of the greatest players ever? Wow…..

Lakers’ 2007-2008 starting lineup:

C Chris Mihm (resigned)
PF Kevin Garnett
SF Desmond Mason (FA)
SG Kobe Bryant
PG Marko Jaric

Bench: Mikki Moore (FA), Vlad Rad, Maurice Evans, Sasha Vujacic, Trajan Langdon (FA), 2nd round pick.

The Lakers make the most sense to me. Lakers should take the gamble on 3-5 years of championship contention with 2 top ten players. To me, it also makes sense for Minnesota as they would be building with Bynum, Foye, a couple of good draft picks and, after dumping Blount and Davis, some cap space. What is a bit scary is whether our Minny first rounder will ever come to be. Also scary is the Lakers in contention again… Ughh!!

The orlando trade is garbage…that writer is an idiot.

Half the teams in the league could offer a better package.

Wow, Jared Jefferies is “a 6-11 forward who can defend three positions” — now we know the pitch his agent used to get Thomas to give him that idiotic contract. I can’t wait to hear them describe Jerome James.

(“Steady presence”? “Space eater”? “Battle tested bench ballast”?)

I fail to see how swaping Dirk for KG can improve the Mavs. I might be in the minority here but when was the last time KG averaged more than 25ppg..and since when KG is a go-to-guy. He is a super player and a double-double machine, but he is not a low-post player, and doesn’t get to the line as often as people think…in fact, I could make an the case that Dirk gets to the foul-line just as much if not more. I think swaping those two is like robing Peter to pay Paul.

We should be able to match any of these offers easily. Green, Gomes, Perk and Theo’s contract should be on the table if the TWolves are looking to unload KG for 50 cents a dollar.

Everyone besides Pierce, Jefferson and a top 2 pick should be on the table. But I still bet the Lakers get him.

The Magic and Knicks deals are laughable… neither writer should even be allowed in an internet forum let alone writing for a major newspaper. So, you’d really include David Lee too?? Really?? Wow, I’m sure the T-Wolves will be very grateful… all the other players in that deal are negatives, so Lee just balances them out to get back to ZERO VALUE!

But the Lakers makes sense… Odom and Bynum for Garnett – they’ll do it if they’re not stupid…

BTW, talked to a Lakers fan the other day and told him about the Peter May offer (Pierce for Bynum, Odom, Walton) and much to my shock, he immediately said he’d take it. Wow, and he knows basketball and lives and breathes Lakers… Hmm… Bynum, Jefferson, Durant front court… (drooling)

I still seriously dubt that Kevin would do any deal with the Lakers. He negated one deal several years ago for that very reason. What strikes me as interesting though is Kobe Bryant’s demand to the Lakers front office. Who in the world does he thimk he is? Can anyone here imagine Pierce speaking this way and our fans’ reaction? Great as he is on the court, he always succeeds to alienate me. Another disgusting, drunk with power piggy slopping on anyone he feels wherever he goes. Sorry, I can’t stand him, Antoine Walker, ML Carr, and Thanksdad in the same breath.

gustusias said:

“What strikes me as interesting though is Kobe Bryant’s demand to the Lakers front office. Who in the world does he thimk he is? Can anyone here imagine Pierce speaking this way and our fans’ reaction?”

Pierce has been clamoring for “veteran help” almost as loudly as Kobe. The difference is that Pierce didn’t run Shaq out of town. Did Kobe seriously think he was going to win another title with the Diesel gone? If so, he’s delusional.

Pierce’s agent has made it quite clear that if he doesn’t like what happens in the offseason he may demand a trade.

As much as I dislike Kobe, I think it is ok to pressure the front office to get off their butts and make the team better. I mean Kobe is a once in a lifetime player and the best one-on-one guy in the NBA. He has a few years left at the top and the Lakers management is wasting his prime, just like the Celtics management is wasting Pierce’s. Are they seriously going to wait for 19 yr old Bynum to become Shaq when they could have had Kidd for him at the trade deadline? It’s just plain foolish, especially when the West is so stacked. They need to be in a win now mode.

once we have either Oden or Durant, I don’t care if ever the Lakers get KG or not..I do not think the lakers will win any title even with KG but they certainly will be back in contention again much quicker than our C’s.

Bring on the Rivalry back!!!!…This is what the league needs Boston vs. LA in the finals 2009 and beyond…

Minnesota will trade Garnett out of the conference. Boston would have to include either their 2007 pick or Al to get it done, not both, just one or the other. Gomes, West, Theo, etc. won’t get it done. If somehow it does, Minnesota is way undervalueing him and dealing from a massive lack of leverage.

Garnett would be best on a vet team that is 1 frontcourt player away.

Trading PP & Al for Garnett brings them back to square 1 in my estimation. 1 quality star & some pieces. You can’t count on the pick to be a 20/10 guy out of the box.

Miami, Nets & LA seem to make the most sense.

Any Boston trade for Garnett would turn Minny into Celtics West, and that ship has already sailed. The collection of Blount, RickyD, and some more Celtics has already lost. People say he needs to go to a winner, but great players make teams winners. He did little more than Pierce did with Ricky, Blount, and Mike James. I’m not discounting his value, but he might need to go to a team with an Alpha dog, like Lakers. If Wolves trade Garnett, they should start fresh with draft choices, and not make the fans endure a season of Blount/Davis leading the team. My beat guess of a trade would be with Chicago for Tyrus Thomas, Nociano, and Gordon, plus fillers. Detroit is really humbling the backcourt of Bulls, and they need to get bigger. Deng’s going no where.

we suckered kevin once; he won’t bite again, tho he suckered us with an injured wally. i agree with VTBill, kg needs an alpha dog.

The Orlando and New York offers are hilarious. I geuss in those two cities the trade yahoos aren’t religated to the blog sites, but actually get paying jobs.

it’s funny to read what other teams think the value of their players is. It makes me thinks that celtic fans are pretty normal in that we overvalue our players the same way other teams do. the florida one is priceless. Did somebody actually get paid for proposing that? Quick, where do I sign up for that job?

greenlove said:
  I know this is heresy, but I think Garnett is overrated.

I agree. I think he has great skills, but I think he lacks the toughness needed to have an impact.

Jeff (et al), I was just writing about this from a Lakers perspective. Not just KG, but any major trade the team may make. You’re right that the key for the Lakers getting a deal done is Bynum, but this question is really one of an internal team struggle. Longtime owner Jerry Buss is slowly turning over the basketball side of the organization to his son Jim, and it was Jim that pushed for and made the Bynum pick. It’s really about the younger Buss’ ego and trying to establish himself as a force that has kept Bynum trade offers at bay so far, but the pressure to do something is mounting and Bynum is the trade piece everyone wants. If Laker management decides he can be moved, something will get done (KG, JO, somebody big). With a a young 7-footer with potential on the block you can make a big trade. If they decide Bynum must stay, well, Luke Walton needs to develop Shawn Marion-like skills fast.

By the way, believe it or not, this Laker blogger will be pulling for you guys on lottery night.

Milicic, Turkoglu 1st round pick = Kevin Garnett?
Man, I’ve been saying it for years and I’ll say it again: We must Succeed from Florida.

I agree with you guys on these writers and their trade idea’s, totally ridiculous. That Sam Smith dude is another tardo in that fashion. How do these writers get jobs when they know so little about player values?

Anyhow, I’d have to say that the Bulls would be the best fit. They need a go-to guy, veteran leader type. As good as they looked against the senile Heat, is as bad as they are looking versus the Pistons. They’ll make a play for one of the KG, JO, PG PP types.