Completely disagree. A team of Kwame Brown, Rony Turiaf, Lamar Odom, Luke Walton, Vladimir Radmanovic, Maurice Evans, Jordan Farmar, Sasha Vujacic, and Smush Parker gets *DESTROYED* by O'Neal, Ilgauskus, Varajeo, Powe, Jamison, Anthony Parker, West, Gibson, and Williams. In fact, I can't see how you can even make this kind of claim. Don't just switch LeBron and Kobe - REMOVE THEM COMPLETELY. Cleveland's supporting cast is MUCH stronger. And the 2005 team didn't have some of these guys, but in addition had a brand new coach in Rudy T., who didn't even last throughout the year.
Indeed, the current squads REMOVE THEM COMPLETELY.
Current (well 2009-10) Cavs get *DESTROYED* by current Laker frontline and lineup along with Phil J vs Mike "Popavich" Brown.
Gasol, SuperByns and Odom vs aging Snaq, Z, Jamison and Vajlleho?
If you remove both Bryant and James from the current squads completely, I honestly don't know. I think Gasol is the best player, but *AFTER* Gasol, I give the advantage to Cleveland; I have O'Neal, Williams, and Jamison better than either Artest or Odom. Everyone on here (outside of Skander and me, that is) doesn't believe Gasol is good enough to be the best player on a team - or so was said in trying to justify the Memphis deal. Is Gasol enough to carry the Lakers to victory? Maybe. Very possibly, in fact. However, the Cleveland team is, in my opinion, much deeper than the Lakers, and especially in the Bryant-less Laker backcourt.
Here's a real question: who is MORE IMPORTANT to their team - James or Bryant? My thought is that it's James, but that's because I rank Gasol a whole lot higher than most do.