Optimism Discussion: The Laker's Sky Is Not Falling

If we win the title this year, we'll get to go see Joe Biden in the Whitehouse. Always good to have things to look forward to.

 

What is the expected 9 man rotation in the playoffs?
AD, Dwight,Lebron, Ariza, Melo, Westbrook, THT, Reaves, and Bradley,

Spot minutes from what we've seen so far DJ, Monk, K9, Nunn (no idea what to expect from him)

So optimism is we really haven't seen this team play or anywhere near it yet

 

Lebron, AD and Westbrook pencil themselves in. Dwight and Melo seem to offer a lot at their positions. The rest is kind of up in the air.

Does Ariza nail down the SF position for 20-30 mins? Does THT make good on his promise and become a key contributor at SG/SF? Does Nunn or Rondo win out at backup PG? Does Bradley, Reaves, Ellington or Monk nail down starting SG?

 

Good win.

It might be a different case tomorrow.

The Bulls are legit.

 

Tough back to back matchup especially short handed.

will need more good play out of our young guards for sure.

 

Sure will.

 

will the bulls have vucevic? he's not the headline name, but he's important for them, imo.

anyway, good test. eagle and lonzo will be ready, as will derozan, who i'm sure feels a little annoyed to have been the backup plan to russ.

 

No, he's out.

 

we need to go to AD like we apparently did in the SA game then. if we let the bulls dictate with perimeter athleticism, we're toast.

 

AD was quite dominant in the 1st half. He punished SAS. Moar pls

 

This year, I like the fact we have many options for scoring. Can't wait to see this team at full health.

 

+1

 

We still have a few levels to climb defensively. I’m hoping we can get there once we have LeBron, Ariza, and Nunn available.

 

When Lebron comes back, I want THT to still start at SF. Melo, Monk, Duke, Nunn, Dwight and the rook off the bench

AD
LeBron
THT
AB
WB

 

Lots to be optimistic about for me.

We got THT back and he looks good!

Lebron is almost back.

We seem to play to the oppositions level currently and we get everyone’s best shot. So these next 6 games are big for us and against quality opponents.

Bulls
Bucks
Boston
Pistons
Knicks
Pacers

I think we go 4-2 but are in the contest in the two other games.

We are a top 10 defence over the last 10 games.

Our shooters - Monk, Ellington and Melo - are rounding into form and Bradley is looking good from 3 too so far.

We got more shooters on the way in Ariza and Nunn.

Ariza is going to be our best wing defender and Nunn should be a solid point of attack defender for PGs.

Reaves has been a revelation.

We still have a lot of improvement to make and we have a relatively easy December after this tough road stretch. I think we could really go on a run there and prepare for a tough January.

 

I like it. Just a bit worried about the lack of shooting if Lebron isn’t hitting from 3. It’ll be interesting to see what we eventually settle with.

 

So rare to have multiple guys not suck from 3 for us. I think Melo and Ellington will sustain. Monk is a microwave for a reason. Sometimes he's piping hot and sometimes the middle is still frozen.

Nice to see the team not forgot how to play in the 3rd Q.

 

can we have him play backup PF minutes if needed?