As expected, the Steve Nash trade that the Los Angeles Lakers pulled off seemingly out of nowhere, will likely be the big splash the team makes this offseason - and boy, what a huge splash it was. For Mitch Kupchak to go ahead and acquire arguably one of the best point guards of the last decade takes a certain amount of gusto - especially when essentially depleting future draft picks. And now more than ever it is clear that Dwight Howard won't be on his way to Los Angeles. That is, of course, unless Kupchak pulls off a crazy Andrew Bynum for Howard deal as rumored.

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