What’s Next for LeBron After Another Denver Defeat?| The Bill Simmons Podcast
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- Опубліковано 25 кві 2024
- The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by J. Kyle Mann to discuss the playoff series between the Lakers and the Nuggets. They also talk about LeBron James after this season.
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That Westbrook trade was the absolute disaster
Le GM at his worst.
KCP, Kuzma... They chose THT (who LeBron constantly overpraised) over Caruso 😂
That sank them
Did em in
Increible. Literally I still dont get it. How to destroy your own career for no particular reason. He didnt even like Russ. This wasnt about friendship. Insane
The '14 Spurs played the prettiest basketball I've seen maybe ever and I am a die hard Jordan era Bulls guy.
Wow apparently we are the same guy. I'm the same. "The beautiful game" like the Brazilians do about soccer. It was a perfect basketball machine.
1986 Celtics.
They were talking about this century though. So 86 Celtics wouldn't be mentioned by Bill. He has the 86 Celtics as his best team of all time when he wrote his book back in 2009
17-18 warriors dummies! Lol
That 2014 Spurs team ripped the Big 3 Heat a new one, it was beautiful basketball
Lebron after G2: “what are we doing with the replay center?”
Lebron after G3 : “it’s just basketball”
This guy is something else 😂
It makes it extremely hard to be a Bron fan with his attitude 😂
Lakers in 7. Thank me later
@@Jays119Like the Lakers will be out of game 4 within the first 7 minutes? That’s definitely probable.
@@Jays119 It's one thing for a Lakers fan to be delusional. But to say "Thank me later", like you're giving out some hot tip? Lol.
@@shorewallROFL Lebron … “Don’t let us get one”. Jokic “Ok guys if we finish the sweep can I go home to Serbia for a week.”😂😂
MPJ's jumper is a thing of beauty to watch.
Take a shot everytime bro with A's hat says "like".
The way they talked about Denver and Jokic reminds me of “old school” teams. And I’m a younger fan, so I’m just mostly getting it off of the history and documentations that I’ve watched.
They play very much like the Spurs with Tim Duncan and Tony Parker as Jokic and Murray.
Yea but that wasn’t like the lakers of 00’s as a Celtic fan that laker squad was ridiculous
2014 Spurs!? Come on Bill.
They were so pissed by missing their chance in game 6 in 13 that they came back and decided to play perfect basketball again the Heatles.
@@David-iv6je -- The revenge series of Spurs in 2014 against the Heat, amazing.
Honorable mention: 2011 Mavs where Dirk beats a superteam.
I love the 2014 Spurs, one of my favorite teams of all time. But they really almost lost in the first round fr and we can’t pretend that didn’t happen
He’s being a prisoner of the moment smh 😂
@@jlui21 Oh hell yeah. The 11 Mavs were theoretically a lesser team but they executed perfectly. It was a beautiful run.
I think Charles Barkley called it a few years ago if Michael Porter Jr. becomes healthy and develops into Nuggets second best player then Denver is on its way to becoming a dynasty. Murray is still important but Porter’s shooting and defence is the biggest asset on the nuggets next to Jokic.
Yep, I agree. They’ve gone up 3-0 while Murray has shot the ball inefficiently so if Murray is shooting at his normal percentages plus MPJ ascending I could def see the Nuggets 3 peating provided everyone stays healthy. They have great team chemistry, a clearly defined leader that gets everyone involved so you don’t have guys getting upset that they aren’t getting their numbers. Really good player development and scouting. It’s def a good recipe for a dynasty, especially since their core is young. Jokic is 28 so likely won’t decline anytime soon.
@@Romanus- Well, the only thing you are wrong about is Jokic's age. He is 29, not that young :)
@@Romanus- Porter Jr was suppose to be the #1 pick in 2018 ahead of Ayton, Bagley & Luka. He sat out his lone college season because of back issues and back surgeries. Then got red flagged by multiple team doctors who investigated his medical issues. He fell in the draft and landed in the lap of Denver. He missed his rookie season and got hurt for most of another season but when he is healthy he is lethal.
