You can have all of the intangibles you want, but when your big man simply cannot play like a big man anymore, it puts tremendous pressure on the rest of the team. Intangibles are great...when you still have tangibles to back them up. Otherwise they are neutralized by all of the drawbacks. For the Lakers, combine Vlade with Brian Grant, who neither rebounded or blocked shots last year himself, and you have the worst rebounding frontcourt in the league with sub-zero defensive presence in the lane. When your small forward, assuming he does not toke up or resume his injury prone ways, is a good bet to lead the team in rebounding, that isn't good. When Chris Mihm, a foul magnet who is the ultimate anti-Vlade when it comes to passing and saavy, is the key to the entire frontcourt's rebounding and shot blocking, that's even worse.