Mongo, great to have you back commenting. Always worry when somebody goes dark in the current environment. Hope you and your family are doing well. Hopefully, we’re starting to see some sense of what the new normal is going to look like although Covid’s likely to become a regular part of that new normal.
No doubt everything hinges on LeBron. He has to be Playoff LeBron for the Lakers to have a chance to win it all. But I also think we need AD to play at the same level as he did last year. When you look at the player stats for the playoffs vs. regular season, it was LeBron and AD elevating their shooting and defense to another level that made the difference.
Lakers starting lineup this year has a better offensive, defensive, and net rating than last year’s starting lineup.