Payton leaves L.A. Lakers

i read that lakers traded payton and rick fox to the celtics for three players who may be able to help the lakers (chris mihm (c), chucky atkins (g) and marcus banks (g)....

now what do u think of these lakers?

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i wonder why payton didnt opt out with his player option. or at least demand a trade to a championship contender

do u think it was his choice to be traded to boston?

lol, u think payton actually wanteed to go to boston? lol he's prolly PISSED. lakers better be goin after VC or peja b/c both want out of where they are

peja better not leave the kings!

The lead in to the ESPN story on this was that the Lakers needed a big man (Chris Mihm) and had to give up GP to get it...it's a great trade from my pov (as a Celtics fan).

yeah, considering Kobe's pretty much all the Lakers have left... they'll have to pick up a big name soon..

shouldn't be too hard with all the salary they've dumped..

They had four pretty big names last year, and still didn't win it all.

Originally posted by stretch13bb
They had four pretty big names last year, and still didn't win it all.

yeah, four big names, but way too much ego...

if they can get one or two high quality guys that won't make their locker room a living hell... it'll be a good year for them...

not that I like the Lakers, I'd rather see them do poorly, they've been at the top long enough

payton has been horrible i doubt hell ever be good again

does vince carter want out of toronto? i never knew that

GP skipped his physical

http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...v=ap&type=lgns

lol at payton not wanting to go 2 boston

he ain't going there, he's prolly gonna retire

I think that he is probably going to retire too. Like really, who wants to go to the damn celtics. He is old as hell so he should go ahead and retire

I see this topic is dead but I wasn't registered then so I will throw my 2 cents in. Well, I guess Payton didn't retire and is playing for my Celtics. He is playing well and is teaching our young guys so this was a positive trade. He probably won't be back next year but I will enjoy his game this year and see how he will continue to play.