thanks NOT only to Dwight, but a host of other players that stepped their game up that year. He wasn't even the real reason they advanced. A lot of that was due to others guys hitting clutch shots...not Dwight. If they relied on D12, they would not have gotten that far. They brought back Hedo in an attempt to regain some of that "magic" from that year, but turns out that year was pretty much a fluke cause Hedo played over his head...so did Shard and D12 did his part, but he wasn't the focal point.

And the Lakers aren't building around Dwight, they are adding Dwight to a team that already won multiple championships without him.....so?

And I'm not even shitting on D12. Saying someone isn't franchise isn't a slight. He just doesn't have the tools. Most players don't. No sense in pretending he's something that he's not. That's the mistake the Magic made.