and depending on how things pan out, assets might be the better move. it's a pretty narrow set of circumstances where a lin/asik acquisition might be a good move, but it does exist.

for all this talk of LA's appeal, they haven't landed one big name FA since shaq. you could argue GP and Malone, but that was a one-year thing with two old guys trying to outrun the sun. they brought in dwight and nash, well dwight doesn't seem thrilled with "all it has to offer" and nash basically fucked them out of $27M.