Lakers trade Vladimir Radmanovic to Bobcats for Adam Morrison, Shannon Brown

[B][URL="http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/../blog/?p=3350"]Charlotte Bobcats General Manager Rod Higgins announced today that the team has acquired forward Vladimir Radmanovic from the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for forward Adam Morrison and guard Shannon Brown[/URL][/B].

Lakers lucky to get out from under Vlad's contract.

i like morrison hope he evolves into something. just hustle adam. i don't give a sh*t about shannon brown. sorry to see vlad go, he and phil just didn't see eye to eye

[QUOTE=Lamar Doom]i like morrison, i don't give a sh*t about shannon brown. sorry to see vlad go, he and phil just didn't see eye to eye[/QUOTE]

that was due to vlad's additional eye due to him being a space alien. :cheers: dude has skills but he's just so out there, it's like he's a team of one at times - too many times.

the league is doomed now, lakers got morrison. What could possibly stop them now?

kupchak must be shrooming

No more Spacecadet...good luck with the Bobcats buddy.

It's a meh deal. But I thought they would keep Vlad because Bynum is out.

Morrison a Laker? Bringing the scumstache to LA.

Goodbye Vlad, too bad we couldn't utilize his talent on this team.

Your INTELLIGENT OPINIONS on this news are welcome.

I was just saying last night that I wished Morrison could find a new team. I think the Lakers will like Shannon Brown. He can play the one and the two.

as long as luke walton is going to start at the 3 and Ariza is going to back him up, there really is no NEED for Vlad, who basically does the same job as sasha, it makes sense positionally to avoid duplication. I hope we waive shannon brown. Morrison and Larry Brown didn't get along either from what I hear, I was convinced Adam wasn't going to make it as a pro but I've seen a couple games with him and he's a decent player, does a little of everything, like a more perimeter oriented David Lee. Work on your jumper Adam, we'll find minutes for you.

Morrison is terrible, that's all I can say. At least Vlade could hit the 3, Morrison is mediocre to bad in every facet of the game.

Watch, in March, Vlad will be pissed for trading him and taking his chance of championship and shoot like crazy and start doing real defense. :D

Hopefully the new guy don't create as much high blood pressure for us Lakers.

Too funny. Adam Morrison and Kobe Bryant finnaly together. I've been waiting for this day forever. Kobe exploded after being traded by Charlotte and so will Morrison

Instead of random comments, everyone put your analysis:


For Lakers/Bobcats, is it:

Win/Win, Win/Lose, Lose/Win, or Lose/Lose??? And why?

Damn I loved Radman. Dude was money from three, and could hit the big shot. He was shooting like 45% from 3 until Phil Jackson decides to kick him off the starting lineup and only play him 5 minutes a game. He was a much better starter than Luke Walton. I am surprised at this.

Oh well, I like Adam Morrison, but Shannon Brown doesn't seem like a very good player. At least Shannon Brown Expires and Morrisons contract is smaller and one year less in length.

It's a lose lose to me...

Lakers lose depth at SF, but save money. Maybe this will help Lakers sign Ariza, Fisher, Farmar. Charlotte gains a better player, but who doesn't really play defense, and has a much bigger contract. Both teams seem better how they were.

LA obviously now the clear favorite to win the title.

Seriously though, why the hell does Charlotte make this deal? Radmanovic's contract is ugly. I understand they gave up on Morrison, but moving him for Vlad Rad?

Adam has more potential than people give him credit for. I watched him drop about 30 early in his career. He wont be a superstar but I wont be suprised if hes a 15-16ppg type on poor shooting. Make some clutch plays here and there. Biger less crazy Vernon Maxwell.

[QUOTE=statman32]Kobe exploded after being traded by Charlotte and so will Morrison[/QUOTE]

:oldlol: Yeah, I swear that Kobe didn't show any of his real skills in his time in Charlotte.

[IMG]http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii7/theondeckcircle/crudupmorrison.jpg[/IMG]

welcome to LA Adam, if ball doesn't work out you can Stand In or Photo Double for BIlly Cruddup

I like the deal. Morrison is basically Vlad without the attitude and Brown is a tough, athletic guard

a couple projects for the lakers... i don't expect to see them get game time until next year... maybe morrison will pick up some minutes here and there.

don't know anything about brown

vlad wasn''t doing anything spectacular this season... kinda a blah trade, nothing earth shattering...

Bad deal for the Lakers unless this is about Vlad's contract..

Vlad was bigmoney from three, decent rebounder, decent defender. Cant blame him for getting owned by Pierce last Finals but when he guards someone his own size he's decent.

Morrison and Brown havent done shlt in this league.

