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Originally Posted by nolvorite

yeah but he has Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh with him that's not exactly a fair beat

Kobe has Gasol and Odom. Plus a bench that never ****ing ends.

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Originally Posted by crash_override

Kobe has Gasol and Odom. Plus a bench that never ****ing ends.

the bench is really mediocre save lamar odom. best players on lakers:

kobe, gasol, odom, bynum, artest.

then there is a huge dropoff. the bench is pretty bad. these players carry them.

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Originally Posted by trace87

the bench is really mediocre save lamar odom. best players on lakers:

kobe, gasol, odom, bynum, artest.

then there is a huge dropoff. the bench is pretty bad. these players carry them.

The Lakers won the championship this year for one reason, they had a bench and Boston didn't. Especially at big man.

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Originally Posted by crash_override

The Lakers won the championship this year for one reason, they had a bench and Boston didn't. Especially at big man.

to be honest both of their benches are pretty mediocre. but one huge advantage the lakers have had the last couple of years is the 3 man rotation they run at the 4-5(gasol, bynum, odom). all of these guys could be starters on a championship team. odom really underachieves, especially this last playoffs with bynum injured.'

but i would argue that the bench is basically a wash and the games were mostly decided by the starters.