2017-18 Lakers Season Watch Thread (27-34, 10th Slot on 3/2)

[jmen788]

If the season ended today:
80% chance we keep the pick overall
19% chance at #2 pick
17% chance at #3
32% chance at #4
12% chance at #5

Not to be Debbie Downer but the Lakers nearly (and should have) won this game against a superior team. They have their best facilitator, Ball, out (and his stats are terrible but he makes his teammates better). The Lakeshow also have a super easy schedule for a few weeks. I hate the Lakers so much and I hate how they are overachieving. Let's enjoy this while we have it because they will be winning some more.. this isn't the 2016-2017 Nets...

[CelticsElite]

If the season ended today:
80% chance we keep the pick overall
19% chance at #2 pick
17% chance at #3
32% chance at #4
12% chance at #5

Not to be Debbie Downer but the Lakers nearly (and should have) won this game against a superior team. They have their best facilitator, Ball, out (and his stats are terrible but he makes his teammates better). The Lakeshow also have a super easy schedule for a few weeks. I hate the Lakers so much and I hate how they are overachieving. Let's enjoy this while we have it because they will be winning some more.. this isn't the 2016-2017 Nets...

the nba is unforgiving for teams that “nearly win.” A lot of teams throughout the years nearly made the 8th seed but missed the playoffs. A lot of teams nearly had winning season, but their head coaches were still fired. We are halfway through the season now. Lakers look worse than they did before.

Btw being without Lonzo ball isn’t bad. He has the worst efficiency in the entire league. He isn’t even in top 5 of rookie power rankings 

[rondofan1255]

If the season ended today:
80% chance we keep the pick overall
19% chance at #2 pick
17% chance at #3
32% chance at #4
12% chance at #5

Not to be Debbie Downer but the Lakers nearly (and should have) won this game against a superior team. They have their best facilitator, Ball, out (and his stats are terrible but he makes his teammates better). The Lakeshow also have a super easy schedule for a few weeks. I hate the Lakers so much and I hate how they are overachieving. Let's enjoy this while we have it because they will be winning some more.. this isn't the 2016-2017 Nets...

The 15-16 and 16-17 Nets had their share of close calls against superior teams.

[jmen788]

If the season ended today:
80% chance we keep the pick overall
19% chance at #2 pick
17% chance at #3
32% chance at #4
12% chance at #5

Not to be Debbie Downer but the Lakers nearly (and should have) won this game against a superior team. They have their best facilitator, Ball, out (and his stats are terrible but he makes his teammates better). The Lakeshow also have a super easy schedule for a few weeks. I hate the Lakers so much and I hate how they are overachieving. Let's enjoy this while we have it because they will be winning some more.. this isn't the 2016-2017 Nets...

the nba is unforgiving for teams that “nearly win.” A lot of teams throughout the years nearly made the 8th seed but missed the playoffs. A lot of teams nearly had winning season, but their head coaches were still fired. We are halfway through the season now. Lakers look worse than they did before.

Btw being without Lonzo ball isn’t bad. He has the worst efficiency in the entire league. He isn’t even in top 5 of rookie power rankings

Seems like they're losing more since Ball went out. I think our best hope here is (as bad as it is to explicitly say this) an injury to Ingram and/or Kuzma. Especially since there is like a 3 game difference between 2nd and 10th worst.

[jmen788]

If the season ended today:
80% chance we keep the pick overall
19% chance at #2 pick
17% chance at #3
32% chance at #4
12% chance at #5

Not to be Debbie Downer but the Lakers nearly (and should have) won this game against a superior team. They have their best facilitator, Ball, out (and his stats are terrible but he makes his teammates better). The Lakeshow also have a super easy schedule for a few weeks. I hate the Lakers so much and I hate how they are overachieving. Let's enjoy this while we have it because they will be winning some more.. this isn't the 2016-2017 Nets...

The 15-16 and 16-17 Nets had their share of close calls against superior teams.

Agreed but those teams had much less talent than LAL. They beat Philly, nearly beat GSW twice and beat Houston.. they seem to be in all the games they play even against the great teams. It's not like the Nets getting beaten badly and habitually. It's still possible though with some injury help.

