LeBron James Discussion: Not Returning To The Lakers

I think it’s time to get something for brick’s contract. Lavine or Derozan with the Eagle

 

That was some roar by the arena after he hit his 9th three. Shame the team went turnover happy immediately after and likely prevented a 50 ball.

 

reporter: rob said something totally reasonable before the game, and i'd like you to please get mad about it.

lebron: i'm going to pout like you asked me while saying the right thing, so everyone wins.


get mad at yourself that the clippers have five guys on their bench making the MLE or more while you have one westbrook.

 

To be honest, I personally was quite surprised that things didn't work out with Wesbrook. OK, it's clear that Rus is an extremely selfish bastard who has nothing in his head, but dang... that guy a few years ago triple-doubled every single game with OKC!?

 

i didn't think it would be as bad as it has been, but the fit was always questionable at best. the bigger issue is that the clippers have 7-8 guys who can go off on any given night (powell last night), and we traded the opportunity to build a roster like that in order to get russ. at lebron's request.

 

That's not fair. He's made it clear he doesn't want to be asked about FO moves.

 

fair of me? or the reporter?

anyway, these guys are going to keep asking him if he keeps feeding them with the passive aggression. the second part of his answer was fine (standard "that's his job, not mine"). the first part, where he rhetorically asks the guy what he thinks, is classic lebron passive aggression. he caught himself, but it's the same thing he did a while back when he was questioned walking through the parking lot, avoided the bait using the standard line initially, then chased down the reporter to deliver the "what do you think?" bit.

just leave that part out! not my job; i'm paid to play basketball. any elaboration opens the door for...well, this.

 

LeBron's stat line posted a 34.6 BPM last night, in large part because of how little contribution he got from his teammates. That's a number you don't see often from a starter.
Clippers vs Lakers, January 24, 2023 | Basketball-Reference.com

 

Balmer doesn't mind luxury tax though. Jeanie does. He's paying 100mil more than we will, that's why they have all these "MLE or more" guys around.

 

Definitely needs AD back. Hopefully Rui can help too.

I suspect we’re not dealing too.

 

Hard to believe these numbers from Zach Lowe
Since AD went down Lakers with Lebron are +99, without Lebron -114

 

yes. this is a huge factor as well. but my point is that we were largely there from a roster standpoint before we decided to consolidate a ton of salary into one player.

 

Nah... i rather have DLO, Randle etc.

 

He gets it

 

LOL …. what, how to be sarcastic?

 

Sirron is in a spectrum he cannot sense sarcasm