Where do the Los Angeles Lakers rank after adding LeBron? | The Jump | ESPN

Now that the Los Angeles Lakers have LeBron James, The Jump crew debates where they rank in the West.

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[kaleb]

He put Portland who got swept by the pelicans above the lakers get this bum off tv

[derrickmason]

Dude picked Denver over these Lakers .. NBA card revoked lebron could be Denver by himself ... smh

[leonarmaglaya]

Good thing rachel is not a gm cause she would be horrible 😂

[drewstevens]

This fool really said the Clippers will be in the playoff hunt.man some people need to be banned from talking basketball

[mrray]

Did he really mention Dallas and Memphis? Lol

[drip]

Take Lebron off the Cavs and Lakers had a better team then them last year.

[nestor]

I guess no one in the media watched the lakers last season

[dhartley]

GET THIS CAVS REPORTER OUTTA HERE. dude is a bum

[masonethington]

I like the jump but this take makes all 3 of them seem as if they r high or something. They seriously started picking random teams in the West that were in the lottery last season and started saying they'd be legitimate competition with LeBron for a playoff spot. Like if we r gonna say that the mavericks and Memphis grizzlies to go with the clippers are playoff contenders (and not once did they mention the new Orleans pelicans who swept the blazers last year), we might as well throw in the suns, spurs, and Sacramento as well with their logic😂

[katmays]

😂😂😂 Lakers are a top 4 team now easily

[CPoke]

As a solo star, Westbrook led OKC to 47 wins and a 6-seed IN THE WEST in 2016-17 (his MVP season). It is moronic for these guys to think that Lebron won't do better than that. There is a significant gap between Lebron and Westbrook, both in overall talent AND in ability to elevate a team.

[mvpmvp]

the lakers are the second best team in the west, maybe 3rd if russell westbrook and paul george have it more figured out next season.

people are fools if they think teams like portland and houston are going to be able to guard lebron in a playoff series.

[varshneyabhay]

I don't understand how these fake, biased "reporters" say LA Lakers would be 6-8th seed in the west but then suddenly turn their back around and say Lebron is by far the best player in the game. If Lebron is the best in the league, there is NO WAY in hell this team should be less than a 5 seed in the West. If that happens, Lebron can't be the best player in the game.

[derrickiverson]

Starting 5:
Ball
Caldwell Pope
Ingram
LeBron
Wagner

Bench:
Rondo
Hart
Stephenson
Kuzma
McGee

Now where do you rank that team?

[Jan_ne]

1. Golden State
2. Houston
3. San Antonio (with DeRozan for Kawhi)
4. Utah
5. Los Angeles
6. Oklahoma City
7. New Orleans
8. Denver
9. Minnesota
10. Portland

[kanobriggs]

Bro for a station that be in Lebron nuts as much as they do there sure disrespecting him and the lakers core right now. Lakers is at the very least the 4th seed.

[jameshicks]

Where's San Antonio..? When they last had kawhi they were 2nd or 3rd

[AxeMurderer]

Fucking hilarious how now that Lebron joins the Lakers the media and ESPN start to underrate Lebron and what he can do. Had Bron been on Cleveland with this exact roster the Lakers have the media would be raving about much talent he has and that they're the 2nd best team in the NBA. Never underestimate Lebron James. He single handedly beat the 1st seed Raptors last year in the playoffs. The Lakers are now the 2nd best team in the West and top 3 in the NBA along with GSW and Celtics (If Kyrie is healthy)

[kylewilson]

West Predictions:
1: GS2: Houston 3: Utah4: Portland5: Minnesota6: OKC7: Denver8: San Antonio 9: LA Lakers10: LA Clippers11: Phoenix 12: New Orleans13: Memphis14: Dallas15: Sacramento

[anzatzi]

Starting: Lebron, McGee, Kuzma, Hart, Ingram. 2nd team: Rondo, Svy, Wagner,
Pope, Lance. G league: Lonzo Ball