For decades the Los Angeles Lakers have been a franchise dedicated to putting together a championship quality team. Though many opponents have been envious of the way the Lakers form a team, the Lakers front office have yet to allow outside chatter to impact their moves.
The Dallas Mavericks have been one of the Lakers' Western Conference rivals, and Mavs owner Mark Cuban has never been afraid to voice his opinion as he is always ready to speak out on the Lakers.
Cuban was one of the owners who complained to NBA Commissioner David Stern when the Lakers acquired Chris Paul, and he played a big role in canceling that trade. However, now that Cuban cannot tell Stern to veto the Lakers' additions of Dwight Howard and Steve Nash, he will use the media to criticize the Lakers.
Cuban had these words about the newest additions to the Lakers:
"The Lakers have done this before," Cuban said. "Remember Gary Payton, Karl Malone and Kobe and Shaq were all together, and it didn't work.
"It takes great chemistry, like coach (Rick Carlisle) alluded to, it takes guys wanting to be there - I don't know if all their guys want to be there - it's going to be interesting."
However, unlike the team formed in 2003-04, on this team the chemistry seems to be on point and the players have expressed their desire to win.
The biggest question mark is with Dwight Howard and if he will be able to produce for the Lakers.
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