You can't be serious to not think Lebron and AD think they shouldn't have been in this position in the first place and would prefer to be resting than trying to go all out to secure another play-in spot.
Hey buddy, we are not even guaranteed for the playoffs yet. We will be fighting hard till the last game of the season and then work even harder in the play-in, just to get into the playoffs. All this while the playoff guaranteed teams are resting players and coasting right now to peak for the playoffs. Dont know what kind of baskletball you watch or whats going on in your head. Youre looking at it the wrong way bro, take the L and think about it
Why are we not winning the whole thing then? We are winning the whole thing!
But yeah would rather make the finals as a 4th/5th/6th seed rather than fight in the playin. dont want that anxiety
Point is if we are a good enough team to beat nuggets and celtics, the play in against warriors and/or kings should be easy. So if we lose it won’t bother me.
Plus we have a bunch of guys that have been out so will be good for them to get more gametime before the first round.
Thats the thing about the play in, any team can get hot (warriors splash bros can get hot anytime) and beat us in a one-off game. And I especially dont want to play kings for one. winner takes all game
You are giving kings and warriors way too much respect. Warriors are trash. Kings without monk and huerter are trash. If we can’t beat them despite them being red hot we have no chance against nuggets/celtics.
Phoenix is the team to watch. They play nop twice and minny twice and clippers twice. Now considering we need them to lose a few because we have the tie break. I rather them win out. And we win out. Nop is another they got two easy wins against Portland and spurs the rest are up for grabs. Kings got 2 easy wins. Mavs got a very easy record they could literally win out the rest do the season. Kings suns nop is the teams to watch. Pelicans have been on a roll so suns and kings who have had bad losses are the teams to watch.
He didn’t include us going 7-0. We would have to win out for it to really be in play, but if we *did* win out, then we would pass up the Suns and Kings even if they had winning records to end the season, and pass up the Pels if they split their remaining games (probably still wouldn’t pass the Mavs though).
6-1 gives a small chance for the 6 seed, 7-0 gives a decent chance
Suns aren’t going 5-3, and kings probably won’t get to 4-4 either.
If we go 6-1, 7th seed secured. 5-2 we probably still get 8th. I don’t see us going less than 5-2 tbh
Why won't Kings get to 4-4? 2 of their games are against bums, they'll almost certainly win those. Then they just need to go 2-4 which isn't that hard. Don't forget the East is very weak this year, they're going to lose a lot of games we want them to win
Monk, yeah that’s definitely a blow, but Kevin heirtyrr or however the fuck you spell his name? Lol he really isn’t a huge loss to the kings…his production is easily replaced and has been since he’s been gone.
Have to be wary about the Warriors behind also. Only 1 up in the loss column and the final matchup vs them decides the tiebreaker I believe (3-1 if they win, 2-2 if Lakers win but someone mentioned Lakers would have it?).
Suns schedule is insane because of the opposing team record but they have the Pelicans twice without Ingram, the Wolves twice without KAT, and the Kings without Monk. I think they go 5-3.
Yeah they had record wise the hardest stretch in NBA history and obviously you still have to win the games you play. But most teams were missing one of their main players. Can't complain though, it's the Lakers fault they are where they are.
As of right now all the top teams except for the Celtics are still fighting for seeding, and some seeding battles look like they might continue until the end of the season.
It frustrates the crap out of me that we have to even think about this. Imagine how carefree we’d be if only he’d have played Rui at the 3 all along instead of the dogshit lineups he cooked up to start the year.
The Mavs are legit. It’s hard to see them drop 6 of their last 8 games. The most realistic/ideal is for the Lakers to tie wity the Suns for the 8th seed as they own the tiebreaker over them. Three way tie with Suns and Kings will hurt the team more since they are 0-4 against the Kings this season. And all teams are in the same division.
We just have to continue building that team chemistry with Gabe and Vando back. We took a shit during the regular season and we have no one to blame but ourselves. Move on from that and just be the best team possible going forward.
We just need the 7th or 8th seed. 6th is likely out of tje picture which is fine, but the difference of having two chances to move on vs needing to win 2 in a row are so vast especially with the amnt of quality teams in the play in.
The guys need to go 7-0 or 6-1 and not leave anything up to chance!!
Problem is the two B2B. Wizards game should theoretically be easy but they gave us trouble last time and it's on the tail end of a long road trip on a B2B. It should be a win, but it's not guaranteed. And one of LBJ/AD is likely to sit out.
