Mike Greenberg The Lakers have the second-best chance according to our analytics to make it to the NBA Finals from the West behind only Oklahoma City Brian Windhorst The computer doesn't have to defend Nikola Jokic

Norman Powell says the Lakers are the most overrated team in the NBA

Zach Lowe The Clippers are somewhere beyond fucked As recently as yesterday a front office exec from another team said 'Hey the Clippers are quietly positioning themselves in case Jokic wants to leave Denver with lots of cap space and LA and all that' Forget that This team is dead

Laker Legend Byron Scott says Lakers are pretenders Defense wins championships still in this league At the end of the day you got to get stops right Kessler at the center position he better average about 8 blocks a game because they're going to be getting a lot of blow-bys

Lakers Legend Byron Scott Luka in particular of making 2nd 3rd efforts It's OK to be a guy that's not a very good defensive player 1 on 1 but you got to be a better team defensive player If you look at the roster they can score but me and you both know that don't win Championships

The 2023 Lakers were only the 7 seed but closed the season 9-2 then crushed the No 2 Grizzlies and defending champion Warriors LeBron was All-NBA and AD was as healthy as he had been in years But at their peak Denver swept them without a single win

Michael Porter Jr reacts to hearing the Lakers roster Yeah I don't like that roster Might be solid but I don't see them winning a chip