Is it too early? How many wins will we win next season?

Mamba Mentality · Posted: Mon May 22, 2017 10:00 pm Post subject:

36 wins. This is assuming we don't land a FA this summer and we draft Lonzo.

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We win it all...

ReaListik · Star Player Joined: 08 Jun 2008 Posts: 6569

28 wins
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AY2043 · Franchise Player Joined: 26 Feb 2012 Posts: 10621

I predict we win exactly the amount of games that ESPN predicts us to win, +/- 2. My prediction of their win prediction is roughly 32, so I'll go with that

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yinoma2001 · Retired Number Joined: 19 Jun 2010 Posts: 119487

More than 28.
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J.C. Smith · Franchise Player Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 12676

In that scenario I'd say somewhere in the 30s. That is based on the assumption that our young guys continue to improve. DLO, Ingram, or Randle could possibly make big improvements in one off-season. Or they might not.

Halflife · Franchise Player Joined: 15 Aug 2015 Posts: 16752

If bi and dlo pick up where they left off I see another 9-12 game improvement. 36-40

DangeRuss · Star Player Joined: 10 Feb 2016 Posts: 1418

Wouldn't be surprised for a nice leap, similar to the once okc made in 09. I'm sticking my neck out there and I think they'll hit 40. 50+ wins usually the mark for a team to be in the contender conversation. If our young guys hit 40 without the addition of a big free agent, while still being this young, I'll be completely convinced that we're on our way to building a championship core.

justsomelakerfan · Franchise Player Joined: 16 Jul 2016 Posts: 10939

I'm coming back to this after Free agency starts. I think losing Lou Williams is going to affect the win count. If the roster more or less stays as it is, with the young guys running the show, I don't predict over 30 games.
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pmacla · Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 6:04 am Post subject:

42-40 I see a new culture being developed and Lakers being the most exciting young team in the league

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Sina · Star Player Joined: 12 Jul 2015 Posts: 1812

Zubac, Black, Mozgov
Randle, Nance
Ingram, Brewer, Deng
Russell, Nwaba, Young
Clarkson, Ennis

The lakers are very deep. If we could play with a system like Celtics or Spurs which rely on depth more than stars, we may be able to win 40-45 games

bandiger · Franchise Player Joined: 02 Apr 2014 Posts: 12555

40 wins

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Fortysixn2 · Star Player Joined: 22 Jun 2016 Posts: 2849

30 wins considering the loss of Lou and I think Swaggy is opting out. Moderate progression from Randle and Zu, good progression from DLO (19 PPG 5/5) and significant progression from Walton and BI (15/4/3 75% FT, 35% 3PT, 42% FG) is what I'd expect. If ball plays well enough to have a net zero effect on our W/L I'd be happy....being a rookie PG is super tough.

That being said, there is zero chance IMO that we stand pat...there will be a trade. One of these guys

DLO
JC
Randle

Will not be on the team next year. Smart money says to ship Randle out so we don't have to pay him....Randle + JC + 28 for Anthony? Randle + Dlo + 28 + future 1st for PG? JC + one of Moz/Deng + 28 for Lopez? It'll be something like that IMO.

Mamba Mentality · Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 9:40 am Post subject:

You know what's crazy... We started off as a .500 ball club this past season and then the injury bug hit us hard, during a road trip at that. We never seemed to recover especially since DLo tried to rush back in, but by that time we had lost our position as #7 seed. There were also a good 20 games last season in which we SHOULD have won because of 4th quarter leads. I understand that those type of games determine who the better team is, but even if we just snagged 10 of those games we would have been a 35 win team. This season can be interesting if we can stay healthy. But considering the possibility of injury, I have it as 36.

adkindo · Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 9:49 am Post subject:

42 Wins!

venturalakersfan · Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 9:56 am Post subject:

Way too early. We don't know if we keep the second pick and if we do, we don't know who we draft. We have no idea what other moves will be made in the of season.
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cathy78 · Star Player Joined: 21 Jan 2013 Posts: 1416

We will win all wins.

Chronicle · Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 11:22 am Post subject:

98
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underdogsgv · Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 11:28 am Post subject:

Way too early, but for fun, I'll bite. 31 wins, but a lot more fun to watch. I'm cautiously optimistic that Russell will improve to 18/5/5, and BI at 13/4/3, with improved shooting pct. from both due to minutes from Ball (22mpg?). It's fun to speculate.
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Wilkes52 · Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 2:10 pm Post subject:

Way too early to forecast 2018 W-L. Gotta see what happens in terms of trades, extensions, signings, draft, off season health. Let's talk in November.
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Scoffs · Starting Rotation Joined: 12 Aug 2001 Posts: 875

I usually over-estimate the number of wins by 10 games so this year I'm going with 51 wins.

BI becomes Greek Freak lite; Lonzo leads league in assists; Zubac unleashes the sky-hook, and D'Lo shoots over 0.400 from 3s.

RJBaca · Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 4:45 pm Post subject: