There’s been talks about the Lakers trading Pau Gasol for a couple years now and it looks like it’ll finally happen. Though Gasol has been limited due to injuries there’s still several teams on the market interested in the veteran.
There’s been talks about the Lakers trading Pau Gasol for a couple years now and it looks like it’ll finally happen. Though Gasol has been limited due to injuries there’s still several teams on the market interested in the veteran.
Pau Gasol has been the topic of trade talks for a couple years now and apparently it’s resumed again. This season is pretty much lost for the Lakers and they want draft picks to help rebuild the team. While Gasol is a viable player, the Suns were rightfully so reluctant to give the Lakers a first round pick for the aging, and oft injured forward. It looks like they may soon come to an agreement however.
The injury bug continues to hit the Los Angeles Lakers pretty hard as they’ve lost yet another vital member of their roster, Pau Gasol.
Sorry fans, you will not see Kobe in the 2016 Olympics. Yesterday Kobe shot down Tom Thibodeau’s plea for him to play in the Olympics, but said he would travel to Rio to watch & cheer on teammate Pau Gasol (who plays international ball for Spain). Check out how he said it though — Kobe’s always got jokes…
As the Gasol-Bynum trade talks continue, reporters caught up with Gasol to see how he feels about it. Check out what he had to say…
Didn’t the Lakers learn their lesson the first time they had Bynum? Well actually yes they did because this trade won’t go down the way you think. The Cavs have been after Gasol for over a year and the Lakers know it, and since things are not going so well between Gasol and coach Mike D’antoni’s system, this could be an opportunity for the Lakers to get some value for him. However if this trade goes through, the Lakers have no plans of keeping Bynum. They would waive him and by doing so save about $20 million dollars, which would allow them to be players in the free agent market the next couple years. After all is said and done, I am sure a team who needs help at the center position would take a chance on Bynum, even though reports now say the real reason the Cavs suspended him was because he had sex with an assistant coaches wife, which obviously caused extreme tension. The trade would have to happen before January 7th. Hit the jump.