Lakers update
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Started by Kool 2k6
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Jun 2004
Phil Jackson left the Lakers Friday night after a meeting with owner Jerry Buss, Shaq wants to be traded...but that leaves Kobe "off-target" Bryant and a few other kinks that needs to be ironed out....
Kobe opted out of his contract, and will be an unrestricted free agent July 1st. Now the word on the street is, the Lakers will offer him a 7 year $140 million contract. A contract that cannot be matched or beat by any other team in the league. But how will they pay Kobe that much $$$ with Shaq on the same team?
They wont. Shaq is now demanding a trade. He's always said that if he can't play for Phil, he wont play with the Lakers at all, and now he wants out. O'Neal is also unhappy with the direction in which ownership is headed.
But what about Payton? Rumor has it that G.P. is willing to stay with the Lakers, now that Phil Jackson and that God-awful excuse for a triangle offense is gone, Gary Payton may remain a Laker. G.P. has gone on record saying that he did not like the triangle offense (greed maybe?). Now that its gone, he may stay. Only time will tell.
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Man sen Shaq to NY so he can play wit Penny Again.
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I guess the new word is that the Miami Heat wants Shaq bad and is offering big bucks however, the Kings and Mavericks are still trying to get in on the deal. I also heard that Kobe has been meeting with the Clippers. Can you even picture Kobe with the Clippers? I don't see it happening, but I also don't see too much happening for the Lakers if the team is split up (Fisher opted out his contract also). This year the Lakers should have went all the way, but everyone had their own agendas and they were not working as a team. Who cares about Payton anyway....he obviously did nothing to help the Lakers and if he wants a ring that bad....staying with the Lakers (after all the trades) will not get it. I will always remember the 3 championships that Shaq and Kobe brought to the Lakers....hopefully, we see them being productive next season!
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MzHowardU07 wrote:I guess the new word is that the Miami Heat wants Shaq bad and is offering big bucks however, the Kings and Mavericks are still trying to get in on the deal. I also heard that Kobe has been meeting with the Clippers. Can you even picture Kobe with the Clippers? I don't see it happening, but I also don't see too much happening for the Lakers if the team is split up (Fisher opted out his contract also). This year the Lakers should have went all the way, but everyone had their own agendas and they were not working as a team. Who cares about Payton anyway....he obviously did nothing to help the Lakers and if he wants a ring that bad....staying with the Lakers (after all the trades) will not get it. I will always remember the 3 championships that Shaq and Kobe brought to the Lakers....hopefully, we see them being productive next season!
