We will win 40 games this season, George or no George

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People comparing win totals against last season are also not considering we blatantly tanked half of last season. Theres zero incentive to do so this year.


I think free agent shooters are going to gravitate to us due to the Lonzo effect. Weve upgraded at 4 positions ans were gonna run some teams out the building this season.

40!

[GreekTrojan]

Until proven otherwise, we aren't nearly that good. We still have a bottom 5-10 roster (only Sacramento, Philly, and Brooklyn have definitively worse rosters, maybe Orlando). Ingram/Ball might improve and be the truth, but so may everyone else's young guys.

[yinoma2001]

How many teams with 2 19 year old starters, an iffy SG won 40 games recently?
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From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals

[Villain6Activated]

Lavar Ball said we make the playoffs, so we make the playoffs dammit

Lavar Ball gonna is going to speak it into existence. Don't doubt Lavar Ball's supernatural powers, he not human.
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“Life is too short. You have to keep it moving.” - Kobe

[Lakerpark]

I just want to see a team that plays hard every minute of every game.

I don't want to hear excuses that so and so is not in shape to play hard the entire time he is on the floor. If they're not in shape, then don't play them till they get in shape.

I want to see players that play both sides of the game, Offense and Defense.

I want to see players smart enough to know what to do on offense. Take what is given to them, not constantly driving to the basket when everyone is playing you to do so.

I want to see guys pass to the open man...no selfish tunnel vision.

I want to see the results of guys working on their weaknesses (not waiting till the offseason to improve).

I don't want to see entitled, overly cocky prima donnas who are more concerned about their instagrams or Hollywood love lifes.

I don't want to see overpaid veterans who raked in a toxic contract and don't come prepared to play when the season starts.

I don't want to see over the hill veterans hanging on and taking up a roster space just because they would be good babysitters. That's what assistant coaches are for.

Is this too much to ask?

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[Baron Von Humongous]

[Baron Von Humongous]

Since this is the optimistic thread, I'll pray for 42 wins and a playoff victory. Will it into existence, Lavar!

[yinoma2001]

[TooMuchMajicBuss]

I'll also be very surprised if we win more than 30 games.

On the plus side: we're not tanking, and hopefully we'll have average luck with injuries, not terrible luck like last year.

That said - Lonzo's a kid and PG is a hard position to learn in the NBA. He's going to need to be a great communicator on defense, and players like Randle are going to need to adapt their games to play to Lonzo's strengths.''

PG - Weak at first, strong once Lonzo learns the NBA game. He's going to be covering some speedy PG's who can burn him, and anybody, 1:1. How well does Lonzo communicate with the rest of the team on defense, and are our bigs going to be any better at reading and reacting than they were last year? Who do we have to back him up? Is Ennis coming back? Or are we relying on Clarkson?

SG - Weak. Clarkson can score, but is an awful defender and he's prone to chucking. I like Brewer but he's not a very big scoring threat. Hart and Dozier are rookies. I'm happy to see Hart b/c he may be a 2 way player but he's a rookie nonethless. We're going to get burned here until PG13 shows up next summer.

SF - Weak. Brandon Ingram was making strides late last year but he's still a skinny 19 y.o. and Deng's best years as a 3 are long past him. I'm confident Ingram's shot will be much improved, but it would be nice to see him break through that 200lb barrier when he steps on the scale.

PF - Pretty strong. IF Randle continues to improve in the team aspects of this game we're pretty good here. Big if, especially on defense, but it could happen. Nance - I'm pretty confident in his contributions. Deng - I actually think he's a pretty good NBA 4 at this stage of his career if he gets playing time, albatross contract or not. We've also got either Robinson or Kuzma hanging around for spot minutes too.

C - Surprisingly solid for this year on the traditional center role. Brook Lopez is no slouch at center, provided Randle and others can pick up on the rebounding Brook doesn't do. Solid scorer with range beyond the 3 point line. Very good to have him here or a year while Zubac continues to develop. By the time he's gone, I think Ivica Zubac has a ton of potential to be a very good center. As for mobile bigs at small ball time, Randle is OK, maybe Nance, or if Tarik Black is still around he's good at it, but meh. Might be better off with Lopez and his 3 point range, we'll see.

Hard for me to picture a roster this incomplete on experience from 1 through 3 winning more than 30 games.

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[marloveslakers24]

pass the pipe

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[yinoma2001]

[yinoma2001]

[LakesGnrLake]

TYPE IT INTO EXISTENCE!!

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[Kirby Brian]

Cool. Thanks for letting us know!

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[RusselDoeee01]

LOL

Without George we are going to be worse than last year.

DLo won some games for us with some good scoring outings. Lonzo probably won't even score 30 in a game this year.

He is more of a distributor and he has no one to distribute to.

Yikes... Clarkson is going to be chucking more than ever... which is definitely not a good thing

[LakesGnrLake]

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[RusselDoeee01]

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Lonzos the chosen one. If hes not better than DLo was last season ill delete my account.

You wont ever question his effort or motor. That alone elevates him above DLo for me. Your PG has to lead.

[yinoma2001]