Why should you bet on Lakes To win the West?
Last week, and Dallas Maverx Sneak The American Professional League The world, when they traded Luca Donic – for my money, the best player in the American Professional League in the past three years – to Lakers in favor Anthony Davisand Max Christie And choose the first round in the future.
Trade will have seismic repercussions for years, but let’s focus in the short term.
Will Luka and LiberonTwo stars of generations who need the ball in their hands, to be able to work together?
It is clear that the answer is yes.
There will be factors of hiccups, just like all the conjugation in the history of basketball, but this group must work amazingly so that you should put some money on the Lakers to win the West.
Currently, Lakers is +900 to reach the American Professional League Finals, behind this greatly Thunder (-105) and Denver Nags (+550).
Yes, Oklahoma City looks incredible. Statistically, thunder is the tyrant. They are fifth in offensive and first defense efficiency. They have been built for the normal season, with 11 very good players and hunger to make a deep separate match after being bounced in the second round of last year-despite the benefit of the stadium at home.
But remember that they lost to Luca Donic.
If you forget this series, here is a quick summary.
MAVS lost game 1, then bounced back with 29-10-7 in winning game 2. lost MAVS Game 4, bounced up with 31-11-10 in game 5 on the road.
In short, thunder is not an answer to him. no If it turnsno Alex CarosoCertainly not Gallin Williams.
The Lakers team will be weak, and SGA may win the NBA MVP Award, but the best players on the ground will be James and Dunic.
Rachel Nichols broke the first appearance of Luca Densic in Los Angeles Lacker alongside Liberation James
Denver began slowly, but he returned near the top of the ranking, led by oppression Nicolas Gokic. It cannot be stopped, as in Anthony Davis, he cannot stop him.
Jokic average 28-16-9 last year in a series 4-1 victory over Lakers and got 59 % of the field.
Then the average Jokić reached 29-11-7 against Rudi Jubert In the second round and lost nuggets.
The important point is, no one stops Gokic. He went for 24-19-7 in game 7 at home and lost.
Yes, it will be an enormous problem for Lexers, who have no bodies to slow down the Joker. But the smart question is whether Lakers can slow down Murray beauty They have sufficient crime to bring nuggets.
With Dončić? Of course, they do.
Health will be of utmost importance, but when was it not? Lakers will get – or take – 25 games to continue the new group’s reservoirs, and this is time to prepare for the qualifiers.
Didn’t we all stop doubting James 15 years ago?
Jason Mcintyre is a Fox Sports analyst also writes about the draft of the American Football Association and NBA. Before arriving at Fox, he created The Big Lead. Follow it on Twitter @Jasonrmcintyre.
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