I haven't heard/paid attention to any of this talk, but that's a pretty dang uneven trade if you ask me. You build teams around a guy like Dwight Howard. Pau is more of a complementary guy. It's true that Kobe couldn't win without Pau, but Howard willed his team to the finals without any other major stars on his team to deserve much of the credit, IMO.
Having said that, if Howard is leaving anyway and wants to go to the Lakers to win a championship, power to him. I think that would make the Lakers much more formidable than they even are now, assuming they maintain chemistry on the team and don't get too old in the teeth with some of their other players (and that Bynum doesn't break his leg again).
My dream for a couple of years was for a monster big man like Howard to come play with CP3, but that's never gonna happen so no use fantasizing
If anything, Paul is gonna go elsewhere to win with other stars.