Apparently pouting and whining gets you what you want in the sport that already is slowly starting to look more and more like that female "game they play across the pond with all the flopping and whining. Regardless, an aging Kobe must be drooling looking at his team that is unfolding.
At the point, you have the silky smooth Steve Nash, who broke my heart when he went to the Lakers instead of my 'bockers. But hey, this guy has rolled with the punches for years and has earned the right to join the team of his choice with a legitimate chance to finally win a title. Basketball-wise, the guy still can run the point as well as anyone and can knock down the open 3. Defensively his old age will hurt him against the likes of the Westbrook's and the Paul's of the Western Conference but the guy is a flat out gamer and the change of scenery might add a pep to his step.
Now with Dwight, you get an inside presence that can protect the rim on defense while also getting you 20 and 15 on any given night. Late in games he won't be much a factor because he shoots foul shots like he's mad at the rim and coaches will likely resort to the "Hack-a-Shaq" tactic Popovich made famous with the real Superman, Shaquille O'Neal, whom Dwight seems to want to be or something. Hear me out, besides both being dominant centers that shoot free throws as if they want to lose, they both also were drafted 1st overall by none other than the Orlando Magic, then made a scene about how they no longer wanted to be in Orlando and ended up on the Lakers. Strange.
Then rounding out the starting lineup they have Kobe, the psychotic Ron Artest (I refuse to call him anything but) and poor Pau Gasol. Gasol goes to the Staples Center every day with his bagged lunch and his hardhat ready to work and was on the trade block the entire year and probably still is because Kupchak is scared that removing him will anger Kobe. All jokes aside, this team is a scary one, most people probably forgot about the Antawn "no spell error" Jamison signing, who could potentially start over Artest, and he along with Steve Blake backing up Nash makes a more than solid team. If they can add another bench guy like a Leandro Barbosa or even a Mickael Pietrus, you might as well skip to the Conference Finals next year and start with the Thunder vs Lakers in the West and the Heat vs another team, say for argument's sake the Knicks (please God,) and play from there.
One Last Thing: With all of these moves the Lakers still managed to keep their priorities straight and that is, they don't sign people (Dwight, Nash) who will steal shots from Kobe...ever.
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