What does Lakers need to take out Heat?

[Ballscientist]

Heat:
reigning 3 Time NBA MVP and Finals MVP LeBron James, former Finals MVP and scoring champ Dwyane Wade, the best 3rd option in the league in Chris Bosh and the NBA's all-time greatest 3 point shooter in Ray Allen?

Heat are better defensive team and deeper team.

[R-Star]

How is Chris Bosh a better 3rd option to Pau Gasol?

Your science ****ing sucks.

[hroz]

LOL pau is the 4th option on the lakers. Now.
Kobe Nash Dwight are 1,2,3 in no particular order.

Pau needs to find other ways to be effective now.

Lakers inability to spread the floor is my biggest gripe.
Heat have Battier and Allen.

[MemphisX]

They will not make the finals. Even with Howard, the Lakers will not be able to cover for Nash's piss poor defense.

[Dee-Zy]

I think the 3rd best player on the Lakers is a toss up between Pau and Nash. I love Nash but his D sucks so bad that it has to take away from his genius offensive play making abilities.

[R-Star]

Originally Posted by MemphisX

They will not make the finals. Even with Howard, the Lakers will not be able to cover for Nash's piss poor defense.

Well, you're going to be wrong. But we'll revisit it at Finals time.

[oolalaa]

Originally Posted by MemphisX

They will not make the finals. Even with Howard, the Lakers will not be able to cover for Nash's piss poor defense.

The luxury of having Howard as a defensive anchor will make the deficiences of Kobe's and Nash's defense on the perimiter a lot less troublesome. When Westbrok blows by Nash off the dribble, the wing defender guarding the corner 3 point shooter wont have to come over to help as any where near as often as he normally would (Even with Bynum) because Howard covers so much ground and is one of the best shot blockers in the league. There will be less splintering, and fewer wide open shooters. They will be fine defensively.

The WCFs will be one hell of a series.

[e-monk]

Are the Heat deeper? going into the off season one area the Lakers desparately needed to improve was their bench which I think they did - I like Jamison-Hill-Meeks and while Duhon/Blake are no Norris Cole I figure one or the other will be serviceable

and yes adding Ray Allen is nice but there's a certain amount of sameness to what Miller and Battier and Jones bring to the table and I'm not sure how much more 3 pt shooting was necessary anyway and their frontline depth is just plain laughable

[R-Star]

Originally Posted by e-monk

Are the Heat deeper? going into the off season one area the Lakers desparately needed to improve was their bench which I think they did - I like Jamison-Hill-Meeks and while Duhon/Blake are no Norris Cole I figure one or the other will be serviceable

and yes adding Ray Allen is nice but there's a certain amount of sameness to what Miller and Battier and Jones bring to the table and I'm not sure how much more 3 pt shooting was necessary anyway and their frontline depth is just plain laughable

Those guys listed are not in the same stratosphere as Allen. That being said, I agree about their bigs. Terrible, absolutely horrid rotation. Which takes away from their depth.

[e-monk]

I actually think Jordan Hill would start for them ahead of either Anthony or Haslem

[R-Star]

Originally Posted by e-monk

I actually think Jordan Hill would start for them ahead of either Anthony or Haslem

Can't really disagree unless Haslem somehow returns to his former self.

Anthony is a fringe player on most teams.

[kbdullah]

The Lakers are already a matchup problem for the Heat, b/c they have two talented bigs that Miami will have trouble guarding. The Lakers biggest weakness is Nash's defense but to take advantage of that, Mario would have to take more shots than normal, meaning less touches for Lebron, Wade, Bosh, Allen.

To me, the Thunder are the biggest threat to the Lakers, the Lakers the biggest threat to the Heat, and the Heat the biggest threat to the Thunder. Its a paper-rock-scissors thing, not a 1-2-3.

[R-Star]

Originally Posted by kbdullah

The Lakers are already a matchup problem for the Heat, b/c they have two talented bigs that Miami will have trouble guarding. The Lakers biggest weakness is Nash's defense but to take advantage of that, Mario would have to take more shots than normal, meaning less touches for Lebron, Wade, Bosh, Allen.

To me, the Thunder are the biggest threat to the Lakers, the Lakers the biggest threat to the Heat, and the Heat the biggest threat to the Thunder. Its a paper-rock-scissors thing, not a 1-2-3.

Good analysis.

[XxIrvingxX]

Originally Posted by oolalaa

The luxury of having Howard as a defensive anchor will make the deficiences of Kobe's and Nash's defense on the perimiter a lot less troublesome. When Westbrok blows by Nash off the dribble, the wing defender guarding the corner 3 point shooter wont have to come over to help as any where near as often as he normally would (Even with Bynum) because Howard covers so much ground and is one of the best shot blockers in the league. There will be less splintering, and fewer wide open shooters. They will be fine defensively.

The WCFs will be one hell of a series.

Why is Kobe mentioned in this sentence...

And I'd rather have Bosh than Pau. While Pau is underrated imo, Chris Bosh is so horribly underrated it's depressing.

Oh and for the person who said Nash's defense would hurt the Lakers horribly, you seem to forget that the Lakers have a defensive minded coach on this team. He'll make sure Nash at least plays some kind of defense, but I don't think it'll be a noticeable improvement. Even if that's the case though, I doubt it will prevent the Lakers from going to the finals.

[23AJ]

I'm picking Philly as my darkhorse to come out of the East this up coming season.

And believe LA will win the championship. Kobe gets his sixth ring, and a new era begins with Howard. Can't wait.

Also never count out KG and the Celtics tremendous professionals. Respect.

That all being said, LA is loaded, I don't think they need anything.