Idk if that’s ever going to happen idk if his back will let him be the player he was supposed to be
@@ivelinkamenovwe ll see how fast he declines, but id say next year jokic is mvp again
Yesterday mpjr just hit great shot after great shot. That was ripping Lakers heart everytime
Bill Simmons, I loved this video so much, I had to hit the like button!
Nobody is beating Denver if they continue to play like this. They play the best team game in the league.
Yep, reminds me of the 2014 Spurs except with Jokic being a much better passer than Duncan. Totally unselfish play and the ball is always moving
I mean, if you’ve been watching this team, we’ve been playing like shit tbh
2014 Spurs but Boris Diaw had the magnitude of TD's talent
T wolves match up the best with Denver in the west imo. Still picking Denver tho
@@cedccc222good take. Diaw is far underrated
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The 2014 Spurs were a fantastic team and a real crowning achievement for the dynasty but I’ve always felt that team got a bit overrated just because they dismantled a Heat team that was very much on its last legs as a competitive force. I think any team that came out of the West would’ve destroyed the Heat albeit not as emphatically as the Spurs did. People remember the finals beatdown but they don’t remember that the 8th seeded Mavs took them to 7 games in the first round.
Entered the chat and what? Beat the 01 Lakers? Beat the 17 Warriors? Losing the year before to the Heat?
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@@bikramarora1819So 2014 LeBron was on his "last legs"???? What are you talking about???? 🤡
@@bikramarora1819tf? Terrible take. They destroyed that Thunder team as well. That Heat team ran through the East. You guys just love revisionist history.
@@juanstepbehindlol you mad. Highest point differential in finals history. Shut your mouth and never talk hoops again
Nuggets is simply an OLD SCHOOL TEAM built in this era. Lakers had a template and won in that joke of a Bubble Championship then blew up all of their size and IQ advantage to chase people who'd CREATE and spread the floor for Lebron to make his life easier. 6 years. Two top 75 players. 1 ring. 5 underachieving seasons.
@@poorchrisfacts bro 💯
@@poorchris not even true, yall just be saying shit. The Lakers would be in the playoffs in every year except that Russ year even without the play-in. Go look at the records and use your brain.
That’s the benefit of being LeBron…teams move heaven and earth to put players around you that YOU’RE asking for…then when they underperform and you lose..it’s the teams fault for not getting you enough help. James is a chump.
But Denver lost in that joke of a bubble championship. Denver was a joke of a team. I’m sure you would be parading around had Denver beaten the lakers in 2020. Keep it real.
@@lakerodom1325exactly 💯
This guy says “ like” A LOT.
He's awful
I legit stopped watching 4 mins into video. Like wtf is he talking about man. Like come on…!
Oh no. The "like" police has arrived.
@@bigkahunaburger7782 buddy if nobody tells him how is he supposed to know?
@@bigkahunaburger7782 This may be shocking for those who live in California, but many people find it annoying when others use meaningless verbal ticks every 5 words. Especially when those others are 30-something men who should have learned to say a fucking sentence without sounding like a teenaged girl by now.
Why was Lebron so mad at the replay center last game. What, they made a mistake. It’s just basketball :)
Listen to the whole quote
LeTampon is officially the joke of the NBA. He needs to retire
@@_clownworld
U r gay
What next for Lebron? Step 1: blame his coach. Step 2: blame his teammates. Step 3: rinse and repeat
You forgot the refs.
Step 4: Make up an injury
Step 5: Lie about retiring
COPE
ABB: anybody but Bron
Step ^: Praise himself and blame everyone else in his podcast with plumber JJ reddick
“Not to shift this to the Celtics …” no one else has to say that lol.
Celtics. 1 title in 37+ years. Move on, Bill.
Let’s let Jokic win a 2nd title b4 we get more excited. He’s now in the pantheon, but let’s let him actually climb the ladder. The sky does look like it’s the limit. 3-5 titles looks possible. But Giannis and co foundered and fizzled. It’s not easy to repeat and stay dominant, more respect to Ws for their competitive longevity,
Why are there conspiracy theory videos in your "classical music" playlists comrade
@@untexan can you be more specific?
