Quote from: ultrloa on December 05, 2022, 09:49:55 PM

Quote from: gagux123 on December 05, 2022, 09:22:18 PM

Quote from: Japinat on December 05, 2022, 01:52:09 PM

Yes, Anthony Davis is indeed an important player and the key to the team's success. We already saw their situation when he wasn't around for the team and as long as Anthony Davis will remain healthy, the Lakers really got a decent shot to grab their own seat on the playoffs this season. In his last 10 games alone, he looks like he was carrying the team on his back gathering humungous points per game, and earlier he again scored 55 points and 17 rebs as they finished the Wizards on the road.

Yep, sometimes I realize, AD had a relevant improvement, but he is far from his prime when he played for Kentucky and Pelicans for example.
I still speculate if the Lakers keep up with this good performance I have no doubt they managed, they will reach the playoffs easily, but only the time will be able to answer that.

There's no easy way for them to get into the playoffs even if they perform better even though they are in good shape right now and AD is a beast recently still no guarantee for them to place on playoffs automatically. Remember many teams are so strong and also AD is injury prone so they need to be consistent and healthy so that they can reach their target and will not get another big upset on their careers.

Truth is, not only the Lakers but all the teams in the league are not going to have an easy path towards the qualifiers and playoffs. Even the ones who are sitting on the 1st and 2nd seed on both conferences are not yet guaranteed to have a seat in the next phase. They all need to be consistent and healthy to get themselves a place on the playoffs, a serious injury from any given players especially the stars on any given team along the way may alter the team's course heavily.

So far, so good. Let's just enjoy the games now while things are still interesting enough and its unpredictability makes me want to see the games every day.