Surely you don't think the Warriors are any good? Quite a few here are always saying they just get lucky every year. Kind of like your Twitter post is suggesting. [Reply]
Originally Posted by KC_Connection:
KD staying healthy is the last hope.
If Lebron comes back in a couple weeks I could definitely see the Lakers knocking the Warriors out right away in the play-in game. The Warriors don’t matchup well against them and they play like shit on the road. They may play at home, but a 1 game series against the Lakers will basically turn into a road environment. [Reply]
Originally Posted by POND_OF_RED:
If Lebron comes back in a couple weeks I could definitely see the Lakers knocking the Warriors out right away in the play-in game. The Warriors don’t matchup well against them and they play like shit on the road. They may play at home, but a 1 game series against the Lakers will basically turn into a road environment.
Lakers are probably the worst team in the league without LeBron on the floor (and he's likely got a broken foot that will sideline him longer than a few weeks). As nice as that would be to see, they won't get in the play-in. [Reply]
They're not even close to the worst team in the league without lebron. Jesus you're tiresome.
He's not god. The Lakers finally stopped paying attention to the meddling twat and put a decent roster around him. He broke. But hey, anything to preemptively make excuses for him and/or build a myth around him if they do manage to win something when he returns. [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Oh for ****s sake, you are such a Lebron ****.
They're not even close to the worst team in the league without lebron. Jesus you're tiresome.
He's not god. The Lakers finally stopped paying attention to the meddling twat and put a decent roster around him. He broke. But hey, anything to preemptively make excuses for him and/or build a myth around him if they do manage to win something when he returns.
Not even close, huh? You can hate LeBron all you want for whatever specious reasons you want, but it won't change the fact that he's still one of best and most impacful players in the league when he's healthy at age 38. One look at the Lakers' on/off numbers with him should tell you that much:
Originally Posted by :
Lakers with and without LeBron
Without LeBron James on the floor, the Lakers' offensive rating would be the worst in the league, and their net rating would be fourth worst, ahead of just the Spurs, Rockets and Pistons:
JAMES ON JAMES OFF
Off efficiency 115.1 107.2*
Def efficiency 111.4 113.8
Net efficiency +3.6 -6.6
* Worst in NBA is 109.2 (Rockets)
And the Spurs, Rockets, and Pistons are all purposely losing games for Wemby. Yeah, I think it's pretty safe to say they are doing jack shit without him playing. :-) [Reply]
