Garnett update thread (KG Thread Winding Down, RSVP for the Summer 2012...)

DeeUp · Sixth Man Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 61

THREAD UPDATES:

Celtics and TWolves Revive Trade Talk - Page 156

Taylor says No Fences Need Mending with KG, but if the right deal came along they would look at it - Page 143

KG will be traded to an unknown team - Page 134

McCants says KG doesn't want to go - Page 127

Talks with Golden State "advanced" - Page 126

Rosen think KG to LA makes sense - Page 118

Nash says KG trade won't happen - Page 117

Heisler on Golden State trying to get in the mix - Page 115

Chad Ford - Hawks Owner Kills Amare Trade - Page 88

ESPN - Bucher: PHX Has Not Talked to Atlanta - Page 83

ESPN - Chad Ford and Marc Stein: Lakers looking at 4-way with Indy and Atl - Page 58

L.A. Times: Lakers on KG Watch - Page 54

ESPN: Laker deal dead, Suns in Mix - Page 53

Bucher: Kobe to reconsider if KG lands in L.A. - Page 39

Larry Coon breaks down KG trade scenarios at GetGarnett.com - LINK

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KoolMo · Last edited by KoolMo on Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:09 am; edited 1 time in total

TEAMS INVOLVED: LAKERS, MINNESOTA, INDIANA AND POSSIBLY A FOURTH TEAM

RYZ · Star Player Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 1393

Mychal Thompson just said it's a race between the Lakers and Phoenix.

Luke · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:09 am Post subject:

source ?

KoolMo · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:10 am Post subject:

Sorry about that. I see you already posted this.

hoopschick29 · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:10 am Post subject:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-lakers26jun26,1,6107504.story?coll=la-headlines-sports&ctrack=1&cset=true
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Luke · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:10 am Post subject:

wolfpaclaker · Retired Number Joined: 29 May 2002 Posts: 59439

3,000,000 pages.

Wow .. that would be sick. If that happens .. this whole thing could wind up going from a big nightmare to a dream ending.

BTW - this is what the paper is implying right?

Indy: Bynum + LO
Minny: JO
Lakers: KG
4th team: sending some pieces to each of the teams and taking back something (not determined)

You know this is somewhat believable. It would go down as the biggest trade in NBA history though. Talk about a blockbuster !

hoopschick29 · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:11 am Post subject:

We're in the race so long as Phx won't give up Amare.
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KoolMo · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:11 am Post subject:

The owners of the Lakers and Minnesota Timberwolves have begun talks for a trade that would involve sending Kevin Garnett to the Lakers, league sources said Monday.

A multi-team trade discussion is underway involving the Lakers, Indiana, Minnesota and possibly a fourth team, with the Lakers getting Garnett and the Pacers getting Lamar Odom and teenage center Andrew Bynum from the Lakers. Another minor player will likely be added to make the deal work financially.

Jerry Buss and Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor spoke by phone for 20 minutes Friday. Buss reportedly ended the conversation by suggesting that Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak and Timberwolves vice president of basketball operations Kevin McHale would continue the discussion Monday.

Such a move could address the concerns of Kobe Bryant, who has demanded to be traded for more than four weeks.

Bryant met with Kupchak for about an hour Friday, a day after Garnett rejected a trade that would have sent him to Boston.

Bryant did not step down from his desire to be traded. However, Kupchak, Buss and Lakers Coach Phil Jackson met later that day to discuss options based on the assumption they would still have Bryant, The Times has learned.

Garnett, 31, has never formally asked for a trade while signaling his distress in recent years as the Timberwolves fell from top-notch status. The No. 1-seeded team in the Western Conference in 2004, they lost to the Lakers in the West finals and haven't made the playoffs since then.

The Timberwolves finished 33-49 in 2005-06 and 32-50 last season, tied for 12th in the West with Portland.

Garnett can opt out of his contract after next season. He wants an extension, which Buss reportedly told Taylor he was willing to offer. Garnett is due to earn $22 million next season and $23 million in 2008-09, the last year of his contract.

Garnett, a 10-time All-Star, averaged 22.4 points, 12.8 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 1.7 blocked shots last season while showing few signs of slowing down, other than spending the last five games of the season in Los Angeles — he has a home in Malibu — to rest a sore right quadriceps.

Bynum, 19, started his second NBA season with a flurry, including a memorable game again Minnesota in which he had 20 points,14 rebounds and three blocked shots last November.
Lakers in trade talks to get Garnett
Trade discussions involve sending Odom and Bynum for the Timberwolves star in a possible four-team deal. Bryant is not part of the possible trade.
By Mike Bresnahan, Times Staff Writer
12:00 PM PDT, June 25, 2007

But Bynum struggled during the second half of the season and finished with averages of 7.8 points and 5.9 rebounds a game. The Lakers have been criticized by Bryant for not trading Bynum at the February trade deadline in order to get Jason Kidd from New Jersey.

Odom, 27, was acquired three years ago as part of the trade that sent Shaquille O'Neal to Miami.

He averaged 15.9 points, 9.8 rebounds and 4.8 assists last season and missed 26 games because of knee and shoulder injuries. He had a torn labrum in his left shoulder repaired last month and is expected to return in time for training camp in October.

mike.bresnahan _at_ latimes.com

nomoreshaq · Star Player Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 5403

500 posts my midnight?

let the pipe of all pipes thread begin.

calistrtballr · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:12 am Post subject:

so wat the hell does minnesota get? J Oneal?

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SaintsLakers · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:12 am Post subject:

HOLY CRAP PLEASE GOD
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golakersgo121 · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:14 am Post subject:

macwebb · Star Player Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 1052

Just heard a while ago....I like that Dr. B is stepping up and offering the extension...Open that wallet Big Daddy...

LakerRush · Star Player Joined: 14 Oct 2002 Posts: 1177

Perfect, so Buss is finally stepping in. Even if McHale didn't want to do a deal w/ the Lakers, now he's forced to negotiate by his boss. Let's get this done!

DeeUp · Sixth Man Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 61

I'm not gonna get my hopes up.

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angrypuppy · Retired Number Joined: 13 Apr 2001 Posts: 33193

This all makes sense! That's why the Lakers are rumored to be trying to work their way up the draft. They are trying to improve the offer by substituting LO with an expiring contract (or other players) and a high lotto pick.

Reasoning? If Minne wants a interim KG-lite, LO might help, though if they couldn't make the playoffs with KG, they sure won't stand a chance with LO. If they told the Lakers that they really don't want LO (remember the Bucher remark?), then the Lakers have to find a high lotto pick and whatever else for LO.
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Billion year old carbon
We are golden
Caught in the devil's bargain
And we've got to get ourselves
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Klone_dd · Star Player Joined: 11 Mar 2002 Posts: 7330

Lakers get KG, Indy gets Odom & Bynum -- what does Minny get? JO?

Raptor2k · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:16 am Post subject:

Ziggy · Franchise Player Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 12835

Here we go...

calistrtballr · Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 11:17 am Post subject:

interesting, this could only b good things to come. Im sure that 4th team is providing a high pick for J O'neal