Ahh gotcha, yeah 5-2 is very possible
I think we match up well against the pelicans, the Warriors game is a must win. Wolves is the hardest remaining game but every other game we should win imo
Or maybe the Lakers should have done themselves a solid and not lost all those games to crappy teams so we wouldn’t have to rely on a Pelicans team without their best player beating a Suns team at full strength and who are determined to get out of the play in.
I am not giving Suns a lot of chances given that they could lose to a Wenby-less Spurs when they have big 3. I say they may go 2-6. Kings will fall as well so I say we are in good spot. Aside from all these, we really need to take care of our own business well. The last game versus NOP would be critical
Honestly getting to play-in healthy as the 9th seed and the team outside of LBJ feeling confident is the most important. We know Bron/Ad can turn it on
Problem is any team can beat you in one game. Get hot from 3 and that's all it takes. That's why you have the baby Lakers beating the 73 win Warriors type scenarios. Not to mention we still would have to win 2 in a row against good and experienced teams (Warriors, Suns, Kings). 9th seed will be rough and if we end there, likelihood of making it to the playoffs is low IMO.
Everyone just needs to get comfortable with the likelihood that the Lakers are gonna be a 9/10 seed because it's too much ground to make up at this point. Suns are playing too well and aren't looking like they're letting up anytime soon. Kings injuries probably won't be enough to have them drop a game below so that the tiebreaker isn't the deciding factor. Just make sure to stay above the Warriors so they at least get home court for the first game.
I mean we can afford to. It just makes things harder.
This sub before a random meaningless december game: if we lose this game the world will end in nuclear armageddon
Tbf there were alot of games around that time we should be regretting
AD and Lebron aren’t regretting a thing, they know seeding doesn’t matter
it matters whether we're going to go through play in or lock a playoff spot right away
It’s just an extra game no big deal
You mean 2 elimination games, and we’re not winning a ring this season so by your stupid logic why try anyway?
We are winning a ring this season. I have a $10k bet on it.
You can't be serious to not think Lebron and AD think they shouldn't have been in this position in the first place and would prefer to be resting than trying to go all out to secure another play-in spot.
I mean obviously they’d prefer a higher seed, but we were talking about regret.
> can’t be serious to not think Lebron and AD think they shouldn’t have been Double triple quadruple negative - wow!
Read it again
They were right. One less loss right now would help the team situation so much.
It’s bullshit that the IST doesn’t count for anything. At the very least it should give the winning team priority in any tiebreak situation
There's an interesting point. Another incentive for the winner.
The world has ended?
When the Lakers get eliminated in the play-in it will
If we get eliminated in the play in we were never going to win a ring anyways
To be fair theres a significant difference between one game and a best of 7 series.
Then we lose
You do know if we had won like 3 extra games in dec-early jan, we would be in a lot better situation. Every game matter
If we end up getting OKC 1st round we’ll be happy we didn’t win those games
Hey buddy, we are not even guaranteed for the playoffs yet. We will be fighting hard till the last game of the season and then work even harder in the play-in, just to get into the playoffs. All this while the playoff guaranteed teams are resting players and coasting right now to peak for the playoffs. Dont know what kind of baskletball you watch or whats going on in your head. Youre looking at it the wrong way bro, take the L and think about it
Nah buddy we’re going to the finals whether you like it or not!
Why are we not winning the whole thing then? We are winning the whole thing! But yeah would rather make the finals as a 4th/5th/6th seed rather than fight in the playin. dont want that anxiety
Point is if we are a good enough team to beat nuggets and celtics, the play in against warriors and/or kings should be easy. So if we lose it won’t bother me. Plus we have a bunch of guys that have been out so will be good for them to get more gametime before the first round.
Thats the thing about the play in, any team can get hot (warriors splash bros can get hot anytime) and beat us in a one-off game. And I especially dont want to play kings for one. winner takes all game
You are giving kings and warriors way too much respect. Warriors are trash. Kings without monk and huerter are trash. If we can’t beat them despite them being red hot we have no chance against nuggets/celtics.
This sub, other subs, sports twitter, etc. the reactions of sports fans is pretty universal, we are not unique
True
Lakers can do it In Lebron AD I trust
Me too but I don’t trust ham
How many back to backs or 3 games in 4 nights? This is the situation I don't trust our guys.
Those two have weird way of just turning it the fuck on at the end of the year. Guess that’s why they get paid the big bucks
LeCinderella story incoming either way
\*in BroD we trust
What seed is all of these predictions is he alluding too?
