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Can the Lakers actually compete for a 7/8 seed this year? I think the feeling going into the season is the team would be improved slightly but still a year out from competeing for a playoff spot. We'll see.
Watched the Lakers/GSW game and was impressed with the Lakers playing with heart and effort, taking advantage of the Warriors back to back. Making some early noise is one thing, making the playoffs is a totally different matter in this young season. Luke Walton has them off to a good start and with sustained good play who knows what possibilities are ahead on the horizon.
Watched the Lakers/GSW game and was impressed with the Lakers playing with heart and effort, taking advantage of the Warriors back to back. Making some early noise is one thing, making the playoffs is a totally different matter in this young season. Luke Walton has them off to a good start and with sustained good play who knows what possibilities are ahead on the horizon.
It was said this morning on ESPN that the lakers didn;t win their 4th game until the 25th game last season.
It was said this morning on ESPN that the lakers didn;t win their 4th game until the 25th game last season.
Funny you mention this, I googled their schedule from last year last night because I was thinking four wins already this year!? Yeah, though seven games last year they were 1-6. Didn't get their fourth victory until Dec.15th I think.
Probably a combination of both and renewed optimism of a new season.
And the fact that the only real playing rookie is Ingram. Russell, Clarkson, Randle are 2nd/3rd year players with experience now. Walton is having Ingram play point on a lot of possessions giving him a bunch more confidence too.
The chemistry on this team is awesome. And I think it has to do with their age, new system and coach.
Walton has given this team a new life; they're running, playing D and battling in close games.
Without a couple of bonehead plays they could easily be 5-1, possibly even 6-0 right now.
After beating an admittedly poor playing Warriors team, I think the Lakers are finding their identity in a sort of Warriors-lite style of play.
I still think the Lakers have one of the best benches in the league right now too.
Can the Lakers actually compete for a 7/8 seed this year? I think the feeling going into the season is the team would be improved slightly but still a year out from competeing for a playoff spot. We'll see.
We'll see, they've been playing with energy so it could happen if they keep it up and don't have any injuries or a slump.
I was curious about there rotation. I did some quick research and saw that they have 9 guys averaging 20+ minutes per game (using 19.0+ as the cut off). I thought that was maybe a good thing and looked up the Spurs, they've got 8 guys averaging 20min. Other successful teams like the Warriors, Cavs, Clippers, Trailblazers, OKC, were all between 6-7 I think. But then I looked at the Pelicans and 76ers and they were at 9 and 10 respectively. Pelicans were actually really close to having 10 guys. My initial thought was that it could be good to try to replicate what the spurs do, but these bad teams also show that it could just be a byproduct of just not having enough good players to begin with.
Kind of like the old football saying, if you have two QB's, it means you don't have a good QB.
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