NBA Finals: Power Ranking the Lakers Championship Teams

On June 3rd, the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics renew what many consider to be the biggest rivalry in sports. And, the NBA Finals is where great teams become legendary and leave their mark on the game. Can Kobe Bryant’s Lakers shake off the ghost of the 2008 beat down at the hands of the Celtics to break through with a title this year? If so, is this current team a “power” Lakers team, one that can be held up with the greatest of great teams of Finals past, or is the 2010 version simply a pretender to that throne? And, which Lakers teams are those power teams, the best of the best? It’s a debate that’s been going on as long as sport. Every basketball fan, whether you're 12-years-old or 80, has an opinion on which team really was the greatest. It ...

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