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  • @CoolTy23
    @CoolTy23 9 месяцев назад +208

    The Westbrook trade ruined the Lakers more than people realize

    • @mgee1723
      @mgee1723 9 месяцев назад +52

      And that’s thanks to LeBron. As a laker fan I’m glad we’re not bending over to his every call anymore

    • @tariqroberson8496
      @tariqroberson8496 9 месяцев назад +19

      The ad trade ruined them more than people realize

    • @chrisr_88
      @chrisr_88 9 месяцев назад +23

      They literally got better and made the WC finals lol

    • @ethermac9015
      @ethermac9015 9 месяцев назад +36

      @@tariqroberson8496they won a championship and now have a top 15 player under contract in his prime.

    • @tariqroberson8496
      @tariqroberson8496 9 месяцев назад +8

      @@ethermac9015 absolutely correct but two things can be true

  • @CoolTy23
    @CoolTy23 9 месяцев назад +86

    If the Lakers didn’t trade for Westbrook they could’ve had: Lebron, AD, Derozan, Hield, Caruso & possibly KCP 🤦🏽‍♂️

    • @David-iv6je
      @David-iv6je 9 месяцев назад +2

      EXACTLY

    • @KtonV
      @KtonV 9 месяцев назад +9

      Crazy Caruso was ready to take a discount to stay with the lakers but the FO just let him walk and now he’s one of the most coveted defensive players in the league.

    • @bigboner23
      @bigboner23 9 месяцев назад

      We made wcf last yr n this yr ain’t over yet.

    • @issaabdi6867
      @issaabdi6867 9 месяцев назад +2

      But then they wouldn’t have reaves tho…..
      **I’m kidding btw**

    • @Teebagzzz
      @Teebagzzz 9 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@MakingMovesMajoryou seriously just called KCP, Caruso and hield scrubs? 😂 Ain't no way you follow the NBA

  • @justingabel8031
    @justingabel8031 9 месяцев назад +11

    I’m not a lakers fan in the slightest but good on Rob Pelinka for not leveraging the future to please an old LeBron that could potentially leave next year

    • @thejuniors5345
      @thejuniors5345 9 месяцев назад

      Should have hired Ty Lue 😂

    • @AAblade7
      @AAblade7 4 месяца назад

      So if that’s the case then you don’t have to draft Bronny and you don’t have to give him a 2 year 100 million deal either. At this point you already committed.

  • @MaldForMe
    @MaldForMe 9 месяцев назад +12

    Russillo looks hella pissed at the beginning of this video. Was it chest day again?

  • @kingston4313
    @kingston4313 9 месяцев назад +40

    Love, love, love that Lakers called lebron’s bluff. Being a passive aggresive.

    • @MrMathsimon
      @MrMathsimon 9 месяцев назад +6

      Hahaha he was so bitter he didnt even attend Kobe statue event.

    • @KobaniacMinded
      @KobaniacMinded 9 месяцев назад +11

      It seems like they giving subtle clues like hey man, at this point you can leave if you want

    • @VacationWealthPartners
      @VacationWealthPartners 9 месяцев назад +2

      He knew that the Lakers fans didnt actually want him there @@MrMathsimon

    • @kdubb2995
      @kdubb2995 9 месяцев назад

      They beat the celtics without lebron and AD, so if they end up with a bad season we know what the real problem is.

  • @johnbrowntheprophet
    @johnbrowntheprophet 9 месяцев назад +5

    How many times can the Lakers rearrange the same puzzle??? 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️🙄🤦🏻‍♂️

  • @posivibe989
    @posivibe989 9 месяцев назад +59

    Not everyone can be an aging, mature, superstar like Tim Duncan.

    • @Simouno
      @Simouno 9 месяцев назад +4

      Or Steph

    • @Nyjeezy
      @Nyjeezy 9 месяцев назад +5

      Tim was averaging 8-10 ppg? Significant difference in impact. Good try clown

    • @posivibe989
      @posivibe989 9 месяцев назад +7

      Geez dude, calm down. I argue Duncan was averaging less because he was acquiescing to Kawhi more . . . as an aging, mature, superstar

    • @brendonhowe2158
      @brendonhowe2158 9 месяцев назад

      @@Nyjeezy You're the clown. Lebron's stats are worthless. Actually watch the game. Him standing in the corner doing nothing half the game. Playing zero defense. Look at you blinded by accounting stats when they are barely over 500 with 2 top 10 players (allegedly). News flash, stats don't matter in this weak era. Everyone is getting stats but what matters is winning. If you gave Steph the Lakers they would win the championship. Duncan was a defensive anchor who sacrificed his accounting stats for winning. That's something that Lebron nor you have any idea about. You are both losers. You would rather have stats than win the game. That's the definition of a loser.

    • @xXSprMgaAwsmFxyHtXx
      @xXSprMgaAwsmFxyHtXx 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@posivibe989naw; not the same as Lebron at all. No one has been this good this old

  • @jonahfalcon1970
    @jonahfalcon1970 9 месяцев назад +26

    Lebron should stop trying to be a GM and buy a team and fuck it up beyond reason, just like MJ did.

    • @chucknola484
      @chucknola484 9 месяцев назад +6

      Nah he’d rather be an anonymous player/gm so if/when things go bad he can move out the way and let the official GM take the bullet. If he was the actual GM he’d have to answer for the shit moves he’s done.

    • @daveclark8337
      @daveclark8337 9 месяцев назад +5

      It was great investment by MJ though: Buy at $275 million and then sell for $3 Billion.

    • @jonahfalcon1970
      @jonahfalcon1970 9 месяцев назад

      @@daveclark8337 What price reputation?
      It only matters if you need two yachts instead of one.

    • @jonahfalcon1970
      @jonahfalcon1970 9 месяцев назад

      @@daveclark8337 Oh, and he was forced to sell prematurely, which means he lost out on billions, because ALL TEAMS INCREASE IN VALUE.
      Even small market teams that MJ was the owner of.

