1. Lebron faced many of the greatest teams in the Finals (Spurs / OKC) with the exception of the veteran-led team of the Mavericks. The Warriors aren’t the only first good team he’s faced lol.
2. Don’t doubt this Lakers squad because the trio of Lonzo, Ingram and Kuzma are projected to be future all-stars. Lonzo has shown elite-level defense during the second half of his rookie season, Kuzma shown he’s a volume shooter, and Ingram is versatile at both ends of the court. The Lakers have the pieces to be at least 4th this upcoming season with the addition of Lebron.
3. Don’t know how the East is weak when there was at least 8 teams that went plus .500 against Western conference teams in 17-18 season. The Celtics were 22-8 against Western teams. Don’t sleep on the Celtics, 76ers, or the Pacers either.
Overall, this has become an interesting offseason so far.
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A team of sophmore/junior/rookie season players + lebron will never contend. They'll only ever contend vs teams such as houston/gsw if they add 2 more stars, which simply won't happen.
This is the star the lakers are bringing in to support lebron, javale macgee lmfaoo. they signed caldwell pope/lance stephenson also who are decent bench players but not franchise altering. maybe if they trade lonzo and ingram for a star PG like kemba and sign boogie they could beat the rockets or warriors in 7.
Mark my words, if the lakers manage to make playoffs without signing other stars, it'll result in a 0-4 sweep by the first real team they face with ingram/kuzma/lonzo combining for 10 points on 20% fg. lonzo is an ineffecient chuck, so is ingram. kuzma has the potential but i don't see him putting up regular season numbers vs legitimate teams in playoff mode.
The east is weak when a team missing their 2 best players manages to hit the eastern conference finals and get within 1 game of the finals. Put almost any eastern conference playoff team in the west and they become lottery teams, it's just a fact. Do you really think the wizards, heat, pacers could make playoffs when they're vsing the warriors 4 times a season and not the nets/knicks/hornets etc;?