seren wrote:Knicker23 wrote:Hate to say it, but Lakers doing poorly only serves to make Dwight for Lopez more appealing for LA... And as much as people want to root for Dwight to go to Brooklyn to 'screw it all up,' Deron Howard Joe in Brooklyn would be a headache for the next couple of seasons...
Even if Dwight doesn't get completely healthy for the remainder of this entire year. He's still a franchise talent that will regain form sooner or later.
Don't see Dantoni going anywhere.. Maybe Lakers look to turn both Gasol and Howard into other players and revamp.. who knows.
Good thing Lakers would never trade for Lopez.
If you want to win championships the next decade you need Howard / Bynum / Durant / LeBron / Melo / possibly Drummond and a somewhat athletic and/or smart Point Guard. Forget Blopez and the rest. Also, Kobe needs major help by now even though he is still crazy good.
While I see how it makes sense dealing Gasol with Howard there it
a) certainly does not help your championship chances dealing Howard away
b) should be able to work it out on offense to feed Gasol in the low post like the Knicks do with Melo and have Dwight in Chandler's role. Add Bryant at SG who would be deadly from mid range á la RIP Hamilton or on the low block as well if need be. This is a very tall, slow paced and savvy half court team with some really good spacing actually and could be the best in the league at that. --> the real problem is the coach and some athleticism and slashing at the SF position (well now they have Clark)