    • @daveclark8337
      @daveclark8337 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@jonahfalcon1970 It was a smart business decision. Jordan is in his 60s and now he can afford that mega Yacht. The only way to make profit as a Hornets owner was to SELL the team. They not like the Warriors or Lakers where they're actually generating hundred$ of million$ in profit every year. That fan base is too small and too poor.

  • @bikibaws
    @bikibaws 9 месяцев назад +23

    Laker fans: We're getting Jokic, Embiid, Luka, Ja, Shai and Ant next season

  • @benniecurtis7666
    @benniecurtis7666 9 месяцев назад +3

    The weird part about this is some of the players the lakers been tied too for a couple years were traded for crumbs lol. How the lakers could get a buddy hield or bogdonavic trade done is crazy & they were traded for nothing

  • @Obi2020-c8x
    @Obi2020-c8x 9 месяцев назад +20

    Do you guys think, When Lebron retires the media will go back to talking about basketball?

    • @roycedot
      @roycedot 9 месяцев назад +2

      LeBron James is a basketball player

    • @carljung4733
      @carljung4733 9 месяцев назад +3

      Wemby will be next

    • @jamesmiller5331
      @jamesmiller5331 9 месяцев назад +1

      LeBron James won't leave basketball. After he retires he will probably own a team, be tweeting about referee calls and Rule changes etc etc he reminds me of one of those childhood actor types that grows up a weirdo because of his childhood and add in the fact that LeBron's Dad wasn't around this dude is addicted to the attention and is never going to go away and so of course the media are going to eat that up and probably talk about him more than the league.
      The LBJ TQ community will celebrate it and swarm attack you if you have anything to say against it

    • @patrickhanlon2325
      @patrickhanlon2325 9 месяцев назад +2

      Stop watching videos about him then

  • @nikosvault
    @nikosvault 9 месяцев назад +15

    "When you have me, you are in contention" ........in the East.

    • @soloistdeve
      @soloistdeve 9 месяцев назад +1

      During 03-18. 16 years in EASY MODE. Longevity my ass.

  • @limitedbom2206
    @limitedbom2206 9 месяцев назад +4

    Bill really needs to remake his “saboteur hall of fame” because without a doubt, lebron should be on that list.

  • @misinfluence
    @misinfluence 9 месяцев назад +34

    Lebron & Pelinka (reports said they were both all-in on Westbrook) ruined the chance to win another title. Getting rid of pieces like KCP and Caruso still makes 0 sense

    • @saldoug7467
      @saldoug7467 9 месяцев назад +2

      Facts !!

    • @brendonhowe2158
      @brendonhowe2158 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@ryanaromero are you serious? Everyone except Lebron (who is an idiot) knew that trade was a disaster. Both him and Westbrook can't shoot and are limited offensively to overwhelming physical dominance. It was a disaster trade and most people knew it straight away. Except you and Lebron of course.

    • @Teebagzzz
      @Teebagzzz 9 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@brendonhowe2158people that say LeBron can't shoot are idiots. Dudes shooting above 40% from 3 this year which is far from leauge average lol.

    • @brendonhowe2158
      @brendonhowe2158 9 месяцев назад

      @@Teebagzzzlol your ability to read a stat sheet is highly questionable. LeBron is a below average career 3pt shooter at 34%. He is a below average and low volume midrange shooter with no pull up game and a limited post game. He is also a below average free throw shooter which is typically a good indicator of questionable shooting mechanics. Anyone who actually watches his dodgy 2 motion shooting form can see he is a streaky outside shooter. Furthermore the defence, and let's be real, this is the worst defensive era since the 60s so what I am about to say is really saying something, doesn't respect his outside shooting and therefore he gets way more uncontested looks from 3. You are what they call a fanboy. LeBron has been exposed in the finals and in international play for his bad outside shooting and confidence which often fluctuates depending on his rhythm. Example 2018 against terrible eastern conference teams he was very confident. Opposite example, 2007 finals, 2011 finals, 2008 eastern conference finals, 2009 eastern conference finals, half of 2010 Boston series, 2014 finals except in garage time when he built up his stats in a 5 game gentleman's sweep against a 37 year old Duncan. It's really not hard to see LeBron relies on fast breaks, 0-3 ft drives and off ball finishing and free throws for most of his points.

    • @Teebagzzz
      @Teebagzzz 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@brendonhowe2158 ah you're one of those LeBron haters who thinks everyone who disagrees with you Is a "fanboy" or LeBron fan. You put all your energy into being negative and trying to spread hatred. Grow up homie! It's just a comment not that serious (to me at least) you'll probably reply with another paragraph cause you're one of those dudes like I said. 😂

  • @Theplaystands
    @Theplaystands 9 месяцев назад +13

    Bron Stans think the Lakers are wasting Lebrons last couple prime years but real Laker fans know that Lebron is probably done winning championships at this point. We have to start planning for Life after Lebron. AD is clearly the best player on the team already. Our #1 priority should be on making AD happy and building around him for the future.

    • @joeshmoe8134
      @joeshmoe8134 9 месяцев назад +1

      Lmfao……..kid, you must be too young to remember PRIME AD in New Orleans. Pelicans building around AD brought 1 playoff appearance in over 8 years. It’s the ENTIRE REASON AD left. He couldn’t carry the team by himself. To think you’d build around him after prime years is insane.

    • @Theplaystands
      @Theplaystands 9 месяцев назад

      @@joeshmoe8134 I remember clearly. He left cuz he had no one on that team. Plus he was younger then. Lebron is getting too old. AD needs a younger star next to him

    • @nikosvault
      @nikosvault 9 месяцев назад

      @@joeshmoe8134 "He couldn’t carry the team by himself"...
      ... in the west. Lebron would know how that feels now. If AD was in the East with the same team he would have made a number of deep runs.

