Lakers 3 for 1 trade in the works (Done deal?)

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Well the Jazz are denying their actively shopping Boozer......so I have a feeling it might not happen......

Well, ofcourse they are denying it just like they did when they said that Carlos Arroyo wasnt on the trade block at all.

[Fresh8]

Well.. i hope the deal goes through!

[Andrew]

That's not such a bad deal, though I'm a little surprised to see them give up Butler. I suppose the Lakers feel Odom will be fine alongside Boozer in the frontcourt.

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EL SEGUNDO - Devean George picked up the phone at midnight and got five calls in rapid fire, all asking why his name had come up in trade rumors. Lamar Odom had to tell his family he knew about as much as them regarding his future with the Lakers.

As for Vlade Divac, the 37-year-old center spent his All-Star break fishing off the coast of Mexico, only to return to practice Monday afternoon and find out he was heading to the Utah Jazz as part of a three-player deal for Carlos Boozer.

"I can go there for a day, say hi and come back," Divac jokingly told reporters.

The one problem with all the rumors, one that had Odom heading to Sacramento in exchange for Peja Stojakovic and Bobby Jackson, another that sent Caron Butler, George and Divac to Utah for Boozer, is that they all had no basis, according to the Lakers.

"I talked to (Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak) last night," interim coach Frank Hamblen said, "and he said it's unbelievable the rumors that are going on."

The Lakers refuted an FSN West report Sunday that the deal including Butler, George and Divac was done pending league approval. ESPN and TNT both reported that the Odom deal had been discussed, though the Lakers said Odom was not offered to any team.

"Team policy is not to comment on trade rumors," Lakers spokesman John Black said, "no matter how absurd they may be. But they are frustrating and annoying."

The trade rumors became so blurry that they merged at one point, with the Lakers offering Odom to Utah for Boozer. Jazz vice president of basketball operations Kevin O'Connor called that scenario "absolutely ludicrous" in speaking Sunday to the Deseret Morning News.

Butler was absent from practice Monday with a stomach virus. Odom said he wanted to finish his career with the Lakers, but added that he was not shocked to hear the trade talk.

"We all know in this league it could be anybody, whether it's a coach, a player, a general manager, anybody," said Odom, who was part of the Shaquille O'Neal trade only seven months ago. "It didn't stun me or bother me at all. I didn't take it personal."

Headed out? The Lakers still could make a move before the trade deadline at noon Thursday, and George sounded resigned to the fact that it could be him. He spoke nearly the entire time Monday in the past tense about his tenure with the Lakers.

"There's been so many changes," George said, "and I'm just one of the ones that's been around that really hasn't been part of the change.

"So I think my time is limited. I'm appreciative of the time I've been here. I've won three rings. They re-signed me, put me in a great financial situation, so I have nothing bad to say about the Lakers."

George, who has yet to play this season after undergoing July ankle surgery, all but started a countdown to his departure, telling reporters, "We've got some time so we can talk every day until I leave."

His agent, Mark Bartelstein, said George might have been caught up in the crush of rumors. Bartelstein added that he didn't know if a team would trade for George without seeing him on the court this season.

"Everywhere you go, somebody's in your ear asking what's going to happen," Bartelstein said. "It gets you after awhile. He

About 24+ hours after Jack Haley claimed the Lakers and the Jazz have completed the trade, it looks like this trade actually will not happen. Both the Lakers and Utah Jazz are denying that there has been any contact about those players for Carlos Boozer, and Jack Haley is the only source that claims that this has happend. I dont like the looks of this, however....General Managers always say that there has been no trade talks untill after a deal is finalized. Why Jack Haley was so sure of this? I dont know. Its a 50/50 for me, but by the looks of it I dont think this trade will happen afterall (prove me wrong please!)

[Drex]

That sucks. I really wanted this deal to happen.

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Okay, it looks like the deal is off afterall. Damnit, I would love to have Boozer on the Lakers. But I dont think its done just yet, I see the Lakers making a trade before the deadline.

[Fresh8]

Caron didnt play today.. maybe theyre getting ready to ship him. U never know!

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yeah he had some virus or something like that. Atleast that is what the LA times says. He also missed mondays practice.

[Mikki]

Caron didnt play today.. maybe theyre getting ready to ship him. U never know!

He's "poisoned".

[Fresh8]

Well.. the Lakers say he had a virus... noone knows though! lol... I not sure if I want a shakeup... its good and bad for the team...