WuRaider

Los Angeles Lakers


Incoming PlayersGilbert Arenas
Salary: $11,950,400 Years Remaining: 2
Etan Thomas
Salary: $6,373,900 Years Remaining: 3

Outgoing Players: Kobe Bryant

Phoenix Suns


Incoming PlayersKobe Bryant
Salary: $19,490,625 Years Remaining: 3
No-Trade Clause Cannot trade this player without receiving his consent. Only a player with at least 8 years of NBA experience, including at least 4 years with the team he is signing with, is eligible to negotiate a no-trade clause into his contract.

Outgoing Players: Shawn Marion, Leandro Barbosa


Washington Wizards


Incoming PlayersShawn Marion
Salary: $16,440,000 Years Remaining: 2
Leandro Barbosa
Salary: $5,600,000 Years Remaining: 4

Outgoing Players: Gilbert Arenas, Etan Thomas




Arenas is planning to opt out next summer. Instead of losing him for nothing, the Wiz can snag Marion and Barbosa. Everybody wins in this scenario.

abomb

*singing* Which one of these things is not like the other?

jandaman

Marion and Arenas will have similar values in terms of team impact....

Outside of chucking shots after shots, ahem... scoring.... Arenas is on the same level as Marion in terms of value....

Arenas isn't Kobe... more like a glorified Michael Redd with the cockyness and the permission to do what ever he can in the offensive end.

LA gets there "cocky" and media-boy in Arenas...

Kobe goes to a contender... learns to play team ball, no choice, Nash will be the ball handler.

Marion and Barbosa helps the Wizards fight off with the Celtics, Cavs, Bulls and Nets. Barbosa/Butler/Marion/Jamison is a pretty darn good team. Thats 4 players who can score 20 a game.


But not gonna happen.

YouJustGotSUNSD

Thomas is the deal killer. You know he just had OPEN HEART SURGERY, right?

Why would the Lakers want to take on a 6 million dollar big with heart problems when they already have one of those at less than a million?

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cheesebeef

yeah, in no way is this true.

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WuRaider

Nope, I didn't hear about that. I just added him to make the numbers work.

overseascardfan

You would probably have to add Butler and Arenas if they are going to LA.