R-Star

What the hell are you talking about? He was a 17 and 10 player last year as the third option. You don't think he can score 3 more points with more touches?

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King Sancho Fantastic

I'd do Pau for Anderson, Aminu and a pick. But I don't know why NO would do it.

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Ron

I call bullshit again. As usual, DaRizzle is very good at finding the most obscure opinionated pieces that lack not only a quality source, but any source at all.

The writer says "the name that keeps coming up is Ryan Anderson." Where does it keep coming up? I haven't seen it anywhere at all, I think its totally made-up bullshit from a rag that hasn't had a serious story since 1973.

I guess some people have nothing better to do than read this tripe.

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FSH

Have you watched Pau? Even his PER is terrible(even though PER is shit)...The guy has just been terrible. With Anderson you guy a guy that is alot younger and can grow with Dwight. With Pau you get someone that is holding his team back

Laker fans are the only one that think Pau is worth a shit ton. His age and contract he isnt gonna be worth anything in a few years. Anderson on the other hand will be

Pau is declining. Trade him and get younger while you can. Or sit and watch as you try to figure out why Dwight,Pau, Kobe and Nash arent working together and stay in that 7th seed

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R-Star

The team hasn't even got to see Nash play in the new coaching system. And no, Pau hasn't been terrible. At the start of the year he was playing as LA's best big man.

Ryan Anderson will never, ever be a significant piece on a contender. When Indiana faced Orlando last year in the playoffs, I had a ear to ear grin anytime Anderson was on the floor. Not only did Hibbert and West eat him alive, but even guys like Hansbrough fed him his lunch.

If the Lakers trade Pau, it won't be for some worthless one trick pony like Anderson.

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And yes I've seen Pau. Outside of the Pacers, I probably watch either LA or Toronto the most.

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R-Star

Sorry, going back and proof reading I said "And no Pau hasn't been terrible." and obviously he's been on a pretty rough 5 game stretch. But he was playing like his usual self before that.

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FSH

You do know that Anderson isnt gonna be the star of the team right? He just fits the system so much better with Dwight than Pau does

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R-Star

He does, does he? Last year he got 16 and 8, and a lot of those points were from chucking when Dwight was out.

The year before? 10 and 6. Killer numbers bro. All the while playing terrible, and I mean absolutely atrocious defense, and not being able to pass the ball.



People like to call out Kevin Love for fake numbers. Ryan Anderson is the biggest fake number guy in the league.

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Jamel Irief

It's ironic you are asking people if they watched Pau when your initial post was just quoting each players point and rebound average (which a 4 year old can look up in 20 seconds) which don't really mean shit in context.

Anyone who's watched the Lakers at all (which doesn't include you) can you tell you their only problems offensively are free throws and turnovers. If they were even average in those two areas they would be the best offensive team in the league... without Nash.

So does Anderson improve from Pau in free throws and turnovers? I guess you can argue he will improve the spacing which will decrease the turnovers, but again Tawn can do that.

BTW it's funny you say regarding Pau "His age and contract he isnt gonna be worth anything in a few years". Maybe when you looked up his averages you should of looked up his contract, which expires next season.

Also just last year a team traded THREE players better than Anderson (Dragic, Scola and Martin) for pau.

Next time try to be more informed before you come in here all condescending like.

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e-monk

god could we get all these bs threads together at least - and please, let's just stipulate that a stretch 4 would be nice but you simply dont trade gold for lead just because you need to cast a ****ing slot token for the machine

e-monk

and speaking of gold? "darrell walker triple double"? pearls before swine - I'm wasting my talents

MojoPin

All I can say is that Gasol has declined every year for the past several years. No, I don't think he could do 20-10 anymore, even on a lottery team. He might be able to do that for a stretch, but I don't think he has the legs to do that for an entire season.

My point is: people still like to think of Pau as the 08-10 Pau, but he isn't that guy anymore. He's still very skilled, just not as effective of a player as he used to be.

Something else to consider: what is the impact of Kobe on Pau's numbers. Kobe takes away a considerable amount of pressure, allowing Pau single coverage most of the time.

elcap15

Ryan Anderson is Mike D'Antoni's wet dream. I like Ryan Anderson, and I think he would fit very well on this team. He is not as good as Pau, but he is probably the best floor spacer at PF in the league.

This trade would be very difficult to make work, just due to the difference is their contracts. Anderson is at $8.7M while Pau is at $19. This means that NO would have to include more than $5M worth of other players. There are just not many options to make it work, which would mean a 3rd team to complicate things.

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Jamel Irief

I still don't understand why anybody would even consider a trade that would make us weaker defensively.

Honestly we could never play Pau a minute again this season and still be in the running for best offensive team in the league.

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