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Post Subject: Lakers To Work Out Jermaine O'Neal Post ID: 700198Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 11:54 PM PST
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Lakers to work out free agent forward Jermaine O'Neal in Las Vegas on Tuesday, source tells Y! O'Neal has recovered from knee surgery in Feb


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If they're working him out, I have a feeling that Mitch might be under the impression that Jordan Hill won't return.


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Post Subject: Lakers Interested In Jermaine O'Neal Post ID: 700203Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 11:56 PM PST
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Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo

Lakers to work out free agent forward Jermaine O'Neal in Las Vegas on Tuesday, source tells Y! O'Neal has recovered from knee surgery in Feb


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Post Subject: Re: Lakers To Work Out Jermaine O'Neal Post ID: 700206Posted: Jul 16, 2012 - 11:59 PM PST
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Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo
Lakers to work out free agent forward Jermaine O'Neal in Las Vegas on Tuesday, source tells Y! O'Neal has recovered from knee surgery in Feb


https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/stat ... 1752891392

If they're working him out, I have a feeling that Mitch might be under the impression that Jordan Hill won't return.



I won't hate on big Jermaine O'Neal,the reason is as a little kid i grew up watching him dominate year after year.




So many all star appearances and just a great player in his prime.If he signs with the Lakers welcome aboard.




I know he is not a all star anymore but he is a big banger,Jermaine doesn't back down ask Dwight about that LOL.Lakers need a big body to backup Andrew and Pau.
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Not necessarily true. You want to work him out just in case Hill doesnt resign and youre caught up **** creek. Its just the FO being proactive. Hill would be an idiot not to resign

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Post Subject: Re: Lakers To Work Out Jermaine O'Neal Post ID: 700218Posted: Jul 17, 2012 - 12:02 AM PST
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Katie wrote:
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Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo
Lakers to work out free agent forward Jermaine O'Neal in Las Vegas on Tuesday, source tells Y! O'Neal has recovered from knee surgery in Feb


https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/stat ... 1752891392

If they're working him out, I have a feeling that Mitch might be under the impression that Jordan Hill won't return.



I won't hate on big Jermaine O'Neal,the reason is as a little kid i grew up watching him dominate year after year.




So many all star appearances and just a great player in his prime.If he signs with the Lakers welcome aboard.




I know he is not a all star anymore but he is a big banger,Jermaine doesn't back down ask Dwight about that LOL.Lakers need a big body to backup Andrew and Pau.


They have one. His name is Jordan Hill. They don't need O'Neal. Dude is a walking wheelchair. Always injured.
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mamba24 wrote:
Not necessarily true. You want to work him out just in case Hill doesnt resign and youre caught up **** creek. Its just the FO being proactive. Hill would be an idiot not to resign


Good point. But you'd think Hill would've re-signed by now, but I guess the whole Dwightmare situation is holding up everything.
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Jermaine O'Neal is coming in because we are losing McBob. C'mon people Mitch said he wants Hill back.

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^^How do we know we are losing McBob? Unless Mitch knows he's going in a trade, he's on a 2 yr contract. He still has next year.
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Either going to Golden State or part of the Dwight trade. He has an expiring contract

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Not one 82 game season in his 16 year career. LoL..

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Even though it's for the Vet Min I'm not too excited about this deal. He didn't help boston out at all. He was injured way too often. Bynum needs someone who can give him a breather I don't believe JO is the answer. If he's healthy sure but I can almost guarantee he'll miss over 20 games next year.
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This must be the homerun we've been waiting for. I can just smell the Aspercream.
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I smell Bengay.....

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Lakers4Kobe wrote:
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Not necessarily true. You want to work him out just in case Hill doesnt resign and youre caught up **** creek. Its just the FO being proactive. Hill would be an idiot not to resign


Good point. But you'd think Hill would've re-signed by now, but I guess the whole Dwightmare situation is holding up everything.


Well guy spent most of the year as a Laker benched. Brown is so fickle with rotations that there is no guarantee in his role or minutes. It wouldn't be idiotic to go elsewhere if the team has a lack of bigs or are just willing To overpay. If we had Phil and set rotations he would be an idiot but we have Potato Head
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Ohhh God, J' Oneal NOOOO HAHAHAHA
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Calm down everyone. Remember when LO was a free agent and Mitch contacted guys like Drew Gooden? Mitch just doing his job contacting players like O'Neil and working them out. I'm sure he wants Jordan Hill back too and would take him over JO any day. You always should have a back up plan. Even if JO is signed it doesnt mean we also could not have Jordan Hill and also Jamison
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KBLO-24_7 wrote:
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Not necessarily true. You want to work him out just in case Hill doesnt resign and youre caught up **** creek. Its just the FO being proactive. Hill would be an idiot not to resign


Good point. But you'd think Hill would've re-signed by now, but I guess the whole Dwightmare situation is holding up everything.


