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we struggled to beat Memphis at home.
You lost to the Kings. at home
Because right now I don't see one team that could beat them in a 7 game series.
The Rockets seem like the biggest threat if by some miracle Yao, T-Mac, and Artest could all be healthy at the same time.
San Antonio is simply not a threat anymore, they struggle to beat the gutter teams like Memphis at home. The production from their Big 3 is declining with each passing year and their bench is not really that much improved over last year.
The Hornets just don't match up with the Lakers period. They are not a threat.
The Jazz are a solid team but lack the front court to deal with Bynum, Gasol, and Odom.
As of today I just don't see any team as talented or as deep as the Lakers in the WC.
we struggled to beat Memphis at home.
You lost to the Kings. at home
WRONG
Lakers lost to Kings on the road
to answer the question no one can beat the lakers in the west. they will steamroll their way through the west just like last year
This Spurs team is not nearly as good as the Spurs of just a few years ago. They can win games with their experience alone, but talent wise they are a notch below the elite teams.
Talented and deep? The Lakers have one All-Star.
in all honesty the lakers themselves are their biggest challenge, they can go from playing excellent ball with staggering defense, to sloppy ball and no defense. lets let the rest of the season play out and time will tell. in all honesty anything could happen. remember dallas and goldenstate? hahaha!! nevermind that type of only happens to dallas lol.
Which makes it all the more embarrassing that the Lakers steamrolled the Spurs who have 3 All-Stars last season.
December my friend. December
Enough with the Spurs. They may or may not be a threat to the Lakers but SpursDynasty's point (for once) is well taken.
The Lakers will go as far as Kobe Bryant will take them. Houston could be a big problem for them, even (especially?) without McGrady; Yao and Scola can outplay Gasol and Bynum, and Artest is pretty damn good. It would depend on whose role players are making their perimeter shots, and Houston's shooters are simply better than L.A.'s, so that wouldn't be a bet I'd like to take.
If playoff series were 1 game then yes HOU would have a shot.
But in a best of 7 the better team always wins. HOU has not shown the cohesion and chemistry yet to indicate that they are an elite team.
It's fairly simple. All any team has to do is shut down Fisher and Vujacic. They are the ones that are always left open for momentum-changing 3 pointers. LA talent-wise is the 4th best team in the West. They just have the most biased homecourt officiating in the league.
I could have gone for some Houston Rockets as a threat but their size is very disturbing. After Yao, you have 6'10 Scola and then a bunch of tweener guys.
Blazers and Grizzlies are the only teams in the NBA that have the size and talent to match the Lakers but they're both too young.
The Cavs/Magic will put up a better fight against the Lakers than Boston.
Small ball can win 1-2 games in a series but I think it comes down to size.
If these teams can get a decent 7 footer, they can play with the Lakers
Spurs
Rockets
Hornets
I don't know WTF is up with the Suns/Mavs/Jazz, they look like world beaters one night and then bad another.
Denver, I think had a better chance versus the Lakers with AI.
(Posted by O_V in the Spurs forum, repeating here for the ignorant trolls)
If you ignore the Spurs' injury ridden start (2-5) and count all the games played by every team since then,
Cleveland: 18-2
Boston: 19-3
San Antonio: 18-5
LA Lakers: 17-5
Wow, the Lakers have everyone beat. We should hand them the trophy right now.
It has alot to do do with scheduling. If the Spurs still look like World Beaters after January, they have to be considered legit.
Most sensible post yet. It's only December. We haven't won anything until we win it all.
Lakers vs Lakers
According to Drhouse since no one is a match for the all mighty LAKERS.
Objectively I would have to say nobody in the West and only the Cavs/Celtics from the East.
Allanon, you are stupid if you think the Magic would be more difficult for the Lakers than the Celtics.
Nobody in the WC appears to be a match for the Lakers.
If they could win the WC without Bynum+Ariza.....and nobody in the WC has improved dramatically then it's not hard to draw a conclusion.
looks like the balance of power has swung back to the east; three of the top four teams are in the east: bos, cle and orl. the lakers belong in the group, so there's your elite four teams. after that, its wide open and a lesser tier of teams: nuggets, spurs, jazz, hornets, rockets, blazers, mavs, suns, pistons,
then the rest.
I'm not even sure if a team in the West could take the Lakers to 7... on paper, and based on what I've seen so far, it seems like they'd dispatch most teams in 5, and maybe a few in 6.
-Steal of the draft- George Hill
-Roger Mason
-oh yea and a healthy Manu.....
i say were just as legit as the Lakers.
I'll add this, if we lose Bynum and Ariza again, we might take the west, but after that, it probably wouldn't be enough. We haven't seen the mid season acquisitions yet, and plenty of time for key players to get hurt on every contender.
How about you first show you can even get past the hornets?
Celtics weak bench versus the Lakers very deep bench. Lakers were able to beat a rested Celtics team even though it was the 5th game in 7 nights for the Lakers
Celtics also lack size...after 6'10 Perkins, there is 6'8 Leon Powe and 6'8 Big Baby. Lakers match up well with the Hornets for this very same reason.
Lets let this topic die for now and bump it much later in the season.
Is simply too soon to be saying The Lakers cannot get beat by a WC team.
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