“Conspiracy theories” often means “views I disagree with”.
Giannis is a diva
All Simmons can bring himself to say about Kyrie is “he’s been good” 😂
As a Nuggets fan one of the things I have noticed is that anytime an opposing player drives and ends up on the floor the nuggets push and run consistently creating mis matches and 4 on 5 situations. Especially in this lakers series defensive rebounds and wild drives end up as easy buckets for us. love Jokers fire and motor, the nuggets fully embrace Jokers peesona its great to see team basketball!
Good call, Bill!
That feeling to me is the exact same the Warriors had for so many years years
Holy fuck this guy says like a lot
He says it so much that it bleeds into Simmons’ speech patterns after a while 😂😂
Now people see why AD didn't want to play Center
He’s been statistically the best player in this series… he’s not the problem. There’s a laker on that team that puts up empty stats, doesn’t play defense and is always complaining and blaming his teammates in passive aggressive way on and off the floor
-- no one "stops" Jokic. AD is great, PF or C.
He's probably tired at the end of games trying to do everything.
The python analogy is apt.
Python is the best description of Jokic ever.
Would be a dope nickname if he didn’t already have a good one too
Joker the Constrictor
Nic‐boa jokic
love the fact that Im not the only one openly Donaghying Scott Foster anyomore lmao
I don’t even understand why media keeps on forcing Lebron for GOAT conversation. His resume don’t even deserve number 2. Here are the list of his asterisk championships.
1st ring 50 games Lockdown champion*
2nd ring Ray Allen’s 3pointer*
3rd ring Draymond Green Suspension Stimulus package*
4th ring Disneyland Bubble championship*
In Season tournament champion😂
Exactly!
Why is a lockdown championship an asterisk?
Why is the Ray Allen shot an asterisk?
Draymond was suspended because he had racked up a certain amount of points which meant he would serve a suspension.
Every team played in the bubble. What advantage did it give the Lakers that it didn’t give to other teams?
@omieg89 LeBron the only player they do this stupid shit with
Does Bill hate the Spurs??? How are the 2013 Heat better than the 2014 Spurs???
66/16
Bill, I would include the 2014 Spurs.
Liked the teams of the century bill
2014 spurs was best basketball I ever seen and I’m a laker diehard
They always hype Lefraud as the smartest player to ever play the game..I submit to you that is a false narrative. Jokic is a much more cerebral player with a much more comprehensive understanding of the game. Lebum will always destroy the team because he’s not a selfless player..if he was, Deelo would actually thrive as a PG.
I actually think Lebron’s basketball IQ is overhyped as well. He has no feel for the momentum of a game and what’s required at specific times.
If Lebrons IQ is as high as people claim, he would know how much of a negative impact he has at his current age. He just stands around whenever he doesnt have the ball in his hands, he blows defensive assignments sometimes what looks like on purpose, he constantly looks disengaged from the guys around him, he doesnt even set up great plays that often, not to mention he takes some of the dumbest ill timed shots I've ever seen.
He just looks like a shell of himself that waits until theres a spot for him to score or get an easy pass to pad numbers. I always thought he was a great player but i dont see how his IQ elevates the team around him at this point. Giannis can honestly do what Lebron does and people dont rave about his IQ.
Where did Bill find this guy? At the Bus stop?😂😂
Too bad you weren't there to share your profound insights...
Wow, Simmons made it for three whole minutes until he brought up the Celtics on a non Celtics topic. Must be a new record.
He is also completely lying about thinking Denver would win all along lol that's insane he's actually saying that. He 100% thought Celtics had a chance. I know because it's been driving me nuts that he actually thought Jrue Holiday, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum had a chance at beating the Nuggets considering their postseason history. They'll be happy to make it to a game 6. Denver in 5.
