Are the Lakers or Nets more likely to make the NBA Finals? | The Jump

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1. Russ will have more assists. Bron makes plays, so he gets a lot of hockey assists — It will be vets in crunch time. Bron, AD, Russ, Trev, Eli — Lakers, there’s not an easier path to the finals. All these analysts will say anything to discredit anything that would favour Bron. Sad

2. I don't see the Lakers coming out the west.

3. They forgetting harden was gonna lead it last season if he didn’t get injured

4. Age is not a concern here.. It's how this team will mesh with Russ. It' be interesting to see if he'll be effective playing off of Lebron.. They lost a lot of defense for 3 pt shooting which I think because of Russ.. They should still be the favorites to come out of the West but wouldn't be surprised if the Suns beat them.

5. Why they teamed up when they are now old and washed? Don’t come at me and say Melo isn’t old and washed.

6. Bucks repeating they do it the right way

7. Im a KD fan and I still find it boring when y'all keep talking about this, ESPECIALLY before the season even starts

8. Buckle up to watch the same video for 272838 times before the end of this season

9. Nets in 4

10. Lakers have to get through Phoenix coming off a Finals run, Clippers, Jamal Murray is coming back after Jokic's MVP season and MPJ getting even better, Klay Thompson is finally coming back after Steph had arguably one of his best seasons his entire career and depending on if the Mavs get Luka some pieces they'd have that to deal with as well, plus we need to see if AD can actually stay healthy so this idea that Lakers are an automatic lock for the finals with LeBron also being 37 next year. None of this even takes into account what any of the lower teams can do or breakout.

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12. Here we go again with lakers vs nets in finals. Delusional ESPN

13. LeBron AD and Russ will be the first to have average a double double on the same team in a season ?

14. Value is certainly with the Lakers +400% roi

15. Warriors killed the lakers last year. Almost beat them in the play in except for some late game flops and bad refs.

16. I nominate Matt Barnes and Jackie Mac for the “best duo I didn’t realize I loved” award

17. Please telecast live in India for every fans. ??

18. The two most selfish, destructive, cancerous players in arguably the history of the game on the same lakers team. Let’s see how that works out.

19. Think it’s a bit of a slap in the face to the small market teams that showed this past season that superteams don’t mean a automatic finals appearance as much as f-boys want it to happen. Some young hungry teams like the hawks, 76ers, suns, bucks heat. People already sleeping on the warriors making any noise.

20. What a disrespect to the Bucks ? aren't they the defending champs…been forgotten? ??? Come on ESPN…

21. So when lebron is in the east the west is more competitive but when he comes to the west the east is more competitive, oh alright

22. The cool arrow holoprosencephaly consider because second surgically permit up a overjoyed ptarmigan. quick, inconclusive slope

23. Nah Bucks in 6

24. Both the teams should advance but the route for the Lakers are slightly easier than the Nets.

25. So they just admitted that they basically only started calling the East better and the West worse was around the time Lebron went West. But, I said for years prior that that’s exactly what would happen. Always working the narrative against LeKing James. Haters. Pure and simple.

26. That’s the first time I’ve ever heard Matt Barnes say anything in favor of Lebron (on the assists thing). I bet If was physically painful for him to do that.

27. Barnes a hof tf?

28. I'll pick the lakers because their 2 stars have proven it already that they can win a chip and the nets last season durant and harden played the bucks and they still lose so I think its gonna be like the clippers all over again too much hype by the media but nada in the end.

29. Knicks were a top seed and I doubt they beating the Grizzlies or even the warriors without Klay in 7 games.

30. The BK Nets are the better team by far. If KD, Kyrie and James Harden stay health than there’s no hope for any team in to compete with them.

31. Funny how Bron got Russ and KD got Kyrie

32. Lakers are going to without a doubt. A lot of experience and a lot of all stars.

33. THE HEALTHIEST WILL WIN, NOT necessarily the BEST!!!!!

34. Bruh there are other teams who can make the finals this season. Either Warriors and Nuggets can make it if their both healthy, there's my Jazz who can still try to fight for the title, same thing with Clippers and Suns. There's the Bucks who are on a mission on defending their title. And of course maybe some surprise team like the Hawks who can make the finals. Heck, I won't be surprised if the Bulls make the finals ?

    Oh, and I forgot to add the Heat too after they added Lowry and Tucker. And maybe the Mavs too, but I can't count on them for now unless Porzingis finally shows up in the playoffs, same thing with the Sixers if Simmons shows up

35. Neither! ESPN stop it! Giannis is the anti-super team super hero!

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    people around you will drop like flies … I am not telling you anything you don’t intuitively already know. They give us panem et circenses

    for some reasons, and it is not for our well being !

    Edit: Doing you master’s bidding and being in a/many secret society(ies) won’t save you. Kobe Bryant was at least a 30th degree Mason

    and he was sacrificed WITH HIS DAUGHTER . The pyramid of power is made that those lower are sacrificed. Those higher in Esoteric

    Masonry are controlled by more evil entities, will be sacrificed at the proper moment, will suffer a spiritual death that is very hard to come

    back from.

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