I'm not a laker fanboy or anything, I'm just real about the situation. Ok lets say yao is going to get the better of Bynum, cool, but by how much? We know kobe is going to outplay tracy, pau is going to out play scola. Odom and ron are a wash. Ariza and wafer is a wash maybe. That leaves Farmar,Fisher,walton,sasha, vs battier,brooks,rafer, and landry. Based on the experience of last year, I would fo with La. When u can beat the brakes off SA and Kobe doesn't even play the 4th qt, that's pretty good. I'm just saying, who do you trust more, Kobe or anyone on the rox? When the play La, Kobe will always be the best player on the floor. When you have the best player, your chances are always better. Not to mention the size advantage, the young legs, I don't see it.
Rockets might stand a chance if Artest roughs up Kobe. He's the only guy that the Lakers don't have an answer for imo.