@@michaelturley3457 im a nuggets fan but the celtics have had a lot of playoff success? especially for such a young team constantly in ECF and even a finals appearance, they have smoked Embiid a whole bunch of times and he gets way less criticism then this team
@@michaelturley3457that’s actually part of the charm about Bill Simmons for me. He can severely biased to his teams and that goes both ways lol
@@ChuckwaldMartin They've had success but they also usually choke before it's all over, go look at Tatum's numbers in their elimination games on baskteball reference under playoff game log if you don't believe me. Same with Jrue Holiday in the playoffs in general. Jaylen is probably the most consistent but we've seen what happens with him against great defenses. I don't consider making it to the ECF a big achievement, it's a joke how much better the west is. If they were out west they would have made it to the second round a couple times, a few first round eliminations and at best one WCF. And they just don't really have any elite shot creators for teammates, just a bunch of guys who are okay.
@@michaelturley3457 90% of players are worse in game 7s and he’s been playing in game 7s since he was 19, he gave embiid 50 last year in a game 7 though
Great Convo on LeBron. What’s being left out here of the “types of guys that work with LeBron “discussion. The reason LeBron Has to have a certain type of guy to play with him is because there are so many holes in his game. With Jokić, we never ask this question Because he is so lethal offensively. You can’t guard him with just one player. LeBron has never commanded a double team in his entire career. That is why you have to resort to surrounding him with stand still jump shooters, or other guys that can Carry the load offensively. He doesn’t have enough reliable weapons at his disposal if the defense plays him in a certain way or his jumpshot isn’t falling. If you’re truly an all-time great player, we should never have to utter the words “if this or that role player doesnt shoot well then LeBron’s team loses “. Truly all-time great players can find other ways to win even when their role players aren’t hitting.
🚨🚨🚨moron alert🚨🚨🚨
Swing and a miss on this one
Facts bro 💯. Lebum is one trick pony
Lol literally he has been double and triple teamed his whole career, there are reels of videos showing this. You have absolutely no clue about basketball at all. Just in one game footage from any year in his career, you will see step back 3's, post ups, turnaround jumpers, drives to the hoop, reverse layups. spin moves, midrange jumpers, floaters, alley oops, dunks, putbacks....not even mentioning his passing from every possible angle and his reads. Lebron never had a consistent coach and system like the triangle w Tex Winter and Phil Jackson with perfect role players to run that system with him as the focal point. Jordan and Kobe never won before that system and never won after. Lebron has won with different coaches and systems everywhere he has played. I literally just picked a random sampling of games...playoffs, regular season...and EVRY game he is being doubled and triple teamed. 100% wrong comment said w zero knowledge.
@ashwar3639 no he hasn’t. Not in games that matter. Thats why the spurs could guard him with Boris Diaw and the mavs could guard him with JJ barea/deshawn Stevenson and why the warriors could guard him with iguodala. I’m not talking about the charlotte hornets on a random Tuesday night. I’m talking about playoff series when he’s playing a formidable opponent. And yes, LeBron can shoot any shot, but he doesn’t shoot a high enough PERCENTAGE on those shots to rely on them down the stretch of big games. He has shot only 37% outside of 5 feet for his career. Which means teams that are formidable can live with whatever he gets as long as he’s not getting to the basket. He also has been a subpar FT shooter which causes him to run from the FT line at end of games and keeps him from closing out playoff games. See nuggets series last year and this year for examples. Thanks for playing.
As a Dubs fan, I got a lot of respect for LeBron and all that he’s accomplished in his life. That being said, if I’m Jeanie and Rob, under no circumstances can I give him the 3 year max extension he wants this offseason! 💰It’s not a Kobe situation and it’s just bad business. ❤
It was bad business with Kobe too.
Yeah, a 3 year deal for LeBron would benefit the Lakers more than when they gave Kobe that money.
@@WorldwideWyatthe earned it
@@mgee1723 whatever, it was still stupid. When Kobe dropped 60 in his last game that was the Lakers 17th win that season. Lebron is never going 17-65…
@@WorldwideWyattyeah he is gonna get better aged 38 😂
Lebum will keep being a bum and people will keep hyping him up and making excuses for him
Lebron has only 3 realistic options this offseason:
1) Accept his player option & announce retirement tour
2) Opt out of player option and sign a 2-3 year deal with LAL or NYK
3) Take a major pay cut to go wherever Bronny gets drafted
I think option 2 is the most likely, but I wouldn’t be surprised by him doing 1 or 3.
