lakers.freedomblogging.com - 7/12/2009
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Ran into Assistant GM Ronnie Lester, who is taking in the Summer League games here in Vegas, mainly to get a good look at Adam Morrison. The rest of the Lakers team, including draft pick Chinemelu Elonu, are little more than prospective training game fodder.
Morrison, though. has a guaranteed ...
hoopsworld.com - 7/15/2009
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hoopsworld.com —
Assuming the Los Angeles Lakers cut guard Sun
Yue before August 1st, they are committed to 12...
players for the 2009/10 season at a total payroll of $83.8 million. Add in some $13.9 million in luxury taxes and the Lakers are on the hook for $97.8 ...
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Lamar Odom: Is It Too Late? - Basketball News & NBA Rumors
forumblueandgold.com - 7/16/2009
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forumblueandgold.com —
Here’s what I think is the ultimate truth
about the Lakers/Odom negotiations: They still need each other....
Unless Odom wants to walk away for the MLE — and he doesn’t, he already turned up his nose at more money than that from the Lakers — Odom ...
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Odom, Summer League Notes, Part Deux
lakersoffire.com - 7/14/2009
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lakersoffire.com —
There is no hotter topic in Laker Land
right now than the ongoing (and going and going)...
negotiations between the Lakers’ front office and Mr. Lamar Odom. But who’s to blame for the fact that the two parties still can’t come to an agreement? Let’s turn it over to Good ...
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Good vs. Evil: Signing Lamar
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Is Sun Yue headed out the door?
The Lakers Nation —
... O.C. Register: Ran into Assistant GM Ronnie Lester, who is taking in the Summer League games here in Vegas, mainly to get a good look at Adam Morrison. The rest of the Lakers team, including draft pick Chinemelu Elonu, are little more than prospective training game fodder. ...
Lamar Odom update and some other quick hits
Lakers Blog —
... Lester also indicated to Carr that Sun Yue, whose option needs to be picked up by August 1st, could find himself ex-Laker soon. His case apparently isn't being helped by an absence from the Summer Pro League. The same SPL, by the way, where Adam Morrison has recorded ...
Laker Linkage - 7/13/09
Lakers of Fire —
... Assistant GM Ronnie Lester gives some credo to the theory that Sun Yue, who’s contract is not guaranteed, could be released to achieve their desire to get their roster down to 13 players. This would be good news for Jordan Farmar fans as releasing Sun greatly increases the chances that the Lakers won’t sell Farmar to a team with cap room (like Memphis). ...
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lakeshowlife.com 7/31/2009 — Fan favorite Sun Yue has been let go by the Lakers in an effort to ease the strain on payroll for the upcoming season. Because the team is well over the luxury tax threshold, waiving him will provide 2-for-1 relief for his ~$750k and ultimately save the team $1.5m.
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lakeshowlife.com 7/21/2009 — Adam Morrison has a lot to prove as a Laker in the 09-10 season
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forumblueandgold.com 7/14/2009 — First, regarding the news on Odom that Mitch Kupchak said the Lakers are more pessimistic about a deal. If I were the Lakers and I went to Odom and upped my offer to $8.5 mil (the number I heard here at Summer League) and he took his sweet time ...
Off-season Outlook: Adam Morrison
lakersoffire.com 7/28/2009 — Our off-season outlook series rolls on, hoping not to grind to a halt as we take a look at the forgotten member of the Shannon Brown trade- Adam Morrison:
Don’t cry, Adam, it is finally your turn.
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gofor2.net 7/15/2009 — The NBA Vegas Summer league is where players who have been in the league for 3 years or less go to hone their skills and work on adjusting to the NBA game (technically there are two other small NBA summer leagues, but nobody cares, so we’re just going to focus on Vegas where most teams ...
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Most of the big names are gone. There have been sign-and-trades, huge contracts, and a few guys re-signing with their respective teams.
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