Possible Trades Abound for Lakers

The Los Angeles Lakers have, as Kobe Bryant called it, “a big summer” ahead of them. Bryant has make his feeling heard loud and clear following Los Angeles’ 2007 playoff exit last week. Baby wants to win, and baby wants it now.

Of course, there’s just a few things standing in the way of a big change for next season. First of all, money. The Lakers don’t have much of it. Kobe and Lamar Odom take up the lion’s share of it, so the Lakers management will be working the phones this summer looking to deal. Most likely any big trades will involve Lamar Odom, who gives the kind of numbers a player half his cost and size could produce, and Andrew Bynum, a young big man with potential. If Kobe Baby wants to win now, there isn’t much time to wait for a guy like Bynum. Oh, plus the Lakers need a point guard.

Some of the names you’ll probably be hearing around the Lakers blogs all summer are Kevin Garnett, Germaine O’Neal and Jason Kidd. But those are the same names you’ve heard said before, and look where they are now. Stay tuned for all the latest trade rumors and rumors of rumors. Then, once somebody makes a move, gun it over to StubHub.com to get some Los Angeles Lakers tickets for a new ego for Kobe to run off.

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Bryant Passes… to Kupchak

Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Lakers will have to wait until next year to do anything about the state of the Los Angeles franchise. Right now, it is all up to GM Mitch Kupchak to improve a roster that clearly couldn’t get it done this past season. Though Kobe hasn’t exactly said that he would opt out of his contract following next season if there weren’t any big changes in the win column, he hasn’t denied that he would either.
Said Kobe Bryant, “I know my patience is about as short as my 1-year old daughter. … Here we are now, three years from then and my patience is really on `E,’ so we really have to put our pedal to the metal and do something.”

With the Lakers already pushing the salary cap limit, the only real options that Kupchak has is to make trades. The Lakers need a point guard first and foremost. There is also the annual Kevin Garnett trade rumors that keep floating around. There might not be any big changes very soon, but stay tuned. Then, once the Lakers bag a big ticket player like Garnett, be the first on StubHub.com getting Los Angeles Lakers tickets for games next season.

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