Worried about perimeter defense… calling for devin harris… does not compute

harris can play defense if he’s on a good team with a good system. as the 4th or 5th option on offense, he’ll have plenty of energy to play D.

i wonder who they were gonna give us? adam morrison lol

Lets get past Devin bashing and break down possible deals

Are you kidding me?

We are not looser

What happened to the devin harris we saw last year?!..he looks like he just completely gave up, where’s the motivation?..one allstar berth was enough for you devin..where’s that eye of the tiger!!..

I would take Odom in a heartbeat!

i’ll take that trade if we get shannon brown and adam morrison in ruturn.

brown
wall
yi
humphries
lopez

yeah!!!

Nah!!!

if we traded harris for morrison and brown i’d kill myself.

This better be just a rumor no way this happens they have nobody to offer us.

omg morrison is horrible. i would take brown but i don’t know bout his pg skills

you know Thorn asked for Bynum and the Lakers hung up.

No. There is nothing they can offer us.

Lamar Odom can’t play PF for the NETS? He would average 15 boards a game if given 40 minutes a night and plays outside, which would allow Brook to handle the inside.

Shannon Brown? Jordan Farmar? Feh.

Do the Lakers have anything the Nets want or need?

LAMAR ODOM……how can you not see it!

I don’t know why the Lakers would do this, besides platooning Harris/Fisher.

No way Harris plays at SG and Kobe at SF for extended periods of time.

Even if we get odom, a fair trade, I don’t see why the Lakers do that. Having Odom as a 6th man is what makes their frontcourt so deadly. Sure he is having a slight off year, but who would be their sixth man then?

Noo Lamar Kardashian Odom could stay in L.A If they’re not offering Kobe then no way this trade goes down.

Odom’s salary matches perfect. I would revisit this if we get Wall.

I’m sure that alot of teams are inquiring about Harris….I would definitely not send him to the Lakers…Unless it was for Pau Gasol and that is not happening…..And please ….Lamar Odom…..He is getting old and he is just an average player if he is on a team w/out Kobe/Gasol and Phil Jackson…..I would only trade Harris for a Lottery pick from a Crappy Team…Or just keep him for leverage around draft time…..

Stop sleeping on Harris like he’s a scrub. There ain’t nothing fair about this trade on our part Harris for Odom hahahaha that’s funny!

ShawnG:

Nets should also wait to see if they get Wall. Getting Farmar alone would turn the Nets into Brook Lopez plus 3rd stringers.

But the Lakers would want Harris before this trade deadline.

anyway, imagine:

Wall
CDR/Lee
Lebron
Odom
Lopez

Sixth man: Yi

one can dream… one can dream…

“LAMAR ODOM……how can you not see it!”

SERIOUSLY. LAMAR ODOM=CHAMPIONSHIP. LOL !!!111

The only scenario in which Kobe goes to LA is a 3 team deal. LA does not have the assets to get a deal done.

If the Lakers offered Lamar Odom, we wouldnt be writing about POSSIBLE trades. We would be talking about Odom’s first game.

The most likely scenario would be some offer of Jordan Farmar, Adam Morrison and a pick, which is nearly meaningless.

Everybody is fair game, only Lopez is kind of untouchable. I still think Harris can help the Nets, even with a player like Wall – but who knows how much management will try and cash out before season’s end.

“We would be talking about Odom’s first game.”

What would the Nets want with Odom? He’s 30 and not very good.

I’m convinced y’all are insane.

quit dreaming about lebron james.
he aint going anywhere but cavs.
they’re gonna win the east
so it’s gonna be cavs vs lakers

he aint gonna break the cavs core if he knows he can win something on his team.

lets just be a winless team for the next 4 years hahahah

the capspace idea is the most dumbest idea that the nets did couple of years ago.

lets just hope we can land some star in this team but i doubt it.

and for all the fans that keeps putting lebron on our team please stop it. because it’s never gonna happen.

lets get WALL (hopefully)

so it’s
1.wall
2.harris
3.gay
4.d.lee
5.lopez

i don’t mind being a playoff team than a winless team.

harris/yi for bynum brown. nets would have true twin towers.

“i don’t mind being a playoff team than a winless team.”

Well, I DO mind. Finishing eighth in the East year after year is not what I want.

And doing stupid things like trading Harris when his value is low for Odom will lead to that result.

@TWilliAM

I’ve felt like that for a while now that people are insane.

hahaha. i dont think nets can be a serious contender after KIDD’ era.

@twilliam – so you rather see the nets lose than winning a playoff spot? hahahah
you are insane for saying that.

nets is not gonna win a championship unless we get lebron which is the most impossible thing to happen.
nets is not gonna win a champioship as long as KOBE is playing like the best player in the NBA (world??)

so i rather see them in the playoffs than watching them losing by double digits.

lets just pray that we bring a star next seaon.

