KG

[IrishHand]

I would guess that both Kobe and KG would tell you that if they had even a marginal surrounding cast (say, Derek Fisher, Luke Walton, some midlevel signing next summer, either Farmar/Crittendon if either develops into a solid rotation guy in the next year.

The Kobe/Shaq surrounding cast was pretty bad - Fox, Shaw, Horry, George, Fisher, Madsen, Medvedenko, Walker.

If you have two top 10 players, you can do some damage. I don't want the Lakers to trade Odom/Bynum for Garnett for long-term reasons, but I definitely think it improves them considerably in the short run. Two of the most dominant two-way players in the NBA - one on the wing and one in the post?

Not likely - I agree that Phoenix is the most intuitive destination, possible Golden State.