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kobeodom Starting Rotation
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angel Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | Detroit then traded swingman Maurice Evans to the Los Angeles Lakers for the rights to Cheick Samb, a 7-1 center from Senegal. Samb had been taken with the 51st pick.
Evans averaged five points in 80 games for the Pistons last season, sharing a backup role with Carlos Delfino.
"We felt there just weren't going to be enough minutes" for Evans, Dumars said. "His agent called and said they might want to be somewhere where more minutes would be available, and we tried to make that happen." |
Maurice Evans is a 6'5" 27 year old SG, who is a ready bench backup player. Late second round picks are long shots. The Lakers have a useful player to fill a role. Samb is an interesting project, who won't be ready to contributes for years. _________________ "Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that." ~~Martin Luther King Jr.~~ |
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Tarzan008 Star Player
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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Dont look at the 5 points average....Thats in limited and uneven minutes.But one thing you can be assured of is Evans is a real nice defender,really strong at both the 3 and 2,Built strong,and athletic.
Samb is at least 2 years away from being a "possibility at the back-up role at center....."....
I think this is a really nice pick-up.Farmar and Evans adds a whole lot for us......If we can now go get another starter type for Mihm,and also add banks to Farmar and Evans,we will be well beyond just a top 10 team IMO...... |
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they-perch Star Player
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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the biggest plus wont be amazing performances, but a nice hustle player/spark off the bench. the best part about him is that gives kobe REST. something that is quite priceless. the more rest we can afford to give kobe the fresher his legs will be in the 4th qtr, by the end of the season, and the longer his career will last. _________________ mike breen with the call: "dwayne wade has the ball with nine seconds left... the refs for the WIN BANGGGGGGGGGGGGGG." |
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DancingBarry Editor-in-Chief
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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I'm glad we bounced that Cheick.
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Fan0Bynum17 Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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A lottery season can get Kobe a lot of rest, that's true. |
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angel Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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In a weak draft, getting anything out of #51 is good. _________________ "Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that." ~~Martin Luther King Jr.~~ |
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Socks Franchise Player
Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 10761 Location: Bay Area, CA
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:47 am Post subject: |
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Good solid trade - something for nothing. Evans will be a solid bench player for us who defends two positions very well. No jump shot whatsoever, can slash to the basket and is a good rebounder for his position. Good job on this one... |
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J.C. Smith Franchise Player
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:03 am Post subject: |
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I can't see the negativity regarding this trade. We already have a young center project in Bynum, we didn't need another one. IMO we drafted Samb only to trade him for Evans.
Evans is a solid player. IMO he was drafted to replace Devean George, should he (and he likely will) walk this summer. He can play two positions and is pretty similar to what we had previously in Jumaine Jones and Laron Profett. Those guys didn't have great stats, but they were solid role players, and that is what Evans should be for us. |
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Lakersfield Star Player
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 6:30 am Post subject: |
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The art of small moves, maybe Mitch is getting it. _________________ Started posting on Lakersground when it was lakers/rivals.com since Aug.2000. |
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Flight Star Player
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:04 am Post subject: |
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Great deal! There's probably no way Samb would have made it anyway. Like another poster said, players picked that late almost never make it. So we got a good defensive role player with the 51st pick.
Evans is a lot better than a lot of people think.. |
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R-Tistic Star Player
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:28 am Post subject: |
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Great trade IMO....I was really mad that we got him over Hassan Adams, who is probably similar to what Maurice Evans is. |
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LakerLanny Retired Number
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:08 am Post subject: |
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Maurice Evans is a solid player. Add him to the roster, lose one of the projects.
Getting rid of Slava was a start. Now we need to cut the rest of the dead weight and add solid players like Evans.
Great move with that 51 pick of Samb, I doubt very much he makes the league or has any impact. _________________ Love, Laker Lanny |
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LakerLanny Retired Number
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:09 am Post subject: |
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DancingBarry wrote: | I'm glad we bounced that Cheick.
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Do the Samba baby! _________________ Love, Laker Lanny |
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eagles nut Star Player
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:40 am Post subject: |
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In the interview with Kupchak before the draft, he talked about the possibility of trading a pick for a player using their trade exemption so I suspect this deal had already been agreed to before the draft and the Lakers picked Samb for Detroit. |
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Mege Starting Rotation
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:16 am Post subject: |
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What's the skinny on Evans (measurements, vert, etc.). I've read he's a freakish athlete. I've seen James White has been compared to Evans in couple of places. It seems this guy is not afraid to explode in traffic.
http://www.draftexpress.com/viewarticle.php?a=58 |
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LakersMD Star Player
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:44 am Post subject: |
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Socks wrote: | No jump shot whatsoever |
He improved to 37.4% from behind the arc this year...not too bad. |
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BygDaddy Starting Rotation
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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Evans was one of the best 3 point shooting % about halfway into the season until they cut his PT. |
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LakerFan1972 Star Player
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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eagles nut wrote: | In the interview with Kupchak before the draft, he talked about the possibility of trading a pick for a player using their trade exemption so I suspect this deal had already been agreed to before the draft and the Lakers picked Samb for Detroit. |
You are right. Mitch in an interview last night said the trade was agreed to the morning of the draft. Small trade for Mitch but a good one. Hope Mitch can turn some of the other extra pieces (ex. Mihm, Cook, Mckie) into something useful. |
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angel Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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In other words, the Lakers drafted for the Pistons. Getting a proven solid bench player in Evans for a late second round pick is a good use of resources. Picks that late are usually projects with little hope of making the roster. _________________ "Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that." ~~Martin Luther King Jr.~~ |
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Mike@LG Moderator
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 12:28 pm Post subject: |
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Gnat wrote: | What's the skinny on Evans (measurements, vert, etc.). I've read he's a freakish athlete. I've seen James White has been compared to Evans in couple of places. It seems this guy is not afraid to explode in traffic.
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angel Franchise Player
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:30 am Post subject: |
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He's about Spree's size. _________________ "Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that." ~~Martin Luther King Jr.~~ |
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R-Tistic Star Player
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Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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I wondered why the Pistons signed him....then I saw him in the summer league game, lookin tall, dark, and with a large, very picked out afro....and remembered who they lost a few weeks before.....and said hmm...makes sense!! |
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angel Franchise Player
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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Mo is starting to get a feel for the offense. _________________ "Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that." ~~Martin Luther King Jr.~~ |
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:33 am Post subject: |
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