Interesting comparison between the Lakers and this NFL team

As days keep passing by and training camp approaches, the Lakers keep looking like an below-average team. The team's front office should make more moves if they want to be a competitive team in the upcoming season. This is why an NBA analyst believes that the Lakers might be compared with the New England Patriots.  

"I look at the Los Angeles Lakers and the New England Patriots as the same, right? We're gonna talk about them all the time. One has the greatest coach of all time - can he do it without Tom Brady? And the other has LeBron James, right?," explained Jay Williams in Get Up.

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Despite being two very attractive and polarizing teams, Williams believes that the Lakers might just be out of the playoffs. "But realistically, when you look at both teams, they're marginal playoff teams. They're barely right there, maybe being on the outside looking in."

The Lakers will be trying to avoid missing the playoffs for the second year in a row. Still, the team doesn't look capable of winning against the top teams in the West, as they are the sixth or seventh best team in the conference.

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Just like the Patriots, the Lakers might just enter the playoffs because of a couple of people on the team. The Lakers might have three great players in LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Patrick Beverley, but it seems they won't be able to go through the other teams.