Lakers trade

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Originally Posted by cmorioles

Well, that is what we would find out. Lets look at who New Orleans was actually getting:

Lamar Odom, Luis Scola, Kevin Martin, Goran Dragic, and a 1st rounder in 2012. That core is not a 500 team. Scola can't guard anyone, Odom is pretty good, but he is more a sidekick guy, not a leader, Martin is a black hole that improved Sacramento by leaving, and Dragic a servicaeble backup PG. How are you going to market that team to a prospective new owner?

I would contend that any new owner would rather come in not saddled with some of those contracts. I wouldn't pay Kevin Martin 10 million for the next two years, let alone 25 million. Luis Scola is signed for 10 million per through 2015. Who would want that? I'd rather sign a bunch of scrubs for a year and get the lottery balls. There is a reason Houston is dumping Martin after a partial season and Scola to get only Gasol...they are bad investments at the price.

LOL

There is a mininum and they arent close to it. There are no lottery balls, there is lottery ball. And based on some of the recent drafts there are a lot of high picks who wish they were as good as Luis Scola or Kevin Martin.

Your argument is ignoring the reality that they have to spend 49 million a year minimum. The cap is estimated at 58 million and teams are now required to spend 85%. How do you suppose they get to $49 million this year or next especially after you erase Paul's 17 million?