The Lakers will be trading Bynum in the next two years.

Why? You don’t think they don’t value him? They have the same management that gave him an $11M dollar contract. Same management that JUST said his rebounding could improve to solid level. They same management who has always believed in his ability to become an All-Star. Obviously they would value Curry’s potential, but you have to look it from their point of view also. Bargnani is their star player that they know everything about. They know very little about Curry in comparison.

But like I said before, Bargnani doesn’t matter. I only made the above point because it holds true for every team. It’s very rare to see a player that’s entrenched in a given franchise be moved because teams value their own players. The only time you see young players with potential that are already in the league be moved is when there’s a star on the outs somewhere. Otherwise it’s very rare. Even in those situations, teams prefer high draft picks because they want to hand-pick their own guys.

Bargnani isn’t important here.

I’ll gladly concede him in order to avoid this pointless argument when he is far from instrumental to my point.

You’re advising the Lakers on what they should do rather than considering what they would ACTUALLY do.

the Lakers would be wise to consider take Curry for him. They would fools not to at least consider it, in my opinion, especially with Kobe in decline and their need to rebuild their back court in consequence.

There’s such a huge difference between what you think is best for them and what they think is best for them. This goes for every team in the league. I understand your value of Curry’s worth. Now you need to consider what their value of his worth is. It may not be as much as you think it is.

And better yet, what have the Warrior won WITH Curry?

As far as PG, it really doesn’t matter if it’s hard to learn, because it’s really about supply and demand. With all the good PGs in the league now, getting a good one is getting easier and easier. Good centers have come few and far between in this decade. There’s a big difference there.

And why would you know any more about his knee than the Laker organization that gave him a huge payday post-injury? You said before that he’s only going to get more injury prone. That’s just dead wrong. It’s a possibility that he will, but he’s ALREADY gotten less injury prone, so your statement isn’t a predictor. It’s just false.

Bynum was once the second best player on a 1st place in the West team (before the initial injury), and he was again the Lakers’ second best player throughout the second half of this season. Considering there is essentially NO age difference between him and Curry, trading for Curry wouldn’t substantially improve their future anyway. Trading one of their other older pieces would accomplish that.

The team you’re proposing is less stacked and more like everyone else than their current roster, for a couple of reasons:
-The Lakers biggest advantage over most teams is having the perimeter star as well as a great big man rotation. Very few teams in the league have that.
-Not only is their big man rotation good, it’s also very large and imposing. Bynum, being the biggest and toughest of three, would be a huge loss. Their defensive identity in the paint would disappear.
-Pau Gasol was not made to play center. He can do it, but he’s without a doubt his best at the power forward spot, where he can use his variety of skills to succeed. He also wouldn’t have to guard the biggest and toughest player on the opposing team every night.
-Trading Bynum for Curry takes away their post identity on offense, which is what they operate out of to succeed. Everyone on that team is better, when they can consistently get the ball into the post, because it frees up other players in the triangle and creates the most optimal balance in the offense.
-Live by the 3, die by the 3. There’s already a lot of complaints in LA that the Lakers settle for too many jump shots. The complaints aren’t just with Kobe, but with Gasol, Odom, Artest, and Fisher as well. Bynum is the only one who they know is going to get the ball and go up strong in the post every time. He’s shown to be their most aggressive post player. Shooting more jump shots, no matter how good Curry is at them, would limit the Lakers as an offensive team.

Curry does have more ability than Derek Fisher, and skills-wise, he would be an upgrade there, but Fisher’s importance to the Lakers isn’t always seen in the stats. He and Kobe keep each other focused, and they’re always the ones trying to make sure teammates are doing their jobs. Curry isn’t going to bring that to the Lakers. He also isn’t any better defensively. You can argue all you want on that, but even most Warrior fans recognize how much work he needs to put in on that side of the ball.