“We’re too prestigious to lose in the first round it’s better to lose in the conf finals instead”. Meanwhile we’re not prestigious enough to tank games and duck

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1. Anything other than a Finals’ win is a failure, so take on the strongest teams early.

2. Ppl that want us to intentionally lose have a loser mentality. But if we do end up losing, there’s a small positive in that we have a chance to get okc

3. That’s because the assumption is phoenix or min would take them out. Minny Match up well against them and phoenix star power could be too much. BUT it would be a damn tough road to even get that far. Say we win today. Then somehow beat Denver that’s going 7. Minny if they beat phoenix will be healthier by the second round which is bad. And phoenix star power and scoring could be took much for us. and let say they even get thst far then we would have to go through Dallas or clippers to get to the finals. This would be LeBron toughest finals run by far. All three series we have will go 7 not including finals. That’s assuming a lot of thing go in our favor

4. Is that an actual quote? “We’re too prestigious..”??
   Bwahahha… Ok your highness.

5. 

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6. I despise Anthony Irwin. He’s like a manifestation of the negativity of r/Lakers

7. Half the time Laker “fans” keep talking about Kobe and Mamba Mentality and then they say shit like this. How the fuck do you think Kobe would feel about the idea of fucking tanking a game to get into the playoffs.

8. Let’s tank the game like GSW hasn’t handled us as of late and like SAC hasn’t shit on us the whole year

9. The advantage with ducking the Nuggets in the first is, you might not even play them, another team might beat them for you and we all know the Laker can beat all the other teams.

10. These guys know the audience they have so they just play to it. Anthony Irwin is the embodiment of everything that is wrong with this sub.

11. When “fans” talk about intentionally tanking to avoid teams. Revoke their fan status. That is some Clippers mentality

12. Soft ass mindset. We don’t play to see how long we can survive in the playoffs before losing. We play for championships. If we’re not good enough to win, I don’t give a fuck when we lose.

    No ducking anything. Period.

13. Let’s not wait for other teams to beat Denver for us. It’s our burden

14. I think the thought process is hopefully another team beats them before the WCF so lakers won’t have to face them all together

15. It’s also such stupid advice. Tank and then play one of the teams that had your number in the regular season? That’s just playing with fire. The most likely way to win is to make the playoffs, ask questions later. In all likelihood the Lakers would have to play the Nuggets anyway, so ducking them round one doesn’t do much

16. We all know Irwin sucks.

17. This is a complete non starter. Teams that have qualified for the playoffs can look to be strategic to fall into certain matchups.

    The lakers still must qualify for the playoffs so that’s their main goal

18. I never seen this enough said here but I don’t really think we have anything to lose against a first round matchup against Denver. It is good to beat the favorites and it is also okay to get beaten by the favorites. Cope but, if anything, Denver has more to lose than us.

19. No easy way out: you lose then 1)you play Sacramento, who’ve beaten you 4 times or 2) GS who just beat you with a flurry of 3’s the last time you played. No easy way out. Play to win tonight!!

20. Such a stupid mindset. Lakers would have to play Denver either way most likely so why not try to get it out of the way first.

21. The argument (which I dont agree with) is they could lose to the Suns before that or injuries could happen

    The more you delay it kind of thing

22. Omfg. We are the lakers. Its ring or bust. Who gives a fuck if we win a round or two

23. The 7 seed is literally the hardest road to the championship. Do people not understand that? It’s not just about the Nuggets. AD might not survive the whole journey.

24. These fools thinking we can galaxy brain this when there is an equally likeness of us getting bounce in the playin. There a reason crazy shit happen in March madness and alot of it is because anything can happen in 1 game

25. This guy wants them to lose so another frustrated person leaks info to him, has no relevance otherwise

26. Rather go down in the 1st round any year than have a higher chance of getting knocked out in the play-in by deliberately losing a game even if we beat the 9-10th seed teams 100x in a row!

27. Would rather play them early while the gas tank is full

28. losers basically

29. There are no guarantees in life. Win the games in front of you!

30. If we’re not winning it all, IDGAF where we lose. Fuck ducking anyone, Denver included. No team is infallible. They’re not the fucking Dream Team.

31. Better chance of beating them in the first round when they are more fresh than trying to beat them after 2 grueling rounds.

32. I have no time for this argument if you think the goal of the team should be to win the championship (which it should given we have AD and Lebron).

    The chance of Denver getting eliminated before we run into them is lower than us losing a 2nd play in game. Anything can happen in one game; especially against a team as good as GSW.

33. Pussy mentality. I say we go for the kill with getting Denver over with and have alot more rest in between games compared to ducking and meeting them at the wcf and less rest.

34. Yeah, this was the worst take these guys have ever had. No one else is beating Denver. We have the best shot. It’s actually much better to get them early before our old guys get tired.

35. Not true fans. Bandwagon fans.

36. Irwins a fuckn clown! Said other day to not play gabe. Hes our only chance at guarding players like murray. Hes a joke

37. What puzzles me most is how anyone knew that these guys exist.

38. 2006 we blew a 3-1 lead in the first. No amount of sweeps will cure that pain I felt back then

39. In the words of Shannon sharpe “GOAT James could NEVA” 

    No self respecting player, let alone. Man. Would duck an opponent. Fucking cowards mentality, this is why the left wins 

40. I dont get it. If we are championship or bust, lets just get it over with. Lol.

    We can either beat denver or we cant, lets find out now.

41. If we lose in the first round, it’s better than losing in the finals per MJ glazers 😂

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43. Winning from the get go will develop momentum going to the playoffs regardless who the team meets… the team should use this as a leverage to peak instead of tanking and developing a losing mindset… remember we have 3 old players who can handle mental games and the rest are kids who can’t progress immediately from losing… just my opinion…

44. Prestige means nothing if you can’t even make it to the playoffs in an extremely tight Western conference, where AD, our franchise super star, says on a nightly basis that its tough to win in this league.

45. Yeah Anthony is a fuckin clown. I’m glad the guys on the LFR pod called them out