Pau Gasol's Agent Asks For Meeting With Mitch To Ask For Trade

[MMM]

lakers wont make a trade unless it benefits them.

It is not like the Lakers have leverage. The Lakers are on the rebuilding side of things now, where teams trade assets for lower value players but higher value future potential or picks. Laker fans need to accept their new reality.

[Asiantastic]

lakers wont make a trade unless it benefits them.

Any trade could benefit them right now and you know that no team will trade for Morris/Meeks/Duhon/Ebanks. Kobe, Dwight, Nash or Gasol have to be in the mix somehow to dump and improve the bench.

Everyone thinks Gasol first, right? Well, first his trade value right now is pretty damn low. Big contract and slowly declining? No one is making a big trade for him.

Second, Kobe and Howard are not getting along, so **** Howard as the Lakers future superstar. Howard right now, despite his play, still has 5x the trade value of Gasol, so the Lakers can get much more from him.

I'd much rather keep a core of Kobe/Nash/Gasol plus good role players rather than Kobe/Nash/Howard plus scrubs.

Anyone who thinks the Lakers will trade Kobe is crazy. He's playing bad and it's the best move for the team, but it's actually not the best move in terms of money. Bean still brings in cash. Plus, LA would implode.

[longtime lurker]

Any trade could benefit them right now and you know that no team will trade for Morris/Meeks/Duhon/Ebanks. Kobe, Dwight, Nash or Gasol have to be in the mix somehow to dump and improve the bench.

Everyone thinks Gasol first, right? Well, first his trade value right now is pretty damn low. Big contract and slowly declining? No one is making a big trade for him.

Second, Kobe and Howard are not getting along, so **** Howard as the Lakers future superstar. Howard right now, despite his play, still has 5x the trade value of Gasol, so the Lakers can get much more from him.

I'd much rather keep a core of Kobe/Nash/Gasol plus good role players rather than Kobe/Nash/Howard plus scrubs.

Anyone who thinks the Lakers will trade Kobe is crazy. He's playing bad and it's the best move for the team, but it's actually not the best move in terms of money. Bean still brings in cash. Plus, LA would implode.

I agree with this post. Get Howard the fvck outta LA and let him be someone else head ache. He doesn't want to be there so screw him.

[TheBigVeto]

Gasol should demand a trade that does not benefit the Lakers, because they are disrespecting him.