From RealGM: K-Mart Staying? Nuggets Don't Just Want Cap Room

[Laker7]

Living in Colorado and following the local news, I can tell you the Nuggets are in a quandry.

Karl and Kiki are not seeing eye to eye on the talent currently on the team. Kiki thinks the roster is underperforming and Karl thinks they don't have enough talent.

Kiki is coming to the end of his contract and would like to make a big splash in the playoffs (get past the first round) in order to get another contract with the team. Karl would like Kiki to go and to take over the GM duties himself.

Karl thinks KMart isn't tough enough to play through injuries and sits when he should be toughing it out. KMart does not respond to Karl yelling and critcizing him.

Miller (UFA) and Nene (RFA) want big money next year and Melo will want big money the year after. But the owner (Stan Kroenke) does not want to pay the luxury tax. Martin, Watson and Camby are all under contract for the next 4 years (after this one) at $25mil (07), $26.8mil (2008 ), $28.4mil (09) and 29.6mil (10). Someone has to go in order to keep Melo and either Nene or Miller.

Laker7
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[lakers0505]

Beggers cant be choosers, for those who are turning away k mart in a heatbeat. We need a quality gaurd,a big man, a a shooter , along with keeping lamar to be in contention this season. Too be in contention other than a formula than that, we need another superstar flat out.

[Ank]

Odom is not being traded for Kmart. It would make no sense toe the Lakers to do that. I think, what we're trying to do to put together a package of expiring contracts and one player that might be useful to Denver and see if they bite. Odom/George though? That's way too much. Kmart is being shopped everywhere. His trade value is low. With New York out of the picture, it might be just us.

[4OnTheFloor]

[4OnTheFloor]

[Heartburn]

Giving Odom is paying too much. If they'll take some expiring scraps and a 2nd round pick, and they may have no choice, I'll take KMart.

He's impact. We have no impact on this team after Kobe and ocassionally Odom. We need reliable impact. KMart fits the description.
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[4OnTheFloor]

[wolfpaclaker]

[4OnTheFloor]

[gng930]

We had the same reservations about Baron during the last trade deadline and look we he did for GSW for the rest of that year. His injury history is just as bad. K-Mart doesn't put up spectacular offensive numbers, but he is an active force on defense, which is what we need. He allows Odom to play 3rd option where he is more comfortable.

If we can get him without giving up Odom, WE SHOULD. Talentwise, Odom and K-Mart are better than whatever we could hope to get in FA in 2007/2008/whatever year it is now. K-Mart has a history of injuries, but he misses about 15 games a season which is no worse than what we could depend on Shaq for in the past.

The combined shot-blocking ability of Odom, Martin, and Bynum a couple of years down the line is pretty incredible. If his knees check out and we don't give up Kobe/Odom/Bynum, why not?

[wolfpaclaker]

Ofcouse he would be doing better but not if you bring in those guys for a player that gives the Lakers playmaking and rebounding - post option sometimes too. Do that trade and he has to facilitate again.

If you said Martin and Miller - I would agree with you. Miller makes up for all of Odom's ballhandling and passing ability and then some.

[GameCock-MD]

[LakeShow06]

some people are foregtting one name in the equation......Chris Mihm

and yes - i would take K-mart at this point in a heartbeat and i haven't even been a fan of his much at all - but we need a second prescence and he might be able to provide it - and if we goit either Watson or Lenard in the background - i'll take that right now!

[jmac78]

Would anyone trade Odom, George, Slava for K-Mart and Andre Miller?

[ALbino]

If the price is as low as people seem to think (George + Slava + Pick) then we do it if for no other reason than we could just retrade him for the same garbage later if we had to. There's nothing to lose when the cost is that low. It's the same thing I said about the Baron Davis and Artest trade (the non-Odom one). Whether or not he would fit in the offense and whether or not he would work well with Kobe when the price is that low and you can make the trade you do it. If you can get a star for junk you can always retrade that star for somebody elses junk later if it doesn't pan out.

AL.

[MIMLaker]

Shoot, I'd send Kwame, Devean and/or Slava if it could get K-Mart and Watson. Yeah, it blows 2007 to hell, but imagine this lineup:

C -- Mihm, Bynum
PF -- K-Mart, Cook
SF -- Odom, Luke
SG -- Kobe, ???
PG -- Wtason, Smush

That starting lineup could hang with many in the West... provided K-mart doesn't have 99-Cent Store knees.

MIM
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[Laker7]

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[AussieLakerFan]

I think Denver needs to make room for Nene, and are using Kenyon's 'knees" as an excuse to justify it to Nuggets fans...

I think we need a player that can play with intensity and heart... I'd do it... But, not for Odom, not that it would be, because they would want cap space, no matter what they say...

[JerryMagicKobe]

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