Andrew Bynum=No Championship

Originally Posted by dalakhani

This is the problem the lakers present for almost every team. In a half court game, the lakers will kill you with size and kobe. If you run with them, their depth and athleticism will kill you.

The nuggets dont have a single guy on that team that can hurt you with his back to the basket except for Nene once every ten games and even at his best he is still very average. Their interior defense is terrible. Kenyon martin is a self check on offense and isnt nearly the athlete he was when he first came out due to all of the injuries. This problem hasnt been exposed in the playoffs because neither the hornets nor the mavs have any good low post players. Someone is bound to bring up David West and he plays facing the basket. Neither of those teams have anyone in the same stratosphere as Gasol.

I love Billups. Advantage Denver there but its their only advantage. JR is the wildcard and if he plays well, it will go 6 games. If he doesnt they will be lucky to go 5.

I actually think this is a fair assessment.
It will be interesting to see how the Lakers deal
with Billups though. The Laker guards (other than Kobe who
I think can play 1-2 or 3) would not
start on any of the teams still left in the playoffs,
not even Orlando.
I also think Nene has the possibility of pushing
Gasol around. Never know who I am going to see
with Nene on the floor.

She is right on about Kenyon Martin imo.