Is the Lakers' overall roster better than the Blazers'?

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  1. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Just looking position by position, without taking into account chemistry, potential for injury, or degrees of superiority:

    PG1 Lillard > Lin
    SG1 Matthews < Bryant
    SF1 Batum > Young
    PF1 Aldridge > Davis
    C1 Lopez > Hill

    PG2 Blake < Nash
    SG2 McCollum < Brooks
    SF2 Wright < Henry
    PF2 Robinson < Randle
    C2 Kaman > Sacre

    PG3 Barton > Clarkson
    SG3 Crabbe > (Open)
    SF3 Claver < Johnson
    PF3 Freeland < Boozer
    C3 Leonard < Kelly

    I see them better at 8 spots, with our starters being considerably better, but their bench being decidedly better. I'm speculating about Randle being better than Truck, but I think the rest of it seems pretty clear. Tell me where I'm wrong?

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    Minstrel Top Of The Pops Global Moderator

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    Nothing is clearly wrong, given your caveats.

    Of course, degree of superiority in the starting lineup and the starters playing many more minutes than the reserves is why this type of analysis doesn't go any distance in evaluating teams.
     
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    4 out of 5 starters being better then they goes a lot further then 7 out of 10 reserves being better then us.
     
  4. PtldPlatypus

    PtldPlatypus Let's go Baby Blazers! Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    True, although as Dame is learning at team USA camp, being deeper means that you can put forth more effort on both ends of the floor. They are clearly deeper than we are. That may well pay dividends for them, especially late in the season, and in terms of being able to keep Kobe on the floor.

    Just saying, they're not likely to be the pushover many assume they will be.
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    We don't take too kindly of people saying nice things about the Lakers around here.
     
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    jlprk The ESPN mod is insane.

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    If Nash is healthy, he's a better PG > Lillard. If he's not, he's < Blake.

    Nice color-coding, by the way.
     
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    Can we really say still the Kobe is > Wes....

    I mean I get it...but if you do matchup Wes<>Kobe...Wes knows how to hound him and Kobe doesn't have the step he use to. Perhaps =?
     
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    FTFY

    Agree about the color coding, though.
     
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    I don't understand how the Lakers having an advantage at players 13-15 really matters, and I also aren't quite sure how you can put Randle ahead of TRob, considering Randle has literally not played an NBA game.
     
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    You forgot the most important part of the debate....
    Stotts > Dipshit
     
  12. PtldPlatypus

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    I'm more talking about 6-10. The third string inclusion was just for completeness' sake.

    Only because based on what I saw of him in college, Randle appears to have more of an NBA game with actual low post skills, as contrasted with Robinson's high-energy garbage man game. Both have value, but I just think Randle will be very good. He may well be starting before season's end.
     
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    Is Stotts necessarily better than Scott? Byron Scott has been to the finals. Twice.
     
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    Wait, when we signed Blankey and Kaman people were saying we took their two best healthy players from last season, but now they have a better roster than us?
     
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    It's an interesting exercise, but since 1-5 play the majority of the minutes, I'm not sure it really matters.

    I think Randle could be good, too, but with college PFs who aren't exceptionally tall (he's only 6'7.75" w/out shoes), it can become about athleticism unless you're a low-post freak with a mid-range game like ZBO. I can't imagine Randle trying to defend LMA, for example, since LMA is a legitimate 6'10" w/out shoes.

    Randle dropped because he's undersized in terms of height. He measured only 6'9" in shoes with a 7' wingspan. By comparison, TRob measured 6'8.25" in shoes with a 7'3.25" wingspan, and he looks undersized.
     
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    That's exactly what I was about to post.
     
  17. Boob-No-More

    Boob-No-More Why you no hire big man coach?

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    Only if Nash has invented a time machine. As bad as Blake is, he scored more points and had more assists before Thanksgiving than Nash did for the entire season. Nash is done. He's just taking up a roster spot and eating up a shit load of cap space. That makes him my favorite Laker (if there is such a thing).

    BNM
     
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    Boozer will be their starting PF opening night!
     
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    Which changes nothing; Aldridge still owns him.
     
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    I think we are better at every single starting spot and the bench strength is near the same. The Lakers would be happy finishing within ten games of the Blazers.
     

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