Vlade back to the Lakers!

[Jetdriver]

What other poor decisions will the Lakers be making?:mad:

[MagicMtnDan]

1. Demolishing the team to keep Kobe
2. Getting rid of Shaq for a buncha nuthins
3. Losing D-Fish
4. Signing Vlade
Did you see how Mr. Wishy-Washy (Gary Payton) now is talking like he's gonna stay and make this team come together?! That a-hole was howlin' like a coyote when they traded Shaq. Hey Gary, take your over-the-hill "talent" to another team. :yuk:

[mbrown2]

Why?:(

[bigerich]

Yeah, but with the "Vlade Flop" they will get a lot more foul calls. Plus, Vlade can smoke and play ball, what a hero!

[gramps]

unfriggin believable....................I WAS a laker fan...........didn't they learn the first time???????

[Kilrtoy]

After all the crap he talked....

[JetBoatRich]

Never liked him:o even when he played for the Lakers:yuk:

[dicudmore]

he played for the lakers when I was in elementary school
AARP and still in the NBA?

[AzDon]

I went to the Diamondbacks game Saturday night and a really strange thing happened....They were chanting for Vlade! It went something like: Lets go Divacs, Lets Go!
Kinda weird.... wrong sport wrong place....
Welcome to the twilight zone!

[dmontzsta]

He is one of the few guys that gives Shaq a hard time, also he is a big body.

[throwerb]

He must have slept with Kobe.:wink:

[Dr. Eagle]

Originally posted by Jetdriver
What other poor decisions will the Lakers be making?:mad:
Well, he can teach the younger set the Hollywood Vlade Flop!

[bigerich]

Originally posted by AzDon
I went to the Diamondbacks game Saturday night and a really strange thing happened....They were chanting for Vlade! It went something like: Lets go Divacs, Lets Go!
Kinda weird.... wrong sport wrong place....
Welcome to the twilight zone!
I am no genious, but you sure they weren't chanting, "lets go D-backs, lets go"???? HMMMM:D

[Dr. Eagle]

Vlade Divac
Divac to sign with Lakers
Bee Sports staff and Associated Press
Published 12:26 pm PDT Monday, July 19, 2004
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[Updated at 5:22 p.m. July 19] Vlade Divac has made his decision: Monday morning he told The Bee's Martin McNeal that he will sign with the Los Angeles Lakers.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Divac, who made $12 million with the Kings last season, was offered approximately $2.5 million by the Kings to return for this season. He had said that the Lakers and the Clippers each had offered twice as much.
Divac, 36, had been with the Kings since signing as a free agent in 1999. Before that, he had played for Charlotte for two seasons. He had been traded to Charlotte by the Lakers in 1996. Divac had been a Laker for seven seasons before that. The Lakers traded Divac to Charlotte in order to acquire the draft rights to Kobe Bryant. Now, they will both be on the Lakers' roster.
Divac joined the Kings at the same time as Chris Webber, Peja Stojakovic and coach Rick Adelman. They transformed one of the NBA's worst franchises into a perennial championship contender. Sacramento has made six straight playoff appearances with Divac as its starting center.
But Divac lost significant playing time last season when the Kings acquired All-Star center Brad Miller from Indiana. Divac averaged just 6.6 points last season, the lowest of his career. Divac will bring superb passing, solid defense and leadership to the Lakers, whose frontcourt was terribly thin behind Shaquille O'Neal last season. Divac and Brian Grant will see playing time at center as the Lakers inevitably change their style of play without Shaq.
And after six years angering Lakers fans with his flopping style of defense against O'Neal, it will be interesting to see Divac's reception at Staples Center.
The Kings once had one of the NBA's deepest frontcourts, but Divac's departure leaves Miller as the only center on the roster. Still, Sacramento's top six scorers and promising reserve forward Darius Songaila will return.

[beer hunter]

Originally posted by Dr. Eagle
Well, he can teach the younger set the Hollywood Vlade Flop!
He is very good at that, seriously though, the Lakers need a veteran center and while he is nearing the end of his career, he is still an excellent player and is someone that can provide some leadership for a young team.

[mmered8299]

At least Divac can shoot the Free Throw. Is Shaq could have done that during finals Laker probably wouldn't be in this mess.

[Dr. Eagle]

Originally posted by mmered8299
At least Divac can shoot the Free Throw. Is Shaq could have done that during finals Laker probably wouldn't be in this mess.
while it would have helped the scores, I don't think it would have saved them...

[dmontzsta]

Originally posted by Dr. Eagle
while it would have helped the scores, I don't think it would have saved them...
What do you think of your center leaving your team? is it a blow to you folks?

[Dr. Eagle]

Originally posted by dmontzsta
What do you think of your center leaving your team? is it a blow to you folks?
He was an asset to the team. He provided leadership, mentoring the younger ones, helping them get the discipline to push themselves.
That being said, I thought last year was his worst season. I think he is definitely in the twilight of his career.

[dmontzsta]

Originally posted by Dr. Eagle
He was an asset to the team. He provided leadership, mentoring the younger ones, helping them get the discipline to push themselves.
That being said, I thought last year was his worst season. I think he is definitely in the twilight of his career.
I agree...
It all becomes THAT much more clearer that the Shaq to Miami deal was Kobe's doing. Cause they went out and got Divac and could have kept Shaq who is clearly a better center.

[Ziggy]

Who cares--Football is just around the corner:)