I also wanna spell out why GP and Karl are perfect for the Lakers.
The team is built around Shaq, we must establish that. Shaq owns the middle on every offensive set. This means all the other players for the lakers have to be cutters and shooters. GP is a SWEET cutter. Malone has a fadeaway jumper to die for. These are offensive moves. As far as defense goes, you cant help but improve on the crappy defense of the PF position. Sure, Robert Horry has the best defensive hands in the game for a PF, but the rest of the Lakers PFs last year were HIDEOUS. Malone is not a great defender, but he is a lot better than Walker, Madsen and Medvedenko combined. As far as GP vs Fisher on the defensive end, I am not sure if GP is any faster, but he has better hands than Fish.
All we need is someone like, say, Pippen and we'll be the All-Retirement team.
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