He was an all-star the year before, in 02, joined lakers in 03 and ended up around position 20-21 in ppg with about 21 ppg, another 8rb and 5 ast. Basically like Randle or Aldridge joining 3 All-star players and we act like it’s nothing. You are acting as if Karl Malone wasn’t a special kind of old head in his last seasons at Utah.You're a idiot.. Karl Malone wasn't a all star the year before and he joined the Lakers at age 40. nikka THAT'S LIKE VINCE CARTER JOINING THE LAKERS NOW YOU fukkING RETARD
But you are correct in that he didn’t play the same year he joined the lakers. Payton did.
. The fukk is happening to basketball


nikkas acting like the league has ever not been a concentration of 4-5 teams. That's literally every sports league every year, there's never more than 4-5 legit contenders in any league with 30-32 teams. That's how talent flows, because there's never enough "next level" talent to make half the league viable which is what these goofy dudes think people want or even expect. If talent was diluted like that the quality of play would be god awful. Hell this is literally the most parity the league has ever had this decade, 6 teams have won the chip, nobody knows who will win this year even if the Lakers add Kawhi. The idea that there's no competition and that this era is different is absurd, talent has always been concentrated to a degree because that's how the winning teams form either organically or through FA.