He literally got paid millions and he’s just relaxing now. No one wants to say it. But he’s set for life and doesn’t even need to play anymore. And probably won’t.
The Lakers would be blessed to have a tale by like Harden. He would take off the Pg role from Lebron and make everyone else better. But keep Rui at least..
As a Laker fan I'm disgusted that they keep trying to get LeBron more help to win what else he wants in that team he wants an All-Star team full of All-Star players to win a championship because he cannot win like Michael Jordan I'm starting to dislike him because at the end of the day Michael went 6-0 in the finals I think this is going ridiculous
Charles did not have the athleticism of zion ,just like Jordan didn't have the range of kobe dirk didn't have the passing skill of jokìc it maybe slightly different but it still makes them 1 of 1
It’s crazy to me that “you get more respect depending how many championship rings you have”. It took Denver 47 yrs. They DESERVE it!! Even rookie players, bench players with Denver now have a ring while more “seasoned” players in other teams don’t have one. Btw, I would be salty if I lost also. Especially, 4 in a row.
Hmmmmm lebron quits on defense all game and plays the weakest players he should retore also and we should not talk about someone who got swept by the slowest center in history
No way they could afford that. Even if they could, they’d have to get rid of everyone else who’s 1/2 good, and have an even worse bench. They’ll get to maybe the 2nd round & get beat.
Feel like those are 2 different situations as CP3 deferred offensively and is a “true” PG who’s play style fit with James perfectly. Lebron James and AD are NOT going say “hey we’ll create for you and just let you do your thing”. This actually might be the most apples to oranges argument yet lol
@@Rickle_Pick23Harden takes to much time off the clock thou, harden isn’t as fast as he was going inside neither so all you expect of him is to shoot outside shoots after 4 dribles or more… it is not a right fit with lebron, at all, laker fans should have learned with the Westbrook situation. James harden isn’t expected to shoot catch and shoots, which he would have to with lebron on the court, and it isn’t like lebron doenst take enough time off the clock neither… it’s not really about only having 1 ball on the court it’s the fact that you only got 24 seconds on the clock.
What can anyone do to unlock Zion? First of all, I don‘t believe for a second that he wanted to be a Pelican. His eyes were set on NY during the draft night. I think that he will continue playing half-hearted and manifest it with health issues. Also, that clause about his weight maintenance is a real turn down for him. So he may not be playing physically, but his mind game is superb.
@thatguyjoe3649 You do realize he's only reached out to CJ once 😂 As a guy, and a team player, if there's lack of communication I completely don't want to be around. Commonsense. Pelicans instead of paying him should have realistically tested the trade market.
Didn't these guys just watch LBJ not playing D for a whole season? Sure he went for the occasional chase down block, the occasional critical rebound, but did you not watch him not going to close out on perimeter shots as a standart? Not staying in front of cutters and slashers, etc ...? Now you propose another guy that can't do the things LBJ can't/won't do anymore and hope AD gets 15 blocks a game? That's insane! LBJ, Reaves and Schroder can and did create more than enough nice looks for AD. LA needs a role playing guard the likes of KCP, Josh Richardson, even Caleb Martin for role's sake, in exchange for DeLo. A tall guard for 3&D and IQ. Not to mention they need to get Mo Bamba going at a respectable level from the bench, AD can't be the only big for 45min a game.
Funny how the media doesn't even hide its infatuation with the Lakers. It's always about them. What can we do to create the perfect situation for the LAKERS so that they can beat the Nuggets next year and win titles. I don't mind it and I get it, it's just funny.
LeGM has orchestrated his entire barring first stint in Cleveland, contracts leverage etc, SOOOO much help...and barely scraped 4 rings.... my GAWDDDDDD
@@prolific1518 still sleep like a baby at nights .... spent his entire career trying to make sure his is on the best situations and barely got 5 rings with all top 5 talents at the time. Great GM
@@ELYDIDI good for him.....still hasn't catapulted him to being the best. 4 rings in 20 seasons, most of which you were in control of your career, moving, orchestrating your own top 5 teammates etc? Not good enough
Glad Perkins brought up Teresa Witherspoon dynamic, because that is big in the midst of trade rumours, especially in trusting the organization. I wouldn't trade him though, we want him. I would hire Coach K to come in and talk with him and help in the management of things. I would bring in, Chris Paul. David West also with promise as executives in the organization
Could you imagine pairing a top 4 wing player of all time with LeBron? Harden could set AD up for a lot of post points and would demand a double team which will open up things for LeBron.
Yeah, the fact he was only suspended 8 games from all the stuff he did before is crazy! 25 is a great number. Stern enough to let him the next time anything happens it will be
The role players in the league have all progressed to a higher tier. Lakers don’t need another star we need a full valuable bench that can hold it down when they starters are out. And we need 2-3 Swiss Army knives that can guard multiple positions
I have been saying for two seasons now that they need to trade Zion Williamson. I think the fact that this question is even having to be asked, is a foreshadowing of the fact that this is only going to get worse.
New Orleans is delusional. I would trade him for 50 cents on the dollar because his value is at an all time low and he will likely not get healthy unless he goes somewhere he wants to be
@@baldeagle4710 agree. He won't even attempt to get his weight down until he's where he wants to be and also until he knows he won't be pampered anymore.
