Throwdowns > Closed

harrisplz said 08/10, 03:52 AM
I've been trying to make sense of this whole Dwight to LA drama...I've been trying to tell myself that Dwight is the answer for LA.

And in the end, I realized that...

WE ARE SCREWED LA.

I want some Laker homer to PLEASE convince me otherwise... I would actually love to be proven wrong.

So we have Nash at the helm trying to distribute the ball to Kobe, Gasol, and Dwight. Kobe is going to get his 18-22 shots a game. So is Howard. So I guess Gasol can be the angry cheerleader with the flamboyant hair style.

So we lost Bynum- in my opinion, he's just as good as Howard in the low post, if not BETTER. Bynum was a good help defender. Bynum was a good rebounder. So what the hell? Dwight I guess is a step better at all those things...

And we don't even know if this Drama Queen is going to stay in LA.

Is Mike Brown going to make Gasol shoot 3's again to space the floor for Dwight? Because I can't take another year of Gasol shooting 3's.

Here's to hoping that Dwight will get his head screwed on straight and sacrifice his ego to win.

Fingers crossed*

harrisplz said 08/11, 03:26 AM
If this trade went down last year, I would've agreed with you.

But one year makes that big of a difference!

LA pretty much has 1 year to win a title. If they don't win, I think we can pretty much presume that Dwight will test free agency and get swayed into going to another team. He's already voiced his displeasure playing alongside Kobe.

Secondly, I already liked our chances with JUST the addition of Nash. Bynum is accustomed to not getting enough touches. He won't gripe or cry like Dwight will when he gets 10 shots in a game.

As much as I love Gasol, he is a 4 man that NEEDS the ball in his hands to be effective. He isn't going to operate like Marc Gasol who doesn't need touches to be effective. I don't see how Dwight and Gasol will mesh.

And the Lakers will be running the Princeton Offense set up by Eddie Jordan. Constant motion isn't really Kobe nor Dwight's forte. Kobe likes to smother the ball and Dwight likes to plant in the post.

So like as I have mentioned, I forsee a sad Spanish man in a post-game interview explaining why he took 10 shots; all of them being 15 footers.

Please Nerby!!! Prove me wrong!! Make me believe!

harrisplz said 08/12, 06:59 PM
No doubt the Lakers will be good...

I just see a giant implosion occurring if the Dwight trade doesn't produce a championship. There's a decent chance Dwight doesn't want to share the spotlight with Kobe and jumps ship for another team.

Now let's talk about chemistry:

You seem to think that the Lakers will get along because:

1) Kobe's/Nash's leadership roles will mesh well with Dwight's poor leadership skills.

2) Dwight will be freed up from teams having to double Kobe.

But Dwight already expressed his opinions about Kobe. Dwight really, really wants to be in the spotlight. He wants to be the MAN. That's why he wanted to go to New Jersey. That's why he refused to go to Chicago with D-Rose. I don't see Dwight liking that Kobe tells him what to do and not to do.

I'm the biggest Kobe fan and even I have to admit, he's slowing down. Kobe is going to attract double teams when he's hot, but not on a regular basis. He's more of a hot and cold jump shooter now. Still hella of a player, but just a shadow of his former self.

I can bet all my money Dwight's numbers do not improve from his Orlando days.