Lakers in trade talks to get Garnett (http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-lakers26jun26,1,6107504.story?coll=la-headlines-sports)

Lakers
Minnesota
Boston
Indiana

Al Jefferson, Lamar Odom, Jermaine O'Neal, Boston's #5 pick, Kevin Garnett

Sounds like a real shakeup.

If it happens.

Apparently a 4 way deal where:

Lakers get Garnett
Pacers get Lamar Odom and teenage center Andrew Bynum from the Lakers
Boston who would get Jermaine O'Neal
Minnesota get Boston's #5 pick in the draft plus Gerald Green

Source: ESPN - Report: Lakers, Wolves in Garnett talks - NBA (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2916217)

P.S. THIS IS JUST A RUMOR.

Garnett and Kobe would be nice, but it`s not like a young Shaq and Kobe. I still don`t se ethem overtaking, the Spurs, Suns, perhaps even the Jazz or Mavs.

Hell the Nuggets may give them a run.......JO to the Celtics, damn, he would be sent down the descending slope of the abyss...............

I like Bynum and Odom going to Indiana though......I say in the long run Bird got the best of this one if it goes down.

Garnett and Kobe would be nice, but it`s not like a young Shaq and Kobe. I still don`t se ethem overtaking, the Spurs, Suns, perhaps even the Jazz or Mavs.

At least they're trying something. I'm not a Kobe fan, but I sure would love to hear a Pistons player say that management ain't doing enough to overtake the Spurs or, god forbid, the freaking Cavs.

By the way, this is not an attack on your post, just a wish that there would be a shakeup in Motown beyond dumping Delfino. Maybe there is one coming, but I doubt it.

At least they're trying something. I'm not a Kobe fan, but I sure would love to hear a Pistons player say that management ain't doing enough to overtake the Spurs or, god forbid, the freaking Cavs.

By the way, this is not an attack on your post, just a wish that there would be a shakeup in Motown beyond dumping Delfino. Maybe there is one coming, but I doubt it.

I hear ya.

I guess 'The BIg Ticket" would be enough to appease Kobe. I am just wondering will this move (if it happens) get the Lakers to where Kobe wants to be, in the tough, competetive western conference!

I say no.

I hope this doesn't happen. I live outside of LA and I love to see the Lakers suffer. putting Garnet and Kobe on the same team may not produce a championship, but will produce ratings, hype and laker lakers lakers all the time and that is just her in LA.) The no love for the Clippers would be pushed back to the local gym....

Kobe may still ant to bolt even with KG coming. not.. I will have to tune on my radio to see what's going on.

At least they're trying something. I'm not a Kobe fan, but I sure would love to hear a Pistons player say that management ain't doing enough to overtake the Spurs or, god forbid, the freaking Cavs.

By the way, this is not an attack on your post, just a wish that there would be a shakeup in Motown beyond dumping Delfino. Maybe there is one coming, but I doubt it.

I second that motion. I think Joe D. is going to stay with the same team. Look for Chauncey to re-up and Joe to sign C-Webb and Grant Hill or maybe Stackhouse. The #15 pick will also be in the mix. That will be his upgrade.

I think Joe D. will be so disappointed because this team will get handed a 2nd round exit next year if that's the only move he makes is bringing Grant Hill in and the #15th pick. He needs to face the fact that this team has not gotten it done for 2 years in a row now. The run is over and we need to get younger up front. I rather they start Amir at PF and move Sheed to Center than resign C-Webb. I like C-Webb, but only as a role player coming off the bench.

How are the Pacers going to end up with Odom and Bynum? For Jermaine O'Neal???? Is Joe D. asleep at the wheel?

Hard to believe that Garnett would be that cheap in a trade.

One thing thats becomming obvious is the Pistons have not been brought up as even a potential suiter for KG or Kobe.

The Pistons are not a potential suitor until the Billups thing is settled. I don't see a sign and trade with Billups happenin either. We'll sit on the fence til another team signs Billups. Then we'll continue to sit on the fence............

Or not...

RealGM: Wiretap Archives: Celtics Pull Out Of Four-Way KG Deal (http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/46690/20070625/celtics_pull_out_of_four_way_kg_deal/)

Back to Minny and LA.

The Pistons are not a potential suitor until the Billups thing is settled. I don't see a sign and trade with Billups happenin either. We'll sit on the fence til another team signs Billups. Then we'll continue to sit on the fence............

I too wish the Pistons were involved in some blockbuster 3 or 4 team deal that we could relinquish one of our staters for an equal or better player that brings a slasher/penetrator to the Pistons.

The probelm with sitting on the fence until the Billups thing is settled is that if we do, we will be caught scrambling and panicking just like last year to find a replacement and wind up with a Speady Claxton or Smush Parker type to run the offense. :yellowprison:

I too wish the Pistons were involved in some blockbuster 3 or 4 team deal that we could relinquish one of our staters for an equal or better player that brings a slasher/penetrator to the Pistons.

The probelm with sitting on the fence until the Billups thing is settled is that if we do, we will be caught scrambling and panicking just like last year to find a replacement and wind up with a Speady Claxton or Smush Parker type to run the offense. :yellowprison:


IF CB really wants to go it has to be a S & T this year. Can't give him away free like we did Ben last year. If he want so go home to Denver, either S & T for AI or S & T for Blake and Nene. Send Flip Jr with him and we can take JR SMith in the deal too.

