Divac sidelined, Malone still undecided

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:47 pm

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The absence of Divac will leave the Lakers a little shorthanded in the middle. I'm assuming Briant Grant will move back to centre while Caron Butler will have a chance to start while Mihm remains on the bench.

Meanwhile, it seems that no matter where the Mailman signs he won't be available on opening night. That might just place the career scoring lead out of reach, or perhaps even persuade Malone to call it quits. Rumours continue to swirl, but no situation has been heralded as a done deal. It's safe to assume that retirement is an option he's seriously contemplating at the moment.

by **Alcoholic** on Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:52 pm

Damn!!! I saw this coming! Vlade injured himself!!! He's just wasting space!!!

by **J@3** on Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:35 pm

I hate you, Vlade Divac. Go trade yourself for another high school star.

by . on Wed Sep 29, 2004 12:25 am

Chris Mihm will probably get the starting job over Divac in this case, and Brian Grant will move to the Power Forward position untill Karl Malone makes a possible return. Its to bad that Vlade got injured, the Lakers have okay backup players at the 4 and 5, that is with Vlade in the lineup. Now that he will miss some games its not looking that good, but I dont see any BIG problems coming out of this.

by **[Q]** on Wed Sep 29, 2004 4:14 am

bwahahahahahahahahahahaahahah
that's what the Lakers deserve for trading Gary Payton...

sorry, I've been saving that for a while now :lol:

by . on Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:57 am

qballer wrote:bwahahahahahahahahahahaahahah
that's what the Lakers deserve for trading Gary Payton...

sorry, I've been saving that for a while now

Lol...if it wasnt for that trade, then the Lakers wouldnt have had a good backup center to replace Divac, this trade came in very handy.

by **Jackal** on Wed Sep 29, 2004 6:14 am

Mr T wrote:Lol...if it wasnt for that trade, then the Lakers wouldnt have had a good backup center to replace Divac, this trade came in very handy.

Hmm, I'd still rather have had they keep Payton. That was a horrendous trade.

Good backup center? Mihm is far from good. :cry:

by . on Wed Sep 29, 2004 6:15 am

Ohyeah, I meant to say "now they have a backup center" instead of that, but dont get me wrong. I also rather have Payton with the Lakers, but in this situation it worked well for the Lakers.

by **Alcoholic** on Wed Sep 29, 2004 11:18 am

I just hope Butler can be a starter. I think he can be a really great player for the team like Odom's level or higher.

by **interpol83** on Wed Sep 29, 2004 11:32 am

hes too old force hiim to retired

by **J@3** on Wed Sep 29, 2004 1:07 pm

Mihm's decent, it was a good trade... would've been better to keep Marcus Banks aswell, but the funny thing is GP might not even play for the Celtics.

by **air gordon** on Wed Sep 29, 2004 4:47 pm

Alcoholic wrote:I just hope Butler can be a starter. I think he can be a really great player for the team like Odom's level or higher.

keep dreaming- he's far from odom's level and he's got that bum leg

don't get me wrong, i'm a fan of caron's after seeing him play at uconn, i've followed him since he entered the nba, he hasn't showed much. his best asset right now is his good attitude

by **j.23** on Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:32 pm

btw does anyone know if the rockets can afford getting GP?

by **[Q]** on Thu Sep 30, 2004 3:29 am

prolly not with TMAC still in there... and not sure about yao's contract though. maybe... if they give up like Lue and/or Howard, which i wouldn't mind at all

Divac sidelined, Malone still undecided

Divac sidelined, Malone still undecided

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