Oh, I forgot that Jerry West is calling the shots in Memphis. No wonder it was such a good trade for the Lakers.


The details are sort of complicated.

Memphis gets:
1) Kwame and his expiring $9M contract
2) Crittenton
3) Aaron McKie, who is retired unofficially (they need to do a sign-and-trade. Not sure how this works into the deal and why it is necessary/ what benefit it provides, etc.)
4) draft rights to Marc Gasol (he was drafted 48th in the 2007 draft by the Lakers.)
5) first round pick in 2008
6) first round pick in 2010

That's a whole lot of stuff that needs to be analyzed before declaring that this was a bust for Memphis. Any chance Marc Gasol will become an Eli Manning for Memphis?

Also, it looks like Swift is gone in exchange for Collins (owed $6.2M next year, then contract expires). Staudemire already agreed to the buyout.

This is a full-blown rebuild. Tanking hard is the only logical next step.

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