Magic will win the titles they should have won before shaq skipped out and went to Los Angeles

they will need to shutdown dwight without double teaming him, to beat the magic. If they have to double him, then they will have guys out there that shoot threes all day long. If bynum was not injured, he could probably slow down howard. But he is surely playing hurt from the tape I am watching. And fisher will have to slow down skip to my lou on pick and rolls. So far I have seen fisher getting beat a lot of pick and rolls and trying to stay with younger point guards: like and aaron brooks.
I love whole magic/lakers question...What would have happened if shaq stayed in orlando with penny, and dennis scott. Maybe the magic would have 3 titles instead of the lakers. Most teams get a all star center once every 10 years if they are lucky. But as basketball has always been, if you have the best center in the league, there is a good chance you will be in the finals every year. Last year garnett was the best defenisve center/pf in the nba. Shaq and Duncan, and Olajuwon won most of the titles outside of MJ and Pippen. Magic Johnson had the captain abdul jabbar, and Parish, Mchale and Bird were able to dominate games from the frontline...

Now Dwight gets his shot to dominate, and he is surrounded with the perfect compliment to the low post offense, 5 guys who canstick it from the outside at a 35-45% success rate. If turkolgu and lewis drive to the basket after pump fakes at the perimeter they will be able to go to the free throw line. for me the key to the magic winninng would be if lee and pietrus can keep kobe from getting the ball in places where he is comfortable. If pietrus in particular can just make kobe work a little harder than normal, then the magic will have a good shot to be ahead at the end of the game.

I just like Dwight, I see how much fun he has, seen how creative his mind is from his dunk competitons, and his impressions of his coach. And guys that put up 20pts and 20 rebounds, are very few if ever found in the league, and then a guy who can block 5 shots a game and alter another 5....
if he can figure out how to improve his free throws, and make good passes then it could be a couple years of dwight vs lebron in the playoffs every year..

And some say kobe is unstoppable, well the magic just beat the cavs and the league mvp.. Let kobe score as much as he wants, and shut down the other four guys on the floor. Evev kobe cant score 110 by himself every game. Dont double kobe, and dont let him have any shooters to kick it out to.

dont get me wrong, gasol, farmar, ariza, and bynum, walton, are all guys I would enjoy seeing them have success... but I am very intrigued to see how this finals will go. I bought a howard jersey like 2 years ago, well technically it was given to me, they bought it in the philippines and brought it back for me :)

I fully expect this to be a 6 or 7 game series.�
And it will be fun to see how the coaches adjust their strategy, the zen and peaceful stillness of jackson vs the fiery hunger and desire that van gundy has... It is like yin and yang and we will see which leadership style is able to win this title...

I heard a rumor about yao signing with the cavs..now that would be an excellent development for next year