As a Harden fan, i would love him going to La because he can do his thang in the background without too much pressure. Unfortunately harden is not a 1, he can be a 2 if his "1" is actually not passive. Him in la would be a three, and we saw how good he was with brooklyn let alone a dominant bigman with embiid. Would be great to see
Ain’t no way the pelicans doing somebody else a favor by trading Zion, so he can go be what everyone wants (including the pelicans) somewhere else 😂 that’s dumb af. No. He’s not getting traded to the knicks. Stop it
@@frostb7ackmyotisco7d93 no I’ve been a fan since they moved to the city. But a trade doesn’t make sense, and it def don’t make sense to New York. They don’t have anything.
Cause dame ain’t running round chasing rings saying his team isn’t good enough. Dame never won an mvp. Dame comes to play and has played better in playoffs despite having not had a good team
Am I wrong in saying every NBA Championship Team has been like Top 5 In DEFENSE? Why aren't teams scrambling for Defensive Players that can also knock down some 3s & strengthening their bench.
Espn will be having major layoffs this summer as the ceo wants to trim costs... Perhaps Perkins will voluntarily take a pay cut to stay there since he's so willing to tell others to take pay cuts
Isn't that funny,these grown men telling other grown men that they should be taking pay cuts to play a game of basketball when nothing is guaranteed outside the contract you sign but like many of the espn on air talents who've been asked to take pay cuts to stay,they've chosen to move on.....these same former athletes turned "experts" will tell you that money isn't just about what your services it's also about respect...in that breath,a Bradley Beal getting 50 mil a year and can't even take his team to the players but you expect harden who's next extension is projected to be at around 50 a year to want less that(you can say harden is a playoff chocker and all that but the one thing your team is always guaranteed with him leading it is you're going to make the playoffs with a chance of getting out of the 1st round)....Beal the same guy who was saying he wanted to be on a contender and was saying he might not resign with Washington...turned out to be a ploy to make sure the wizards gave him the 250,even got a no trade clause in the deal(no player has one)....why aren't people getting on him for lacking ambition...the guy can't even will his teams to wins but apparently people think he'll save Joel embiid. Has there been a big man who's lauded for being a jumpshooter but is as efficient as a star guard...in the later rounds it only gets worse....but yeah let's blame the player who alot of people expected nothing from him rather than the "mvp" who does nothing but miss time and when he plays in the play off against undersized players he plays smaller than they are.
Klay is a lot easier to replace than Draymons is. Klay is now a very good shooter who does nothing else, including defend at a high level. There are tons of those in the league. LeBron is probably the only guy that can realistically fill Draymond's shoes. Draymond is still a top tier defender and passer who can guard all five positions and is the team leader on the floor calling out assignments, rotations, screens etc. There's really no one but LeBron that has that combination of skills.
I don’t like Perk’s comment about the nuggets hadn’t “earned” the right to be talked about. The Nuggets were the best team in the West for most of the season. The issue with these media types is, they don’t want to tell the truth. When Bron has had losing seasons with the Lakers, it’s literally all ESPN ever talked about. There was probably more coverage about how bad the Lakers were than coverage of how good other teams were. Yes, LA is a historic franchise, but shouldn’t sports coverage mirror the meritocracy that is Sports? It should be “what have you done for me lately, now in 2023” not “oh y’all won a title a few years ago, we’ll cover you more than the teams that win now “.
Right?! How do you have the 2nd best record in the conference, sweep the opponent in the conference championship, and beat the opponent for the title 4-1, but “didn’t earn the right”??? Dude is a moron.
You don't earn the right to be talked about by just having a great regular season. You need to dominate in the playoffs and that is what the Nuggets did. The Lakers also won a championship 3 years ago. Lebron is a 4x champion with a dozen Finals appearances. If Jokic does that, he'll deserve the praise. Right now, he's getting all the hype with half of the glory.
If this happens, when it's all said and done, LeBron James will have played with more all stars - future HOFs than any other player in history and he'll have just the four rings to show for it.
Oh how charitable. He took $15M less to choke in game 6 & 7 while partying in Vegas the week prior to the Celtics series starting. Harden is the most overrated player of all time.
@@phillyphan1346 id say devin booker look at his last 2 close out games....at HOME. XD Both games halftime scores DAL game 7 at PHX/HOME....or game 6 v DEN at home/PHX....ABYSSMAL at home in the face of do or die. Kid gets 40 mil to jack 20-25 shots a night play no D or make any plays...and expects a ring and all the praise for being a glorified shot jacker whistle/flop cry baby lighskin ill add that too he embodies the concept
Everything Perk said about Harden and AD makes sense to me, and is probably right, but LeBron throws a wrench in that idea because I doubt he's going to play off the ball, and neither will Harden. So I don't really see how this would work the way Perk has described. Although, if the Lakers are convinced LeBron is gone after next season, they may do it
As a Warrior fan I wish the Warriors would trade Jordan Poole to the Bucks in exchange for Brooke Lopez. I'm not an expert, but he's around the same age as Steph, so it could work. They'd get the size they need.
How come the media always talk about who they’re going to put with Lebron to win the finals. He’s got healthy AD already and still lost against the nuggets! Not only they lost but they got swept omg!
i would also try to trade brandon ingram to portland for the number 3 pick and other pieces but only if scoot is available cuz scoot and zion would be a great pairing
They always talking about LeBron James getting more help to win this era is so pathetic trying to create any way possible for this blown up clown to try to win another championship they know Michael Jordan is on top of the food chain and he's going to stay there until someone comes and do what he did six championships six and all to three peats 10 scoring titles six finals MVps five MVPs regular season defensive player of the Year three times steel leader and the list goes on and on LeBron will never catch up to Michael Jordan stop it
Magic is right there wit Air Jordan quiet as kept. The only difference is that he doesn’t score like Mike, but he’s one of the greatest floor generals that I’ve seen in the game. Bottom line.
