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Message: [QUOTE="Alsacs, post: 3484039, member: 652"] I think after 1987 those Lakers teams were vulnerable. 1988 stole a title from the Pistons(I hate Laimbeer but the foul they called on him in the last 5 second on the Kareem skyhook in game 6 after what Isiah Thomas had done coming back from the injury stole a title from Detroit) and they were taken to 7 games in the west by a mediocre Dallas Mavs team and 7 games Mark Eaton/Karl Malone/John Stockton team. The 1980s non Lakers Western conference wasn’t deep like the eastern conference after Jordan retired. Sabonis was a dominant center who was like a point center with how good a passer he was. He upps the ceiling of those Blazers teams. I like the Lakers still win the West every season thru 1987 except 1986 if sabonis comes to Portland. It’s 1988 to 1991 where he could have swung that conference. [/QUOTE]