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Blazers trade
Zach Randolph


Lakers trade
Stephen Jackson
Brent Mercer
Nene Hilario
Rasual Butler
Lakers 1st 2010


Blazers agree (It had to be done)

agree

My goodness, what a deal for the Blazers.

sure they lost a big-time scorer in Zach (who thinks defense is something the armed forces do not basketball players)

but got a nice scorer back in Jackson who's available on both ends of the floor PLUS the former #2 (CPU) pick in long and skinny center Mercer (who can't continue to decline any further) PLUS a nice backup in Rasual PLUS a possible top5 pick. Great job !

Now that Mercer story about being CPU pick is true, but no way he would have dropped further than 5-6 in that draft with human selection. AND he gets roughly the same stats like Chris Bosh, who everyone just waits for to finally break out  ...

Blazers 1 - Lakers 0
 8)

The Lakers should improve a lot after this trade. They can move Zach to SF, giving them a very strong starting 5.

Now if that works, I see them tie up the score

Blazers 1 - Lakers 1
 8)

Well, it all hinges on what the draft looks like this year.  If the Blazers can get a comparable player with that pick, they win.  If not, Lakers win.

But the Lakers have needed someone to put the ball in the hoop for a long time.  Now they have it.

I agree with Nets and Hornets, this isn't a steal for the Blazers by any means. Zach is an elite player now, although he doesn't block well, he averages 1.7 spg to go along with his 26/12/4.  Jackson is a good player but the other 3 are scrubs.  Mercer is a bust, he's averaging 8/8 but on 36%.  Like Nets said, if the Blazers can get a great player via the draft then he wins it, if not the Lakers do.

the lakers did win big....

the get a scorer who should play very well next to haywood and if bosh can play some SF the pick will be a late lotto...
also i can´t see how jackson who is the same ballplayer like zach will improve them ... mercer is a joke .

Late lotto?  The Lakers have as much shot of getting out of the top 10 this draft as I have of dating Evan Langoria.

I agree too, it was a risk i had to take. It's also part of why i traded fox, now i have loads of money, 2 possible TOP 5 picks, or 1 TOP 5 and one TOP 15 or TOP 10, Zach sux defensively altough offensively he's an animal, jackson is fine substitute for Fox,other's were fillers, now i have to see if my risk was worth or not, and see which draft order by 2 picks will have, altough i wanted Bosh to be included in deal instead of those fillers, but i wouldn't be able to get a pick then or jackson either,so we'll see if risk was worth or not.

I think the Lakers got a steal here. Can't believe Portland went with this trade, when I had an offer on the table that, in my eyes, is a hell of a lot better then this deal.

Is that the brother of beautiful Eva Longoria ?
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 :lol:

Must be Eva's husband.

Come to Canada and you two could get married.

You beat me to it by a second :)

Nah, she's nothing special to me.

your offer was good, but this offer suited better for my plans

Mercer has D potential. He had a horrible TC last year losing all of his B's and B-'s. Keep in mind, Jackson was putting up those big numbers on a BAD TEAM. Butler's nothing special in my opinion.

Could have gotten a better deal.

Well, i was waiting for few days, and this deal suits my plans best, if somebody sent me better deal i would take it, this deal is fine for me, of course i could get more probably, but now i have actually what i want, and offseason will tell if my plan and my risk was worth or not, if not, i won't cry, if it works out, then watch out for Blazers next year

Anyway dealing Fox and Zach was just a plan i have and a big risk which we'll see what happens....if plan falls trough, at least those 2 GM's will be happy :)

this was a steal for the lakers....lakers would be improving a lot...big time... :lol: the lakers pick would lost its value coz the lakers will be improving A LOT... could have get a better deal out of zach....

they didnt improve this sim much, let's see, i'll quit talking about this now hehe :)

if lakers make close to play-offs i'll give telfair for free ;)

they went 3-5 if i'm not wrong (or 3-6) and they're now 2nd worst in league :)

Which stayed the same, the were second worse before.

If they go 3-5 for the rest of the year they could climb to 5th or 6th worse.

im expecting them to climb up. Maybe in the 4-10th place zone. they got good talents to do that.