The Nets need a great player, and a couple really good players. They also need these new players to help change the culture of losing much like J Kidd did, and their new coach next season obviously will play a huge factor in that. I think the Nets have a bunch of good role players already, and they obviously need pieces put in place to make them effective. I think that most of the team are role players right now.

“nets is not gonna win a championship unless we get lebron which is the most impossible thing to happen.”

You don’t win championships by getting free agents. You get them by drafting at the top of the lottery and making the right decisions with those picks.

You don’t get high lottery picks finishing 8th and making the playoffs.

And you don’t win championships putting a mediocre team on the floor. NOT EVER.

Honestly, I feel positive about the position the Nets are in for next season. Even though this season has been torturous, there will be a nice amount of money and options this summer. I will be glued to the trade rumors this summer.

People are really impatient, and I understand that. It’s really hard watching the Nets right now, but the idea is to make smart moves FOR the future, not short-sighted trades that undermine the future.

NI, you are the one who said Butler is too old for this team. You should be consistent. LO is a PF who has been in the league for 10 years. Does he have enough left in the tank to carry/develop a young team. I don’t think so.

LO is a great piece for a championship contender. We are not there yet. His effort would decrease substanitally on our team and he’d probably be screaming to get out of NJ.

let’s just pray for the nets next season.

If his time with the Clippers didn’t prove anything else…Lamar Odom is not a franchise player/leader& never will be. No way do i make this trade if i’m Thorn.

@TWilliam – I agree, gotta try to put the emotions aside- hard as it may be. Future is bright, no place to go but up anyway.

I just hope that the Nets will not accept Adam Morrison and Jordan Farmar in exchange for Harris. Fortunately, the Lakers do not have Sun Yue anymore, otherwise, the Nets might be salivating for another Chinese.

If they arent giving me Pau or Kobe, hang up.

Everyone with Wall in the lineup, ha. We have a one on 4 chance, although that thing is crooked. Say we get the 2 or the 3 in the draft, Davis or Montejunes is the pick. No way we go with a swing Tuner or Johnson. With Prokhy at the helm I bet Montejunes, but Davis would be safer.

Harris/Dooling
CDR/Lee
Lopez/Humphries/Free Agent
Montejanes
J.Johnson/Gay/Dallas Pick

That’s if we can lure a quality feree agent. Get used to it, it ain’t going to be much better….20 to 30 wins though and a huge step in the right direction with this young nucleus. Then 2011 will attract quality free agents, as we are still 15 to 20 mil under cap with Brooklyn looming and team on the rise. We are 2 to 3 years fro .500 but the franchises’ future is very bright despite this years debacle.

And what has Mitch been smoking if he’s looking to Devin Harris for any type of defense

And please. I’m not high on Harris, but Lamar Odom is a no no.

LA does not have a first round pick in 2010 (Gasol trade). Which means that they cannot trade their 2011 pick, either.

@ J-Kay

" J-Kay says:

Worried about perimeter defense … calling for devin harris… does not compute"

Of course he would look better on the Lakers so how does it not compute?

@Twilliam

The Lakers signed Shaq from FA, and did not draft kobe so….

You can win rings from FA…

trade harris

this is our opportunity to make room for John Wall

Lakers did draft Kobe lol

@shawn g…no they didnt, the charlotte hornets did

why wouldn’t you get excited about:

STARTERS:
John Wall, PG
Courtney Lee, SG
LeBron James, SF
Yi Jianlian, PF
Brook Lopez,C

BENCH:
Jordan Farmar, G
CDR, SF
Serviceable big man (from Adam Morrison’s Expiring Contract)

That has Finals written all over it.

they traded for kobe on draft day

Kobe for harris

Make it possible :D

lakers don’t have anyone we would want that they would be willing to give away…
lakers overpaid lamar odom to remain in title contention…only a dumb gm would want that contract especially one who is currently rebuilding…

P.S we suck anyway

i bet theyll give d.j mbenga, and a 2nd round pick for harris

and we will say yes……

:D

Rod Thorn has wanted Bynum for a while. Take Nothing Less

I’m sure they inquired, I’m also sure they offered that spa Adam Morrison. The nets might be the worst team in the league but Rod Throrn isn’t team president of Memphis. There will be no-one talking about. There will be no Pau Gasol equivilent trades for the nets thank you!!!

It’s amazing to me how the NET fans overvalue our own players, yet can’t see the value of other team’s players. Lamar Odom next to Brook would be quite a fearsome team. That would eliminate our need to pursue a top PF in FA and allow us to go after Rubio from Minn for one of our draft pics and Lee/CDR.

For those of you who say Odom is old and can’t play…..get real! The guy would be a constant 20pt 12reb, 4 ast player when relied on to be the go to person with Brook.

Brian,

I guess you have ruled out going after Boozer in FA as well as he too is approaching 30 and is therefore too old to help the NETS. With Bosh saying he would not step foot onto a court with the Nets, it looks like we will wind up giving the max to Amare.

