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Lakerfans would have crucified him for saying anything else. He's paid to make lakerfans happy.
Magic Johnson just said on NBA Countdown that if The Lakers get the 8 seed and The Spurs maintained the number 1 seed....The Lakers will beat The Spurs in the 1st round of the playoffs. Boy, he has too much good food and wine to say something like that. He bleeds Purple and Gold so I guess he's allowed to get away with that. LOL!
Lakerfans would have crucified him for saying anything else. He's paid to make lakerfans happy.
Who cares?
He's right tbh. If the Lakers hold on to the 8th seed and the Spurs continue to play like dog but somehow end up remaining 1st, the Lakers will win in 6. However, the chances of both happening are small.
No he's not right.
1) nothing wrong with him saying that
2) the matchup won't happen so no need to get an aneurism about it
3) this is the same got that sayd "my lakers are done, put a fork in them" just a few weeks ago
My favorite part was how they said we weren't athletic, and then failed to mention anything at all about kawhi leonard.
He made that statement based on how they've been playing lately and injuries. The Spurs right now look and play like a bottom-feeder playoff team and it's possible they won't change that until the playoffs begin. Lakers are a bad team but they have 4 All-Stars and the refs/Stern in their back pocket. Luckily they more than likely won't meet in the postseason so this is all moot.
Lakers & Playoffs
The Spurs wont lose to the Lakers. Even if the series started tomorrow.
Magic Johnson hasn't watched 1 full Spurs game all year. It's quite obvious. He is talking out of his ass.
This. We're not playing as well as we were early in the year, and yeah the injuries are a , but that Laker team should not be overrated. They play no defense. The Rockets are actually much more of a coherent team and more of a threat in the first round (though I think we'll beat them too.)
It's fashionable to say the Lakers will be improved if they get in the playoffs, but since we're unlikely to meet them, I think OKC will have little trouble with Kobe and Co.
The Lakers will get swept. Either by us or OKC.
I like Magic, but there's a reason there's these kinds of sketches done on him...
A healthy Spurs team would rip LA a new one in the playoffs- five games with a referee bailout in one. Six games max with an injured Spurs team. LA is HORRIBLE on D and is so isolation heavy on O they can be defended.
OKC will sweep LA because 5th Avenue seems to like them a little more than SA.
I'll take that bet. If LA makes the playoffs and plays either OKC or LA - would you care to wager?
If they match up with OKC, I'll say OKC sweeps them.
Spurs fans are wayyyyyyy overconfident IMO. Spurs have a lot of issues right now. Serious issues. So do other teams naturally, but Spurs as of this point in time are a major crap shoot and not guaranteed to beat anyone outside of UTA/GS/HOU/DEN IMO. OKC/MEM/LAC/LAL IMO could all be dangerous.
I agree partner. Lakers are easy work.
There's too much uncertainty around the Spurs regarding health right now. I'm not going to bet on players staying healthy.
Yeah I'll do that.
Cool - but if you thought that then why did you say that lol? Just didn't think that through?
i ain't scared of the lakers.
i'm more scared of their popularity though. lotta money in seeing them beat us.
Magic is one of the worst analysts in basketball today, he's a homer and he doesn't hide it.
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