This just in...the Los Angeles Lakers are struggling, and theories are a plenty. First it was Mike Brown. Then it was Nash's injury. Then it was D'Antoni's system. Now it's because their old. While all of those may have some merit, the real person to blame is David Stern and the NBA.
Last off season the Lakers pulled off a trade that brought all world point guard Chris Paul to town. At the time CP3 was playing for the New Orleans Hornets...a team without an owner and being ran by the league. Well...David Stern (on behalf of the other owners) rejected a trade that would have featured arguably the best back court tandem in NBA history. Instead, Stern (on behalf of the owners) accepted a trade that sent CP3 to the Clippers. A team that, at the time, were a laughing stock.
Chris Paul and Kobe Bryant would have dominated the league together, so what if you lose Pau Gasol in the process. They would have had no need for Nash or (overrated over smiling) Dwight Howard. The Clippers became the high scoring high octane team, while the Lakers were left scrambling to pick up the pieces. Something about that just doesn't seem fair.
The conspiracy theorist in me can't help but implicate Michael Jordan. Every one knows that Kobe Bryant wants to tie Jordan's six championships. Everyone knows the Jordan Kobe comparison takes on a different spin if that happens. And everyone knows that Jordan is part owner of the Bobcats.
Could Jordan have spear headed the commissioner's decision to veto that trade? Would Jordan stoop that low in the spirit of competitiveness? I'm not saying. I'm just saying. follow @plcolter
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