    • @nortonmalcontent8778
      @nortonmalcontent8778 9 месяцев назад +1

      LeBron's last couple of prime years came before he even joined the Lakers

    • @nortonmalcontent8778
      @nortonmalcontent8778 9 месяцев назад

      @@joeshmoe8134 If you remember the year before AD left NO, the Celtics were making a big push for him. If he would gave gone that way instead of letting Klutch tell him what to do, he would probably have 3 rings now.

  • @jonahfalcon1970
    @jonahfalcon1970 9 месяцев назад

    It was reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne that the Golden State Warriors contacted the Los Angeles Lakers about a potential LeBron James trade prior to the deadline, but James and the Lakers were not interested in such a deal.

  • @seitostockman
    @seitostockman 9 месяцев назад +6

    lebron won't accept that he can't push franchises around anymore

    • @Just2GdTobiTrue
      @Just2GdTobiTrue 9 месяцев назад

      LeBronto I mean Toronto must be really happy with this comment 😉

  • @Simouno
    @Simouno 9 месяцев назад +10

    The Lakers WCF run last year was a fluke. They could have been easily eliminated in the play in by Minnesota and a Lonnie Walker miracle 4th quarter saved them in the Warriors series. They are not a contender, Anthony Davis has regressed every year since winning the title and Lebron is more active on social media than on defense. They need to let Lebron walk this summer and pivot fast away from the Klutch brigade before they turn into Cleveland post 2010

    • @naderebrahim3568
      @naderebrahim3568 9 месяцев назад +2

      To call it a fluke is such a lazy take. They took out 2 teams everyone in the NBA was lauding as top 3 in the west in GSW and MEM. To say them making it to the WCF and then getting swept by the eventual champs some how makes it a fluke is just wild. And to say AD has regressed when he's having his best season since the title season is just plain hating.

    • @RiloXRi
      @RiloXRi 9 месяцев назад +1

      Suns finals appearance was a fluke. So was miamis last year. You can say that about damn almost every team. It’s called a sport and crazy shit happens you can’t call it a fluke

  • @sabirsal
    @sabirsal 9 месяцев назад +1

    And what neither mentioned is that whichever team has LeBron on the roster going forward is going to both A)spend a first round pick on his son and B) showcase the father and son duo.

  • @g412bb
    @g412bb 9 месяцев назад +4

    How's LeBron gonna react ? I'll give you the answer : He's gonna cry , blame everyone expect himself for the poor results. The main reason why LeBron never should be concidered the GOAT is the inability to be a team leader and take responsibility.
    He's been surrounded all his life by "yes men" afraid to lose his talent and afraid to make him accountable.

    • @razkable
      @razkable 9 месяцев назад

      His fans are the worst

  • @armin38822
    @armin38822 9 месяцев назад +4

    Listen to Bill,but never listen to Bill when he talks Lakers or LeBron

    • @norebab3818
      @norebab3818 9 месяцев назад

      Lebron is headed for the play in. While Russ and the clips are headed for the play in.

  • @eazyscottie
    @eazyscottie 9 месяцев назад +9

    Reaves isn’t the third best player, it’s clearly DLo.
    Reaves has been given far too much credit by the media and i don’t get it

    • @norebab3818
      @norebab3818 9 месяцев назад +2

      Celtics fan here, I love all of the lakers moves. Would love them to value Dlo more than reaves

    • @aron.gortman
      @aron.gortman 9 месяцев назад +1

      You're right, he's the 2nd best player after AD.

    • @runningwithcat6195
      @runningwithcat6195 9 месяцев назад +2

      Reaves is a very good role player. A very efficient scorer, decent distributor of the ball.
      But he's a TERRIBLE defender, not for the lack of trying, but he doesn't have the athleticism to stay in front of guards, nor the strength to prevent them from pushing him around.
      He's given a lot of credit by the media because of many reasons. One, he is an undrafted talent. He worked from the bottom to play for the Lakers. That's an inspiring story. Two, he's a model citizen. His work ethics are top notch, and you don't hear a beep about any on-off court issues. Third, he's white (minority in the NBA). People love underdogs, and he checks every single category - undrafted, minority, good character.
      They did the exact same thing with Jeremy Lin. People gloss over the period of Linsanity, but during those 26 games, he averaged 18.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 7.7 assists, on 45/32/79 shooting splits. His average gamescore (a stat that evaluates the player's productivity) was 14.1, which is a role player's number, but people were making it seem like he's the Asian Jesus.

    • @ElBrillante4
      @ElBrillante4 9 месяцев назад

      @@runningwithcat6195something I’d add is that you can plug AR into any lineup but you can’t necessarily say the same for Dlo

  • @SSJRome
    @SSJRome 9 месяцев назад +1

    There was nothing the lakers could do that would make them infinitely better in the west

  • @sloanNYC
    @sloanNYC 9 месяцев назад +4

    Lakers screwed themselves previous years with a lot of bad trades. They don't have assets or picks to trade. LeBron should take a small contract moving forward so they can get better players. He's too old to bring it a whole game night after night. Make it a 5 year $20MM per year or whatever they can do to make it smaller. He's at $479,466,457 career earnings. He's worth way over $1 billion, he should help the team get better players. Crossing HALF A BILLION $$$ in earnings is ENOUGH! LOL

  • @jamesmiller5331
    @jamesmiller5331 9 месяцев назад +7

    I think when Cleveland wouldn't give up JJ Hickson for the potential Amar'e Stoudemire deal back in 2009 2010 it scared him for life.
    So I don't blame him necessarily for leaving Cleveland that time but if he would have stayed with Miami for the rest of his career he probably have more rings and a *lot* more respect.
    He'll always have the LBJTQ Community though.

