The Lakers are currently experiencing this dilemma. In the second game of the season, Steve Nash was injured and has missed four games and counting. His back up, Steve Blake, has performed okay in Nash's absence but he too is now injured, leaving the Lakers with their third and fourth string point guards to steer their offense. The results have been mixed (and that's generous).
Beyond the injury issues, the Lakers' coaching change from Mike Brown to Mike D'Antoni will put a greater emphasis on point guard play. In D'Antoni's offense, the point guard carries a heavy responsibility as an offensive creator and needs to generate offense for himself and his teammates out of the pick-and-roll and in isolation.
Since Steve Nash can't play the entire game, the Lakers must think long and hard about the ability of their reserve point guards to fill in capably for Nash. The fact that Nash has already been injured and is already 38 years old only enhances the need for this exploration of options.
The only issue facing the Lakers is that they must work within the context of their needs and what they can actually do to resolve them. Said another way, the team must perform a cost-benefit analysis and determine how they want to proceed and if they're able to proceed at all when judging their resources, availability of alternatives and what it would take to get a new backup point guard.
Understand their are three key issues facing the Lakers in any pursuit of obtaining additional talent.
First, the team has few trade assets outside of their core four players. Second, the Lakers are currently carrying the full allotment of players they're allowed to with 15 guys on ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
