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The 10 Worst Supporting Casts That Helped Win An NBA Championship

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Brad Sullivan

4. 2010 Los Angeles Lakers

The last of Kobe Bryant’s five NBA titles was the second straight for the Lakers, with Bryant doing most of the heavy lifting along the way. His scoring almost doubled that of Pau Gasol, with no one else contributing more than 1,000 points in the regular season.

Bryant’s ability to will his team to a seven-game win over the Celtics in the NBA Finals was evident, considering three of the other main contributors turned out to be Lamar Odom, Metta World Peace (aka Ron Artest) and Andrew Bynum. All three either had been or would become clubhouse cancers that couldn’t be depended upon.

Next: 1994 Houston Rockets


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Brad Sullivan

Brad Sullivan is a lead writer for Cavaliers Nation. He has spent much of life in the Cleveland, Ohio area, and has remained a Cavalier fan from their 1970 beginnings through the return of LeBron James. While that fandom was sorely tested during the Reign of Error known simply by one word, Stepien, that overall historical perspective will be part of his writing for Cavaliers Nation in the months ahead.

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