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Originally Posted by TaShawn  The thing is that the Lakers also have some other effective players. Going with that overly big starting lineup really creates an imbalance.
Vujacic, Farmar, Radmonovich, Walton, Ariza, and Turiaf can all play, but they are all best as complimentary players. They need a big off the bench and could use a more versatile 3 in the starting lineup.
They should try to trade Odom IMO. Think how much better they'd be with Artest at the 3 instead of Odom. That would never happen, because Odom makes twice as much $ and Sac wouldn't give him to the Lakers, but still, Odom is a big salary and has some unique skills that other teams might want. |
How does the proposal in your third paragraph satisfy the issues raised in the beginning of paragraph #2?
As far as the 3 spot is concerned, I don't think you get any more versatile than Lamar Odom; and bringing a big off the bench becomes less of an issue when you can always move Gasol to the 5 and Odom to the 4 in the event of, say, Walton coming in for Bynum.
Once you trade for Artest you lose the versatility of being able to move your starting 3 (Ron) to the 4 spot. Ron predominantly swings the other way (the 2) which is definitely not what the Lakers need more of.