Heisler: Weighing Out The Gasol Deal

Does one need to comment?

Actually one does, because it’s not as simple as it looks. If the Lakers pulled off a major theft, there were a lot of moving parts and some of them may still be moving.

Here’s what we know for sure: The Lakers just got a 7-foot, 27-year-old All-Star-caliber forward, essentially for nothing.

Aside from Kwame Brown’s huge body and the soft spot he had in Phil Jackson’s heart, he wasn’t of much use (appropriately, the Pistons played volleyball on the offensive boards at the end of his last game to nip the Lakers at the wire) and his contract and Lakers career were running out in tandem.

The Lakers loved Javaris Crittenton but Jordan Farmar has been so good, it would have taken Crittenton years to overhaul him . . . if he ever did.

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