Is the torch passed from Kobe to King James?

your post said recent lakers teams... did it not?

are you just picking one team or conveniently leaving out the more talented teams and/or players?

gasol, d-fish etc...

 

um, we were obviously talking about the time between when shaq left until last year.

fisher played three years for gsw and utah. lakers were led by all-stars chucky atkins and jumaine jones. throw in a bench player like luke walton and i can hardly sit here and not call phil jackson a failure for not winning it all.

 

you dont think the lakers from last year (a recent lakers team) who won the west and made it to the nba finals could sniff the finals if kobe (in his prime) was replaced with jordan (in his prime)?????

 

yes, but unfortunately i was not talking that team. and it still would have been tough considering gasol is no stronger with the ball than a four year old kid with lyme desease is. jordan's defense wasnt a lot greater than kobes and that was the problem.

 

so they could sniff the finals with jordan?

 

not in the years i was talking about -- the 04, 05, 06 teams. those teams were terrible.

 

06 actually made the playoffs in the west, which isnt that easy imo...

 

They were 42-40 and allowed 103 a night. Thats not good.

 

what about the 06 playoff team that went 45-37?
the team you listed in your quote is the 07 playoff team...


it's easy to pick out the worst year :nope:

 

you said the 06 team. thsat means 2006-2007, which was the team i listed. dont blame me.

them 05 team went 45-37. im assuming you mean them and not 06?

this was their roster.
Kobe
Brain Grant
Odom
Kwame
Devean George

Kobe averaged 28 ppg, 50% shooting, and 40% from three. would jordan have made a difference at all? no.