After Bosh, now Kevin Durant says Los Angeles Lakers have the best line up on paper – NBA Update
The Los Angeles Lakers made some of the biggest moves during the summer which has gotten a lot of players talking about their title chances next season.
Last week, Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat admitted the Lakers to have the best line up on paper. And now in a recently given interview to Yahoo Sports, Kevin Durant of Oklahoma City Thunder echoed the same thought;
“People outside, fans, media, of course they are going to say [the Lakers are the favourites] because on paper they have the best lineup in the league,” Durant said, “But you still got to play the games. We respect everybody. We
are going to go through the league respecting everybody as well.”
The talk of Lakers having the best line up is genuine as their summer acquisitions have got them two players, who are arguably the best at their position. They already had Kobe Bryant – one of the best players in the NBA - to play
alongside Pau Gasol and Metta World-Peace and the signing of Dwight Howard and Steve Nash has thronged them right back in the upper echelons of the NBA.
Both Durant and Bosh – who played each other in the NBA finals, admitted the Lakers are very strong on paper but did contemplate that the only thing that matters is where they end up standing in June when the season comes to an
end.
Durant went on to admire the moves made by the Lakers management to bring their team back into the title mix. However, he did reflect that he and his team are ready for the challenge.
The Thunder knocked the Lakers out of the playoff last season, and looked set to rule the Western Conference for the years to come. But that was before the arrival of Howard and Nash which only make them harder to beat.
“It was a great move for [the Lakers],” Durant said. “[Howard] is the most dominant centre in the league. It’s going to make it tough on other teams. But I like that challenge. We all like that challenge in OKC. It should be fun.”
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