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Old 10-23-2004, 06:05 PM   #51
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I'm with B C Two Dubs.

The Lakers won't win their division or anything, but they'll make the playoffs. They might even make the conference semis (might). The Kobe-Shaq-Phil conflict is gone, and now they have a good handful of young players who will get a lot of playing time now that the triangle offense and Hack-A-Shaq is gone.

I can see the Lakers getting a #6 seed, then potentially knocking off a #3. Especially if they're going to make the three division winners the top three seeds in each conference now. If the top couple of teams in, say, the Southwest beat each other up in the closing weeks of the season, LA could bump pull off an upset.

Rudy T is a good coach, and he has good depth in the front court. It's obviously going to be Kobe's team this year, but if Medvedenko has a good year or someone like Caron Butler or Brian Grant, Kobe's going to get more shots than he has in the past.

I think Kobe will win the scoring title this year.
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