LeBron James Discussion: Not Returning To The Lakers

The problem is that we should not need LeBrons FTs to make it a one possession game against the Suns...

LeBron should have rested in the 4th with a 15 point lead.

Can we for one focus on our biggest issues like defense and offense?

 

I don't care about Michael Jordan and whether Lebron passes him in points. The dude quit the game during his prime to play another sport. Someone who does that shouldn't ever wear the mantle of "greatest of all time" in my opinion. KAJ on the other hand is indeed the GOAT and I believe his record will stand as well. 20 years of service, the most unstoppable offensive weapon invented in the sport, 6 rings, etc. The guy dominated at every level of the sport - high school, college and the pros. A life spent devoted to the sport, studied under the greatest coach of all time, and he's still one of the finest scholars of the game. Lebron and MJ won't ever touch that level as far as I'm concerned.

 

Sirron looks like a friggin prophet right now. I shared the same fears of his and some others as well, but admittedly I let the losing get to me and I lost sight of my hatred and sold my soul in the end. I was afraid LeBron would come in, trade half the team away for maybe a shot at a title, have us sign a bunch of his buddies to silly deals, then leave us a smoldering crater when he retired or declined, making us have to rebuild yet again but with no assets to do so as we’d probably have traded away draft picks for years to get him a 2nd star, and bring in some s*** coach that he could walk all over. This has all almost come true, and it just may this summer if we still trade our entire core for AD and hire some crap coach like Kidd, Jackson, or Lue. The only good thing in all that would be that AD is only 26 and we’d be in a much better position to rebuild post LeBron than Cleveland or Miami were when he left.

 

Hey, I said “some others as well”, that included you. I also remember Cookie being strongly against it for the same reasons, and Barns having a lot of the same concerns. I guess when he signed here I just tried to make the best of it, we were stuck with him like we were with Dwight, I felt like I sold my soul but I rooted because I had to. But then he started the year off lazy, very little effort, costing us early winnable games, missing so many free throws and I got frustrated. When we went on our littl winning period and were 4th in the West I let it be, but since then, post groin injury LeBron is who we thought he was. Trying to trade the whole team because of his impatience, more Hollywood projects off the court than playoff focus, constantly pointing fingers at teammates on the court for HIS mistakes on defense, being passive aggressive in the media, truly a frontrunner on the court when games seem out of hand, the most hollow triple doubles I’ve ever seen. I’m just not a fan, the next 3 years are going to be very difficult if we don’t sign at least one more max guy this offseason. I already have zero desire to watch Lakers games right now, if Ingram misses any time with his hurting shoulder, I know I won’t be missing anything for sure.

 

I still believe we can make something happen this summer. And if I'm right - I am willing to be patient and see what happens next year. If we don't, then I'll be with you guys. Until then, I'll just direct my displeasure at our coaching stuff and our players' effort in general. For now.