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Lakers Get Gasol! West Gets More Daunting
Posted February 1st ago via AOL Fanhouse
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That happened fast. That really escalated quickly. Fresh off some chatter Pau Gasol might have renewed his season tickets on the trade block, the Lakers swoop and land the dude for a pittance (Kwame Brown, Javaris Crittenton and two first-round picks), according to the Memphis Commercial-Appeal's Ron Tillery.

Yes: Kobe Bryant, Lamar Odom, Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol. C'est formidable, as Serge Gainsbourg would say. Of course, it's with a cost Pau comes. Like Boston, L.A. has basically mortgaged the near future for a shot now. It's not a bad strategy; hell, it's a good strategy. But things might get lean in, say, 2011 or 2012.

Pau's 27, Kobe's 30, Bynum's eligible for a contract extension this summer. Jerry Buss has some checks to write. Odom's clearly slid down the totem some; no one'd be surprised if Lamar gets shopped heavily this summer. In the meantime, he and Gasol should be able to fill Bynum's absence beautifully. But yeah, it's going to cost a touch of luxury tax.

How do the folks in Phoenix, Dallas, San Anto...

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