Comments on: Lakers Trading Pau Gasol? Don’t Hold Your Breath

By: sfg5538

sfg5538 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:49:16 +0000

Don’t see how the Wolvs trade s potential. Both offers suck but I would even take the Toronto package over Minnesota

By: A.P.

A.P. — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:18:15 +0000

Remember when the Heat “sucked” after they signed the big 3? It’s December 6th

Remember when the Heat’s big 3 were in their prime when they signed?

By: Flaccid Indigestion

Flaccid Indigestion — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:11:21 +0000

Don’t think D12 will want to sit and be replaced by another, better FT-shooting, big on the Lakers.

By: Flaccid Indigestion

Flaccid Indigestion — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:10:02 +0000

“I do want the ball more in the fourth quarter,” a frustrated Howard told FOX Sports exclusively after the game.
“I want to become a closer. The only way you get there is by getting the ball and have coach have the confidence in giving me the ball.
“That’s how Kobe (Bryant) and the rest of the great fourth-quarter players got that way. It’s trial and error. When Kobe first got in the league, it took him a while to become the killer he is in the fourth quarter now. That’s because he went through that phase where he had to learn what shots to take and just get confidence in taking shots in the fourth quarter.
“That’s one thing that I want for myself, so I can become the guy who finishes games for my team. I want to be that guy whose team wants him to close games out for them. Coach just needs to have confidence in me.”

Linkhere

By: knifeyspoony

knifeyspoony — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:00:09 +0000

Williams is a beastly athlete who can play the 3/4

that’s a very flowery way to say “tweener.”

he’s sitting behind Kirilenko because he doesn’t play either of those positions particularly well.

I guess it’s possible D’Antoni can see something in him that Adelman can’t, but I’d imagine you can do far better than Williams and Pekovic for Gasol.

By: sctrojans

sctrojans — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:46:45 +0000

The idea of Williams as a centerpiece for a Gasol trade is absurd. The guy is a lazy, tweener bust

By: WheresWallace

WheresWallace — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:44:25 +0000

Loling at TBL using D.Williams shooting 37 percent from 3 as a reason the Lakers should get him. He’s made 11 3s. That’s not one game. That’s total. Move over Reggie Miller.

Stats McIntyre to the rescue!

By: Nada

Nada — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:27:42 +0000

Are Kobe and Pau showing each other The Pelican in that photo? All kinds of ick there.

By: Tim Ryan

Tim Ryan — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:25:59 +0000

Kobe is playing some of the best basketball of his career.

So he’s still five or six notches below Jordan on an average night. Sounds about right.

By: Eric T0upal aka BrawnyTom

Eric T0upal aka BrawnyTom — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:25:54 +0000

I think Pairing him with Love and Rubio would get the best out of him. How about a 3 team deal?

By: YYSA

YYSA — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:19:44 +0000

Gasol can’t net that great of a haul in a trade regardless of who you are dealing with. The guy is 32 and a spaniard. safe to say that physical cliff is coming. (Or he could already be off it and just peddling the bike plane thinking he is flying)

By: Wide Word of Sport (?)

Wide Word of Sport (?) — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:13:56 +0000

Safe to say that Derrick Williams isn’t still shooting 60% from 3PT like he did at Zona?

/caps lock auto-toggling appears fixed
//no longer feels like a 13 year old girl

By: Babar 2.0

Babar 2.0 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:13:37 +0000

Williams isn’t logging heavy minutes in Minny because AK-47 is/was playing out of his mind.

Who was he stuck behind last year?

Also, he’s not a 37% 3ball guy…SSS…he shot 26% last year.

By: tjd8686

tjd8686 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:13:23 +0000

I’d take Bargnani over Derrick Williams every day of the week. Especially in D’Antoni’s offense. Williams has no position

By: Eric T0upal aka BrawnyTom

Eric T0upal aka BrawnyTom — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:12:19 +0000

Jason, no way D’Antoni has the stones to bench Dwight late in games. It’s not happening. His ego is too fragile anyways. He’ll always be a liability, but unless the coach wants to alienate him, they are not benching him late in 4th quarters.

By: Wide Word of Sport (?)

Wide Word of Sport (?) — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:12:14 +0000

aNY CHanCE To AmnEstY koBe Then, to avoId CaP hit? I assume YOU CANT Amnesty AND RE-SIGN A PLAYER, right?

/broke the caps key
//computer is a bit iffy now, deal with it

By: Babar 2.0

Babar 2.0 — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:12:03 +0000

I wouldn’t worry about too many close games if Derrick Williams is your starting PF and logging 35 minutes a game.

By: Jason McIntyre

Jason McIntyre — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:11:13 +0000

Williams isn’t logging heavy minutes in Minny because AK-47 is/was playing out of his mind.

By: Jason McIntyre

Jason McIntyre — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:10:10 +0000

Eric, you don’t think this Dwight FT thing is going to eventually result in a benching? Shaq dealt with it. D12 will, too.

there’s no way you LOSE a playoff game with Dwight bricking FTs. no way.

By: Eric T0upal aka BrawnyTom

Eric T0upal aka BrawnyTom — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:09:52 +0000

LAL-Utah