the lakers...?

Question

minus kobe .....if u were to put wade in his place or lebron, mcgrady, paul pierce, steve nash, iverson, shaq, or even Michael Jordan in that same laker team..... how would the lakers do?

personally the only reason why they are considered "bums" is because anybody kobe bryant plays with are gonna be bums...
put kobe in place of jordans 90's bulls team ppl would be like "scottie who?!!" and put jordan in this laker team now kobe fans would be like " well jordan had odom on his team and luke walton"....


if u put nash in there also they will have career years i bet u....

Answer 1

First of all, the Lakers are 3-2 without Kobe this season. Kobe missed the 2nd half of one game and they won, so when he doesn't play in at least the 2nd half they're 4-2. Kobe is 111-111 as a starter since Shaq left. So for every game he has won, he has also lost a game. Just because you put up big numbers, it doesn't mean that you know how to win games consistently as a #1 option. A #1 and a #2 are completely different roles. Just b/c you win a title as a second option on your team, it doesn't mean that you can win as a first option. Just ask Penny Hardaway. You can also ask Kevin Garnett. Also, Kobe has never posted a 2 to 1 Assist to TO ratio in his entire career. How do you play with Shaq for that many seasons and not put up twice as many Assists as Turnovers?????? LeBron has already avg'd a 2 to 1 Ast to TO Ratio TWICE in his career.

Garnett puts up the best numbers in the NBA (he leads the league in Efficiency Rating where all your numbers and percentages are averaged out), and has for the past 4 NBA seasons, yet his team is far from making the playoffs.

What kobe did was as a #2 option in his championships. If LeBron played with Lamar Odom I PROMISE you that Lamar would have a career yr, and you could go ahead and bump up LeBron's assists 1.5-2 more per game. LeBron has ZERO Offensive threats on his team. On the Offensive end Larry Hughes is a skeptical shooter. He is paid for what he does on the defensive end of the floor. Then you have Drew Gooden who is an avg NBA power forward. He has small hands and is undersized in both height and weight. Then you have Eric Snow who is well below avg in the shooting department, and has NO first step. And Zydrunas might be the slowest footed Center in the entire NBA. They're a team that is based on Defense. This is why they're a top 8 defensive team in the NBA.

LeBron would make the Lakers a better team, and so would Steve Nash. Add Michael Jordan in his prime to that list. LeBron not only shoots for a higher FG% than Kobe, but he also averages more Rebs, Assists, Steals, Blocks, and also turns the ball over less. He puts up better numbers with ZERO offensive threats on offense. Imagine if he had a Lamar Odom.

Boris Diaw went from a reserve (coming off the bench) for a bad Atlanta Hawks team, to playing like an All Star. Nash makes everyone around him better, and any NBA Analyst would tell you the same thing.

Yes, both LeBron and Nash would make the Lakers better in place of Kobe. Kobe has yet to win 50 games, or even a playoff series victory without Shaq, and has a 111-111 record as a starter. If he doesn't win tom'w night that'll put the Lakers at 41-41. He's in jeopardy of having only 1 winning season in 3 yrs. It's a totally different ball game when you become the focal point. Even if you put up big numbers, it still doesn't mean that you know how to win as the focal point.

Answer 2

Okay let's see, Jordan on this Lakers team. They wouldn't be that much better maybe a few more wins but that's about it. The problem with the Lakers is that they need to play better team defense, that's the reason why they've been doing bad of late, also injuries. By putting Jordan on this team, the only thing that would happen is he's filling in Kobe's scoring, he's not a great playmaker and really is only known as a scorer. The Lakers still don't have a strong low-post scorer or defender like the Bulls had with Horace Grant or Dennis Roddman.

As for Nash, he can't help this Lakers team. Then who would score. Odom or any of the other guys can't score. And even when they get open looks from Nash, they can't knock down shots like his Suns teammates can.

