"Tweaking up" the roster according to one Laker legend

[KingLakers]

I think there is basically 2 directions the Lakers will take when it comes to acquisitions one way is the "blow up core bring in new star route" ( Howard, Paul) the other is the "tweak" route which pretty much says this isn't to old they are more like the Spurs from 03-07 where they would lose change a couple things and win it all again. Looking at the contracts the Lakers have on their books tweaking seems like the best route there is no guarantee Howards wants out of Orlando or the Lakers are the preferred destination he might want to go to NJ we just dont know yet. Also this summer tweaking won't be like last summers tweaks they will major tweaks (guys like Felton).

[tayzer]

We need shooters and get rid of the triangle. The triangle only works for dominant players to go one on one, but Kobe is getting older and Gasol is just plain crappy in the playoffs. They don't have the triangle players besides Kobe and Bynum.

Bring in a PG, some shooters, and a new defensive coach to teach them the fundamentals of defending the pick and roll, something every team does better than the Lakers. And a coach to run some pick and rolls to get easy basket and space the floor. If they do this they can easily beat the Mavs. They were just out coach because whoever is the Lakers defensive coach don't know the proper rotations to defend the pick n roll, it's not that hard.

[H00PDREAMS]

Lets go after Nick Young or Felton. Pick up some young legs in the draft someone like Hopson (SG/PG Tennessee)
Lets give our rookies some burn next season since Phil is gone.

[snaquille oatmeal]

If you watch the dallas series, and replace our bench with a bunch of shooters on the level of Korver, Peja, we would have probably won that series. I think we need real shooters more than anything.

the shooting was bad, but not the real issue. the issue was defense. defense wins you games in the playoffs and we had none. Korver, Peja, etc have no defense.

That's probably true, but even Bynum, even though he was relatively healthy this year, I'd have zero confidence trying to build around him if I was an NBA GM. Even if he made it through the next three or four years unscathed, I'd still be constantly worried about the other shoe dropping, especially with what has been acknowledged by multiple medical sources about his frame being fundamentally unsound for hoops.

I think Orlando may take that chance rather than loose Howard for nothing, but it is all up to Howard at this point IMO.