@@MAAFBit’s cause you guys make yourself sound stupid and hate on bron for 0 reason. Don’t act like you’re innocent. Not like you could of gotten really anything better at a 55th pick
@@three_coneyeah it’s mostly because of the lakers front office and legm but it looks like their putting in more thought in their decisions. Atleast when it comes to the contracts and who they pull the trigger to trade for
They may not even make the playoffs if the West is as tough as most people are saying. I'm scared to death that in close game after close game,Reddick will get out coached. And yes, it's highly doubtful LeBron and AD will be as healthy as last season and they'd better hope Jaxson Hayes isn't needed too much. Sad to see Lebron's career end on a whimper,but it's clearly the plan. Pelinka has always been super active and to go from that to doing nothing means a decision has been made
As-is, they are a play in team at absolute best. The west has all improved drastically and even a team like the Spurs might be decent having CP3 and HB for leadership and solid play.
i was arguing w someone that says jt is more likely to win mvp than wemby but i can’t see them even being a play in team this year their too young its too early
Bron wanted influence in making front office decisions for the team… he didn’t realize that anyone willing to give a player that much power is most likely awful at their job.
They are an unserious franchise. Nothing else about it. Had a stretch last season were they won 3 and lost like 11 and they still kept the coach. They don't care anymore
Most people think it’s like the 2k video games you can just trade freely and how you want. They don’t take time to look at contracts, the salary caps and all. They are what I call casual fans
Don’t need a 2. You have Max Christie (who I believe is better than Prince), Austin Reaves, and Dalton Knecht, all respectable shooters and play the 2. Reddish at the very least as well
Fym what? Christie is better than Prince on both ends and he’s younger. Reaves is too. Prince leaving didn’t leave a void to fill idk why you’re overreacting to that
@@sting114 all I just say is look at the record the Lakers had last year and then look at the east and then they had to go against the Nuggets in the first round, got swept, but it was one of the most hardest series for the Nuggets
Nah I’m not hating on LeBron by any means, but I mean let’s call it what it is with him. You have a max contract guy who dominates the ball that can no longer carry your team. LeBron ball worked wonderfully for almost 2 decades and he pieced together one of if not the best careers of all time. At this point though, his stats are there but anybody watching the game sees LeBron is not his usual dominate self and the brand of basketball he has played his entire career only works if he is far and wide the best player on the court. Hes declined on defense, his turnovers have gone up, some of his shot selection is sus at times. Often times to me if seems like he stat pads in garbage time. Again a lot of it is still there and he’s still a top player in the league, but he makes everybody play a catch and shoot role while he blames them for short comings. I think he should hang it up before it gets even more sad
Lebron in the playoffs is still a top 5 player in the league. If you saw the Denver series, Lebron was playing elite defense, and I mean elite defense (dude averaged 2.4 blocks and 1 steal per game), rebounding very well, hyper efficient with his offense, and just flat out dominant. The problem is, he can only do this during the playoffs. During the regular season, he plays at like 70% effort on offense, and like 30% effort on defense. And yes I agree he definitely stat pads during the regular season, and he blames his teammates for being out of rhythm after he dominates the ball the entire game.
@@Paulie_Geeliemaybe man. To be honest I don’t remember the nuggets series super well so I don’t have too much of an opinion aside from his role players couldn’t get going. I still love a good LeBron take over in the 4th as well which we got to see often last year. I just have always hated the fact LeBron limits guys to catch and shoot. When he was in his prime they could still win that way because he was truly that good, but it’s hard to have sustained team success that way. Most guys need to get in a rhythm and standing around waiting for the ball to shoot and actually hitting it is a rare skill to have. I liked the 2020 team because there were other playmakers and it was vets who knew exactly what their role was. All in all, the lakers ain’t winning a thing and to me the longer he plays the more damaging his legacy it is. The off the court “no help” LeGM LeCoachkiller that we used to be able to look past is becoming more apparent without the success it was linked to. His career solidified you either see him as the goat or you don’t, nothing he can do will change anybody’s mind now
@@Zett76 nah I 100% agree I just know people immediately get triggered if you don’t mention him in the goat conversation. He is missing a lot on his resume to catch MJ and sometimes I still stop and think “what did this guy do to pass Kobe??” But regardless, a legendary career. I often think about if LeBron would just shut up and not be a diva how much differently his career would’ve played out. An insane talent, but in Cleveland put so much pressure on his front office they made panic moves destroying their team just for him to leave anyway. Heat didn’t put up with him trying to run the show so he went back home to Cleveland where again he forced them to fire good coaches and make stupid trades ruining their franchise and now it’s at all time low with the lakers. He literally ruins franchises begging for help and attention and using them as scapegoats, buttttt that’s a conversation for another day
I believe the Lakers just need 2 centers to help AD and keep the same core. I don't see value in keeping Gabe Vincent. Bronny is just insurance to keep Lebron in the team.
Jus do this trade already Rui, Vando, JHS, Gabe - Bogi and Capella DLO for DFS Boom! U get wings shooting and a bruising center. Just fukkin do this already
If I was the Lakers gm I would blow it up. Yes they made a wcf run not too long ago but in the past two season that conference has gotten WAY better. And with their supporting cast, I don’t think they have enough pieces to get up there into title contention. We saw it during the off season. Free agents don’t want to come in because they don’t believe in this team. LeBron and AD are two top 10 players. You could get a great return on them. Austin Reaves isn’t a star but you could get a young guy and first for him. Same thing with dlo. I don’t think they have what it takes to get to the finals but I think if they were to blow it up now they could get a great return for their players. And they are the lakers. They can bring in free agents in the future. Now if they wanted to contend. I would move AR15 and Dlo. In their 2020 run they had LeBron running the point. I would go back to that. Play to his strengths. Move austin and dlo for some actual perimeter defense. I would not try to get a center. With the way the league is going and it’s “all five guys can shoot” approach. I would want AD down low so he can protect the rim. Let everyone else defend outside. They would have to find some decent shooting too.
