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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
I know I shouldn't be stunned, because per the radio it's been a done deal for awhile, but I'm still stunned. This Laker team is bad and it's going to be very bad next year. So what does Phil know that we don't? Are they going to try to swing a deal with the Hawks for the #2 pick to draft Marvin? Are they going to sign Michael Redd? Who else is out there to sign? A team with Kobe, Odom, Butler and Mihm . . . well let's just say that doesn't compare well to Duncan, Nazr, Parker and Ginobli, or Nash, Amare, Marion and Q, or Dirk, Terry, Finley and Howard, or Yao, T-Mac, Mike James, and Generic White Outside Shooter
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Word around here is that Sacramento tried to get him (Phil) to go there. Then there was lots of laughing by the radio guys. As if Phil would ever go to Sac.
From ESPN...The Lakers are well over the salary cap, restricting their ability to bring in high-priced free-agent talent for at least two years. Their defense was abysmal last season; they had an unbalanced roster with too many small forwards; they had virtually no inside presence on either end of the court; and they were suspect at point guard.
Jeanie Buss, the owner's daughter and the Lakers' executive vice president of business operations, publicly lobbied for months for the return of Jackson, her longtime boyfriend.
She finally got her wish.
Bryant's reaction to a return by Jackson has seemed lukewarm at best. Shortly after Tomjanovich's resignation, Bryant said he would "roll with it" if Jackson returned.
