http://forums.lakersground.net/viewtopic.php?t=81014&sid=83fd7fa16881305b5ef88b10ab4b3dce emplay reported it!!! For Morrison and Shannon Brown!!! Holy shit we actually unloaded a SF!!!!!!!
Lineup when healthy: pg: Fisher, Farmar, Brown, Yue sg: Kobe, Sasha, Morrison sf: Luke, ARIZA pf: Gasol, Odom, Powell c: Bynum, Mihm, Mbenga This is GREAT news. Since Vlad wasn't going to play many minutes anyways, it's great to trade him for two young players (Morrison and Brown), who at least have the potential to develop into contributors for the team. Not to mention this frees up room for Ariza to get more minutes!!!! Morrison's contract also expires at the end of next season, so more wiggle room under the cap. I seriously wish this was Luke instead of Vlad, but I cannot complain at all. One of them had to go, and Mitch just got away with another great deal. I love MITCH!!!!
Seriously, Mitch came out of nowhere again. This dude has definitely improved. I still have slight hope that Morrison and Brown will live up to their potential here. If they don't, no biggy, they're both gone after next season, whereas Vlad still has 3 years left (I believe). Love you Mitch. Also, it's being reported on ESPN and Yahoo as well, so it's done!
How reliable is Yahoo? http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_y...slug=ap-lakers-bobcatstrade&prov=ap&type=lgns
No, because Vlad never plays anyways. We don't need him. We got rid of a guy who wasn't going to crack the rotation, or improve, for two younger players with better contracts, and some hope of improving.
Well we know what we're getting with Vlad, at least with Brown he can give us a few decent minutes defensively at PG (maybe they can develop into mediocre role players by chance, it is an ok gamble). We might need the depth more there since Fish is old and we had no one to back him up when Farmar went down which just made things worse for Gramps.