They will wait LeBron out. He already won one title for the Lakers, he still sells tickets and merch and reporting on the team is almost 24/7. AD doesn't seem to mind or if he does the front office has made guarantees they won't trade him. Everyone is tradeable but smarter GMs have already wised up on the Lakers' overvaluing some of their talent, like they did with THT a while back. So yes, Max Christie is expendable. I agree not to get a center, just get guys like Rui or at least send Vanderbilt to a shooting coach. If Redick can actually coach he'll figure out a way to space the minutes of D-Lo and Reaves to make them more impactful while LeBron sits.
@@willingexile3374 I agree on most of what you said. Money is also part of the equation. I was just speaking off of things that I would value if I was the gm I guess. I believe that if they did want to trade LeBron and AD they could get a good haul for them. I understand what you’re saying about lakers over valuing their talent but LeBron and AD are top 10 players. Everyone else is no where near that level. That’s why I said that they didn’t have the pieces to move into title contention, no matter how much they wish their pieces could. Moving Dlo to the bench instead of trading him is a good idea though. I would just want the offense to run through bron instead of bron taking turns with Dlo and Reaves.
@@xoirvinn If I were the Lakers GM I would have traded LeBron too, 😄. But no one wants to be that GM who would move that kind of talent and star power from the Lakers, and with the new CBA, franchises would like to hold on to their draft picks. If this were ten years ago, getting LeBron would be a major coup, but he is what he is right now so it's just best to maximize him until another disgruntled star would be available.
Lakers are gonna be struggling to even land a play in spot this season, true blue rookie coach with zero experience and an aging washed up roster ain’t making any noise let alone being contenders. Not even sure a big trade could help that dumpster fire.
Idk about this team, since last year Vanderbilt was mostly injured and Gabe was injured mostly the entire season. I think overall team still needs to improve with trades but we haven't seen this team's potential.
@@CB-bm9lsfor most teams to establish an identity they need a stable head coach. And the lakers can't go 2 seasons without firing a head coach and wont let them try to build a cultire cause they've always been "getting in the way of lebron getting more rings". If yall learn to not jump ship on JJ if struggles in his first years you could have something, but That hasn't been the laker way in over a decade.
While Vanderbilt amd Vincent were injured that was majorly offset by LeBron and AD having the healthiest seasons they've had since the bubble, it's very unlikely they do that again next year
So I think the Lakers screwed themselves last season by giving all the players they signed Player Options. Because of that all those players picked up their options and they had no roster spots available. And then all the players they wanted to sign and trade for chose other teams. Probably those players got more money elsewhere.
@@ki2726 yeah im sure 35 year old kevin durant really just has seasons to spend not trying to win chips and "not trying" because of a coach, suns are gonna be another 2nd round exit max I promise, god forbid durant's age finally shows and he gets injured and then they are a play-in team
@@cheap272 You know players quit on their coach all of the time in sports right? When a player loses faith and trust in a coach they stop trying and they tune out for the rest of the year. That happened with the Suns early in the year so now with a coach they respect they will probably play much harder.
Lakers problem was coaching and not being together long enough. Salary was a trade issue this summer. You'll be shocked to see the rejuvenation approach under JJ. Go Lakers
Weird thing is, ever since the NBA-ABA merger, every time the Celtics won the championship, the following year the Lakers ended up winning it right back. Then the last time we had 6 different champions this happened: 1975 - Warriors, 1976 - Celtics (2nd team on the streak), 1977 - Blazers, 1978 - Bullets, 1979 - Supersonics, 1980 - Lakers (rival team), the year after that the 2nd team on the streak broke the cycle, 1981 Celtics. Now this current streak: 2019 - Raptors, 2020 Lakers (2nd team on the streak), 2021 - Bucks, 2022 - Warriors, 2023 - Nuggets, 2024 Celtics (rival team), 2025 - ... Now with all that said i think the 2025 champ will be the 76ers but still, eerie cycle
If the Lakers are healthy (which they weren’t all last season- missing 3-5 players a game all last season) they’ll be solid. Combined with a competent coach like JJ and his staff.. they’ll be anywhere from 5th-8th seed
I have an odd feeling D’lo is out for whatever mediocre trade they make with a team like the bulls and replace him with a guy in free agency like Markelle Fultz
LeBron is no longer the difference maker that he once was and no self-respecting star will want to move to LA to be a glorified role player alongside him, when there is no guarantee of winning. You have a stacked West, and top tier of East teams are nothing to sneeze at either. Having two top players isn't enough when there is no clear talent disparity among the top 15 players and gifted role players can make the difference. The Lakers are trapped with no future in the cards if they make moves to win now, their best move left was to draft LeBron's son and make his friend the coach to appease him. That huge extension too. The management already accomplished what they wanted with the James-Davis combo, which is keeping the franchise competitive until they swing for another marquee free agent. If this season doesn't pan out the narrative will shift and LeBron will see a public relations hit. I wouldn't be surprised if he's already negotiating to be part of one of the expansion teams (likely Vegas) so he will have a golden parachute.
