First of all, the Lakers are not as good as their record says. They aren't a complete team and have a very choppy roster. This is because LeBron basically picked this whole team and told the Lakers who he wanted and the Lakers went and signed/acquired those players. This is very bad because this is not a player's job. LeBron is a hooper not a GM.
LeBron mostly recruiting players that have rings or been in many playoff games. Or guys who competed against him in the past and earned his respect (Dwight and Rondo). Team has experience, but can you rely on guys like McGee Dwight Danny Green to contribute enough on offense? No. McGee and Danny Green were on teams that won rings, but honestly they weren't even really needed and what they contributed made no difference.
This team will fall short. Mainly because the supporting cast is too bad/inconsistent on offense. Who's their 3rd guy that they can rely on that can be clutch/can knock down shots? None of them. KCP? Waiters/JR Smith? Those guys kind of shitty.
Mostly they got players that are more useful on defense than offense, only good thing I see from this roster is good rotation of big men a very solid frontcourt that gives them rim protection.
As for this game, take the Raptors. Another thing with LeBron is he doesn't show up every night and doesn't go 100% effort in the full game like a Westbrook. He picks his spots.
Lakers only need one or 2 wins to lock up number one seed and home court that doesn't even matter because they play on neutral court w/ no fans. Do you think they will go 100% here? No. Do they need to? Absolutely not. If LeBron gets a chance to not show up and not go 100% he will take it for sure.
These games are meaningless for the Lakers. They would rather rest up. LeBron's first year in the tough west. He knows long road ahead and they could possibly face a very good well coached and healthy Portland team in the first round. They need all the rest they can get.
How LeBron usually plays these games is just make sure to do enough in the game to keep the Lakers in it till the end and then take over.
Take the Raptors over this choppy Lakers team that's about to do some BS tonight again like they did vs the Clippers.
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First of all, the Lakers are not as good as their record says. They aren't a complete team and have a very choppy roster. This is because LeBron basically picked this whole team and told the Lakers who he wanted and the Lakers went and signed/acquired those players. This is very bad because this is not a player's job. LeBron is a hooper not a GM.
LeBron mostly recruiting players that have rings or been in many playoff games. Or guys who competed against him in the past and earned his respect (Dwight and Rondo). Team has experience, but can you rely on guys like McGee Dwight Danny Green to contribute enough on offense? No. McGee and Danny Green were on teams that won rings, but honestly they weren't even really needed and what they contributed made no difference.
This team will fall short. Mainly because the supporting cast is too bad/inconsistent on offense. Who's their 3rd guy that they can rely on that can be clutch/can knock down shots? None of them. KCP? Waiters/JR Smith? Those guys kind of shitty.
Mostly they got players that are more useful on defense than offense, only good thing I see from this roster is good rotation of big men a very solid frontcourt that gives them rim protection.
As for this game, take the Raptors. Another thing with LeBron is he doesn't show up every night and doesn't go 100% effort in the full game like a Westbrook. He picks his spots.
Lakers only need one or 2 wins to lock up number one seed and home court that doesn't even matter because they play on neutral court w/ no fans. Do you think they will go 100% here? No. Do they need to? Absolutely not. If LeBron gets a chance to not show up and not go 100% he will take it for sure.
These games are meaningless for the Lakers. They would rather rest up. LeBron's first year in the tough west. He knows long road ahead and they could possibly face a very good well coached and healthy Portland team in the first round. They need all the rest they can get.
How LeBron usually plays these games is just make sure to do enough in the game to keep the Lakers in it till the end and then take over.
Take the Raptors over this choppy Lakers team that's about to do some BS tonight again like they did vs the Clippers.
Lakers will prolly lose cuz the League wants the Raps to get revenge on LBJ after getting dominated by him when he was in the East.. But some of the stuff you said was comical... No way you are that dumb to believe it... The NBA is scripted, LBJ has no say in who the Lakers get... Hahaha the media can say whatever they want and the puppets will believe it... If LBJ could do what he wanted to do, the League would be 1000X more unwatchable than it already is.. This guy would be going for a 10 peat this season... Also back in 2018 when he was a F/A, why would he sign with the Lakers who have been irrelevant for years, why not take a pay cut and join GS to go 98 - 0 year after year... I could write an essay proving how scripted this boring sport is, it is just that easy... But the fact that people think LBJ runs whatever team he is playing for is comical... Whoever in the media came up with that one, props to you, you have these puppets on strings..
Lakers will prolly lose cuz the League wants the Raps to get revenge on LBJ after getting dominated by him when he was in the East.. But some of the stuff you said was comical... No way you are that dumb to believe it... The NBA is scripted, LBJ has no say in who the Lakers get... Hahaha the media can say whatever they want and the puppets will believe it... If LBJ could do what he wanted to do, the League would be 1000X more unwatchable than it already is.. This guy would be going for a 10 peat this season... Also back in 2018 when he was a F/A, why would he sign with the Lakers who have been irrelevant for years, why not take a pay cut and join GS to go 98 - 0 year after year... I could write an essay proving how scripted this boring sport is, it is just that easy... But the fact that people think LBJ runs whatever team he is playing for is comical... Whoever in the media came up with that one, props to you, you have these puppets on strings..
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