Yeah the 3&D wing depth with Avery Bradley, Danny Green, Caruso, KCP (even Kuzma to a degree), + Rondo as a backup playmaker/point guard, + JaVale and Dwight as your Centers. Most of all, it was the team chemistry and the hype all the time from Dwight and JaVale on the bench gassing them up. It was all almost perfect.
hows it not a failure?... For the Lakers going from being a historic franchise that all stars beg to play for to a clown show that can't land an all Stars cause no one wants to play with lefraud is a testament to how lebum james ruined the franchise...
@@rudykadous4005 He brought AD and then won a championship, Lebron took a lottery pick team to the playoffs. Lebron's also 39 so he's 15 years older than players in their prime the only team to have a successful rebuild and win are the warriors after they lost KD. Idk I think the lakers could be a top 5 team in the league, but the league's too good now. Compared to the clippers, the lakers didn't fall short
@@rudykadous4005because they won a ring and have been in the play off picture for almost all the time he was there expect for 2 years when e was injured 2019 and where the russ experiment didn't work in 2022 would have hope for a better ring count yes but that's more underwhelming rather than a failure
People underestimate how hard it is to win multiple championship. You need a good team, good luck, and good management. The Lakers in the Lebron era have had none of that outside a good team for about 1 or 2 seasons
i do think its his worse run given the fact that he had more talent than his first cleveland years while also not being as dominant as then. he has accomplished alot in LA but most of it was because of his longevity rather than how good he is today. thats not to say he isnt good today. he just seems a little more dependent on his squads now than in his earlier times.
@@jps0583 Spencer Dwindle or whatever his fucking name is left and they couldn’t sign Klay or Demar Derozan or anyone of that caliber. Guys like Malik Monk have been flourishing ever since they left the Lakers too. People don’t want to be apart of the circus show. It is what it is.
@@Serching4JerryGarcia omg Spencer diode didn’t come back🤣🤣🤣that’s what u r pointing to? And again…let me say it again and see if u understand…the lakers literally had no room to sign klay or demar so they would have to do a sign and trade bc they have no roster spots making it harder to get free agents…if u can’t understand that then u have no idea how the nba business works🤣and Malik monk averaged his 2nd highest ppg in a season with the lakers and his highest 3p% so u clearly just talking🤣
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As a non laker fan to me the olympics and that Round 1 nuggets loss have made it clear as day that in general the only genuinely negative thing you could say lebron and AD have actually done to negatively impact the lakers is being unhealthy sometimes and that's not a fair criticism really. The front office has failed to actually look at the roster and give AD and born complimentary players so many times
The front office has been shit since the death of Jerry Buss in 2013, yet these same ppl wanna blame LeBron for everything that happened when that’s probably only half the truth
facts. its like the front office/rob pelinka couldn't understand what made that 2020 team so good. 3-and-d wing depth as well as big man/center depth next to lebron and ad and a defensive minded coach
I feel like Bron has alienated the front office with some backstage manipulation and the fact the front office is down to completely kowtow to him, but its not like the front office would succeed without Bron because whenever he asks for the bare minimum they have a tendency to fail to give it to him anyways lol
Kobe: "We hang championship banners." If you're an old laker fan, the moment they put the in-season tourney banner up this became a failure that's now a TV show.
@@Dimezprod I didn't say LeBron was a failure. LeBron DID bring them a championship in 2020 (asterisks aside). And then they hung the inseason banner gave up all aspirations for a championship. The Lakers have made a lot of questionable and boneheaded decisions over the past few years and once bron leaves they will have one championship with less credibility than KDs two rings. And while they want to keep LeBron happy. This Lakers org. Is now an all time circus. LeBron didn't fail. The staff did by catering to all of this bs for the time being. And it's "one team - one fight" mentality. If they failed LeBron, then he couldn't succeed. Does he take blame? Yes. But it's not his all time failure.
@OugiEin There isn't any asterisk on his title. But he made the wcf 2 season ago. And there's only been 1 "bonehead" decision, hiring Jj Reddick. Kobe wasn't winning anything for the last 6 years. If there is any emotion the old LA fans should have, it is gratitude cause he saved them. No disrespect
Any period were a title was won can never be anything less than a success. Titles are so hard to come by and shouldn't be taken for granted. Now, was it the level of success people might have hoped? Probably not. But again, it's not like the Lakers were doing anything before he got there.
I use to be one of those people, that gave a asterisk next to the title in 2020; but then, that's when I realized, I was a Kobe (🙏🏾) fan way more than I was a Laker fan. Now I realize my bias, I don't give a F**K, but at least now I let people know & my friends, know there ain't SHIT you can tell me about my 🐐, KOBE "BEAN" BRYANT!!!!!!
LeLakers 2019: Miss playoff 2020: Bubble Champion 2021: Lost to Sun 1st round 2022: Miss play off 2023: Lost to Nuggets WCF 2024: Lost to Nuggets 1st round Underwhelming. The bubble chip is really what kepts from saying a failure. But the 2 season of missing the playoff really damage his Lakers resume.
They were literally injured for most seasons. Except the season with russ. Unless you are one of those people who think only 1 team can have a successful season.
It's been very weird and the volatility has been off the charts, but ultimately, the 2020 title + 2023 WCF appearance is enough for it to be a success imo
Also winning the in-season tournament, becoming the greatest scorere ever as a Laker, first father/son duo to ever play together, oldest player to lead his team to a championship let alone win a finals MVP, getting Anthony Davis signed over, and who knows.. maybe more!
