Originally Posted by King Glorious

Very short term. I don't think they are better next year and I'm already hating the fact that the Lakers are a championship favorite for the next 2-3 years. I don't think it will be more because I don't think that Kobe will hold up that much longer. I'd actually wager that he's got one more injury free year before things really start to go downhill for him. People look at his age and think he's only 29 but forget that he started at 17 so he's put in 12 years plus all of the playoff games. Those knees are 29 yr old knees. Same with Garnett.