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letskissbro wrote:What's the timeline on LeBron's injury recovery? Like when will he be fully 100% healthy. I know it's 4-6 weeks before he can return but I'm worried it will be a 2021 Suns situation when he gets back.
LikeABosh wrote:PistolPeteJR wrote:RRR3 wrote:LeBron truly got hurt at the worst possible time because damn this team is infinitely better without Disasterbrook.
I’ll say this: if he comes back 100% healthy, this injury might have ended up becoming a blessing in disguise for a few reasons:
1) Fully recovered vs 80-90% and ready to go for playoffs.
2) AD coming into his own.
And let’s bear in mind they’ve been winning without DLo. Now, do I think they’re 100% better with than without DLo? Honestly, I’m not sure; it means guys like Reaves and Schroeder, who are positive defenders, play less. We’ll have to see what happens.
Reaves' minutes are basically the same with or without Dlo. It's Walker and Schroder that have had their minutes increased and I don't believe they're better off with either of those guys over Dlo. The offense looked much smoother with him
Mos_Heat wrote:letskissbro wrote:What's the timeline on LeBron's injury recovery? Like when will he be fully 100% healthy. I know it's 4-6 weeks before he can return but I'm worried it will be a 2021 Suns situation when he gets back.
Best case in the middle of the 1st round, but most likely in September
nzahir wrote:Homer38 wrote:RRR3 wrote:Idk if he doesn’t come back relatively soon idk how they can do seeding wise. If LeBron stayed healthy they probably would get into the top 6
The other problem in 2021,it was Davis was not 100% healthy and he was not playing like that after his injury so if Davis stays healthy and continue to play at a high level and that LBJ comeback in 3-4 week,he will not need to carry the team from the start...Of course the lakers need to continue to win and I hope they will be in the top 6 at the end....top 8 must be the minimun before the play in
Can we make top 8 though?
Requires Minny or LAC to lose some more games
Or for GS or Mavs to fall apart, but not seeing that as very likely, but who knows with injuries and health
Homer38 wrote:nzahir wrote:Homer38 wrote:
The other problem in 2021,it was Davis was not 100% healthy and he was not playing like that after his injury so if Davis stays healthy and continue to play at a high level and that LBJ comeback in 3-4 week,he will not need to carry the team from the start...Of course the lakers need to continue to win and I hope they will be in the top 6 at the end....top 8 must be the minimun before the play in
Can we make top 8 though?
Requires Minny or LAC to lose some more games
Or for GS or Mavs to fall apart, but not seeing that as very likely, but who knows with injuries and health
why not since they are just 2 game back of the 5th seed in the loss column.If the lakers finish at 11-5,I think they will surpass at least one of his teams and maybe more
donnieme wrote:You guys need to be sharing more apology forms for the "Westbrook was a scapegoat" brigade. Guys like Barkley haven't said a word.
lessthanjake wrote:Kyrie was extremely impactful without LeBron, and basically had zero impact whatsoever if LeBron was on the court.
lessthanjake wrote: By playing in a way that prevents Kyrie from getting much impact, LeBron ensures that controlling for Kyrie has limited effect…
homecourtloss wrote:IG2 wrote:RRR3 wrote:Dismal offense without LeBron I see
They're missing 2 more starters besides LeBron. No DLo and AD had to check out after getting hit in the nose. That will ground any team's offense.
The offense came along in that second quarter and good enough defense will be able to win this game for them as long as Davis is able to play at least 18 or 19 minutes in the second half. It would be a big win seeing as how Utah lost. Golden State got beaten up by OKC though.
Malik Beasley is just too streaky—he will go 6 for 12 and then follow it up with the 1 for 8. Lonnie Walker and Beasley might cost them this game with their collective trash play.
khaltheball wrote:Want to add very real chance Portland go 0-6 in theur next games. I really hope Ja isn’t out for the season purely due to selfish reasons : don’t want seeds 5-13 getting easier games vs grizzly. Bunch of them play them a lot, woukd be annoying af grizzlies collapse to gift then free wins after we fight tooth n nail for ours .
homecourtloss wrote:Homer38 wrote:nzahir wrote:Can we make top 8 though?
Requires Minny or LAC to lose some more games
Or for GS or Mavs to fall apart, but not seeing that as very likely, but who knows with injuries and health
why not since they are just 2 game back of the 5th seed in the loss column.If the lakers finish at 11-5,I think they will surpass at least one of his teams and maybe more
All those games they gave away and the ones they were robbed of (i.e., refs at the ends of games) continue ue to hurt. Even if they had two more games, things would look much, much different.donnieme wrote:You guys need to be sharing more apology forms for the "Westbrook was a scapegoat" brigade. Guys like Barkley haven't said a word.
I 100% guarantee you that had the Lakers gone 3-7 post the trade and/or the Clippers were 5-1 with Russ, we’d be hearing a LOT more about it.
Mogspan wrote:I think they see the super rare combo of high IQ with freakish athleticism and overrate the former a bit, kind of like a hot girl who is rather articulate being thought of as “super smart.” I don’t know kind of a weird analogy, but you catch my drift.
rk2023 wrote:homecourtloss wrote:Homer38 wrote:
why not since they are just 2 game back of the 5th seed in the loss column.If the lakers finish at 11-5,I think they will surpass at least one of his teams and maybe more
All those games they gave away and the ones they were robbed of (i.e., refs at the ends of games) continue ue to hurt. Even if they had two more games, things would look much, much different.donnieme wrote:You guys need to be sharing more apology forms for the "Westbrook was a scapegoat" brigade. Guys like Barkley haven't said a word.
I 100% guarantee you that had the Lakers gone 3-7 post the trade and/or the Clippers were 5-1 with Russ, we’d be hearing a LOT more about it.
The funniest receipt I have seen thus-far
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Homer38 wrote:rk2023 wrote:homecourtloss wrote:
All those games they gave away and the ones they were robbed of (i.e., refs at the ends of games) continue ue to hurt. Even if they had two more games, things would look much, much different.
I 100% guarantee you that had the Lakers gone 3-7 post the trade and/or the Clippers were 5-1 with Russ, we’d be hearing a LOT more about it.
The funniest receipt I have seen thus-far
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Another funny thing is this man is not on this forum since over 2 week!
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Mogspan wrote:I think they see the super rare combo of high IQ with freakish athleticism and overrate the former a bit, kind of like a hot girl who is rather articulate being thought of as “super smart.” I don’t know kind of a weird analogy, but you catch my drift.
LikeABosh wrote:PistolPeteJR wrote:RRR3 wrote:LeBron truly got hurt at the worst possible time because damn this team is infinitely better without Disasterbrook.
I’ll say this: if he comes back 100% healthy, this injury might have ended up becoming a blessing in disguise for a few reasons:
1) Fully recovered vs 80-90% and ready to go for playoffs.
2) AD coming into his own.
And let’s bear in mind they’ve been winning without DLo. Now, do I think they’re 100% better with than without DLo? Honestly, I’m not sure; it means guys like Reaves and Schroeder, who are positive defenders, play less. We’ll have to see what happens.
Reaves' minutes are basically the same with or without Dlo. It's Walker and Schroder that have had their minutes increased and I don't believe they're better off with either of those guys over Dlo. The offense looked much smoother with him
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