Kobe Bryant Says This is the Most Talented Team He’s Been On

SO WHAT Heat and OKC or Heat and LAC Nash as 2 old CP3 will eat him up Westbrook will do the same The Heat are the new Bulls NBA fans o hell yea

ya they’ll cross him over and drive right into the paint where….. dwight howard and another 7 footer are posted up… :/ easy peasy right?

the old shaq teams had some great role players, but this team is top heavy

a game has never been won on paper

That’s why there will be ego issue’s between kobe and dwight you’ll see..

Dwight is prone to get into foul trouble. And Gasol isn’t exactly a deterrent at the rim. Westbrook, Durant, Harden, CP3, all of those guys will be getting to the rim easily against LA. Kobe is no longer able to stay in front of guys the way he used to. Who is backing up Dwight and Gasol? I see them getting to the WCF but having a lot of trouble with OKC and ultimately losing. Their frontline would destroy Miami’s, but Metta isn’t capable of doing anything with LeBron anymore. D-Wade is a better overall player than Kobe is and has been for a good 3 seasons. They have no one who can guard Bosh since Gasol isn’t nearly as quick as he is. I’d pick Miami over LA if they met up in the Finals. But I see another Miami/OKC matchup in June. I’m also intrigued by Kobe saying that this is still his team. Not only the words but how he said them. I hope that doesn’t mean that he still plans to shoot bad shots while he has a superstar and other stars around him. If so, LA may be done in the 2nd round against a team like Denver. As for the comparisons with the 04 team with Malone and Payton, those two guys were extremely old and headed out of the league. Kobe and Nash are old, but Nash is a different kind of PG than GP was. And Kobe is still great enough to do what he needs to do. He just needs to concentrate on closing games now more than anything else which is why he shouldn’t exert himself too much on the offensive end until the end of games. Let Nash run the game. Catch and shoot. Get Dwight and Gasol the ball down low. Possibly win one or two more championships if you can get past OKC and ride off into the sunset. Simple.

they lost with Slava Medvedenko as their starting Power forward. KArl malone basically didnt play in the finals (other than a bit in one game). People tend to forget that. Despite all the chemistry issues, had Malone been healthy i still think LA woulda gotten past that and won, just based off of talent alone. This year is a whole different issue, the league has more superpower teams(ala the Heat), so chemistry is gonna really count.

If they win it, they won’t carry him. He’ll be an important part. Just not as important as he was in his previous championship seasons.

You haven’t seen MWP today, just think about this 276 down to 255.
Watch the photos of their media day earlier then you’ll see.

haha and kwame brown

On paper…….. ’04 was an on paper team as well, hence the reference.

Compared to the benches of other great teams, they’re last. Miami, OKC, the Clippers bench is loaded.

There will be more of a drop off when their bench players are playing than there will be for a team like Miami or the Clippers. When Dwight is in foul trouble and Kobe needs a rest, what will they do? Will Steve Blake run the offense well when Nash is resting his back on the sideline? Whereas with a team like the Clippers, if CP3 is out, Chauncey can step in and run the team. If Blake is out, Lamar Odom steps right in. Jamal Crawford will back up Chauncey. The Lakers have a great starting 5 but championship teams have good or great benches.

I couldn’t agree more that was very well put.

Jamison is an undersized PF. Meeks for Bryant…that’s a huge dropoff. Hill is solid but he isn’t half of the defensive presence Dwight is.

nobody in the legue can. i think its more about stopping the rest of the heat. so id be more concerned about bryant being able to stopp wade as a lakers fan.

but this isnt the coachs fault. kobe and shaq had their ego issues too even though jax was coaching them for years.

the 2004 lakers were the most talented team kobe was ever on. but also the best example that championships are not allways won on paper. sometimes a tough role player is more valuable than a former star trying to play a smaller role. it is a great team tho, but howard is nowhere near shaq. prime-shaq alone was more dominant than the whole lakers frontcourt of today.

It doesn’t take much to get Wade going. At his age, I don’t see Kobe guarding Dwyane effectively to the point where he’s unable to get to the basket. The thing about LeBron is that when he’s doing what he does, not only is he scoring but he has the guys around him playing their best. It’s not possible to handle both LeBron and Wade when they’re hot at the same time. Wade is a good playmaker himself. It’s easier to contain a guy who’s just a scorer. What will any team do against a lineup of LeBron, Wade, Ray Allen, Chris Bosh and Rashard Lewis? I just think the Heat are too dangerous for anyone.

Ya, that is understandable but Phil Jackson also won 3 championships with them something unattainable without managing their personalities with a high degree of coaching ability, hell he even managed Rodman! could you imagine Mike Brown trying to coach Rodman that would be so funny to watch!

You REALLY going to get mad that Bryant has had a top notch behind him his whole career? No player has ever won by himself, and nobody has ever won multiple championships without a top notch front office. Luck has nothing to do with it, it’s all hard work, from the front office to the front court. Nobody has ever won a game by name and jersey alone.

Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Bill Russell.

I know Kobe wants to be relevant, but Kobe does not know while the whole world know that. I know he is still marketing himself for his future like MJ and I can appreciated that. However, his ego has become exceeding his talent. This is the second chance the Lakers has put together a great team, please don’t “f” it up again! Put your sh$t in the locker and play ball like a team of 5. We all know you’re great and look man, nothing will undermined that ever. You will be like shit just like MJ after you retired, but nobody care. Your greatness will always be remember! Play the game and don’t hold the ball longer than 3 second. There are four other players that need to improve their stat!

Rodman was a character off the court, but ANY coach of ANY era would want his effort and selflessness on the court. Dude would get you 15rebs, lock up his man, and pass the ball with pleasure. How is such an individual uncoachable?

So Clearly you have been living under a rock? he played well yes but I was talking about MIKE BROWN not being able to control him at all if phil could barely do it, why dont you do me a favour? youtube dennis rodman and tell me he doesnt sit down in the middle of a game at the half court line, kick a camera man, commit numerous SERIOUS flagrant fouls, Leave games without reason, and talk shit to Phil Jackson with no leg to stand on.
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Then get back to me kay?