Dr. Narcisse
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Bronny will be guarding Murray brehHe'll do it again next year too with the scrubs we throw at him
Vando should do alright on MPJ if he isnt shipped out
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Vando should do alright on MPJ if he isnt shipped out
Trojan 24
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Hopefully Coach JJ and Bron can do a podcast breaking down how to stop your man from backdooring you for a whole series then
Dr. Narcisse
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Twolves are a tough as hell team with Gobert and Towns.
Coaching.
Coaching.
Believe the Lakers were the biggest threat to the Nuggets brehs. Convince yourself the earlier we played them the better brehs.
I’m confused what you wanted the alternative to be…. Lose to the Pelicans on purpose and potentially lose to the Kings who they haven’t beaten all year?
I'm sure you felt taking on the team we hadn't beaten in 20 games, in a series we would need to win 4 games was the better option.
Given the option of losing to the Pelicans on purpose vs winning on purpose… yeah I would choose winningI'm sure you felt taking on the team we hadn't beaten in 20 games, in a series we would need to win 4 games was the better option.
But you’re not answering the question… what was the alternative in your mind?
Avoiding the Nuggets at all cost was the alternative. You do realize there is virtually no difference between losing to the Nuggets(who we had no chance against) or Kings at that point anyway. So I'll take my chances vs the Kings in a big game and avoiding a team that owns us in the playoffs in the 1st Rd. And if we lost that game to the Kings
Trojan 24
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I'm sure you felt taking on the team we hadn't beaten in 20 games, in a series we would need to win 4 games was the better option.
Nuggets by far the best team in league, might as well face them first
So you’d rather potentially not even make the playoffs in a 1 off game (I already know a poster like yourself would be going crazy over them making that choice) compared to stamping your ticket and having 4+ guaranteed?Avoiding the Nuggets at all cost was the alternative. You do realize there is virtually no difference between losing to the Nuggets(who we had no chance against) or Kings at that point anyway. So I'll take my chances vs the Kings in a big game and avoiding a team that owns us in the playoffs in the 1st Rd. And if we lost that game to the Kings
Sounds like a stupid decision
GreatestLaker
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That was clearly the best case scenario.Avoiding the Nuggets at all cost was the alternative. You do realize there is virtually no difference between losing to the Nuggets(who we had no chance against) or Kings at that point anyway. So I'll take my chances vs the Kings in a big game and avoiding a team that owns us in the playoffs in the 1st Rd. And if we lost that game to the Kings
Lose the first play in -> win the second play in game -> face OKC in the first round -> face Dallas in the second round -> face Minny in the WCF
Thats the exact scenario I was hoping for. But you had posters like @ALonelyDad calling me crazy for wanting us to intentionally lose the first play in game to avoid the only team that would beast us 100% of the time.
It doesn't sound like a stupid decision at all unless you foolishly believed we stood a chance against the Nuggets. If winning one game in the playoffs satisfies your "we made the playoffs" stance cool. And that is normally how you can tell an old Laker fan from the new ones. In the grand scheme of things we essentially didn't even participate in the playoffs, wouldn't even deserve a participation trophy. I would have much preferred taking the route that would have at least possibly gotten us to the WCF. We were dead men walking playing the Nuggets in the first round.
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That's the only scenario that made any type of sense if you wanted to advance.