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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698
If this has been discussed I apologize. I have been real busy lately and don't have the time to look it up. But the Lakers made a hell of a staement last week about who the team to beat in the NBA is. Going into Boston AND Cleveland and winning without Bynum was quite an accomplishment I thought. (I'm biased)
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It really was an impressive ending to a trip. The 6-0 part record didn't impress me but the 2-0 finish did. I personally feel that even though LeBron James is the best player in the league, that ending plus a combined 4-0 record against the Celtics and Cavs makes Kobe the new leader for league MVP. I'm a Celtics fan and I loved last season but I had the feeling that we were a one and done team. I feared Bynum returning to 100% and thought that the Lakers were the team to beat. So much so that I don't even want the Celtics to win the East because I couldn't stand a loss to LA in the Finals. As the season started progressing, I thought Cleveland was the team to beat. Now, I think it's the Lakers again. It's kind of hard to say though because the Cavs lost Pavlovic during the game and are still missing Delonte West (and I know people will point out that Bynum was out but the Lakers learned last year how to play without Bynum and still have two all-stars and a third guy that has all-star talent). So it's going to be tight. Right now, I rank them:
1-Lakers
2-Cavs
3-Spurs
4-Celtics
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