[QUOTE=statman32]Too funny. Adam Morrison and Kobe Bryant finnaly together. I've been waiting for this day forever. Kobe exploded after being traded by Charlotte and so will Morrison[/QUOTE]lol goofball

The Lakers are quietly building a young team outside Kobe, Gasol and Fisher

Bynum
Farmar
Sasha
Ariza

Maybe Sun Yue

Now Morrison. It seems the Lakers don't want to ever be a lottery team.

[QUOTE]Vlad was bigmoney from three, [B]decent rebounder, decent defender[/B][/QUOTE]

You've got to be kidding. Vlad's contract is toxic and he's not needed on this team with Luke and Trevor. Morrison is a project and Brown is bench fodder though he can help against athletic wing players from time to time..

Interesting move by the Lakers.

The Lakers SHOULD have traded for Raja Bell. Thats would have been real news. Maybe Raja's recent injury squashed the Raja offer.

Lakers made this deal for 2 reasons. Maybe 3. Ok 4. Ok there are more than that.

1) Vlads contract was a huge ugly weight. Ariza and Odom are in contract years. Now the Lakers have real space to pay Ariza at least. Odom is currently making 15.5. Who knows what he wants next season.

JUST LOOKED THIS IS BAD THINKING. MORRISONS CONTRACT IS JUST A LARGE AND LONG AS VLADS. Lakers maybe save 2 mil this year and 1.5 next season. I don't completely understand the cap.

Vlad makes 6 mil each of the next 2 seasons.

Adam makes. 4.2 - 5.2 - 6.8(qualifying offer year).



2) Shannon Brown MIGHT be the DEFENSIVE guard(6'4") Phil looking for. Please chime in bobcat fans. Brown hasn't been a big widely known as a defender. Shannons athleticism and quick first step will help the Lakers from getting burned on the perimeter. If he can figure out the triangle. Or else he will not be getting any playing time.

3) Adam Morrison now becomes a project. Can he be a defender? Probably not. Phil J has a fetish for big guards. At 6'8" Morrison may have the potential to actually be a contributor.

Sasha is going to lose playing time as soon as these guys learn the triangle.

Damnit....I really wanted Raja Bell.

Its an ok deal. Last season people didn't think the Ariza-Brian Cook/Mau Evans deal wasn't important. Look at how that turned out.

Ariza is a big time contributor to the Lakers. Perfect role player on offense and d.

Getting rid of Cook and his contract was a :hammertime: Cook is terrible.

Evans was a spazzzz.

I'm kind of whatever about the deal.
I really hoped Vladimir would pan out for the Lakers someday but I guess it just did not work. I thought he was a great signing by Mitch a couple years back but he didn't produce (specially on Dee).

And now we got Adam Morrison? Does Mitch miss having a former Gonzaga player (Turiaf) or something? Well as a Laker fan I do hope for the best.

Remember Mike Dunleavy being a bust (albeit not as big as Morrison) as a #3 pick then he went to a team that utilized him in the correct way and he became a pretty solid player? Maybe the same can happen for the Stache, I hope so, I've always liked him. Maybe being back on the west coast'll do him some good.

[QUOTE=Kblaze8855]Adam has more potential than people give him credit for. I watched him drop about 30 early in his career. He wont be a superstar but I wont be suprised if hes a 15-16ppg type on poor shooting. Make some clutch plays here and there. Biger less crazy Vernon Maxwell.[/QUOTE]
Sounds like Larry Hughes...which is not good.

Phil got his new space cadet...=> Adam Morrison

I hope there is a follow up trade with the OKC for joe smith.....the lakers save 6.8million in this trade if they dont offer morrison the qualifying offer

Hated the stache at Gonzaga cause i was loved Reddick, but now i can hate him again for being on the Fakers

this trade is a win for the lakers for financial reasons only. We probably won't see the true value of this trade until this summer or next year.

[QUOTE=Dizzle-2k7]Bad deal for the Lakers unless this is about Vlad's contract..

Vlad was bigmoney from three, decent rebounder, decent defender. Cant blame him for getting owned by Pierce last Finals but when he guards someone his own size he's decent.

Morrison and Brown havent done shlt in this league.[/QUOTE]

decent rebounder, decent defender?

he barely got rebounds and when Phil would put him in the game at the last minute; he would mess it up by letting his player shoot a 3. like he did against the pacers.

i wished he played like he did in Seattle.:banghead:

I'm not entirely sure why the Bobcats do this. Taking on another bad contract just to get rid of Morrison? It's not like Vladimir is a good defender either.

Unexpected! I'm pretty sure the Lakers FO originally called inquiring about Nazr Mohammed instead.

can u imagine being brown or morrison...getting the call that the la lakers just traded for u...wow...talk about a life changing phone call.

oh god!
i guess adam will be overrated soon.