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How Many Games Will The Lakers Win With Mike D'Antoni?

  • 40-49...They're Going To Get Worse

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  • 50-59...Good Enough For A Solid Seed, Not Too Shabby

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  • 60-65...Top Seed and Impressive Record, Thumbs Up

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  • 66-70...Scary Good, All Teams Are Now Officially Scared

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  • 71+...Might As Well Cancel The Playoffs

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antawn still gonna get benched 8o what if..

He's probably going to see 30 minutes tomorrow.

We'll probably see

Nash / Duhon
Kobe / Meeks / Morris
MWP / Kobe / Ebanks
Jamison / MWP / Clark
Sacre

They won't have someone tomorrow. So Sacre will play 40 minutes tomorrow. But I think within the next day or two they'll either make a trade or sign someone.. (They pretty much have to)
 
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Well if we miss the playoffs.. Which is still doubtful. Hope the lottery balls are cooked :rollin

Lakers don't have any first round picks correct? Traded for Sessions last season?

Correct me if I'm mistaken.

Top- 14 protected

So missing playoffs = having a lottery pick
It goes to the Suns if the Lakers miss the playoffs. It goes to the Cavs if the Lakers do make the playoffs.

This was written on NBA.com on New Year's Eve

According to the terms of the very tangled sign-and-trade that was strictly Phoenix-Los Angeles but involves moving parts from four other teams, the Heat would have to miss the playoffs for the Lakers to lose their 2013 first-rounder. And even that may not do it.

The Suns, on a very secure course to have a lottery choice of their own, will get another first-rounder from the Kings, Cavaliers, Lakers or Heat, through deals those teams made through the years. That it will be the worst of the selections means the Miami pick, originally sent to Cleveland in the 2010 LeBron James sign-and-trade, is the obvious favorite to land in Phoenix. (Sacramento, with its No. 1 top-13 protected, almost certainly keeps the chip anyway.)

So all indications are that 2015 is the soonest the Suns can get anything directly from the Lakers in the Nash deal. That first-rounder will definitely belong to L.A., but with protection that could delay delivery until 2016 or even 2017. It may not be paid out until 2018, when protections finally expire.

Of the two second-rounders sent to Phoenix, the 2013 choice started in Denver and includes protection that could push it back to '14, and the definite 2014 selection was Lakers' property all along. So, Nash may end up costing Los Angeles the grand total of one No. 1, one No. 2 and $3 million from its own vault. Other teams -- from among the Heat, Cavaliers, Kings and Nuggets -- will likely pick up the rest of the tab.

Suns officials won't talk about the Draft implications of the Nash deal, maybe because they don't want to appear to gloat over Lakers' woes. But this always has been a difficult relationship. The Suns and Lakers are not merely rivals in alignment (fellow members of the Pacific Division) or geographically (with just 375 miles of desert separation, a six-hour straight shot on Interstate 10). It's not about location or going against logic by making a swap that would be a clear victory for a division opponent.

This has long been personal, a Lakers-Suns thing for years. The two teams met in the playoffs three times in five years (Phoenix won in 2006 and '07, L.A. in 2010), and Kobe Bryant still holds a special distaste for Planet Orange. Nash himself originally said he could not imagine defecting like this, but changed his mind to be close to his kids in Arizona.

Now, here they all are, the Lakers trying to find dependability, the Suns with their own troubles but hoping to build for the future, and a 2013 first-round pick floating around, somewhere, out there.

http://www.nba.com/2012/news/features/scott_howard_cooper/12/31/lakers-suns-draft-2013/index.html



Also from Real GM draft credits
2013 first round draft pick to Phoenix
The L.A. Lakers will send the least favorable of their own 1st round pick (top-14 protected), Cleveland's own 2013 1st round pick, Sacramento's own 1st round pick (top-13 protected) and Miami's 2013 1st round pick to Phoenix. If the L.A. Lakers' 1st round pick is within the top-14 selections, Phoenix will automatically receive the L.A. Lakers' 1st round pick. [L.A. Lakers-Phoenix, 7/11/2012]

