Olympics 2012? That’s nothing compared to this story: Dwight Howard is a Laker. Well, that’s true at least for Laker fans — and two members of the Los Angeles Times staff who stopped their London Olympics coverage to get very excited about the deal.
“The Lakers, as all of L.A. sees today… are still the Lakers,” said columnist Bill Plaschke in a live discussion Friday. “They’re going for it, and that’s wonderful.”
In the four-team deal, the Lakers surrendered starting center Andrew Bynum to get Howard, all-star center for the Orlando Magic.
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The Times’ Lakers beat writer Mike Bresnahan noted in the discussion that he’d just spoken to Pau Gasol, who is in London playing with Spain’s Olympic team. Bresnahan had fully expected Gasol to be a key piece of the deal — but not so.
“He is ecstatic to be back” with the Lakers, Bresnahan said.
Plaschke said Gasol told him the fact that he’s not being traded was “huge” and that he was ready to go forward in, as Plaschke put it, “a completely focused, completely committed state of mind.”
They also tried to get a comment from Serge Ibaka of the Oklahoma City Thunder. No comment. No surprise?
On the topic of Kobe Bryant:
Sports Editor Mike James noted, “It’s still Kobe’s team. It’s not going to be Kobe’s team much longer.”
Hear the rest in the celebratory discussion above.
By Amy Hubbard
Lakers 2012 Dwight Howard, Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant it's a New DAY!
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