Compared to teams like the Clippers, Nets and Suns, u can say that. But in terms of what we saw in the past with LeBron, this is a disappointment. This was the same player that went to the finals in 2018 with G-Leauge players in an impoverished Cavs franchise. the Lakers are supposed to be the greatest franchise in basketball history, yet they missed the playoffs TWICE with him averaging 25-30 PPG
@demonreacts7816 🤔 how are the Lakers the "greatest" franchise when the Celtics had and currently have more championship banners and nobody in Lakers history was capable of doing what Bill Russell did for the Celtics (respectfully, that's the greatest organization) the Lakers were more flashy but the Celtics in comparison are like the Spurs they play without all the flash
@@demonreacts7816The 2018 Cavs were the favorites to win the East and Klove was a All Star such a dumb narrative just like 2007 if he was in the West he doesn’t make it out of the 1st Rd booth of those seasons
I feel like there’s been a degree of revisionist history with LeBron’s Lakers tenure. I remember a serious narrative when he joined the team that he was going to play out his twilight on a rebuilding team, and that his choice to go to LA was a business choice to network and make movies to solidify his post-playing career. To say that with that initial expectation LeBron didn’t meet expectations is obviously incorrect. However, things changed when AD joined, timeframe accelerated and they started competing, and LeBron didn’t age as fast as expected. You could say only winning one ring in five years with AD is disappointing, but again, not a single soul expected a dynasty when LeBron went to the Lakers and a lot of people didn’t expect a championship. He exceeded that.
No this has been the most underwhelming era in lakers history. I remember people always saying how LeBron and the Lakers were the favorites to make it out the west and the multiple times people said the lakers won the offseason and were locked and loaded. It’s been a failure and all they have to show for it is the bubble ring in which most of the players who played in that didn’t take seriously.
@@Serching4JerryGarciaplayers absolutely took the bubble seriously. Anyone who discredits the 2020 finals is just hating. Definitely not the best era in lakers history but yall won a championship which is better than the end of Kobe’s career and the years before Bron Winning a title and consistently making the playoffs is better than Lonzo ball leading your team
@@just-ryan Lakers won 5 titles and played in 7 NBA Finals before LeBron came. That’s the standard. It takes more than one title and so far Bron hasn’t been able to win a real championship since 2016 and he got lucky with that one because of all the shit the Warriors had to deal with.
@@Serching4JerryGarciaBro knock off your stupidity! Before LeBron got there, the Lakers didn’t make the playoffs for six straight seasons. And that was WITH KOBE! They had racked up three number 2 overall picks and a number 7 overall pick! Just say you hate LeBron and move on…
As a Lakers fan i have to say this. On paper it has been a success, but once you pay attention this Franchise it has been a total cluster fuck between hiring/firing coaches and trying to make a super team with Russ and getting rid of halve the roster and make a new one mid season
Besides trading for another star to help him win and an outlier environment to finish the season, I'd say most of the Bron's Lakers run has been lackluster.
I feel like this was an insightful and unbiased look at LeBron's tumultuous tenure with the Lakers. EXCEPT for one thing you guys missed. Merchandise sales. LeBron in the purple and gold did exactly what it was supposed to for the Lakers and for LeBron. Kept the rather mid level Lakers in more of the spotlight than they deserved, and helped LeBron top up Bronnie's future NBA earnings.
It’s been hard as a fan to see all the injuries the lakers have had the last 6 years, especially when you knew those teams could have gone on to do very well
You’re not being fair at all dude, does Dalton not exist? Bronny being drafted in no way shape or form hinders LA long term. They have multiple young drafted players the last 3 drafts that are working their way towards contributing. LA not signing anyone is more of speed bump
@@MegaMjjordan I'm not knocking bronnys talent, But I don't think it's enough to get them where they need to be. They simply don't have enough depth, Dlo, and still no consistent center, dwight should've never left. On the rate they are going, they might end up being the cowboys of the NBA imo
@@Betelgeuse2142 I know that brotha Bronny isn’t the issue, he sinks or swims. It’s the last parts you mentioned that’s more of my concern. Especially the center
It's just hard to judge because the media is so obsessed with the Lakers. The run's been underwhelming, but it isn't helped with the media talking about them every other day. Watching the 2024 Nuggets series, when LeBron or the Lakers did anything, the commentators and media were ready to go off about it.
Because the Lakers should have easily put the Nuggets to bed. They led in all 5 games for 115 mins +. They lost 2 games with the final possession and blew a 20 point lead in one. The Lakers were dominant but still fell apart in the end. The 2023 playoffs is definitely the media hyping them up.
The same with football/soccer you have to think alot of these commentators have preset lines thought out in their head and alot of stuff is directed and produced for them a lot of them are being extra enthusiastic because they know the commentary will be used in a documentary or a playoff package for the next round and used in edits and ads ect…. There’s an element of marketing not just biased commentary for the sake of opinion
Considering the fact that there hasn’t been a repeat championship since 2018, I think a championship and a WCF appearance is way more than a lot of teams can say they did over the past 5 years
Long term lakers fan here and his entire run in short words has been bittersweet. Yes he’s brought us our first championship in years but at the cost of our entire future. The front office will do whatever this man says because he brings in the money and that’s both a positive and a negative. I think after 7 years the front office is finally learning when to say yes and when to say no to Lebron but it’s already to late. Anthony Davis is the Lebron pleasure and that’s the only reason he’s here,once Lebron retires AD will be traded at first opportunity. In my personal opinion I would give back our championship for everything back. Now we can’t even properly build around Lebron and once he goes we have no future and will go right back to being a mediocre team with no young potential superstar player.
What are you yapping about?. the Lakers dont listen to lebron they went out of there way to not listen to LBJ. What future you talking about cause all those pieces aren't doing a damn thing. Kuz only got a ring cause he stayed. Lonzo hurt, BI doing nothing in NO. it was a good trade and we got a ring the front office is terrible and fired the coach for no reason and now they keep hiring new couches we still not recovered
@@robglobal1 You trying to make it an ad vs bron thing when its not. They both did what they needed to do to win. And how was it Micky when they was 1st in the west and they just beat the clippers and the bucks. what are we talking about. its ok if you dont like lebron but give him his respect
@@illicitburn9386im yapping about the part where we have no picks and no future. Lebron ruined it for us by getting what he wanted. The front office only recently started to not listen to him. Idk where you been at the whole time but because of the person Lebron is no one wants to play with him and they have constantly failed to build around him because no one wants to come to LA and be his escape goat.just look at klay Thompson when he said “same fish diffent city” even he didn’t wanna be Lebron excuse. They should have traded Lebron after he won the ring. Idc if you’re the goat or not you are 38 and still trying to boss people around. Once this whole Lebron and AD experiment is over what have we to gain? 1 ring with a bunch of first round exits no picks and no future young player to build around. Having Lebron in la was not worth it,especially if it means we have to go through another 8 years of mediocrity. Even bullied the front office to get his son who isn’t even NBA ready on the team and for what? To shut Lebron up
@crypto40 So you don't actually watch the nba and just regurgitate what you hear other say on tik tok and Twitter. There are 2 first round and one of the them came after we got out the bubble with a shorten off season and then we just ran into Denver that last 2 years. The Laker have their picks in 2026 till 2030 so what are you yapping about. Just say you don't watch nba games
The LeBron Lakers Era Is filled with highs and lows. They managed to win the NBA Championship , but fell off drastically from LeGM's fault on never returning the old core.
