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Lakers: Ranking the Team’s Top 5 Worst Decisions Since 2010

By Timothy Jenkins

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Feb 28, 2013; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant (24), point guard Steve Nash (10), center Dwight Howard (12), point guard Steve Blake (5) and small forward Metta World Peace (15) in the first half of the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 28, 2013; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant (24), point guard Steve Nash (10), center Dwight Howard (12), point guard Steve Blake (5) and small forward Metta World Peace (15) in the first half of the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports /

5. Signing Dwight Howard and Steve Nash

One thing I will say about the Los Angeles Lakers is they love the idea of a dream team. After failing to win an NBA title in 2004 with Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal, Gary Payton, and Karl Malone, they tried the super-team idea again in 2012.

That summer, after losing to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the post-season, the Lakers added All-Stars, Dwight Howard and Steve Nash to the fold. While their names were enough to draw plenty of excitement and hope for a 17th title, let’s breakdown what that really meant for the Lakers.

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Former 2-time NBA MVP Steve Nash was a horrible decision at the guard position.

Just a year prior to this, the Lakers had traded Derek Fisher and replaced him with a younger, faster guard in Ramon Sessions. So to let Sessions walk in favor of an even older, and slower point guard Steve Nash in was ridiculous, even more so in hindsight.

The proof is in the fact that he was injured two games into the season and was never the same afterwards.

Dwight Howard, on the other hand, wasn’t as bad a decision for name sake. Of course hindsight is always 20-20. But at that point in 2012, Andrew Bynum, the Lakers current center, was arguably better than Howard.

Bynum possessed a more polished post game. Bynum was a better free throw shooter. And Bynum, despite all his shortcomings, had championship experience that Howard did not possess.

Howard of course was the bigger name, but years later we see that he can’t be trusted in any locker room he enters. The Lakers would have been wise to keep Bynum, and maybe just add a few veterans that would’ve been able to help keep his head on straight.

Next: 4. Picking D'Antoni Over Jackson

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