Don’ be a Sabo while chasin’ 4 rings in LA: 2021-22 GOAT franchise Boss Angeles Lakers season thread

[Th3Birdman]

No, he doesn't.

It's over, he's not gonna magically play defense OR play off ball.

You are engaging in wishful thinking

One bad season, and the fukking Chicken Littles take over the asylum.

Let's talk facts:

-Fact: LeBron had a defensive rating of 111.4 this season. That's good enough for top 50 in the NBA.
-Fact: LeBron doesn't NEED to play defense nor play off ball for his team to be successful.
-Fact: The Lakers were injured the entire season and never even got what was promised: 360. Again, I couldn't give a fukk about Westbrook, but he never got to play with a healthy Bron and AD, who, if the Lakers had all season, would have looked a lot better (As in his mistakes wouldn't be so glaring, as you're still getting 25 from AD and 30 from Bron).

LeBron hasn't played lock down defense since the Heat.

He's won 2 championships since then, one of which was 563 days ago (give or take).

Miss me with this bullshyt.

 

[Regular_P]

This isn't the official Laker's store, so I think what they sell is sketchy.

All my jerseys are authentics purchased from the NBA store, except my 45 Jordan jersey, which I got from Mitchell and Ness

That is the Lakers official store. I've ordered from them plenty of times. It's literally a block or two away from their practice facility.

 

[Th3Birdman]

And why am I not surprised @CantStop is dapping up some sky is falling post

That is the Lakers official store. I've ordered from them plenty of times. It's literally a block or two away from their practice facility.

I'm talking about here:

NBA Gear at NBA Store - The NBA Store. One Store, Every Team

Score NBA Gear, Jerseys, Apparel, Memorabilia, DVDs, Clothing and other NBA products for all 30 teams. Official NBA Gear for all ages. Shop for men, women and kids, basketball gear and merchandise at NBA Store.

store.nba.com

I don't buy nothing from shops like the one that was posted, outside Staples. That shop uses badly photoshopped jersey pics-- I've avoided that site for a while.

 

[CantStop]

And why am I not surprised @CantStop is dapping up some sky is falling post



I'm talking about here:

NBA Gear at NBA Store - The NBA Store. One Store, Every Team

Score NBA Gear, Jerseys, Apparel, Memorabilia, DVDs, Clothing and other NBA products for all 30 teams. Official NBA Gear for all ages. Shop for men, women and kids, basketball gear and merchandise at NBA Store.

store.nba.com

I don't buy nothing from shops like the one that was posted, outside Staples. That shop uses badly photoshopped jersey pics-- I've avoided that site for a while.

Being a realist is looked down upon I see

Yes let’s be optimistic about a team with no cap space, no young talent, one of our only bright spots(malik) is leaving, no draft picks and an aging injury prone roster

You’re right, we’re a championship lock

 

[Regular_P]

And why am I not surprised @CantStop is dapping up some sky is falling post



I'm talking about here:

NBA Gear at NBA Store - The NBA Store. One Store, Every Team

Score NBA Gear, Jerseys, Apparel, Memorabilia, DVDs, Clothing and other NBA products for all 30 teams. Official NBA Gear for all ages. Shop for men, women and kids, basketball gear and merchandise at NBA Store.

store.nba.com

I don't buy nothing from shops like the one that was posted, outside Staples. That shop uses badly photoshopped jersey pics-- I've avoided that site for a while.

Suit yourself.

 

[Th3Birdman]

Being a realist is looked down upon I see

Yes let’s be optimistic about a team with no cap space, no young talent, one of our only bright spots(malik) is leaving, no draft picks and an aging injury prone roster

You’re right, we’re a championship lock

Nikka, you are a pessimist, not a realist. I'm a fukking realist.

And I ain't said nothing about a championship lock, which also makes you a hyperbolist.

My point is that we haven't seen the team healthy yet. You nikkas are literally in here saying "it's over", and you in the other thread talking about how much you hate AD because he hasn't touched a ball since April 5th.

