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Originally Posted by The Icon Of Elism
I dunno if I get what your saying about my point. I'm saying you take this current Lakers team and then replace Kobe with an above average shooting guard. Ignore the fact that the Lakers would have had cap room to construct a different team, just put a guy like Jamal Crawford or Cutino Mobley in the starting rotation instead of Kobe. They aren't just mediocre they would have trouble scoring 60 points a night.
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That's a hard case to make, though, because if Kobe wasn't scoring his 30+ per night, then Lamar Odom would be getting more shots, like he did with the Clippers and Heat. The ball would move around more, and the "bit" players that LA has would be having much better years. Now, they probably would be an awful team, but honestly the Lakers aren't that good now. Take Kobe out, and they'd go from barely making the playoffs to barely missing the playoffs. Maybe you get a swing of ten games. The West (below the top 3) is weak enough where they'd still finish ahead of Portland, Minnesota, Houston, and Golden State.
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Originally Posted by SammyG
Kwame has been solid lately, Lamar had back to back triple-doubles, Luke is contributing as well. Kobe's starting to get some help. And it couldn't have come at a better time. The PHX-LAL series WILL BE A GOOD ONE.
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Yeah, all five games should be fantastic.