    • @IM-st2yo
      @IM-st2yo 9 месяцев назад +2

      I will never respect the maimi move

    • @jamesmiller5331
      @jamesmiller5331 9 месяцев назад +1

      @IM-st2yo I feel you man. I was rooting for LeBron up to that point and when he made that move I remember thinking "Dude.. does it matter if you guys win 7 titles. Just means that Dwyane Wade will have 8 to your 7. Weak shit." At that point I didn't realize how weak dude was.
      Dude reminds me of one of those childhood actors that grows up to be a super weirdo. Add in the fact that LeBron didn't have a father and has been worshiped since he was a teenager the dude never had a chance.

    • @tonymack2007
      @tonymack2007 9 месяцев назад +6

      ​@@jamesmiller5331You sound like the weirdo you think about lebron allday . Him not having a father ??? He's never had any off the court problems what are you are even babbling about .

    • @razkable
      @razkable 9 месяцев назад +1

      Heat fans won't get over 2011...

    • @jamesmiller5331
      @jamesmiller5331 9 месяцев назад

      @tonymack2007 he should get credit for that, no doubt.
      But the weirdo politicking, the passive aggressive bullshit, the innuendo/1-year contracts with Cleveland, begging for a league stimulus package every trade deadline, I could go on and on and on there has never been a dude of his stature that acts like this and I don't know 🤷‍♂️ maybe it's because he's been worshipped like a fucking God since he was 15 years old and didn't have the upbringing to ground him (his mother fucked Delonte West for Christ's sake and that's just the one we know of).
      It's not the man's fault and he's not keeping that family cycle going so kudos for that but his ego and his politicking are hard to like or admire. I tried.
      Like I said though: he doesn't need my approval and he'll always have the LBJTQ Community ready to swarm anyone who has anything to say that could be perceived as "disrespect" and I'm sure that gives him a big warm and fuzzy 👏

  • @henryifeanyi2181
    @henryifeanyi2181 9 месяцев назад +1

    Bill Simmons - mini skip bayless. Bron this Bron that, no quotes nothing

  • @Thenobleone81
    @Thenobleone81 9 месяцев назад +2

    LeBron might ring chase when contract is up and be the 3rd best player on a championship team

  • @newagestudios408
    @newagestudios408 9 месяцев назад +1

    I don’t understand why the Lakers won’t consider trading Lebron, why are they letting a 39 year old dictate their roster moves. Go get a young guard to play alongside AD and just build around them

    • @conorwatchvidz
      @conorwatchvidz 9 месяцев назад

      Too late for that now but they probably should’ve tried

  • @vintagemonte
    @vintagemonte 9 месяцев назад +1

    I’m STILL mad they lost Alex Caruso 💀💀💀💀 wtf they were thinking

    • @amirtavafifard3546
      @amirtavafifard3546 9 месяцев назад

      Yeah that was horrible. Especially when they picked tht over Caruso essentially. That was a bad move haha

  • @saldoug7467
    @saldoug7467 9 месяцев назад +1

    ESPN did a lot for you too Bill

  • @riomendoza1111
    @riomendoza1111 9 месяцев назад +7

    The Lakers were not prepared to ruin the next 5 years of their team so LeBron can have another shot at it for one year. He's too old and he is a huge liability on defense. He's just not worth the trouble anymore

    • @VacationWealthPartners
      @VacationWealthPartners 9 месяцев назад

      I cant wait for Lebron to leave or retire so I can root for my team again, watching him destroy my Lakers has been one of the most depressing things I have ever had to watch in sports

  • @person0542
    @person0542 9 месяцев назад

    people really be overrating late first round picks...who did the lakers first round pick last year turn into? exactly

  • @imwaytwogoated6
    @imwaytwogoated6 9 месяцев назад +1

    Lebron just need to take a pay cut and go join contender like most aging stars done.

  • @amirtavafifard3546
    @amirtavafifard3546 9 месяцев назад

    a 2027 pick gets you a player like Vando or maybe not even. So if you ask me it was worth the trade. Also, let’s see if the lakers can turn Russel into something positive down the line. If they could have kept Beasleys expiring contract maybe that could have helped with this years trade deadline but I don’t think they could have signed gabe and prince over the summer. Let’s see what happens

  • @bjensen
    @bjensen 9 месяцев назад

    The only trades anyone wanted to make with the Lakers included losing Reaves. That's a non-starter for any of the guys available

  • @stackntax1308
    @stackntax1308 9 месяцев назад +1

    This squad made a good run to the WCF last year let the team build chemistry my goodness I watched the nuggets/laker game last night and my thought wasn’t “oh my goodness the lakers need to make a move” every year Lebron teams have to turn the roster upside down I don’t get it

    • @HahaHaha-km4sm
      @HahaHaha-km4sm 9 месяцев назад +2

      Beat a depleted Memphis team and a GS team that was broken just to get swept in the WCF. This squad is going NOWHERE

    • @joel8692
      @joel8692 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@HahaHaha-km4smwell they factually made a good run and beat those teams. I think they actually got further than what most people thought they would. I was definitely surprised they bounced back from that whole Westbrook situation and played well cause they were playing like trash.

  • @sy12
    @sy12 9 месяцев назад

    What should they have done? There wasn’t any moves available to put them over the top. I do like the dinwiddie buyout signing. That’s better than overpaying for a slightly better Murray.

