Sasha Vujacic

illion is not much of a contract by NBA standards, but the Lakers should get their money's worth.

Sasha Vujacic, a key part in the team's playoff run and the Lakers' first-round pick in 2004, was rewarded with a new deal and will remain a Laker until Kobe Bryant feels no need for him.

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On the Lakers front, Sasha Vujacic threatened to pull a Childress, but came to terms with the Lakers late Friday afternoon on 3-year $15 million deal. Come on Sash, you’d be good in Europe, but the Lakers are stacked and ready for a few more championship runs, you’re going to get PT and you get to be the Machine in Los Angeles. Even with all the perks of Europe, you can’t get much better than that.

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ttle bit of South Beach and brotherly love). 

The Lakers have two significant free agents in Sasha Vujacic and Ronny Turiaf. I will be starting with these two players and working my way through the entire Lakers roster giving them grades one their performances this year. 

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Suddenly Lamar Odom’s name is being floated in all sorts of trade rumors. Sasha Vujacic and Ronny Turiaf, the Lakers two main free agents (restricted) who, before the finals looked like for sure they would be resigned, suddenly left Thursday’s exit meetings unsure of their futures with the organization.

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Lakers fans will tell you that the Lakers haven’t hit their stride. That Kobe isn’t playing the same way that he was in the first three series. That he isn’t moving the ball. That he’s taking too many bad shots. They say that Lamar Odom is struggling through nerves and that Pau Gasol is playing soft.

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is Crittendon, a rookie point guard; Maurice Evans, an athletic, shoot-first backup shooting guard; Sasha Vujacic, a dude who Phil dubbed an 11 a.m. player because he could hit all his shots during practice, but none during the game; Lamar, a self-proclaimed number 3 trying to masquerade as a 2; and Fish who was the only saving grace for KB.   

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Andrew Bynum has reportedly been working out with Chris Mihm and could run through full practice as early as this week. This is great news. Also great news is the recent play of Lamar Odom. As discussed last week in this blog, Odom has finally started to play with a fire and confidence that has been sorely lacking from his all-around game. He’s shooting 86 percent in his last two games. He’s found a great rhythm playing with both Kobe and especially Gasol and has become deadly efficient.

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rsquo;ve done all this winning while missing Chris Mihm (a perennial visitor to the disabled list), Sasha Vujacic, and Vladimir Radmanovic (no, not a snowboarding accident).

All the injuries have given more time for Luke and Ariza and even Javaris Crittenton (dude’s got game). There’s even been a few, albeit brief, Coby Karl sightings.   

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