Stephen A. Smith: Lakers will make the Western Conference Finals

[staticshock]

Y'all don't understand how good this team will be but y'all will find out soon

nikka please

 

[Roland Coltrane]

He could be right

Westbrook one of the lowest basketball iq's in NBA history, especially under pressure

Houston failed to resign Ariza, who slowed down KD with his defense and could've bothered LeBron some as well

Will CP3 be able to stay healthy?

Melo looked ready for the big 3 last we saw him

Lakers could surprise people especially if their young players Kuzma and Ingram take a step up

what young player has actually gotten better playing with Bron

 

[Pure Water]

LeBron really does bring life to a roster. I think they CAN make it to the Western Conference Finals, but it's going to be a challenge.

I'm worried about BI. I still don't believe in his ability and with LeBron there, his development might take a step back. But truly I don't know. I hope he improves and I want to see this Lakers team in the the WCF.

 

[The God Poster]

Its a win win for him. He's a Lakers fan so if they win, he's happy. But he's an even bigger Kobestan so if they lose, he can talk about how Kobe would have won with this team.

He's a fakkit.

This fakkit stay with Kobe on the tongue.

 

[The War Report]

Kuzma and Ingram would need to step the fukk up.

 

[William F. Russell]

Would 9 straight Conference Finals be a record?

 

[10bandz]

I got us in the 2nd round easy.

We can get to WCF's is either of these two things happen. 1) We trade for Kawhi or another star midseason or 2) BI blossoms into a 3rd-2nd tier type star.

Bron can handle the rest if one of those 2 things happen.

 

[DaSk8D00D]

Y'all don't understand how good this team will be but y'all will find out soon

I'm very interested to see their overall style of play. IDK if it was Kobe or some insider article that was saying that instead of trying to match GS's offensive firepower, they wanted to form a roster built around toughness and versatility. I'd imagine we'll see a lot of post-ups and maybe even a small resurgence of the mid-range game along with Rondo & Lance getting on everyone's fukking nerves on defense

 

[UpAndComing]

Bron tried that same bullshyt in Cleveland...small line-ups, no rim protection, Love at the 5. Their defense the last few years of Bron being there got progressively worse and finally ended up being abysmal.

The West has too many legitimate bigs.

Portland has - Nurkic
Denver has - Jokic
OKC has - Adams
Rockets has - Capella
Warriors have - Cousins
Suns have - Ayton
Utah has - Gobert


Lakers wouldn't make it out the first round if they try to play small ball

 

[KingTut]

 

[Osmosis]

Only if they can somehow get the 1st seed and hope the Rockets and Warriors get the 2 and 3 seeds respectively.

 

[who_better_than_me]

I can see it happening unless they see us in the playoffs before then.

Negged!!!

You just afraid of seeing us again

 

[who_better_than_me]

Lakers prolly won’t even be in the HCA bracket

 

[IllmaticDelta]

what young player has actually gotten better playing with Bron

norris cole

chalmers

jj hickson

kyrie

daniel gibson

...off the top of my head

 

[ALonelyDad]

We can 100% beat OKC, Rockets will be tough, even Jazz will be tough.