OFFICIAL 2013-2014 LOS ANGELES LAKERS THREAD
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Waiting for the espn rank where kobe will be the 30th best player in league and 13th seed in western conf....? will fuel him
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Making a prediction. .....our lakers will be a 38 win team for the 2014-2015 season
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I got us 46-36.... On the cusp of a berth, if Kobe guarantees like in '13 I'm riding with him to get the job done
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I'm thinking he's banking on a healthier team as a whole. X,Hill, Meeks, all the PG's, Nick Young all missed significant time on last year squad.
That diff wouldn't had made us great. We would've prob finished around Minny and Denver barring those. -
Officially signed Wesley Johnson
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We are going to the playoffs.
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Lakers have a realistic chance at the last 3 spots of the playoffs.
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Hope we can push ourselves to a 6th seed, I fully expect Spurs and Thunder to take top 2. Depending on how well we play, we could surprise folks.
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Parker/Farmar
Bryant/Vujacic
Walton/George
Odom/Cook
Brown/Mihm
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Nash/Lin
Bryant/Young
Johnson/Henry
? /Randle
Hill/Davis
Yall rolling with the 06 team or the 14 team? -
I like our 14 squad better solely off the strength that Smush is no longer part of the equation
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Lakers can make playoffs, I see their defense leading the way. B Scott will have them playing that D, west is beast mode, home court advantage won't matter as much as the east.
But if kobe not healthy, lakers are a wrap. -
It all depends on the first month before I try to make a definitive prediction.
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NothingButTheTruth wrote: »Lakers have a realistic chance at the last 3 spots of the playoffs.
Are you serious? Lakers have no chance......I see the same teams entering playoffs..... in no order......spurs....thunder...clips...rockets....blazers will make it.... thats 5
Dallas....memphis and warriors..... round out the list........if warriors get too many injuries.......I can see them missing playoffs
dont forget to make the western playoffs....you have to win 48 games minimum. ......LAKERS ARE NOT WINNING 48 GAMES NEXT SEASON......
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playmaker88 wrote: »We are going to the playoffs.NothingButTheTruth wrote: »Lakers have a realistic chance at the last 3 spots of the playoffs.
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I have Memphis and Blazers missing the playoffs next year, Lakers making it as a 6th-7th and Pelicans getting in as a sleeper...
Lakers can over achieve next year but EVERYONE is going to have to step up, those days putting the load on Kobe like its 06 are dead.. they have a offense that can avg 100+ppg it all comes down to defense.. Also we're goin to need the Utah ? and NYK Lin along with Young+Randle being SMOY/ROY candidates...
My playoff bracket prediction
1.OKC/LAC/Spurs
2.OKC/LAC/Spurs
3.OKC/LAC/Spurs
4.Rockets/Dallas
5.Rockets/Dallas
6.GSW/LAL
7.GSW/LAL
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Byron Scott's teams defensive rankings over the years
00-01 Nets - 23rd
01-02 Nets - 1st
02-03 Nets - 1st
03-04 Nets - 4th
04-05 Hornets - 22nd
05-06 Hornets - 19th
06-07 Hornets - 14th
07-08 Hornets - 7th
08-09 Hornets - 9th
09-10 Hornets - 21st
10-11 Cavs - 29th
11-12 Cavs - 26th
12-13 Cavs - 27th
Average: 16th
13-14 Lakers - 28th
At least we can be optimistic that we can't really be any worse on defense.
I would erase those cavs years and first year nj to get a more realistic view. Cavs just sucked nothing he coulda done and first year nj was a roster he hasn't developed at all yet -
Our defense will be better next year..
Soley because of health are we gonna be elite not likely but we have a team of players who have alot to prove -
Memphis n blazers are not missing playoffs
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B/c those are still good teams ....if there are no injuries,....they will make it -
I can see Memphis losing out to the Suns or even Pelicans. Z Bo is on the decline and more and more Conley has to shoulder the load
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Can't get worse than Pringles defense
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Michael Beasley?
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yep here they worked him out today
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