Lakers were #1 in Preseason Odds in 2021 and Suns were #14

[kawhileonard2]

Wow! Lost to the team with the 14th best odds when you were first.

[kawhileonard2]

This year the Lakers were 2nd and Suns 6th.

[wagexslave]

This year the Lakers were 2nd and Suns 6th.

[3ba11]

From 2011-2016, Lebron's preseason favorite fell to Finals underdog or loser every year, except the Ray Allen miracle.

So only a miracle stopped Lebron from underachieving the expectation for 6 straight years.

Lebron's fans and media will cry about "comp", which is a way to weaponize his failure to meet expectation.. So if your preseason favorite loses, just claim "comp"

[kawhileonard2]

This was an amazing upset.

[ArbitraryWater]

I still would like to know who out there was stupid enough to believe the Lakers had any business being favorites at the start of the season. This is why I don't take preseason odds seriously.

Why would you have said this lol


lakers were the champs and actually even backed up the odds, were the 1st or 2nd seed when AD went down.

[3ba11]

Aside from his 4 title seasons, 2006 and 2015, Lebron was either lottery, upset, locked up, swept, record loss, or lost with preseason favorite - that's 15 years of sheer failure (most of which in his prime), and only a few years where he was viable (although 2 of those years were teammate bailouts and of course franchise players at 2nd and 3rd option super-team stacked deck collusion)

[Full Court]

Aside from his 4 title seasons, 2006 and 2015, Lebron was either lottery, upset, locked up, swept, record loss, or lost with preseason favorite - that's 15 years of sheer failure (most of which in his prime), and only a few years where he was viable (although 2 of those years were teammate bailouts and of course franchise players at 2nd and 3rd option super-team stacked deck collusion)

Nobody has achieved less with more. Nobody.