Dre, quit being so proactive. It's not the Pistons' way. :) Well, getting Sheed was proactive. Would like to see more of that. 'Course, the moves have to present themselves. Maybe nobody is calling Joe D or his phone is off the hook.

I too wish the Pistons were involved in some blockbuster 3 or 4 team deal that we could relinquish one of our staters for an equal or better player that brings a slasher/penetrator to the Pistons.

The probelm with sitting on the fence until the Billups thing is settled is that if we do, we will be caught scrambling and panicking just like last year to find a replacement and wind up with a Speady Claxton or Smush Parker type to run the offense. :yellowprison:


Sign and trade for AI sounds good to me.......
But JD has other thoughts....................

Sign and trade for AI sounds good to me.......
But JD has other thoughts....................

AI had a pretty nice setup in Denver and didn't get it done... or even come close. Maybe the guy is spectacular, but doesn't play Championship style ball. In his prime, he almost got his ship, but I don't think he's gonna play like that in the next 3 years.

Billups, Iverson, Mutombo, Wallace.

They all need Larry Brown.

And their franchises need a good lawyer to keep him from quitting.

The LA Times, which broke the story, says LA and Minnesota are talking but Boston and Indy are out of the picture (http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-lakers26jun26,0,5525658.story).
The talks turned into discussions about a four-way deal among the Lakers, Minnesota, Indiana and Boston, in which the Lakers would have gotten Garnett. However, the deal broke down, reportedly because the Celtics didn't like what they would have gotten, ending the four-way negotiations.

The Lakers are now back to direct two-team talks with the Timberwolves. However, sources say, Minnesota Vice President of Basketball Operations Kevin McHale wants young players and high draft choices and isn't keen on the Lakers offer of Andrew Bynum and Lamar Odom, plus another minor player to make the trade work financially.

P.S. Sorry dba, missed your 4:59 post.

Funny the LA afternoon sports jocks had the trade a done deal and were already ordering KG jerseys with the assumption that Kobe would approve. However the drive time jocks quickly brought the rabid sports fans back to earth advising that 4 team trades never come to fruition because you can never get four GMs to agree to something like this. :nerd2:

One of them will feel that they are getting the hosed in the deal. Besides some still think the Kobe will say KG is not enough and he may still want out.

Besides some still think the Kobe will say KG is not enough and he may still want out.
If KG is not enough for His Majesty, perhaps he should demand that the team also trade for Duncan, T-Mac, and LeBron. Kobe needs some more rings, and he can't be expected to wait around forever.

If KG is not enough for His Majesty, perhaps he should demand that the team also trade for Duncan, T-Mac, and LeBron. Kobe needs some more rings, and he can't be expected to wait around forever.

Too much pressure here...he may just want out of LA, not, or just away from Buss's and Mitch Kupcake...:)

Billups, Iverson, Mutombo, Wallace.

They all need Larry Brown.



I hope you're wrong Scoe.........

Looks like a three-team trade now and this one looks more feasible to me:

ESPN - Sources: Suns back in KG chase - NBA (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2917781)

Looks like a three-team trade now and this one looks more feasible to me:

ESPN - Sources: Suns back in KG chase - NBA (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2917781)

Timberwolves talking three-way Garnett deal - NBA - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AsaM3sEtVnHwkUy.iHW4fZY5nYcB?slug=aw-nbadraft062707&prov=yhoo&type=lgns)

T-Wolves fans must be feeling pretty glum about now.

I'd be totally amazed if ATL managed to wrangle Stoudamire out of this deal.

Wouldn't we have more things to talk about today if the Pistons were included in a block buster 3 or 4 team trade? :typing: Sitting on the fence waiting to see if CB will sign and the draft results is a bummer.... :sleep:

Wouldn't we have more things to talk about today if the Pistons were included in a block buster 3 or 4 team trade? :typing: Sitting on the fence waiting to see if CB will sign and the draft results is a bummer.... :sleep:

It would be nice to atleast be included as a cap filler team. We send Nazr away and we get a quality young player like a Gerald Green or a guy like Al Jefferson.

T-Wolves fans must be feeling pretty glum about now.

Maybe but the team does not seem to be going anywhere anyway. I'm sure the fans were already pretty glum. Maybe they need to start over with some high draft picks.

T-Wolves fans must be feeling pretty glum about now.

Will they even win 20 games next year? While rebuilding is nice you need veteran leadership to hold it together. All of these teams want cheap talent, but they don't realize that the cheap talent develops and then sooner or later you are going to have to give them a big pay day or they will bolt to the highest bidder. So if you have 10 players on your team all under 25 and they grow into studs you can't pay to keep them all. Not smart at all.:nerd2:

Reports the Phoenix Suns were nearing a deal to acquire Kevin Garnett were downplayed Wednesday by an NBA official with knowledge of the situation.

Contrary to several reports, the official told The Associated Press, the sides were not close to a three-team deal that would send Amare Stoudemire to Atlanta and Garnett from Minnesota to Phoenix.

link:Garnett to Suns deal 'overblown' - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070628/ap_on_sp_bk_ne/bkn_suns_garnett_1)