What do you think we could get for Bynum?

pjiddy · Retired Number Joined: 12 Dec 2005 Posts: 29077

This is a thread for trade speculation, not outrageous Homer fables like "Bynum is Untouchable!" and "Bynum will be Shaq/Hakeem/Kareem/MJ/Jesus combined in 8-10 seasons..." Consider those opinions voiced. As for us pragmatists, we're being more realistic: We have maybe a 2-3 year window of Prime Kobe to capitalize on and Bynum is probably our best shot at landing an All-star. I thought Pau Gasol would be a pretty good coup, though opinion was obviously divided on that thread. Rashard Lewis I think we could probably get in a trade (Seattle knows they're gonna lose him anyway). Either one of those guys I think would be great with Kobe, Odom, Kwame, and Mihm. Anyway, thoughts?

NestT · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:26 pm Post subject:

A Dynasty.

According to all reports he is untouchable.

pjiddy · Retired Number Joined: 12 Dec 2005 Posts: 29077

No one in the league is untouchable. We traded away the most dominant center of all-time (for 35 cents on the dollar), but we won't give up an unproven question mark?

eldrunko714 · Starting Rotation Joined: 31 Dec 2005 Posts: 223

Andrew Bynum, Chris Mihm, and Brian Cook for Jermiane Oneil.

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tgf5 · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:51 pm Post subject:

sodapoppenski · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:38 pm Post subject:

kups · Star Player Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 1716

I'll be fine with it if Bynum can get us a young big man (Dwight Howard) or a young PG (Chris Paul/Kirk Hinrich) + decent big.
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lakers0505 · Franchise Player Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 10701

ummm no , i dont want a big for a small!!

yungdame · Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:55 am Post subject:

only if it gets us KG

Luke · Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:37 am Post subject:

KingKobeDubbz · Starting Rotation Joined: 09 Jun 2005 Posts: 734

I feel that we should be more optimistic on this kids future. Seriously it could bite us on the ass if we dealt him this early. Then again he could turn out terrible who knows. I say keep him around for year or two and see where he takes us. Until then dishing him right away without seeing his development could be crucial.

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showtime1308 · Starting Rotation Joined: 05 Dec 2005 Posts: 283

he is worth a lottery pick which is what he was.

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

You don't deal a guy before you have any demonstration of what he'll be able to do. It's hard to see any team wanting him as the centerpiece to any deal. If you're only trading him and scrap, you're not going to get much. If he's the icing in a trade for a superstar, so be it, but then it isn't something we're getting for Bynum.

About all we could actually get for Bynum himself is a comparable player draftwise, like a Channing Frye or Ike Diogu. In a way, though, such a trade isn't worth it for either team. The team that trades for Bynum is worse off in the present, because both of those guys contribute more right now, and we could easily become worse off in our long-term plans because neither of those guys has anywhere near the same upside.

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Aussiesuede · Franchise Player Joined: 27 Jul 2005 Posts: 10964

So the idea is to gut the team to get Kobe some help? That would mean next season would be the season of geling together (Every Superstar needs it). Then 2007/2008 to become contenders. If we are to believe that there is only a 3 to 4 year window of Kobe's prime as suggested :roll: then that would mean Kobe would have a chance to win a max of 2 titles before his prime magically expires. Then where do these wonderfully foresighted people see the organisation being? In rebuilding mode with an over the hill former superstar and starting from scratch again?? Oh wait....Maybe Kobe get's traded at that point for a young superstar? I just can't figure the shortsigtedness of some. Keeping Bynum isn't just about maximizing Kobes prime. This is an organisation that wants to be well placed for IT's future, not just the future of ONE of it's players. The Lakers won championships before Kobe (11 of em) and they'd like to be in a position to win some after he's long and gone. Unlike Chicago with Jordan, the Bulls have always sucked - and now they suck again because they put all their eggs in one basket. Boggles the mind how so many here want to see the Lakers follow that blueprint. And if you really think Kobe/Gasol yeilds more titles than Kobe/Shaq in 7 years then I've one thing to say: Pass it on over here bruddah. I wanna take a toke too....
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wolfpaclaker · Retired Number Joined: 29 May 2002 Posts: 58344

I'm pretty sure that Artest would have been a Laker if the Lakers had dealt Bynum.

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venturalakersfan · Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:26 pm Post subject:

The league changed the rules for Wilt, and they changed the rules for Shaq. That tells you a lot about their respective dominance.
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