http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/powerranking?season=2009&week=0 I'd love for the headlines to sound like... "Lakers win title! Kobe and Co. defy History!" On second thought... it does make me a bit nervous.
Not worried. History was defied last year by the Celtics, so it's possible - they were the only team to win the Finals after having their first two series of the playoff stretch to 7 games.
I'm not sure if we'd defy history. We'd just continue our rich history as the best franchise in the league.