As a lakers fan and someone who lives if Portland so I’ve watched lots of blazers games. I think grant would be an amazing addition, fills defense and shooting while grant doesn’t have to be the guy he can be third or even fourth option in some game. Fit would be great. Williams would be another addition I would welcome he’s very promising if staying heathy
The Lakers are motivated to stay relevant, they cant do that on the court so they create storylines, Bron snd Bronny, JJ as coach.... RIP Jerry Buss, your daughter is committed to running this team into the ground
1) They can’t pay anyone because almost all of their $ is wrapped up in 2 guys. 2) LeBron doesn’t play defense, somehow still has no bag & is a turnover machine. 3) Nobody wants to take less $, watch their numbers dip, get no credit & take all the blame.
Bronny is a non-add. Knecht will have a bit of a career. Need to find a taker on the Vincent deal, perhaps a mutual change of scenery scenario type of deal is out there? Vanderbilt, Reddish, Hachimuira all are overpaid and the definition of Mid. D’Lo had his confidence shattered last year and won’t survive another year as LeBalco’s whipping boy. Reaves, ya know what ya get. That needle ain’t moving much more. Hayes, Christie, just spare parts.
D.lo was so good in the regular season after trade rumors heated up, but he sank in the playoffs, and it’s not the first time. It gives me no pleasure to say it, I like him, but I don’t think he can be this big a piece on a championship team. I’m not sure who they should replace him with. Brogdon maybe? 🤷♂️
Whether we want to admit it or not, Lebron and AD are a big reason why they’ve been super mediocre and terrible in the past couple of seasons. Not because of their play on the court but doing all the LeGm moves ruined a lot of the chemistry that the 2020 championship team had. They were the ones that wanted to play with Russel Westbrook while the front office didn’t want to trade alot of depth for him in the first place. Who actually thought that it would be a good fit at all? Two ball dominant players who don’t play that well off ball, especially Russ in the starting lineup was a recipe for disaster. Along with AD only playing like 40 games that season it was bound to fail and it ended up being one of the biggest failed super teams ever all because Lebron and AD wanted to play with him. Now the front office has to take a lot of blame too for all the decisions they’ve made since and while yes the 2023 trade deadline moves were excellent at first, it didn’t take long to realize how mediocre they actually were during last season. Add in a bad head coach in Darvin Ham and you have a complete mess of a team and an organization. Now they’re paying for all the bad decisions that have been made the past couple of years and Lebron is too old to carry the team like he used to. I don’t think they’re going to win a chip any time soon and Lebron isn’t ever going to win again unless he goes to a contending team.
When you are willing to pay Lebron 47, 48 and 52 mill the next three years, you deserve to suck! Lakers organisation did this to themselves. Plus when Lebron won´t take a pay cut at his age, he also deserves this situation.
I think the Lakers will do better under JJ leadership however they still need a solid center to play alongside AD if they want to be serious contenders.
I agreee and disagree. I find nothing wrong with the lakers keeping the same team to grow with each other instead of trading for new people every season. If the suns did the same after their finals run they woulda probably got a chip the year after
I’m gonna be honest with you, bro I’m not a Lakers fan but from the outside looking in if I was a player, I wouldn’t want to play with LeBron James. He doesn’t seem like a great teammate. He seems to be overly involved in the decision-making. And roster construction. I know he is one of the greatest players, but he just seems very controlling and that’s not something I would want to deal with. So I honestly believe that’s what it is besides Rob Polanka just being a dumbass.
The lakers have traded almost all their assets to get pieces Lebron asked for. No players want to join the Lakers because of how they did Russ dirty and don't want the same done to them. You know the scapegoat, kinda like what you are doing the the GM in this video too.
Why don’t people have the same energy they have about the lakers with the suns? They have 3 all stars and got eliminated first round of the playoffs last year. They also did not get better at all this year and I hear no one saying that they are wasting Peoples time. You all only talk and diss the lakers for 1 reason and that’s Lebron. If he was not on this laker team you would not hear any negativity. The negativity would go towards what ever team he was on.
The Suns do deserve the flack they got last season but DID get better this year - or at least tried. With 2 crucial signings at the PG and a new coach along with other smaller moves. There are plenty of videos from NBA UA-camrs to back this claim.
Three cone good commentary good analysis. What do you mean I’ve done nothing. Nobody wants to play with LeBron, like you say he’s about to turn 40 and he doesn’t play good defense. Arguably one of the greatest players ever but don’t play defense. Anthony Davis is a great player, but not a leader. The only thing did was change coaches and that’s supposed to be something significant. Ideal on improving. Any player that has significant skills that does not want to play with LeBron. It’s just a fact, they know they’re gonna be some kind of scapegoat. So League is gonna crash and burn with his 40 year old, yeah they did get his son, probably gonna play in the G league for the first year. But it is what it is.
Man.. stop making these stupid Lakers videos..the organization is clearly telling they don't believe LeBron n AD are capable of another championship run. They'd have to get a whole new team to even make the conference finals. Instead talk about teams who actually are competitive
I don’t expect them to be any good I see mediocrity at best maybe a play in team if they’re lucky. Lebron isn’t getting any younger and Anthony Davis is night and day when it comes to his play he’s still a star player tho. With that being said the lakers blueprint that won them the chip in 2020 was a bunch of role players that fit with lebron and AD having a secondary ball handler or true point guard help the lakers in 2020 d Angelo Russell is a shooting guard or combo guard he’s not a true point that can create offense that’s why lebron is relied so much for playmaking on top of not having good three point shooters and a true center.
