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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 4:53 pm    Post subject: ESPN Projects Lakers to Have Fewest Wins in NBA

Brooklyn - 29.3 wins
Phoenix - 28.9 wins
Philly - 25.9 wins
Lakers - 24.3 wins

http://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/17444139/nba-player-projections-analysis-profiles-every-team-2016-17
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 4:54 pm    Post subject:

I'm shocked. ESPN is usually fair to the Lakers...

How are we worse than the Nets?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 4:55 pm    Post subject:

Always bet against espn. It's a winning formula.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 4:55 pm    Post subject:

Cochese wrote:
I'm shocked. ESPN is usually fair to the Lakers...

How are we worse than the Nets?


Cause it makes ESPN feel good.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:00 pm    Post subject:

Probably just based off what they saw in pre-season, which wasn't exactly the best example of what the team should be able to do..
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:03 pm    Post subject: Re: ESPN Projects Lakers to Have Fewest Wins in NBA

Math wrote:
Brooklyn - 29.3 wins
Phoenix - 28.9 wins
Philly - 25.9 wins
Lakers - 24.3 wins

http://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/17444139/nba-player-projections-analysis-profiles-every-team-2016-17

(bleep) it - get the #1 pick, dominate the 2020s. The rest of the NBA can then proceed to suck it as the Lakers get championships 17-20.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:06 pm    Post subject:

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Probably just based off what they saw in pre-season, which wasn't exactly the best example of what the team should be able to do..


That's absurd. The Lakers did more then enough to warrant more then 24 wins. Chemistry was good through out the PS and Luke was using different line ups, how is that based on the preseason?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:10 pm    Post subject:

Why doesn't this surprise me?

I just hope Luke gets a few more wins than expected as he's developing this team. I think the first half of the season we'll play right into this prediction, and the second half of the season we'll make them look real stupid. We'll see.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:10 pm    Post subject:

Sad that I'm not surprised. Not because it's ESPN but because we actually suck.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:11 pm    Post subject:

Is what it is. I've always expected a slow start to the season. But I think we'll finish stronger in the second half and finish somewhere between 30-35 wins.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:11 pm    Post subject:

The only way this happens is if Brooklyn, Philly, Orlando, and Miami are all nearly equally terrible and split their head-to-head games. The West would also need to be much better than the East.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:14 pm    Post subject: Re: ESPN Projects Lakers to Have Fewest Wins in NBA

Baron Von Humongous wrote:
Math wrote:
Brooklyn - 29.3 wins
Phoenix - 28.9 wins
Philly - 25.9 wins
Lakers - 24.3 wins

http://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/17444139/nba-player-projections-analysis-profiles-every-team-2016-17

(bleep) it - get the #1 pick, dominate the 2020s. The rest of the NBA can then proceed to suck it as the Lakers get championships 17-20.


Word. Markelle Fultz and Josh Jackson man. We need our Kobe lite.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:14 pm    Post subject:

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Sad that I'm not surprised. Not because it's ESPN but because we actually suck.


Yeah, but more than the Sixers without Simmons or a decent healthy guard? More than the Nets with Brook Lopez parked behind the 3pt line all game? More than the Suns coached by Earl Watson (bless his Bruin heart)?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:15 pm    Post subject:

I would possibly have the Sixers over us if they were healthy. But no Simmons/Bayless is big
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:16 pm    Post subject:

With Lou starting and/or playing a significant role? You can count on 24 wins or less.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:16 pm    Post subject:

We get it, we suck, Thanks for the reminder, I forgot that for a sec.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:21 pm    Post subject:

Laker_Dynasty_01 wrote:
The only way this happens is if Brooklyn, Philly, Orlando, and Miami are all nearly equally terrible and split their head-to-head games. The West would also need to be much better than the East.


Orlando and Miami will be chasing a playoff slot if they are healthy.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:22 pm    Post subject:

IceInMyVeins wrote:
Sad that I'm not surprised. Not because it's ESPN but because we actually suck.


What have the Lakers shown that makes them suck? Considering we competed against Denver/Portland/Phoenix? Lakers actually made me a more believer after the preseason.


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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:23 pm    Post subject:

6-21 is a reasonably optimistic start, with the schedule. Would need to win at a 3-for-7 rate after that for 30 wins. 1-for-3 is more likely.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:24 pm    Post subject:

This is why Deng and Moz got paid.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:24 pm    Post subject:

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Probably just based off what they saw in pre-season, which wasn't exactly the best example of what the team should be able to do..


That's absurd. The Lakers did more then enough to warrant more then 24 wins. Chemistry was good through out the PS and Luke was using different line ups, how is that based on the preseason?

They usually looked like a hot mess. The offense didn't work well - when it worked at all - and the defense was horrendous.
They were 2-6 and ranked 28th in the league during the preseason.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:25 pm    Post subject:

lol, if there are people who still don't think ESPN has agenda to use the Lakers as click bait, they've been living in a cave.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:25 pm    Post subject:

yinoma2001 wrote:
This is why Deng and Moz got paid.


To still be a bottom 3 team?
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2016 5:29 pm    Post subject:

KBH wrote:
Is what it is. I've always expected a slow start to the season. But I think we'll finish stronger in the second half and finish somewhere between 30-35 wins.

This is more or less what I'd expect too. They're still young, they're implementing a new offense, they're playing defense for the first time in 3 years and most of them don't know how, and they're very inexperienced.
I expect the learning will continue through the entire season, and they'll be playing better as time goes on.
It's likely to be really, really brutal early in the season though

30-32 wins +/- 5 is about my range
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