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The Lakers moves are not for the present but for the future. Ironic since Phil is signed on for only 3 years.
Atkins was not going to be a main guy on the Lakers anyway since Phil hates small guards so he was expendable.
Caron is a great player but he has only 1 year left on his contract. Lakers had no intention of re-signing him to begin with since Odom's contract is huge and he is more comfortable at the 3 than the 4. Therefore, that is why Caron was the trade bait: cause he's good and doesn't have a bad contract. Who the hell would take Odom's mess?
Kwame is no Shaq. But... I like Mitch's guts. Basically, this is a 2 year experiment with Kwame. If he works out, it'll be amazing. But if he doesn't, they drop him on the 3rd year and hope for free agent lightning to strike in the year 2007 when Yao and Amare become available(or maybe 2008 with Lebron).
As for the Lakers fans out there, I don't know if this will make the Lakers any where close to a playoff team, but this is the best they can do at this point to look towards the future. If they get a good pg like Antonio Daniels, I believe they have a shot if they are healthy. Bynum is getting great reviews in Summer League and maybe he can start in the near future... or maybe I'm just dreaming..
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