THEE OFFICIAL 2019-2020 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: VICTORY LAP

[tay1]

Just so #YALL know, ALA don’t claim Buc

Your his fellow 76er brethren. Is their beef brewin in the City of Brotherly Love?

 

[amitt5504]

Your his fellow 76er brethren. Is their beef brewin in the City of Brotherly Love?

Nah just don’t try to merge his takes with the ALA brand lol

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Bro if Kuzma isn’t even a top 5 Laker then who the **** is 3-5

Danny Green, Dwight, KCP?

Morris and Reggie are definitely better than all of those guys so that makes this argument even worse

Go ahead and underestimate the Mfn LAL while your Sixers underachieve and the Lakers overdeliver.

 

[getback]

NBA preseason predictions: Our experts' picks for 2019-20

We polled the experts on the ESPN Forecast panel for their predictions heading into the 2019-20 NBA season.

www.espn.com

Since I know Celtics fans can’t do math here you go:
54.5+36.4+6.1+3.0 = 100

Not one expert on that panel had the Lakers winning the title. We truly weren’t supposed to be here.

For all results with point totals, voters were asked for their top three most likely candidates, and we calculated a weighted score.

I think that means that several think that the Lakers are in the top 3 as most likely champion. But they "don't belong?" Are you just doing this in case they lose, you can pretend you had the projection of the Knicks? I've never seen Lakers fans do this

Lakers fans usually want ships, you sound like you want most improved status.

Also, that same article links to more odds

 

[sohi 23]

Wait can you answer my question about who Laker fans consider to be their 3rd best player?

As someone who isn't a Laker fan but has seen a decent amount of their games, I feel like it is somewhat difficult to differentiate between pretty much everyone not named Bron/AD. Sometimes KCP plays well. Sometimes Danny Green has a big game shooting. Sometimes Kuzma does stuff. Dwight?

tiers of Laker players:

Lebron/Unibrow


Dwight/Green/Caruso
KCP/Kuzma
McGee, Bradley

You’re on point that different players contribute every game. Whoever is hot that particular day will get more shots. Defensive wise Green/KCP/Caruso/Dwight are on a different level compared to Kuz and what Kuz does on offense doesn’t make up for the lack of defense. Hard for me to call him a top 5 player on the team because he’s not.

 

[JD617]

One is a rising and emerging combo guard, and another has sky rocketing potential.

Who?

 

[B Sox]

tiers of Laker players:

Lebron/Unibrow


Dwight/Green/Caruso
KCP/Kuzma
McGee, Bradley

You’re on point that different players contribute every game. Whoever is hot that particular day will get more shots. Defensive wise Green/KCP/Caruso/Dwight are on a different level compared to Kuz and what Kuz does on offense doesn’t make up for the lack of defense. Hard for me to call him a top 5 player on the team because he’s not.

Thank you for providing a legitimate, realistic answer.

 

[akajae]

#ya'll wanna get a laugh go read thru the first 15-20 pages of this thread

the steph/warriors takes are my favorite

moe rey go dumb...

till he doesnt.

 

[storm2006]

Your his fellow 76er brethren. Is their beef brewin in the City of Brotherly Love?

That’s dissension you’re smelling fam. Ben and Joel smell it too

 

[storm2006]

#ya'll wanna get a laugh go read thru the first 15-20 pages of this thread

the steph/warriors takes are my favorite

moe rey go dumb...

till he doesnt.

Bro - this is a terrible take. He only played four games and got injured. You can debate whether he’s milking it or not but to act like that was a hot take based on how things played out is disingenuous.

 

[amitt5504]

That’s dissension you’re smelling fam. Ben and Joel smell it too

I was waiting for the rock gif

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Ok got it. Who do Laker fans think their 3rd best player is? Kentavious?

I think most non-Laker fans just think everyone else on the team aside from Bron/AD are kind of on the same tier.

Not trying to throw any shade at all. Just wondering what you guys think.

You're not really wrong but it doesn't really matter. We're like Milwaukee but with a much better #2

 

[addict4sneakers]

This KG all the smoke is great.

 

[amitt5504]

You're not really wrong but it doesn't really matter. We're like Milwaukee but with a much better #2

Ehhh I can see where you’re coming from but nah

 

[buc em]

Just say you don’t watch the Lakers and keep it moving.

casual fans

Yeah man I’ve never seen this obscure Laker team who is never on national television for any of us to watch their games.

 

[Brosizzlew30.23]

Who?

Lol ..ya you already know.

#onechipsinceGregKite

 

[B Sox]

I wish tonight's slate didn't suck. Friday-Sunday looking real nice though.

 

[storm2006]

Yeah man I’ve never seen this obscure Laker team who is never on national television for any of us to watch their games.

Just because you’re WATCHING the games doesn’t mean you’re actually SEEING the games

But in all seriousness, it’s easy to watch games through a biased lens. I don’t think any of us can see into the future but the past is crystal clear. There were a lot of hot takes about the Lakers struggling and being trash but they’re the #1 seed. Problem is, Lakers are fighting tooth and nail to be there while I think the Clips are coasting tbh so it’s tough to compare them.

At this point in the season, I think most teams deficiencies are clear so how far they go is going to depend on matchups and who exploits the others better ie coaching. But as for the Lakers third best player, it truly is going to be on some game-to-game,“next man up” ****.

 

[HIM]

Gigantic Clipper thread. In the thread title and all.

 

[tay1]

Gigantic Clipper thread. In the thread title and all.

Yet the focus still on the Lakers

 

[akajae]

Yeah man I’ve never seen this obscure Laker team who is never on national television for any of us to watch their games.

#ya'll falling asleep after the first game of the double header tho

lakers prime time baby

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Gigantic Clipper thread. In the thread title and all.

Slow news week

 

[atlsfinest]

Bro - this is a terrible take. He only played four games and got injured. You can debate whether he’s milking it or not but to act like that was a hot take based on how things played out is disingenuous.

The Warriors were getting cooked in those 4 games though

 

[amitt5504]

#ya'll falling asleep after the first game of the double header tho

lakers prime time baby

I’m washed, work in the AM and live on the east coast. F that lol

 

[lawdog1]

Yet the focus still on the Lakers

If by Lakers you mean Lakers fans hot takes, then yeah.