  • @JalenRawley
    @JalenRawley 9 месяцев назад +2

    How about my hometown Chicago Bulls doing nothing YET again?
    I supported the Bulls this whole time through everything. I've been watching the absolute bottom of the league come through our city every year, I've been watching mostly misses in the draft, I've been watching our front office be one of the worst front offices in the league, and I've been watching simple, basic fundamental team building going over the heads of these absolute morons.
    The whole Lonzo Ball thing... totally not anyone's fault, but hey Eversley did you notice we lost our starting point guard for like, three years now and you've done NOTHING to replace him? For one hot minute, we got Pat Bev on a last minute buyout but we only had him until the end of the season and there's absolutely no way he was going to stick around in this shitshow. I can already hear you saying, "Coby White!" Sure but remember, he was out at the beginning of the year. Someone who looks up the roster could say, "Jevon Carter" and yes, Jevon is here on his last stop on his way out of the league. And you could point at Caruso and Dosunmu, but neither are particular good at running the point... just watch it and see. But most importantly, why are we short handed and making these guys play out of position for THREE FUCKING YEARS? There isn't a point guard drought going on, there's lots of them out there.
    And then what about last season, when we started with Patrick Williams injured and literally did not have another power forward on the roster. NOT ONE. We had guys playing out of position the entire time until Williams came back.
    And let me point out one other interesting tidbit: ONLY TWO PLAYERS ON THIS ROSTER ARE TALLER THAN 6'9". What is this, 1950? OH! And who are those two players? Vucevic and Drummond, the two oldest, slowest and least athletic players on the team. They're also quite possible the slowest and least athletic players in the NBA right now, but that might be taking it a bit too far. Oh yeah, I can't forget... that 6'9" guy? A scrub who has played 3 games and is averaging 2 and 2.
    At the beginning of this season, knowing that we weren't going to have Lonzo at all and didn't do anything about it I said, "That's it, I'm done." If they're not going to make the slightest effort neither am I. I will not watch or go to one single minute of the Bulls this year. I still support the team, I still want them to do well, I still hope the best for the players and really like the tiny handful of guys we actually have, but they're not making one penny off of me this year. They're not getting my eyeballs on a screen to watch them.
    I'm not looking for big splashes in free agency. I'm not looking for blockbuster trades. I'm not even looking for a big run in the playoffs. I'm not saying blow it up and rebuild. Right now, all I'm looking for is having a COMPLETE FUCKING ROSTER. Can we try that first? Has this front office even seen a basketball game before? If we had traded Caruso or DeRozan at the deadline, our absolute moron of a GM would've probably taken back six small forwards in the trade, all 6'3" and none of 'em would be able to shoot.
    And now back to your Lakers drama, where they make mostly bad moves but at least they make moves.

    • @SchulzEricT
      @SchulzEricT 9 месяцев назад +2

      After they kicked MJ, Phil, and Pip out, I was out.
      BUT I noticed the stupid 2-for-1 trade in 2014 (?) that landed them Doug McDermott when I wanted 2 of Rodney Hood, Gary Harris, and Nurkic.
      And I talked myself into the WCJ for Vuc deal... then I learned 1st Rd picks were involved. PLURAL. And lost my mind. Dumbass fucking team.

    • @JalenRawley
      @JalenRawley 9 месяцев назад

      @@SchulzEricT I stayed in with the Krause rebuild. I had zero faith in picks like Elton Brand (a 6'8" stump with 14' shooting range), Eddy Curry and Tyson Chandler (everyone else knew Curry would eventually be a bust, and it took Tyson a long time to be good - way longer than we were going to have him), but I stayed in. The Jalen Rose/Donyell Marshall/Jamal Crawford/etc. years in between weren't that terrible. The Ben Gordon/Luol Deng team that morphed into the Derrick Rose/Joakim Noah team that eventually brought Jimmy Butler... ups and downs, but during the down periods we always made an effort.
      And now in the Lavine era which eventually brought us Vooch, DeMar, Lonzo and Caruso... I've been in the whole time and fine with it. We all knew we're not going to be in the Finals any time soon, but we're still gonna compete. But the last three years? Making ZERO moves to fill massive holes in the roster? We've been too small for a really long time now which is fine if the rest of your team is like, run and gun and can make shots. Daniel Gafford and Tony Bradley were absolute garbage for us, but at least they were there.
      It's not the 80s, we're not looking for Patrick Ewing or Dikembe Mutombo here, but we're like Sacramento or the Clippers in the 80s and 90s with ten tweener forwards on the roster that do nothing well. When half of your roster is only in the league because they're on your team and nobody else will touch them, it might be time to reassess the direction. We could cut our roster down to like seven players and have the exact same record right now, they're all that terrible and none of them fill any of the positions we need.
      I'll support a bad team, I'll support a losing team, I'll support us when we're the absolute worst team in the league, but I won't support a team doing absolutely nothing. I feel so sorry for the players, wasting their careers away while the dogshit front office has both hands and their whole head up their own asses.

  • @CD-gk9ix
    @CD-gk9ix 9 месяцев назад +2

    Shoulda traded Lebron to the Pistons or Spurs.

  • @sebbensebbenandsebben691
    @sebbensebbenandsebben691 9 месяцев назад

    Why are they still talking about a play-in team?

  • @henryifeanyi2181
    @henryifeanyi2181 9 месяцев назад

    Are they good enough to win compared to the rest??? That’s what you should answer. If they aren’t then he’s right

  • @ollytropics1735
    @ollytropics1735 9 месяцев назад

    Tbh the lakers should move AD to the Thunder and the nets should move mikal to them as well theyd get lots of picks for both of them and each team could also stil get young guys

  • @ianrobinson4200
    @ianrobinson4200 9 месяцев назад +5

    Simmons has such glee in shitting on the Lakers at any opportunity

    • @David-iv6je
      @David-iv6je 9 месяцев назад +2

      Doesn't everybody except Anthony Kiedis?

    • @KtonV
      @KtonV 9 месяцев назад +1

      He’s just salty that Lebron always owned his Celtics and that the lakers have THREE titles since the Celtics last won ONE in the Obama administration🤣

    • @uncleb7821
      @uncleb7821 9 месяцев назад +3

      @@KtonVyou sound like a child

  • @Salemslot77
    @Salemslot77 9 месяцев назад

    Why bother to make a trade when you have the refs as your 2nd or 3rd best player who can give you 50 free-throws a game.

