Los Angeles Lakers Must Be Real Careful, They Tried This Twice and Failed
The Los Angeles Lakers are looking to form yet another Super Team in the NBA. But haven’t we and they been down this road before? Not too long ago, the Lakers pulled off the impossible by signing Karl Malone and Gary Payton. Then, years later they pulled off a miracle again by bringing in Dwight Howard and Steve Nash. Now, here they are vying for LeBron James, Paul George, and Kawhi Leonard. History shows, this may not work.
While some will mention that the Kobe, Shaq, Malone, and Payton tandem were too old, not a fan was saying that as the 2003 Los Angeles Lakers won 56 games but lost in the NBA Finals. Although a success in the regular season, the Lakers have never played for the regular season accolades. Their goal was to win a ring and they were close but still walked away empty-handed.
Fast forward to the 2012 season and the thought of putting Kobe, Howard, Nash, and Gasol on the same floor screamed NBA title but injuries and on-court bickering ended those chances quick. So why? Why are the Lakers prepared to do this all over again? Maybe the third time is the charm or maybe, that have no clue of their own history.
While each team was indeed stacked, what the Lakers are trying to do this summer will surpass even their earlier attempts. How can a team that features three of the best two-way players not win a title? It’s rather easy. The same way they lost their other two attempts.
Who’s to say that pairing LeBron, George, and Kawhi will work? If I’m not mistaken, neither one can play C or PG which means, someone will be out of position which will cause issues. Then you add in their baggage. Leonard is now looked upon as a spoiled player who cries when things don’t go his way. George is good but he’s not known as the best leader, and LeBron, well his track record of ring-chasing is legendary. So who takes the last shot with the pressure on?
But then it turns into the Los Angeles Lakers problem. They are by far the most popular NBA team in the league but have fallen on some hard times. Now they are forcing themselves to throw all their eggs in one basket and risk damaging their organization for the foreseeable future. See, each player has the option to leave if it all goes wrong. The same thing happened with the first Super Team and it happened again with the second.
Why would the Los Angeles Lakers put themselves through this nonsense again?
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Mark has been covering Sports and Entertainment for the past six years. His work has been featured on Bleacher Report, ESPN, Fox Sports, Teen Vogue, and many other websites.
