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[BasketballIQ]

Ha, this team doesn't even look close to even making the playoffs right now let alone winning the championship.

These idiots keep this up and .500 ball in the West ain't getting you nowhere except for an early vacation.

who in particular is an idiot?

[Honey Boo Boo]

Starting to think no... It'll be way to hard. We're going to have a HORRIBLE seed in the playoffs making is a lot more hard. I just don't see us being able to beat OKC/Miami either while they have HCA as well.

[steven v]

add "hellllllllllllllllllll no" as a 3rd selection for the pool please.

[MrKnowItAll]

As long as Kobe believes I believe

[24allday]

I do. We played like trash last night and had our chances to win. We shot [expletive]ing 40% and could not buy a 3 as well as having Dwight and Pau not doing hardly anything on offense.

[SportyIntellectual]

Kurt Rambis has run the numbers and reported this morning on ESPN that the Lakers are 8-2 when they have 95 possessions or less per game.

An 80% winning percentage is perfect for a deep playoff run.

[Alpha Four]

Lol@This board hitting the panic button after EVERY loss.

Go be Clipper fans.

As for OP, yes they can just give it a few more games.

[Goku]

We can but we won't.


I expect us to get the 7th seed at best behind OKC, Spurs, Clips, Grizz, Nuggets, Warriors in order. We generally play well against the Spurs and they are always just a mm away from having a season ending injury so we might get past them. Against Clips, it's HCA no matter how you look at it. But then against OKC it's tricky. Everything has to be perfect. Same with Miami if we get past them. And I give zero chance that we'll pull 4 of those in a row.

[Windu]

Not with this coach and not with Pau Gasol

[Nego]

Yes.

Just have to play better though.

a hell of lot a better

my answer NO

[LakersChamps243]

Let me put it this way: Right now, there's no way in hell. But if they win it in June, they will have absolutely 100% earned it and made almost everyone on this forum look like a fool. It's gonna take a combination of a lot of intangibles in a short period of time though: character, heart, leadership, accountability, focus and most importantly, chemistry. That's why it's unlikely.

Edited by LakersChamps243, January 02, 2013 - 03:27 PM.

[GCMD]

Yes...still can but it will take a massive change in culture.


This team needs to buy into the offense. It's proven to get us easy shots and mask one of our chief weaknesses: lack of 1-on-1 players. If we pass, cut or screen, and then pass, cut or screen again, we get open shots on the wing or at the rim 90% of the time. When you have Kobe, Dwight and Pau stopping the ball every time they touch it, it's hard to get into the rhythm the offense requires.


The offense is really, really simple. A high school team can run it. We have too many "old dogs" refusing to learn "new tricks".

Buy into the offense and we finish in the top 4 in the West...

[iDreamShake]

our best player isnt playing, and you guys dont even take that into account. you know, the guy who was ranked the #2 player in the nba after the 2010-11 season(his names dwight howard). sure theres some imposter named dwight howard playing for us at the moment, but he doesnt compare. i will argue that no player in the nba has a bigger impact on a game than a healthy dwight howard. 20+ppg on 50+%shooting, 15+rebounds(going and GETTING them),5+ changed/blocked shots(he changes a bunch already!).
once we get the real dwight back, we'll be the best team in the league. nobody knows when the real dwight will be back, but, until then im not gunna say that we cant win a ring.
even if dwights only healthy for the last 20 games of the season - those last 20 we'll go at least 17-3, and we'll probly still land the 6th seed. and to be honest, with a healthy dwight im not scarred of any team . we're gunna have to play a few tuff teams in the playoffs no matter what seed we are, and you almost always have to win on the road no matter what seed you are(thats how its realisticly worked in the league!)
we will win the title this year, and if anyone wants to bet me ,ill bet WHATEVER amount.im 100% positive we're winning the "chip" this year

Edited by GMTradePau4aBench, January 02, 2013 - 03:54 PM.

[hotpocket]

No, not this season.

[soooobased]

With D'antoni at the helm? No way.

[Majesty]

our best player isnt playing, and you guys dont even take that into account. you know, the guy who was ranked the #2 player in the nba after the 2010-11 season(his names dwight howard). sure theres some imposter named dwight howard playing for us at the moment, but he doesnt compare. i will argue that no player in the nba has a bigger impact on a game than a healthy dwight howard. 20+ppg on 50+%shooting, 15+rebounds(going and GETTING them),5+ changed/blocked shots(he changes a bunch already!).
once we get the real dwight back, we'll be the best team in the league. nobody knows when the real dwight will be back, but, until then im not gunna say that we cant win a ring.
even if dwights only healthy for the last 20 games of the season - those last 20 we'll go at least 17-3, and we'll probly still land the 6th seed. and to be honest, with a healthy dwight im not scarred of any team . we're gunna have to play a few tuff teams in the playoffs no matter what seed we are, and you almost always have to win on the road no matter what seed you are(thats how its realisticly worked in the league!)
we will win the title this year, and if anyone wants to bet me ,ill bet WHATEVER amount.im 100% positive we're winning the "chip" this year

Dwight if I remember right had a stat where he went a season only going two games in an 82 game season scoring under 20 points.

This season he has scored in single digits 5 times already in 31 games.

[Hollywood]

An honest answer is i dont know. But at the reate we are going im goong to have to say probably not. We win a game then get killed by a bad team. We will play a tough stretch thesenext games and hopefully we win.

[Admiral General Aladeen]

If we don't fix our defense and continue to give up second chance points, then no. Also, we are the second worst free throw shooting team. That hasto change.

[Cj2008nw]

We are not a good enough defensive team to win the championship this year

[Majesty]

We are not a good enough defensive team to win the championship this year

We're giving up one point more than we gave up in our championship years.