  • @norebab3818
    @norebab3818 9 месяцев назад

    Celtics fan, I love all the lakers moves hahahahah

    • @sy12
      @sy12 9 месяцев назад

      What has the Celtics done? Can’t wait to see Jimmy bounce you guys again with an inferior team. One chip in 30+ years lol. Keep pounding your chest buddy.

    • @norebab3818
      @norebab3818 9 месяцев назад

      ⁠@@sy12no hate I’m just liking the lakers team rn. If that your team you should be proud

    • @christopherwilliams2351
      @christopherwilliams2351 9 месяцев назад

      Celtics with 1 championship this millennium, fans talking like their in the midst of a dynasty

  • @jaesonburd7165
    @jaesonburd7165 9 месяцев назад

    Laker's should trade AR for a late 1st round pick and get Bronny. Trade D-Lo and Rui to Golden State for CP3 sign and trade.

    • @shorewall
      @shorewall 9 месяцев назад

      Are you trying to sabotage the Lakers? :D

  • @dcwSentinal
    @dcwSentinal 9 месяцев назад

    The clippers embrace Westbrook strength and the lakers only talked about his weakness

  • @YouCallThataKnife253
    @YouCallThataKnife253 9 месяцев назад

    I hate this conversation. Bron may not be the best player in the league anymore, but he's still a high level all-nba guy. If you have Bron and AD then you should be winning. The Lakers don't have shooting. They're the worst three-point shooting team in the league. Get shooters. That would make them marginally better. They just lost to the Nuggets by 8 points and are only 3 games out from the fifth seed. You think getting some damn shooting wouldn't make a difference? Yes, LeBron should be putting pressure on the Lakers to make moves. What's the point in having these guys if you don't want to win?

  • @guitarwithpete
    @guitarwithpete 9 месяцев назад

    ok 3 things--and by the way, this one of the first times i think both of these guys are wrong. first, it sounds like they're buying into d-lo now like everyone else (except toward the end they say he's a gamble). sometimes it's not who you add, it's who you get rid of. d-lo was, is and always will be a detriment to any team he's on. he creates momentum for the opposing team. second, they, and almost everyone else talk about the lakers making it to the conf finals last year. could no one see that that was a total fluke. and yes they sort of acknowledge memphis was injured but i don't even want to hear about it because it was exactly like when the hawks did it a few years ago--it meant nothing. and finally, you can't be ok with the lakers doing nothing at the trade deadline unless you just want to shut the season down now. i just counted 9 teams in the west that the lakers can't beat in the play-offs. 9! including the warriors--which they will be going home if they face them in the play-offs. so, nothing? even something as marginal as getting rid of russell and adding bojan bogdanovic or finney-smith can make a huge difference. so no, it's not ok that they did nothing. the lakers season ended thursday 3pm est.

  • @8mathdaddy
    @8mathdaddy 9 месяцев назад

    Once the Lakers get knocked out in the playoffs, then both of you will say why didn't they make any trades.

  • @MrOctober44
    @MrOctober44 9 месяцев назад +4

    It's amazing how utterly immature LeBron is. A cryptic hourglass tweet? Are you 12?

  • @cameronlowen267
    @cameronlowen267 9 месяцев назад +1

    what's wrong with them?!? lebron is putting up nothing but empty calorie stats. his game is objectively terrible this year, last year too... not even the ref's can get the lakers wins if lebron is going to play 30+ mins. his game/strategy whatever he is trying to accomplish out there right now is just destroying the teams chance of winning.

  • @DD-sr9xm
    @DD-sr9xm 9 месяцев назад

    40 year old LeBron on $51 mio next year? Think Lakers are stuck there.

  • @chrisszyyy
    @chrisszyyy 9 месяцев назад

    Lebron doing the Knicks towel thing is so “low” I thought it’s embarrasing. His passive aggressive tweets before were annoying but at least he can always “hide” behind the true meaning of it. The towel thing made him look like a clown. How can you be a “king” when you do the “jester” things.

  • @douglasmurphy3266
    @douglasmurphy3266 9 месяцев назад

    Now let's see if Lebron lets AR cook as much now that he isn't building him up as trade capital

    • @Just2GdTobiTrue
      @Just2GdTobiTrue 9 месяцев назад

      Interesting, did LBJ tell you that himself 👀
      I’d love to see any evidence that shows LBJ dislikes AR because their on the court chemistry seems as if there’s nothing but love and respect between them 🤔

  • @MosMoney187
    @MosMoney187 9 месяцев назад +2

    Bron my guy and all that and my favorite player all time but I'm not trading some young prospects to fulfill the needs of a 39 year old who might leave next year FOH.

    • @Just2GdTobiTrue
      @Just2GdTobiTrue 9 месяцев назад

      So you wouldn’t trade DLO or Reaves for Donovan Mitchell 👀 or another type of star 🧐

    • @MosMoney187
      @MosMoney187 9 месяцев назад

      @Just2GdTobiTrue HELL NO. Maybe Lebron in 2018 but not this Lebron. He doesn't have enough patience to do the same thing he did with Kyrie, Kevin Love and Anthony Davis. Look at Giannis and Dame its too late.

    • @Leon-cw4qg
      @Leon-cw4qg 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@Just2GdTobiTrueIn what universe would AR and Dlo get you Donovan Mitchell bro 😂😂 Cleveland wouldn’t even trade him for AD at this point

    • @shorewall
      @shorewall 9 месяцев назад

      @@Just2GdTobiTrue Lol, what the hell kind of trade are you imagining?

    • @Just2GdTobiTrue
      @Just2GdTobiTrue 9 месяцев назад

      @@shorewall 😂😂😂 you see.
      The trade is so outrageous because Donovan Mitchell is such a great talent yet some people are saying they wouldn’t do that trade.
      I feel like you guys should be questioning the person who said they wouldn’t because just like LBJ “apparently”, I would demand the trade too with first round picks of course.

