GIVE A TEAM A RING N FEED EM 4 A YEAR, GIVE EM A DYNASTY N FEED EM 4 A LIFETIME: 2021 LAKERS THREAD

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We knew AD was gonna get today off. Brodie left it all on the court last night

Nah i said he wouldn't play right after the game somebody quoted me like it wasn't that serious :yeshrug: AD wasnt right from the mid 3rd quarter on real ones knew
 
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With AD and Bron both at less than 100% and the team not having played all together in months? Good luck...

The Clippers have mostly played together all year and are STILL a bottom 5 team in closing time (under 5 minutes with the game within 5). The other four teams are all eliminated from play in contention...

The Lakers have dealt with injuries to their top two guys and have still shown the ability to close games, or keep games competitive. Barring any significant extra injury, why would I trust the Clippers over the Lakers with Bron and AD? I've seen these guys playing together, they are front runners who don't like to be punched back and being they've been that way all season, they aren't gonna magically flip a switch into some lockdown heavyweight in the playoffs...

The Lakers will have to fight and claw in that potential series because of what you mentioned, AD and Bron still not 100% and the overall rust that will be there with that and Schroder returning, so I can see the series going 7. But the Clippers aren't good enough to beat them in less than 7, and in a hypothetical Game 7 I know who I like my money on...
 

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The Clippers have mostly played together all year and are STILL a bottom 5 team in closing time (under 5 minutes with the game within 5). The other four teams are all eliminated from play in contention...

The Lakers have dealt with injuries to their top two guys and have still shown the ability to close games, or keep games competitive. Barring any significant extra injury, why would I trust the Clippers over the Lakers with Bron and AD? I've seen these guys playing together, they are front runners who don't like to be punched back and being they've been that way all season, they aren't gonna magically flip a switch into some lockdown heavyweight in the playoffs...

The Lakers will have to fight and claw in that potential series because of what you mentioned, AD and Bron still not 100% and the overall rust that will be there with that and Schroder returning, so I can see the series going 7. But the Clippers aren't good enough to beat them in less than 7, and in a hypothetical Game 7 I know who I like my money on...

I think the chemistry concerns with the Lakers may be overblown.. Lebron has played extensively with almost everyone, and quite a bit (-40 games) even with the new guys like Wes, Gasol, and Schroeder.

The only people he hasn't played with a lot are Drummond and McLemore, but they are one-dimensional players who won't be on the floor usually in crunch time.
 
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I think the chemistry concerns with the Lakers may be overblown.. Lebron has played extensively with almost everyone, and quite a bit even with the new guys like Wes, Gasol, and Schroeder.

The only people he hasn't played with are Drummond and McLemore, but they are one-dimensional players who won't be on the floor usually in crunch time.

Way overblown. There will be some rust and some struggle stretches because of it, but people are gassing it. Lakers are fine, they'll be fine...

Gonna be a whole lot of hurt feelings and wounded pride when the Lakers get whole and start turning it on in the postseason. So many people been dancing on the grave already...
 
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