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Luka Dončić an Early Season MVP Favorite? And Will LeBron James Ask Lakers for Trade?
One good way to measure how confident the NBA pundit class is in the Lakers is to look at offseason predictions around things like awards.
And by that standard, the Lakers are doing ok. Luka Dončić finished second behind Nikola Jokic (who is pretty good!) in a preseason MVP handicapping, as judged by a panel of ESPN experts. For that to happen, first and foremost Luka needs to put up big numbers, something similar to what he did in Dallas a couple seasons ago. And second, the Lakers have to be very, very competitive. If they're middling around the Western Conference, struggling to stay…
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