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Less than two hours until the trade deadline and the morning after a very good win for the Lakers, getting wins you're not playing your best is what playoff teams do and well start with the words of GM Mitch Kupchak from the LA Times this morning.

"It's unlikely we're going to make a trade," Laker General Manager Mitch Kupchak said.

The two big rumored deals for the Lakers involved some version of a Peja for Odom deal with Sacramento, but that isn't happening now that Webber's gone they need Peja's scoring. The other was some kind of deal for Baron Davis, but if he is going anywhere it appears to be to Golden State. I wasn't fond of either of those deals for the Lakers, so I think Mitch s stance is for the best.

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Two thoughts on executed trades:

Getting Webber could be huge for Philly, if his knees hold up, but I don't really get it for Sacramento. I understand they are trying to get back to the success they had when Webber started last season on the IR. I understand it was going to be hard to get equal value for Webber (PER of 21.35) but the three guys Sacramento got Kenny Thomas (13.48 PER), Brian Skinner (6.13) and Corliss Williamson (14.94) not only are average or below average replacements, they have contracts that run through at least 2007. Sacramento is stuck with these guys for a few years.

We'll see what happens to Sacramento, but they are 5 games ahead of the Lakers, so they wouldn't be easy to catch.

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Originally from Forum Blue and Gold
ReBlogged by bunch on Feb 24, 2005 at 10:58 AM

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