.bwgood77 wrote:The_Hater wrote: I think the Clips win it all last season with healthy Kawhi and the Nets win it all with healthy Harden (with or without Kyrie).
The Lakers look like a very poorly constructed team this season from RWB downward. So I think they’re vulnerable even if healthy. I don’t have a clue who their 4th and 5th best players are. I usually pencil teams with 2 players as good as AD and LJ in for greatness but I’ve rarely seen a team with more question marks beyond their 2 superstars.
Yeah, so many think they improved, but I'd take their supporting cast of KCP, Caruso (great guard defenders and 40% 3 pt shooters), Schroeder, Kuzma (neither guy I like much but decent scoring punch off the bench), Harrell.
I like that better than Monk and Melo and a bunch of not great role players. I guess Bazemore can be ok. Westbrook has a lot of intensity and will help if their guys get injured but most of his strengths (setting guys up, rebounding, etc) they don't need and his weaknesses (shooting) they do. I am interested to see how they mesh. I didn't think him and Harden would work well together though and he played well with him. Not as good as Paul when they got along, but better than I expected.
Even their best role players are either one dimensional like Monk or are one dimensional and also have a age decline/injury question mark attached to them.
I like THT, but his poor shooting seems like a poor fit on this roster. I think Nunn is decent enough and should be a easy choice to start over that group but it doesn’t look like Vogel is a big fan. If Melo is still playing rotation minutes during the playoffs they’re in big trouble because teams have been picking on his playoff defense since he was at OKC. He’s a massive sieve.
Lots of name players on that bench, including 2 surefire HOFers, but not much current talent attached to them