Well guy spent most of the year as a Laker benched. Brown is so fickle with rotations that there is no guarantee in his role or minutes. It wouldn't be idiotic to go elsewhere if the team has a lack of bigs or are just willing To overpay. If we had Phil and set rotations he would be an idiot but we have Potato Head


I dont think we will have musical chair rotations this year. J Hill pretty much solidified his role for this year with his play at the end of the year. His production during that time was better than anything McBob or fe fi fo fum Murphy did all year. Plus didnt Hill have a knee injury when we first got him in that trade, I think I remember that.

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And Barnes solidified his starting role, but had it jerked away in favor of Ron. And McRoberts started for us, was 3rd big, then 4th big, and then not in a rotation to his agent questioned Brown publicly. Mike isn't and has never been consistent with the role of anyone but his main core who he happily runs into the ground , see Hughes and Snow breaking down hard
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Barnes didnt really solidify it, he did play decently. But that was more a move because Ron was terrbile with the bench unit, which shouldve never happened to begin with

McRoberts was never as productive as Hill was when he got the playing time.

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Can i get a hot tub.Hot Tub Time Machine LOL HA HA HA HA.The Lakers need to keep the following around next season LOL.









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If they are going to get O'neal that means they most likely aren't going to bring back Hill. What I hope they do is work a sign and trade with Steve Blake or McRoberts for Mayo or another player that could help us out.

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TheSHOEMAKER wrote:
If they are going to get O'neal that means they most likely aren't going to bring back Hill. What I hope they do is work a sign and trade with Steve Blake or McRoberts for Mayo or another player that could help us out.




Hey,O.J. Mayo signed with Dallas.


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TheSHOEMAKER wrote:
If they are going to get O'neal that means they most likely aren't going to bring back Hill. What I hope they do is work a sign and trade with Steve Blake or McRoberts for Mayo or another player that could help us out.


Mayo signing with the Mavs
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I'd like to see the Lakers get someone who was drafted at least after 2001.

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O'neal ain't that old, he's only 33 years old. Reason why he plays like an old dude because he was injured the last 2 season because of left knee and left wrist injuries. He really wasn't that productive when he was with the Celtics or didn't really play with the celtics. Out of 148 games in the last 2 season he only played 49 games with the celtics and didn't really didn't put up good numbers. In his first season with the celtics he only avg. 5ppg and 3.7 rpg in 24 games before sitting for the whole season. Following that year he wasn't really that productive because he injured he's left wrist and pretty much has the same stats when he first joined the celtics. If Oneal is going to regain he's health back (I hope), I would pick him than hill in a heart beat. Because before he got injured while he was still with the heat he was averaging 13.6 ppg and 7 rpg while blocking 1.4 a game in 70 games as a starter. As a backup Center for Bynum he can at least avg. half the stats when he was with heat which would be 7 ppg and 4 rpg which is not that pretty bad.

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jermaine oneal is old, considering he came out of high school, and this will be his 16th season. not to mention he has been injured, which also puts a hit on his body. the lakers really need to stop looking into these old dudes.
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He is GARBAGE and extremely injury prone. We can't benefit from someone who is such a liability. Don't waste money on him. Pick up Brandon Rush via sign and trade, get rid of blake for sure. Resign Jordan Hill and sign Jodie Meeks. We should only sign Grant Hill if we need to give up MWP in a sign and trade or Rush.

Jordan Hill - C
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Solid lineup in my opinion and no its NOT farfetched at all...
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If Mitch keeps this up, I'm buying stock in the company that makes, "Depends." How old can this team get? Is there a prize for the oldest lineup?
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booo. he will play max 10-20 games then we will see a news saying "Out for the season"
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If we sign Jordan Hill, I have no problem with also signing Jermaine O'neal as long as it's for the vet's minimum. He wants a ring (if I'mnot mistaken he doesn't have one) and he likely wouldn't be a huge part of our rotation. If we sign him INSTEAD of Jordan Hill, then I'm not a fan of it.
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I want jetmaine on this team. He will be a nice addition. He can bring some defensive toughness off the bench.
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After getting Jamison I doubt we will get Grant Hill. I'll take O'Neal anyday for the vets minnimum. Looking like Jordan Hill is going to the Wolves. Probably getting more money

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Hope they don't sign him.
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LakerZip wrote:
If Mitch keeps this up, I'm buying stock in the company that makes, "Depends." How old can this team get? Is there a prize for the oldest lineup?




^ lol i kinda think our options are very few..i mean tolliver is out there and maybe Meeks, but like they say, the young guns generally want money and notsomuch rings..the older guys have made their endz and are tryna collect jewelry!! I just am gonna hate hearing the game announcers talking about us being the oldest team in the league..but if we raise that trophy next June, I will have no problem!!!
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trialsNtribulations wrote:
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If Mitch keeps this up, I'm buying stock in the company that makes, "Depends." How old can this team get? Is there a prize for the oldest lineup?




^ lol i kinda think our options are very few..i mean tolliver is out there and maybe Meeks, but like they say, the young guns generally want money and notsomuch rings..the older guys have made their endz and are tryna collect jewelry!! I just am gonna hate hearing the game announcers talking about us being the oldest team in the league..but if we raise that trophy next June, I will have no problem!!!



