Its a contract year for everyone. Other than Nash, every other Lakers player is a free agent. If there is one thing we know about NBA players, they care about their money. Usually when you have so many mediocre players on a team and they are playing for contracts, the season can go one of two ways. (1) They can all try to hog the ball to get their numbers and not give a fukk about team success. Or (2) you can have a 2005 Seattle Supersonics type of year in which all these mediocre players can mesh and put up career seasons in unison leading the same roster that finished 12th in the West in 2004 to become the 3rd seed in 2005.
I see this Lakers team in that 2005 Seattle mold. All those young bench players are gonna power us to a season that is much better than people except. Gasol is gonna play outta his mind cause its a contract year for him. I expect them to stay in that 6-8 spot in the West till Kobe comes back. And then when the gawd comes back in a month or so, we should take our rightful place among the contenders out West.
Even with a healthy Kobe and all these dudes playing for contracts, we are still one piece away from being a legit title contender. Hopefully Mitch can work his magic and find that missing piece.
I see this Lakers team in that 2005 Seattle mold. All those young bench players are gonna power us to a season that is much better than people except. Gasol is gonna play outta his mind cause its a contract year for him. I expect them to stay in that 6-8 spot in the West till Kobe comes back. And then when the gawd comes back in a month or so, we should take our rightful place among the contenders out West.
Even with a healthy Kobe and all these dudes playing for contracts, we are still one piece away from being a legit title contender. Hopefully Mitch can work his magic and find that missing piece.
Contender you say?
everybody knows this team isn't gonna do shyt even if they do make the playoffs. Im not even getting gassed about laker W's this year. Making fun of the lakers for losing is the equivalent of making fun of a autistic kid. I get no enjoyment from a laker loss this season because every laker fan is expecting a loss heading into each game. They get surprised when they win
idk why they're above phoenix and GS tho, the season series with GS is tied at 1-1 with the warriors and the warriors advantage in larger lead in their victory (if that made sense), and they haven't even played the suns yet