Jermaine O'Neal wants trade to Lakers

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Jermaine seeking trade to Lakers!
Published 8/6/2007 by LD2k at The Lakers Nation
... SI.com: If Jermaine O’Neal gets his wish, he will not be playing for the Indiana Pacers next season. If he gets his dream, he will be suiting up for the Los Angeles Lakers alongside Kobe Bryant. ...

Jermaine ONeal Says He Would Welcome Trade To Lakers
Published 8/6/2007 at SPORTSbyBROOKS
JERMAINE O'NEAL WOULD " WELCOME TRADE TO LAKERS ": Arash Markazi has the lead on SI.com at the moment, as he reports that Jermaine O'Neal of the Indiana Pacers wants a trade to the Lakers: " ...

Pacers Should Rebuild, O'Neal Would Be a Laker
Published 8/6/2007 by Bethlehem Shoals at FanHouse
... forever, and even the aforementioned Pacers article knows that Kobe wants him. And according to SI.com's Arash Markazi, now the feeling is super-mutual: "I would welcome a trade to the Lakers," said O'Neal, who averaged 19.4 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.6 blocked shots last season. "Indiana has given me the opportunity to establish myself as a really good player in this league, but they're into rebuilding and going really young, and I'm just not in a position physically to go through another five to six years with a lot of losses and a lot of down time." Not to overstep my bounds as a blogger, but dudes, this needs to happen. For the good of all involved parties. Maybe Stern can step in and insist on it. ...

Kupchak Doesn’t Have The Stones To Pull It Off.
Published 8/6/2007 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... SI’s Arash Markazi is reporting that the Pacers’ Jermaine O’Neal is now openly campaigning to be dealt to the Lakers, saying he would “welcome” a trade to L.A. — and I feel a need to apologize to all Laker fans that might be reading this in advance, because you all know already that Mitch Kupchak won’t do jack on this. ...

Hoop Links
Published 8/6/2007 by Archimedes at Big Smoke Sports
... - Keeping in line with All-Star players bitching about their teams after signing long contracts: Jermaine O'Neal wants a trade to the Lakers - Making a strong bid for my favourite NBA Player in 2007? ...

Jermaine O'Neal Clarifies Comments for the Locals...Kind Of
Published 8/7/2007 by Cornrows at Indy Cornrows: Front Page Posts
... to respond to the SI story earlier today. J.O. claims it wasn't like it sounded, although it sounds pretty similar. ...

The Story About the Story Becomes the Story
Published 8/7/2007 by Cornrows at Indy Cornrows: Front Page Posts
... It appears Sam Alipour was around for the same comments that Arash Markazi wrote about for SI.com. ...

Jermaine O’Neal: LA or Jersey?
Published 8/7/2007 by Ben Ellingsworth at MiamiHoopsBlog.com
... Si.com - This is where it looks like the story originated from. 2 page article with info. ...

Kobe and O'Neal II: Electric Bugaloo?
Published 8/7/2007 by kambrothers at Lakers Blog
... that he'd be more than cool with a trade that paired him with the Mamba , that ...

Fast Break Thoughts
Published 8/7/2007 by Kurt at Forum Blue And Gold
... • Jermaine O’Neal wants to be a Laker. And we want him. So, what’s the hold up? ...

Jermaine O’Neal Demands a Trade to NBC Show Scrubs
Published 8/8/2007 by TheHype at NBA Basketball and Other Unrelatedness
INDIANAPOLIS Indiana Pacers forward Jermaine O Neal is now demanding a trade to NBC s cult comedy Scrubs . J.O. has been wishy washy of late when he made a remark to the awesomely named dude from SI.com Arash Markazi that he would welcome a trade to the Lakers . He then later backtracked made clear he didn t actually demand the trade to L.A. Now, however, word from his agent is that he does want to go to L.A., but for an entirely different reason: to star in the comedy series about hospital hijinks Scrubs . Scrubs is funny man! said O Neal, Man, that Sarah Chalke is all sorts of hilarious and frikkin HOT! The comedy show star Zach Braff would welcome Jermaine should he be traded: Two brown bears? Sign me up! O Neal averaged 19.4 points, 9.6 rebounds, 5.3 jokes per possession and 2.6 blocks last season in one of the best performances of his 11-year career.