I don't really know about that. We saw that without a closer or a strong wing defender because of battier's injuries, we can hang with the best team in the league. Get T-mac healthy and ron out there stopping kobe for stretches and we can make a run at it. I trust t-mac. People got at him for not being there in the 4th quarter of the playoffs. But how would any all-star feel about being the "only" offensive threat in the 'playoffs' where defense wins ball games. They played t-mac straight up extremely hard and he was still dropping 30-40 points while injured. If they had a 2nd option or 3rd option like this year, teams can't afford to double him in the playoffs. I don't think this team is down and out yet. my guess is we still land a top 3 seed.
