Then and now

We’ve spoken about it on the blog, you’ve written about it in the comments, others have picked up the theme, but every so often it’s worth pointing out how quickly fortunes have changed for the Lakers. Here is the box score from Game 5 of the 2007 first round series against Phoenix. Now I present last night’s box, from LA’s paste job of the Clips. On every level, from improvements on the roster (Gasol for Kwame, Fish for Smush, Ariza for Mo Evans- no disrespect to Mo, whom I like as a player), to growth from within (Bynum, Sasha, Farmar),…