5 Reasons the Lakers Will NOT Win the 2009 NBA Championship

I only see four reasons. "Kobe Bryant doesn't have enough in the tank" is clearly a typo.

Yea i would have to agree with Dewey, i dont believe Kobe will run out of gas, it will just show many people why he is in the elite class of atheletes, but the other reasons are fair, and wouldn't suprise me..

i mean i'm a lakers fan so i hope so

"...it's always the other 3 tires of the car that are questionable."

I agree 100 percent. Kobe is the best player in the world; put him with the right talent and he's unstoppable. Boston needed three potential HOF'ers to beat him.

all right Mark Jackson," Kobe Bryant best player in world"...Biggest Over exaggeration out now is that line.... Best player in the world, had he not been so selfish he would have had more rings with Shaq. Sadly enough Shaq has won more rings than Kobe has since. 1 to 0. From a fans standpoint Pau Gasol isnt soft, the dude seriously got fouled on every play with the overrated Defense from the Three Kings of Fouling, Kendrick Perkins, Kevin Garnett (it amazes me how he won D player over Camby/Chandler) and PJ Brown....Other than that I really dont know what the deal is in the West next Year, But Lakers are really goood, Jsut need A big Dude, consistent shooter (Machine-Vujacic was malfuncktioning) and get rid of Wolverine (Radmanovic)...

Overrated defense...that's ridiculous. You must have lost money in Vegas!

vglante i agree with you all the way.

I agree that Kobe has Plenty of gas to get it done. Pau is too soft. Bynum will be huge if he stays healthy. The #1 reason they lost was matchup problem. It was a bad match up for the Lakers. Same thing that happend to the Mavericks when they got Golden State. One thing missing on that list was the fact they're gonna have to go through a very strong Portland team to get to the finals. I know that was somewhat touched upon by stating they have to get through the west, but being Portland wasn't specifically mentioned, I felt I should.

Kobe may have the gas, but does he have the ability to lead? Team chemistry means a lot!

Only need one reason...............KOBE!!!

GASOL AND ARTEST !!!!!!! IF GASOL HIT THE WEIGHTS AND WORK ON HIS DEFENSE HE'LL BE IIGHT REMEMBER BYNUM WAS THE SAME SIZE AS GASOL LAST SEASON AND THEY GOT HIM LOOKING LIKE A BEAST NOW SO WATCH OUT FOR EM ... AND WITH ARTEST IN THE LINE-UP SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR US AS LONG AS WE STAY HEALTHY !!!!!!

yes" Kobe need more help on the team, Kobe and fisher is about the only ones on the teams who know whats it's like to be champs everyone else have to get there to no what it means to work hard to be a champs. just a little more work!!!!