Perk is a lebron/ lakers homer . Jokic/ Murray were in the western conference finals in the bubble 🫧. Jokic 2 times MVP and now finals MVP . Swept 🧹 lebron/ Lakers and won the finals. They should have gotten more respect. From the media. Malone was right congratulating on winning the Nba championship 🏆. And I think 🤔 the nuggets will repeat 🏆. No cap
Why did Washington offer a "no trade clause" to someone who was being offered 5 years for 250+ million. Any other team could not offer him that. He was going to sign that contract just like Dame and most players. This is an excellent trade for Washington with the following conditions: - CP3 stays for the year they automatically become a playoff team at the 8th seed, look what CP3 does in the regular season, and he elevates every PF, and Center to at least a 15ppg & 10rpg - CP3s contract is only 1 year left and after they will have a 30mil cap space to either get picks with an expiring "bad" contract as they rebuild. - Kuzma is not worth 30 mil/year for 3+ years. Sign and trade him to a team looking to compete and aquire a 1st and a role player. (Detroit, Orlando, Memphis, San Antonio, Dallas). - Porzingis is averaging 23 and 8. Has a player option. If he and CP3 play together those numbers can go to 25 and 10 and he can sign a max contract because of the CP3 effect. Or he can opt out and sign with New York, or with Lebron who would recruit him. An unlikely trade can be Ayton for Porzingis. - Washington has drafted good players over the past 20 years. The only ones that have been max contract players have been Wall & Beal. The others were overpaid because on the CBA. Just because a player is eligible for max money doesn't mean they are. Washington has a loyal fanbase. They are worthy of a team with an MVP season like Arenas had that year. And a playoff team competing for the ECF like they did with Beal & Wall for a few years. They continue to max out at a 2nd rd exit vs 1 & 2 seeds.
man as a lakers fan it is already hard enough with lebron and now y’all wanna add harden? holy moly. if we keep reaves and rui i’m fine with everything
Didn’t y’all JUST hear harden say he doesn’t want to play PG anymore after game 1 in the Boston series? And now you want him to be point guard again? Just because he CAN doesn’t mean he WANTS TO and James has shown if he don’t wanna do something, he’ll make sure he doesn’t do it
Money is not being used to accentuate motivation and reward performance. Money is being used to lock potential stars where they dont really want to be.
when did harden and embiid dominate in pick and roll? i mean embiid loves the low post and mid range so that he can get his mandatory freethrows. the definition of pick and roll is how jokic and murray does it all the time, that's domination, i never saw harden and embiid really consistently do that pick and roll, but i;ll agree on that AD-Harden pick and roll, it's like capela coz he jumps, unlike glass embiid who prefer to post up then "fade away" or work his way inside on his own for the flop and FT, the AD-Harden will make sense, not really sure how it will look with LBJ tho, harden and LBJ are ball dominant
It amazes me how Jay Williams keeps saying “Klay wants a super max” when Klay has said countless times he’d do whatever he needs to do to stay with gsw even if that means a paycut smh media won’t be happy until warriors are fully done
Nothings funnier than Jokic being so nonchalant about basketball and saying it’s not that important to him. Everything that Lebron did since coming to La including the move itself was looked at as if Lebron didn’t think basketball was important.
Thank you for making this video. I am a baseball fan at heart, but I do follow the NBA during the playoffs. I had never heard of Bradley Beal until I heard Stephen A emphatically endorse his skills and urge him to leave Portland. Zion has been in the news so much lately due to his weight, lack of commitment, and possible trade this off-season.
Thank you for making this video. I am a baseball fan at heart, but I do follow the NBA during playoff time. This should be a very interesting off-season with all the possible trades. Bradley Beal, Zion and James Harden could fin themselves with different teams next season.
I guess only if Zion comes,give pelicans Julius Randle,obi toppin and a first round pick for 2024 I don't see why Knicks and pelicans wouldn't do that trade lol
As a laker fan I dont want james harden on the lakers. When pressure and expectations comes, he doesn't show up or and he quits. Kobe already said james harden style of play will not get him a championship ring. Now Doc Rivers said it was almost impposible to caoach James Harden. No Thank You.
It’s ridiculous how an organization has to think about getting a babysitter for a professional basketball player.
He literally got paid millions and he’s just relaxing now. No one wants to say it. But he’s set for life and doesn’t even need to play anymore. And probably won’t.
Exactly
This is one of the reasons why international players are taking over the NBA. Too much privilege and entitlement with these players
Protecting their invested. They already threw money at him. Trying to mitigate their lossses.
Everyone needs a mentor man. Only poor people dont have them.
As a laker fan, i dont want james harden, however id prefer him over dlo, but i dont want neither
Your team can't even afford James harden,it's not even on the table these people are just blowing smoke with nothing to talk about.
And Russ
The Lakers would be blessed to have a tale by like Harden. He would take off the Pg role from Lebron and make everyone else better. But keep Rui at least..
