Dallas Needs Kobe Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki Needs LA
One player has a winning history and star power, but lacks substance...
Theย other player is all substance, butย seriously lacksย the star power...
One owner is all flash and drama and is trying to jump-start a downtrodden franchise...
The otherย ownerย isย an institution with a proven track record...
One coach is a novice with a lot of talent who lacks experience and struggles to understand his unorthodox player...
Theย otherย coachย isย aย legendย with countless rings and the ability to craft a winner...
Somewhere in the midst of all this isย a match made in heaven.
I think the Dallas Mavericks need to trade Dirk Nowitzki to the LA Lakers for Kobeย Bryant. The Mavs are too conventional for their ultra-unconventional star.
The way Avery Johnson playsย Dirk is like a coach playing Magic Johnson like Tim Duncan. Magic got a coach fired for tryingย toย do that.
Ifย Dirk were smart, he'd haveย doneย theย same.
Mark Cuban put the Mavs in a corner. Dirkย desperately needs a low postย offensive presence playing with him. People don't realize it, but Dirk is like a super-guardโand guards need to be paired with inside presences to be at their best.
This is why Steve Nash looks so good on the Sunsโhe and Amare Stoudemire complement each other perfectly.
For Dirk to be his best he also needs this inside presence, but the Mavs have no wayย of getting one now. The only way to get one is through the draft. Cuban has just been trading garbage for garbage since he bought the team.
The biggest problem is that Dirk doesn't get the respect other stars get, and neither does his game.
This is whyย he needs LAโa huge market where his brilliance will be recognized.
It's also why Dallas needs a player like Kobe.
The Mavs could use theย superstar to get thisย downtrodden franchise over the hump. They needย a playerย who has what Kobe hasโclout.ย
What's more Mark Cuban is willing to break the bankโand Kobe could draw the big-name free agents Dirk doesn't.
This is why this trade is so perfect: It gives both parties exactly what they need.
