Came off the buss with billions, now we back in the building: Your GOAT franchise Boss Angeles Lakers 2025 offseason Thread

[CantStop]

The irony of you complaining about people bringing up Kobe’s name for no reason when you just did it and always do is not lost on me

 

[jaydawg08]

The irony of you complaining about people bringing up Kobe’s name for no reason when you just did it and always do is not lost on me

We all know why you have criticism specifically pointed at Bron and Bron only.

You went on and on about how finally we got Luka and it’s his team and he’s gonna take over every 4th, and surprise surprise you can’t help but to blame Lebron even with Luka’s WOAT defense

 

[Trojan 24]

Pretty silly argument considering that Bron has essentially outplayed that contract that he is under

Should the Lakers have payed PG that $$? KD? Beal? Dame? Cause all those guys made more than Bron and he’s outperformed all them

If you get rid of him, they aren’t magically getting that cap space either. That’s not how it works.

There's this thing call a salary cap brehito, so whether you wanna argue he is worth more or not is irrelevant. He and Luka will not work together with salary cap constraints because essentially they are too similar in strengths and weaknesses (because one is fat and the other is old). So either we try to cobble a team together with what's left or you properly build around Luka

 

[CantStop]

We all know why you have criticism specifically pointed at Bron and Bron only.

You went on and on about how finally we got Luka and it’s his team and he’s gonna take over every 4th, and surprise surprise you can’t help but to blame Lebron even with Luka’s WOAT defense

I literally criticized Luka and asked during the series if we can veto the trade and reverse it

 

["It Was Always Jerry"]

We all know why you have criticism specifically pointed at Bron and Bron only.

You went on and on about how finally we got Luka and it’s his team and he’s gonna take over every 4th, and surprise surprise you can’t help but to blame Lebron even with Luka’s WOAT defense

I hear you but did Luka throw his team under the bus?

 

[Trojan 24]

Btw we've all seen what Cac GOAT Tim Connelly would do with this squad, he just showed you last year when he broke up the Ant/KAT duo and sent Kat packing because he knew it wasn't enough and needed flexibility moving forward. What you think he would do with a 40 year old? We need Tim tbh

 

[CantStop]

Btw we've all seen what Cac GOAT Tim Connelly would do with this squad, he just showed you last year when he broke up the Ant/KAT duo and sent Kat packing because he knew it wasn't enough. What you think he would do with a 40 year old? We need Tim tbh

No sexism but this is the issue with a woman owner. We have tweets of Jeanie openly thirsting on nba players. As long as Jeanie is here, this is the outcome.

 

[RedBull]

We all know why you have criticism specifically pointed at Bron and Bron only.

You went on and on about how finally we got Luka and it’s his team and he’s gonna take over every 4th, and surprise surprise you can’t help but to blame Lebron even with Luka’s WOAT defense

Wait. When did you become a Lakers fan?

 

[GreatestLaker]

Other fan bases: Goddamnit Tatum, smh Steph, wtf Ant, smh KAT, Haliburton sold, we lost cause of Donovan Mitchell, Jamal didn’t show up, Shai was ass

@GreatestLaker, @jaydawg08 and other Bron groupies: WTF Jaxson Hayes, smh we lost cause of Gabe Vincent and Vanderbilt

can’t make this shyt up.

Other fan bases call out their stars when they actually play bad. That’s not the case here. The Lakers’ role players weren’t just bad. They were straight up unplayable. Nobody’s acting like LeBron or Luka are perfect, but let’s be real. You can’t win in the NBA when half of your rotation wouldn’t even get minutes on another playoff team. That kind of roster forces your stars to do everything, so by the fourth quarter, they’re running on empty.

We saw the same thing happen with Kobe between 04 and 07. He had no help, was carrying the team the whole game, and had nothing left to close. Then in 08, when he finally got a decent squad, people started acting like he suddenly got better. Nah, he just didn’t have to do it all by himself anymore, so he could actually finish games and lock in defensively.

You can’t seriously put this on LeBron because Gabe Vincent can’t hit a shot, is undersized and nonathletic or because Vando is a black hole on offense and has the worst hands we’ve seen since Kwame Brown. Holding players accountable is one thing, scapegoating is another. Some of y’all don’t seem to know the difference.

I’ve been calling out the front office for bad roster construction since the Kobe and Shaq days. But instead of having that real convo, you'd rather troll and deflect.

 

[CantStop]

Other fan bases call out their stars when they actually play bad. That’s not the case here. The Lakers’ role players weren’t just bad. They were straight up unplayable. Nobody’s acting like LeBron or Luka are perfect, but let’s be real. You can’t win in the NBA when half of your rotation wouldn’t even get minutes on another playoff team. That kind of roster forces your stars to do everything, so by the fourth quarter, they’re running on empty.

We saw the same thing happen with Kobe between 04 and 07. He had no help, was carrying the team the whole game, and had nothing left to close. Then in 08, when he finally got a decent squad, people started acting like he suddenly got better. Nah, he just didn’t have to do it all by himself anymore, so he could actually finish games and lock in defensively.

You can’t seriously put this on LeBron because Gabe Vincent can’t hit a shot, is undersized and nonathletic or because Vando is a black hole on offense and has the worst hands we’ve seen since Kwame Brown. Holding players accountable is one thing, scapegoating is another. Some of y’all don’t seem to know the difference.

I’ve been calling out the front office for bad roster construction since the Kobe and Shaq days. But instead of having that real convo, you'd rather troll and deflect.

You literally left the forum post Luka trade and only came back when they lost in the playoffs. One thing about me, I’m never gonna let people run me off a forum.

 

[10bandz]

LeGBT and GreatesrFaker are cancers.

 

[10bandz]

You literally left the forum post Luka trade and only came back when they lost in the playoffs. One thing about me, I’m never gonna let people run me off a forum.

Nah he left even before the Luka trade lol he didn’t post all season.

 

[jaydawg08]

There's this thing call a salary cap brehito, so whether you wanna argue he is worth more or not is irrelevant. He and Luka will not work together with salary cap constraints because essentially they are too similar in strengths and weaknesses (because one is fat and the other is old). So either we try to cobble a team together with what's left or you properly build around Luka

I know English is a 2nd language for you, and half this forum doesn’t even know what the salary cap is.. but getting rid of Lebron (retiring) only opens up $13 mil of cap space. That’s peanuts, gets you a random role player.

Learn the cap ese.. and English while you’re at it

 

[10bandz]

Pretend this is the reality in LA and in most black circles that actually talk ball brehs Craig Hodges was just comparing Kobe and MJ on the smoke podcast two days ago and Terence Crawford the same on Shannon’s podcast a week ago.

 

[jaydawg08]

I hear you but did Luka throw his team under the bus?

Neither did LeBron. I know some of yall nikkas (not talking about you) got some comprehension skill issues but he was stating that in response to “how did Luka be Bron lose” stating that the Wolves were simply better team.

Thats obvious