@@vincentkariuki4227 😭❤️
As a Laker fan I'm disgusted that they keep trying to get LeBron more help to win what else he wants in that team he wants an All-Star team full of All-Star players to win a championship because he cannot win like Michael Jordan I'm starting to dislike him because at the end of the day Michael went 6-0 in the finals I think this is going ridiculous
Big Perk doesn't think about salary cap and trade barriers, he just says what he wishes
LMFAOOOO THIS IS FACTS THO
Lmao
No he said if harden take a pay cut ..pay attention
@@glenwhitestone7045except he would have to take vet minimum
Perk also mispronounces Rajon’s name and it’s so weird to me since they actually played together. It’s pronounced Raw-jon not Ray-jon
Zion is not one of one. we have seen a player like him in Charles Barkley. Only different is, Charles actually could stay healthy.
Plus Charles had heart
@@1253gedefinitely saw grand mama in his game at Duke. LJ later on in his career had a jumper so maybe a bit of both.
Charles did not have the athleticism of zion ,just like Jordan didn't have the range of kobe dirk didn't have the passing skill of jokìc it maybe slightly different but it still makes them 1 of 1
He had to earn His money that's why ! He wasn't paid off potential like today's nba
@@Kashmir-bb1ccwhat does that have to do with anything said 😂
It’s crazy to me that “you get more respect depending how many championship rings you have”. It took Denver 47 yrs. They DESERVE it!! Even rookie players, bench players with Denver now have a ring while more “seasoned” players in other teams don’t have one. Btw, I would be salty if I lost also. Especially, 4 in a row.
He’s the next JaMarcus Russell
As much as I enjoy seeing Zion play, we need to move on and give the television airspace to players that hustle every night.
They need to trade Greg oden while they can.
Without Zion, pelicans would only get 1/2 National tv games
@@TutStore and that is ok? How many do they get now? Zion will continue to dissapoint you for as long as you allow him to.
No players hustle every night
Hmmmmm lebron quits on defense all game and plays the weakest players he should retore also and we should not talk about someone who got swept by the slowest center in history
Listening to Perk talk makes my IQ drop every time
He sounds like he has an IQ of 50
Big perk say make sure he’s not stocking up on soda😂😂😭😭 GET EM PERK🗣️🗣️
I agree with Perk. James Harden to Lakers would be a great fit for AD
Everybody wants to go to the Lakers why?
@@Mr.matthewRiley-gr3zv 17 banners dont lie
Props to Perk for speaking about the situation with T. Weatherspoon.
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Who cares
@@younghater707 you do
Big facts! Thanks for pointing that out.
@Chross apparently sports fans do. Listen, go be a better person in life. Peace to you.
No way they could afford that. Even if they could, they’d have to get rid of everyone else who’s 1/2 good, and have an even worse bench. They’ll get to maybe the 2nd round & get beat.
Idk, Harden took a pay cut in Philly. Maybe he'd be willing to take another to ring chase in LA?
Harden will take a pay cut to go home
Hey ESPN there's 30 teams... not just the Lakers. I'm going back to FS1.
The ol “2 ball” argument.. which held up so well in Houston with CP3 when they had the best regular season in Rockets history
Feel like those are 2 different situations as CP3 deferred offensively and is a “true” PG who’s play style fit with James perfectly. Lebron James and AD are NOT going say “hey we’ll create for you and just let you do your thing”. This actually might be the most apples to oranges argument yet lol
@@avantesmith6442 why wouldn’t they defer to Harden too? You understand lakers had set designs to get D’Angelo Russell open looks in the mid-range lol
And started with lebron and wade whom went to the finals every season together. Worst argument in sports.
@@Rickle_Pick23Harden takes to much time off the clock thou, harden isn’t as fast as he was going inside neither so all you expect of him is to shoot outside shoots after 4 dribles or more… it is not a right fit with lebron, at all, laker fans should have learned with the Westbrook situation. James harden isn’t expected to shoot catch and shoots, which he would have to with lebron on the court, and it isn’t like lebron doenst take enough time off the clock neither… it’s not really about only having 1 ball on the court it’s the fact that you only got 24 seconds on the clock.
Regular season
I don’t know who the guy in the grey jacket’s name is but he is right. That is a good take. 👏🏿 We need more of this.
LeGM needs a solid PG so he can do work on defense
Oh how original the same Le and say something stupid afterwards can you coin a phrase without your daddy Skip Bayless helping you bums out?
He don’t wanna guard
@@NyntheGhost XD he face up guarded JOKIC more in those 4 games than AD
Bron aint played defense in like 5 years and doesnt plan on changing that
@@theoriginaltroll388He was phenomenal on defense in the playoffs. Do you even watch basketball?
Big Perk on point with his point on the players that would work together
What can anyone do to unlock Zion? First of all, I don‘t believe for a second that he wanted to be a Pelican. His eyes were set on NY during the draft night. I think that he will continue playing half-hearted and manifest it with health issues. Also, that clause about his weight maintenance is a real turn down for him. So he may not be playing physically, but his mind game is superb.
My issue with that is that the pelicans have a really good deep squad. There is zero excuse for zion not competing on the pelicans
@thatguyjoe3649 You do realize he's only reached out to CJ once 😂
As a guy, and a team player, if there's lack of communication I completely don't want to be around. Commonsense. Pelicans instead of paying him should have realistically tested the trade market.
