LeBron James Discussion: Not Returning To The Lakers

If he would have not done this same tired routine every single summer, he could have gained the respect of many more Laker fans. This is the same sh!t that caused many of us to really not like him before he came here.
He’s all about himself and the drama first, instead of putting the Franchise First.
Thanks for the single Ring, but I, like many others, will never consider him one of the All Time Laker Greats. He could have been, but he let his galaxy sized ego get in the way.

 

How much help does Lebron need? Kobe wishes he had a team like this at his older age while playing.

 

This is really refreshing to see so many tired of LeBron's antics. Only a few of the emotionals hanging on to king ding's .... and unable to admit he isn't perfect. Going to be a fun season.

 

LeBron James goes viral over appearance at Cavs practice facility

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/article/lebron-james-goes-viral-over-190822514.html

 

Lol..we ain't winning s*** this season, without Lebron either.

Book that one.

 

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Slick not trying to be a wise guy, but

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not sure why timberlake's upset with my post. i ain't mad. we're out from under the yoke, and it's an actual partnership that either side can choose to continue now. win win.

 

We are no longer beholden to the kang. it’s a healthy place to be.

 

I always thought that Lebron is at his best when he's playing a Scottie Pippen type role or Magic Johnson on offense. When he won rings with the Heat, you saw Miller or Allen get hot from 3 point land, with James leading with the assists to them. With the Cavs, we saw Jr Smith get hot in their title run with the Cavs, Lebron kick outs being the distributor on most of those. It kind of suck that he was more concerned with points, trying to beat Kareem record than what's best for the team. Even in 2020, he played point guard that season, with double digit assists and the Lakers won it all. Lebron role should be a Pippen or Magic and not a Jordan and Kobe, who were 1 on 1 assassins who can take over games late in games.

 

He could do both. That's what made him a beast.

Idk if you watched LeBron in 2018 but he absolutely carried and took over games.

The problem is that makes him super dependent on the ball to maximize his value. In a sense, LeBron's 'too good' that usually, any possession where he doesn't control the ball is wasting his talents.

That's why a guy like KD is probably a better universal fit than LeBron on a championship contender if you have a guy like Luka, Jokic, or Giannis out there. KD is a plug-and-play player who can adapt to any scoring role.

LeBron isn't good off-ball because his entire career has been him being so much better than everyone else controlling the ball that he didn't really fully learn how to play any other way.

 

2018 lebron was probably the best he ever was offensively

 

He needs to be a role player in his old age but being the narcissistic prick that he is, he won’t, he needs to relinquish control of the team to fat boy

 

So harsh. who peed in your Post Toasties?

 

What kind of role player makes an All NBA team? Seriously, when has that ever happened?

 

I find it rather amusing, that after a few years of folks around here, screaming that James needed to take a paycut, in order for us to have some roster flexibility. That not one single person on this board, or any of the NBA insiders (experts) predicted, that the Lakers would have the full MLE, and BAE, with Lebron James, NOT....giving up a single dime!

I mean damn...how did everyone miss that possibility?

 

Because they didn’t expect to lose one of our 5 playoff rotation players we desperately needed to keep.

 

Yeah I think we are a tier above and like 10% better if we added Ayton and LaRavia WHILE keeping DFS.

At this point, if we include Rui or Vando in a trade, we need another wing to come in that trade

 

I think you are overrating Finney-Smith.