Steve Nash To Lakers In Sign-And-Trade

[playmaker7]

yeah me too

still a great starting 5. just need a bench
but it's a contender pugz.

Exactly.

Hopefully good enough to make it past the 2nd round this time around.

 

[Rios15]

Kobe Bryant is looking forward to playing with newly-acquired point guard Steve Nash.

"He gives us a much, much better chance," Bryant said after the first day of USA Basketball training camp in Las Vegas. "He's a terrific shooter. And shooting is something that was lacking for us. His ability to play-make for others out of the pick and roll is one of the best we've ever seen. He has a high basketball IQ, in terms of being a coach out on the floor.

"It puts me in my natural position, which is that of a shooting guard and that of a finisher. Michael (Jordan) had Scottie (Pippen), who was a great facilitator for him and enabled Michael to do what he does best, which is score the ball."

Asked if Nash was enough to put the Lakers over the top again, Bryant said: "I don't know if they're done. I don't think they're done.

"They've obviously had a track record of things that have proven to be beyond what other teams in the league can do. The moves that they make, they just seem to come out of nowhere. Steve Nash, that just kind of came out of nowhere. Pau Gasol, that just came out of nowhere. That's just kind of been our M.O."

Via Ramona Shelburne/ESPNLosAngeles

Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/222130/Kobe_Excited_To_Play_With_Nash_Expects_More_Changes_To_Lakers_Roster#ixzz1zypmSEhx

I really can't wait to see how Nash and Kobe mesh together. Definitely going to be an interesting duo.

 

[jonathanlambert33]

Yeah it will be very interesting. Will probably take some time and Kobe will have to give a little.

 

[tyfreak]

Gonna be hard to root for Nash in a Lakers jersey...

 

[Mexi]

kobe will be fine
he'll let nash do his thing. kobe getting spoon fed will be great. he's auto from mid range

my main worry is end of a game. will he go in Kobe mode or let Nash do his thing? what if Nash wants to give it to Pau or Andrew in a mismatch down low?


wow. i can't believe Nash is a Laker
one of my wildest dreams come true. i dont care how old he is

 

[playmaker7]

kobe will be fine
he'll let nash do his thing. kobe getting spoon fed will be great. he's auto from mid range

my main worry is end of a game. will he go in Kobe mode or let Nash do his thing? what if Nash wants to give it to Pau or Andrew in a mismatch down low?


wow. i can't believe Nash is a Laker
one of my wildest dreams come true. i dont care how old he is

EXACTLY

It's gonna be fire to see and this is one of the greatest moments in Laker history it has to be. Kobe could not have asked for a better off season honestly.

They're gonna be eating!!!

 

[Elite]

Dwight would be asking for a better off-season, the Lakers should pull the trigger without an extension guarantee

 

[Mexi]

^they will
the hold is up whether Bynum will extend in Orlando

 

[Mexi]

forget what i said
looks like a nets 3 way coming

 

[Pugz]

and hes said he wont.

 

[BwareDWare94]

I really wish I understood how this is going to take LAL over the top. Steve Nash is a mere shadow of who he used to be and the Lakers still don't have anyone who can guard Russell Westbrook unless they're going to try MWP on him, and I think even Metta is too slow for him.

This gives them a couple of more PPG but still no defense. Are Nash's passing abilities really enough to get anything done? The Lakers needed to make cap room to go after Dragic, but they didn't. That was their chance to be set at PG.

 

[Rios15]

The Lakers never really had a great distributor, and Nash is known to make EVERYONE around him better. Sure, Nash isn't going to be that great defender but he makes up for it on the offensive end by making everyone better; it will give them more than a couple more PPG.

 

[Mexi]

I really wish I understood how this is going to take LAL over the top. Steve Nash is a mere shadow of who he used to be and the Lakers still don't have anyone who can guard Russell Westbrook unless they're going to try MWP on him, and I think even Metta is too slow for him.

This gives them a couple of more PPG but still no defense. Are Nash's passing abilities really enough to get anything done? The Lakers needed to make cap room to go after Dragic, but they didn't. That was their chance to be set at PG.

pretty good shadow averaging 11 assists last year, 53% shooting, 39% from 3

he's an upgrade from sessions and fisher for sure

and no one could guard russell. it goes beyond that. even the heat had trouble. russell did have a 42 point game in the finals. lakers have won without a great defensive PG before. actually, a good defensive PG in the NBA is rare nowadays.

Lakers still need a bench to get over OKC, but man, Kobe-Nash-Pau-Bynum is a serious core. they could definitely reach the WCF and from there who knows. remember, how many of those OKC games this year were close? lakers were a few bounces from having control of that series

 

[bosoxlover12]

I really wish I understood how this is going to take LAL over the top. Steve Nash is a mere shadow of who he used to be and the Lakers still don't have anyone who can guard Russell Westbrook unless they're going to try MWP on him, and I think even Metta is too slow for him.

This gives them a couple of more PPG but still no defense. Are Nash's passing abilities really enough to get anything done? The Lakers needed to make cap room to go after Dragic, but they didn't. That was their chance to be set at PG.

Lol at you trying to tell us Goran Dragic is a better fit than Steve Nash.

Outside Rajon Rondo, Nash is the perfect PG for Kobe.

 

[BwareDWare94]

Lol at you trying to tell us Goran Dragic is a better fit than Steve Nash.

Outside Rajon Rondo, Nash is the perfect PG for Kobe.

Goran would have them set at PG for years and while maybe not as great at distributing as Nash, he'd score more points and play better defense.

 

[Pugz]

nash would do more for the lakers in the three years hes going to be there then goran would in the four he could have been there for..

 

[Mexi]

#10!

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Goran would have them set at PG for years and while maybe not as great at distributing as Nash, he'd score more points and play better defense.

Nash is ten million times better at creating for others though, and that's the #1 thing you look for in a PG. I like Goran a lot but the Suns will NOT be better with him next year.

 

[SaintFan25]

:vomit:

 

[Mexi]

i LOVE Steve Nash, but it looks freaking weird to seem him as a laker

what's weirder though? GP, Malone or Nash?

I feel like GP wore it the best