Which team is better? Personally, I'd have to say our Lakers. The dominance of the reigning MVP Shaquille O'Neal and the soon-to-be superstar Kobe Bryant with arguably the best 3-point shooter of the year, Glen Rice, was just unstoppable. Not to mention, great veteran leadership from Brian Shaw and Ron Harper. And, of course, who can forget the greatest player ever, Travis Knight? Dallas is good but they lack that amazing veteran leadership and a dominant big man like Shaquille O'Neal. If these two teams played against each other, Shaq would be the difference. To be fair I'm also posting this in the Lakers forum.
This is a silly question. If you were to compare both these teams 60 games into the season without knowing the 99-00 Lakers were gonna win the title, I'd say the Mavs are the better team. But in reality if you compare talent and veteran leadership wise, I'd say the 99-00 Lakers were better than the current Mavs.
Obviously its the Lakers. Id say that was their best championship team from that Dynasty. They had a stellar 7-game series against Rasheed, Scottie, Sabonis!, Bonzi Wells, the Jail-Blazers. Then they beat a tough Indiana team with Mark Jackson, Reggie, Jalen Rose, Dale Davis, Rick Smits. LA had a phenominal season that year I think it was 60+ wins wasn't it?
Not really even a comparison. No chance the Mavs would contain shaq in his prime, much less shaq AND Kobe. Mavs are good this year but that was one of the best teams ever.
This would be a good game. The Lakers would more than likely win, but never underestimate the Mavericks at their best.
