Optimism Discussion: The Laker's Sky Is Not Falling

since this is the optimism thread, i'll push back a bit and say i think the suns are very inexperienced aside from paul, which works in our favor. still, though--unfamiliarity can kill in the playoffs.

 

seems there's no way to face Clippers in 1st round now, right? assuming we win our last game, if Portland wins we stay in 7th, if Nuggets win, we go 6th, but Nuggets keep 3rd so we play them

 

So, likely going to be Suns, DEN/POR, Utah. I do not see Clippers beating the Jazz. They are a bad match up for the Clippers. Too bad, because I wanted to whip them in the playoffs in LA.

 

I think the Nugs tank and the Clips take 3 back tomorrow.

 

MIL/MIA should be fun too.

 

i completely agree with this.

I also think (or am praying) that LeBron is able to get this team on the same page fairly quickly and/or we can ride on him AD for a bit while the team gels around them.

I think the first round will be rocky regardless of the opponent but the team will look better and better as we advance.

 

Lol, The IT Crowd. Quite possibly my favorite show ever.

 

We'll see how Vogel responds with everyone available .

3 keys to our success in the playoffs :

First and foremost :Lebron and AD's health ... I'm worried about their ability to defend at their usual high level ( particulary with Lebron's ankle)




2)Drummond shouldn't be part of the rotation ( likely will cost us the game against Warriors but it would be a good thing in the long run)

3) Can't play Trez defensively at the 5 , if u want to play him , put AD or Marc at the 5 on D and let Trez play the 5 only on offense , Vogel has not understand this regardless of the injuries all season long

PS : McLemore can't be part of a playoffs rotation too

 

I think LBJ/AD look great, and it seems to me Vogel has several different types of (good) players to play alongside them, at every position. Vogel can create lineups for nearly any team out there.

I think the rest of the league is screwed.

 

he's good at chasing around pgs on defense, but we don't use it a lot--in part because when lebron's out, we have to run schroder or caruso, and each is best suited to guard pgs (though AC can do sgs, too).