02-09-2022, 12:02 PM
(02-09-2022, 10:34 AM)michaeltex Wrote: What gets me is that LAL has done this before. Gathered up a bunch of late-career stars from other teams to make a "super team" only to see everything not fit and end up cratering. Payton/Malone/Shaq/Kobe didn't work, neither did Nash/Jamison/Kobe/Howard. Seems like they do this once a decade trying to stay on top, only to crash and burn.
I do admit to schadenfreude here though. After all, it IS the Lakers.
That's a good point. Each time it happened right after the Lakers won a title too in some desperate attempt to prolong the inevitable.
The Nash Howard iteration really should've worked had Howard not been a dolt and Nash drank from the fountain of youth for just 1 more season. This time I have no clue what they were thinking. Any armchair GM wouldn't have traded half your roster for Westbrook.
My only hope is that they're stuck with him and the Lakers fight for their lives in the play-in.
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