Can AD stay healthy?

[StrongLurk]

If he can play at this level for seventy games then the Lakers season might get really interesting. Same thing if Lebron can stay healthy and Russ continue to accept his sixth man role. Ultimately, the Lakers still have a losing record and have a long way to go to even make the playoffs.

AD deserves major props this year since he is clearly way better than he has been the last two years.

[ArbitraryWater]

finally growing into what he was always supposed to become, yes.

would be a shame if an injury halts it.

[ImKobe]

Yes.. he's in his prime/peak years & was healthy for 5 years prior to the 2 seasons that he had horrible injury luck in. He doesn't have bad knees or anything that would shorten his prime.

[bison]

It’s always in the back of my mind but he’s as healthy as I ever seen him in a laker jersey. Usually when he plays, he’ll have moments where he clutches his ankle after contact, rubs his back after a dunk, holds his knee or is slow to get back on defense. I haven’t seen any of that in the last 8-10 games or so. He looks spry and limber.

[ShawkFactory]

Hopefully. He's playing some of the best ball of his career and is truly an elite player in this current form.

But he's literally only had 2 seasons where he stayed healthy throughout. Kind of waiting for the other shoe to drop.

[StrongLurk]

Yes.. he's in his prime/peak years & was healthy for 5 years prior to the 2 seasons that he had horrible injury luck in. He doesn't have bad knees or anything that would shorten his prime.

He and Lebron both had a ridiculous amount of nagging or pretty bad injuries for the last two seasons which has been a shame since we know what they can do together fully healthy...I'm afraid that Bron is just too old and out of his prime at this point. They really could've repeated in 2021 if they both didn't get bad injuries toward the end of the year.

To be honest, I don't trust either of them to stay healthy enough to make a serious run at anything.

[Full Court]

If he does stay healthy, he has the potential for MVP, DPOY, and scoring title all in the same year.

[Chuckbe]

No. The load is too heavy.

[bobopenguin]

i feel AD needs to calm down a bit, too much big dick energy lately, he's gonna hurt himself again.

[WhiteKyrie]

Yes.. he's in his prime/peak years & was healthy for 5 years prior to the 2 seasons that he had horrible injury luck in. He doesn't have bad knees or anything that would shorten his prime.

Agreed. Overstated. He was the reason the Lakers were so good in 2020. And Rondo.

[Chuckbe]

Agreed. Overstated. He was the reason the Lakers were so good in 2020. And Rondo.

Dwight was good too

[Xiao Yao You]

To be honest, I don't trust either of them to stay healthy enough to make a serious run at anything.

this

[WhiteKyrie]

Dwight was good too

Facts

[StrongLurk]

Hilarious that AD missed the next two games right after I made this thread

Plus Lebron missed another game.

Lakers are fools gold, I still think they don't even make the playoffs because AD/Lebron most likely will miss too many games.

[HoopologyPhD]

No, if Street Clothes was on ISH he would probably strain his fingers and get carpel tunnel after a dozen posts.