Not a total failure, but based on the expectations of the Lakers organization to win championships, I would call it not as good as it could have been. The constant tear down and rebuilding of the roster every time they didn’t win a championship like Rob Pelinka was playing NBA 2K is the thing I consider to be the big thing that messed up the LeLakers
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No they didn’t. Lakers would have actually made the playoffs play-in or not. They were the 7th seed or 8th seed all damn 3 years. They would have made the playoffs if the damn play-in never existed, they never were 9th or 10th coming into the play-in
At the time, Lebron really went to La to slow down and finish out his career. But ended up winning a championship 2 years into being there. And nobody (including him) knew he would play another 7+ years. But definitely not a failure.
That russ trade was stupid then and looks even worse now. Not sure why people thought it was considered a good trade at the time because the fit made no sense
@@vulcanraven9701 bro Miami was a dynasty and stop being a weirdo and hating on him calling him lefraud it gives off jealous 40 year old loser living in moms basement vibes
That Lakers squad was hot garbage when Kobe left, Lakers winning a chip the next few years after his departure wouldn't have crossed my mind tbh. Winning 1 chip can never be a failure so lets get that outta the way. I would definitely say it was a success, cause it would have been for every other player not named Bron as well, but you guys just love hating on him for no reason.
I think we can all agree that there could've been more success, but let's look at what they've done: 1. Besides 2019 and 2022, they reached the playoffs every year Lebron has been a Laker 2. They brought in AD to help Lebron, also getting a franchise piece for when Lebron retires. 3. They reached the conference championship twice and has the most hated championship team of all time in 2020 ( I know it was in the bubble but I don't care, it's still a championship where they the best team the entire season). The Russ move, among others, Lebron and AD becoming injury prone, and front office incompetence ruins what could've been one of the best eras in Lakers history.
its not just hated because it was in bubble. its also hated because the whole roster was bought, ring chasers from other teams. most these guys played multiple playoff series vs each other in the past and them teaming up seemed wrong. ex: LBJ, rondo, howard mcgee green etc. AD and lebron colluding together was very unpopular as well and to get taken to 6 games vs a weak/injured 5 seed kinda sucks. In other words it didnt feel organic and they lacked true obstacles
@@vulcanraven9701 The 2020 championship is only hated by clueless NBA fans/Lebron haters. It's definitely not hated by any of the players. All the teams had equal chance to win it but the Lakers dominated all year and they all fought hard for it. Also, no one ever brings up the 1999 Spurs title where the season was only 50 games and round 1 was best of 3.
@@GuySelgaLeBron also won a ring in a shortened season in 2012 after the NBA lockout was lifted. He’s got two rings from short seasons (2012 and 2020) 😂🤭
@@vulcanraven9701 Maybe, but don't forget that the 2011-2014 Miami heat were bought too, as well as that Boston Celtics super team with KG, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. I'm not saying your wrong, but it's not the first time it happened. And yes, I know that some of the roster was only there for that title, but I hope you get what I trying to get at.
Winning even one chip is good enough, most people saw Bron moving to LA as a sign if his decline/movement towards retirement. I know it is Lebron we’re talking about so the expectations were high, but one chip in these years especially in such a competitive west is pretty good.
let's not forget that people said lebron was going to the Lakers just to end his career and to think in life outside basketball, but then he won a chip
12:52 And AD only playing half the season. Lakers were the #1 seed (21-6) when he got hurt against the Nuggets. 24:20 Last year was 24 pts for the 4 losses, this year was 22.
Well given that Charlotte, Orlando, Nets, Indiana, Clippers, Memphis, Minnesota, New Orleans, Phoenix and Utah have a combined 0 championships I think it’s a success.
Won a chip. Same as Giannis and Jokic in that time. A championship changes the legacy of any player and team. It's been a success. Just not as much as it could or possibly should have been .
As somewhat of an old head, Championships mean way more than they used to way back in the day. There’s a reason Wilt Chamberlain values stats over winning; and his stock has gone down since Championship value has gone up. It especially has in the Lebron James era when media/social media has come way up and the narratives of Lebron having to win a Ring to be considered the GOAT, etc. I believe that it may be a similar thing with the NBA Cup once that starts becoming more of a thing, but not to the same degree. It’s hard to predict what its significance will mean going forward.
Its been successful. They won a ring and stopped the 6 year playoff drought. Injuries in 2019, 2021 and Westbrook in 2023 prevented it from being better.
Not a failure.. But it’s supremely underwhelming. I think that if LeBron was more patient with the younger players, the core would’ve been consistently competent and competitive
LeBron didn’t do himself any favors, by saying "Not 1, not 2... in Miami. People were hoping for more, since he is considered the GOAT. I know Lakers ownership has had some mismanagement and are notoriously cheap, BUT if LeBron had any say on trading away their championship bench, he deseves some of the blame as well. I think they could have contended had they kept that bench. So in that way, the 1 championship would feel even more underwhelming.
Lakers are one of the greatest franchises of all time they are like the yankees of the nba with how much seasons they were either winning championships in the championship or had playoff success even in the 60s where they were in the finals like every year but only won it once due to the celtics dynasty.
Championship, WCF appearance, Scoring record, 6x All star/All nba, and made a dead franchise relevant again It was a success, but a very messy one🤷🏾♂️
Theyve been good enough. They won the championship in 2020 and they went to the conference finals last year. Plus people are always going to watch Lebron and AD on the Lakers anyways regardless of whether theyre good or bad. Not a lot of people really cared about what the Lakers were doing after Kobe retired and before Lebron signed there.
You had Lebron, AD, Rondo, Dwight Howard all on the same roster. 1 championship is definitely a failure. Especially considering the Warriors have been dealing with injuries and aging stars ever since AD and Lebron teamed up.
