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| Do you agree with the Lakers #9 ranking? |
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Hero Ball
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I can name the 2 who voted the ranking is too high.
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Mamba Mentality
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I think it's low. But it is fair because we haven't played a single game yet.
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SocalDevin
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 2:09 pm Post subject: |
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| lol @too high. |
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PRLakeShow
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Too low, too high, they can mean the same thing just depends how you look at it no? |
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Hero Ball
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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| PRLakeShow wrote: | | Too low, too high, they can mean the same thing just depends how you look at it no? |
I think I just lost my grip on reality after reading your post. 
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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| I think the Warriors are in a tier all their own but I think I would rank the Lakers fourth after Warriors/Rockets/Celtics. |
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Eindhoven
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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Not a bad guess, as we still have to see how this team fits together. Point is, we have GSW and Houston as clear #1-2, maybe Foston a bit lower and a group of 10 teams - Lakers included - that are pretty much on the same tier. If we’re just a little bit better than expected, we can jump 5 ou 6 positions in this ranking.
So, #9 with a positive trend is not crazy.
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FreakofNature
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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I put us in tier 2 with the Rockets and Celtics, from 2nd to 4th. Warriors all alone in tier 1.
But next season, than we take no prisoners...  |
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venturalakersfan
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Pretty good ball park at this time of the season. We have Lebron but after him it is all questionable. At least until they play some games and we see what we have.
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venturalakersfan
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 3:21 pm Post subject: |
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| The Lebrons wrote: | | adkindo wrote: | | 44TheLogo wrote: | | adkindo wrote: | | over 50% of the roster is new....have not played together....crazy mix of strong personalities....young core hoping to improve.....more question marks, and variables that any other playoff team. I think #9 is very fair given what is known right now. |
given that logic, the team with the greatest question mark, kawhi leonard, should be lower. |
adding Kawhi Leonard to a team that won 59 games last season, had very little change to their roster and promoted HC from within....sure, there is some question around Kawhi's health, but that is literally it....everything else is pretty stable with a high floor. |
You know, minus trading their franchise player.  |
For a better franchise player
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| PRLakeShow wrote: | | 6th out West? GS, Houston, and who else? OKC, Utah, NOP, whoever else.... I don't see it. |
OKC with Dennis Schroeder off the bench is huge. I really wanted them to struggle but damn, that's one hell of a pick up. |
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SocalDevin
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| repandpresent wrote: | | PRLakeShow wrote: | | 6th out West? GS, Houston, and who else? OKC, Utah, NOP, whoever else.... I don't see it. |
OKC with Dennis Schroeder off the bench is huge. I really wanted them to struggle but damn, that's one hell of a pick up. |
I agree, picking him up was huge. Livingston is the only back up point I can think of that's better than him. |
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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| repandpresent wrote: | | PRLakeShow wrote: | | 6th out West? GS, Houston, and who else? OKC, Utah, NOP, whoever else.... I don't see it. |
OKC with Dennis Schroeder off the bench is huge. I really wanted them to struggle but damn, that's one hell of a pick up. |
Imagine if they also got Beasley that would have made them favorites to make the finals. |
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ShowtimeDynasty_24/7
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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| I think we are right around the 5th seed in the West. I think in the East, Boston and Toronto are decisively better, and the case can be made for Philly. I think the ranking of #9 is pretty spot on if I look at this team with an unbiased eye. |
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ShowtimeDynasty_24/7
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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| yinoma2001 wrote: | Raps are literally celebrating that KL is likely to report to the team.
I mean I get baby steps but come on... |
He's already shown up. If he's healthy, Toronto is formidable.
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DShotMaker1824
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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I think we're going to be 6th or 7th in the West, so this does not surprise me one bit.
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krisobe
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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I bet if we get Kawhi on July 1st, 2019... and we resign the vets for another 1 year deal... ESPN still ranks us at 7-9 LOL.
LONZO, KAWHI, INGRAM, LBJ, JAVALE
RONDO, HART, LANCE, KUZMA, BEASLEY
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hype
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, they are getting so many extra hits and action from both pissed off laker fans and other teams fans laughing about it all so it makes sense from a click bait stand point for sure..
Realistically though even without us playing any games there is zero chance 8 teams are better. The only team that is clearly better is the GSW imo. I understand being conservative and putting us 4-6 maybe but ninth is just silly. No big deal though, I think the current team will thrive with the underrated/disrespected angle anyways! |
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Steve007
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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| I’ve seen comments from people saying the team won’t even make the playoffs and they are laughing at the acquisitions of players like Stephenson and Beasley. They also act like Lebron joined a team that has no talent and won 15 games. |
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mookielala
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Conference finals. So prob at least #3 by the end the season.  |
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Steve007
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| Out of curiosity I looked at the 2015 results. Cavs were 20-20 after the first 40 games. But then they finished 33-9 the rest of the way. The 2011 Miami Heat started slow too. That could hurt a lot more in the West this year. |
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Daphanabe
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| SocalDevin wrote: | | repandpresent wrote: | | PRLakeShow wrote: | | 6th out West? GS, Houston, and who else? OKC, Utah, NOP, whoever else.... I don't see it. |
OKC with Dennis Schroeder off the bench is huge. I really wanted them to struggle but damn, that's one hell of a pick up. |
I agree, picking him up was huge. Livingston is the only back up point I can think of that's better than him. |
Rondo will be the best backup point in the league by far. |
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ringfinger
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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| 44TheLogo wrote: | i think 9th overall is the absolutely absurd. at worst we are 5th in the west after gsw/hou/utah/okc, and there's at best 1 east team better than us (bos). philly did nothing to get better and we played them even last season. we know what lebron does to toronto, even if KL makes them a little better, we are better than the cavs were last year.
so i don't see how 9th overall is even a possibility. at worst, we're 7th. |
Relax. It’s a moving ranking. No one has seen how we play yet.
It will adjust accordingly. |
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SocalDevin
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Daphanabe wrote: | | SocalDevin wrote: | | repandpresent wrote: | | PRLakeShow wrote: | | 6th out West? GS, Houston, and who else? OKC, Utah, NOP, whoever else.... I don't see it. |
OKC with Dennis Schroeder off the bench is huge. I really wanted them to struggle but damn, that's one hell of a pick up. |
I agree, picking him up was huge. Livingston is the only back up point I can think of that's better than him. |
Rondo will be the best backup point in the league by far. |
I don't know... I'm thinking Livingston and Schroeder are better. With that being said I see how you could make the case for Rondo. |
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DShotMaker1824
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| Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2018 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Hero Ball wrote: | I can name the 2 who voted the ranking is too high.
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I voted just right, for the record.
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