Originally posted by: hypersonic5
How about this trade?
Shaq traded to Seattle for: Ray Allen, Vladimir Radmanovic, future 1st round pick.
Lakers pick up the free agent Brent Barry in the offseason.
This works for two reasons:
Seattle gets the most dominant player in the game. The Sonics have tried the Ray Allen road to little avail. Plus, with a rising star in Reshard Lewis, Seattle can rebuild their franchise around the Oneal-Lewis combo. Could work out very nicely for Seattle.
Lakers don't need another big time superstar like Shaq. They can concentrate on rebuilding the team around Kobe. What they really need, and what they were really lacking this year, is a solid outside shooter. Ray Allen is that player. Also, with Radmanovic, the Lakers get a good, servicable forward. They sign Brent Barry in the offseason and get another great outside shooter. With the combination of Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen, Brent Barry, Kareem Rush, a resigned Derek Fisher, and Luke Walton, the Lakers will be absolutely SCARY from the field.
What do you guys think?
I don't think that's will work out. Lakers don't need another shooting guard if they retain Kobe. Ray Allen is soft, Lakers probably won't want him.
Why get one center when you can get Mihm? He's on the rise and pretty cheap. Celts have lots of cap space.
Jumaine Jones is another good pickup because he can play defense like Ruben Patterson and can contribute like Ron Artest.
We give up our first and second round for which I think is pretty damn good deal in itself.