Glenn Isildur Healy
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If they miss, that means that he's finally starting to decline. He's good enough to make any team a playoff team right now instantly
You underestimate the strength of the Western Conference
If they miss, that means that he's finally starting to decline. He's good enough to make any team a playoff team right now instantly
well, playoff Demar is an unplayable disaster.
but regular season Demar is barely a positive player either.
the massive leap from demar to kawhi is still bigger than an addition of Hayward.
I dislike DeMar but he was definitely a good RS player last year. There should be no denying of that + being durable helps.
The ceiling of our team rises in the playoffs because of how awful he's been year after year
I think you take chemistry for granted. Having a new head coach and a new franchise player.
Anytime you make significant changes, it's rare that you don't go through some speed bumps in the beginning
This has been repeated so much people take as if it's a fact but it's really not. Lebron's never been in the West before and making the playoffs there is a MUCH bigger challenge over there than it is in the East. We'll see.
Demar really wasn't very good. mediocre, at best. The team was good because lowry and the bench were awesome.
aren't the celtics making significant changes?
This has been repeated so much people take as if it's a fact but it's really not. Lebron's never been in the West before and making the playoffs there is a MUCH bigger challenge over there than it is in the East. We'll see.
When you consider the conference he's in now and the supporting cast he has, I could see the Lakers finishing between 6-10 and possibly missing the playoffs too
You underestimate the strength of the Western Conference
Yea, sure. During the playoffs when I said that Utah and New Orleans would beat Cleveland in a 7 game series, people (including you) were scoffing at it. Now all of a sudden the West is so strong.
After the Bulls run the majority of championships were won in the West.The West has been stronger than the East for many years. That has zero to do with how one specific team from the East would do vs one specific team from the West.
That still has no bearings on a specific game or series. It's the same as saying "Team A has beaten Team B in 6 of their 7 playoff series all time", but the last playoff series between them was 10 years ago. Has no bearing on a series that starts today.After the Bulls run the majority of championships were won in the West.
No but the fact all fact most free agents go to the westchanges the balance of power.That still has no bearings on a specific game or series. It's the same as saying "Team A has beaten Team B in 6 of their 7 playoff series all time", but the last playoff series between them was 10 years ago. Has no bearing on a series that starts today.
No but the fact all fact most free agents go to the westchanges the balance of power.
I agree with that. It really comes down to how teams match up positionally.Sure, but the original point was made that people scoffed at the idea of Utah or New Orleans beating the Cavs in a series. Just because they're in the West doesn't mean they are instantly better than a specific team in the East.
eh, the west is good but not THAT good. especially beyond the top 2 team's. lebron should have no problem making the playoffs.
The Lakers current roster isn't as good as Denver's and the Nuggets won 46 games and still didn't make the playoffs. You should probably recalibrate that statement.
with Millsap a write off like last year, that team was Jokic plus a bunch of slop, and they still made the playoffs.
Uh Denver didn't make the playoffs
Also you're talking about a team with one of the best 3+D players in the league in Gary Harris
Very good scorers in Jamal Murray and Will Barton + add in good role players like Lyles and Chandler
That team would've been a 5th seed at the very least in the East
those are very generous descriptions of very mediocre player's.
that collection of talent is no better than Detroit's, the east's 9th place team.
Ugh. Not a fan of Monroe