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#2..you're dreaming.
The *core* of the lakers team included Jackson(gone), shaq(gone), fisher(gone), and fox(done for). Whether or not they have a younger, better core can certainly be debated, but to say their core is returning seems a little strange to me..
Look, the problem last year was chemistry. Shaq and Kobe and Phil just were too much for each other.
However, assuming that problem is fixed now may or may not be a great idea. A bunch of young guys tend to have a lot of chemistry together(see: Miami Heat last year); and thats why those 3 were good plays on the heat last year. The 04-05 Lakers however, are a mix of: a bunch of UNPROVEN youngsters (rush, vujaric, walton, etc), one superstar (kobe), and a bunch of old guys (malone, payton, Vlad).....
Then, you have the "other 3". Butler, grant, and odom. They were successful last year with Miami because
A) they had team chemistry
B) they played in a weaker eastern conference
Neither of which they will have on the lakers.
Because of this WEIRD collection of players, I picture the Laker lockerroom being subdivided into a bunch of "cliques"; You've got Kobe running the show, the guy that nobody likes. Then youve got the old guys, then the young guys, and then the "other" guys(grant will probably fit in here, with who else I don't know).
They certainly won't have the talent to be #2 in the western conference, and with a fucked up lockerroom..I can't see them having the team skills to be #2.
Its late at night and this post doesn't make any sense, but its just my opinion fragmented into a bunch of parts. I would be interested in this thread somehow being "saved" so that we could come back 9 months from now and see how it all unfolded..
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