What do you thnk of the lakers trade......?

What do you think, will the lakers become more a better team than they are right now if they instead got kg in the offseason trade than the gasol trade? give your opinion pls...

What do you thnk of the lakers trade......?www.nba.com

What up Levi,

That's really tough to say- because the Lakers would have had to give up a lot of the other contributing pieces -- so i guess it would have depended on what the Lakers had to give up to get K.G.

Also K.G. brings a lot more free agents- i think if K.G. had come to L.A. other players would have came to L.A. because they would want to win a ring.

i think we'll see some of that this off-season where players may go to a team because they are close to getting a ring- kind of like how Cassell went to the Celtics (to win a ring and be re-united with K.G.)

Gasol fits the triangle very well and is a very intellectual player. But K.G. is a beast defensively and you would have seen the Lakers build around him and Kobe with other types of role players...

Because of his age- i think Gasol gives the Lakers more to look forward to in the future- because they didn't have to give up Bynum, Lamar and more than one future first rounder... so Gasol is a lot less expensive so in that way- i think it turned out to be a blessing in disguise...

It's really tough to say too because had the deal happened during the offseason you would have seen Kobe and K.G. have a whole season to get it together and who knows how deadly of a duo that would be right now...

Nickster

What do you thnk of the lakers trade......?basketball jerseys ,nba teams

Getting KG would be nice. But the Gasol deal is definetely better. KG costs 21 million dollars a year. That's 8 millions short of Pau's. The deal would've also cost a lot of players too. Boston gave up seven players for the Big Ticket. For a Laker deal to come through, Kevin McHale might have asked at least Lamar Odom, Andrew Bynum, Javaris Crittenton and Jordan Farmar plus a few picks. The Lakers only ahd to give Kwame Brown and a rookie plus a few picks and rights to get the Spaniard. Gasol is also younger. He's only 27 and is moving to his prime while Garnett is at the downside of his career. Both can play offense effectively but Garnett has an advantage on the other end of the floor. However, the Lakers doesn't need much of that. They play an offensive game centered on the triangle-offense. Plus, they have the rise of Andrew Bynum and the emergence of Lamar Odom. With three guys nearly seven feet tall in the game at the same time, you won't have much of a problem defending the post with Derek Fisher and Kobe Bryant in the perimeter.
Like everyone above said, Lakers would have to give up so much more than they did for Gasol (which was a win-win situation for them). Also, getting KG would have them in a "win now" situation as opposed to Gasol where they could still win now, next year, 2 years from now, and so on.

Also, Kobe might be overshadowed a bit and demand for a trade again.
I think the trade of Gasol may have put the Laker's in the Finals! Gasol is just what the Lakers needed, a versatile big man with good passing skills. Kevin Garnett no doubt is a more rounded player, but I believe if the Lakers would have traded for him, they would have had to pay too high a price to get him. Gasol fits with the Laker's style of play. The addition of Garnett might have put the Lakers over the top, given they didn't have to make too many sacrifices to get him. Gasol fits into the Laker chemistry right now better than Garnett would have. I think Kobe and Garnett would have a hard time coexisting, but I might be wrong
The Gasol trade worked out much better for the Laker organization than a Garnett trade would have.

They really got Gasol for 'pennies on the dollar' giving up J. Critt (promising but unproved pg) - Kwame "Buttafinga" Brown (Do I really need to elaborate here?), Marc Gasol (Great center but he's not even playing in the NBA right now) and a pick(s).

Good job Mitch! Reversed the blunder that sent Caron Butler to the Wizards for Kwame "Buttafinga" Brown.

*Note to Sam

Kobe wants to win championships above anything else. He is not worried about be overshadowed by anyone! If anyone is overshadowing agueably the best player in the league than that just means the Lakers are that much more lethal.
I think the Gasol trade was great for the Lakers. He is already signed for 3 more years and with Lamar and Bynum and Kobe it looks like a new Laker Dynasty.
Gasol didnt cost the Lakers nearly as much as KG would have...so in the long run this is better considering Gasol is younger too
It doesn't matter Lakers only gave up KWAME BROWN and Javaris Crittenton for Pau Gasol The Lakers didn't give up Kobe,Odom,Bynum or Fisher it is a one sided trade
well look where they are now

and look who they got rid of

perfect trade is u ask me
Yes man