The 96-97 laker team is the greatest laker team to have never won a championship

[Alex_Murphy]

Nick van excel
Eddie Jones
Shaq O’Neal
Kobe Bryant

This team was unstoppable but couldn’t get over the hump smh.

[elmouse03]

The camel dude said hump.

[Alex_Murphy]

The camel dude said hump.

That team was better than any of the MJ bulls.

[Odogg]

You mean 97-98

Kobe 2nd season 4 all stars 60 wins

[Alex_Murphy]

You mean 97-98

Kobe 2nd season 4 all stars 60 wins

Same team to me... 96 through 98... before they traded away NVE and Eddie.

[Odogg]

Also Horry Fisher and Campbell.

98 team also had Rick Fox.

[Alex_Murphy]

Also Horry Fisher and Campbell.

98 team also had Rick Fox.

Could care less about Campbell... Fisher and Kobe arrived together ... horry/fox are role players...you’re missing my point entirely ... I’m referring to the core that was assembled in 96.

[Odogg]

89 team

[Alex_Murphy]

89 team

Debatable.

But those guys won championships I always felt bad that NVE and EJ never won with the purple and gold although they would go on to get their respective rings else where... fuck Glen Rice.

Should have been Eddie/Kobe for life!

[Odogg]

Yeah I missed Eddie.

[Alex_Murphy]

Nick the Quick was special too... 23 assists to Kobe Eddie and Shaq one game versus the grizzlies. Super talented team.

[kobeunderbite]

(I was able to see this topic title even though I have Leoss on ignore)

I've always felt that 2008 was our greatest team to not win the title. Pau did get pushed around in the series and we DEFINITELY missed Andrew, but what's overlooked is the fact that without a healthy Ariza we had hot garbage checking Pierce.

Our 5-8 in minutes played for the series: Vujacic, Radmanovic, Farmar and Luke - this is astonishing when you think about it. None of the three who guarded Pierce was ever capable of guarding a brick wall. And despite this we had control of Game 1 until Pierce's theatrics, got punked by Leon Powe in Game 2 and completely gave away Game 4.

I have virtually no doubt in my mind that with Ariza OR Bynum we win the series. There were simply too many terrible players receiving heavy minutes for Kobe and Pau to overcome.

[Odogg]

(I was able to see this topic title even though I have Leoss on ignore)

I've always felt that 2008 was our greatest team to not win the title. Pau did get pushed around in the series and we DEFINITELY missed Andrew, but what's overlooked is the fact that without a healthy Ariza we had hot garbage checking Pierce.

Our 5-8 in minutes played for the series: Vujacic, Radmanovic, Farmar and Luke - this is astonishing when you think about it. None of the three who guarded Pierce was ever capable of guarding a brick wall. And despite this we had control of Game 1 until Pierce's theatrics, got punked by Leon Powe in Game 2 and completely gave away Game 4.

I have virtually no doubt in my mind that with Ariza OR Bynum we win the series. There were simply too many terrible players receiving heavy minutes for Kobe and Pau to overcome.

Pau and Lamar needed to toughen up over the summer though. Remember Kobe flattening him on that play in the Olympics? Then when Pau got in that stare down in game 4 vs Orlando in 09, I teared up with joy.

[Alex_Murphy]

(I was able to see this topic title even though I have Leoss on ignore)

I've always felt that 2008 was our greatest team to not win the title. Pau did get pushed around in the series and we DEFINITELY missed Andrew, but what's overlooked is the fact that without a healthy Ariza we had hot garbage checking Pierce.

Our 5-8 in minutes played for the series: Vujacic, Radmanovic, Farmar and Luke - this is astonishing when you think about it. None of the three who guarded Pierce was ever capable of guarding a brick wall. And despite this we had control of Game 1 until Pierce's theatrics, got punked by Leon Powe in Game 2 and completely gave away Game 4.

I have virtually no doubt in my mind that with Ariza OR Bynum we win the series. There were simply too many terrible players receiving heavy minutes for Kobe and Pau to overcome.

You weren’t even born yet in 96-97

[elmouse03]

04 team

[Alex_Murphy]

On June 24, 1998, after five seasons as the starting point guard, Van Exel was traded to the Denver Nuggets for Tony Battie and the draft rights to Tyronn Lue.

Terrible trade

[elmouse03]

Lakers could have had a twin towers if they started Shaq and Campbell together.

[Alex_Murphy]

Lakers could have had a twin towers if they started Shaq and Campbell together.

They did. Problem was Campbell was a dumb dumb. The fact that we gave Campbell any touches with Shaq on the team angers me.

[elmouse03]

I remember when the lakers traded for Rice and brought in Rodman.

[elmouse03]

Cedric Ceballos also who was traded just a few games into the 97 season.