Los Angeles Lakers: Six things we'd love to see happen this season

Los Angeles Lakers: Six things we’d love to see happen this season

By Jason Reed | Oct 17, 2018

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 10: LeBron James #23 and Lance Stephenson #6 of the Los Angeles Lakers celebrate after James made a shot against the Golden State Warriors and was fouled during their preseason game at T-Mobile Arena on October 10, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Lakers defeated the Warriors 123-113. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) /

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3. A LeBron James-Kyrie Irving shootout

LeBron James and Kyrie Irving have an interesting rivalry that probably is escalated by the media. Do the two seem to hate each other? Absolutely not. Heck, NBA fans didn’t even get to see the two square off in the Eastern Conference Finals last season.

With LeBron now on the West Coast, the two stars will only see each other twice in the regular season and only in the postseason if both sides make the NBA Finals. The chance of that happening over the next four years is pretty likely; the chance of it happening this year is unlikely.

Thus, we have to cherish the two LeBron-Kyrie matchups that we are given as fans this season. Not only is the storyline around the two players intriguing, but the somewhat personal rivalry has also taken a completely new turn on the NBA’s most storied rivalry.

To be fair, the Lakers-Celtics rivalry is not as big as it was in the 80s and isn’t even at the level it was when the two sides squared off in the 2008 and 2010 NBA Finals.

Perhaps this personal twist could be the catalyst to a new era in the rivalry that reinvents the hatred that LA fans and Boston fans have for each other.

Either way, it is going to be fun to watch. And while we obviously want the Lakers to win, we want to see LeBron and Kyrie go toe-to-toe in a closely contested shootout at least once this season.

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