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

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I know I'm a broken record here, but saying a 25-31 team adding Bamba/Beasley/Vanderbilt/DLo is worth 24 wins going from a 36 win team to 60(or better than 60 lol) is silly.

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I'm with you, shel. D'Lo is a poor defender. Beasley is a poor defender.

Thinking that the Lakers now have a championship-quality roster is indicative of only looking at the offensive side of the ball. Yes, replacing Pat Bev with Beasley means the Lakers will score more points than before. But they will also give up a lot more points.

And, yeah, LeBron's left foot hurts all the time. The idea that the foot would make it all the way through the playoffs is just comical. But I don't think that the Lakers will even make the play-in.

The Jazz just beat the Raptors and still have a 2.5-game lead on the Lakers. They may be trying to tank, but that team is going to struggle to tank. OKC and POR are both definitely not trying to tank, and both of them have a two-game lead on the Lakers. And the Lakers have to pass all three of those teams to make the play-in. We'll know a lot after the next three games: @GSW, @POR, and vs. us.