God forbid he comes to Knicks.....
@@mja4wpthat sounds good. Add LeBron to what they got, they may get a ring possibly. Idk about the Thibs situation
To put a regular season winning streak over all of the 90’s Bulls title teams deserves more than an asterisk
He said like 1,000 times
Lebron is in the Muhammed Ali vs. Larry Holmes era of his career.
More like Apollo Creed vs. Ivan Drago :
"THROW THE DAMN TOWEL!!!"
2014 spurs tho??
My only issue and maybe I’m nitpicking but I think part of jokers success is. Comes from the lack of true powerful centers in the league today. And look no further than how Dwight Howard guarded him. That’s the only thing I can think of
Thatt was 4 years ago.. Jokic is not the same player. Now he will eat him alive...
@@thomass7877 I know that’s why I said nitpick. But ☝️ the question is how does joker kill you? He does it from his playmaking in the post. Yes joker can shoot 3s but he’s not Steph curry or even Seth. But when he goes down low to his spots nobody in the game expect embid or Giannis is strong enough to knock him off his spot. Or prevent him from getting there in the first place. Joker is a throw back big man body wise who can shoot for a big man in an era of small ball jack up 3s
Bubble refs killed Joker not Dwight. LOL
Just let Bron retire. Hes already like the 8th best player of all time, at least until Curry passes him before retiring. Man can relax finally
8 th best? Who’s in your top 10? lol
I don’t agree that Lebron is 8th best but I do think that part of the reason Lebron continues to play is because he doesn’t want people to forget him.
Trust me he has cemented that he will talked about after he retires. Klutch will make sure of that.@@omieg89
LBJ....IS the weakest link. He moved heaven and earth to poach Davis from NOP, and now he needs more help. Give it a break, he's a shot fighter
Yeah well he’s also 39 now lmao
2016 warriors won 73 games they up there
Miami Heat fan here but how can you leave out the 2014 Spurs?!
Dense D will be in LA next year. That doesn’t guarantee success but he from West Coast. He’s way better and consistent that D lo. His mid range is great 3-5 3’s a game. He gonna give you 20-25 a night efficiently. Not injured a lot. D lo and Rudy with one of those picks.
If Lebron is still there it won’t matter. He’ll be the scapegoat once things go south! Dense D will be scared for life!
I wish AD would emulate Jokic in terms of providing more assists. This would add a very important dimension to AD's game & would help keep the whole Laker team engaged. Also AD would then become a triple threat in terms of points, assists and rebounds
This is the reason no one takes bill Simmons serious. If it’s not a biased take, this dude spews the most casual nonsense.
Why are you watching him on UA-cam if you don’t like his opinions? There’s millions of basketball videos on here?
I think YOU should start a basketball podcast and become more successful than bill. If Bill is a casual compared to you then you’ll have zero problem!
Lakers and LeBron need to part ways this off-season.
@15:02 "unless the league really intervenes". He knows how the NBA works.
Hey how about the celtics losing game 2?
I think Lebron plays 2 more seasons. I think he wants to retire with gas still in the tank and walk away as still, arguably, a Top 10-15 player in the league., still an all-star level player. I think he wants to retire with a lot of people saying "man he could have played another year or two for sure!"....And I could see him taking a small discount on a contract but nothing drastic like taking 2 million. I could see him signing a 1-year deal for $20 million somewhere that Bronny is playing or is a contender.
LBJ just realized last night that he is off from the GOAT race, he is done...
Yes of course, this series finally did it. As we all know a 40 year old MJ who could barely dunk would've been giving this nuggets team the business😂
@@whiteblaze-rk2ep: Leave MJ out of this. Lebron is the one still playing in this series.
