Which team has a better chance to make the Playoffs: Kings, Blazers or Lakers?

[SHAQATTACK]

Oh.....Rondo


The defensive wizard

[Csfan1984]

I'm going Blazers for pure chemistry.

[Tr1boy]

The issue with Rondo , Cousins, Gay  down the stretch will be who gets to handle the ball?  Rondo without the ball late in the 4th adds little on the floor and even worse is a minus on the free throw line.  In addition the Kings lack a few solid defensive players to lock things down on the defensive end

[FreddieJ]

The issue with Rondo , Cousins, Gay  down the stretch will be who gets to handle the ball?  Rondo without the ball late in the 4th adds little on the floor and even worse is a minus on the free throw line.  In addition the Kings lack a few solid defensive players to lock things down on the defensive end

Dribble drive offense is what they intend. Rondo penetrating, collapsing defense to kick it to Cousins/Gay

The Kings have a [dang] good back up Pg in Collison, rondo doesn't need to be on the floor

[MJohnnyboy]

Kings. They have the most talent by far of those three.

yes but they also have Cousins and now Rondo to add to the "drama".  If the team can coexist, yes they can make it.  Effort from start to finish is another story in my opinion. I think the edge will go to the Blazers.  Aldrige was a big loss but they signed several decent "B" players. A better bench than last season also.   Maybe trying to mirror what the Celts are doing. Lillard is one of a better young pgs in the league

Lots of question marks surrounding the Lakers.  I think Kobe and Russell will butt heads.  Kobe will probably be down on Hibberts neck all year.   He won't have issues with new additions like Bass and Williams.

Hey 100% agreed on the Kings experiment. I absolutely believe it could fail, but it doesn't mean it will. If you guys haven't noticed, I strongly believe the Nets are going to give the Celtics a high lottery pick this year, but hey, for all I know, the Nets will be an eastern conference powerhouse. I'm not trying to bring up to spark debate about the pick because there are plenty of threads about it already. My point is, we don't know what's going to happen until the season commences. I for one think the Kings will be the best of these three teams.

I don't buy the Blazers this year necessarily but what they are doing is pretty smart. They lost basically everything that made them a psuedo-contender not named Damian Lillard but instead of going the 76ers route, they've built up a team of proven and likable role players (Ed Davis, Al-Farouq Aminu, Gerald Henderson) and young talent with some upside (CJ McCollum, Noah Vonleh, Mason Plumlee, Meyers Leonard). I think they know they won't be good but since the West is filled with teams that are going to fight for the playoffs, they don't have to worry about it because they'll probably get a top 10 pick this year regardless.

To me it doesn't even matter who has the best chance to make the playoffs because I don't see any of these teams making it.

[PhoSita]

Kings, no doubt

[Tr1boy]

Kings. They have the most talent by far of those three.

yes but they also have Cousins and now Rondo to add to the "drama".  If the team can coexist, yes they can make it.  Effort from start to finish is another story in my opinion. I think the edge will go to the Blazers.  Aldrige was a big loss but they signed several decent "B" players. A better bench than last season also.   Maybe trying to mirror what the Celts are doing. Lillard is one of a better young pgs in the league

Lots of question marks surrounding the Lakers.  I think Kobe and Russell will butt heads.  Kobe will probably be down on Hibberts neck all year.   He won't have issues with new additions like Bass and Williams.

Hey 100% agreed on the Kings experiment. I absolutely believe it could fail, but it doesn't mean it will. If you guys haven't noticed, I strongly believe the Nets are going to give the Celtics a high lottery pick this year, but hey, for all I know, the Nets will be an eastern conference powerhouse. I'm not trying to bring up to spark debate about the pick because there are plenty of threads about it already. My point is, we don't know what's going to happen until the season commences. I for one think the Kings will be the best of these three teams.

I don't buy the Blazers this year necessarily but what they are doing is pretty smart. They lost basically everything that made them a psuedo-contender not named Damian Lillard but instead of going the 76ers route, they've built up a team of proven and likable role players (Ed Davis, Al-Farouq Aminu, Gerald Henderson) and young talent with some upside (CJ McCollum, Noah Vonleh, Mason Plumlee, Meyers Leonard). I think they know they won't be good but since the West is filled with teams that are going to fight for the playoffs, they don't have to worry about it because they'll probably get a top 10 pick this year regardless.

To me it doesn't even matter who has the best chance to make the playoffs because I don't see any of these teams making it.

If the Blazers coach is as talented as CBS , the Blazers could make some noise

Yes you lose Aldridge (Queen) but you get several other pieces to work with.   Depending on matchup, who fits with who, who deserves to end the game etc.  the blazers can close out games.   

If the Blazers coach pulls the "same 5 guys start and finish (outside of Lillard)" , they will prepare to pick in the top 10 for the next years draft

On another interesting note, depending on how the Blazers do for the 1st half, the Celts might have an interesting competition to trade for the next super player.  Blazers don't have the draft picks the Celts do, but have some interesting players that could be considered more attractive

[Moranis]

Lakers

[hwangjini_1]

The issue with Rondo , Cousins, Gay  down the stretch will be who gets to handle the ball?  Rondo without the ball late in the 4th adds little on the floor and even worse is a minus on the free throw line.  In addition the Kings lack a few solid defensive players to lock things down on the defensive end

Dribble drive offense is what they intend. Rondo penetrating, collapsing defense to kick it to Cousins/Gay

The Kings have a [dang] good back up Pg in Collison, rondo doesn't need to be on the floor

i may not be remembering correctly, but wasnt one of the problems with rondo was that his shooting was so unreliable that defenses didnt collapse and invited him to shoot? everyone knew he would pass out instead of shooting many times and often he avoided contact that would draw a foul because of his poor ft shooting.

[hwangjini_1]

Lakers

and the reasons being....?

[Hemingway]

I'm gonna say Kings, though you can never count on the Lakers to be bad for too long. Wouldn't shock me at all if they traded for a star midseason.

[LarBrd33]

Good question.  I guess the Kings if they can figure out how to play together. 

[Eddie20]

I'm going Blazers for pure chemistry.

Odd you say that considering they lost Aldridge, Batum, Wes, Lopez, AA, etc.

[RAAAAAAAANDY]

Kings but all 3 would need a miracle to make it in the West over GSW, Hou, OKC, SAS, LAC, NO, Mem, Utah...

[Eja117]

I'm not a big believer in NO and I would pick the Blazers over the Lakers.