2013 first round draft pick to Cleveland
Cleveland has the right to swap the least favorable of their own 2013 1st round pick, Miami's own 2013 1st round pick (top-10 protected) and Sacramento's own 2013 1st round pick (top-13 protected) with the L. A. Lakers own 2013 first round pick (top-14 protected). If the L.A. Lakers own 2013 first round pick is #1-#14, then the L.A. Lakers' obligation to Cleveland shall be extinguished. [Cleveland-L.A. Lakers, 3/15/2012]
 
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Earl Clark becomes the next lebron James tomorrow

Ebanks and Clark have their shot..

I hope Clark shows out and does his best 2012 Jordan Hill impression..

I have no faith in Ebanks. Dude has talent, but can't put it together for more than 1 game out of 20.
 
There is a lot of confusion with that pick even among sports writers, but the Lakers are not drafting in the 2013 first round. The pick is going to the Suns even if it's in the top 14. The top 14 protection only applies to obligations with CLE and not PHX.

Source:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/laker...raft-picks-protected-20121210,0,5209218.story

and

2013 first round draft pick to Phoenix
The L.A. Lakers will send the least favorable of their own 1st round pick (top-14 protected), Cleveland's own 2013 1st round pick, Sacramento's own 1st round pick (top-13 protected) and Miami's 2013 1st round pick to Phoenix. If the L.A. Lakers' 1st round pick is within the top-14 selections, Phoenix will automatically receive the L.A. Lakers' 1st round pick. [L.A. Lakers-Phoenix, 7/11/2012]
 
Trade him for who? The guy has a no trade clause in his contract.
Better to amnesty him than trade him at this point. No team will want to take on that 30 million dollar contract.

Why would we even consider either of these options? :lol

Like Kobe is the reason why we suck this year. He's statistically having one of the best seasons of his career

If we can't get a good deal for pau all we can do is make a couple pickups for our bench and make gasol our backup center. He'd be much more productive.
 
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so let me get this straight ya'll want the Lakers to Trade A Superstar who's having one of his best seasons ever and has won the team 5 Championships, at the tail end of his career.

I swear it difficult discussing this team with some of yall.
 
so let me get this straight ya'll want the Lakers to Trade A Superstar who's having one of his best seasons ever and has won the team 5 Championships, at the tail end of his career.

I swear it difficult discussing this team with some of yall.

It aint all of us bro.

Just a few people who tend to panic at every crossroad.

Trust me, many of us avoid all these "trade scenarios" because we know NONE OF THEM will happen.
 
I think we're delusional if you think some team is going to gift us some studs for a washed up Gasol. LIKE WE DIDN'T GET HANDED D12 ALREADY. This season is a wrap. And D12 is more tinman than superman--he has no heart. Let him walk
 
Let d12 walk? Id say ok if gasol was still playing at a high caliber but hes not. His trade value has dropped and we wont get anything for him. Looks like we just gotta ride out the storm
 
I don't wanna trade Howard but straight up if L.a management is really committed to D'antoni (SMFH) then their is no point keeping him here. LA can still get A lot for Dwight even if he's not at a 100%.

I've been one of those guys saying he isnt going to leave due to their being no other options.... but that was also when i was under the impression that LA was going to be a dominant force & now its looking like we'll barely make the playoffs. so i'm really at Odds with this because you dont want to waste the last two years of Kobe & Nash career trying to rebuild through young players.

Their best bet is to trade Pau for a couple of solid pieces and bench players and grab a 4 that can sit outside and make open shots. Ryan Anderson would be ideal but would they really want Pau considering their not in the best cap situation as stands
 
Lol, PHX is trying to get Rudy for Jared Dudley and a draft pick (probably ours) :{
 
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