Reports are it's going down. FA signing

Adding Jamison and Nash for nothing. So much for all the Lakers depth problems if it happens.

Happy for him. Dude has been stuck on sucky teams for years

It's his fault for signing contracts with ****ty teams to begin with

They'll be ahead of the Spurs in the standings within the month.

that does provide depth they didn't have previously, but i'm not that impressed with Jamison. He's a 4 right? so he'll be stuck in a logjam behind fgasol. If he's a 3 he'll be behind metta world peace, which come to think of it may not be a bad idea actually.

They are getting awfully old.

that dude is still around?

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They are getting awfully old.

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This.

Dude averaged last year:

17.2ppg, 6.3rpg, 40% FG, 34% 3pt, 68% FT

To put that in perspective: he would have pretty much been singlehandedly better than the entire lakers bench.

would be a huge pickup.

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Dude averaged last year:

17.2ppg, 6.3rpg, 40% FG, 34% 3pt, 68% FT

To put that in perspective: he would have pretty much been singlehandedly better than the entire lakers bench.

would be a huge pickup.

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Shareef

Lakers could take the West next year.

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Dude averaged last year:

17.2ppg, 6.3rpg, 40% FG, 34% 3pt, 68% FT

To put that in perspective: he would have pretty much been singlehandedly better than the entire lakers bench.

would be a huge pickup.

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More hyperbole from Simplebay.

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Lakers could take the West next year.

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I highly doubt it. We'll see.

Remember when LA had Gary Peyton at the point (with a seasoned, but still young, Derek Fisher behind him), Kobe at the 2, George/Fox at the 3, Karl Malone at the 4, and Shaq at the 5?

They did win the West (barely), but missed out on the title, and this lineup was far superior to this one. My point is that it often doesn't work our when a team picks up an aging star and expects him to be the difference. Role players can fit in without disrupting the chemistry that has been developed, but plugging in guy who you expect to (often) run your offense through is a lot harder. It takes awhile to get it working, and that's hard on the old guys.

^^^^ debateable.

Payton averaged 14ppg that year, and Malone was out for like 60% of the year. the starter was Slava Medvedenko

Devean George started. Kareem Rush was the backup 2 guard.

compare that to:
Nash
Kobe
Artest
Gasol
Howard/Bynum

Bench:
Jamison
Blake
Hill
to be determined

Hey, speak for your own ballsack.

Antawn shoots 16 times a game at 40%?

He must subscribe to the....