Melo and LeBron Would Be Wise To Avoid Lakers

Hopefully, we'll see these two wearing these same jerseys in the 2014-2015 season.

Melo and LeBron to join Kobe in L.A. in 2014!

Yeah, that's what their saying. The Lakers organization is hoping to woo the two Forwards to help Kobe make the Lakers contenders again.

What a fantastic team that would make. We'd get to watch three of the top players of this era on the same court, wearing the purple and gold every night.

While this may be great for the Lakers organization and Lakers fans, I don't think it would be great for the NBA. While the NBA is better when the Lakers are contenders, I just don't think the NBA would be better with this move in particular. This move would only benefit the Lakers; here's why.

The Lakers with Melo, LeBron and Kobe would dominate. Even though playing the same style of basketball should hinder them a bit, they would find a way to make it work. Even if they couldn’t figure it out themselves, there would be no shortage of coaches that would be lined up for the Lakers to choose from. Not to mention all the “Ring Chasing” veterans that would take less money to play alongside them. (See 2011-2013 Miami Heat)

That would make the Lakers instant favorites to win a championship. That's while Kobe still has a couple years left in him. When he decides to retire, LeBron and Melo would take over the team and still be dominate.

That would mean the Lakers are contenders for years to come. Great for the NBA, right?

Wrong!

Here's why that trade would not benefit the NBA.

Blake Griffin; You're Gonna Have to Toughen Up




You can't wait for the refs to save you Blake. you're going to have to deal with this yourself

Recently, it has become topic of discussion whether or not Blake Griffin is soft. Soft? How can a guy who plays with so much energy and physicality be perceived as soft? I think that's a fair question.

In today’s NBA, you have lot of ball players from a wide range of backgrounds. Guys of all different shapes, sizes and colors. You have guys that were raised by ex NBA players. Guys that were raised in single family homes and guys that were raised by both parents. Some of these guys grew up in rough areas and others that were a bit sheltered. You get the idea. When you have that many different backgrounds, you are going to get different types of attitudes.

Some of the guys in today's NBA grew up with a chip on their shoulder and live with that chip every day. A lot of today’s NBA players grew up playing street ball. If you've ever played street ball, you know how tough that’ll make you. There is nothing soft about those guys. Respect is everything and sometimes that sentiment carries over to the NBA. You have a lot of guys that bring that rough and tough style of play over as it gives them an edge. Guys like Kevin Garnett, who spends an entire game cussing and swearing… at nobody in particular at times.

Blake Griffin is a "Big Man" in the NBA as he plays the Power Forward position. In the NBA, the Power Forward and Center positions are considered your "Big Men".

In the NBA, you have two different types of "Big Men"; you have your finesse players and your physical players. Then you have players with the right amount of both.

Tim Duncan, Pau Gasol, David Lee are a few of your finesse Bigs.

Kendrick Perkins, DeAndre Jordan, Dwight Howard are a few of your power Bigs.

Al Jefferson, Marc Gasol, Zach Randolph (Z-BO) are a few Bigs that fall under both.