Lakers vs. Raptors.....and Gasol Update

If you are a devoted TheLakersBlog.com reader, you would have known about the trade this morning before anyone else, TheLakersBlog.com was the first to break this story.
Here is the latest report from ESPN this afternoon:

It is official...Gasol will be wearing #16:


Lakers are going to have a tough go of it tonight as Toronto has won the last 6 consecutive home games and 8 of the last 11, and with the trade, the Lakers are shorthanded without a center...time for Ronny Turiaf to step it up!