LABron James Discussion: The Final Year?

Maybe, but butterfly effect. That might not have happened if he had been playing next to a real big man, if he didn't log as many minutes, or if he and Rui didn't have to play so much C.

Related to injuries due to playing too many minutes - I still blame D'Antoni for blowing out Kobe's Achilles. Kobe's minutes in the games leading up to that:

47:37
47:04
42:32
47:20
41:06
48:00

Then he blew out his Achilles at 44:54 min played of the next game, having played every minute so far with 3 min left to go that he would have also played. Those minutes are ridiculous. 7 straight games of 41+ minutes, with 4/6 being 47+ and the injury game going that way as well?! That's just stupid.

Back to the current Lakers, I'm not sure that signing Valanciunas would have meant going whole hog into the LeBron timeline. The origin of the discussion is if LeBron had taken a discount in order to sign him, so no other assets would have been given up. The only extra cost I see is $10m on the books for 1 more year in 2026-7. That's something, but not huge, and wouldn't have meant going all-in on the LeBron timeline imo.

 

yeah, two separate threads converged for me. i wanted us to sign valanciunas with money lebron gave up, but i will once again claim that i'm pretty sure lebron wasn't going to take the 15-20 million dollar paycut it would have taken to give jonas his 9 per.

yes, yes, i know jonas was on the (very short) list, BUT i still believe lebron was only on board if it meant small sacrifice--he wanted the FO to dump salary to get closer. that dump would have cost assets.

but we agree that lebron should have taken a cut if he was going to b**** about the quality of his teammates. i've never wavered on that.

 

Yeah, you're consistent. I gotchu.

 

stein's read is the same as mine, except i think the plan is and has been to go back to cleveland. i think he might just take the vet min to go there, too.

on the other hand, i agree with lane when he disagrees with stein about rich paul's statement. it was definitely a reaction to the fact that no 1+1 was offered. it wasn't meant as a play to get moved, but it was definitely meant as a statement of displeasure. not a nothingburger as stein seems to imply.

unrelated to lebron: glad he threw cold water on the "lopez chose the clippers over the lakers" stuff. he didn't. and that was always an incredibly stupid take. tell some of your podcast friends this. i believe we probably contacted both capela and lopez in case DFS stayed and told them they could start and have the tpmle. both players got more than that elsewhere, but they never got an offer from us because we moved on. both players should probably thank us, as i think our interest (real or perceived) probably earned them some extra money from conference rivals, btw.

 

Of course he will, but not for us

 

he may not; i could just see it. one could argue he kinda still owes them, and what a story to finish his career there on a contending team playing for no money. even if they didn't win another ring, the vibes would be amazing.

 

Agree

I just wanted to yell at the clouds, lol

 

Just posted a pic with the Clippers logo on the back. He's so tiring lol always seeking attention. I'm really ready to move on lol

 

we'll see what happens when i no longer exist? wtf are you talking about?

man, he is NOT taking the baton pass well. i guess we knew it when he never really handed the keys to AD, but jeez...read the room.

 

LOL I told “You” @Slick2021 you pick the weirdest, obvious to everyone else things to go stand on an island and say it’s really not what you ALL think it is.

My Slick tweak for the day

 

Told me what? Lebron has been trolling all yall for a couple of years now. I guess you'll figure that out by training camp. I keep telling you, that you might want to check out what Luka thinks about Lebron. Pretty big clue as to what's going to happen.

 

We told you he was bent about not getting his usual 1+1 PO deal. Am curious though about what you’re saying about what Luka is thinking about LeBron …. can’t read your mind as to what you have read that I haven’t.

 

Seriously, eff this dude. If you don’t want to be here say it so they can trade you. And no, the Lakers aren’t buying you out. To train with the Clippers logo in the background is the biggest middle finger you could give to Lakers nation. He knows exactly what he’s doing.

 

The Clippers are irrelevant. Training with the C Bags logo behind, that's another story.

 

What part of the video is talking about a 1+1 PO? I'm missing something here.

 

How do you what he's talking about?

 

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Don't play dumb. He and Paul have been doing this passive aggressive look at me still stuff ever since he didn't come away with his USUAL deal and the usual leverage that always gave him. That's what I'm saying is what YOU do. You're the only person here far as I can see that DOESN'T think all this crap now is him bent about THAT situation.

What were Luka's thoughts about him that lend a hint about James's plans for next year, that you referenced?

 

How do you know what that man is even talking about dude? You are inferring a lot of nonsense about this video. He's trolling as usual..Media, Clippers, Lakers Lebron hater fans, who knows? He's been doing this stuff for 8 years now. It's what he does.


The funny thing to me, is that you cats ran straight to the LeBron is mad about a PO jazz, while overlooking how he just trolled the f*** out of the Clippers! I'm sure the Hyena wasn't amused.

Why the hell is LeBron in our gymn working out, like he owns the MF place? Who TF authorized that? (Kawhi)

Meh..Rob will be in front of the cameras when camp starts, LeBron too..All your LeBron conspiracy theories will be put to bed then.

Back to The Don on this LeBron subject....

Luka says playing with Lebron is a dream, and that he's always looked up to him etc.

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/luka-doncic-makes-clear-wants-213635390.html

 

Awesome to hear Luka saying that. Thanks Slick.