mjgreatxii
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Whats so bad about duhon?
Steve blake was terrible, he's that bad
Steve blake was terrible, he's that bad
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Coming in
Steve Nash
Dwight Howard
Going out
Andrew Bynum
We are not like the rest of you.
So, uh... no concerns about whether or not Dwight will create a locker room distraction centered around Kobe or the coach?
"I'm not getting the ball enough" could be a slam on either, or both.
And before someone says "Well hell, MB does suck", I ask you: do we really want any sort of distraction at this point in Kobe's career?
My concerns are
1) everyone getting enough shots - Nash should do a great job distributing but it's still worrisome
2) Kobe trying to do much down the stretch a la OKC - hopefully he lets Nash make the game easier for him at all times including crunch time
3) injuries/age - Kobe and Nash are up there. Dwight is recovering from a back injury and we all know back injuries can be nagging
4) Mike Brown - can he control all the ego's, keep everyone happy, and run the right offense?
5) the bench - our bench still is weak, hopefully MB is smart enough not to run the starters into the ground. We don't need to chase the #1 seed. We are built for the playoffs
Sadly, he's not.
The window was supposed to be closed -- or at least closing -- on the Lakers' pursuit of a championship after last season and the new CBA was supposed to have locked that window shut for the foreseeable future.
This offseason Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak and Lakers executive vice president Jim Buss took a sledge hammer to that window and now it's wide open. In the process, they may have also made the Lakers the favorites to win the NBA title yet again.
After the disappointment of "basketball reasons" robbing them of Chris Paul, the Lakers somehow got Nash for a package of draft picks and the trade exception they received from the Lamar Odom deal with Dallas. Then they finally found the right mix of teams and players to get Howard from Orlando for Andrew Bynum and a protected draft pick.
If you're keeping track at home that means the Lakers essentially got Howard and Nash for Bynum, Odom and draft picks and were able to keep Pau Gasol in the process.
The Lakers have had their fair share of favorable trades in their history but this combination may top them all.