Lakers pushed out the playoffs by Wolves trade

[goldrodd]

There goes the 8th and final playoff spot. Wake up Mitch, Rubio to Wiggins with Young and Bennett wrecking the paint trumps what we have. I also see the Pelicans with Anthony Davis, Tyreke Evans and Eric Gordan making the playoffs. So where does that leave the Lakers as constructed. #1 San Antonio #2 OKC #3 Clippers #4 Golden State #5. Houston #6 Dallas #7 New Orleans # 8 Wolves. All i can say is get Bledsoe.

[Tiesto_Lakers]

You forgot about the Blazers. And the Mavs are not that good, they have a bunch of mid-starter talent but really no one that stands out. I can see the Lakers making the 8th seed if Kobe stays healthy and Randle has a beast rookie season.

And not sure why you're building up the Wolves so much. Until Rubio can shoot 40% from the field, that team will always struggle to win late in games, especially now with their best player gone.

[goldrodd]

You forgot about the Blazers. And the Mavs are not that good, they have a bunch of mid-starter talent but really no one that stands out. I can see the Lakers making the 8th seed if Kobe stays healthy and Randle has a beast rookie season.

Yeah you got a good point but the last time Dirk and Tyson was together they won it. The Blazers caught fire last season i think Lamarcus Aldridge and Lillard won't be enough this time. Watch out for the Pelicans. Anthony Davis may be the MVP.

[Tiesto_Lakers]

You forgot about the Blazers. And the Mavs are not that good, they have a bunch of mid-starter talent but really no one that stands out. I can see the Lakers making the 8th seed if Kobe stays healthy and Randle has a beast rookie season.

Yeah you got a good point but the last time Dirk and Tyson was together they won it. The Blazers caught fire last season i think Lamarcus Aldridge and Lillard won't be enough this time. Watch out for the Pelicans. Anthony Davis may be the MVP.

New Orleans could be a top 5 team if everyone stays healthy...not many teams will be able to score in the paint with Davis and Asik defending.

[DEEP3CL]

There goes the 8th and final playoff spot. Wake up Mitch, Rubio to Wiggins with Young and Bennett wrecking the paint trumps what we have. I also see the Pelicans with Anthony Davis, Tyreke Evans and Eric Gordan making the playoffs. So where does that leave the Lakers as constructed. #1 San Antonio #2 OKC #3 Clippers #4 Golden State #5. Houston #6 Dallas #7 New Orleans # 8 Wolves. All i can say is get Bledsoe.

You gotta be about the most pessimistic poster here when it comes to thinking out things. The Wolves trade has ZERO EFFECT on the Lakers at all and I think I've seen way more ball than you to make that proclamation.

Dude you're here clamoring over a bunch of unproven players that haven't even won one NBA game on their own merits. All the Wolves are now is another young team with no identity and no structure. The only thing they're looking it is the future, but my bet is on maybe 2 of those guys being in a Wolves uniform 5-6 years from now.

The Lakers have a team full of guys that will compete and lot's of them are hungry as this may be the last shot for some of them to not be cast as journey men for the rest of their careers. Most of them are look to finally stick with one team and be impact players and they can be if they keep working at it hard enough.

You having the Wolves 8th is a total joke, hell they were only a 13 games better than the Lakers and they had Love the whole season while the Lakers had virtually no one of Love's caliber all season. So you just flagrantly move the Wolves past a Suns team that was better than them too. Post like yours is idiotic and you don't have clairvoyant reasoning on why you make such a claim other than having a damn knee jerk reaction to a trade that effectively have the Wolves on a treadmill and going no damn where.

Quit with the damn Bledsoe mantra, if teams thought he was really worth pursuing don't you realize by now that teams would've knock down the Suns doors trying to get him ?

What part of 2 knee surgeries on a 24 year old dude early in his career you don't get ?

Dude learn the business side of the game, learn how restricted free agency works and then come back and post something that makes sense.

[ballaholick]

You forgot about Phoenix and Denver too, but Minni aint making the playoffs trust me

[snaquille oatmeal]

There goes the 8th and final playoff spot. Wake up Mitch, Rubio to Wiggins with Young and Bennett wrecking the paint trumps what we have. I also see the Pelicans with Anthony Davis, Tyreke Evans and Eric Gordan making the playoffs. So where does that leave the Lakers as constructed. #1 San Antonio #2 OKC #3 Clippers #4 Golden State #5. Houston #6 Dallas #7 New Orleans # 8 Wolves. All i can say is get Bledsoe.

you really expecting a playoff run this year?

[Pointgod]

You actually had to have been in the playoffs to be kicked out. I don't see this making a difference. The Wolves will be young and inexperienced. They might steal some wins which could work to our detriment. But Denver, pelicans and the suns will be our actual competition

[leeprettyp]

LOL can we even wait to see how our team plays together this season before we jump to conclusions. We dont even know the level of play Kobe will be at and also how Lin will look in Byron system

[KobeBryant24]

Haha minni making playoffs , good one

[Dr Aki]

the only redeeming feature this thread has is that the thread title isn't some iteration of goldrodd's golden thoughts

[MAMBAEMD]

This was a good trade for Minny given that Love was going to bolt next year anyway.
They got Wiggins and Bennet and Young.
It doesn't make them a playoff contender though.
If anything, it makes them an atheletic, promising, young team, along with Rubio and LaVine.
Theoretically, in the long run, this can become a pretty good team.
But I really don't see those guys staying in Minny for the long run. They may surprise us all and stay, and become really good, but I doubt it.
I think at least one or two of those young studs will leave at the first opportunity.

[Kilroy]

Would you please stop this ****.