I wrote earlier today (in the Question of the Day) that I wouldn't read too much into the result of tonight's game- a strong 105-90 win over the Nets in Joyzey, nor the performance of Pau Gasol in his purple and gold debut.  I didn't say that I wouldn't make some observations, though. We'll get into more of this in tomorrow's broadcast of Purple, Gold, and Blue, at 11:00 am (Kurt Helin from Forum Blue and Gold will be our guest).  Just a few, off the cuff thoughts (i.e., don't get on me for not mentioning certain things...)

• This has the potential to be very, very good. 
• The spacing offensively was outstanding, which is particularly impressive given Gasol's very shallow knowledge of the offense.  The Lakers recorded 27 assists on 38 buckets, a very nice number, particularly on the road, where dimes are a little harder to come by.  With Gasol in the lineup, they have a ton of guys who move the ball well, and any extra room on the court will improve the work of the weaker passers, too. 
• Pau's face up game should mesh very nicely with a healthy Bynum, a hi-lo thing that could be awful constructive.
• If the ball movement can stay effective, guys on the perimeter are going to get a TON of clean looks.  If I'm Rad, Sasha, and Farmar, I'm a very happy camper. 
• Once Drew returns, the Lakers have the potential to be monsters on the glass.  And along those lines, personally I found LO's performance tonight to be very encouraging. If this is what they'll get out of him going forward, it'll be great.  He influenced the game in a big way, but didn't have to score.  14/15/5, off 13 FTs.  Anytime he gets to the line 13 times, that's good. 
• By the way, the Lakers won by 15, and Kobe scored six points.  Yeah, the Nets suck- really, they suck- but still, how often does that happen?

Plenty more tomorrow.

BK