Top 5 Pau Gasol Trade Possibilities the Lakers Should Consider

By | June 3, 2012|

1: Los Angeles Lakers receive: PG Brandon Jennings, PF DeMarcus Cousins

Sacramento Kings receive: PF Pau Gasol, PG Beno Udrih

Milwaukee Bucks receive: SG Marcus Thornton, PG Tyreke Evans, PG Andrew Goudelock

The Los Angeles Lakers will get the two players that would surely make them one of the favorites in the Western Conference. Brandon Jennings will give the Lakers a young, dynamic point guard who can create his own shot. The Lakers need to add a point guard and Jennings could one day become an All-Star in this league.

Los Angeles would also get DeMarcus Cousins, a player very similar to Bynum. Both players are extremely talented and their futures are very bright as long as they stay focused. Cousins can produce in the paint and will give the Lakers two bright spots in their front-court.

The Kings would get a much more experience and professional big man in Pau Gasol who would help them win games now. The fan base would appreciate the addition of Gasol as he can help them get out of their bad days.

As for the Bucks, they will receive a plethora of guards who can help their starting lineup and bench. Tyreke Evans was not getting the touches he used to in Sacramento despite his scoring and play making ability. Evans can average 20, five and five in a season, and is more of a point guard type than Jennings. Also, adding Thornton and Goudelock would give the Bucks more off the bench.

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  • Brian

    LMAO @ these trades.. We aren’t trading gasol for a boozer or deng type player, we aren’t getting jennings and a potential all star demarcus cousins just for gasol and goudelock, iggy’s value is probably higher than gasol so they would probably want more, the rocket’s arent trading patterson he is their starting PF when scola is retired, the only realistic trade here is the josh smith trade.. and even then they still might want more for josh smith.

    • really?

      actually you are not very bright are you, Iggy’s trade value is not that high, in fact he is vastly overrated. and you do not get how some teams might value pau.

      • Brian

        Pau is aging,iggys presence for the sixers against the celtics put him up there

  • Brian

    LMAO @ these trades.. We aren’t trading gasol for a boozer or deng type player, we aren’t getting jennings and a potential all star demarcus cousins just for gasol and goudelock, iggy’s value is probably higher than gasol so they would probably want more, the rocket’s arent trading patterson he is their starting PF when scola is retired, the only realistic trade here is the josh smith trade.. and even then they still might want more for josh smith.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001293512532 Arman Ishkhanyan

    Why would the kings do that?

  • http://www.facebook.com/justiceman9 Justice Perez

    if i were to trade gasol id do the hawks trade because josh smith is a beast and add him plus world peace, kobe, sessions, and bynum and you got a championship team again. plus he is still young and can perform on both sides of the court. also marvin williams is a great player and can perform well too. they both lack the size of gasol but with their offensive/defensive performances it makes up for it. this would be a gain for us and a loss for them.

  • Brennan Mullins

    the rockets one was ridiculous and the bucks trade will never happen in a million years this author is fucking stupid he just makes up deals that wont happen.

    • Sportsnut2083

      ya brennan i dont see n e of these going throught either but gasol will be traded maybe for d williams

  • Sportsnut2083

    josh smith trade is the most sense here than bynum for howard or go get d williams and bring hill and barnes back with odom for 1.8 mil makes the most sense here..lakers get howard or williams and the lakers win the whole thing next year

  • Sujag22

    shit stop being realistic after trade 3.  Come on now.. kings wont give up cousins.  they already fired a coach for him( who deserved it) or thornton for that matter either

  • Sti1lmatic

    Gasol for Andre Iguodala + Nikola Vucevic? Ramneet, you’ve gotta be smoking some real good WEED’NEET. That’s the biggest load of $hit for a trade that I’ve ever read about.

  • Yahsdha

    the kings/bucks deal for gasol is great i just dont know how realistic it is.. but i also like the rockets deal followed by the hawks deal.. and the bulls deal is plain awful.. boozer is not the boozer from the jazz.. 

  • http://twitter.com/GO24Seven Gilbert Ortiz

    Andre Iguodala……..no thank you. The Lakers will most likely trade Pau to Houston or to Minnesota. Those are the two teams that wanted him the most.

  • Dtrout11

    give me Josh Smith and Hinrich, and you can have Gasol!

  • lakerman34

     The Kings have to be SUPER high to even CONSIDER that trade offer… There three best young players for an old Pau Gasol? SMH…

  • Phil7659

    This should be the lakers starting lineup next season…..PG:Kyle Lowry SG:Kobe Bryant SF:Micheal Beasly PF:Luis Scola C:Andrew Bynum. Trade Pau Gasol to the Rockets for Lowry and Scola, then trade Jordan Hill,Steve Blake, and Devin Ebanks to the t-wolves for Beasly. Its cheaper than getting d-will and d-12.

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