Luke "Hot Potato" Ridnour trade history this week:
* 6/25 Traded from Orlando to Memphis for the rights to some Latvian player
* 6/25 Traded from Memphis to Charlotte for Matt Barnes
* 6/25 Traded from Charlotte to OKC for Jeremy Lamb
* 6/30 Traded from OKC to Toronto for the rights to some Euro player
Poor guy. And it's likely not over yet.
This guy knows the true feeling of not being wanted.
Anyway, Woj is reporting that the Lakers want both Deandre and Lamarcus. To which I say, PIPE DREAM!haha
from Larry Coon:
So if the Lakers want to sign both Jordan and Aldridge, they need to do one of the following:
1. Get rid of Kobe. They can’t trade him unless he agrees, because of his no-trade clause. They could waive him and stretch his salary, however. The cap hit for this season would reduce to about $8.3 million, clearing about $16.2 million off their cap. This would give them enough cap room to sign both Aldridge and Jordan, and they’d even be able to hang onto Black, Brown, Kelly, Sacre and Young, and still have about $2 million to spare.
OR
2. Convince either Jordan, or Aldridge, or both to take less money. This scenario probably isn’t very likely — not when several teams will be competing for both players’ services.
So if the Lakers intention of signing both Aldridge and Jordan is true, then the only way they can realistically free up enough cap space to do so is by waiving and stretching Kobe Bryant.
In other words, it’s not likely to happen.
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Another reason I don't like that Kobe extension. Oh well...better luck in next year's free agency.