Well, I think it’s safe to say the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers don’t really line one another all that much.
That fact was punctuated at the end of the game last night, when Chris Paul overreacted to Pau Gasol putting his hand over his head.
Paul was still seething about the incident after the game, seemingly taking the gesture too personally. From Arash Markazi of ESPN:
Perceptions of Rasheed Wallace, who wants to make a return to the NBA, are wide-ranging and many of them are negative. Throw in the fact that he’s been out of the NBA for a year and a half and it can really seem foolish to consider signing him.
But it’s not like the Chicago Bulls are searching for a significant contributor. What they do need is another big man to stack the bench a bit more, which columnist Bob Bajek highlighted a couple days ago.
Pau Gasol recently said that he wants the Los Angeles Lakers to run their offense through the post more often.
He’s right. That’s exactly what the Lakers need to do.
Relax, Kobe Bryant will still get his shots, but when you have a pair of dominant big men in Gasol and Andrew Bynum, you need to use that to your strength.
If the Lakers showed a commitment to playing the game inside-out, they would be difficult to matchup against on a nightly basis.
However, with Gasol consistently hanging out around the three-point line, essentially watching the action take place around him, the Lakers aren’t the same tough team to cover.
