Lakers Have Silenced Critics: Three Reasons Why The Lakers Win It All

Now that Kobe and company have dominated the two best teams in the East, the doubters are quiet. Experts were saying that the Bynum injury might cost the Lakers the championship again this year. But this Lakers team has stepped up and showed you this is not the same team we saw get smacked around the Finals last year. Even without Bynum this team is playing better defense and is still out rebounding their opponents! Craig will breakdown the 3 reasons that will lead this Laker team to win it all!

1. Kobe is the best player since M.J.: Yes, many want to talk about LeBron James as the next heir apparent, but no one else can back up what Kobe does night in night out with scoring and winning. Think the LeBron fans will agree that Kobe this year has dominated LeBron.
2. Phil Jackson is greatest coach ever: Move over Red because Phil is going to own all his records. Extra motivation after losing a close series to Boston will have him ready for this years finals rematch. Phil has even got this team to start to play defense, which was their Achilles heel last year!
3. Bench Play: Youngest bench in the league and most productive without a question. This second unit is a dream come true for Lakers fans to see the effort and defensive pressure that they can bring. Most of these players would start on most other teams around the league. The emergence of Trevor Ariza this year has made this unit very tough to score against.

Not sure which team in the East the Lakers will be playing but not sure that it matters. This L.A. team is focused to not let anyone stop them this year. Kobe will win his fourth championship and prove that he doesn't need Shaq to win it all! Hopefully Bynum will be healthy and the Lakers can sweep the Eastern Conference and really show how good they are!

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CheezerAll-Star

273 days ago

Score 2

I'm not a Laker fan, so I am really interested in your statements. I admit that I am a bit disappointed. Please support your comments with some facts. You make some very interesting points for discussion but they seem to be mainly speculation and exaggeration.

How do you define "best"? As in Kobe and Phil.
Are they the youngest bench in the league? Please cite your source.
Are they the most productive bench "without question"? Please offer some evidence.
Would "most" of the Lakers back-ups really start for most of the other teams around the league?

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RawbeezeitzMajor Leaguer

273 days ago

Score 4

Phil Jackson is 1/10 of the coach Red was.

The Lakers barely beat the Celtics, and that was with KG recovering from the flu, and bullshittedly fouling out with 4:22 left in the 4th.

The Lakers won two games in February. Get over it,

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Pittsburgh GunnyMajor Leaguer

273 days ago

Score 3

"bullshittedly"
Intersting use of the word, I like it.

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Davis21wylieMVP

273 days ago

Score 1

How exactly has Kobe "dominated LeBron" this year? Individually, they played each other to a standstill in each matchup (and both played below their typical level of production). The difference in each game was that Kobe's supporting cast played a hell of a lot better than LeBron's.

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TrizzAll-American

273 days ago

Score 2

I came here expecting something more significant...instead its jus a fan happy about his teams hot streak....fyi the trophy goes to the hottest team in may-june not february...

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