[Hoopsmeister]

If I were the lakers I would jump on the suns deal like a starving dog on meat. Can you imagine Shaq in the post, Kidd on the point, and Marion anywhere in between @.@

As to why other teams might do it--Orlando wouldn't; the Raptors might because Kobe is tied up for longer than Carter. They get more time to try to build a team around him. The Suns, I really doubt would do the deal--unless they decided that the group they had were never going to make it past the first round--in which case blowing up the team and starting over with Kobe as the cornerstone makes some sense. Not because Kobe is a greater player than Kidd but because the one thing he definitely does is draw media and fans.