Question: When Raja Bell was unemployed, The Lakers passed on him to get who?

THE_SHOES

You guys know that was a mistake don't you? Bell has 5 yrs under his belt, and plays Kobe pretty tough at times. This means that everybody else has to be more frustrated trying to abuse Bell.

I still remember when he was available. Did the Lakers make him an offer, or what? 6'5 210 and seasoned. Has a decent to good jumper, tailor made for the triangle. Was that an oversight, or was it just impossible to attain him?
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bambam · Star Player Joined: 03 Jul 2003 Posts: 9013

i remember tons of people called him overrated and not worth getting.

2Cleva · Star Player Joined: 17 Jun 2001 Posts: 9195

Phoenix had a done deal with him as soon as FA struck. No one else, including the Jazz, had a shot.

sodapoppenski · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:39 pm Post subject:

wolfpaclaker · Retired Number Joined: 29 May 2002 Posts: 58336

Also I think he was out of our spending range.

We were only offering 2-3 year deals and he got a 5 year deal at 25 millon or so.

8750 · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 12:42 pm Post subject:

we are talking about two seasons ago, when raja bell was a free agent before signing with utah... he was easily available... but if a player is not soft, mitch doesn't get him...

boricua · Starting Rotation Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 172

Lemuel · Sixth Man Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 80

A lot of players that look good playing with Nash might not look so good in the P&G.

In fact, I think he's the first player in the history of the universe to put up better numbers after leaving the Jazz.[/i]

THE_SHOES · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:00 pm Post subject:

I was mainly interested in Raja's defense. He's impressive...
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boricua · Starting Rotation Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 172

eniq 0x00 · Star Player Joined: 06 Aug 2005 Posts: 2724

Kupchak's Biggest Fan · Sixth Man Joined: 07 Mar 2006 Posts: 29

Don't blame Mitch. Blame the sysytem. Go Mitch. Your #1!!!!!

loseyourname · Star Player Joined: 01 Aug 2004 Posts: 1531

The Suns just make good acquisitions. Bell, Jones, and Diaw have all excelled this year, especially Diaw, who has only been a downgrade from Joe Johnson in outside shooting. He's the guy I really wanted the Lakers to try to acquire last summer, but there was probably never any realistic deal they could have made for him. Personally, I wanted them to trade Odom for Diaw and a future pick, thinking the pick would likely be pretty high and they'd have ridiculous cap space when Grant came off. That was obviously never going to happen, since the team doesn't want to "officially" rebuild, and even I couldn't have guessed that Diaw would turn into Odom-lite, with more versatility and better defense, in only one season.

Socks · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 2:38 pm Post subject:

Yeah, Bell and Adrian Griffin were two players who were available where it woulda been nice to get them for their D. Bell is like a younger Griffin with a J.