The tables finally started to turn this year but before this year, I always thought the lakers got way more shit in the media than the clippers ever did despite achieving way more since 2020
I only know I live next to where Kobe started playing BB in Italy when he was here with his dad, I'm a og LAL fan from the Van Exel, EJ, Ceballos, Campbell, Divac than Shaq days and I started following NBA around 1995-96 when we all thought Penny was the real deal and Kob still was at Lower Merion for his HS final year. These days I just read what happens through the league, I support Shai Gilgeous-Alexander cause he clearly is the closest thing to Kob we have the chance to see, I can't watch a single minute of the whole clown show Lakers have become and I hate how whole NBA has become a total charade quite totally based on money and marketing. The days when I was aware even of the existance of the last man at roster for the most pathetic editions of Atlanta Hawks (early 00s) or Charlotte Bobcats (last 00s, early 10s) are lost in the past. I want to add one thing: the thought of LeBron James having a retired Lakers jersey when Derek Fisher and Lamar Odom won't have any, makes me vomit. Thanks to LBJ, LeMedia, LeEspn, LeNarratives, the whole Klutch Mafia empire with its tricks to build superteams through Free Agencies, trades, buy-outs, tampering and so on, we are at this point. Y'all who kept praising this ruined everything and I'm sure more and more people finally realize that everyday. It's safe to say that Lakers have become exactly everything I've always hated when we were going for back to back in 2009 and 2010.
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Can't even watch games since that clown has come here. He's basically turned it into a circus like everywhere he goes. The refs help us tremendously giving phantom fouls and allowing us to get away with travel after travel charge after charge flop after flop and still we suck despite having a super stacked team. We should have traded Lebron but instead let's just continue letting this guy get his stats at the cost of the teams success. Embarrassing times in Lakerland
Just want to note that the 22-23 playoffs were the first time that the Curry, Klay, Dray warriors lost in the western conference. I think it’s an under appreciated aspect of that season for lebron, just being able to get himself another win in that rivalry.
something about that 2020 team with lebron at pg and ad at the 4 was really satisfying
They had a great team and a great system.
Caruso was so great that year.
Yeah the 3&D wing depth with Avery Bradley, Danny Green, Caruso, KCP (even Kuzma to a degree), + Rondo as a backup playmaker/point guard, + JaVale and Dwight as your Centers. Most of all, it was the team chemistry and the hype all the time from Dwight and JaVale on the bench gassing them up. It was all almost perfect.
you mean in the bubble when no one was trying
@michaelmagic988 🤣 okay kid.
Failure? No. Underwhelming? Yes.
Honestly, i was gonna say a whole thing about it but you honestly cut it short for me. Thank you.
I see your point, but he is 39 and I feel now he's switching from being a championship contender to a business.
hows it not a failure?... For the Lakers going from being a historic franchise that all stars beg to play for to a clown show that can't land an all Stars cause no one wants to play with lefraud is a testament to how lebum james ruined the franchise...
@@rudykadous4005 He brought AD and then won a championship, Lebron took a lottery pick team to the playoffs. Lebron's also 39 so he's 15 years older than players in their prime the only team to have a successful rebuild and win are the warriors after they lost KD. Idk I think the lakers could be a top 5 team in the league, but the league's too good now. Compared to the clippers, the lakers didn't fall short
@@rudykadous4005because they won a ring and have been in the play off picture for almost all the time he was there expect for 2 years when e was injured 2019 and where the russ experiment didn't work in 2022 would have hope for a better ring count yes but that's more underwhelming rather than a failure
I think it's hard to call it a failure but it's probably less of a success then you would have hoped.
I think it’s similar to his time with the Heat. Obviously not a failure but they expected to win more than two titles
@@ConnorHoakI didn’t expect any titles until they got AD but its a tough league. Hard to be disappointed with a chip
Had everything gone as well as possible they could've won 2 titles with the teams they had. By that standard, winning 1 isn't bad.
People underestimate how hard it is to win multiple championship. You need a good team, good luck, and good management. The Lakers in the Lebron era have had none of that outside a good team for about 1 or 2 seasons
i do think its his worse run given the fact that he had more talent than his first cleveland years while also not being as dominant as then. he has accomplished alot in LA but most of it was because of his longevity rather than how good he is today. thats not to say he isnt good today. he just seems a little more dependent on his squads now than in his earlier times.
It isn’t a synthetic sports video if the blazers aren’t brought up at least once😂
The worst thing about the lebron lakers is that there’s no continuity every season has different core guys and that’s just not sustainable in the nba
They have continuity this time because no major free agent wanted to play with LeBron lmaooo 😂
@@Serching4JerryGarcia true 😂
@@Serching4JerryGarciaor the lakers had a full roster and were un able to sign anyone unless they did a sign and trade…
@@jps0583 Spencer Dwindle or whatever his fucking name is left and they couldn’t sign Klay or Demar Derozan or anyone of that caliber. Guys like Malik Monk have been flourishing ever since they left the Lakers too. People don’t want to be apart of the circus show. It is what it is.
@@Serching4JerryGarcia omg Spencer diode didn’t come back🤣🤣🤣that’s what u r pointing to? And again…let me say it again and see if u understand…the lakers literally had no room to sign klay or demar so they would have to do a sign and trade bc they have no roster spots making it harder to get free agents…if u can’t understand that then u have no idea how the nba business works🤣and Malik monk averaged his 2nd highest ppg in a season with the lakers and his highest 3p% so u clearly just talking🤣
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Scott the Woz reference for the win>>>>>
As a non laker fan to me the olympics and that Round 1 nuggets loss have made it clear as day that in general the only genuinely negative thing you could say lebron and AD have actually done to negatively impact the lakers is being unhealthy sometimes and that's not a fair criticism really. The front office has failed to actually look at the roster and give AD and born complimentary players so many times
The front office has been shit since the death of Jerry Buss in 2013, yet these same ppl wanna blame LeBron for everything that happened when that’s probably only half the truth
facts. its like the front office/rob pelinka couldn't understand what made that 2020 team so good. 3-and-d wing depth as well as big man/center depth next to lebron and ad and a defensive minded coach
@@nana-yaw8117 They had a defensive minded head coach but they fired him
I feel like Bron has alienated the front office with some backstage manipulation and the fact the front office is down to completely kowtow to him, but its not like the front office would succeed without Bron because whenever he asks for the bare minimum they have a tendency to fail to give it to him anyways lol
yeah but injuries ruin alot of team's success. its part of the game. need i remind you of derrick rose or brandon roy ?
