https://www.teamrankings.com/nba/ranking/schedule-strength-by-other
A good way to figure out who's for real, who's record is artificially inflated, who will likely turn things around and who's probably gonna drop like a led balloon once their schedules start to even themselves out.
Lakers had a rough schedule to start the year, when they struggled. It's softened significantly from mid November through Christmas (the NBA isn't dumb), and then will starts to get very difficult towards late January into the all star break. Their second half schedule is pretty brutal .
Time your "wow the Lakers are better than we thought" and "what's wrong with the Lakers" and "LeBron needs more help" stories accordingly.
A good way to figure out who's for real, who's record is artificially inflated, who will likely turn things around and who's probably gonna drop like a led balloon once their schedules start to even themselves out.
Lakers had a rough schedule to start the year, when they struggled. It's softened significantly from mid November through Christmas (the NBA isn't dumb), and then will starts to get very difficult towards late January into the all star break. Their second half schedule is pretty brutal .
Time your "wow the Lakers are better than we thought" and "what's wrong with the Lakers" and "LeBron needs more help" stories accordingly.