I saud this last yr they weren't that good just got lucky to play a grizzlies team with all their bigs hurts n a gsw with no bigs if it walks like a duck sounds like a duck what is it this a play in team or miss playoff team
Nuggets took a step down this offseason and we got a competent coach. I watched every game of the last season and no team gave us consistent issues like the nuggets did. I think we’re gonna surprise people this year.
Lebron is old and tired and ineffectual and awful on defense and barely a top 25 player anymore. He and his payckeck and his playstyle are the problem.
@@matthewford521 Why? What has he accomplished the last 4 years, that would justify top 10 status still? I watch the Lakers. He's awful. Anthony Davis is easily a top 10 player, and has been easily the best player on the team since 2021 (and probably earlier), and yet we've been told for years on end now that he's the second best player on the team. Why? He's not. Davis is the best on the Lakers, he has been for years, and Lebron puts up padded, bloated offensive stats with Godawful defense, taking up a huge amount of the usage for his offensive numbers and being a negative on defense, while Davis plays efficiently on both ends on far lower usage. Because of this, the Lakers don't actually win very many games, and definitely not as many as a team that ACTUALLY had two top 10 players would.
Your take has merit. Lebron is lowkey the real coach (on the floor), the vocal leader, blah blah but seems to affect morale negatively. Not getting the sense there is a whole lot of buy in across the board so whether his stats compete or not, I don't see him making anyone better like he's once did. As a lifelong Lakers fan, the bubble chip only sorta counts and I've been waiting for Lebron to leave ever since. IF he's gets a redemption arc, maybe he takes them back to the Finals and competes, but that seems pretty unlikely.
@@matthewford521 I love how you call me the casual and then never actually reply to my take with any substance or anything to prove me wrong at all. I guarantee that I watch more Laker ball than you do, my casual friend. Nice try, better luck next time.
Made this before the Christian Koloko signing which is cool
Still doesn’t change my opinion though
Their last season was strategically aimed at getting the 55th pick and rebuild around Bronny & Reddish. Mission accomplished.
Charlotte bobcats vibes🔥
Us diehards aren’t even allowed to have a problem with it otherwise we get attacked by the Bronsexuals
🤣
Building around cam reddish is devious work
@@MAAFBit’s cause you guys make yourself sound stupid and hate on bron for 0 reason. Don’t act like you’re innocent. Not like you could of gotten really anything better at a 55th pick
imagine having two top 10 players on the same team and still being mid
It doesn’t have to be this way
I guess you mean LeBron & Bronny?
@@three_coneyeah it’s mostly because of the lakers front office and legm but it looks like their putting in more thought in their decisions. Atleast when it comes to the contracts and who they pull the trigger to trade for
They’re not top 10 anymore
@@realityblood Bron still Top 10. AD borderline at worst.
They may not even make the playoffs if the West is as tough as most people are saying. I'm scared to death that in close game after close game,Reddick will get out coached. And yes, it's highly doubtful LeBron and AD will be as healthy as last season and they'd better hope Jaxson Hayes isn't needed too much. Sad to see Lebron's career end on a whimper,but it's clearly the plan. Pelinka has always been super active and to go from that to doing nothing means a decision has been made
Reddick is there because Lebron wants him to be there. So: no pity.
A smart move would be to move Dlo to the bench, place Knect or a long wing defender in the starting 5. Dlo should play 6th man backup point role
Jeanine buss needs to sell the team
Why? It’s not like she needs the money. What do you know about rich people’s hobbies? 😂
As-is, they are a play in team at absolute best. The west has all improved drastically and even a team like the Spurs might be decent having CP3 and HB for leadership and solid play.
CP3 and Barnes are both washed.
i was arguing w someone that says jt is more likely to win mvp than wemby but i can’t see them even being a play in team this year their too young its too early
Bron wanted influence in making front office decisions for the team… he didn’t realize that anyone willing to give a player that much power is most likely awful at their job.
They are an unserious franchise. Nothing else about it.
Had a stretch last season were they won 3 and lost like 11 and they still kept the coach. They don't care anymore
I can believe how little they have done. They didn’t have much in terms of cap space or draft capital.
So did the Bucks. But yet they added Prince and Gary trent jr. Rob Pelinka is a fraud
Most people think it’s like the 2k video games you can just trade freely and how you want. They don’t take time to look at contracts, the salary caps and all. They are what I call casual fans
Because noone wanted to go to the Lakers after the Bronny and Reddick shit. Noone takes the team seriously anymore.
the Lakers should take a page out of the Knicks and look at how they have good to elite role players that can be championship pieces.
They can't do that because they don't have the draft capital nor is the owner willing to dig deep in the pockets
They need their role players to be consistent in the playoffs. Thats it. They dont need to step up their numbers, just play as they usually play
i think signing Koloko was nice, but after losing Prince we NEED another shooter or 2
Don’t need a 2. You have Max Christie (who I believe is better than Prince), Austin Reaves, and Dalton Knecht, all respectable shooters and play the 2. Reddish at the very least as well
@@seanalexander5978 Oh my God bro what 💀
Raps fan here. Watched a lot of Koloko as I had high hopes for him. His ceiling is VERY low. But I hope he proves me wrong.
