Jazz & Lakers rivalry is back! Who ends up on top?

[LifeOnaPlate]

LeBron best player. The jazz won't be better then lakers, wishful thinking.

Jazz were better than the Cavs last year even though they had Bron.

 

[♪alt13]

Honestly if the re was a team that probably shouldn't have chased Lebron it was the Lakers.

5 years from now they will have to rebuild again and they won't have much to show for it.

 

[FalseFlagg K]

Honestly if the re was a team that probably shouldn't have chased Lebron it was the Lakers.

5 years from now they will have to rebuild again and they won't have much to show for it.

you're saying that like it's a bad thing .....

 

[Revolution 9]

If Exum breaks out as a stabilizer in the second unit and Crowder goes back to being Boston Crowder with his shot, how good are we?

and Alec Burks....nah never mind

 

[Pastramiking]

My bold prediction: Jazz win 54 and Lakers miss the playoffs.

No way LeBron misses playoffs unless he takes season off, as he awaits another superstar to join him.

 

[colton]

No way LeBron misses playoffs unless he takes season off, as he awaits another superstar to join him.

Lakers only won 35 games last year. Lebron is great, but taking a 35-47 to a 47-35 team in the Western Conference which not only is stacked but where nearly all the teams above the Lakers got measurably better, will prove too much for him.

 

[Stoked]

No way LeBron misses playoffs unless he takes season off, as he awaits another superstar to join him.

I’m not 100% sure. I think it’s unlikely he misses the playoffs but not impossible. This isn’t the east.

Jazz, Warriors, Rockets, Thunder, Nuggets, Blazers, Wolves, Spurs, Grizzlies and the Pelicans are all playoffs potential teams. That means the Lakers have to beat at least 3 teams to make the playoffs.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

LeBron best player. The jazz won't be better then lakers, wishful thinking.

You not best poster. Lebron be wishin he back wit last year cavs after this, yo.

 

[FalseFlagg K]

just saw someone at work originally from Cali who's lived out here for years, big Lakers fan and is all excited thinking the Lakers will be really good again. Had fun enlightening her as to how much better the Jazz are going to be than the Lakers this year.

 

[SCS]

Lakers only won 35 games part year. Lebron is great, but taking a 35-47 to a 47-35 team in the Western Conference which not only is stacked but where nearly all the teams above the Lakers got measurably better, will prove too much for him.

I'm fairly certain the Lakers will make the playoffs. They only won 35 games last year. But the addition of LeBron + an improving young core will get them in. LeBron has more talent around him than he did in Cleveland. It's just young. I expect them to win 47-50 games and make the playoffs. I think anyone who thinks that they'll be a 2, 3, 4 seed and a real threat in the west is crazy however. No way. They're looking at a 5 or 6 seed and most likely a first round exit. The Warriors, Rockets and Jazz are all clearly better. I think that the Spurs and Thunder probably are too.

 

[Engorged On Unborn Gore]

Y’all are forgetting about the Lance Stephensen effect.

 

[Stoked]

Y’all are forgetting about the Lance Stephensen effect.

I think Magic just said “LeBron look, this season were just gonna party our butts off. Hookers and blow everywhere. Then in 2019 free agency we land two other alpha dogs and bring you 3 more titles.”