Optimism Discussion: The Laker's Sky Is Not Falling

It was looking shaky but Luka LeBron and Reaves have gelled and are looking great together with Luka as the clear top dog, AR at 2 and LeBron doing anything else we need on a given night.

That changes a lot of things particularly with how good Luka is.

Roster still lacks but swapping out Gabe for Kennard helped tremendously. I'm still concerned about Ayton, but he's looked better as well. If he can keep it up then we are set to make some noise.

We're in good shape going into the playoffs and have a good shot at getting out of the first round.

 

Gotta be honest, when we lost to Orlando at home a month ago, I basically gave up on our season. Felt like we didn't have the pieces, the defense was nowhere near good enough, and our vibe was in the toilet. I'm so overjoyed with this turnaround. I'm looking forward to games again, and I'm even back to hoping we can make LeBron coming back next season work (only for the right price! . . . stop yelling at me). If we could make a run to the WCF and show some fight, I'd be euphoric.

 

Same here. It's been a loooong time since I last hoped for a win basically every game and expected one in most. I wish this team had more time to really gel, I feel like there's still so much more untapped potential. Either way, it seems the Lakers could make a real run and get to the WCF, which is far, far more than any reasonable fan copuld have hoped for a few weeks ago. Once they're there, anything is possible, but I would certainly be happy with them losing in the WCF in competitive fashion.

 

After Game 1, how is WMC a top thread, but this one is not?! Game 1 gives us reason to be wildly optimistic! Lakers in 4!!!

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Seriously though, Lakers in 6 or 7 is not only possible, but relatively realistic.

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SIX-SEVENNNNNNN

 

it was a lot of fun to see the team come out and embrace the underdog role, play team defense and team offense, and just make shots in a playoff game. i think the reason this thread isn't hopping is because optimism is about the future, and many of us are more skeptical than you are right now, lol.

 

Yeah, really cool to follow the last couple weeks. And great credit to JJ and the whole staff for instilling this winning mentality and not accepting to throw the towel (as I did). Gains a lot of points with the squad and even reputation around the league, which bodes well for future signings

They even got me somewhat hopeful of winning this series. Would have never predicted it 3 weeks ago