Let's see the moves LAL makes by October, THEN we can talk about how "over" this shyt is. We are the only team with LeBron James-- I've seen this nikka make miracles happen when he actually has his guys.





You sound like a Cavs fan from 2015

 

[CantStop]

Nikka, you are a pessimist, not a realist. I'm a fukking realist.

And I ain't said nothing about a championship lock, which also makes you a hyperbolist.

My point is that we haven't seen the team healthy yet. You nikkas are literally in here saying "it's over", and you in the other thread talking about how much you hate AD because he hasn't touched a ball since April 5th.

Let's see the moves LAL makes by October, THEN we can talk about how "over" this shyt is. We are the only team with LeBron James-- I've seen this nikka make miracles happen when he actually has his guys.





You sound like a Cavs fan from 2015

Bron about to be 38

AD been injury prone his entire career and the only time he’s been healthy as a Laker was a season in which there was a 4 month break.

This team wasn’t even good healthy, look at our pathetic our record was especially early on when we had a cupcake schedule. At best, we’re a play in team. The moves we can make are limited so I don’t see how that’s going to change things.

 

[Voice of Reason]

Bron about to be 38

AD been injury prone his entire career and the only time he’s been healthy as a Laker was a season in which there was a 4 month break.

This team wasn’t even good healthy, look at our pathetic our record was especially early on when we had a cupcake schedule. At best, we’re a play in team. The moves we can make are limited so I don’t see how that’s going to change things.

Bron statistically had a slightly better season that Luka and Trae young last season. Once you step back and think about it that's amazing. That's why I think the Lakers have a chance IF they make the right moves. And the first move is to get rid of Westbrook.

 

[Th3Birdman]

Bron about to be 38

Tom Brady is in his mid forties, and is nowhere NEAR the athlete LeBron is, nor does he spend an M on his body.

How many times does LeBron have to do ridiculous shyt for y'all to realize his age is simply a number? The nikka JUST led the league in scoring!

AD been injury prone his entire career and the only time he’s been healthy as a Laker was a season in which there was a 4 month break.

"The only time"? Nikka, he's been a Laker for 3 seasons and was hurt for the equivalent of ONE of those lmao

He was healthy in the shortened season, but got hurt in the PLAYOFFS, which happened because of the short turnaround from the COVID season.

Tell me you ain't ever played sports without telling me you ain't ever played sports.

This team wasn’t even good healthy, look at our pathetic our record was especially early on when we had a cupcake schedule

Chicken Little head ass.

At best, we’re a play in team. The moves we can make are limited so I don’t see how that’s going to change things.

Bullshyt, the Lakers are at least a 4-5 seed, on the low end. You dudes are drawing conclusions from a season that had everything go exactly wrong; Vogel being incompetent for no reason at all, Westbrook coming into the fold ICE COLD and not buying in to the system, Bron getting hurt early and late in the season, AD getting hurt midseason, losing championship players AND the front office not being willing to make the correct decisions at the break.

Every team in the playoffs that was a "favorite" had to play against hurt teams to get there. This NBA is WEAK. Lakers could absolutely win in this environment. They just couldn't stay healthy. I maintain to this day a healthy Lakers could content with Phoenix and they were the one seed.

I have no reason to believe the Lakers won't be healthy in 2023, besides the "hurr durr, dAviS iS aLWaYs hURt" bullshyt you already spouting.

Wait to see the moves we make first. It's fukking June and the Finals ain't even over

 

[Th3Birdman]

Bron statically had a slightly better season that Luka and Trae young last season. Once you step back and think about it that's amazing. That's I think the Lakers have a chance IF they make the right moves. And the first move is to get rid of Westbrook.

I was also high on Westbrook at the beginning of the season, but at this point, I'm off this dude.

He's said things that are not Laker like. It's times like this where I wish Bron was more like Kobe, because Kobe would have squared up with this nikka, frfr.

