Los Angeles Lakers: Why Blowing Up the Team Won’t Make the Team Any Better

Fans and media who believe that the Los Angeles Lakers should blow up their team and start all over are becoming prisoners of the moment. 

While it's easy to blame everybody on the court and talk about how the Lakers should trade everyone, it simply isn't that easy or even ideal to do something that drastic.

This isn't the NBA Live 2002 video game. You can't just trade players for whoever you want. 

While every Laker fans wishes that they can trade Kobe Bryant for LeBron James, Andrew Bynum for Dwight Howard and Kevin Love, and Pau Gasol for Derrick Rose, it's just not happening.

Salaries have to match in trades.

Right now, Pau Gasol is making close to $19 million per year. This means if the Lakers do trade Gasol, they'll be getting 2-3 avera...

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