Fym what? Christie is better than Prince on both ends and he’s younger. Reaves is too. Prince leaving didn’t leave a void to fill idk why you’re overreacting to that
These players are wasting the Lakers money.
I mean, if they was in the eastern conference, they would’ve been top 3 seed is just stacked as hell
Definitely not
@@garreteck7524 look at the eastern conference seeding last year and look at the record
Laker would have made it to the finals if they were in the east
@@sting114 all I just say is look at the record the Lakers had last year and then look at the east and then they had to go against the Nuggets in the first round, got swept, but it was one of the most hardest series for the Nuggets
@@garreteck7524only the Celtics definitely beat them, but from the 2nd to 8th, the east is beatable.
Nah I’m not hating on LeBron by any means, but I mean let’s call it what it is with him. You have a max contract guy who dominates the ball that can no longer carry your team. LeBron ball worked wonderfully for almost 2 decades and he pieced together one of if not the best careers of all time. At this point though, his stats are there but anybody watching the game sees LeBron is not his usual dominate self and the brand of basketball he has played his entire career only works if he is far and wide the best player on the court. Hes declined on defense, his turnovers have gone up, some of his shot selection is sus at times. Often times to me if seems like he stat pads in garbage time. Again a lot of it is still there and he’s still a top player in the league, but he makes everybody play a catch and shoot role while he blames them for short comings. I think he should hang it up before it gets even more sad
Lebron in the playoffs is still a top 5 player in the league. If you saw the Denver series, Lebron was playing elite defense, and I mean elite defense (dude averaged 2.4 blocks and 1 steal per game), rebounding very well, hyper efficient with his offense, and just flat out dominant.
The problem is, he can only do this during the playoffs. During the regular season, he plays at like 70% effort on offense, and like 30% effort on defense. And yes I agree he definitely stat pads during the regular season, and he blames his teammates for being out of rhythm after he dominates the ball the entire game.
@@Paulie_Geeliemaybe man. To be honest I don’t remember the nuggets series super well so I don’t have too much of an opinion aside from his role players couldn’t get going. I still love a good LeBron take over in the 4th as well which we got to see often last year. I just have always hated the fact LeBron limits guys to catch and shoot. When he was in his prime they could still win that way because he was truly that good, but it’s hard to have sustained team success that way. Most guys need to get in a rhythm and standing around waiting for the ball to shoot and actually hitting it is a rare skill to have. I liked the 2020 team because there were other playmakers and it was vets who knew exactly what their role was. All in all, the lakers ain’t winning a thing and to me the longer he plays the more damaging his legacy it is. The off the court “no help” LeGM LeCoachkiller that we used to be able to look past is becoming more apparent without the success it was linked to. His career solidified you either see him as the goat or you don’t, nothing he can do will change anybody’s mind now
Agreed, with one "but": not by a loooong stretch did he have the best career of all time.
@@Zett76 nah I 100% agree I just know people immediately get triggered if you don’t mention him in the goat conversation. He is missing a lot on his resume to catch MJ and sometimes I still stop and think “what did this guy do to pass Kobe??” But regardless, a legendary career. I often think about if LeBron would just shut up and not be a diva how much differently his career would’ve played out. An insane talent, but in Cleveland put so much pressure on his front office they made panic moves destroying their team just for him to leave anyway. Heat didn’t put up with him trying to run the show so he went back home to Cleveland where again he forced them to fire good coaches and make stupid trades ruining their franchise and now it’s at all time low with the lakers. He literally ruins franchises begging for help and attention and using them as scapegoats, buttttt that’s a conversation for another day
@@benwelch6554 NOW I agree, 100%. 😀
I believe the Lakers just need 2 centers to help AD and keep the same core. I don't see value in keeping Gabe Vincent. Bronny is just insurance to keep Lebron in the team.
Jeanie Buss and Rob Pelinka is like the NBA Bonnie and Clyde
Just robbin people.
more like the NBA Harry and Lloyd
More like abbott and costello
Jus do this trade already
Rui, Vando, JHS, Gabe - Bogi and Capella
DLO for DFS
Boom!
U get wings shooting and a bruising center. Just fukkin do this already
If I was the Lakers gm I would blow it up. Yes they made a wcf run not too long ago but in the past two season that conference has gotten WAY better. And with their supporting cast, I don’t think they have enough pieces to get up there into title contention. We saw it during the off season. Free agents don’t want to come in because they don’t believe in this team. LeBron and AD are two top 10 players. You could get a great return on them. Austin Reaves isn’t a star but you could get a young guy and first for him. Same thing with dlo. I don’t think they have what it takes to get to the finals but I think if they were to blow it up now they could get a great return for their players. And they are the lakers. They can bring in free agents in the future.
Now if they wanted to contend. I would move AR15 and Dlo. In their 2020 run they had LeBron running the point. I would go back to that. Play to his strengths. Move austin and dlo for some actual perimeter defense. I would not try to get a center. With the way the league is going and it’s “all five guys can shoot” approach. I would want AD down low so he can protect the rim. Let everyone else defend outside. They would have to find some decent shooting too.
They will wait LeBron out. He already won one title for the Lakers, he still sells tickets and merch and reporting on the team is almost 24/7. AD doesn't seem to mind or if he does the front office has made guarantees they won't trade him. Everyone is tradeable but smarter GMs have already wised up on the Lakers' overvaluing some of their talent, like they did with THT a while back. So yes, Max Christie is expendable. I agree not to get a center, just get guys like Rui or at least send Vanderbilt to a shooting coach. If Redick can actually coach he'll figure out a way to space the minutes of D-Lo and Reaves to make them more impactful while LeBron sits.