My problem with LeBron is that he keeps backing Brook in public. If it was me, I'd have called that dude out a LONG ass time ago. A few of my partners was like this is Bron trying to save face from his mistake of recruiting Brook, but I think it's more that LeBron doesn't want Brook to lose confidence because we seem to be stuck with him, and he needs him to play decently for a year.

I'd have socked this nikka tho.
I mean, come on dude how you got a highlight video like this as a professional:

 

[Mars]

Lebron's not going to GS. he knows those titles would not elevate his legacy. There's a better chance of him going to Sacramento than GS..

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

They had KD and bear an injured cavs team. Curry and squad always been a fraud

How the fukk are you gonna accuse anyone of being a fraud when you ran around for years telling everyone you were a doctor?

 

[CantStop]

Tom Brady is in his mid forties, and is nowhere NEAR the athlete LeBron is, nor does he spend an M on his body.

How many times does LeBron have to do ridiculous shyt for y'all to realize his age is simply a number? The nikka JUST led the league in scoring!



"The only time"? Nikka, he's been a Laker for 3 seasons and was hurt for the equivalent of ONE of those lmao

He was healthy in the shortened season, but got hurt in the PLAYOFFS, which happened because of the short turnaround from the COVID season.

Tell me you ain't ever played sports without telling me you ain't ever played sports.



Chicken Little head ass.



Bullshyt, the Lakers are at least a 4-5 seed, on the low end. You dudes are drawing conclusions from a season that had everything go exactly wrong; Vogel being incompetent for no reason at all, Westbrook coming into the fold ICE COLD and not buying in to the system, Bron getting hurt early and late in the season, AD getting hurt midseason, losing championship players AND the front office not being willing to make the correct decisions at the break.

Every team in the playoffs that was a "favorite" had to play against hurt teams to get there. This NBA is WEAK. Lakers could absolutely win in this environment. They just couldn't stay healthy. I maintain to this day a healthy Lakers could content with Phoenix and they were the one seed.

I have no reason to believe the Lakers won't be healthy in 2023, besides the "hurr durr, dAviS iS aLWaYs hURt" bullshyt you already spouting.

Wait to see the moves we make first. It's fukking June and the Finals ain't even over

Wtf

AD played 36 games out of 72 2 years ago and 40 games out of 82 last season. For someone who claims that I talk out of my ass, you just posted the biggest bullshyt I’ve seen all year. But yea he’s only been injured for one season lmao.

 

[VegasCAC]

We need more people on the Coli cutting video promos on each other

 

[Redguard]

Tom Brady is in his mid forties, and is nowhere NEAR the athlete LeBron is, nor does he spend an M on his body.

How many times does LeBron have to do ridiculous shyt for y'all to realize his age is simply a number? The nikka JUST led the league in scoring!



"The only time"? Nikka, he's been a Laker for 3 seasons and was hurt for the equivalent of ONE of those lmao

He was healthy in the shortened season, but got hurt in the PLAYOFFS, which happened because of the short turnaround from the COVID season.

Tell me you ain't ever played sports without telling me you ain't ever played sports.



Chicken Little head ass.



Bullshyt, the Lakers are at least a 4-5 seed, on the low end. You dudes are drawing conclusions from a season that had everything go exactly wrong; Vogel being incompetent for no reason at all, Westbrook coming into the fold ICE COLD and not buying in to the system, Bron getting hurt early and late in the season, AD getting hurt midseason, losing championship players AND the front office not being willing to make the correct decisions at the break.

Every team in the playoffs that was a "favorite" had to play against hurt teams to get there. This NBA is WEAK. Lakers could absolutely win in this environment. They just couldn't stay healthy. I maintain to this day a healthy Lakers could content with Phoenix and they were the one seed.

I have no reason to believe the Lakers won't be healthy in 2023, besides the "hurr durr, dAviS iS aLWaYs hURt" bullshyt you already spouting.

Wait to see the moves we make first. It's fukking June and the Finals ain't even over