Scout Says Mavs Have Best Chance to Beat the Lakers

Shapecity · Jan 30, 2010

"To beat the Lakers you have to have multiple scorers. So I'll say Dallas if you force me to pick someone. They're loaded. They come off the bench with good players and to me the Lakers have no bench. I like the size Dallas has with [Erick] Dampier and [Drew] Gooden. Dallas is an interesting team. If they're firing at the right time, they can cause more trouble to the Lakers than anybody.

"But it's the Lakers and everybody else in the West. They're just so big and long. So much talent. Just reading into it and hearing things, I don't think Kobe [Bryant] believed [Pau] Gasol was as hurt as he was saying [when Gasol missed 17 games earlier this month]. But the Lakers are so talented that they overcome those things.

"Denver has the talent, but I don't think Denver has the discipline to beat the Lakers in a seven-game series. [The Nuggets] score the basketball so easy. They don't get rattled, they've got an inside presence and they can shoot the ball from the perimeter. But you need good discipline to win a seven-game series against the Lakers and I just don't think [the Nuggets] are as professional as they need to be. Chauncey [Billups] has made a big difference there, but he's just one guy. I don't know if he can change a whole culture.

"The last few weeks it seems like the Lakers have kind of taken their foot off the pedal. Plus Kobe hasn't been healthy. Two months from now, you watch. He'll be healthier. He'll have more juice. Can they self-destruct? I guess. Can their bench mess them up a little? I guess. But you can overcome a lot of things with talent. You focus on all the other guys and all of a sudden [Andrew] Bynum will step up with a big game. They just have too many weapons.
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Source: ESPN

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