Kobe: "We hang championship banners."
If you're an old laker fan, the moment they put the in-season tourney banner up this became a failure that's now a TV show.
He hung one up in 2020
You do know the NBA forced the Lakers to hang that banner for the In-Season Tournament up, right?
@@Dimezprod I didn't say LeBron was a failure. LeBron DID bring them a championship in 2020 (asterisks aside). And then they hung the inseason banner gave up all aspirations for a championship. The Lakers have made a lot of questionable and boneheaded decisions over the past few years and once bron leaves they will have one championship with less credibility than KDs two rings.
And while they want to keep LeBron happy. This Lakers org. Is now an all time circus. LeBron didn't fail. The staff did by catering to all of this bs for the time being. And it's "one team - one fight" mentality. If they failed LeBron, then he couldn't succeed. Does he take blame? Yes. But it's not his all time failure.
Kobe’s last 6 years was the worst stretch in franchise history! So no he wasn’t hanging shit!
@OugiEin There isn't any asterisk on his title. But he made the wcf 2 season ago. And there's only been 1 "bonehead" decision, hiring Jj Reddick. Kobe wasn't winning anything for the last 6 years. If there is any emotion the old LA fans should have, it is gratitude cause he saved them. No disrespect
Any period were a title was won can never be anything less than a success. Titles are so hard to come by and shouldn't be taken for granted.
Now, was it the level of success people might have hoped? Probably not. But again, it's not like the Lakers were doing anything before he got there.
Bingo
I use to be one of those people, that gave a asterisk next to the title in 2020; but then, that's when I realized, I was a Kobe (🙏🏾) fan way more than I was a Laker fan. Now I realize my bias, I don't give a F**K, but at least now I let people know & my friends, know there ain't SHIT you can tell me about my 🐐, KOBE "BEAN" BRYANT!!!!!!
I blame front office. Lebron and Ad messed gunning for Russ too
@@shortvideos6576 What kind of rambling incoherent nonsense is this?
That 2020 title is as legit as the championships that the WWE/AEW wrestlers win and lose😂😂😂
LeLakers
2019: Miss playoff
2020: Bubble Champion
2021: Lost to Sun 1st round
2022: Miss play off
2023: Lost to Nuggets WCF
2024: Lost to Nuggets 1st round
Underwhelming. The bubble chip is really what kepts from saying a failure. But the 2 season of missing the playoff really damage his Lakers resume.
It's been an embarrassment since Lefraud has come here
They were literally injured for most seasons. Except the season with russ. Unless you are one of those people who think only 1 team can have a successful season.
2023 loss to Nuggets is actually not that bad, until you remember it was a sweep
@@robglobal1Much better then Kobe with only 2 FMVPs in 20 years
Missing the playoffs when your team is hurt isn’t a knock…
It's been very weird and the volatility has been off the charts, but ultimately, the 2020 title + 2023 WCF appearance is enough for it to be a success imo
Also winning the in-season tournament, becoming the greatest scorere ever as a Laker, first father/son duo to ever play together, oldest player to lead his team to a championship let alone win a finals MVP, getting Anthony Davis signed over, and who knows.. maybe more!
I don't think getting swept would be a success
Compared to teams like the Clippers, Nets and Suns, u can say that. But in terms of what we saw in the past with LeBron, this is a disappointment. This was the same player that went to the finals in 2018 with G-Leauge players in an impoverished Cavs franchise. the Lakers are supposed to be the greatest franchise in basketball history, yet they missed the playoffs TWICE with him averaging 25-30 PPG
@demonreacts7816 🤔 how are the Lakers the "greatest" franchise when the Celtics had and currently have more championship banners and nobody in Lakers history was capable of doing what Bill Russell did for the Celtics (respectfully, that's the greatest organization) the Lakers were more flashy but the Celtics in comparison are like the Spurs they play without all the flash
@@demonreacts7816The 2018 Cavs were the favorites to win the East and Klove was a All Star such a dumb narrative just like 2007 if he was in the West he doesn’t make it out of the 1st Rd booth of those seasons
I feel like there’s been a degree of revisionist history with LeBron’s Lakers tenure. I remember a serious narrative when he joined the team that he was going to play out his twilight on a rebuilding team, and that his choice to go to LA was a business choice to network and make movies to solidify his post-playing career. To say that with that initial expectation LeBron didn’t meet expectations is obviously incorrect. However, things changed when AD joined, timeframe accelerated and they started competing, and LeBron didn’t age as fast as expected. You could say only winning one ring in five years with AD is disappointing, but again, not a single soul expected a dynasty when LeBron went to the Lakers and a lot of people didn’t expect a championship. He exceeded that.
Most honest comment on the whole subject. Ppl lose all objectivity when it comes to Lebron
No this has been the most underwhelming era in lakers history. I remember people always saying how LeBron and the Lakers were the favorites to make it out the west and the multiple times people said the lakers won the offseason and were locked and loaded. It’s been a failure and all they have to show for it is the bubble ring in which most of the players who played in that didn’t take seriously.
@@Serching4JerryGarciaplayers absolutely took the bubble seriously. Anyone who discredits the 2020 finals is just hating.
Definitely not the best era in lakers history but yall won a championship which is better than the end of Kobe’s career and the years before Bron
Winning a title and consistently making the playoffs is better than Lonzo ball leading your team
@@just-ryan Lakers won 5 titles and played in 7 NBA Finals before LeBron came. That’s the standard. It takes more than one title and so far Bron hasn’t been able to win a real championship since 2016 and he got lucky with that one because of all the shit the Warriors had to deal with.
@@Serching4JerryGarciaBro knock off your stupidity! Before LeBron got there, the Lakers didn’t make the playoffs for six straight seasons. And that was WITH KOBE! They had racked up three number 2 overall picks and a number 7 overall pick! Just say you hate LeBron and move on…
Y’all don’t get enough credit on your thumbnail game. It’s INSTANTLY recognizable and since I love your content, it’s an instant click!
