raptorlife4
Long Time Member
Raptors number 1 seed
Laundry doesn't win NBA games. It takes players.The league is better with the Lakers.
KOBE BRYANT comes back.
Despite anyone hating him, he is still a first team all NBA talent who will be extremely rested.
You put a healthy Kobe on any team, and they will at least be a fringe playoff contender.
I put them as the #8 seed. I did not make them a top 3 seed.
I just cannot see a franchise that never misses the playoffs....missing 2 in a row.
Heck, they are so important to the NBA that the league might not allow them to miss the playoffs.
The league is better with the Lakers. The league makes more money.
The league desperately wants 16 LAKERS as the 16 playoff teams.
So, the last spot came down to Dallas, Phoenix, and Memphis.
I thought Phoenix had the most room to grow.
Kobe will be lucky to avg 15 and shoot over 40%
About as likely as the Spurs missing the playoffs unless the Lakers pick up someone Melo or betterThe Lakers will be a surprise playoff team.
Not a good prediction - because it has never happened. Then ONLY time in his history he has averaged that poorly was his rookie year, where he started a whole 6 games. Even then he averaged 44%.
No logical Lakers fan thinks Kobe will be as good as he was. However, one shouldn't think he will drop his career average by 12 points and 10% shooting.
Your Bullets understand my mistake.
Les Boulez are still referenced 20 years later in the DMV.