Didn't these guys just watch LBJ not playing D for a whole season? Sure he went for the occasional chase down block, the occasional critical rebound, but did you not watch him not going to close out on perimeter shots as a standart? Not staying in front of cutters and slashers, etc ...? Now you propose another guy that can't do the things LBJ can't/won't do anymore and hope AD gets 15 blocks a game? That's insane! LBJ, Reaves and Schroder can and did create more than enough nice looks for AD. LA needs a role playing guard the likes of KCP, Josh Richardson, even Caleb Martin for role's sake, in exchange for DeLo. A tall guard for 3&D and IQ.
Not to mention they need to get Mo Bamba going at a respectable level from the bench, AD can't be the only big for 45min a game.
Funny how the media doesn't even hide its infatuation with the Lakers. It's always about them. What can we do to create the perfect situation for the LAKERS so that they can beat the Nuggets next year and win titles. I don't mind it and I get it, it's just funny.
I never seen this when Kobe was still playing 😂
I mind it an I can't wait for LeBron to retire. Stacking team for this man to win is getting stale
It's actually with LeBron. If he were still on the Cavs they'd be talking about the Cavs all day long.
You click and comment. Watching something you have no interest in just to complain about it is a female trait.
@@iluvcakes19 that’s not true. the media was still discussing the lakers when they were a lottery team back in 2016.
Great Show Yall Talkn sum real stuff it make sense
LeGM has orchestrated his entire barring first stint in Cleveland, contracts leverage etc, SOOOO much help...and barely scraped 4 rings.... my GAWDDDDDD
he beat the hardest team in the history of the NBA. something nobody in your fam can do
Cuz NBA players are actually better than Jordan prime era, LBJ is 5 players on the floor u goofy
They only hate on greatness. He'll keep living rent free in your head 😉
@@prolific1518 still sleep like a baby at nights .... spent his entire career trying to make sure his is on the best situations and barely got 5 rings with all top 5 talents at the time. Great GM
@@ELYDIDI good for him.....still hasn't catapulted him to being the best. 4 rings in 20 seasons, most of which you were in control of your career, moving, orchestrating your own top 5 teammates etc? Not good enough
Dame perfect fit for the Lakers
12:04 The Lakers got swept and This guy said "it was a close" series and a rivalry. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lol I swear media is paid to nit bad mouth lakers
Every single game was close. Don’t know what you’re complaining about
@@bigherm24 lakers lost every game. Series ain't close if you lost every game
@@damienwest2519the games were close
@@Lakersforlif but they lost every game. The series was not close.
Glad Perkins brought up Teresa Witherspoon dynamic, because that is big in the midst of trade rumours, especially in trusting the organization. I wouldn't trade him though, we want him. I would hire Coach K to come in and talk with him and help in the management of things. I would bring in, Chris Paul. David West also with promise as executives in the organization
Could you imagine pairing a top 4 wing player of all time with LeBron? Harden could set AD up for a lot of post points and would demand a double team which will open up things for LeBron.
harden gone be the scapegoat
James Harden would definitely set up a lot of plays for AD they will dominate in the paint
Mike is such an amazing sports commentator for years he can run a ship
How about getting Kahwi and the Greek Freak to play with LeBron? Also get Steph Curry to play point. And have Beal to come off the bench.
They arent free agents tho... whats wrong the organization should always try to upgrade their team correct? Or
Another hater
@@PettyFreddy94he’s clearly being sarcastic 🤦🏽♂️
@@maliks7331 I think we just found the President of the Nutrider Club. 😜😆😂
@@kaferrat who is we ? You are out to get your daily dose of lebron hate.
Denver shot 40+% from 3pt range for the series! That's what it took for them to beat LA.
For comedy purposes, hiring Jay Williams and Kendrick Perkins as General Managers would be good for everyone.
Yeah, the fact he was only suspended 8 games from all the stuff he did before is crazy! 25 is a great number. Stern enough to let him the next time anything happens it will be
I been wanting Harden on Lakers favorite player on my fav team
The role players in the league have all progressed to a higher tier. Lakers don’t need another star we need a full valuable bench that can hold it down when they starters are out. And we need 2-3 Swiss Army knives that can guard multiple positions
The Swiss Army knife guys is really what you need but a true rebounding defending big is necessary too. I think DLo just ran out of gas
Why are teams like Golden State and Miami looking for point and shooting guards when the front court is were they are in need?
Exactly. I know everyone is saying Dame to Miami but he makes them even smaller. Miami needs a power forward and a backup center
Embiid Giannis and Jokic and Davis when healthy are IT when it comes to front court. The amount of backcourt talent in the league is many times that
That no look fist bump was clean JWill
I have been saying for two seasons now that they need to trade Zion Williamson. I think the fact that this question is even having to be asked, is a foreshadowing of the fact that this is only going to get worse.
Nobody wants him. He’s a bust.
New Orleans is delusional. I would trade him for 50 cents on the dollar because his value is at an all time low and he will likely not get healthy unless he goes somewhere he wants to be
@@baldeagle4710 agree. He won't even attempt to get his weight down until he's where he wants to be and also until he knows he won't be pampered anymore.
9:45 This thing is a comedy now and ESPN knows it.
They just don’t care 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
26ppg on 60% shooting won’t help you win anything if you only get that 20 games a season
@Caged Monke what are you talking about?
LeBron played with every all star, former mvp and champion
@davidmontgomery1442Dwayne Wade
@@AlejandroRamirez-rx1py Never was an MVP. Was a Finals MVP one playoff run. Next.
