With the aquasition of Dwight Howard, the lakers are the new team to beat in the west. They already have 2 future hall of famers in Kobe and Steve Nash, and they have one of the best stoppers in the game in metta world piece. Now they get one of the best centers in the game in Dwight Howard to go along with power forward pau gasol. This lineup is stacked. Watch out thunder and heat here come the lakers.