@@willingexile3374 I agree on most of what you said. Money is also part of the equation. I was just speaking off of things that I would value if I was the gm I guess. I believe that if they did want to trade LeBron and AD they could get a good haul for them. I understand what you’re saying about lakers over valuing their talent but LeBron and AD are top 10 players. Everyone else is no where near that level. That’s why I said that they didn’t have the pieces to move into title contention, no matter how much they wish their pieces could. Moving Dlo to the bench instead of trading him is a good idea though. I would just want the offense to run through bron instead of bron taking turns with Dlo and Reaves.
@@xoirvinn If I were the Lakers GM I would have traded LeBron too, 😄. But no one wants to be that GM who would move that kind of talent and star power from the Lakers, and with the new CBA, franchises would like to hold on to their draft picks. If this were ten years ago, getting LeBron would be a major coup, but he is what he is right now so it's just best to maximize him until another disgruntled star would be available.
4:27 you’re gunna show a derozan picture talking about the championship raps?
Lakers are gonna be struggling to even land a play in spot this season, true blue rookie coach with zero experience and an aging washed up roster ain’t making any noise let alone being contenders. Not even sure a big trade could help that dumpster fire.
Free throws are gonna double up again.
Cant watch the full vid but im hoping you brought up that most of this is LeBron and AD's fault when they pushed for the Russ trade.
Idk about this team, since last year Vanderbilt was mostly injured and Gabe was injured mostly the entire season. I think overall team still needs to improve with trades but we haven't seen this team's potential.
Another thing I forgot to mention is imo while the team does have talent they lack an identity.
@@CB-bm9lsfor most teams to establish an identity they need a stable head coach. And the lakers can't go 2 seasons without firing a head coach and wont let them try to build a cultire cause they've always been "getting in the way of lebron getting more rings". If yall learn to not jump ship on JJ if struggles in his first years you could have something, but That hasn't been the laker way in over a decade.
@@vincemangum1952 Yeah true 👍
While Vanderbilt amd Vincent were injured that was majorly offset by LeBron and AD having the healthiest seasons they've had since the bubble, it's very unlikely they do that again next year
@@Sqeaky6969 True they could get injured, but I hope they don't. ( its sad even being a fan of this team)
Other teams dont wanna help the lakers in any way so they want all the firsts for mid players that wouldn't move the needle much
Least delusional Lakers fan
@@stenstensson304 actually a compliment 🤣
So I think the Lakers screwed themselves last season by giving all the players they signed Player Options. Because of that all those players picked up their options and they had no roster spots available. And then all the players they wanted to sign and trade for chose other teams. Probably those players got more money elsewhere.
The Lakers are about to get hit with that Jerry West curse
They did Jerry West dirty and he was a foundational player
Will actually be blessed an honor in his passing, the ones running things will be the ones cursed and will be thrown out in time
I hope they make some moves
So are the suns miami clippers warriors cavs and the pelicans
Suns are true contenders. They improved in the offseason and they weren’t trying and playing hard last season because the player didn’t like Vogel.
@@ki2726 yeah im sure 35 year old kevin durant really just has seasons to spend not trying to win chips and "not trying" because of a coach, suns are gonna be another 2nd round exit max I promise, god forbid durant's age finally shows and he gets injured and then they are a play-in team
@@cheap272 You know players quit on their coach all of the time in sports right? When a player loses faith and trust in a coach they stop trying and they tune out for the rest of the year. That happened with the Suns early in the year so now with a coach they respect they will probably play much harder.
@@ki2726 them playing hard will take them from a first round to a second round exit
Lakers problem was coaching and not being together long enough. Salary was a trade issue this summer. You'll be shocked to see the rejuvenation approach under JJ. Go Lakers
"Close sweep" man lebron fans are crazy
Yep a sweep is a sweep and your team is trash if you can’t even get one game in a series.
I mean objectively it just was. They got beat multiple times on crazy game winners, and held the lead for a majority.
@@nathan-qx2ep it means nothing they still got swept
Weird thing is, ever since the NBA-ABA merger, every time the Celtics won the championship, the following year the Lakers ended up winning it right back.
Then the last time we had 6 different champions this happened:
1975 - Warriors, 1976 - Celtics (2nd team on the streak), 1977 - Blazers, 1978 - Bullets, 1979 - Supersonics, 1980 - Lakers (rival team), the year after that the 2nd team on the streak broke the cycle, 1981 Celtics.
Now this current streak:
2019 - Raptors, 2020 Lakers (2nd team on the streak), 2021 - Bucks, 2022 - Warriors, 2023 - Nuggets, 2024 Celtics (rival team), 2025 - ...
Now with all that said i think the 2025 champ will be the 76ers but still, eerie cycle
Thanks for keeping it real for my home team 🙂↕️
The lakers are trolling the nba at this point
*laughs in Celtic*
1 championship since 2008 until last season and only 2 since the 80s
@@williamtorres1051bubble ring mad
@@williamtorres1051 That's 1 more than your team won last season.
@@edwarddavidson868 Easy when you only count BAA titles
I can't wait for the Lebron/ Durant/ Harden era to end.
If the Lakers are healthy (which they weren’t all last season- missing 3-5 players a game all last season) they’ll be solid. Combined with a competent coach like JJ and his staff.. they’ll be anywhere from 5th-8th seed
Atlanta should be ecstatic right now about their Lakers-pick.
