Los Angeles Lakers: Mike D’Antoni Making Mistake Not Benching Pau Gasol

Let me be perfectly clear about the purpose of this article: I have a tremendous affinity for Pau Gasol's basketball game. He is still one of the most skilled players in the game, bar none. In most circumstances, his return would not even require a second thought to the starting lineup.

But this is not most circumstances.

This 2013 Lakers team has proven to be something akin to a frustrated fisherman who appears to reel in his prize, only to see it slip away time and time again. Every time this team seems to progress toward what they are seemingly capable of, there is another calamity that pushes them further away.

Well, the last couple o...

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