Am I the only one who feels let down by this proposal? I was so hyped for a potential World cup type tournament and what we got is so...meh...
From what I'm getting(not 100% certain) it seems like we will be playing this schedule to end the "regular season":
OKC
NOP
MEM
LAL
LAL
SAS
SAS
DAL
All western conference teams, 2 LAL games... but the other teams are under us in the standings so... I guess... it's an OK schedule to end the season with.
If the Lakers play the next 8 games on their schedule against teams invited to Orlando, their schedule looks like this:
Suns
Kings
Clippers
Thunder
Kings
Pacers
Wizards
Raptors
The Jazz don't come up in their next 8 games. But even if the Jazz do play the Lakers, the Lakers will probably have the top seed in the west wrapped up after the first 3 or 4 games, and they'll probably be limiting players' minutes to reduce the risk of injury.