Kobe Byrant: Best Player In the NBA and Getting Even Better?!

It has been nineteen days and nine games since Pau Gasol arrived in Lakerland.  Since trading for Pau Gasol the Lakers have been on their longest winning streak of the season, and longest consecutive road victories since the 2000-2001 season.  The wins have been racking up, and the everyone on the Lakers roster have been preforming at a higher level since the trade.  But who has benefited the most form the trade? Most would point and say that Lamar Odom has benefited the most because he longer has to shoulder the pressure of being LA's second option.  Others would arguee that role players, such as Vladimir Radmanovic and Sasha Vujacic, have gained the most because Gasol is the only one other than Kobe that demands a double team.  However, I say that another man has improved his game since the Lakers' acquisition Pau Gasol.  That man being Kobe Bryant. It is true, Kobe Bryant's game has been at a higher level now than it has been in the past three ... (link)