ABOUT THE DWIGHT HOWARD TRADE (nba)

Personally, I think the Lakers need a imposing presence down low like Dwight Howard. I think the Lakers will be better defensively with the addition of Howard.

Actually, I did not pay attention news about Dwight Howard, but I do not know him very well.

I'm not a Lakers fan at all, but I think they are easily top two in the West along with Oklahoma City. Adding Howard and Hash to their team, makes them a really complete team in my opinion. The only thing is if they are able to gel and mesh together. Remember back in 2004 when they had O'Neal, Bryant, Payton, and Malone, and they lost to the Pistons in the finals? I wouldn't anoint them as the favorites to win next season, but I'll say they have a really great chance at doing it.

Howard is definitely an upgrade from Bynum. Nash is the man who can make all these parts work together. I think without him this new collection of stars wouldn't be able to take them further. Should make for a good season.

It certainly seems as if the Lakers addressed a lot of their needs by trading for Howard. Now they have another big man to run the pick and roll with Steve Nash. He also is a more imposing defensive presence than Bynum was, in my opinion. I think what sets this group of older Lakers apart from the last time they had 4 big stars on their team (2004) is that these players fit together better as a unit, in my opinion. Another difference is just the age of them. While Karl Malone was 40 when he was on the team and Payton was 36 (and Kobe was 25 and Shaq was 30 if I remember correctly), their older stars now are Nash at 38 and Kobe at 33. While they both have been in the league for 16 years, I think their games age better than did Malone's and Payton's did for a few reasons. First, they are similar in age in numerical terms as I pointed out above. Second, I think their games age better than Malone and Payton. I say this because although they are on the older side, Kobe and Nash both had productive seasons last year. You also have to factor in that Malone was injured durIng the Finals and was in a very limited role. I am not saying the series would have been drastically different, but it is worth mentioning. I think the moves the Lakers made (including getting Jamison and others) puts them right with OKC in the west. That WCF could be very entertaining.

dwight howard will be a starting point for the lakers to take the championship and this will the last shot for kobe too. After this, kobe will retired from the NBA, even dwight can't shoot like bynum, the lakers have kobe and metta world peace for that :D