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				Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:16 pm
				by Hook_Em
				Lowry 
VanVleet
Kawhi
Siakam 
Gasol
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Powell
McCaw
OG
Ibaka
Who wins in 7?
			 
			
					
				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:20 pm
				by Roco14
				the GB's not gonna like this but the 2020 raptors without Kawhi would've put up a good fight against them also
			 
			
					
				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:21 pm
				by Brofessor24
				Lakers would still win lol.
			 
			
					
				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:22 pm
				by jlokine
				raptors. they got patrick mccaw
but you have to clarify whether we are getting bubble pascal or prebubble pascal
			 
			
					
				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:22 pm
				by druggas
				Brofessor24 wrote:Lakers would still win lol.
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:23 pm
				by Buckets22
				Lakers, the moment the Raptors see LeBron stepping onto the hardwood it's BBQ chicken.
			 
			
					
				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:24 pm
				by Anticon
				Id be very interested to see it. Davis has not historically been a massive problem for Toronto and LeBron doesn't have the shooters around him he did during the LeBronto years. 
To me it seems clear last year's Raps were better than this years Clippers (clearly better frontcourt and point guard play) so I think it would have been a fun matchup.
			 
			
					
				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:25 pm
				by Anticon
				Buckets22 wrote:Lakers, the moment the Raptors see LeBron stepping onto the hardwood it's BBQ chicken.
This wasn't the case at all the last two years. With or without Kawhi. Cleveland was a different team/era for both LeBron and Raps.
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:26 pm
				by Freighttrain
				jlokine wrote:raptors. they got patrick mccaw
but you have to clarify whether we are getting bubble pascal or prebubble pascal
also have to clarify if you guys get Raptors Kawhi or Clippers Kawhi.
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:27 pm
				by Freighttrain
				They don't call LeBron LeBronto for a reason. Lakers in six
			 
			
					
				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:28 pm
				by lambchop
				Lakers in 7.
With Lowry and Gasol there are no vocal leadership duties for Kawhi. He can just focus on what he does best, scoring.
In addition, no need for him to take over play making duties. 
So he wouldn't have these weird low efficiency games. 
Also the Raptors collective basketball IQ is great. But hard to bet against bron in a game 7.
			 
			
					
				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:29 pm
				by Frank Dux
				Roco14 wrote:the GB's not gonna like this but the 2020 raptors without Kawhi would've put up a good fight against them also
Lakers have the better defense and easily the best two players in the series. They probably sweep.
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:30 pm
				by ItsDanger
				Raps w/o Kawhi were 2-0 vs Lakers this season.  1-0 w/o Kawhi, Lowry, Ibaka.   With Kawhi, I'd bet on the Raps.

 
			 
			
					
				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:32 pm
				by Anticon
				Frank Dux wrote:Roco14 wrote:the GB's not gonna like this but the 2020 raptors without Kawhi would've put up a good fight against them also
Lakers have the better defense and easily the best two players in the series. They probably sweep.
 
https://stats.nba.com/teams/defense/?sort=DEF_RATING&dir=-1&Season=2019-20&SeasonType=PlayoffsRaps had a better defensive rating in both regular season and playoffs...
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:35 pm
				by Roco14
				Lotta guys on here only watch their own team play.. the 2020 raptors have been better than the 2020 miami heat all season long and would have been a much tougher matchup for the LAL. Hell they almost made the conference finals without kawhi AND Siakam lol
 
			 
			
					
				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:38 pm
				by RoLo
				probably raptors in 5 or 6. raptors wouldve been repeat favorites and likely going for their 3peat if kawhi stayed
			 
			
					
				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:39 pm
				by Prez
				Raps with Kawhi would wipe them off the court imho.
They’d basically be last season’s championship Raptors on every steroid known to man with how much better Powell, VanVleet, Siakam, and OG have gotten. Even Lowry is better this year than last. And it’d be another year of chemistry, another year under Nurse. They’d be pretty damn close to the perfect team.
			 
			
					
				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:42 pm
				by jason bourne
				Roco14 wrote:Lotta guys on here only watch their own team play.. the 2020 raptors have been better than the 2020 miami heat all season long and would have been a much tougher matchup for the LAL. Hell they almost made the conference finals without kawhi AND Siakam lol
 
Sure, it was the bubble that caused them to not make it  

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				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:43 pm
				by Clay Davis
				Raptors would be a really tough match-up. Gasol/Ibaka, Pascal, and Kawhi make for a large enough frontcourt to compete with AD, Lebron, and Howard/McGee. The Raptors back-court is also much better than the Lakers back-court (even accounting for depth). I'd say it could go either way in a 6-7 game series. The Lakers have a lot of physicality.
			 
			
					
				Re: Toronto w/ Kawhi vs Lakers
				Posted: Sun Oct 4, 2020 6:45 pm
				by Jazz9
				Lakers.
Can't see Toronto even with Kawhi beating a LeBron+AD led team in the playoffs