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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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what are the chances of Bobcats going to the playoffs this year?

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probably 75% or something. it is easy as hell to make the playoffs in the east.

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Originally Posted by trace87

of course his fucking power move is better. kobe leads the league in minutes played. sometimes kobe does try to do too much. but can you really blame him? if lebron had kobe's jumper he would be jacking up just as many. and yea, lebron could be a monster in the post. for lebrons sake, hopefully spoelstra can coach offense(unlike mike brown).

Yeah I'm hoping the change in management work in LeBrons favor. He obviously wasn't happy with the way Cleveland was being ran. I don't know about Miami though, they still don't have a very good bench at all. They will need to make some moves and fill the lockers.

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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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current heat roster:

lebron
d wade
bosh
mike miller
udonis haslem
big z
juwan howard
joel anthony
mario chalmers
da'sean butler
dexter pittman(he isn't gonna play unless he loses a ton of weight. last year at texas his coach had him play in small spurts)
james jones
jamaal magloire
jarvis varnado

seems pretty filled out to me. they are a contender with that roster.

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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.

[crash_override]

Originally Posted by trace87

current heat roster:

lebron
d wade
bosh
mike miller
udonis haslem
big z
juwan howard
joel anthony
mario chalmers
da'sean butler
dexter pittman(he isn't gonna play unless he loses a ton of weight. last year at texas his coach had him play in small spurts)
james jones
jamaal magloire
jarvis varnado

seems pretty filled out to me. they are a contender with that roster.

At least 3 of those players are rookies. They will be contenders for sure, but I don't know if they have enough to make the long run.

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say this is their 9 man rotation:

lebron
wade
bosh
miller
haslem
big z
juwan howard
joel anthony
mario chalmers

that is really good.

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i wonder what their crunch time squad will be. maybe

lebron (at 3)
wade (at 1)
bosh (at 5)
miller (at 2)
haslem (at 4) or juwan howard or joel anthony or big z at 5 and bosh 4.