Please do a what’s next for AD and Devin Booker
MJ saying “it’s only basketball” after a loss. Never never never would happen
The 2014 Spurs should be on the all century list.
I'm convinced Joker is a robot sent from the future.
"That's what he does! That's ALL he does! You can't stop him! He'll wade through you, reach down your throat and pull your fuckin' heart out!"
how are the spurs not on the list of best teams when they destroyed the team Bill said was great
Because times 1 only?
Jokic is nowhere near Magic or Bird. He hasn't eclipsed Hakeem Shaq or Duncan
Bill is underestimating Minnesota. They are uniquely built to beat Denver and are clicking right now. That’s gonna be a tough series.
Can someone please explain why jokic gets a pass for the postseason without Murray but Giannis doesn’t get that for his without Middleton in 22? I mean the guy avg. 34 15 7 against Celtics in 7 game series
Because MPJ was also out... and the rest of the roster was so bad that most of them are out of the league now. Will Barton, Bryn Forbes, Austin Rivers, JaMychal Green, Facundo Campazzo...
Who gives him a pass? Also look at his numbers during those 2 playoff runs where his second best player was will barton
Fake retirement to do his sleight of hand like last year's sweep.
Denver wins one championship. Is beating the 7th seed who are the lakers in the first round, and Now they are one of the best teams of the century! Come on man. Shit has to stop.
Second is coming.
@@dejan.zivkovic.psiholog are you still this confident in the Nugget’s?
@@thomasbrown8816 hell no 😂. Minnesota is kicking their behind....
I feel like Jokic is laying the foundation of what will be a strong GOAT argument. The fact that he swept LeBron twice will probably edge him past LeBron in the all time rankings, if he continues to be a walking triple double for another five years or more.
Its so funny because people act like Lebron is some unsurpassable player. Counting stats he will hold onto forever, but I can see a guy like Jokic getting like 3 rings at least and that just out does the rings lebron has outside of 2016.
lol good lord some you casual NBA fans are bad
What's next for lebron? After game 4 he's gonna show up for the media in a full body cast like the scammer fish from spongebob talkin bout "It's just basketball, feeling cute might retire"
If you are the Lakers, you move off LBJ. Keep AD and build around him. That was always supposed to be the point anyway.
LBJ already working on his signing with the timberwolves / nuggets / thunder or Celtics
Why not PG3 to the Lakers? I’m not a cap expert but it seems they have enough flexibility to make it work, and he’d be an incredible fit next to LBJ and AD. If they had him I think they beat Denver this year.
14 spurs best team this century
The only team I see LeBron pushing over the top is the knicks
Jokic plays basketball the way a great quarterback does, he reads the defense and makes the correct play based on each situation.
Lebron fatigue is so real. Sure, hes broken the scoring record but hes also broke the losing record as well. He also has the record for most playoff losses, missed shots, turnovers, etc. His longevity is a double-edged sword and like a lot of his fans, he kinda ignores all his bad stats. Lebrons legacy is his longevity but its becoming a big drag.
esp the turnovers.. when it comes to his turnovers its always masaging the numbers... "total turnovers dont matter its the assist to turnover ratio that matters" his assist to turnover ratio is lower than insert players name here" when as by jordan they would use and only go by the number of total turnovers he had
The only non-Lakers teams I could see due to contracts (assuming he doesn’t take massive pay cut) & competitiveness are the Knicks, Thunder, Magic, 76ers, and Rockets (if they can dump Jeff Green & Jock Landale for no return salary). I think he stays in LA but if he leaves I think it’s going to be for the Thunder or Knicks.
I hope he opts out and finally leaves the Lakers alone. With Lebron, the Lakers have had six seasons with just one relevant season which ended in the bubble title thanks to AD and team chemistry. The other 5 seasons they had 2 where they did not even make the playoffs, and three in which they barely made the playoffs to then get bounced in the first round and soon it will be TWO sweeps of them.
It is time to cut ties. Either let him walk himself so he can save face, or simply wait till he opts in and then trade him after that. The Lakers deserve a shot to build around AD with younger talent...
