The Hoops Nerd gives MIP Awards to the most intriguing player in each team during the NBA pre-season. Once upon a time, the Pacific division was all the NBA fans cared about. It had the Los Angeles Lakers in it and to some degree, the Lakers are the NBA. Or were. Whatever. If you ask the first persn you meet on the street to name you an NBA team, he's probably going to name you the Los Angeles Lakers. But their latest era of dominance is almost over. Kobe Bryant is getting old and it's chaos on the shores of the Pacific ocean. Anyway...
