Bad luck comes to those who put themselves in position to receive it.
I swear, off the top of my head, not a fortune cookie.
In an attempt to assemble a win-now, championship-or-bust roster, the Lakers took a chance by acquiring another veteran in Steve Nash to join fellow veterans Kobe Bryant, Metta World Peace and Pau Gasol in the starting lineup.
These guys are a different kind of old. Actually, Nash is every kind of old. But he, along with Bryant, Gasol and even World Peace, has played heavy minutes for an incredibly long time.
Minutes Per Game
'03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13
Kobe Bryant 41.5 37.6 40.7 41 40.8 38.9 36.1 38.8 33.9 38.5 38.6
Steve Nash 33.1 33.5 34.3 35.4 35.3 34.3 33.6 32.8 33.3 31.6 32.5
Pau Gasol 36 31.5 32 39.2 36.2 35.6 37 37 37 37.4 33.8
Bryant has played at least 33.9 minutes per game in every year since 1998. Think about how crazy that sounds.
And you know 33.9 is on the lower end of the spectrum. He's played at least 37 minutes per game in 13 seasons.
Steve Nash and Pau Gasol have logged at l ...
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Article written by Jonathan Wasserman
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