Kings Trade to Lakers?

[Trueblood]

I dont like to give them this much credit. They traded Shaq to the Heat and the Heat won their first NBA championship. Id say that helped the heat. They also essentially traded Ariza for Artest and now the Rockets have a winning record when everyone thought theyd be the worst team in the league. That helped the Rockets.

Let's not forget Caron Butler and Chucky Atkins to Washington for Kwame Brown. Unfortunately, the Lakers would eventually use Brown's expiring deal to get Pau Gasol so that helped them in the long run. But still, Washington benefited greatly from that deal.