As a Lakers fan i have to say this. On paper it has been a success, but once you pay attention this Franchise it has been a total cluster fuck between hiring/firing coaches and trying to make a super team with Russ and getting rid of halve the roster and make a new one mid season
Yesh mostly the owners and the gms fault too for not standing up for themselves and being cheap with the contracts
Scott Woz randomly popping up was amazing lol
For real
If it was any other team the answer is no, but since its the Lakers, it feels this way
Man that 2020 team was just awesome to watch the chemistry on Piont
17:50 "lemme get the lebron PR in too" adam silver's black vans pulled up
Besides trading for another star to help him win and an outlier environment to finish the season, I'd say most of the Bron's Lakers run has been lackluster.
I discovered you guys yesterday and have now listened to like 6+ hours of your content… so pretty hyped to watch the next season with you guys
Was NOT expecting a Scott the woz jumpscsre
Scott really is that big
I feel like this was an insightful and unbiased look at LeBron's tumultuous tenure with the Lakers. EXCEPT for one thing you guys missed.
Merchandise sales. LeBron in the purple and gold did exactly what it was supposed to for the Lakers and for LeBron. Kept the rather mid level Lakers in more of the spotlight than they deserved, and helped LeBron top up Bronnie's future NBA earnings.
It’s been hard as a fan to see all the injuries the lakers have had the last 6 years, especially when you knew those teams could have gone on to do very well
They peaked in 2020 and has been a downward slope non stop. this new bronny era will be a speedbump at most
You’re not being fair at all dude, does Dalton not exist? Bronny being drafted in no way shape or form hinders LA long term. They have multiple young drafted players the last 3 drafts that are working their way towards contributing. LA not signing anyone is more of speed bump
Exactly
@@MegaMjjordan I'm not knocking bronnys talent, But I don't think it's enough to get them where they need to be. They simply don't have enough depth, Dlo, and still no consistent center, dwight should've never left. On the rate they are going, they might end up being the cowboys of the NBA imo
@@Betelgeuse2142 I know that brotha Bronny isn’t the issue, he sinks or swims. It’s the last parts you mentioned that’s more of my concern. Especially the center
They were a four seed when LeBron was healthy in 2019 and when he got injured they dropped to 11
It's just hard to judge because the media is so obsessed with the Lakers. The run's been underwhelming, but it isn't helped with the media talking about them every other day. Watching the 2024 Nuggets series, when LeBron or the Lakers did anything, the commentators and media were ready to go off about it.
Because the Lakers should have easily put the Nuggets to bed. They led in all 5 games for 115 mins +. They lost 2 games with the final possession and blew a 20 point lead in one. The Lakers were dominant but still fell apart in the end. The 2023 playoffs is definitely the media hyping them up.
The same with football/soccer you have to think alot of these commentators have preset lines thought out in their head and alot of stuff is directed and produced for them a lot of them are being extra enthusiastic because they know the commentary will be used in a documentary or a playoff package for the next round and used in edits and ads ect…. There’s an element of marketing not just biased commentary for the sake of opinion
@@DW51380 Good point
Considering the fact that there hasn’t been a repeat championship since 2018, I think a championship and a WCF appearance is way more than a lot of teams can say they did over the past 5 years
The craziest thing from this video is seeing Lebron signed a 4 yr - 148M deal just 5 years ago and how little that is now
A half an hour synthetic sports video??? Just what I needed
Once they blew up that 2021 team its been underwhelming ever since then
You know it's a good day when they upload
Did not expect the 4:54 Scott the Woz jumpscare on a sports video.
Long term lakers fan here and his entire run in short words has been bittersweet. Yes he’s brought us our first championship in years but at the cost of our entire future. The front office will do whatever this man says because he brings in the money and that’s both a positive and a negative. I think after 7 years the front office is finally learning when to say yes and when to say no to Lebron but it’s already to late. Anthony Davis is the Lebron pleasure and that’s the only reason he’s here,once Lebron retires AD will be traded at first opportunity. In my personal opinion I would give back our championship for everything back. Now we can’t even properly build around Lebron and once he goes we have no future and will go right back to being a mediocre team with no young potential superstar player.
What are you yapping about?. the Lakers dont listen to lebron they went out of there way to not listen to LBJ. What future you talking about cause all those pieces aren't doing a damn thing. Kuz only got a ring cause he stayed. Lonzo hurt, BI doing nothing in NO. it was a good trade and we got a ring the front office is terrible and fired the coach for no reason and now they keep hiring new couches we still not recovered
Delusional much? AD brought the Lakers that mickey chip just go watch the games. AD was a beast on both ends and should have won the MVP
@@robglobal1 You trying to make it an ad vs bron thing when its not. They both did what they needed to do to win. And how was it Micky when they was 1st in the west and they just beat the clippers and the bucks. what are we talking about. its ok if you dont like lebron but give him his respect
@@illicitburn9386im yapping about the part where we have no picks and no future. Lebron ruined it for us by getting what he wanted. The front office only recently started to not listen to him. Idk where you been at the whole time but because of the person Lebron is no one wants to play with him and they have constantly failed to build around him because no one wants to come to LA and be his escape goat.just look at klay Thompson when he said “same fish diffent city” even he didn’t wanna be Lebron excuse. They should have traded Lebron after he won the ring. Idc if you’re the goat or not you are 38 and still trying to boss people around. Once this whole Lebron and AD experiment is over what have we to gain? 1 ring with a bunch of first round exits no picks and no future young player to build around. Having Lebron in la was not worth it,especially if it means we have to go through another 8 years of mediocrity. Even bullied the front office to get his son who isn’t even NBA ready on the team and for what? To shut Lebron up
@crypto40 So you don't actually watch the nba and just regurgitate what you hear other say on tik tok and Twitter. There are 2 first round and one of the them came after we got out the bubble with a shorten off season and then we just ran into Denver that last 2 years. The Laker have their picks in 2026 till 2030 so what are you yapping about. Just say you don't watch nba games
The LeBron Lakers Era Is filled with highs and lows.
They managed to win the NBA Championship , but fell off drastically from LeGM's fault on never returning the old core.
