How do I know this? Because AD said it himself last week. They don’t care about the play-in or the seeding. They believe they can flip the switch and make another run like last year from any position. The 10 teams were decided weeks ago so they knew they were in the tournament unless something really crazy happened. It’s a dangerous mindset (which he probably shouldn’t have said out loud) IMHO because they had some very favorable matchups and you can’t count on that happening again. And bad habits developed over 82 games don’t just suddenly disappear.
But if they don’t care then why should I give a damn?
There’s no question that’s where we are right now, Mongo.
Jamie and I were just saying the same exact thing on today’s podcast. Lakers are #10 and they’re going to spend the rest of the season getting rest for James and Davis to keep them fresh and trying to integrate our injured defenders into the starting lineup and rotation.
Goal now is get healthy. Will probably have to beat the Warriors and Mavs to get out of the Play-In and then win the #8 seed to meet the champion Nugget in the first round of the playoffs.
Ya’ll realize we are only up 3 games on Houston. We very well could miss the PO’s.
Can’t see us falling out of play-in. We’re too good for that.
I care but am not really invested. Don’t see a way for us to beat Denver Or Sacramento in a 7 game series soooooo…