Are the lakers healthy enough to win it this year?

WadeKnicks2010 · Post #1 » by **WadeKnicks2010** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 8:09 pm

Kobe - bad finger, although he's still the most explosive scorer in the NBA and probably the best player. I'd say he's 98% which really doesn't matter at all.

Gasol - 3-8 his last game with 7 rebounds I believe... Yeah. Ankle injuries are tough to predict.. They can linger between three days to a month depending on the severity. He had to miss an entire road trip right? He wont be 100% for the playoffs.

Bynum - The biggest question mark. Even if he were healthy he wouldn't get the numbers he would have gotten before the Gasol trade.. But since he definitely wont be fully back til next season, I doubt he'll make much of an impact in the playoffs as he did during January, and he might actually hurt the team.

Fisher - Old and has had to play a lot this year.

BirdIsDaKing · Post #2 » by **BirdIsDaKing** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 8:13 pm

anybody can make it out of the west so we will see....especially on lucky matchups, ect.

Speedlot · Post #3 » by **Speedlot** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 8:15 pm

We need Ariza.. more than anything.

Serpo · Post #4 » by **Serpo** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 8:19 pm

No not this year . They're not good enough without full strengh and they most likely don't get to full strengh this year.

Speedlot · Post #5 » by **Speedlot** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 8:22 pm

How can we be good when we almost miss the playoffs. Like 2-3 games?

Phil Jackson · Post #6 » by **Phil Jackson** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 8:23 pm

As long as Kobe Bryant is still breathing, the Lakers will win it.

eatyourchildren · Post #7 » by **eatyourchildren** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 8:49 pm

In a word: No

TonyMontana · Post #8 » by **TonyMontana** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 8:49 pm

Speedlot wrote:How can we be good when we almost miss the playoffs. Like 2-3 games?

Haaaa?

Big Bird · Post #9 » by **Big Bird** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 8:50 pm

I think we're not healthy enough. 3 out of 5 starters are playing injured at the moment, Bynum and Ariza are still out indefinitely and Walton is also playing with a season long injury. That's 6 players with injuries 2 weeks before the start of the playoffs. I'd be against predicting them to win it with a healthy roster too, so this one is pretty easy, imo.

NetsForce · Post #10 » by **NetsForce** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 8:57 pm

Kobe might be hurting but he's easily the best wing player in the NBA right now. So yeah the Lakers can win it all this year.

Pats19andO · Post #11 » by **Pats19andO** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 8:59 pm

TonyMontana wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Haaaa?

hey man ur sig is too big

WadeKnicks2010 · Post #12 » by **WadeKnicks2010** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 9:00 pm

NetsForce wrote:Kobe might be hurting but he's easily the best wing player in the NBA right now. So yeah the Lakers can win it all this year.

He's been the best wing player in the NBA for the last 4 years that they haven't won it as well..

triplet1984 · Post #13 » by **triplet1984** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 9:05 pm

I'm going to say no, not with that health. Which is fine really, Gasol only came over mid-season. Sharpen up, make a deep playoff run (Bynum will really benefit from having a few tough playoff series' under his belt), and then they will be in a good position to win it all next year.

NYspeedy · Post #14 » by **NYspeedy** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 9:08 pm

Phil Jackson wrote:As long as Kobe Bryant is still breathing, the Lakers will win it.

Where was he last year?

NetsForce · Post #15 » by **NetsForce** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 9:12 pm

WadeKnicks2010 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

He's been the best wing player in the NBA for the last 4 years that they haven't won it as well..

Right all I'm saying is that the Lakers still have a chance to win it all this year. They wouldn't be the favorites to win the title by any stretch but it's not out of the realm of possibilities.

Phil Jackson · Post #16 » by **Phil Jackson** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 9:15 pm

NYspeedy wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Where was he last year?

Quit living in the past. Go read the book The Power of Now it will change how you view things.

LAKESHOW · Post #17 » by **LAKESHOW** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 9:38 pm

as of today? no. bynum is not healthy. not back. and only a few games left. even with gasol, the LAKERs were winning, but still had difficulty on the interior defensively.

Ballings7 · Post #18 » by **Ballings7** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 10:13 pm

Overall, I'm leaning to them not winning it all this year, one of Spurs, Celtics, Pistons will.

Post #19 » by **dockingsched** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 10:34 pm

this isn't their year. even if bynum is fully healthy, they need another year for his development before they're truly capable of winning it all against the likes of the spurs/suns/celtics.

Alex_De_Large · Post #20 » by **Alex_De_Large** » Fri Apr 4, 2008 11:00 pm

The West is a lottery, it's going to be crazy and anything can happen, but the Lakers will win min. 1 championship in the next 5 years.