Time for Clippers to take over LA...

The Clippers finally broke the curse, by making the trade for PG Chris Paul, they've finally gotten an elite player in his prime to come to the Clips without having drafted him. By giving up SG Eric Gordon, SF Al Aminu, C Chris Kaman, and Minnesota's unprotected #1 pick they got arguably the best Point since Magic and the best combo in LA since Prime Kobe and Shaq.

The Clippers are now the best team in LA. Compare the starting 5's as neither team has any real depth of value, but not many NBA teams do anyway. The Clippers are better at PG, SF, and in my opinion PF. While the Lakers boast the better 2 Guard in Kobe and better C in Bynum. But Chris Paul is by far the best player on either squad, Kobe's 33 years old now and his game is becoming strictly jump shots without the slash game he started out with, and with a contract that pays him 25 to 30 million over the next three years, there's no chance for the Lakers to get anyone else in Free Agency. Lob City is in full effect, the starting lineups below show the Clippers have a younger, faster, and more athletic lineup from top to bottom leading to moments like this...

Clippers                                                                        Lakers
PG: Chris Paul                                                               PG: Derek Fisher
SG: Chauncey Billups                                                     SG: Kobe Bryant
SF: Caron Butler                                                            SF: Devin Ebanks
PF: Blake Griffin                                                            PF: Pau Gasol
C: DeAndre Jordan                                                        C: Andrew Bynum

The Clippers have already started the season with a blowout victory on the road over Golden State whereas the Lakers have fallen to 0-2 on the season blowing a lead in an opening loss to Chicago on Christmas Day and following that up with a tired performance on the road in a loss to Sacramento in the middle of their back to back to back to begin the season. With Bynum suspended for the next 2 games as well the Lakers could be staring an 0-4 start in the face. Hey it's not like it could get worse for Kobe to begin the season... right?

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