re: The Ringer post deadline Championship Power Rankings - Pels at #14

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IF they make it past the play in they are getting smoked in 4 or 5 vs Den/grizz/pho

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Don’t really agree

A healthy Lakers squad as now constructed can match up with any of those teams. Pho sacrificed depth for trying the Brooklyn formula in the West, and I don’t think it works out for them. Denver’s biggest issue in the playoffs remains they can’t stop anyone. The Lakers are actually the perfect foil for that team. All three could beat LA, but LA could beat them too.

Again, we can just wait to see what happens. Maybe it takes too long to gel and the team can’t climb out, maybe health derails them, or maybe they look like world beaters and collapse. But on paper, and from what I have seen of these players, they are going to fit really well together.