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been saying this would be the best potential trade for AB/Jose out there for months 
For L Jose shores up their traditionally terrible PG play while giveing them Nash and poor mans Nash. GREAT for offensive continuity, especially given Nashs age and growing minutes cap. AB gives them the midrange jump shooter at PF they need, especially in a D'Antoni system where Howard will get the STAT role, not the PF. In whatever kind of revised ssol system he's implementing AB will fill out the Diaw style role. This trade also helps them smooth out their cap and age issues a bit.
What it doesn't help LAL do anything about is defend the point of attack. Westbrook, Parker, Lillard, Curry etc are gonna continue to rip the Lakers up but that isn't getting solved in any other available trade rumoured out there anyway. I think Lakers win this. Hell, even a 2 pg situational lineup would be kinda nuts, putting Kobe at the 3, Andrea at the 4 and D12 at the pivot? Straight buckets.
Toronto however... I mean it's a talent upgrade but it doesn't fit age-wise or rebuild wise. Gasol gets played out of position in LA. He's really more of a centre and we've got one of those so he'll likely be slotted in with JV but I like him better at 5 with Ed or Amir. Maybe he'd help JV grow, specially on offence, and be a valuable chip next year. Toronto's only real hope is a high draft pick in '14 (looking like a fairly studded lotto, but Wiggins makes me drool) or a miracle trade. Gasol may help the Raps this year a bit. Hopefully not enough to save BCs job but just enough to shut up some of the calls for DCs head. I agree to some extent that this is addition by subtraction but it's not like Pau is done. I think he's pretty unappreciated by some folks. Gasol is a great player and can really ball, even in his old age.
What the REAL issue for TO would then be is the backup PG. JL3? C'mon now. KLow isn't exactly an iron man and "Just Launching 3s" isn't a real option for a long term fill-in. Steve Blake for Linas? works cap wise but I really hate SB.
For L Jose shores up their traditionally terrible PG play while giveing them Nash and poor mans Nash. GREAT for offensive continuity, especially given Nashs age and growing minutes cap. AB gives them the midrange jump shooter at PF they need, especially in a D'Antoni system where Howard will get the STAT role, not the PF. In whatever kind of revised ssol system he's implementing AB will fill out the Diaw style role. This trade also helps them smooth out their cap and age issues a bit.
What it doesn't help LAL do anything about is defend the point of attack. Westbrook, Parker, Lillard, Curry etc are gonna continue to rip the Lakers up but that isn't getting solved in any other available trade rumoured out there anyway. I think Lakers win this. Hell, even a 2 pg situational lineup would be kinda nuts, putting Kobe at the 3, Andrea at the 4 and D12 at the pivot? Straight buckets.
Toronto however... I mean it's a talent upgrade but it doesn't fit age-wise or rebuild wise. Gasol gets played out of position in LA. He's really more of a centre and we've got one of those so he'll likely be slotted in with JV but I like him better at 5 with Ed or Amir. Maybe he'd help JV grow, specially on offence, and be a valuable chip next year. Toronto's only real hope is a high draft pick in '14 (looking like a fairly studded lotto, but Wiggins makes me drool) or a miracle trade. Gasol may help the Raps this year a bit. Hopefully not enough to save BCs job but just enough to shut up some of the calls for DCs head. I agree to some extent that this is addition by subtraction but it's not like Pau is done. I think he's pretty unappreciated by some folks. Gasol is a great player and can really ball, even in his old age.
What the REAL issue for TO would then be is the backup PG. JL3? C'mon now. KLow isn't exactly an iron man and "Just Launching 3s" isn't a real option for a long term fill-in. Steve Blake for Linas? works cap wise but I really hate SB.
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