Tolliver averaged like 12 PPG 2 years ago. Young, athletic and great locker room presence. For the vets minnimum.

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Lakeshow07 wrote:
After getting Jamison I doubt we will get Grant Hill. I'll take O'Neal anyday for the vets minnimum. Looking like Jordan Hill is going to the Wolves. Probably getting more money




I don't know , I think the wolves are also going after the white center from Boston (forgot his name).... If they sign him we might be able to retain hill
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Lakers could be landing forward Antawn Jamison & center Jermaine O'Neal to minimum deals, sources tell Y! Jordan Hill interest remains, too


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By Mark Medina

July 17, 2012, 9:51 a.m.

This is the 10th post in a series focusing on this year's free-agent class.

Player: Jermaine O'Neal

Former team: Boston Celtics

Type of free agent: Unrestricted

Positives: The Lakers are in need of shoring up frontcourt depth without a lot of resources to do so. It's possible the Lakers could lose Jordan Hill. It's possible Antawn Jamison could take on more lucrative offers. That's where signing someone such as O'Neal would be valuable. Inking him to a veteran's minimum deal wouldn't just be a cash-saving measure, even if the Lakers could take advantage of his low market value after having an injury-riddled season in Boston. It would significantly help the team's frontcourt.

O'Neal's experience in 90 postseason games with 13 playoff teams should bode well for him fitting in with such a veteran-laden group. O'Neal's average of 5.0 points and 5.4 rebounds last season may mark a severe dropoff to his career average of 13.7 points and 7.4 rebounds. But the numbers are fairly efficient considering he played 22.8 minutes per game. And it's possible O'Neal could minimize some of his health concerns. He had the same innovative procedure in Germany this summer as Kobe Bryant did on his surgically repaired right knee last year. O'Neal also is reported to be fully healthy. All of these qualities would help give Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol rest, and it would come with a cheap price tag.

Negatives: A whole lot of risk lingers over O'Neal's health. His whole game mostly predicates on making hustle plays, including taking charges, diving for loose balls and scrapping for offensive rebounds. Though the Lakers would welcome those qualities, such an approach could leave O'Neal further exposed to injury. Last year featured a wide range of hurt body parts including a sore hamstring, a left-wrist ailment as well as a dinged-up shoulder, knee and chest. Considering O'Neal's age (he turns 35 in October), it's possible that health will become an issue again.

The Lakers only have to reflect on the 2010-11 season to notice how an unhealthy frontcourt reserve can undermine the team's depth. Theo Ratliff brought little to the table, but his absence because of a left knee injury that required surgery put further strain on Gasol to absorb heavy minutes. Meanwhile, Bynum missed the first 24 games while recovering from offseason surgery. Bynum went through last season without a major injury and will have a procedure in Germany in September to help ensure that his surgically repaired right knee stays healthy. But Bynum's health still remains a dicey issue.

Besides, the qualities O'Neal brings have proven to be a bit overstated.

According to Synergy Sports Technology, O'Neal shot only 17.6% in post-up situations (three-of-17). Though Boston finished second in the league in total defense (89.33 points per game), O'Neal's 103rd defensive rating allowed teams to average .85 points per possession. O'Neal proved dependable as a post defender, but his lack of mobility contributed to inconsistency on pick-and-roll coverages. Considering that defending the pick-and-roll remains one of the Lakers' weaknesses, O'Neal's presence would prove more harm than good in ensuring that the unit stays disciplined. Meanwhile, O'Neal's 11.8 rebounding percentage suggests he lacked the necessary quickness and athleticism to battle for boards.
Verdict: Yahoo! Sports reported that the Lakers will work out O'Neal in Las Vegas on Tuesday, and that he has recovered from February knee surgery. But it's still too much of a risky move. Should the Lakers have no other choice, signing O'Neal could be a decent last-minute signing. By no means, however, should the Lakers sign O'Neal just to cut costs. They need to pursue more viable options first.





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No doubt in my mind he ends up a Laker. I just hope he feels as good as he says he does after the treatment he got on his knees. I've got mixed feelings about this signing. . .only time will tell though.
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I read somewhere today that we lost Hill to the Twolves! It was just a comment to an article on another site though. Has anybody else heard anything about that?
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I read somewhere today that we lost Hill to the Twolves! It was just a comment to an article on another site though. Has anybody else heard anything about that?


Im curiouse too. I wake up and come on this site and ppl are saying we lost out on both Hills. I only see news about Grant Hill though.
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@AlexKennedyNBA Sounds like words Laker fans would appreciate - JO didn't like Boston



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No way to JON.....he's old, hopeless and a former and recent damn celtic. Ugh!
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What else do you expect for a vets min? He's better than murphey and mcbob.

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Early returns on Jermaine O'Neal's workout w/ Lakers: Didn't look very, uh, mobile. Doesn't look like a match. Averaged 5 pts w/ BOS last yr
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Early returns on Jermaine O'Neal's workout w/ Lakers: Didn't look very, uh, mobile. Doesn't look like a match. Averaged 5 pts w/ BOS last yr

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