The case for the Lakers to win the championship
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Much like the past two seasons, the Golden State Warriors will begin the 2018-19 NBA season as the heavy favorites to win the championship (-195 on Bovada). While a three-peat seems inevitable, the NBA is still going to make them play-out the season… and whThe case for the Lakers to win the championship
Much like the past two seasons, the Golden State Warriors will begin the 2018-19 NBA season as the heavy favorites to win the championship (-195 on Bovada). While a three-peat seems inevitable, the NBA is still going to make them play-out the season… and who knows - maybe the Warriors have bad injury luck or the DeMarcus Cousins experiment throws-off their chemistry or Kevin Durant and Klay Thompson’s impending free agency decisions distract the team just enough to allow a hungrier team to catch them by surprise. As the league stands today, there are seven other teams that can make a legitimate argument that they could win the title if the Warriors falter – the Boston Celtics (+500), Houston Rockets (+850), Los Angeles Lakers (+1000), Toronto Raptors (+1400), Philadelphia 76ers (+1600), Oklahoma City Thunder (+3000) and Utah Jazz (+7500).Yardbarker’s ‘The case for’ series will examine all eight contenders over the next two weeks, starting with LeBron James and the Lakers.The case for the Lakers begins and end Read more