I remember it like it was yesterday—refreshing Twitter like a mad man, waiting for confirmation that Steve Nash would officially be headed to the New York Knicks.
But I never got it. I never got it because Mitch Kupchak came out of nowhere, swooping in like a damn hawk and snatching up Nash within a blink of an eye.
Then just a little more than a month later, Kupchak struck again by acquiring Dwight Howard to play with Kobe Bryant, Nash and Pau Gasol. Do you remember what we were all thinking?
Holy crap.
Kupchak went Pat Riley and put together an all-star team. He got Kobe Bryant the point guard he never had and the closest thing to the center he used to have.
At the time, Magic Johnson called the Lakers the "the team to beat" on ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning show. Articles headlined "Lakers become championship favorites by acquiring Dwight Howard" were being run by the Los Angeles Times.
"We definitely want to beat the Bulls record and go 73-9, that's definitely something that I want to do," said Metta World Peace on ESPN 710 AM with Max Kellerman and Marcellus Wiley in L.A.
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Remember When L.A. Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak Was the Smartest Man Alive?
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