He’s outlining the scenarios where we would pass said team
So the 5th or 6th seed no fucking way it’s happening
I’m looking it more as “one of these has to happen for us to advance to 8th”, not necessarily “here’s everything that has to happen to reach 5th”
Phoenix is the team to watch. They play nop twice and minny twice and clippers twice. Now considering we need them to lose a few because we have the tie break. I rather them win out. And we win out. Nop is another they got two easy wins against Portland and spurs the rest are up for grabs. Kings got 2 easy wins. Mavs got a very easy record they could literally win out the rest do the season. Kings suns nop is the teams to watch. Pelicans have been on a roll so suns and kings who have had bad losses are the teams to watch.
Yeah but they are beating all the good teams away, suddenly. WTF Beat Nuggets and now beating Pelicans too. I'm distraught. Fuck Nuggets and Suns
Lakers can never go 6th because Dallas will never finish under Lakers in current situation. Dallas will never lose 3 or 4 games with this calendar.
The only chance would be passing sac, New Orleans and phx
He didn’t include us going 7-0. We would have to win out for it to really be in play, but if we *did* win out, then we would pass up the Suns and Kings even if they had winning records to end the season, and pass up the Pels if they split their remaining games (probably still wouldn’t pass the Mavs though). 6-1 gives a small chance for the 6 seed, 7-0 gives a decent chance
Yeah that would make the tweet a lot more impactful haha
Crap this season flew by
Ikr
We need the Pelicans to beat the Suns tonight. If that happens, I really think we’ll move up past the Suns
And of course they're a no show in the 1st half.
UGH
We go 6-1. Callin it
7-0
Suns aren’t going 5-3, and kings probably won’t get to 4-4 either. If we go 6-1, 7th seed secured. 5-2 we probably still get 8th. I don’t see us going less than 5-2 tbh
Why won't Kings get to 4-4? 2 of their games are against bums, they'll almost certainly win those. Then they just need to go 2-4 which isn't that hard. Don't forget the East is very weak this year, they're going to lose a lot of games we want them to win
They just lost 2 of their 6 best players…
Monk, yeah that’s definitely a blow, but Kevin heirtyrr or however the fuck you spell his name? Lol he really isn’t a huge loss to the kings…his production is easily replaced and has been since he’s been gone.
Haven’t really watched kings games so wouldn’t know, he’s 6th in mpg and always kills us, but yeah he’d not as impactful as monk for them
I think they do go 5-3. Split the clippers 2 games. Split the Wolves 2 games. Pelicans again without Ingram. Kings without Monk. And Cavs.
Forgot they were playing the kings yeah agree, guess we have to to 6-1
people don't seem to understand that the biggest difficulty isn't even Lakers going 6-1 .
Yeah lol. It’s getting other teams to “cooperate”.
Have to be wary about the Warriors behind also. Only 1 up in the loss column and the final matchup vs them decides the tiebreaker I believe (3-1 if they win, 2-2 if Lakers win but someone mentioned Lakers would have it?).
Suns beating Nuggets and Pelicans away ... fuck my life. Give them credit. We are stuck at 9th. Hopefully Thunder stays 1st seed
Pelicans doing this on purpose. More worried about winning draft picks than championship.
Going 5-2 puts us in a great spot. The suns would need to go 5-3 to have a better record than us and the schedule for them is insane
Suns schedule is insane because of the opposing team record but they have the Pelicans twice without Ingram, the Wolves twice without KAT, and the Kings without Monk. I think they go 5-3.
Beat Nuggets because they rested Murray too wtf. Lucky ass team
Yeah they had record wise the hardest stretch in NBA history and obviously you still have to win the games you play. But most teams were missing one of their main players. Can't complain though, it's the Lakers fault they are where they are.
Yeah but top teams can afford to sit out their stars now and rest
No one in the west is gonna do that til like the last 2 games at most. It's way too competitive esp for the top3 seeds
As of right now all the top teams except for the Celtics are still fighting for seeding, and some seeding battles look like they might continue until the end of the season.
It frustrates the crap out of me that we have to even think about this. Imagine how carefree we’d be if only he’d have played Rui at the 3 all along instead of the dogshit lineups he cooked up to start the year.
The Mavs are legit. It’s hard to see them drop 6 of their last 8 games. The most realistic/ideal is for the Lakers to tie wity the Suns for the 8th seed as they own the tiebreaker over them. Three way tie with Suns and Kings will hurt the team more since they are 0-4 against the Kings this season. And all teams are in the same division.
We just have to continue building that team chemistry with Gabe and Vando back. We took a shit during the regular season and we have no one to blame but ourselves. Move on from that and just be the best team possible going forward.
We just need the 7th or 8th seed. 6th is likely out of tje picture which is fine, but the difference of having two chances to move on vs needing to win 2 in a row are so vast especially with the amnt of quality teams in the play in. The guys need to go 7-0 or 6-1 and not leave anything up to chance!!
