Mr. Maria Sharapova has seen the clock strike midnight on his time with the Lakers. Vujacic, who actually played a roll on the Lakers team that lost to the Celtics in the Finals 3 years ago, has seen his role diminish to Mark Madsen levels. Vujacic, the last man on the Lakers bench (behind Devin Ebanks and Luke Walton!) will be dumped on the New Jersey Nets, where he will join former running mate Jordan Farmar.
So "The Machine" heads east, to the Land Of Springsteen and the Atlantic City Boardwalk. I always said that if the Nets didn't get LeBron in the offseason that the next logical move would be to trade for Sasha. This guy can be a real difference maker, if the difference you are looking to make is all negative.
The Lakers got a new 12th man in the trade, broken down veteran Joe Smith. The Lakers would have loved to have grabbed Juwan Howard or brought Kwame Brown back but both were unavailable, so they settled on Smith. New Jersey also shipped Terrance Williams (Who?) to Houston as part of the deal.
Classic deal where each team unloads shit that they no longer want on someone else. It's like making a donation to the Salvation Army and being told that they will only accept your donation if you take some of the other crap they got stuck with by other people off their hands.
Like Antoine Walker, we will be keeping a close eye on Vujacic's stats with the Nets. As a Lakers fan, I actually wept tears of shear joy when I heard tonight's news. It was almost as good as beating the Celtics in 7. Almost.
I don't get this. I am still rapping my head around the fact that the Lakers and Houston gave up their first round picks for what they actually got. This draft must really suck...
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