No trading devin before the deadline. Why? His value is down point guard is the most important poistion and we are not guarinteed any good point guard. We also know Devin can play better as good as last year? Who knows but this is obviously an off year, injuries the presure the losing and the lack of somone to draw defensive presure. Devin is a good point guard and will play well when there he is the 2nd or third option on offense. If we could get Wall or another super star point guard then you revaluate otherwise we have to stick with devin.

Odom is a thirty year old medicore to good player, he’s more of a cog in a system kind of guy then a core piece. And he’s not your power forward of the future. Also we don’t need to go nuts and leave the most important postion comprimised just to get a power forward. There are plenty of better options than Odom available this summer that we can sign ok not Chris Bosh but Amare, Boozer etc. We can also draft Favors if we don’t go wall so yeah. And also there is no way the lakers part with Odom either they only interested in a con job to get better not in giving up anyone good.

Shea,

You seem to think the FA’s are going to be knocking down the NETS door to play with our team. Thorn has already realized how improbable it will be to woo one of those players, thus he is recognizing that without trades now, we will be spending our cap space on 2nd tier garbage.

Additionally, what makes you think Harris will have any more value during the offseason. While extremely improbable, if we do get the chance to draft Wall, teams will recognize that Harris will have little to no value to us, thus if you think we are getting garbage offers for him now, just wait till the offseason.

Give us Shannon Brown, Jordan Farmar, and LA’s 1st rd pick this year and in 2012 and call it a day.

Bynum and Shanon Brown for Josh Boone and Devin Harris.

Then trade Yi Jian Lian for Caron Butler.

if u r a gm for a rebuilding young team you have to be retarded to pay 30-yr old lamar odom $9M till he’s 34…

Oh, and to any Lakers fans reading this, screw you for thinking you can pilfer a bad team’s best player every time a hole opens up in your lineup.

OH! DEREK FISHER SUCKS! D.J. MBENGA AND SASHA FOR HARRIS PLZ.

The Lakers would only offer Jordan Farmar and Adam Morrison or Shannon Brown + Adam Morrison + pick(s)…

Trading harris for odom is as dumb as trading Carter for Lee.

We get rid of Carter and Kidd in return for Lee, Odom. Just awful.

If you haven’t noticed, VC’s not exactly lighting it up this year, either.

It looks like the Nets traded him just in time. They’re pretty good at that.

Seeker,

You forget probably the most important aspect of those trades and ultimately what will define them, the cap space. Lee, Odom are just the cherries on top. We have yet to see how the cap space will be used.

jirokahzaki,

The hope is that after this year, we won’t be rebuilding anymore…..with up to two max players in addition to Harris (Or Odom), Lopez, 1st rd pick…you better believe we expect to win immediately.

It probably went like this;

Mitch to Rod
I’ll give you Farmer and Brown for Harris.
Crash (Thats Thorn falling out of his chair)
Mitch
Ok OK how about Odom?
Rod
Another PF who can’t play D. You want me to trade my starting PG for your bench player who sucks? Give me Bynum.
Mitch
I knew I shouldn’t have made this call.

Mr Big,

Odom can’t play D? I would love to know what PF’s in the game you think are better than Odom…..

There are 30 teams I’d say 20-25 have better PFs and some have better bench PFs.

I think money talks. The nets would probably be having a better season if not for the injuries, they never got time to gell together add in the fact that almost all of these players are forced into roles they shouldn’t be playing and you’ll see them better when their in their natural roles. On top of which by the time everyone was healthy the losing was well underway that stuff kind of makes it dificult to play chemistry. I meant they’ve changed their offense at least three times this year how is a team supposed to build chemistry with that. I think the nets will get over the hump of ten wins and be an attractive enough spot with money and a core for free agents outwise of the elite class. Every team in the league doesn’t have cap space after all. As for Harris I think if you land Wall you reevaluate I didn’t imply his value will be up if he starts playing better it definately will. But yeah what I did say was you don’t dish your PG untill you have another. And then you can shop Harris if you don’t like what your getting offered you keep Harris play them together and then deal Harris at the trade deadline next year when his value is hopefully up again. Beh another option the nets could have if they didn’t think they had shot at their main targets and wanted to avoid spending to much on guys they’d have to settle for, they could trade an expiring contract for draft pick(s). It a strong draft this year so thats another option to get better.

Lakers really aren’t the best trading partner for the Nets if Thorn does decide to trade Harris. I would like to get the best young talent possible for Harris along with expiring contracts. Become the only team in the league able to offer two max contracts. If Humph opts out and we buy out Dooling, we can even bring in two top tier guys and another reliable veteran, like a Travis Outlaw. All the trades of our top guys over the past few years doesn’t really faze me because those guys were in decline, overpaid, and dooming us to sustained mediocrity. We wouldn’t even be able to trade Vince or RJ for expirining contracts if they were playing with us this season.

I HATE Harris!!!!!!

Carter might be on the move AGAIN!