Los Angeles Lakers: 3 Reasons they can make the playoffs without Anthony Davis

The Los Angeles Lakers were unable to acquire Anthony Davis before the trade deadline. However, here are three reasons why they can still make the playoffs.

Despite a lot of rumors leading up to the trade deadline, the Los Angeles Lakers were not able to get a deal done with the New Orleans Pelicans for Anthony Davis.

While the Lakers certainly came in with good offers for Davis, the Pelicans clearly didn’t have a desire to give Davis what he wanted. The Lakers were offering up pretty much their entire young core for Davis, but even that wasn’t enough.

Davis is certainly a great player, but the asking price from the Pelicans was far too high to make a potential deal good for the Lakers. While they missed out on adding a second star to play with LeBron James, the Lakers still have games to play and a chance to end their playoff drought.

While there has been a lot of doom and gloom in Los Angeles lately, the Lakers are still very capable of making the playoffs this season without Davis. If not for injuries, the Lakers might be sitting very comfortably in the Western Conference right now, and the Davis rumors might not have been as loud in Los Angeles.

With a good young core, LeBron, and cap space in the summer, the Lakers are still in very good shape moving forward. However, the next task at hand will be to win games and make the playoffs. Here are three reasons why they can do so despite not trading for Anthony Davis.