With shoulder and head injuries to Dwight Howard and Pau Gasol, the Lakers, losers of four straight and four games below .500, are in dire need of assistance. Cue Steve Nash, who's always willing to assist. Last night, the Lakers barely being able to assemble a starting five didn't inhibit Nash from becoming the fifth player in the association ever to accumulate 10,000 assists. The historic helper came on a textbook pick and roll to another advanced-in-age athlete, Antwan Jamison, near the close of the second quarter. Jason Kidd is the only active player with more successful shot set-ups than the charitable Canadian and speaking of Kidd, Nash said he'd give the game ball to his own kid, predicting the memento would be dribbled by his toddler (and he didn't mean on), who, to Dick Vitale's excitement, sounds like a literal "diaper dandy."
Nash finished with 10 dimes and 16 points, but the Lakers lost anyway and reside in 11th place, which is trailer park territory for what was supposed to be a gilded, gated community group. We know Nash will pass, but will the Lakers woes?
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