Current Events- Lakers-Grizzlies

Im Nero Threet III and a college student at Santa Monica College in Los Angeles, California and this is my first Post. Im hoping I can stay active on this website and continue to bring the heat, because this is what I love to do.    

Ok, so the Los Angeles Lakers finally went out and made a deal that will make Kobe happy in acquiring F/C Pau Gasol along with a second round draft pick in the 2008 draft from the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday. The deal was highway robbery in my opinion due to the fact that all the Lakers had to give up was Kwame Brown....,Jarvaris Crittenton an unproven rookie, and two first round picks which will most likely be at the end of the first round. Kobe, who is without a doubt the leader of this team will no longer have an excuse for not getting it done. With the upcoming return of Andrew Bynum the second week of March from a dislocated knee cap, the Lakers can potentially be the Best in the West. My projected lineup would be, PG- Derek Fisher, SG- Kobe Bryant, SF- Lamar Odom, PF- Pau Gasol, C- Andrew Bynum. On paper from top to bottom I don't believe there is a better lineup in the Western Conference, but whether or not the Lake show will be able to translate that into wins is to be seen. Now, from the Grizzlies perspective this trade has had to be an all time low for this relatively young franchise. They traded there franchise player and really didn't receive much in return at all. I don't expect Kwame brown to be even one-third of the player Gasol was for the Grizzlies and Jarvaris Crittenton is unproven, granted he just turned 20 on the 31st od December. It almost feels like the Grizzlies have just given up. Hopefully thats not the case and they can pull this thing together and get the ball rolling once again.