[Stardust]

^ My point exactly, how can anyone expect Nash to be successful? Steve Nash comes in and can help Pau and Bynum get better, but he has no chance of doing that! All this thread spoke to was how Nash has to be better than last years Point Guards who only produced four assists per game. Well guys, there is a reason why those PG only produced 4 assists per game, and that was KOBE! Kobe starts the offense by demanding the ball as soon as it crosses half court! How can anyone think this is going to change????? Does anyone in their right mind believe that Kobe is going to change his mantra of having the ball in his hands 60% of the time to anything less than that? Point Guards have NEVER been point guards on a Kobe team. Now, the Lakers get one of the best passing point guards in the history of the game, and it's expected to work? No chance. I stick to my original comment, this is a stupid move by the Lakers!

The Lakers offense is centered around Kobe having the ball in his hands, and even though I'm no Kobe fan, I recognize that the Lakers success is centered around Kobe starting the offense! Nope, it's not going to work by putting a true point guard, one whose history is that the ball is in his hands 80% of the time, to work with the star of the team who needs it 60% of the time.