  • @scottjeffrey3472
    @scottjeffrey3472 9 месяцев назад

    Jackie***

  • @Yourcousinjoseph
    @Yourcousinjoseph 9 месяцев назад

    Celtics got jaden springer

  • @shamidullah1
    @shamidullah1 9 месяцев назад

    The Lakers have a terrible front office. They were terrible at the end of Kobe's career all the way until LeBron and AD showed up, and even then they've been mediocre. Lakers management has done nothing to lead people to believe they won't go back to being terrible when LeBron leaves.

    • @shorewall
      @shorewall 9 месяцев назад

      They'll be terrible after Lebron because he had them trade all their picks out to 2030.

  • @rocknaaronshow3691
    @rocknaaronshow3691 9 месяцев назад +3

    This is how Lebron has always been. It's no secret. Lebron always wants things done his way and if not, he will do childish things to get his way. This is not just an older Lebron thing. Blinded by his accomplishments, he does alot of, if I can use wrestling terms, heelish things, like a hulk hogan but this is nothing new with Lebron. All time great but he does childish BS.

    • @Just2GdTobiTrue
      @Just2GdTobiTrue 9 месяцев назад

      Yeah wanting to win is so so childish. Especially when you were in the WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS with let’s say not an historic Lakers squad just a couple months ago 😅

    • @MrMathsimon
      @MrMathsimon 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@Just2GdTobiTrueIf he’s so great then why is he crying having just won the in season tourney with his squad? Was it a fluke then?! 😮😮

    • @Just2GdTobiTrue
      @Just2GdTobiTrue 9 месяцев назад

      @@MrMathsimon of course it was a fluke.
      LBJ didn’t earn that going UNDEFEATED for the WHOLE tournament.
      LBJ basically won the LOTTERY 8 TIMES in a ROW CONSECUTIVELY, no skill involved.
      Swap LBJ for you and I and I’m sure the LAKERS will STILL BE CHAMPIONS 😆

  • @lifethrualense1234
    @lifethrualense1234 9 месяцев назад

    Should have traded Lebron to the pistons and watch him “lead” a team.

  • @ryannelson2653
    @ryannelson2653 9 месяцев назад

    This clown organization had Caruso and KCP and just gave up on them. Lebron needs to get out of there!

  • @johndixon1725
    @johndixon1725 9 месяцев назад +1

    Simmons hates the Lakers and doesn't like Lebron so much. He sees the Purple and Gold in green because he is so envious.

  • @darrelljones3850
    @darrelljones3850 9 месяцев назад

    Don't know who the other guy is besides Bill Simmon, but he's capping with the false narrative. Any team has LeBron a chance to win. It is not all true that if he pair with another all-star teammate. Remember, he didn't win in LA until LeBron got AD. The only team LeBron carried on his own was the 2007 Cavaliers .He named Mj as the only other player, which is bs because Kobe is another player in that conversation when he had another Allstar teammate he also brought winning .

  • @Joeshiesty286
    @Joeshiesty286 9 месяцев назад +1

    Lebron is a Knick lol

  • @MrCleanMachine48
    @MrCleanMachine48 9 месяцев назад

    Spencer Dinwiddie

  • @WizardofWestmarch
    @WizardofWestmarch 9 месяцев назад +4

    The Lakers were not the third best team in the NBA playoffs last year. They were the worst of the 4 teams the Nuggets played to win their title.

    • @chili015
      @chili015 9 месяцев назад

      I don't agree with that. The Lakers played the Nuggets consistently tougher than any other team did in the playoffs. Yes, it was a sweep, but every game was close and the Lakers had real opportunities to win all 4 of those games. Denver had 3 convincing wins against Minnesota in the opening round, blew Phoenix out in all 4 wins of that series, and blew Miami out in 3 of the games in the Finals.

    • @tj-23
      @tj-23 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@chili015. The lakers got swept and embarrassed. Wasn’t in the league of the rest of the top 4. Miami and Phoenix was better than LA and it wasn’t close

    • @chili015
      @chili015 9 месяцев назад

      @tj-23 - They played Denver the closest. Denver blew out Phoenix and Miami a combined 7 times as neither of those teams belonged on the same floor as them. They didn't bllw out the Lakers even once as every game came down to the very end, even though they were heavily favored. How was Phoenix better if they got blasted in the 2 round and looked terrible doing it?

    • @SchulzEricT
      @SchulzEricT 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@chili015 That series was rigged greater than any series I've seen since Dal/Mia and Lakers got SWEPT anyway. Embarrassing.

    • @shorewall
      @shorewall 9 месяцев назад

      @@chili015 Every other team that Denver played took at least one game off them. Phoenix won two games. How are you going to say that LA played them closest when they didn't win a single game? When was it ever close?

  • @MrMathsimon
    @MrMathsimon 9 месяцев назад +2

    He got everything he wanted. If Lebum so sad leave LA 😂😂😂

  • @dopeman4ever
    @dopeman4ever 9 месяцев назад +2

    This is gross, fucking Boston fans hating on Bron big shock

    • @norebab3818
      @norebab3818 9 месяцев назад

      Celtics love lebron on the lakers hahahaha

  • @riverofcustard3233
    @riverofcustard3233 9 месяцев назад +1

    Why are you making this about LeBron?. He's not the problem, the team is not good enough and the coach is garbage

    • @norebab3818
      @norebab3818 9 месяцев назад

      What year were you born? He made all those trades in Miami, Cleveland and Lakers which ended up tanking the team bad , then he leaves. THIS IS LABRON

  • @saldoug7467
    @saldoug7467 9 месяцев назад

    WhTs wrong ? It’s a bad roster .. can we talk about the effen rodtrr ?

