This doesn't make sense

This was cool but not deserved.

Here is the list of ESPY award winners from last night. For the most part, I agree with the awards but there is one award that is just screaming stupidity: Best Team - Los Angeles Lakers

I'm not writing this post to bash our rival Lakers for winning this award. The Celtics won the same award last year. I'm writing because I think it's stupid to give this award to a basketball team. Basketball is one of the most individual-driven sports out there. Case in point: The Cavs have managed to make it deep in the playoffs because of one guy, LeBron James. The rest of the team sucks and everybody knows it. Same thing with the Lakers. They have Kobe and Gasol and a bunch of scrubs. In basketball, if you have one or two dominant players, you can surround them with a bunch of average to below average guys and they will still be a successful team. Even the '95-'96 Bulls who went 72-10 and won the NBA championship should not be considered the "Best Team" because it was all Jordan and Pippen. And baseball is just an individual sport masquerading as a team sport.

So who do I suggest should win this award? Easy. It should be a football team or a hockey team every year. Why? Because these sports actually center on the "team" aspect. In football, you have to have 11 guys in sync in order to succeed. The O-line has to protect the quarterback or open holes for the running game and the skill players need to execute. On defense, you need to have your coverages in order or you will get burned every time. In hockey, you have to have 4-5 good lines of players to carry you throughout the game. I can't think of any hockey team who has won the Stanley Cup with just one good line. In basketball, you can have one guy go coast-to-coast every time down the floor and dominate the game. Not a true team sport.

If anyone can give me a reason why a basketball team should ever win the ESPY for best team, please let me know, but it doesn't make sense to me.