Without Kobe, the Lakera are playing better than they were.

[mercos]

The Lakers are playing well right now, but come playoff time they have to have Kobe. Without him, the Lakers look a lot like the 2001 Spurs. Great big men with questionable surrounding pieces. Without an elite perimeter player like Kobe, Bynum would get doubled on every possession and they would be relying on Sessions, MWP, and Steve Blake to make a ton of open shots throughout the playoffs. Those guys are good role players right now, but I wouldn't be comfortable with them playing that large of a role.

[FkLA]

I won't get in bed with you here, FL. Your query is based in the hypothesis of the Lakers being better without Kobe. I won't do it. I'm better than that. A damn sight better.

But in the end its just a hypothesis. I dont actually believe the Lakers are better without Bean. I dont understand why youre taking offense to the question, Cubby. I really dont. But Ill drop it cause youre my boy.

[whitemamba]

But in the end its just a hypothesis. I dont actually believe the Lakers are better without Bean. I dont understand why youre taking offense to the question, Cubby. I really dont. But Ill drop it cause youre my boy.

hes ur blue?

[pad300]

It's (Lakers better without Kobe) is a ludicrous hypothesis. It's beneath you, FL.

I'm asking you nice now, don't do it.

Ludicrous Hypothesis hey? We could do the stats...
Overall Record is 39-22. 4-1 Without Kobe, leaves 35-21 with Kobe. Games are binary events - Win/Loss. We need what is known as a binomial test

http://faculty.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/PA765/binomial.htm

Thankfully, it's built into excel.

The 35-21 record is a complete population record of the Lakers this season, with Kobe, a win fraction of 0.625. The probability of the a team with such a win% going 4-1 in 5 games is only 28.6%. (Going 5-0 is 9.5%, all others combined is 61.8%). Stats says there's only a 38% chance that the team isn't better without Kobe. What's your threshold for ludicrous again?

[Giuseppe]

What's your threshold for ludicrous again?

Kobe: 5

the tired old bag Duncan: 4

[wanggi]

Kobe: 5

the tired old bag cubby:0

[wanggi]

[/B]
ur ass should get amnestied from these forums for suggesting such a silly thing

I wasn't suggesting, I was ing Rapist.

Now I'm ing you dumbass!

[phyzik]

face it culby, Kobe is more the TOSB than Duncan is this season.

you got nothin underfoot to stand on except your religion and all the world knows it's baseless and false except you.

It chaps your ass and chafes your taint, but it cant be denied no matter how much you parrot....

Ipso facto, kobe is the marquee TOSB of the season.

IPSO FACTO!!!

[Giuseppe]

TOSB TOSB

I'm a trend setter.

I set trends.

[wanggi]

I'm a trend setter.

But sometimes I pirated wanggi's editions.

Yes you did, Zipperhead.

[Giuseppe]

Zipperhead.

I'm a trend setter.

I set trends.

[wanggi]

I'm a trend setter.

I set trends.

I called ya zipperhead first! Ya lier!

ya pirate ya!!

[Leetonidas]

Kobe quit

[Giuseppe]

Kobe quit

You've nary room...Jackson & Diaw quit as well.

[Giuseppe]

zipperhead

I'm a trend setter.

I set trends.

[wanggi]

I called ya zipperhead first! Ya lier!

ya pirate ya!!

[wanggi]

Your blind devotion to Kobe is a mistake cubby.
To love the Lakers instead of that selfish bas !

[jmill]

The Lakers point differential without Kobe: -2.5

The Lakers point differential with Kobe: +2.3