The Los Angeles Lakers may not be the pick of many pundits to win this season’s NBA championship, but they are considered by most to be a title contender.
However, some aren’t that optimistic. After all, LeBron James is 38 years of age and Anthony Davis, as great a player as he is, is injury-prone. To these naysayers, it doesn’t matter that Los Angeles added a great deal of depth and support over the last nine months to keep James fresh.
Former NBA big man Andrew Bogut went as far as saying the Lakers will finish 10th in the Western Conference, which would mean they would take the final play-in tournament spot (h/t Lakers Daily).
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Last season, even though they played very mediocre ball through February, the Lakers finished seventh in the conference. They made it all the way to the Western Conference finals, and their defensive numbers were among the NBA’s best after the All-Star break.
Even though they were up and down defensively during the preseason, there doesn’t seem to be any reason why the Lakers will struggle in that category this season as long as they stay relatively healthy.