Buss:

[TheMarkMadsen]

This would have changed the entire course of NBA history.. KG was extremely close to coming to the Lakers and joining Kobe in 07..

Lakers probrably win the championship in 07, 08, and then with the emergence of young bro Gasol in 09, 10, 11, 12 they stay competitive with the Big 3 for those years.. man I would have preferred this over what actually happened..

we more than likely end up with 3-4 rings out of this..

[QUOTE]The Lakers offered a package built around multi-skilled forward Lamar Odom and 19-year-old center Andrew Bynum, a promising second-year player who would eventually become an All-Star. Odom had a history of flaky behavior, however, and Bynum was unproven.

The Celtics

[TMacYaoRockets]

Imagine, Kobe, Kevin Garnett and Pau on the same team. Good thing the trade didn't go down.

[warriorfan]

Makes sense McHale had a thing for Jefferson. Post game love cause thats what he used to do.


Also makes sense he sent KG to the Celtics, probably figured if he was gonna hook up anyone with the Big Ticket it might as well be his boys in Boston.

[TheMarkMadsen]

Imagine, Kobe, Kevin Garnett and Pau on the same team. Good thing the trade didn't go down.

nah the other Gasol

Lakers traded him for Pau

[nzahir]

nah the other Gasol

Lakers traded him for Pau

But kg would have also cost the pick that became marc gasol I believe.
So the team wouldnt be as good to me.
Turiaf/Mihm/whoever
Kg
Luke I think
Kobe
Fisher

And then you have bench guys like farmar and ariza

[Eric Cartman]

Lamar and Gasol > KG

Glad how that went down, 2 titles bitch.

[Spurs5Rings2014]

Lamar and Gasol > KG

Glad how that went down, 2 titles bitch.

[Genaro]

Celtics past make the difference for McHale I see. And Lakers could've had Pau too since he was traded for Kwame, Crittenton, picks and rights of Marc.
Fisher - Kobe - Ariza/Artest - KG - Pau smells like dynasty.

But kg would have also cost the pick that became marc gasol I believe.

Don't think so. Marc was the 48th pick in 07. Lakers would probably send future first rounders.

[ProfessorMurder]

Celtics past make the difference for McHale I see.

They said they didn't trust Odom and Bynum. Their thoughts have been proven 100% correct.

Odom is mental and Bynum is a lazy quitter.

They'd have gone to Minny and sucked.

[FireMcFailPlease]

Well. We could not have ended up worse than we did with bostons haul. Still would've been laughed out of the league if we took Odom and Bynum

[Fallen Angel]

Getting Odom and Bynum probably means no Rubio and Love as they would build the team with shooters and perimeter scorers.

They'd probably keep O.J. Mayo the first season. In the 2009 Draft I don't think they would select Rubio because he can't shoot and Curry because it was a question about his position and defense. I could see them loving Johnny Flynn to the point they'd draft him. They wouldn't make the Draft Day trade for Washington's pick since they wouldn't be pressured into taking Ricky Rubio.

Johnny Flynn
O.J. Mayo
Mike Miller
Lamar Odom
Andrew Bynum

That would be the starting lineup for the 2009-2010 season.

[kamil]

blah blah blah lakers fan entitlement blah blah blah

Yeah man, you guys were about to get ever superstar in the league.

[Derka]

That SBNation write up on KG's impact on the NBA was a stellar read.

I remember that summer of 07, praying to the gods old and new that KG came our way. That draft day deal for Ray and Big Baby was the sign to me: we were going to get him. Just glad he didn't end up in LA

[Bosnian Sajo]

They said they didn't trust Odom and Bynum. Their thoughts have been proven 100% correct.

Odom is mental and Bynum is a lazy quitter.

They'd have gone to Minny and sucked.

Yea, because Al Jefferson was so much better for the Twolves. How did they do in the playoffs with big Al?

[ImKobe]

Lakers would have been a much better defensive team with KG. 3 titles in a row from 07-09.