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I always hear "Look at how good the Heat are now that they got Shaq and how bad the Lakers are now that they don't have him"

If you ask me, that is probably the most stupid thing I have ever heard. Shaq was traded to a team with tremendous young talent just bound to break up, while the Lakers were left with one superstar and one marginally good player. My question is how good would the Lakers be if they still had Shaq but Kobe left. Consider if the Lakers decided to let Kobe walk, he signed with the Clippers.

Lakers:
C Shaq
F Medvedenko
F Jumaine Jones
G Deavan George
G Chucky Atkins
Bench: Luke Walton, Brian Cook, Chris Mihm, Vlade Divacs, Tierre Brown, Sasha Vujacic.

Heat:
C Alonzo Mourning
F Udonis Haslem
F Lamar Odom
G Eddie Jones
G Dwayne Wade
Bench: Damon Jones, Caron Butler, Christian Laettner, Michael Doleac, Steve Smith, Brian Grant, Keyon Dooling, Shandon Anderson

Clippers:
C Chris Kaman
F Elton Brand
F Corey Maggette
G Kobe Bryant
G Marco Jaric
Bench: Bobby Simmons, Chris Wilcox, Shaun Livingson, Rick Brunson, Quinton Ross, Mikki Moore


I think by looking at those potential lineups, you can make a case for the Lakers being the worst of the three teams.