Payton, Malone, Pike

"Payton and Malone say they want to come, so the first question is, do the Lakers want a mammoth, if aging, power forward to fill their traditional hole, or a guard who at 35 is still close to being in his prime? Laker officials worry about how well Malone will fit in as he pursues Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's scoring record and will have to hear him insist he can be a third wheel before pursuing him ... There is also a long list of cheap help, such as the Clippers' Eric Piatkowski, a sharpshooter with the court sense to fit into the triangle, who, friends say, would love to come for the $1.5-million veterans' minimum."

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