Lakers vs Magic

Lakers vs Magic Series starts tomorrow and I am going to go out on a limb and say that Magic win it in 5 or at the most 6 games. Just follow the mantra... feed Howard all day long. The Magic kind of remind me of the 1994-1995 Houston Rockets. Only Hakeem was better than Howard in the post. Both teams follow the same formula (esp now for the Magic after the give me the ball campaign): Post up, if the double comes early let your shooters earn their $$$, double comes late ... take it to the rim and score or draw the foul. If you take Pau Gasol & Bynum out of the game early ... Kobe will have to have a killer 50-65 pt game where not even double teams can stop him. And I am pretty sure he will have 1.5 games where that happens, but still not enough for him to win a championship. Patrick Ewing (Asst Coach w/Magic) saw what Horry, Ellis and Cassel did to the Knicks in the Jordan-less years when they doubled Hakeem. As much as I hated Hakeem the basketball player (not the person) he made his money on the free-throw line, post-game and excellent passing skills out of the double team. If Superman is truly going to fly, Ewing and Gundy better show Howard some vintage Hakeem and Ewing. Go Magic, give Ewing his first championship ring.

Anyway, I have my motives for the Lakers and Cavs losing. I have this pipe dream that Lebron and Kobe end up in New York. I see your faces now... you have to be kidding Darth JBGator...what are you smoking...? But listen to my crazy rational... Both Kobe and Lebron know that each of the great dynasties had 2+ star caliber players to string their championships together. Lakers (Shaq&Kobe, Magic&Abdul-Jabar), Celtics (Russell, Bird), Bulls (Jordan, Pippen) and Spurs (Robinson, Duncan - Duncan,Parker,Ginoboli). Both follow the history of the game and both want to be legends in NBA History. Both have tried for 3 + years to get the championship by themselves. Shaq had it right... Lakers don't want me ... I am going to join forces with DWade and get me another one (if Wade didn't get hurt... Shaq would still be in Miami). It is time for Lebron and Kobe to join forces and amass multiple championships more than Jordan's 6. Jordan's six is the measuring cup for both Kobe and Lebron. Kobe needs 3, Lebron needs 6 more championships to tie Jordan. Those 2 on the floor together at the Olympics were just plain magical. The Lakers have already had a few dynasties, same for the Bulls, etc. Be a part of a dynasty in New York would make them iconic legends. Lebron + Kobe = 7 year dynasty in the NBA. The endorsements alone with overshadow the salary cap issue... so no arguments about salary cap. Post your comments, questions etc... Would love to hear them.

Come to the dark side, we have championships.

Darth JBGator