NBA's Impact Acquisitions

The Lakers were widely praised for acquiring Gasol from Memphis without surrendering any major part of their regular playing rotation. And the results have followed: Los Angeles has been nearly unbeatable with Gasol in the lineup. In addition, one of the NBA's deepest teams will get even stronger with the late-season return of promising third-year center Andrew Bynum, who is expected to come back from a knee injury in the next month or so.