Now That Season's Over, Several Lakers Have Child Issues To Deal With

The Los Angeles Lakers are still licking their wounds from an embarrassing four game sweep at the hands of the San Antonio Spurs, but their woes aren't over just yet. Several Lakers are now having their own child issues to consider.

Most prominently is the story of Steve Nash. The future Hall of Famer married Alejandra Amarilla in 2005, only to announce that he was divorcing her the day after she gave birth to his third child in 2010. He claimed at the time that he was committed to raising his children in a "positive and nurturing way."

"I'm focused on ensuring that our children understand how much they're loved and adored by us as they continue to adjust to these changes," he said at the time.

Doing what is best for the kids however, does not seem to be a chief concern at the moment, as the couple is now embroiled in an ugly custody and child support battle. 

Amarilla claims that Nash should be paying child support, even though a judge ruled he would not have to do so after the divorce settlement saw Nash pay her over $5 million. Furthermore, Nash claims that he pays her plenty of money as it is, citing the medical, school, and nanny bills he largely foots for them.

Perhaps most interestingly, before the season Nash said that he chose to sign with the Lakers over the Knicks so that he could still be close to his children. In December 2012, however, Nash went so far as to attempt to block Amarilla from moving with her children to Los Angeles.

Steve Nash is not the only Laker with some child issues to figure out either. Dwight Howard has been in and out of court for the better part of five years to deal with child support disputes with the mothers of several of his babies.

Now, reports are coming in the Howard's latest girlfriend may be pregnant with his fifth child. If those reports are true, that would be the fifth woman to be impregnated by Howard, and if they were to break up, yet another child support battle would almost certainly follow.