The Hawks are aggressively shopping Josh Smith to the Lakers for Pau Gasol, beginning their pursuit shortly after the Western Conference semifinals. Smith has been unhappy with Atlanta for more than a year. Smith has one season remaining on his contract for $13.2 million. Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wireta..._Josh_Smith_To_Lakers_For_Gasol#ixzz1z3EvNJJX
Josh Smith is worth more than Pau Gasol at this point. Seems like a desperate Hawk move to me, and the Lakers get a better and younger player.
The Lakers were starting to show their age in the playoffs, so its natural that the NBA would want to see them improve. It would be nice to go through a Laker style "rebuild" once in a while.
I really hope Atlanta doesn't rescue the L@kers from Pau's contract. I want it to sit like an anchor around their necks.