The Los Angeles Lakers have acquired three-time Defensive Player of the Year Dwight Howard from the Orlando Magic in a four-team trade, it was announced today by General Manager Mitch Kupchak. In addition to Howard, the Lakers will receive Chris Duhon and Earl Clark from the Magic while sending Josh McRoberts, Christian Eyenga and a future protected first round and 2015 protected second round draft pick to Orlando. Andrew Bynum will be sent to the Philadelphia 76ers.
Will the Lakers be able to beat OKC and MIA to win a championship?
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Its a great day to be a Laker fan
u might as well remove this post.. Pau aint goin nowhere, and even tho he’s a weenie.. he’s still the most versatile big man in the league, and he knows Kobe best… 6 rings coming up *ding*
u are absolutely right about that, pau is the arguably the best pf in the league. thats why i dont respect kobe greatness. he had shaq the greatest, had nobody couldnt get out the 1st round, then got gasol best big man in the lg, back to championship caliber. kobe had tremendous help and they act like lebron supposed to do it alone
everything u said is right.. but never say u dont respect Kobe’s greatness, this nigga is arguably in the top 3 to ever play the game.. just say Lebron is great 2, u not gon really find anyone who did it without another big time player!! MJ of course, A.I. made it 2 the finals by his damn self, but thats about it
They traded Bynum without losing Pau …
that means that the next 2 championships (at least) are LA’s.
yes they will now get another ring. simple as that.
Wait the Oklahoma City Thunder roster disappeared, the Spurs as well?? It must be for people to already be predicting championships
ha ha ha ha right^^^^^^^
So the NBA will finally get the Kobe-Lebron rivalry they’ve always wanted. Cant lie, i cant wait to see Lebron destroy kobe in the finals. Lebrons always had kobes number everytime they play eachother. The Heat have defended well against howard thru the years. Not scared one bit, I believe in my Heat. Lets GO Heat!!
Smh at u.. destroyed Kobe where? personal numbers? i think not.. they dont guard each other so you cant b talkin plays? that leaves only 1 thing, wins?? and yea the Heat beat em everytime, but u talkin bout 3 all stars joining together, vs the lakers diminishing roster(at that time).. We’ll see who has the last laugh!!
As a Lakers fan I’m happy but we still need a bench to beat OKC.
not a laker fan but i like this pick up, now lebron cb n dwade gotta work for that ship instead of a free ride
N dont forget about brooklyn
lmaoo.. Brooklyn (and Deron Williams) blew it, spent all that money to put together a big 3 of Deron Williams, Brooke Lopez and Joe Johnson lmaoo
They Have Paul and Dwight. Just give them the rings now, its a wrap. Wow, epic day in NBA History. Paul can finally play PF and back-up Dwight as Center.
Here is the lakers starting line up… nash, kobe, artest, gasol, and howard. they also have antwan jamison coming off the bench along with blake and they just got chris duhon as well. its all up to mike brown to bring together this team for a championship, but lets be honest with an all star line up like that can you really fuck up? not to mention brown is a great coach. i smell not 1 but 2 rings in a row if they can stay healthy.
for the heat fans: the heat cannot compete with the lakers now, the heat have 3 players. everyone else sucks! on a scale from 1-10 everyone but the big 3 is a 5 or lower. the only comp the lakers have now are the thunder.
lakers best bet is paul gasol and dwight howard and old steve nash and old kobe they on the back of they careers vs and lebron who has gotten the monkey off his back of getting his first ring and dwayne and ray allen who both had successful surgrey and chris bosh getting better rashard lewis mike miller mario chalmers and shane battier and keep in mind lakers gonna have more trouble reaching the nba finals than miami in the
in the west
lakers okc spurs clippers any 1 of these 4 teams can win the west
in the east who can beat the new miami heat team in a seven game series dont worry ill wait lol ????????????????????????????????????????????