Wade was surprised LA got Nash

MadMax wrote:

ben_ready wrote:Everyone has their own opinion, so what, let's just finish putting our squad together. Feel in a couple of holes,get blake out of the rotation yell™

Don't tell me you think the roster is fine the way it is. We still need some Gs. Yo!

abeer3 wrote:i was surprised by the nash signing. most nba fans went nuts about the lakers getting howard, but that wasn't a big deal. they had to give up a 24 year old all star center in the process. nash was a total heist that required phx basically doing him a solid and helping a hated division rival in the process. i was shocked when i saw that.

as for whether it's like miami...agree with others. it also is different given the career arcs of the players involved. it's a lot more like boston in 2008 than miami in 2010.

Definitely a much fairer comparison. This is a team that has compiled a lot of veterans and a little youth to make a contender. Boston brought together 3 aging stars to make a run. Although there's a little shadiness to the Garnett deal, we heisted Nash so we can't really talk.

Thenextgreat wrote:I don't know if this has been discussed somewhere but what if the Paul trade wasn't vetoed...Lakers would most likely have a big 3 of Paul, Kobe and Howard...lost Gasol. Instead they end up with a big 4 or Nash, Kobe, Howard and Gasol. Based on this and how it appears on paper which do you prefer?

It's difficult to say because we would have had such a vastly different team.

I think everything worked out perfectly for LA. Paul/Kobe/Bynum would have been nice, but there's no guarantee we get Howard. Let's say we do though...

Then we've got Paul/Kobe/Howard on the same team. That's a nightmare for any team ever and we've got two of the league's premier players in their prime. In 2 years we're still cleared of major contracts and we've got about 10 million to go find them a running mate. Give them about 2-3 years and the Lakers probably build another Championship team.

However, with the way things worked out I think our team has an equal, if not greater, shot of winning short-term and they have a similar ability to work in the long-term. Considering the Lakers always build for now first and the future second, I think this team worked out well.

Also, remember Chris Paul can still be a Laker if the stars align in 2 years. If not, we can go sign another younger permier PG potentially in John Wall or Brandon Jennings or someone like that.