danfantastk32 wrote:tamaraw08 wrote: Are the Lakers legit contenders? Probably not without a decent center IMO, but I think of that GSW team that won a couple of rings, I still don’t know how they did though.
I think we are more or less on same page. There are a few teams that I "wouldn't bet my house on" in a series. OKC, Cavs, Denver come to mind. As you said....we've got a huge hole in center...and I'm not much of a fan of our starting PF either.
But if Lebron and Luka are healthy...I won't count us out.
We will have plenty of work to do this offseason. But we'll get to that in July.
A lot has to be right esp the health of the core roster.
Gabe, Reaves, DFS, Rui, Luka, Lebron will need to hit their 3's while playing elite defense.
I was kind of hoping JJ would magically create a scheme to hide Vando on offense because he is such a liability on offense.
GSW winning it all with Steph, Wiggins stepping up a couple of years ago is giving me some glimmer of hope for this team.