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Originally Posted by SniperSB23
I have Orlando third in the east, I hate Vince Carter (was actually a Nets fan until they acquired him) but there is no denying he has talent and his career playoff numbers are pretty impressive. At the very least a lineup of Nelson, Carter, Lewis, Turkoglu, and Howard is incredibly dangerous. We'll see how they all coexist.
I think with the Lakers you are failing to discount how significant this season will be with Kobe hitting 1000 career games (even ignoring the postseason). Even the ultra-durable Garnett hit the 1000 game dropoff in durability and he's had nowhere near the number of playoff games of Kobe (175 to 73).
Denver is a really good team and they will be ahead of the Lakers next year even if they return intact which is highly unlikely. Most likely either Ariza or Odom is gone.
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But Turk is as good as gone. There is no way they are going to pay him now that they have added Carter's contract. And even if they do, you would now have four guys on the floor that can't play defense. Turk is gone though. That team regressed.