NBA: Are The Los Angeles Lakers A Lock to Win The NBA Title?

Author: Mansi

In every tournament, before it starts we all predict the teams who can win the title. Most of the time, the prediction is correct when the team wins the title as predicted. For this season many people think the Lakers is one of the teams who can win the title. So now we will take a look at all possibilities of the Lakers. We will look at their fair chances and some drawbacks which they have to work on this season.

Possible Reasons Why The Lakers Are Favorites For The Title

Not every team depends upon a few players, but the Lakers are surely one of those teams. The Lakers are heavily dependent on their star players LeBron James and Anthony Davis. They have a tough competition with the Bucks, but the Lakers surely are having the upper hand. The Lakers have a couple of star players while the Bucks are looking weak comparatively. In the list of the best players, LeBron and Anthony Davis will definitely make it in the top 10. Having such a star player in the side Lakers look very confident this season.

Lakers bring a different gameplay every time they enter the court. They have strong players to play various roles. Their different plans are what make them unique. LeBron is simply best right now when we talk about point forward position. LeBron is assisted by the best person he can ever ask for.

AD is very well with his offense also when required he has great fallback speed. So LeBron can surely trust him and both together can take on any opponent. It can't get any worse for the opponents to see them both playing together. Lakers are truly blessed to have such talented players in their team who can completely make a difference in any match. They both are talented and LeBron needs a good company like AD.

The majority of people think that the Lakers may not win the finals, but Giannis is the team to win the title. If the Lakers have LeBron James, then Giannis have Antetokounmpo who is currently the number one player in the NBA. When it comes to the playoffs, big players need to step in and have to play extraordinary basketball to make their team win.

LeBron, on the other hand, needs to play smart this time. Every match matter to him and to the Lakers this season. Despite his aging and exceptions on his shoulders are really high he is the best player in the NBA.

LeBron can take advantage of the situation at any moment using his extraordinary dribbling skills and shooting accuracy.

Reasons Why The Lakers Are Not The Lock This Season.

No matter how much you say the Lakers are favorite, they have star players, they look strong on paper, but the truth is that they are not the lock. Yes, basketball is an unpredictable game and anyone can win on their day, but if you look at the current scenario in the NBA, the Lakers have to play their heart out to beat strong opponents like the Clippers. Clippers and bucks are a real threat for the Lakers and can steal the title from them.

The Clippers and Bucks have almost everything to win a match against the Lakers. Lakers have huge support from fans but that doesn't stop clippers and bucks winning against them. For the Lakers, it is difficult to do well and win against such strong opponents when they are heavily dependent on two players. Apart from LeBron and the AD Lakers look average, their other players aren't tested yet, and that increases pressure on LeBron.

Let's keep LeBron and AD aside and talk about other players. The first name which will come in your mind is Kyle Kuzma. Kyle is a talented player. He was doing quite well and looked very promising. But last season turned out to be like a nightmare for Kyle. He surely wasn't able to play as we all expected him to. Last season he started very few matches. It is reasonable to worry about the Lakers, they have to fix this if they have to win the title.

The reason to worry about Kyle is that he has a poor conversion rate. If we look at his stats, he has only managed to score 3 out of 10 shots he attempted. Which is way too low for a player of his standards. Now if we talk about his defense he isn't firing it either in it. If he can't defend well then his chances for staying in the team are also under risk. Now, after Kuzma, there is hardly any other player, we can talk about in the Lakers team. This is why the chances of the Lakers winning this tournament is less this season.