@phillyphan1346 then you need to specify instead of saying MVP
Liar
@@AlejandroRamirez-rx1pyignorant clown
Lebron Can Get 1 more ring And Needs A Closer ......Get Kyrie and A Dependable Center and The Lakers Are Green Light Go 🔥
Get rid of LeFraud and Anthony alias street clothes and start to rebuild
he need help everyear
Kyrie won't play for some reason, AD and Lebron will get their annual injuries and you lose
As a Harden fan, i would love him going to La because he can do his thang in the background without too much pressure. Unfortunately harden is not a 1, he can be a 2 if his "1" is actually not passive. Him in la would be a three, and we saw how good he was with brooklyn let alone a dominant bigman with embiid. Would be great to see
The lakers needed a great shooter but d lo is not the answers
If nothing else, atleast they both have james in their names...if nothing else😂
C'mon skiiiiiiiip
Bradley Beal with GSW would be sick.
Ain’t no way the pelicans doing somebody else a favor by trading Zion, so he can go be what everyone wants (including the pelicans) somewhere else 😂 that’s dumb af. No. He’s not getting traded to the knicks. Stop it
So when he gets traded then what, you stop being a fan of that organization?
@@frostb7ackmyotisco7d93 no I’ve been a fan since they moved to the city. But a trade doesn’t make sense, and it def don’t make sense to New York. They don’t have anything.
Kendrick pledging allegiance who agrees with him 'cause it's been so long since ANYBODY took him seriously 😅
Why does James Harden get slander but dudes like Dame don’t
Facts bro!!!!! Cp3 Westbrook Paul George don’t get slander like harden and most of it because gsw in the playoffs 😡😡
Cause dame ain’t running round chasing rings saying his team isn’t good enough. Dame never won an mvp. Dame comes to play and has played better in playoffs despite having not had a good team
Because Dame doesn’t give up or not show up consistently. And he plays better defense
For real. Dame is super nice but let's not pretend that he didn't get swept in the WCF by the Warriors. Even without KD at that
@@og_mante5138 bro said plays defense the only pg that plays defense is jrue and smart even tho they didn’t show it on the playoffs this year
Am I wrong in saying every NBA Championship Team has been like Top 5 In DEFENSE?
Why aren't teams scrambling for Defensive Players that can also knock down some 3s & strengthening their bench.
Espn will be having major layoffs this summer as the ceo wants to trim costs... Perhaps Perkins will voluntarily take a pay cut to stay there since he's so willing to tell others to take pay cuts
To win a championship at ESPN? Hush bro
Isn't that funny,these grown men telling other grown men that they should be taking pay cuts to play a game of basketball when nothing is guaranteed outside the contract you sign but like many of the espn on air talents who've been asked to take pay cuts to stay,they've chosen to move on.....these same former athletes turned "experts" will tell you that money isn't just about what your services it's also about respect...in that breath,a Bradley Beal getting 50 mil a year and can't even take his team to the players but you expect harden who's next extension is projected to be at around 50 a year to want less that(you can say harden is a playoff chocker and all that but the one thing your team is always guaranteed with him leading it is you're going to make the playoffs with a chance of getting out of the 1st round)....Beal the same guy who was saying he wanted to be on a contender and was saying he might not resign with Washington...turned out to be a ploy to make sure the wizards gave him the 250,even got a no trade clause in the deal(no player has one)....why aren't people getting on him for lacking ambition...the guy can't even will his teams to wins but apparently people think he'll save Joel embiid.
Has there been a big man who's lauded for being a jumpshooter but is as efficient as a star guard...in the later rounds it only gets worse....but yeah let's blame the player who alot of people expected nothing from him rather than the "mvp" who does nothing but miss time and when he plays in the play off against undersized players he plays smaller than they are.
Yeah and make sure Sage Steele is the first to go she’s a 🤡
anyone notice perk been speaking facts lately? He has been on a rare string of actual good & unbiased takes
Except his predictions are just outlandish. The Teresa Weatherspoon update was clutch
The fact that Jay believes the Warriors can’t win a championship without Dray but can without Klay is mind blowing 😂
These dudes on tv have no idea what they’re talking about man
But that’s true lol draymond facilitates the defense of the team, Poole is the one that’s got to go tbh he got a chip he good
@@nalban7501dray is trash
He hit his head too hard in the motorcycle accident
Klay is a lot easier to replace than Draymons is. Klay is now a very good shooter who does nothing else, including defend at a high level. There are tons of those in the league. LeBron is probably the only guy that can realistically fill Draymond's shoes. Draymond is still a top tier defender and passer who can guard all five positions and is the team leader on the floor calling out assignments, rotations, screens etc. There's really no one but LeBron that has that combination of skills.
What players will stay healthy for the '24 NBA season K. Leonard P. George, Zion Williamson A. Davis LBJ, Victor W. K.D. ...?
I don’t like Perk’s comment about the nuggets hadn’t “earned” the right to be talked about. The Nuggets were the best team in the West for most of the season. The issue with these media types is, they don’t want to tell the truth. When Bron has had losing seasons with the Lakers, it’s literally all ESPN ever talked about. There was probably more coverage about how bad the Lakers were than coverage of how good other teams were. Yes, LA is a historic franchise, but shouldn’t sports coverage mirror the meritocracy that is Sports? It should be “what have you done for me lately, now in 2023” not “oh y’all won a title a few years ago, we’ll cover you more than the teams that win now “.
