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I'd love to see a Kobe, Kirilenko, Gasol trio. AK47 deserves to win an NBA title.
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They would win it surely. To have AK47 instead of a scrub Artest would be miles of improvement. Gasol's shape is the key here also, but since he had a lot of rest...
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[quote name='Black Urum' timestamp='1322553172' post='36402']
I'd love to see a Kobe, Kirilenko, Gasol trio. AK47 deserves to win an NBA title.
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They would win it surely. To have AK47 instead of a scrub Artest would be miles of improvement. Gasol's shape is the key here also, but since he had a lot of rest...
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How would the Lakers be able to sign Kirilenko? They have $91m on the books already which far exceeds the $58m salary cap. I think that they'll use their "Alan Houston" on Luke Walton which saves about $5m this year and next year Even if they "Alan Houstoned" Kobe they wouldn't get below the cap to be able to sign Kirilenko outright. Do they think that they can pursuade Kirilenko for the MLE? He'll surely get a better offer than that on the open market.
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How would the Lakers be able to sign Kirilenko? They have $91m on the books already which far exceeds the $58m salary cap. I think that they'll use their "Alan Houston" on Luke Walton which saves about $5m this year and next year Even if they "Alan Houstoned" Kobe they wouldn't get below the cap to be able to sign Kirilenko outright. Do they think that they can pursuade Kirilenko for the MLE? He'll surely get a better offer than that on the open market.
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Many of these new CBA restrictions look to be helping the talent starved teams more than I thought. Now if these smaller markets make good decisions they can have a greater chance of success.
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Multiple Twitter sources is saying former Duke standout Kyle Singler is signing with Real Madrid.