Is there any franchise that can beat this Lakers team

OKC and Seattle actually share history.

 

dream
bosh
hawaii
carter
mergady

shiiiii.... crazy defense and crazy offense. they have an answer for all of the lakers players.

 

I’ll take that 07 ROX team with Brooks, Scola, and a healthy Yao

 

One of the most homer posts I’ve ever read lmao. Shane barrier and Robert Covington has no business being talked about.

 

I would put forward following lineup for spacing purposes

Nash/Fisher/Avery Bradley
Kobe/Byron Scott
Lebron/Odom/MWP/Ariza
Horry/Magic/Shooter like Glen Rice Sr.
KAJ/Wilt/Shaq/Magic/Gasol

Horry getting 20+ ppg on open shots.

 

DRose
MJ
Scottie
Bob Love or Rodman
Artis Gilmore

Not as good as that Lakers team, but a worthy competitor.

Of course the Celtics probably #2, though I prefer this Bulls squad.

Spurs would have a really good team, too. And say what you want, you can never discount shooting, so the GSW would be up there.

 

Curry
Klay
Kd
Draymond
Prime boogie

 

Any team that has the best shooters has a chance esp. if things are played right now.

 

Right, and the all time GSW starting 5 can include Steph, Klay, Wilt, KD, Rick Barry

Maybe change out Klay for Chris Mullin... I was a big Mullin fan back in the day but honestly prefer Klay and to the extent you don't need your 5th best player to have the ball a lot, Klay is perfect, as he is perfect on many teams just floating around, cutting, getting open, spot up shooting with crazy accuracy and d'ing up.

 

Obviously **** Pippen but he makes a lot of sense on the best Rockets team:

Dream
Horry
Pippen
Harden
Paul

That’s pretty darn balanced even if you’re missing better players like Clyde and Moses.
That lineup can beat anyone’s in a random 7 game series.

 

Ibaka would be great as the 5th. You could also use a Seattle SuperSonic player couldn’t you? That would open up a lot more possibilities.

 

Scola was the original "sketch" 4.
Scola learned from Tim Duncan'.
Scola should be hall of fame.

 

All time okc center would be Steven Adams or Kendrick Perkins!

Don't forget okc playoff appearances with nba champion Kendrick Perkins from Beaumont,tx!

 

Gary Payton, Sean Kemp, and Ray Allen in their prime together with Harden and KD. That's a great small ball team.

 

I get your CP3 choice. But Ewing for small ball? How about Sam Perkins instead?

 

The toughest match ups are at the C and PG ... i know traditional positions are out of style but you cant ignore the size and height difference of magic and shaq

Kobe is the smallest player on that team .

I know Cp3 is an excellent defender for his size but its gonna be rough.... still id put him as our Pg ... gonna need his ability to please people
James is there too cant deny his talent and hes turned into a very good defender , need his shooting and foul creation. he CAN play off ball.
the 3 is my hardest pick ill come back to it
at the 4 we have dream . You need his defense vs AD , and bron . cant stop him in the post either . he is the #1 option
at the 5 ... Yao . You can argue for someone else but hes the best 5 to match up vs that lakers squad. Midrange , dual post option with dream. Great passer, big enough to handle shaq/wilt.... as much as i love hakeem throwing him ( even prime) vs early 2000's shaq idk if hes big enough.

so now back to the last guy . you can argue for so many players here. talent vs fit ?

I can see Ariza , clyde, tmac , battier, artest ,horry . maybe even more that im forgetting

so in sum lets go with

paul
harden
battier
olajuwon
yao

who can find a team that beats that !?

 

If we go against Kareem, I'd take Ralph over Yao. We need someone both long and mobile.

If we go against Shaq, either Yao or Moses should fit well. Yao always matched up well against Shaq. Moses is tough and relentless.

At the 3, Artest at his best would be more versatile than Battier on offense.