Thoughts on a behind-the-scenese report on Spreewell

Posted on LakersGround.net on 3/28/06.

This is the part I found interesting:

kemi4kobes wrote:
According to Gist, Sprewell made the mistake of waiting on the Los Angeles Lakers at a time when the Houston Rockets, Denver Nuggets, Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers all were expressing interest in signing him. But the Timberwolves and Lakers were unable to agree on a sign-and-trade deal that would satisfy both teams, and then other teams turned to other free agents.

I just can't believe this. I have always thought Sprewell wouldn't work for the Lakers because the two positions he plays (SG & SF) happen to be the spots for the Lakers' two best players. At back up SF, the Lakers already had George, Walton and Jones. If the Lakers played him in the back court, either Kobe would have to use all of his energy chasing PG's or the other team's PG would have a field day blowing by Spree. So, you are talking about more than the MLE for a guy who will play probably at most 15-20 mpg. Makes no sense.