Right?! How do you have the 2nd best record in the conference, sweep the opponent in the conference championship, and beat the opponent for the title 4-1, but “didn’t earn the right”??? Dude is a moron.
Nobody cares about the nuggets. Only nuggets fans wants to hear anything about the nuggets
They talk about Lebron because... HE'S POPULAR HE GETS VIEWS, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HIM MORE THAN OTHERS. LOL IT'S NOT A CONSPIRACY
You don't earn the right to be talked about by just having a great regular season. You need to dominate in the playoffs and that is what the Nuggets did. The Lakers also won a championship 3 years ago. Lebron is a 4x champion with a dozen Finals appearances. If Jokic does that, he'll deserve the praise. Right now, he's getting all the hype with half of the glory.
@@rafa021 Sooooo salty. You want some French cries with that wah burger?
Okay dame and Zion would be 🔥🔥 but honestly pelicans are nice they just need stay healthy. Maybe try get a defensive stopper
If this happens, when it's all said and done, LeBron James will have played with more all stars - future HOFs than any other player in history and he'll have just the four rings to show for it.
How about KD?
It just shows you how skilled and much better the league is nowadays
Facts
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@@mid305 lol
Never thought about this perk but you may be on to something. This might be what they need.
Didn't Harden take $15 million less to try to win in Philly? Let's not act like Harden didn't take less money coming into last season.
Oh how charitable. He took $15M less to choke in game 6 & 7 while partying in Vegas the week prior to the Celtics series starting. Harden is the most overrated player of all time.
@@phillyphan1346 id say devin booker look at his last 2 close out games....at HOME. XD Both games halftime scores DAL game 7 at PHX/HOME....or game 6 v DEN at home/PHX....ABYSSMAL at home in the face of do or die. Kid gets 40 mil to jack 20-25 shots a night play no D or make any plays...and expects a ring and all the praise for being a glorified shot jacker whistle/flop cry baby lighskin ill add that too he embodies the concept
Everything Perk said about Harden and AD makes sense to me, and is probably right, but LeBron throws a wrench in that idea because I doubt he's going to play off the ball, and neither will Harden. So I don't really see how this would work the way Perk has described. Although, if the Lakers are convinced LeBron is gone after next season, they may do it
We saw LBJ play off the ball with Dlo and AR playing guard..
I think he is okay to play off the ball
Zion to the Lakers. Next shaq. To contend with Denver.
As a Warrior fan I wish the Warriors would trade Jordan Poole to the Bucks in exchange for Brooke Lopez. I'm not an expert, but he's around the same age as Steph, so it could work. They'd get the size they need.
There's no universe in which the Bucks make that trade....
@@NicolasAlcalde I don't see why not
How come the media always talk about who they’re going to put with Lebron to win the finals. He’s got healthy AD already and still lost against the nuggets! Not only they lost but they got swept omg!
Media loves lakers. Last year and this year, lakers not even in finals but they can't stop talking about lakers
@@damienwest2519 no, they LOVE LeBron James. It was the same coverage in Cleveland.
i would also try to trade brandon ingram to portland for the number 3 pick and other pieces but only if scoot is available cuz scoot and zion would be a great pairing
They always talking about LeBron James getting more help to win this era is so pathetic trying to create any way possible for this blown up clown to try to win another championship they know Michael Jordan is on top of the food chain and he's going to stay there until someone comes and do what he did six championships six and all to three peats 10 scoring titles six finals MVps five MVPs regular season defensive player of the Year three times steel leader and the list goes on and on LeBron will never catch up to Michael Jordan stop it
How is it help?
What ring does harden have that bron wants I’ll wait?
Magic is right there wit Air Jordan quiet as kept. The only difference is that he doesn’t score like Mike, but he’s one of the greatest floor generals that I’ve seen in the game. Bottom line.
Perk is a lebron/ lakers homer . Jokic/ Murray were in the western conference finals in the bubble 🫧. Jokic 2 times MVP and now finals MVP . Swept 🧹 lebron/ Lakers and won the finals. They should have gotten more respect. From the media. Malone was right congratulating on winning the Nba championship 🏆. And I think 🤔 the nuggets will repeat 🏆. No cap
Denver owns The Lakers. Love it.
Classic LeBum move. Needs to team up with stars to win a chip
Why did Washington offer a "no trade clause" to someone who was being offered 5 years for 250+ million. Any other team could not offer him that. He was going to sign that contract just like Dame and most players. This is an excellent trade for Washington with the following conditions:
- CP3 stays for the year they automatically become a playoff team at the 8th seed, look what CP3 does in the regular season, and he elevates every PF, and Center to at least a 15ppg & 10rpg
- CP3s contract is only 1 year left and after they will have a 30mil cap space to either get picks with an expiring "bad" contract as they rebuild.
- Kuzma is not worth 30 mil/year for 3+ years. Sign and trade him to a team looking to compete and aquire a 1st and a role player. (Detroit, Orlando, Memphis, San Antonio, Dallas).
- Porzingis is averaging 23 and 8. Has a player option. If he and CP3 play together those numbers can go to 25 and 10 and he can sign a max contract because of the CP3 effect. Or he can opt out and sign with New York, or with Lebron who would recruit him. An unlikely trade can be Ayton for Porzingis.
