<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Peter Vecsey of the New York Post says that while a lot of attention was paid the last few days to a proposed Nets-Clippers deal, the other LA team, the Lakers, recently made an offer for Jason Kidd. The offer included expiring contracts and Laker rookie point guard Jordan Farmar. But buried in the Vecsey column is this tidbit: Joumana Kidd hasn't filed a respose to Kidd's divorce papers because she is "fervently trying to reconcile".</div> Source
<div class="quote_poster">Mercury Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Source</div> Doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The Lakers don't have nearly enough in expiring contracts, nor the cap space to match Kidd's contract. The only expiring contracts the team has is McKie ($2.5M), Mihm ($4.2M) and Shammond Williams ($1.75M). Jordan Farmar's contract is under $1M, so this totals up to just under $10M. Jason Kidd makes $18M, so the Lakers would have to include Kwame along with the rest of those players for Kidd. The Lakers don't really have the depth in the frontcourt to trade Kwame.
Who would make that deal? It doesn't seem worth it to me, especially with Williams soaking it all in from the bench. Kidd might be aging but he is useful as a tutor and mentor to Williams
