No sense of urgency for Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak as Dwight Howard trade rumors swirl
By Elliott Teaford on July 14, 2012 8:20 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) | ShareThis
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LAS VEGAS -- General manager Mitch Kupchak and team vice president Jim Buss sat in section 104 of the Cox Pavilion watching the Lakers lose to the Sacramento Kings 84-72 in a summer league game Saturday.
They talked and watched and talked and watched, casually and easily and without any sense of urgency to their conversation. Every so often, Kupchak checked his phone for messages or to read or write text messages.
The rumor mill was cranked up to full throttle, with the Lakers said to be discussing a trade that would bring center Dwight Howard to Los Angeles from the Orlando Magic. Kupchak and Buss seemed a world away from the chatter, however.
Kupchak declined comment and Buss left his seat with the Lakers trailing 62-57 going into the fourth quarter. Kupchak spent the rest of the game watching the Lakers' collection of rookies, second-year players and try-outs lose for the second straight day.
Kupchak said he continues attempts to re-sign backup forward Jordan Hill and expects talks on a contract extension for center Andrew Bynum to intensify "sooner rather than later." Assuming Bynum is still a member of the Lakers, that is.
HoopsWorld.com reported Saturday the Lakers, Magic and Cleveland Cavaliers discussed a multi-player trade. Howard would go to the Lakers, Bynum would go to the Cavaliers and Orlando would receive a package of picks and prospects.
However, no deal was imminent, according to the website.
The Lakers and the Houston Rockets are said to be the front-runners to land Howard, who told the Magic on Friday he wasn't willing to rescind his trade request and give a still-to-be-named coaching staff a chance.
The Cavaliers would ask that Bynum be signed to a long-term extension before entering into serious discussions about such a three-team trade, according to a Cleveland newspaper.
Kupchak would neither confirm nor deny the talks. He said his immediate priority was to strengthen the Lakers' bench, which is heavy with guards and thin on forwards at present. Hill's re-signing appears to be atop Kupchak's to-do list.
"Absolutely, we need to work on our bench, get a stronger bench," he said.
Kupchak also said he was in contact with Bynum's agent, David Lee.
"I talk to his representative more than most representatives," Kupchak said of Lee. "He's deeply involved with his clients and he works hard with general managers on behalf of his clients. Over the last few weeks, we've had light discussions. ...
"We'll get to it sooner rather than later."
谷歌自动翻译的....我都没看到英文。。。
湖人队总经理库普切克霍华德交易流言漩涡没有紧迫感
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明天的故事今晚...
拉斯维加斯 - 考克斯馆104条总经理库普切克和球队副总裁吉姆·巴斯坐在周六比赛看湖人输给萨克拉门托国王队在夏季联赛84-72。
他们交谈，并观看和交谈，并观看，随意，轻松地和他们的谈话没有任何紧迫感。每隔一段时间，库普切克检查他的手机消息或读或写短信。
流言被拍成全油门，与湖人队表示，将讨论贸易将带来从奥兰多魔术队中锋德怀特 - 霍华德洛杉矶。库普切克和巴斯似乎是一个世界远离喋喋不休。
库普切克拒绝对此发表评论，巴斯离开他的座位与湖人落后62-57进入第四季度。库普切克度过了余下的比赛，看湖人队的新秀，第二年的球员和试奏的收集，为连续第二个交易日失去。
库普切克表示，他继续试图重新签署备份前锋乔丹 - 希尔，预计中锋拜纳姆续约的谈判，以加强“宜早不宜迟”。假设拜纳姆仍然是湖人队的成员，这是。
HoopsWorld.com报道周六湖人队，魔术队和克里夫兰骑士队讨论了多玩家的贸易。霍华德会去湖人，拜纳姆会去骑士和奥兰多会收到一个包的推介和前景。
然而，没有交易是迫在眉睫，根据网站。
湖人队和休斯顿火箭队表示，土地霍华德，上周五表示，魔术，他不愿意撤销他的交易请求，仍然被命名的教练机会是前面的车手。
骑士会问，拜纳姆签订一个长期的扩展之前，进入这样一个三队的贸易的认真讨论，根据克利夫兰的一家报纸。
库普切克既不确认也不否认会谈。他说，他的当务之急是加强湖人队的替补，这是沉重与后卫和前锋，目前薄。希尔的出现重新签署之上库普切克的to-do列表。
“当然，我们需要对我们的替补工作，获得更强的替补，”他说。 库普切克也说，他是在与拜纳姆的经纪人大卫-李接触。
“我跟他的代表超过大多数代表，”库普切克说李。“他是深深与他的客户参与，他的作品很难与一般代表他的客户经理，在过去的几周，我们已经有轻的讨论...... “我们会得到它宜早不宜迟。”
