I know how most of us Lakers feel, but how do you Wizards feel about the Kwame & Profit for Chucky and Caron trade? Do you like it? How do you think both players will turn out in the 05/06 season? Will the players they be a bust or a hit? Please, I'm interested to know how you guys feel.
Seeing as how the Wizards are my number 1 team and the Lakers are number 2. I love this trade from both sides. For L.A. -- We get Kwame Brown. Trust me when I say this, he is going to be a star for the Lakers. It might look like we gave up a lot for him right now, but Caron Butler is easily replacable. Caron is a SF, SF are easy to come by. Kwame Brown, on the other hand, is a 7 foot, athletic big man. That is very rare. Phil, Kobe, and the rest of the Laker organization have blessed Kwame with the opportunity to correct his mistakes in the past with Washington. For Washington -- The biggest thing in my eyes. We move Jared Jeffries to the bench, where he belongs. We aquire Caron Butler, a scoring SF that we needed. We added bench depth with Chucky Atkins and we lost Kwame Brown, a distraction to the team because of conflicts with Eddie Jordan.
I feel great The "loss" of Kwame gained us a good SF and a reliable backup for Arenas. I think Butler and Atkins will have a positive impact in Washington; they seem like good characters. As for Kwame, I'm not sure. One thing that amused me was one of his comments in the Washington Post after the trade: "I came into Washington as a boy, left as a man." His last memory as a Wizard was being suspended (for something absolutely ridiculous). That doesn't show any change from a boy to a man. Sure he has size and athletics, but he has not shown good work ethic (C'mon, do you really need Arenas to pick you up for practice?), heart, and character. Here's an article by Michael Wilbon. I agree 100% <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">So Long, Kwame, Thanks for Nothing By Michael Wilbon Post Saturday, July 16, 2005; E01 The saddest thing of all is that Kwame Brown appears to be as clueless today as the day he arrived. It was okay to be a fool at 18, fresh out of high school; the great majority of us were. But he's 23 now and a full-fledged bust whose tough talk on the way out of here makes it so much easier to wave bye-bye without feeling a bit of remorse. The only thing he got partially right in his parting comments to The Post's Michael Lee the other night was, "This is a resurrection." Son, a resurrection is only necessary when you're dead. And yes, indeed, your career here was a flatliner. In the best of times, it was in critical condition. And no matter what happens in Los Angeles and stops beyond, The Career of Kwame Brown will always be a bust here. The real optimists around these parts look at Brown and his hulking body and fret that he'll go to the Lakers and become Jermaine O'Neal, really blossom the way Chris Webber did in Sacramento and Rasheed Wallace did in Portland and Detroit. But there's just as much evidence that suggests Kwame Brown will go to the Lakers and be the slacker he was here, the kid who overslept practices or only halfway practiced when he did show, and always found somebody to blame but himself. Oh yes, he's a bust. That he had the nerve to talk about his "legacy" is beyond laughable. Please, please, please, let the July 22 transaction date get here in a hurry before Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant get a close look at this lame, irresponsible kid and rescind the trade. Legacy? Raise your hand if you see Brown continuing the Lakers legacy of Mikan, Wilt, Kareem and Shaq.</div> Thank for Nothing <font size="0"><font color="blue">Please refrain yourself from posting whole articles in the future. Post 2-3 paragraphs in a quote box and hyperlink the original source. Thank you K8B</font></font>
It's a great trade for both sides, but probably better for Washington. I mean they get a really good player in Caron Butler and a good shooter in Atkins. Lakers are able to get rid of the many many SF's they have for some more size which they do kind of need.
I think it's a better trade for Los Angeles in 2-3 years. Right now, it's a better trade for Washington because they fill that hole that Jeffries created with his lack of offense. Along with the Antonio Daniels signing, Washington has improved from last year and will show the immediate effects of this trade, while the Lakers will be showing they got the better end of the deal in 2-3 years.
