Jason

But they reached a level in March that I didn't think they had in them.

So I will freely admit I underestimated their ceiling.

But yeah, I didn't understand.

The people who thought they were going to win 44 games or something like that, that was what I really, really struggled with.

Because I'm like, where are these losses coming from?

This team is going to be able to score the basketball.

more than efficiently enough to carry them through the dregs of the regular season.

That's more or less what happened, right?

For the first two thirds of the season, they lost every good team, but they were able to get the wins against the bad teams because it's really hard to out-execute Luka Doncic in the half court at the end of games.

And I'd say the same thing as we look forward for the Lakers.

Is this roster flawed?

Yes.

Does Rob Polinka have any shot to just flip them into some awesome roster in one summer?

No.

So they're probably going to be a flawed roster again next year.

but they're probably still going to win a lot of regular season games because Luka Doncic is just going to win you a lot of regular season games.

And they have three offensive creators, which is like a really easy way to maintain a high floor on offense throughout the season, which is going to beat all the bad teams.

So like, again, I understand that a lot of the skepticism surrounding the Lakers is legitimate regarding the way they stack up with the best teams, but don't overthink them as a regular season team.

They're going to be, as long as Luka Doncic is there, they're going to win somewhere between 48 and 54 regular season games.

Maybe even more if Rob hits on some moves and they're probably going to be a top six seed in the West.