Rumors about Luol Deng for Pau Gasol Trade

[TimmyDuncan]

Deng/Noah for Pau/Ebanks/morris sounds about right

It's funny how lakers fans says Pau is terrible all playoff long.

And when the subject is to trade him, he suddenly is worth an all star and a near all star (not many good center theses days)

[Lakers_Kobe_Fan]

You already said this twice, shut the **** up we get it, you don't want Deng for Pau.

why you so mad at me??? A SF who can defend are dime a dozen....no need to pay these fools 14-15mil/yr unless you are LBJ or Durant...or Pierce

[Lakers_Kobe_Fan]

It's funny how lakers fans says Pau is terrible all playoff long.

And when the subject is to trade him, he suddenly is worth an all star and a near all star (not many good center theses days)

never said he was terrible. the guys who say he is terrible dont know the game of basketball...

He is fcuking used horribly by our coach who knows nothing about offense....

He should be in low post & create plays from there and also be the aggressor....but potato head has no clue how to use the players to their strengths....

[Upgrayedd]

I would be more than happy if Boozer is amnestied or traded and this trade happens and the Bulls get Gasol and then they re-sign Brewer and Korver and sign Hinrich.

Bulls roster next season:

Noah/Asik
Gasol/Taj
Brewer/Butler
Rip/Korver
Hinrich/Lucas/Rose (if he can come back at the end of next season)

[RazorBaLade]

It's funny how lakers fans says Pau is terrible all playoff long.

And when the subject is to trade him, he suddenly is worth an all star and a near all star (not many good center theses days)

welcome to negotiation. when he wasnt on the trading block he was OMG hes so good lol deng for him bahhaha he was almost a finals mvp! when hes on the trading block hes a soft big man who lost the fire..... or vice versa if youre arguing from lakers fan side.

truth is proabbly in the middle and im confident we'll get back for him his near value.

[talkingconch]

No thanks

[qrich]

Yeah, why would the Lakers trade a top 5 power forward for a dime a dozen small forward that is due nearly 28 million over the next two years? In 39.4 minutes per game last year, he put up 15.3/6.5 on 41.2/36.7 shooting. You'd think with all those minutes, he'd be closer to 20 a night, even moreso considering all of the injuries, which would lead to opportunities of him being the #1 option.

Bulls would need to add Gibson and Butler with Deng to make the Lakers even listen.

[SacJB Shady]

weren't the warriors going to trade ellis and curry for gasol? I wonder how the Lakers would be with a small backcourt playing with kobe...

PG- Stephen Curry
SG- Monta Ellis
SF- Kobe Bryant
PF- Metta World Peace
C- Andrew Bynum

[Upgrayedd]

weren't the warriors going to trade ellis and curry for gasol? I wonder how the Lakers would be with a small backcourt playing with kobe...

PG- Stephen Curry
SG- Monta Ellis
SF- Kobe Bryant
PF- Metta World Peace
C- Andrew Bynum

[tikay0]

Gasol is about to turn 32.

Either way, id rather trade deng for draft picks, and an ariza type sf. NOH whats up???

[Tenchi Ryu]

Yeah, why would the Lakers trade a top 5 power forward for a dime a dozen small forward that is due nearly 28 million over the next two years? In 39.4 minutes per game last year, he put up 15.3/6.5 on 41.2/36.7 shooting. You'd think with all those minutes, he'd be closer to 20 a night, even moreso considering all of the injuries, which would lead to opportunities of him being the #1 option.

No, because most of his minutes are devoted to defense unless he's just having a hot night. Some nights he won't even contribute much offense, and solely stick to defense if its a certain player.

[SacJB Shady]

hes like the same height as blaire, maybe taller

[Salazaar]

Then again, we CAN trade Deng straight up for Pau then ship Boozer and Noah+ a pick to Orlando for Dwight then our defense problem would be solved and have our own big 3.

C: Dwight
PF: Gasol/Taj
SF: Kyle Korver
SG: Rip Hamilton
PG: Derrick Rose/CJ Watson

You have to take into consideration that there's a lot of teams in the east with star power at the SF position and kyle korver would pretty much get shitted on by the likes of lebron, carmelo, pierce... He's not a starter material

[Salazaar]

weren't the warriors going to trade ellis and curry for gasol? I wonder how the Lakers would be with a small backcourt playing with kobe...

PG- Stephen Curry
SG- Monta Ellis
SF- Kobe Bryant
PF- Metta World Peace
C- Andrew Bynum

What? That would be one of the worst trades of the decade

[Go Getter]

1. I hope that the mods censor ALL crass remarks and not just ones directed at certain groups.
2. Gasol for Deng is stupid. We need Deng's defense.
3. I doubt this happens, sounds like hogwash.