- Washington has drafted good players over the past 20 years. The only ones that have been max contract players have been Wall & Beal. The others were overpaid because on the CBA. Just because a player is eligible for max money doesn't mean they are.
Washington has a loyal fanbase. They are worthy of a team with an MVP season like Arenas had that year. And a playoff team competing for the ECF like they did with Beal & Wall for a few years. They continue to max out at a 2nd rd exit vs 1 & 2 seeds.
man as a lakers fan it is already hard enough with lebron and now y’all wanna add harden? holy moly. if we keep reaves and rui i’m fine with everything
I was actually really upset that the warriors couldn’t acquire Beal. Curry doesn’t need Zion and would be a monster if he had Beal by his side
Didn’t y’all JUST hear harden say he doesn’t want to play PG anymore after game 1 in the Boston series? And now you want him to be point guard again? Just because he CAN doesn’t mean he WANTS TO and James has shown if he don’t wanna do something, he’ll make sure he doesn’t do it
The implosion of the Lakers team would make Nolans Oppenhimmer movie looks like a lightered fart 🤣🤣🤣
Money is not being used to accentuate motivation and reward performance. Money is being used to lock potential stars where they dont really want to be.
Yes I said it and I like it.. Bradley Beal to Chicago or Dallas .. Dame Lillard to the Clippers or Boston
1:15 than it’s not loyalty it’s him wanting to get paid the absolute most before he leaves
The media will do anything to try and create a narrative for other guys to go and team up with Lebron lmao 🤣
The beard in LA! Unforgettable!
Can't change a person who doesn't want to change
when did harden and embiid dominate in pick and roll? i mean embiid loves the low post and mid range so that he can get his mandatory freethrows. the definition of pick and roll is how jokic and murray does it all the time, that's domination, i never saw harden and embiid really consistently do that pick and roll, but i;ll agree on that AD-Harden pick and roll, it's like capela coz he jumps, unlike glass embiid who prefer to post up then "fade away" or work his way inside on his own for the flop and FT, the AD-Harden will make sense, not really sure how it will look with LBJ tho, harden and LBJ are ball dominant
How do the warriors have to give up klay and Poole for beal but the heat would only have to give Duncan and herro which is not at all equal
Calling out Mouth Malone - love it.
we just tried this with westbrooke, ad and lebron enough we just need GREAT role players.
Harden is a slightly better version of WB and that clearly didn’t work. Lakers need a center!
I like Harden at the lakers. He would be a good body for the Murray matchup.
It amazes me how Jay Williams keeps saying “Klay wants a super max” when Klay has said countless times he’d do whatever he needs to do to stay with gsw even if that means a paycut smh media won’t be happy until warriors are fully done
Jay Williams saying get rid of Klay Thompson is ridiculous
I love Hardens game. In the regular season . Playoff harden no tanks
Why does harden still garner this much attention? Hasn’t he proved he can’t get it done in the playoffs and shuts down when he doesn’t get his way?
I truly wonder why... maybe bc hes one of the best players in free agency currently. Maybe though..
Please send Harden to the Lakers. Would be great fun seeing them defending three against five.
Nothings funnier than Jokic being so nonchalant about basketball and saying it’s not that important to him. Everything that Lebron did since coming to La including the move itself was looked at as if Lebron didn’t think basketball was important.
Warriors don't need Beal. They need Christian Woods or Grant from Portland. Throw Mcgee or Dwight Howard in there too
Thank you for making this video. I am a baseball fan at heart, but I do follow the NBA during the playoffs. I had never heard of Bradley Beal until I heard Stephen A emphatically endorse his skills and urge him to leave Portland. Zion has been in the news so much lately due to his weight, lack of commitment, and possible trade this off-season.
Then you aren't a true nba fan. If you were you'd know about him when he was drafted and know about him during the regular season
😂😂
Bradley Beal is in Washington
Damian lillard is in Portland
Zion to the Knicks, Harden to the Lakers, Beal to Mia
Rajon rondo situation is issue with russ they need playmaker but ball dominant players start it doesnt work
TEACH EMM PERK SHOW THEM HOW TO DO IT
If Pelinka brings on Harden after the Brodie experiment, Jeanie Buss needs to fire him immediately.
Thank you for making this video. I am a baseball fan at heart, but I do follow the NBA during playoff time. This should be a very interesting off-season with all the possible trades. Bradley Beal, Zion and James Harden could fin themselves with different teams next season.
This is why you don’t pay someone before the deliver anything at all
they did earn the right. They literally have the best player in the world on their team
We're keeping Barrett now?😂😂😂😂
I guess only if Zion comes,give pelicans Julius Randle,obi toppin and a first round pick for 2024 I don't see why Knicks and pelicans wouldn't do that trade lol
What are Perk's credentials to be on ESPN? One ring? Looking at who else is on ESPN these days, I'm not surprised really.
Laker don’t need Harden going for depth an getting AD back to playing. At Power forward is the smart move they do need to move on from Dlo.
Zion, dame, Beal, poole, to the knicks
This would be a great championship team if it was 2016
Yup lol Bron is old, harden is washed. And now the lakers want CP3 😂😂
As a laker fan I dont want james harden on the lakers. When pressure and expectations comes, he doesn't show up or and he quits. Kobe already said james harden style of play will not get him a championship ring. Now Doc Rivers said it was almost impposible to caoach James Harden. No Thank You.