Answer 3

I think if Nash played defense, he would actually do really good in the triangle offense, as long as he had Kobe. All that's required from a point guard in the triangle offense is passing, defense, and being able to hit jump shots consistently, which Nash does minus the D. However, if you were to replace him, LeBron, or Wade with Kobe, the Lakers would be worse off than they are now. None of them have the ability to score at will when it's necessary for the Lakers to win, that's what makes Kobe the best in the league. No other player is able to carry a team of underachieving players the way Kobe has. It's true sometimes they can look just awful at times, but didn't beat San Antonio(twice), Dallas, Phoenix, Houston, etc. and were around 13 games over .500? Kobe and co. were off to a great start early in the season before all the injuries, and if it weren't for those injuries, I am confident they could have finished as high as the 4th best record in the West.

Answer 4

Ok. First off if you put Lebron in there he is just gonna do the same thing he is doing for the Cavs, be a ball hog. Kobe has actually learned to pass the ball, and that is why Lamar and Luke Walton are doing so well. Furthermore, if you put Nash in the line up the team wouldn't be that good.Why? Nash is the #1 leader in assists because he has 5 other players who are amazing. If you take away those 5 players he would be nothing. If you put Nash on the Lakers they wouldn't do that well because the Lakers do not have 5 amazing players like Phoneix does. I mean sure Lamar and Luke are good, but the others aren't that great, they all need some more work. Also, Nash cannot put 50 points on the board like Kobe can.

Answer 5

One of the big problems this year for the Lakers has been Chris Mihm has been hurt and out all year. Also, with many games lost due to injury by Luke Walton, Lamar Odom and Kwame Brown the Lakers have suffered. Remember the triangle offense is most effective when you have a power forward who can consistently score jumpers from the elbow (which Brown and Odom both can do very well).

However, I do agree with you. I don't think the rest of the Lakers are bums. I personally agree with you that if you put Nash in there that the others would be having career years. However, I think Walton can play the "point forward" like John Johnson did for Seattle back in the '70s. The biggest problem has been Kobe's inability to involve his teammates.

Answer 6

i'm with anybody else and that i might say the dollars win this sequence 3-2. The dollars basically seem to have a miles better universal group than the Lakers. Kobe is via far the suitable participant on the floor yet while it comes all the way down to it the dollars have extra ideas for scoring. Sam Cassell definitely outplays parker. Hunter off the bench may be a key for the dollars as nicely. Ray Allen might play nicely even though Kobe might have his way offensively. i admire Glenn Robinson over George or Walton. Odom might in all danger win the PF spot yet Tim Thomas may be the X component off the bench. The dollars win the middle place as Brown and Mihm are basically no longer that good. Johnson and Williams are good sufficient to play protection in the middle and hit the boards. The dollars massive 3 take this sequence with the domicile court docket benefit for confident.

Answer 7

There is no one on the Lakers that gets above the rim and finish like Marion and Stoudimire. They don't have people raining threes like Raja, Barbosa, and Marion. They don't have anyone with the ability to play one on one defense like Raja and Marion. Besides Kobe. They don't have some one who is as quick with the ball as Barbosa. They don't have players with the common sense to know that when the star player is double or triple teamed, break away and go to the bucket whether you get the ball or not. If he shoots get the rebound. The Lakers don't have those kind of players so if Nash was put their in Kobe's place, they would worse than what they are now.

Answer 8

Kobe haters... Jeez.

Lakers don't have the players that can produce with a productive point guard like Nash. The Lakers goes through the Triangle Offense. With that offense, a PG like Nash is unneeded.

The only one that would be better than Kobe in this system of what you listed is MJ. The rest aren't suited to make the team better "overall."

Its hard enough to learn the Triangle Offense. Just try using it in a real game is difficult. Thats why many newcomers struggle with the Lakers.

Answer 9

I would probably replace Kobe with MJ and Shaq in their prime anytime. MJ has mastered leadership by example in his champion days in Chicago. Shaq is the strongest ever that not one can stand up a chance guarding him. There were trade rumors circulating before Shaq have gone to the Heat that Kobe might be replaced by AI. I'll bet that the SHAQ-AI tandem would have been stable as the Shaq-Kobe was.

Answer 10

Well if you put Nash on a team the entire team will have career years. He can make a team out of anybody.