If michael jordan in his prime replaced kobe bryant for the lakers right now, could the lakers win a

the los angeles lakers team right now with phil jackson. the michael jordan of his prime replacing kobe bryant. so the team would be michael jordan, lamar odom, kwame brown, luke walton, smush parker...ect. could mj lead the lakers to another championship? i know he would make other players like lamar odom better, but will he win the championship? i want to ask this question because many people say the jordan of his prime put into any team can win the championship and i want to know if this is true. i want to know if jordan can accomplish something that kobe bryant cant.

If michael jordan in his prime replaced kobe bryant for the lakers right now, could the lakers win a title?nba hoops

Nope!!!....they would barely make the playoffs!

Jordan needs another HOFamer with him in order to suceed!.....He never "made anyone Better"..this was a myth!..

He did'nt start winning until Pippen arrived!

Jordan played five years without Pippen, all five teams had losing records. Two of those teams didn't even make the playoffs.

Jordan's playoff record without Scottie was 1 win and 10 losses, and he never made it out of the first round

Pippen played six full seasons without Michael, plus most of 1995, and all six teams had winning records

Pippen reached the Conference Finals without Michael, and also won other first round series' without Jordan.

Pippen did far better without Jordan than Jordan ever did without Pippen.

Unless the Lakers Trade Lamar and get a HOFamer then MJ will suffer the same fate of Kobe!...but Kobe can actually lead his team to a winning record...lol........without another HOFamer........

If michael jordan in his prime replaced kobe bryant for the lakers right now, could the lakers win a title?nba 2k7 ,nba teams

of course jordan can achieve something that kobe bryant cant,jordan is way better than kobe. the prime jordan would kill the prime kobe. and yes he can lead any team to a title, he proved it when he won three titles, left the team, came back and won three more titles.jordan can win titles at will because hes just that amazing.
no..the lakers as a team suck..compared to the jordan led bulls in the 90's.. plus today's players are more better and athletic than the one jordan faced! think about it who did jordan face? clyde drexler? compare that to today's stars like kobe, lebron, kg, wade.
there is no way Jordan could take that team to the championship, MJ needed Scottie to help him (who is also a HOF and TOP 50 PLAYER EVER), in his second stint he needed a great guy off the bench to help him in Toni Kukoc and a REBOUNDING CHAMPION in Dennis Rodman, in his first stint he needed a great shooter in John Paxson, and Ho Grant could hit the outside J .... let me know what Kwame Brown could do outside of 5 feet (he is only good as a man-to-man defender), Luke Walton is a weak defender, Lamar Odom is an inconsitent 2nd option and an average defender, and i dont even want to talk about smush parker ..... the worst starting PG to ever wear purple and gold and in no way could he get them past the Spurs, Mavs, or Suns
Dear yellowa55,

In his Prime Jordan would not be able to take the Lakers with this current roster to the title.

One of the biggest problems the Lakers have is defense. Jordan in his prime could go off- kind of like Kobe has during his 50 point streak.

More than that- they play in the West and there are too many good teams out West. When you have Kwame Brown and Smush Parker as part of your starting line up-- you aren't winning a championship!

Nickster
It would not make a difference when a team have sorry players the team going to be sorry. L.A need to start cause it might take a few more years to get rid of that Shaq curse.
No, in the title runs with the bulls he always had one of the premier perimiter defenders with him (pippen) one of the top rebounders/defenders who played unselfish (passed at will) ball (grant, rodman) and one of the leagues top 3 point shooters (paxton, hodges, kerr)...odom is a tall perimiter player who can but doesnt post up first...kwame is just lost inside, smush is a spoiled underachiever, and luke while he is versatile does not have the outside shot like fox/horry did...currently there is no dead eye three shooter on the roster...you could sag on brown and odom and pack it in on the lakers...not the formula to make coach's offense effective...
nope. too many good teams in the western conference and 1 player doesnt make a difference
Yes I think there is a good chance. We'll never know for sure no matter how much that first guy thinks he can prove it.

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he can't have a championship with that team.The rest of the guys aren't even mediocre
Nope ... they wouldnt be better than the spurs, mavs, and suns. And they would probably be a lot worse than that. MJ could score 50 anytime just like kobe ... that doesnt equal a victory.
I'm wondering who says that he could be put on ANY team, as no player in history could win a championship just on his own, but MJ could certainly take the Lakers to the Conference Finals. The problem is the Spurs because they're a dynasty. I don't think he could defeat the Spurs, but if some other team takes them out, yes, he could win the NBA championship.
Yes, he could....he won with the bulls who had a worse team than the current lakers teams...so yes