[SHAQATTACK]

Lakers played Rockets tuff as nail away .  They are better coached than in while , with better attitude  players.and got rid of the dead weght . 

Kuzma and ingram are good core players.


The effort is there .   

[Sophomore]

Big problem is how close all the teams are. If the Lakers win their next 2 they could end up 10th worst. The head-to-head games against the other bottom feeders are going to be huge.

Here is something that might help -- the Lakers are still looking to slash salary so they can go after free agents next year. There are rumors they might move Clarkson or Randle at the deadline for picks. Those guys aren't world-beaters, but they are in the rotation, ahead of worse players. I'd be fine seeing them leave town. https://lakeshowlife.com/2017/12/31/lakers-rumors-team-love-trade-jordan-clarkson-julius-randle/

[SparzWizard]

Now we need to make sure the Lakers do not fall to the worst record in NBA or that'll deter our pick.

[sdceltsfan]

Based on their play thus far, I don't see the Lakers playing .500 ball for the rest of the season. With the games left, that would put them as a 34 win team. Looking at last years standings that would put a team at the 9th or 10th worst record.

Looking at the remaining schedule, they have 18-20 games remaining against the bottom 10 teams.

So they would have to run the table on those games AND stack a few wins against playoff and playoff contending teams to get to that 30-35 win range to get them in that 8-10th worst record, which makes it very unlikely for the pick to convey.


A more likely scenario is they win about half of those bottom 10 matchups. That would give them 9-10 more wins. Throw them another 5-10 wins against contending teams, and you have a realistic projection of around 16 wins by the end of the season.

That would put the Lakers at 27 wins, and looking at last years standings, that is good enough for the 4th worst record in the NBA, or right where we want them to be.

[Roy H.]

Now we need to make sure the Lakers do not fall to the worst record in NBA or that'll deter our pick.

I’d take 75% odds of the pick conveying.

[CelticsElite]

Now we need to make sure the Lakers do not fall to the worst record in NBA or that'll deter our pick.

I’d take 75% odds of the pick conveying.

yup. At this point we can’t be picky. This draft pick  was compensation for settling on ROY contender  Tatum. It’s house money. If it doesn’t convey, we get the Kings pick

[Sophomore]

Now we need to make sure the Lakers do not fall to the worst record in NBA or that'll deter our pick.

I’d take 75% odds of the pick conveying.

yup. At this point we can’t be picky. This draft pick  was compensation for settling on ROY contender  Tatum. It’s house money. If it doesn’t convey, we get the Kings pick

Actually, if they finish with the worst record it's still a very good outcome for us. Odds of the pick conveying only go down a few points (from about 80% to about 75%) but if the pick does convey our odds of getting pick 2 or 3 go up.  http://www.tankathon.com/pick_odds

[CelticsElite]

Now we need to make sure the Lakers do not fall to the worst record in NBA or that'll deter our pick.

I’d take 75% odds of the pick conveying.

yup. At this point we can’t be picky. This draft pick  was compensation for settling on ROY contender  Tatum. It’s house money. If it doesn’t convey, we get the Kings pick

Actually, if they finish with the worst record it's a very good outcome for us. Odds of the pick conveying only go down a few points (from about 80% to about 75%) but if it does convey our odds of getting pick 2 or 3 go up.  http://www.tankathon.com/pick_odds

fair enough

Getting 2 or 3 would be great. I think I’d take the gamble

[estendius]

The Lakers has some closes game vs Rockets, Gsw, but they have blown out by Clippers, Minnesota, so I'm not sure. A lose is a lose, right.
Overall, I hope they finish 2nd or 3rd wrost record of the league, which make best odds for us.
Enjoy the Lakers is fun. It's good because we have Tatum instead of Fultz, and another pick( Lakers/Sixers/King)

[Darío SpanishFan]

Now we need to make sure the Lakers do not fall to the worst record in NBA or that'll deter our pick.

Wouldn't you sign this outcome today? Come on...

This would be wonderful heading to the lottery.