Losing Fox will hurt more for the lack of D, granted shut down Wally, but will eventually have to shut down Christie if all goes right, (Christie has been sucessful at that so far). The Lake show has the title and until someone beats them they are the defending champion. Assuming they get past Wolves, the Spurs are beatable. No disrespect to Duncan, but when Malik Rose steps up, you have to think they need more scoring options.
As far as the haters go, if the (insert team here) win the championship without beating a full strength Laker team, does the championship get a astersk next to it
* Strike shortened season
* Lakers played soft most of the season, then got banged up in playoffs
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