Let lebron walk. Target Donovan Mitchell who is pretty clearly unhappy in cleveland
Jokic: Winning is a lifestyle
gangster
3 mins in and we're talking about the celts
Cry m3 a river lebron time has been up !!! Ya.keep trying it's! Its over!!!!
2013 Spurs should've beat the 13 heat and DID demolish them in 2014. That's the greatest team of this century
what reward do the Lakers get by winning on Saturday? A pissed off Nuggets team back home in Denver only to get embarrassed in Game 5 and fly back to LA???......Nope, Lakers are wanting this series over Saturday.
Everyone talks about James when the best player is on the other team. Everyone thought the Celtics were unbeatable? No. But Denver is close.
At first when I heard Bill say top 3 team of the century, I was a bit shocked. But as I sit here and think about it....I'm not sure there are more than 5 teams that would beat this Nuggets team right now. Top 3 still feels a little high. I'd bet the 08 Celts, 14 Spurs, and even the 19 Raps might be able to beat them if they matched up
Lakers,Spurs,Warriors,Celtics
08 Celtics are overrated. Lebron’s Cavs took them 7 games.
You can tell Jay never watched Lebron throughout his career
Because Lebum is boring to watch
Lakers added no one to guard jokic. Stupid. People dont realize after lakers eliminated nuggets they pickup up aaron gordon next year.
That's it exactly. The Lakers don't have a big body to bang against Jokic. Going back to 202 when the Lakers beat the Nuggets, Dwight Howard was out muscling Jokic and took him out of his game. That was coming after a series where Jokic as grabbing every rebound against the Clippers with Montrel as their center. Everyone in the league is trying to play small ball and Jokic is just sitting back saying: "Good luck with that."
What are you talking about? Ever heard of AD? Who do you want Jokic to defend who could do it better than the top 3 defender in the league?
Stop looking for new players and fix the team chemistry, that's the only thing that seperates the nuggets from the Lakers
@@Davivd2 they led twice by double digits going into the 4th quarter. Jokic didn't even score a lot in this series. Yall live in a parallel universe. Lakers just choked, Dwight wouldn't have changed that.
Lmao. What a shit take. There isn't a body in the world who can guard Jokic.
@@Davivd2 That's fucking stupid. Bubble refs killed Joker not Dwight. He was punished with made up fouls the whole series.
No Denver’s not on those old warriors and beat levels stop it bill
This is a good Laker team.
I’m watching the end of the bucks pacers game and Middleton hit 2 huge 3 pointers at end of the game. Bill and ryen had almost buried him!
2001 Lakers never had real competition. Blazers were washed already, Spurs wasnt loaded as in 2005 and then Sacramento Queens. Iverson 76ers won 55 games on a pathetic East. Spurs 14 and Warriors were best teams imo.
You watch, Rui will have a big game and Reeves wil have a few threes. And, yet, Davis will have 11 points and 13 rebounds and the Lakers will pull their starters.
Aaron Gordon > Paul Millsap
KCP > Gary Harris
MPJ > Will Barton
29 y/o Jokic > 25 y/o Jokic
27 y/o Murray > 23 y/o Murray
And wait for the Wolves series for Watson and Braun to shine.
Different around Jokic too.
He should sign for the nuggets. Run the 2nd unit, get a couple of rings
such prisoner in the moment observations. this denver team is not better than any team that’s won a championship in the 2000s & 2010s.
they are dominating this era of parity because their roster is so complementary of each other in comparison to the rest of the league.
It's just basketball, who cares? 😃😃😃
LeQuitter
You cared enough to troll...so you.
J. Kyle Mann is my guy and I love his scripted series but he needs to learn to stop saying "like" so much on pods. Always happy to see him, KOC, Mahoney and the other younger guys on with Bill.
Go Heat !!
my prediction was Jokic is going to try really hard and nobody will be able to do anything about it
He has enough money he should do what most old players do - go join a team with multiple stars become the facilitator, the third option for a low contract and try and get to the finals again
I think Minnesota is the only team in the west that could upset cuz they have the bigs to go at jokic