  • @nuggz720
    @nuggz720 9 месяцев назад

    I know it's LeBron but the Lakers have been so bad this year with both LeBron and AD on the floor for most of the year that this isn't even necessary they are not even a contender or close to a contender who cares

  • @jesus-xr9yo
    @jesus-xr9yo 9 месяцев назад

    Nobody wants Russell so theyre locked in

  • @Nyjeezy
    @Nyjeezy 9 месяцев назад

    Bill we all know you hate Lebron, it's been your MO. That being said, you say the Lakers have done everything like some kind of gift, they were a non-playtoff team for how many years? but hey, you're skip bayless lite.

  • @heavyshields6996
    @heavyshields6996 9 месяцев назад

    He’s selfish now, like take a paycut next year. Sacrifice money to win another championship

  • @bignick9571
    @bignick9571 9 месяцев назад

    Lebron is on the Lakers, but he’s not a Laker. Not worth moving Heaven and earth for.

  • @cannafarmer
    @cannafarmer 9 месяцев назад

    Lakers ownership sucks

  • @lancewilliams8001
    @lancewilliams8001 9 месяцев назад +4

    Bron ruined the Lakers

    • @dparks2856
      @dparks2856 9 месяцев назад +1

      What did he ruin?

    • @Wallbangbe
      @Wallbangbe 9 месяцев назад +1

      We won a ring, and have been deep in the playoffs a few times what are you talking about 😂

    • @screw_3259
      @screw_3259 9 месяцев назад

      He should have retired after last season. He’s washed

    • @dparks2856
      @dparks2856 9 месяцев назад +1

      @screw_3259
      He just not as good as he once was. The same thing your girl says about you lol

    • @Blubbluh
      @Blubbluh 9 месяцев назад

      @@dparks2856trading away young talent for a Mickey Mouse ring

  • @willlloyd6637
    @willlloyd6637 9 месяцев назад

    I’m beginning to believe people just say Reaves is the 3rd best player because they’ve heard is somewhere else. Nowhere this year or last year has shown AR is better than DLO .

    • @patrickhanlon2325
      @patrickhanlon2325 9 месяцев назад +2

      Hope you enjoy watching Dlo get benched in the playoffs

    • @willlloyd6637
      @willlloyd6637 9 месяцев назад

      @@patrickhanlon2325 lol you think that disproved my point?

    • @patrickhanlon2325
      @patrickhanlon2325 9 месяцев назад

      @@willlloyd6637 yes

    • @patrickhanlon2325
      @patrickhanlon2325 9 месяцев назад

      @@willlloyd6637 yes

  • @becameabird
    @becameabird 9 месяцев назад

    ⌛️

  • @SaurabhSingh-zr2tw
    @SaurabhSingh-zr2tw 9 месяцев назад

    thats such nonsense! the lakers did so much for Lebron! isnt it also the responsibility of the lakers to put together a championship team! its so difficult to win an nba championship! why would you not try to win any year when you are 1-2 pieces away. imagine if lebron had paul george and kevin love in 2018! then cavs may have 2 chips and lebron may have stayed there.

  • @name_of_personcant_think_o1641
    @name_of_personcant_think_o1641 9 месяцев назад

    The Lakers aren’t relevant. I watched the first 30 seconds of this podcast stop talking about them

  • @brianpayton5396
    @brianpayton5396 9 месяцев назад

    Shows boring now

    • @ohh2752
      @ohh2752 9 месяцев назад

      Can’t stand Russilo

  • @robstark9274
    @robstark9274 9 месяцев назад

    Lebron better than the Celtics

  • @aron.gortman
    @aron.gortman 9 месяцев назад

    Dejounte Murray is terrible.

  • @exitscreaming4637
    @exitscreaming4637 9 месяцев назад

    F LeBron. He'll never be considered a Laker

  • @seitostockman
    @seitostockman 9 месяцев назад

    lebum was pouting last night

  • @sullivan62091
    @sullivan62091 9 месяцев назад

    These guys never get tired of bashing bron

  • @KtonV
    @KtonV 9 месяцев назад

    You think Bill will acknowledge his mistake saying Kawhi would be the first to win with three different teams as the finals mvp when in reality LeGOAT was the first to do it? Or does he just have that much hate and bitterness towards Lebron after all those years of him owning the Celtics?

    • @nicholaspereira1808
      @nicholaspereira1808 9 месяцев назад +6

      I think Bill just made a mistake, it's not that big of deal dude.

    • @openmike4559
      @openmike4559 9 месяцев назад

      You’re a sad human being.

    • @Just2GdTobiTrue
      @Just2GdTobiTrue 9 месяцев назад +1

      It does seem like the media hates the way LBJ treats franchises but GIANNIS has had around 4 different coaches in maybe 5 years but isnt as disliked as much which is intriguing to see.
      The current IN SEASON tournament champion is being regarded as whiny 😅

    • @jordanjamison9235
      @jordanjamison9235 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@nicholaspereira1808He criticizes LeBron for everything. It’s not a mistake he’s a hater.

    • @MrMathsimon
      @MrMathsimon 9 месяцев назад

      @@jordanjamison9235Make a podcast about it then 😂 go and cry about how poor Lebron has been criticized so much for his whining, flopping, and passive aggressive bitchiness. 😂😂😂

  • @OrderedConch
    @OrderedConch 9 месяцев назад

    Actually can't wait for LeBron to retire. Bored of hearing about his drama. Bored of his fake activism. He would trade his mum if it gave his team a better chance 😂 the future looks a little bleak for the lakers. Once LeBron is gone only thing left will be a 30 something AD who is no no1 option on a championship team. I don't stars flocking there like they used to. Might be easier to gauge what pelinka is really like as a gm when LeBron and his drama leaves town. Not sure what I think of him, the Westbrook move was one of the worst trades ever. But he saved the season last year with the trades. Still, I wouldn't wanna be a lakers fan right now