Dwight Howard and Steve Nash joined a team that already had Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol.
After shipping Lamar Odom to Dallas, they have Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Metta World Peace.
Most would agree that Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum failed to consistently play to their potential.
"We cannot be fully happy because it looks like Pau Gasol suffered a serious injury, " he said.
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Dwight Howard had 20 points and 15 rebounds and Pau Gasol added 16 points and 16 rebounds.
They'll vie for Olympic gold Sunday against Spain, led by Pau Gasol of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Lopez was faced with Pau Gasol in Howard's absence and the first-time All-Star was up to the challenge.
The Los Angeles Lakers are loaded with such talent as Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol.
When Shaq left, they drafted Andrew Bynum, a talented young center, and traded for Pau Gasol, an all-pro forward.
However, their joy was tempered by the news that star player Pau Gasol could miss the final because of a foot injury.
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And, oh by the way, the Lakers were able to get this deal done by keeping Pau Gasol and moving Andrew Bynum.
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Spain's Pau Gasol, a 7-foot power forward who's won two titles with the Lakers, said the deal instantly enhances the Lakers' title hopes.
Pau Gasol will start at center in Howard's place, and the Lakers will have to move someone into World Peace's starting forward spot.
Nash certainly will make his new teammates better, but will those teammates (in particular, either Bynum or Pau Gasol) still be around by October.
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There was relief that the deal did not include, as previously presumed, the Laker forward Pau Gasol, who is still in the gold-medal hunt with Spain.
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They traded for veteran point guard Steve Nash who they knew could feed the ball to Bryant and power forward Pau Gasol and revitalize the offense.
The team added two future Hall of Fame players in Steve Nash and Dwight Howard during the summer to an already formidable roster featuring Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol.
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Pau Gasol had 22 points and 11 rebounds, and Dwight Howard added 19 points to help the Lakers move a half-game ahead of Utah for the eighth and final Western Conference playoff spot.
Two members of the Spanish Olympic team who play in the NBA -- Calderon and Pau Gasol of the Los Angeles Lakers -- may hear from Asian fans after the Olympics, Wu said.
In the Stern era, players such as Hakeem Olajuwon (Nigeria), Dikembe Mutombo (Congo), Dirk Nowitzki (Germany), Manu Ginobili (Argentina), Pau Gasol (Spain), Vlade Divac (Serbia) and Steve Nash (Canada), among many others, became not only stars but respected ambassadors.
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Dwight Howard had 24 points and 15 rebounds, Pau Gasol added 12 points and 10 assists and three others scored in double figures for the Lakers (38-36), who stayed even with Utah (38-36) for the eighth and final playoff seed.
As the team sets up for its Tuesday night game against Jeremy Lin and the Houston Rockets, they will do so without three big men in Dwight Howard, Pau Gasol and Jordan Hill (all out with injuries).
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They created from hoarded parts: pre-existing stars Bryant and Pau Gasol were joined in the off-season by All-Stars Howard and Steve Nash, and there was an assumption that this boldface, Frankenstein'd outfit, while not assured of a Finals run, would give heavy competition to rivals like the Thunder and Spurs.
From basketball minds like Jerry West (wise enough to draft Magic Johnson) through Mitch Kupchak (wise enough to steal Pau Gasol from Memphis), or coaching talents such as Pat Riley through Phil Jackson who each earned the Purple and Gold 5 championship banners apiece, Dr. Jerry Buss has been the anti-Jerry Jones (owner of the Dallas Cowboys).
An expected title contender after Dwight Howard and Steve Nash were brought in to join Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol is instead just trying to hold onto the eighth and final spot in the West a task that might've grown tougher with the loss of Metta World Peace for the remainder of the regular season because of knee surgery.
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