Not a total failure, but based on the expectations of the Lakers organization to win championships, I would call it not as good as it could have been. The constant tear down and rebuilding of the roster every time they didn’t win a championship like Rob Pelinka was playing NBA 2K is the thing I consider to be the big thing that messed up the LeLakers
Back to back references to SpongeBob at 1:30 the editing game is on point as always
30 min video from synthetic sports 🔥🔥
The 2021 had solid moves in the offseason imo and given the injuries to both AD and Bron the team still was a top defense in the league
Ok, I know you guys won't see this comment. However, I genuinely love this channel. It's like one of the only few channels I ever go to see if there's any new videos. Most of the times I just watch these videos whilst I'm eating lunch or dinner, lol.
Please keep up this entertaining format, and yes, please make more videos on Golden State (Cuz I'm a fan hehe >:] ) orrrr if not make a video on the Sacramento Kings, or any other underrated franchise in the NBA.
Scott the Woz reference? somehow this channel got even better
Scott Wozniak is peak
It wasnt the cindarela story we all had been hoping for but getting 1 ring in the last 5 years its pretty good
Insane it’s been 6-7 years already
Omg, that Scott the Woz clip made me love this channel even more.
I think the overreaction and Westbrook trade offseason was the turning point. And I blame Lebron.
They needed the play in tournament to make the playoffs the last few years.
Yup!
No they didn’t. Lakers would have actually made the playoffs play-in or not. They were the 7th seed or 8th seed all damn 3 years. They would have made the playoffs if the damn play-in never existed, they never were 9th or 10th coming into the play-in
Been watching y’all 4 ova a year now
At the time, Lebron really went to La to slow down and finish out his career. But ended up winning a championship 2 years into being there. And nobody (including him) knew he would play another 7+ years. But definitely not a failure.
That russ trade was stupid then and looks even worse now. Not sure why people thought it was considered a good trade at the time because the fit made no sense
It’s so crazy lebron has been in LA for 6 going on 7 years when he was only in Miami for 4 years which is wild 😂
He thought he'd get a dynasty by teaming up with another top5 player. 22 seasons in the nba and lefraud still has no dynasty
@@vulcanraven9701 bro Miami was a dynasty and stop being a weirdo and hating on him calling him lefraud it gives off jealous 40 year old loser living in moms basement vibes
@@vulcanraven9701no need. He is the dynasty. Every organization he’s been on has been better with him than without him
its crazy that a team winning a title could be considered "not a success" bron is wild
That Lakers squad was hot garbage when Kobe left, Lakers winning a chip the next few years after his departure wouldn't have crossed my mind tbh.
Winning 1 chip can never be a failure so lets get that outta the way. I would definitely say it was a success, cause it would have been for every other player not named Bron as well, but you guys just love hating on him for no reason.
I’ll save yall 30 mins. Yes the lebrons lakers run was successful. They won a chip end of story.
Anytime you win a championship it’s a success of a run. Even if it’s underwhelming
I think we can all agree that there could've been more success, but let's look at what they've done: 1. Besides 2019 and 2022, they reached the playoffs every year Lebron has been a Laker 2. They brought in AD to help Lebron, also getting a franchise piece for when Lebron retires. 3. They reached the conference championship twice and has the most hated championship team of all time in 2020 ( I know it was in the bubble but I don't care, it's still a championship where they the best team the entire season). The Russ move, among others, Lebron and AD becoming injury prone, and front office incompetence ruins what could've been one of the best eras in Lakers history.
They missed the playoffs in 2022
its not just hated because it was in bubble. its also hated because the whole roster was bought, ring chasers from other teams. most these guys played multiple playoff series vs each other in the past and them teaming up seemed wrong. ex: LBJ, rondo, howard mcgee green etc.
AD and lebron colluding together was very unpopular as well and to get taken to 6 games vs a weak/injured 5 seed kinda sucks. In other words it didnt feel organic and they lacked true obstacles
@@vulcanraven9701 The 2020 championship is only hated by clueless NBA fans/Lebron haters. It's definitely not hated by any of the players. All the teams had equal chance to win it but the Lakers dominated all year and they all fought hard for it. Also, no one ever brings up the 1999 Spurs title where the season was only 50 games and round 1 was best of 3.
@@GuySelgaLeBron also won a ring in a shortened season in 2012 after the NBA lockout was lifted. He’s got two rings from short seasons (2012 and 2020) 😂🤭
@@vulcanraven9701 Maybe, but don't forget that the 2011-2014 Miami heat were bought too, as well as that Boston Celtics super team with KG, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. I'm not saying your wrong, but it's not the first time it happened. And yes, I know that some of the roster was only there for that title, but I hope you get what I trying to get at.
Always love the Scott the Woz snippets
They should've kept some of those 2020 pieces and build off that.
Winning even one chip is good enough, most people saw Bron moving to LA as a sign if his decline/movement towards retirement.
I know it is Lebron we’re talking about so the expectations were high, but one chip in these years especially in such a competitive west is pretty good.
His chip is literally the only brightspot the lakers have had since dr.buss died
Scott the Woz reference pull is crazy
I had no illusions that he would win a title in LA. He did and has been shockingly productive for an old player. Definitely a success.
Not wanting to watch bubble playoffs basketball is crazy so many great series and performances
Funny thing is they use LeBrons debut vs the Blazers in the opening montage in Space Jam 2
Video Idea
Best players to never play in the NBA
(Some players like Galis or Oscar Schmidt deserve more attention😢)
Day 1
They stoped drug testing is what happened to Trez lmaoo 😂😂
let's not forget that people said lebron was going to the Lakers just to end his career and to think in life outside basketball, but then he won a chip
Did they really win in 2020 though? Is that a real championship??? lol 😂😂😂
@@KAye633 nobody was talking about a fake championship until Lebron won it
Lebron teamed with AD and has blown ass last 4 years. That is a failure
12:52 And AD only playing half the season. Lakers were the #1 seed (21-6) when he got hurt against the Nuggets.
24:20 Last year was 24 pts for the 4 losses, this year was 22.
Whenever I think of that 2021 team I just think of that lebron tweet that he ended up deleting
LeBron on the Lakers will forever be remembered as a tenure that just sort of happened. Kinda like Tom Brady on the Buccaneers.
