Lakerman0834
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Vogel Made Hibbert All NBA and Pacers a defensive team so he probably can make it happen with what we have.
A King and an Empire: The Official GOAT franchise Boss Angeles Lakers 2018-19 season
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Lol, don’t try to convince yourself that the Clips is still some 8th seed squad. They are going to be nasty
But this Lakers squad should be damn good themselves and present some problems for the Clippers and vice versa. The two LA teams, GSW, and perhaps to a lesser degree Denver, HOU, Portland, & Utah should be fighting for supremacy in the West
Lakerman0834
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in a 7 game series no 2 Players id rather have on my team than Bron and AD. We just need to be healthy going into the playoffs
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McGee starting over a healthier Cousins??
I'm assuming he starts especially with the way he went to Rob and bytched about Zubac starting over him last year and got him traded. He starts but Cousins will play more minutes and finish games IMO.
Iggy will probably be traded. One of Jamycal Green/RHJ/Faried would fill out this roster nicely. They probably want more money and years, though. Th money has dried up so all three of them probably won't get what they want so maybe Pelinka is waiting to see which one falls to the Lakers.
Nah, fukk all that. Mcgee just got a decent contract for a 2 year championship run. This ain't no experimental team anymore he gonna have to behave himself like he did at Golden State. His asthmatic ass is coming off the bench.
It depends on the system and surrounding parts on the team. Theoretically Bron & AD sounds like the supreme tandem but there’s dynamics in a PG & Kawhi pairing that presents problems that they don’t, and vice versa
Lakerman0834
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I think there iso ball will be successful but we saw Kawhi wasnt that great of a playmaker when the ball was in his hand. PG is the key. If he shrinks they screwed if he doesnt they championship team
PG has shrinked pretty much every playoffs outside of a couple games since Indiana. Relying on PG will be Kawhi's demise.
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Now that his team is #1 favorites even more pressure
Kawhi can play make but he isn’t anywhere near Bron’s universe in that department. But one of the advantages of their pairing is Kawhi & PG are excellent perimeter shooters that can play off ball. LeBron doesn’t which is one of his Achilles heels.
PG shrinks if he is put in the #1 option role in high leverage play offs moments, but that clearly isn’t expected of him anymore.
He wasn't a number 1 option in OKC.
Not the first year, he definitely was the 2nd year.
And the #1 option in OKC has never been a real #1 option for a championship caliber team since Kevin Durant.
I mean he kinda was last year and he was pretty great before his injury. And despite his injury he still put up better numbers than Westbrook did in the playoffs. Laker fans underrate PG cause they hate him but dude is an excellent player.
On the flipside, the media favoring PG/Kawhi over Bron/AD because of injury concerns is just laughable. AD played 75 games in both 16-17 and 17-18 and Bron has only had one major injury in his career. He was coming off an 82 game season in 17-18. Meanwhile Kawhi, despite all of the load management, still broke down in the playoffs. He was pretty banged up after the Bucks series. PG just had shoulder surgery and might miss the first few weeks of the season.. dude is playing with two bum shoulders. I like the Lakers chances of staying healthy more than the Clippers.