Lakers trying to add a young star in Rudy Gay to go along with Dwight Howard.
Building the foundation for the next 5-8 years of title-contention post Kobe Bryant.
Apart from the fact that Gay ain't no star.
Yeah right now if you were rank them it would go:
#1 - (Healthy) Pau
#2 - Pierce
#3 - Gay
... Gay is aiight... good player. Clearly he's younger, but beyond that the other two are better right now.
I also think adding Pau by subracting Pierce actually does make us a significantly better team... not because Pau is that much better than Pierce it's just simply what our roster looks like right now. It's a mess right now. Our 4th best player (Jeff Green) sits on our bench, our PF is playing out of position at center and we're starting a backup next to him.
PG - Rondo
SG - Lee
SF - Green
PF - KG
C - Pau
.... that roster makes more sense. Still probably not a major contender unless KG starts playing vintage ball, but Pau and KG next together would be awesome.