Genius Mitch Kupchak strikes again! The Lakers have aquired Pau Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton, and a couple first round picks.
The trade has not been officially approved by the NBA yet, but if it goes through- its a masterstroke by the Lakers Front Office. Common sense would dictate that we would have to give up at least Odom, Farmar, or someone that was more of a key peice, but the fact that we are getting Gasol for so little is amazing. The Grizzlies, desperate to unload salary, were content to take Kwame's expiring contract as well as the promise of a bright future with Critter and 2 first round picks.
Unloading Kwame was the right thing to do. He was really struggling with the Lakers, and the fans were famously getting on his case. I am little more sad to see Crittenton go, but this just means we are fully investing our future at the point in Farmar- and I'm okay with that. With Bynum out we can now start a lineup of:
PG- Fisher
SG- Kobe
SF- Luke
PF- Lamar
C- Gasol
When Ariza and Bynum come back, we will have a very deep team with many options for lineups. I think the best lineup would be:
PG- Fisher
SG- Kobe
SF- Lamar
PF- Gasol
C- Bynum
This leaves a very deep second unit consisting of Farmar, Sasha, Radmonivich, Ariza, Luke and Ronny.
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