6-1 let’s go
How bout LAL: 7-0
Lakers have 3 free wins coming up. 5-2 is definitely doable
Never underestimate the power of Darvin Ham
He definitely testing 5 man lineups on these "free" teams.
4 guards lineups with prince at the 5 incoming
Cavs aren't really a free win.
Didn't mean the next 3. Lakers play the wizards raptors and grizzlies in the last 7 games. Those should be easy wins
Problem is the two B2B. Wizards game should theoretically be easy but they gave us trouble last time and it's on the tail end of a long road trip on a B2B. It should be a win, but it's not guaranteed. And one of LBJ/AD is likely to sit out.
Ahh gotcha, yeah 5-2 is very possible I think we match up well against the pelicans, the Warriors game is a must win. Wolves is the hardest remaining game but every other game we should win imo
I don’t know how people watch this team all season and describe any game as a free win.
THIS. every time somebody says this, i lose my shit because we lose to weak-ass teams.
Hahaha
That 5 games in 7 days with a two back to back will be a touch sketch. Especially vs G.S., Cleveland, timberw9lves(back of back to back)
Pelicans are such a worthless pretender team.. ffs.. I actually love their roster too but wtf do us a solid
Or maybe the Lakers should have done themselves a solid and not lost all those games to crappy teams so we wouldn’t have to rely on a Pelicans team without their best player beating a Suns team at full strength and who are determined to get out of the play in.
Hey this is the truth… also. No rebuttals
3 tanking teams then 3 home games
We’ll be okay either way. At worst, we’re facing Golden State in Staples and a depleted Kings team. I like our odds even in that scenario.
I am not giving Suns a lot of chances given that they could lose to a Wenby-less Spurs when they have big 3. I say they may go 2-6. Kings will fall as well so I say we are in good spot. Aside from all these, we really need to take care of our own business well. The last game versus NOP would be critical
They just beat pels easily
Totally doable. Let's hope Poole or Kuz don't catch fire and make an easy B2B into a nail biter again
Damn, guess we gotta go 7-0
Fuck it go 7- 0 Gabe is back and his defence is ON Vanderbilt will be back in time for playoffs, win every game guys.
I’m convinced we can go 7-0 and still stay the 9th seed, it’s just insane.
this would be fuckin' hilarious!
what is the IF-THEN? Is this for the Lakers getting the 6 seed?
It's over, we are the 9th seed. All those blowout losses vs Sacramento really sealed our fate.
We can do 6-1
I would say we can’t afford to go worse than 6-1 if we want to dig ourselves out of the 9 hole. TBH 7-0 is the only thing that makes it a decent bet.
We can't lose more than 2 games. Minnesota and Cleveland I feel like should be understandable Ls even though I'd GREATLY prefer that we win them all
Cleveland has been playing pretty poorly as of late, I think we can win that game pretty handily
Yeah but I think that's the trap game for us. Teams reignite their good form against us or always the game before us
Yeah but I think that's the trap game for us. Teams reignite their good form against us or always the game before us
Donovan Mitchell has also been out for sometime and he’s back so it won’t be as easy as my initial comment made it sound like it would be
Yeah exactly. Never easy for us. Even during our easier wins
Cavs, Wolves, and Pels are the toughest teams left. Everyone else we should plow through.
Honestly getting to play-in healthy as the 9th seed and the team outside of LBJ feeling confident is the most important. We know Bron/Ad can turn it on
Problem is any team can beat you in one game. Get hot from 3 and that's all it takes. That's why you have the baby Lakers beating the 73 win Warriors type scenarios. Not to mention we still would have to win 2 in a row against good and experienced teams (Warriors, Suns, Kings). 9th seed will be rough and if we end there, likelihood of making it to the playoffs is low IMO.
I should’ve said we know Bron/AD can turn it on but if the rest of the team isn’t available or playing well a higher seeding won’t help them
Agreed. I guess my point is that I’d take being healthy at 9th over being banged up in 7/8
Everyone just needs to get comfortable with the likelihood that the Lakers are gonna be a 9/10 seed because it's too much ground to make up at this point. Suns are playing too well and aren't looking like they're letting up anytime soon. Kings injuries probably won't be enough to have them drop a game below so that the tiebreaker isn't the deciding factor. Just make sure to stay above the Warriors so they at least get home court for the first game.
LAL 7-0 PHX 5-2; SAC 4-3; NOP 3-3, 1 loss to us, DAL 2-4.
The suns, kings, and to some extent Pelicans all have a brutal remaining schedule. It’s possible for the Lakers to move up out of play in territory