I've got no problem with this. Of the teams making offers (Toronto, Dallas, New York, LA), the Lakers were by far the closest to being a contender, and gave Phoenix a pretty decent long-term package. Combine that with personal reasons, and it makes a compelling situation. It'll certainly make the Lakers fascinating to watch, but I'm not going to make any predictions about how they'll do. While I've never really cheered for the Lakers before and have occasionally rooted against them, my disdain is mild enough that I'd be able to root for them for Nash's sake. That wouldn't have been the case with New York.
I don't see them getting past OKC in the next three years without some really significant improvements to that roster, but having one good playoff run to the western finals is a decent possibility.
From a Raptors fan perspective, I never really believed he was the best choice from a purely basketball standpoint, but I was hoping that they would get him just because it really didn't look like they had any plan B. Now we'll see whether or not they've got anything else in the works. Rolling with Calderon this year then overpaying on an RFA PG next year (Holliday, Collison, Lawson, Jennings) is the most likely backup plan at this point.
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