Lamar Odom is easily an All-Star caliber player. I think of him as a poor man's Kevin Garnett. Long and lanky. He averaged 17.1 points, 9.7 rebs, 4.1 asst last year. One reporter today called him "a walking triple-double".
Caron Bulter was great his rookie season, then had major knee surgery last summer. He finally started to get it back down the stretch. Butler averaged 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 3 steals in the first round of the playoffs. Thing is, you're getting sizzling young talent. 24 and 23 years old. But no way do you get Wade. He's pretty much untouchable. And Brian Grant doesn't want to play center. He's just been forced to the last 4 years. Why would he want to play out of position when he was such a good PF previous??
This deal will allow the Lakers to become a younger, athletic running team. A more exciting team. Whereas now Miami becomes a halfcourt team again. But I still don't know who's going to sit on the bench. Caron and Odom are too good to sit. I think LA might be looking to trade some more after this.