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Andre Iguodala to LA for Lamar Odom and Luke Walton is being discussed, according to Ric Bucher of ESPN.
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Kupchak: Lakers rumors driven by agents, no trades happening
Los Angeles Lakers General Manager, Mitch Kupchak, just told reporters that as of right now, none of the reported trade discussions are going to happen.
According to Mike Trudell, all of the trade rumors involving the Lakers have been driven by agents. He also said that other teams have been approaching the Lakers and have been coming up with trade proposals - it hasn’t been LA who have been initiating any trade talk.
Finally, he told reporters that he still wants to keep the core of the team together. Is Lamar Odom included in that “core”? You’d think so.
On another note, Kupchak said he expects Shannon Brown to explore free agency, like he did last year before being re-signed by the Lakers.
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Could Lamar Odom be headed to play in Europe? It seems so, according to a tweet Lamar made to fellow Los Angeles Lakers player Pau Gasol.
In the tweet, Odom says:
@paugasol it’s ya boy@RealLamarOdom ! My dude really want 2 talk 2 u! Really thinking about going 2 play in Europe after this season!Interesting! So not only does Odom want to play in Europe, but he doesn’t want to do it now like most players due to the probable lockout (although, Lamar is close to NBPA President Derek Fisher, so maybe he knows something we don’t?) and he’d want to head to Europe in 2012 after his contract with the Lakers ends.
I wonder how his wife Khloe Kardashian would feel about the move across the pond?
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Kobe Bryant has been working “around the clock” with 22-year-old Lakers sophomore Devin Ebanks to try and prepare him for this season, which should see him get increased minutes after the departure of Lamar Odom and he could even wind-up becoming a starter.
New Lakers coach Mike Brown announced yesterday that he would be moving Metta World Peace to the bench so he could lead the second unit, meaning there’s an open spot at the starting small forward position. The three players in contention for the spot are Ebanks, Matt Barnes and Luke Walton. Whilst Barnes currently looks like the favorite, there is still 9 days til opening night and a lot can happen within that time frame.
Today at the Lakers’ open scrimmage at USC, Ebanks scored 12 points, going 4-for-6 from the field, 4-for-4 from the foul line and adding two assists and a steal, according to ESPN.
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