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[QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 3204641, member: 833"]
What some of these "Lakers will dominate" posters fail to realize is that the players around them wouldn't be below average.  They would be terrible, not really even NBA caliber talent.  Who are these "ring chasers" that auror and superjohn think are waiting by their phones?  Bogut was one of those "ring chasers".  He was $2.4 million, played in 11 regular season and 19 playoff games this season, and was not much more than a warm body.  Levingston made $8MM this year, and Iquodola mate $18MM.  Players don't work for free.

Once Klay got hurt, the Warriors had no chance.  They wouldn't have made it out of the first round of the playoffs without Durant and Thompson, not because they didn't have enough stars, but the players like Cook, Jones and Jerebko were glorified G League players.  Portland lost its starting center and third best player near the end of the season, but it had Enes Kanter at Center and made it to the conference finals.  Depth matters.

Finally, Toronto doesn't get out of the second round of the playoffs without Marc Gasol, who was a late season pickup, and Vanvleet, a reserve, playing great down the stretch and in the playoffs.  Toronto went 8 deep and all 8 of those players were critical to winning the Title.
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