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Squirrel from Meteor Man said:
Kuminga can’t get off the bench, Divencenzo hasn’t been playing at a level close to Reaves, and Klay, Poole, and Draymond have been average at best for the majority of the playoffs. Wiggins is a wildcard. Looney is consistent but against AD it’ll be a different story.
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Posters make the weirdest comps when it comes to the Lakers' lineup. :why:

Reaves is a starter and has been the 3rd best player for the Lakers this year. Why would you compare him to Donte, a bench player who is maybe the 7th or 8th best Warrior? The comp for Reaves should be Klay or Wiggins, not Donte.






Squirrel from Meteor Man said:
The Lakers aren’t much better, but the confidence they are starting to show makes them a threat. I do agree that health is the biggest concern for them. Steph is the best player in the series, but the two next best are head and shoulders above anyone on the Warriors roster.
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Why did you stop at 3? You could easily argue the next 3-4 best players on the court are all Warriors. Lakers are relying on Reaves, D-Lo, and Rui as their #3-#5 options, none of whom have ever shown anything in the playoffs before now (plus D-Lo and Rui might be defensive liabilities), while Warriors have Wiggins, Klay, Draymond, and Poole, all of whom have already excelled in Finals runs. Not to mention Looney and Payton who are playing their roles well. And once you get past Rui, the Lakers are stuck with guys like Vandy, Beasley, Schroder, and Brown, all of whom have been ass offensively so far.

I think if LBJ and AD are both healthy and able to go all-out, and the supporting cast makes the shots they should make, then the Lakers will win the series. But none of those are givens. Even if LBJ and AD are on, they're going to need some sort of help from the rest of the roster to be able to beat a team that has 4 players who can go for 20+ every game and a 5th/6th who will be defense and rebounding monsters inside.
 
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Rhakim said:
Posters make the weirdest comps when it comes to the Lakers' lineup. :why:

Reaves is a starter and has been the 3rd best player for the Lakers this year. Why would you compare him to Donte, a bench player who is maybe the 7th or 8th best Warrior? The comp for Reaves should be Klay or Wiggins, not Donte.








Why did you stop at 3? You could easily argue the next 3-4 best players on the court are all Warriors. Lakers are relying on Reaves, D-Lo, and Rui as their #3-#5 options, none of whom have ever shown anything in the playoffs before now (plus D-Lo and Rui might be defensive liabilities), while Warriors have Wiggins, Klay, Draymond, and Poole, all of whom have already excelled in Finals runs. Not to mention Looney and Payton who are playing their roles well. And once you get past Rui, the Lakers are stuck with guys like Vandy, Beasley, Schroder, and Brown, all of whom have been ass offensively so far.

I think if LBJ and AD are both healthy and able to go all-out, and the supporting cast makes the shots they should make, then the Lakers will win the series. But none of those are givens. Even if LBJ and AD are on, they're going to need some sort of help from the rest of the roster to be able to beat a team that has 4 players who can go for 20+ every game and a 5th/6th who will be defense and rebounding monsters inside.
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Sounds like you are trying to "manage expectations" :pachaha:


You are sounding a little shook


I think the Lakers win this series because of the size advantage.


The Warriors can't guard AD/Lebron/ Rui all at the same time.

But you never know Ham is the coach :francis:
 
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Voice of Reason said:
Sounds like you are trying to "manage expectations" :pachaha:


You are sounding a little shook


I think the Lakers win this series because of the size advantage.


The Warriors can't guard AD/Lebron/ Rui all at the same time.

But you never know Ham is the coach :francis:
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The Warriors are one team that can guard all those players at the same time.

I think the Warriors' problems are going to be what offense are they going to get out of their support cast. I honestly think the role players will decide what happens in this series; both teams will find ways to limit each other's stars, and then that's where Dlo, Poole, Reaves, Wiggins, Rui, GP2, Schroder, Donte etc come in.

I'll be surprised if we get regular high-scoring affairs with Steph, Klay, AD and Bron.
 
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Voice of Reason said:
Sounds like you are trying to "manage expectations" :pachaha:


You are sounding a little shook
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What's off about my analysis?




Voice of Reason said:
I think the Lakers win this series because of the size advantage.

The Warriors can't guard AD/Lebron/ Rui all at the same time.
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That matchup is a mess for the Lakers on the other end though. If they're playing Steph/Klay/Wiggins/Poole plus either Draymond or Looney inside, who the fukk is gonna cover the four perimeter players for the Warriors? Bron is a step slow at 38, Rui isn't a perimeter defender, and D-Lo is terrible at defense. Reaves can guard someone, but all the other Lakers who can play defense are worthless on the offensive end, making it easy to throw double-teams at Bron or AD.

I think it's going to be tough to play all three of AD, Bron, and Rui at the same time. You can't trade 2s for 3s. I feel like the most likely lineup for the Lakers is going to be rotating AD, Bron, and Rui in the 2 frontcourt spots, then having Reaves, D-Lo or Schroder, and Vandy or Brown. They'll play some time with AD/Bron/Rui, especially if Looney and Draymond are on the court at the same time, but the Warriors are going to exploit that shyt if they play it too much.
 
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