I have an odd feeling D’lo is out for whatever mediocre trade they make with a team like the bulls and replace him with a guy in free agency like Markelle Fultz
LeBron is no longer the difference maker that he once was and no self-respecting star will want to move to LA to be a glorified role player alongside him, when there is no guarantee of winning. You have a stacked West, and top tier of East teams are nothing to sneeze at either. Having two top players isn't enough when there is no clear talent disparity among the top 15 players and gifted role players can make the difference. The Lakers are trapped with no future in the cards if they make moves to win now, their best move left was to draft LeBron's son and make his friend the coach to appease him. That huge extension too. The management already accomplished what they wanted with the James-Davis combo, which is keeping the franchise competitive until they swing for another marquee free agent. If this season doesn't pan out the narrative will shift and LeBron will see a public relations hit. I wouldn't be surprised if he's already negotiating to be part of one of the expansion teams (likely Vegas) so he will have a golden parachute.
They’re just trying to sell more tickets at this point
Clutch sports is breaking Lakers down . Bad decision after bad decision.
As a lakers fan and someone who lives if Portland so I’ve watched lots of blazers games. I think grant would be an amazing addition, fills defense and shooting while grant doesn’t have to be the guy he can be third or even fourth option in some game. Fit would be great. Williams would be another addition I would welcome he’s very promising if staying heathy
They couldn’t even get Caruso back 😅
Lebron + Bronny + Wood to GSW for Wiggins + Melton + Kuminga + Moody + 2-3 1sts works on paper
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They did try this summer. Nobody wants to play with that dude
Can’t believe they have two top 10 players and are still mid
hey, had the Lakers met OKC instead of Denver, things would've been a different story. Thunder was 1-3 vs the Lakers
The Lakers are motivated to stay relevant, they cant do that on the court so they create storylines, Bron snd Bronny, JJ as coach.... RIP Jerry Buss, your daughter is committed to running this team into the ground
My Lakers Will Be Lucky To Make A Top 10 Seed, Forget The Play In. But The Drama Will Be Great.
1) They can’t pay anyone because almost all of their $ is wrapped up in 2 guys.
2) LeBron doesn’t play defense, somehow still has no bag & is a turnover machine.
3) Nobody wants to take less $, watch their numbers dip, get no credit & take all the blame.
Lebron Jr wouldn’t be in the league if it wasn’t for his dad
Bronny is a non-add.
Knecht will have a bit of a career.
Need to find a taker on the Vincent deal, perhaps a mutual change of scenery scenario type of deal is out there?
Vanderbilt, Reddish, Hachimuira all are overpaid and the definition of Mid.
D’Lo had his confidence shattered last year and won’t survive another year as LeBalco’s whipping boy.
Reaves, ya know what ya get. That needle ain’t moving much more.
Hayes, Christie, just spare parts.
Give it some time, I think they’re making the right decision developing young talent and retaining capital. The right move will come sometime 💯
D.lo was so good in the regular season after trade rumors heated up, but he sank in the playoffs, and it’s not the first time. It gives me no pleasure to say it, I like him, but I don’t think he can be this big a piece on a championship team. I’m not sure who they should replace him with. Brogdon maybe? 🤷♂️
Lakers wasted Lebrons legacy
The opposite
Whether we want to admit it or not, Lebron and AD are a big reason why they’ve been super mediocre and terrible in the past couple of seasons. Not because of their play on the court but doing all the LeGm moves ruined a lot of the chemistry that the 2020 championship team had. They were the ones that wanted to play with Russel Westbrook while the front office didn’t want to trade alot of depth for him in the first place. Who actually thought that it would be a good fit at all? Two ball dominant players who don’t play that well off ball, especially Russ in the starting lineup was a recipe for disaster. Along with AD only playing like 40 games that season it was bound to fail and it ended up being one of the biggest failed super teams ever all because Lebron and AD wanted to play with him. Now the front office has to take a lot of blame too for all the decisions they’ve made since and while yes the 2023 trade deadline moves were excellent at first, it didn’t take long to realize how mediocre they actually were during last season. Add in a bad head coach in Darvin Ham and you have a complete mess of a team and an organization. Now they’re paying for all the bad decisions that have been made the past couple of years and Lebron is too old to carry the team like he used to. I don’t think they’re going to win a chip any time soon and Lebron isn’t ever going to win again unless he goes to a contending team.
When you are willing to pay Lebron 47, 48 and 52 mill the next three years, you deserve to suck! Lakers organisation did this to themselves. Plus when Lebron won´t take a pay cut at his age, he also deserves this situation.
I think the Lakers will do better under JJ leadership however they still need a solid center to play alongside AD if they want to be serious contenders.
The team was good and the coach was awful. With health they could be better than they were last year
I agreee and disagree. I find nothing wrong with the lakers keeping the same team to grow with each other instead of trading for new people every season. If the suns did the same after their finals run they woulda probably got a chip the year after
I’m gonna be honest with you, bro I’m not a Lakers fan but from the outside looking in if I was a player, I wouldn’t want to play with LeBron James. He doesn’t seem like a great teammate. He seems to be overly involved in the decision-making. And roster construction. I know he is one of the greatest players, but he just seems very controlling and that’s not something I would want to deal with. So I honestly believe that’s what it is besides Rob Polanka just being a dumbass.
the lakers are as mediocre of a franchise as it gets, i been saying this for a long time
You forget the refs are coming back healthier this season. Lakers winning 60 games.
