Why the Lakers Need to Think Twice Before Letting Go of Pau Gasol

Remember when the Lakers traded for Chris Paul? 

Pau Gasol does. 

What happens when a player finds out he's been traded and then untraded before he even had a chance to process the initial information? Gasol is learning as he goes. After that strange start to this shortened season, knowing that his team was looking to let him go to gain a player they felt could help them contend for a championship, Gasol is doing his best to be a professional. While Lamar Odom went the opposite route and requested a trade, Gasol wants to show his employers his worth, prove why he deserves to be in a Lakers uniform.