ESPN Stephen A Smith If the Clippers steal the 5th seed and push the Lakers down to 6th forcing them to face Denver in Round 1 the Lakers would get destroyed He suggests they should tank games to avoid the Nuggets Theyre going home Theyre not beating Denver I can assure you of that

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Wojnarowski "The Lakers have been really looking for a secondary ball handler. He Collison is also another player that shoots the 3 at a high percentage rate. Part of the thinking in making sure you get Collison if you're the Clippers is to keep him away

"Alvin Gentry likes the Lakers players. He loves the idea of Lonzo Ball, Jrue Holiday, Zion , Kyle Kuzma and Brandon Ingram offensively and defensively... Brooklyn is going as hard after Anthony Davis as anybody... Their dream is to pair AD with Kyrie." â