The lakers have traded almost all their assets to get pieces Lebron asked for. No players want to join the Lakers because of how they did Russ dirty and don't want the same done to them. You know the scapegoat, kinda like what you are doing the the GM in this video too.
Imagine Lebron retiring with 6 rings in 23 years. Perfect story
He won't even snif the play in this season
Why don’t people have the same energy they have about the lakers with the suns? They have 3 all stars and got eliminated first round of the playoffs last year. They also did not get better at all this year and I hear no one saying that they are wasting Peoples time. You all only talk and diss the lakers for 1 reason and that’s Lebron. If he was not on this laker team you would not hear any negativity. The negativity would go towards what ever team he was on.
Because noone talks about suns, yet Lakers and LeBroom is being showed to our faces by media 24/7
@@logomarkz and that’s the lakers/Lebron fault. Why not put that energy towards the media that push him in our faces everyday?
The Suns do deserve the flack they got last season but DID get better this year - or at least tried. With 2 crucial signings at the PG and a new coach along with other smaller moves. There are plenty of videos from NBA UA-camrs to back this claim.
@@jamesrichardson4663 you do realize LeBroom pays fat cash to media to get him in our faces...
Ha ha ha
They have the "Prince"
ha ha ha
Three cone good commentary good analysis. What do you mean I’ve done nothing. Nobody wants to play with LeBron, like you say he’s about to turn 40 and he doesn’t play good defense. Arguably one of the greatest players ever but don’t play defense. Anthony Davis is a great player, but not a leader. The only thing did was change coaches and that’s supposed to be something significant. Ideal on improving. Any player that has significant skills that does not want to play with LeBron. It’s just a fact, they know they’re gonna be some kind of scapegoat. So League is gonna crash and burn with his 40 year old, yeah they did get his son, probably gonna play in the G league for the first year. But it is what it is.
Man.. stop making these stupid Lakers videos..the organization is clearly telling they don't believe LeBron n AD are capable of another championship run. They'd have to get a whole new team to even make the conference finals. Instead talk about teams who actually are competitive
What's the point of this video. I can see if this was the end of the season and the Lakers suck. But damn, the new season is about to start.
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If you want to have any credibility as an NBA UA-camr you can’t assess that LeBron James may be the GOAT. He isn’t top 5.
You talk too long for a 5 minutes topic 😂
I don’t expect them to be any good I see mediocrity at best maybe a play in team if they’re lucky. Lebron isn’t getting any younger and Anthony Davis is night and day when it comes to his play he’s still a star player tho. With that being said the lakers blueprint that won them the chip in 2020 was a bunch of role players that fit with lebron and AD having a secondary ball handler or true point guard help the lakers in 2020 d Angelo Russell is a shooting guard or combo guard he’s not a true point that can create offense that’s why lebron is relied so much for playmaking on top of not having good three point shooters and a true center.
I saud this last yr they weren't that good just got lucky to play a grizzlies team with all their bigs hurts n a gsw with no bigs if it walks like a duck sounds like a duck what is it this a play in team or miss playoff team
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laker hater...okc is trash with no banners
Lebron and AD would need 3 more superstars at this point to win a chip. I am enjoying his last seasons. He doesn't need another chip.
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Mid 30s?
Nuggets took a step down this offseason and we got a competent coach. I watched every game of the last season and no team gave us consistent issues like the nuggets did. I think we’re gonna surprise people this year.
Hot take that shouldn't be one : Anthony Davis is not a first ballot all of famer.
u sound salty af my dude
When LeBron leaves it’s gonna be dark times in LA
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Okc get mentioned always
nothing new lol
play in masters lol
Lebron is old and tired and ineffectual and awful on defense and barely a top 25 player anymore. He and his payckeck and his playstyle are the problem.
Most casual take on UA-cam. Holy crap this so awful 😂😂
@@matthewford521 Why? What has he accomplished the last 4 years, that would justify top 10 status still? I watch the Lakers. He's awful. Anthony Davis is easily a top 10 player, and has been easily the best player on the team since 2021 (and probably earlier), and yet we've been told for years on end now that he's the second best player on the team. Why? He's not. Davis is the best on the Lakers, he has been for years, and Lebron puts up padded, bloated offensive stats with Godawful defense, taking up a huge amount of the usage for his offensive numbers and being a negative on defense, while Davis plays efficiently on both ends on far lower usage. Because of this, the Lakers don't actually win very many games, and definitely not as many as a team that ACTUALLY had two top 10 players would.
Your take has merit. Lebron is lowkey the real coach (on the floor), the vocal leader, blah blah but seems to affect morale negatively.
Not getting the sense there is a whole lot of buy in across the board so whether his stats compete or not, I don't see him making anyone better like he's once did. As a lifelong Lakers fan, the bubble chip only sorta counts and I've been waiting for Lebron to leave ever since. IF he's gets a redemption arc, maybe he takes them back to the Finals and competes, but that seems pretty unlikely.
@@matthewford521 I love how you call me the casual and then never actually reply to my take with any substance or anything to prove me wrong at all. I guarantee that I watch more Laker ball than you do, my casual friend. Nice try, better luck next time.
Lebron should have retired 4 years ago.
@@redhorsepapi stop commenting
The lakers would shit on the thunder. GTFO
1st seed >>>>>>>>> L-akers
@@trumpies let know when ya city win a chip
Why do you complain so much?
My guy, the fact the Lakers did nothing makes sense why he would complain, even if he’s not a Lakers fan
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