After failing to win a third straight NBA title in the 2010-2011 season, the critic-wire is abuzz with talk about the Lakers and how they need to blow up the roster.  Rich Bucher thinks the team as constructed has run its course and needs to make a blockbuster move.  Magic Johnson thinks the team needs to be blow up and …

Fact: Carmelo Anthony would be the best possible situation for Laker fans as he could team up with Kobe for the next two years while Kobe gracefully caps off his career.

Fiction: The rumors about the Lakers getting Carmelo Anthony are real.

You would think that a 7-foot center who is slightly knock-kneed and has missed an average of almost 40% of his teams games due to injury throughout his career would not really matter to a team that has won two straight NBA championships. In the case of Andrew Bynum, however, the guy just means so much to a team …