Well given that Charlotte, Orlando, Nets, Indiana, Clippers, Memphis, Minnesota, New Orleans, Phoenix and Utah have a combined 0 championships I think it’s a success.
Won a chip. Same as Giannis and Jokic in that time. A championship changes the legacy of any player and team. It's been a success. Just not as much as it could or possibly should have been .
I was not expecting this video to start by saying that LeBron has been with the Lakers SEVEN seasons. Four, maybe five, was where I thought we were.
As somewhat of an old head, Championships mean way more than they used to way back in the day. There’s a reason Wilt Chamberlain values stats over winning; and his stock has gone down since Championship value has gone up. It especially has in the Lebron James era when media/social media has come way up and the narratives of Lebron having to win a Ring to be considered the GOAT, etc.
I believe that it may be a similar thing with the NBA Cup once that starts becoming more of a thing, but not to the same degree. It’s hard to predict what its significance will mean going forward.
Its been successful. They won a ring and stopped the 6 year playoff drought. Injuries in 2019, 2021 and Westbrook in 2023 prevented it from being better.
Synthetic should make a WWE video especially with SummerSlam coming up, a review maybe?
Not a failure..
But it’s supremely underwhelming. I think that if LeBron was more patient with the younger players, the core would’ve been consistently competent and competitive
LeBron didn’t do himself any favors, by saying "Not 1, not 2... in Miami. People were hoping for more, since he is considered the GOAT. I know Lakers ownership has had some mismanagement and are notoriously cheap, BUT if LeBron had any say on trading away their championship bench, he deseves some of the blame as well. I think they could have contended had they kept that bench. So in that way, the 1 championship would feel even more underwhelming.
Hi, bucks fan here. He has a chip, therefore it's been a success. Have a lovely day you get a like
The way that people feeel about the 2020 nba playoffs, I feel that way about the Asterisk 50 game season in 1999
I remember most people saying in 2018 that LeBron wouldn’t win one in LA so that automatically means that he exceeded expectations
Lakers are one of the greatest franchises of all time they are like the yankees of the nba with how much seasons they were either winning championships in the championship or had playoff success even in the 60s where they were in the finals like every year but only won it once due to the celtics dynasty.
Championship, WCF appearance, Scoring record, 6x All star/All nba, and made a dead franchise relevant again
It was a success, but a very messy one🤷🏾♂️
Theyve been good enough. They won the championship in 2020 and they went to the conference finals last year. Plus people are always going to watch Lebron and AD on the Lakers anyways regardless of whether theyre good or bad. Not a lot of people really cared about what the Lakers were doing after Kobe retired and before Lebron signed there.
That Westbrook trade was terrible.
You had Lebron, AD, Rondo, Dwight Howard all on the same roster. 1 championship is definitely a failure. Especially considering the Warriors have been dealing with injuries and aging stars ever since AD and Lebron teamed up.
30 Minute Synthetic Sports Video let's fucking gooo
Yes for the simple fact that most people said he wouldn't win a championship with the Lakers and only came here to make movies
The tables finally started to turn this year but before this year, I always thought the lakers got way more shit in the media than the clippers ever did despite achieving way more since 2020
The Covid chip was the least memorable “championship”. That felt more like training camp
Lebron’s time with the lakers is not a failure, but it certainly has been disappointing.
I’m pretty sure KD going to the Warriors was pretty big if not the biggest in league history! But for just the Lakers I can agree with.
I only know I live next to where Kobe started playing BB in Italy when he was here with his dad, I'm a og LAL fan from the Van Exel, EJ, Ceballos, Campbell, Divac than Shaq days and I started following NBA around 1995-96 when we all thought Penny was the real deal and Kob still was at Lower Merion for his HS final year.
These days I just read what happens through the league, I support Shai Gilgeous-Alexander cause he clearly is the closest thing to Kob we have the chance to see, I can't watch a single minute of the whole clown show Lakers have become and I hate how whole NBA has become a total charade quite totally based on money and marketing.
The days when I was aware even of the existance of the last man at roster for the most pathetic editions of Atlanta Hawks (early 00s) or Charlotte Bobcats (last 00s, early 10s) are lost in the past.
I want to add one thing: the thought of LeBron James having a retired Lakers jersey when Derek Fisher and Lamar Odom won't have any, makes me vomit.
Thanks to LBJ, LeMedia, LeEspn, LeNarratives, the whole Klutch Mafia empire with its tricks to build superteams through Free Agencies, trades, buy-outs, tampering and so on, we are at this point.
Y'all who kept praising this ruined everything and I'm sure more and more people finally realize that everyday.
It's safe to say that Lakers have become exactly everything I've always hated when we were going for back to back in 2009 and 2010.
Its a success because after kobe retired nobody cared about the Lakers, even kobe didn’t go to the games till Bron got there
One chip
One in season tourney
Bruh, that's failure, Bron has just set the standard too high lmao
I followed you guys because you were Blazers fans but the fact that yah cover THE ENTIRE LEAGUE and give dates and videos along with the humor you guys are ABSOLUTELY AMAZING KEEP IT UP !!!!!
Can't even watch games since that clown has come here. He's basically turned it into a circus like everywhere he goes. The refs help us tremendously giving phantom fouls and allowing us to get away with travel after travel charge after charge flop after flop and still we suck despite having a super stacked team. We should have traded Lebron but instead let's just continue letting this guy get his stats at the cost of the teams success. Embarrassing times in Lakerland
As a Lakers fan whose favorite player has always been LeBron, I can say that his Lakers era has been the definition of hit or miss.
LeBron James' overall NBA career has been…odd to say the least.
Just want to note that the 22-23 playoffs were the first time that the Curry, Klay, Dray warriors lost in the western conference. I think it’s an under appreciated aspect of that season for lebron, just being able to get himself another win in that rivalry.
The Warriors lost to the Spurs in 2013 and the Clippers in 2014 in the Western Conference Playoffs with Curry, Thompson, and Green
@@harinderrana9735 Ah my bad I guess that fact included Kerr in that group as well. Still an impressive feat to me nonetheless🤷♂️
scott the woz
The lakers run showed how lbj scapegoats his teammates and coaches better than his other situations