Mir wrote:Ya all misunderstood me.
I know the Lakers are better than your average 7th seed, and that facing Lebron and AD is not going to be an easy task.
But, the Nuggets are also not yout typical high seed team, they are the reigning champs, with arguably the best player in the world and are willing to repeat.
When I say I'm concerned, it's not about the outcome of this first round, I know they are gonna beat the Lakers.
No, I'm more concerned about their (potential) title run, cause they are going to play againt much tougher teams then (Clippers or Mavs, probably Twolves then the Celtics), and so far the Nuggets have not proven they are going to dominate them.
I think the flip side of the Lakers being significantly better than your typical 7th seed is that the other higher-seeded teams in the West aren’t actually necessarily “much tougher teams” than the Lakers. I do agree that beating the Celtics will be an uphill climb though, but that’s more that beating a 10+ SRS team is unlikely no matter who you are.
Anyways, I think the Nuggets probably won’t repeat. Every team in the West is really talented (with the exception of the Pelicans without Zion), and they’re all dangerous. Denver would be favored in any matchup in the West, but I don’t know that I’d favor them to get through *three* matchups in the West. And then I think they’d be disfavored straight up against the Celtics in the Finals (though obviously the Celtics could theoretically lose before that—and the Nuggets would be favored against anyone else in the East).