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Adrian Wojnarowki: Paul to Lakers for Gasol & Odom

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The Hornets have started to inform teams that they're sending Chris Paul to the Lakers for Bynum and Odom, league sources tell Y! Sports.

He then corrected himself, and said that it was Gasol not Bynum who was headed to the Hornets.



I'm not sure that this deal necessarily improves the Lakers. They are one Andrew Bynum knee injury away from being a 45 win team at best. Bryant and CP3 haven't exactly been healthy over the last few years either. The Lakers went from having one of the best frontlines in the league, to one of the thinest. They have no one to start at power foward unless they can get a vet to sign for cheap. They have basically no bench now, they just lost Shannon Brown to the Suns. I think the Jazz match up VERY well with the Lakers now, I think we'll give them all they can handle in our opener. Should be a fun game!
 
Just glad they aren't going to get Dwight Howard. I don't really care that they have Paul if they have no big men.
 
Ah, so it's Gasol that gets to be exiled along with Odom haha... I think I like this better too. Bynum won't be able to play either in the Jazz game due to his 5 game suspension :)
 
They don't have a big who can now stay healthy and be productive. Like others have said, better Paul than Howard. If they sign Marc Gasol then I will be a little angry.
 
And at least it wasn't a Kwameesque type deal. They had to give up some serious pieces to get him. Also, 2 of their best players now play with a bum leg each and Kobe can only go Germany so many times a year.
 
How does Paul agree to stay at LA then? Carmello + Tyson seems a lot more attractive than Kobe + Aging MLE Veterans.
 
Unsure if Okafor is involved in the deal. Seems like NOH is flipping Gasol to the Rockets for a lot of rebuilding pieces, so it works out for them. LAL just got REAL thin up front. Just think if they had Paul and not Odom and Gasol when the Jazz played them a few years ago. Wouldn't you think the Jazz would have had a better chance of winning those series?
 
Darkwing Duck said:
Unsure if Okafor is involved in the deal. Seems like NOH is flipping Gasol to the Rockets for a lot of rebuilding pieces, so it works out for them. LAL just got REAL thin up front. Just think if they had Paul and not Odom and Gasol when the Jazz played them a few years ago. Wouldn't you think the Jazz would have had a better chance of winning those series?
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I think he or Ariza would have to be part of the deal. Okafor is a good player, but he would match-up horribly with Bynum.

On the other hand, Gasol + Okafor are a perfect front-court pairing.
 
That will leave the Lakers with just the often injured Bynum to trade. Won't be enough to get Howard, I pray it won't be anyways.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
Just glad they aren't going to get Dwight Howard. I don't really care that they have Paul if they have no big men.
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As long as they don't include Bynum in the trade, they still have an important piece they could throw at Orlando.

FWIWI think Bynum is woefully overrated and I don't know what else they could include with him, but it's the Lakers who historically get bailed out in these types of deals and there are enough execs who value a 24-yr old 7-footer like Bynum for something crazy to happen. I won't rest easy until Howard ends up in NJ.
 
Ahh, The Rockets. Them acquiring Gasol makes sense. I'm sure McHale has a boner for Gasol.
 
Darkwing Duck said:
Unsure if Okafor is involved in the deal. Seems like NOH is flipping Gasol to the Rockets for a lot of rebuilding pieces, so it works out for them. LAL just got REAL thin up front. Just think if they had Paul and not Odom and Gasol when the Jazz played them a few years ago. Wouldn't you think the Jazz would have had a better chance of winning those series?
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Considering that Deron Williams generally just has sex with Chris Paul when they play, the Jazz could've been the nightmare matchup for the Lakers.

Wild world.
 
Wasn't Dwill always a matchup nightmare for the Lakers? We just gave them a match-up wet dream with Gasol vs Boozer and Odom vs. AK.
 
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