Optimism Discussion: The Laker's Sky Is Not Falling

We lucked out, we have had some time to figure things out, there problems are fresh. Two weeks from now, we might lose this game.

 

New big 3?

 

Since Bron injury :

- Lakers 7-8 record
- Blazers 7-8 record
- Mavs 9-7 record

They can't capitalize . Looks like we will avoid the 7th spot and play in tournament .

Sticking to the 5th spot would be great . Nuggets without Murray and the Jazz in the WCSF

 

Lets see if we can steal one more from the Jazz tonight. They're probably gonna have Gobert and Conley

 

What is going on? All on the schedule??

Bron and Ad been out.
KL out - foot
Ibaka out
Dame out
KD out again
Harden out
Mitchell
Murray

I know.... Ibaka...lol. This late in the season to have that many stars out. Ugh.

 

Fixed it for you. Next door neighbor’s gardner’s uncle is a Nets fan.

 

I see we haven't been optimistic since Wednesday.

But on a serious note, at this time, we'll have some good games, and we'll have some bad ones. Chemistry and playing with a nice flow gives us the best chance of winning. Too often we are out of sync and just jack up long jumpers in hopes of getting bailed out. With LeBron out, we simply don't have a floor general right now to rally everyone. I see it in Caruso but he's nowhere near as talented as LeBron. AD is a superstar, but there really is no one like LeBron who can affect a whole team simply with his presence.

As tough as some of these losses are, all we can do is be patient until we are finally back at full strength. Let's face it, a number of these guys are not the most talented... until they play alongside Bron and AD. I see this all the time in basketball leagues, schools, gym tournaments, etc.--guys who can't do much on their own, but flourish when hiding behind superstars since all the attention is taken away from them. Only reason why we have them--to complement Bron and AD.

I do worry that it tends to be difficult for teams to win it all who've been battling injuries all year, even when they're at "full strength." But then again this is Bron and AD--two of the most relentless stars of the game, so I'm just hoping the magic returns as if it never left, and we can come back to dominating again and winning our second title in two years.

GO LAKESHOW.

 

i'm optimistic that the lakers will play better ball in the playoffs, and that they continue to play really good defense in the absence of their stars. i do think this year is a bit of a lost year, but i'm buoyed by the title last year and the thought that we should be able to compete at a really high level for the foreseeable future.

 

Games against the Magic and Queens who are both out of playoff contention. We have a great opportunity to go 2-0 before Lebron returns

 

yeah, really need to focus on these two. slim margin for error to avoid the play-in. get the ones you should: those teams don't really want to win that badly, so make it no fun from the tip if possible.

 

lol, funny that after saying i want to avoid the play in, i look at the top two seeds vs. the 3rd, and i'm like...do i need to avoid the play-in that badly.

if i can't get that 5 seed, i'd prefer the 8 or the 7, in that order, tbh. feel like if we see the clips in round 1 we're out.

 

next 3 games are must wins against bad teams

 

The Wizards game looks like a guaranteed loss to me ... Wizards have been winning quite a lot lately

 

We'll see which teams finish 1 , 2 and 3 though .

Is Utah tanking to avoid us in the 2nd round ? Back to back losses against Sota