Pau Gasol expects to be traded?

Trade talks have been swirling around the Los Angeles Lakers as their struggles get worse and worse, and their shot at making the playoffs begins to fade away. Pau Gasol has been at the center of these conversations, as the team is probably already committed to keeping Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant; and what would you be able to get for Steve Nash at this point? According to Yahoo Sports, the 7 foot big man privately expects to be traded at some point this season. Nevertheless, D’Antoni has marginalized Gasol, leaving him livid and privately expecting to be traded before the February deadline for an athletic forward who fits his coaching designs. Buss believed that Nash had been neutralized in the Princeton offense, sources say, and that he would never flourish with the changes – blessed by the organization over the summer, by the way – that Brown implemented for the season. Keep in mind, the team has previously agreed to trade Gasol when they tried to acquire Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets. Of course, the deal got overturned by David Stern, and Pau remained a Laker. A few names have been thrown around, but you have to think there are more issues than just Pau Gasol on this team. People believe Josh Smith could be a good fit as a power forward who could bring some extra athleticism to a team that is looking pretty old. -Mark Evans, Assistant Manager/Editor of Content Follow us on Twitter The post Pau Gasol Expects To Be Traded This Season appeared first on Pass The Pill.

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