LeBron hurt the Lakers big time this year: this is in large part LeBron's fault.

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LeBron is top 3. I'm a huge fan of this brother's game and all his success outside of the game.

The Cavs Warriors 3-1 come back is top 5 sports achievements.

Best all around player - no doubt. Highlight reel legit looks fake.

Some of the best news ever was that the Lakers got him - 100%.

Two things can be true at once: he's top 3 and this season's failure is at least 60-70% on LeBron.

Why?
1. He pushed and used his power and influence to get his -let me see if I got this right..- podcast co-host (wtf) to be hired as Head Coach of the Loss Angeles Lakers, without ANY PRIOR coaching experience.
2. He was out here releasing barbie dolls right before the playoffs - you think MJ or Kobe are out here releasing dolls before going to war?
3. I get it: he wanted to play with his son. The push and the forcing of drafting Bronny James did NOT make the team any better. It was a distraction if anything.
But the biggest crime here is the ridiculous JJ Redikk choice. I get that he wants to control the team, but a dude who has never coached and who anyone with even 1% of knowledge about humans can tell is arrogant af (and arrogance usually means insecurity)... as Head Coach of the Lakers?

Bron is top 3. But this hurts his legacy.

His energy in the last game was NOT that of a killer who was out there to win. It felt like he gave in and gave up far before the last whistle.
When Anthony Edwards pushed him around in Game 4 and he didn't blow up because of it... it was a wrap. No way to lead the team and show aggression/will to win.
 

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The Dallas team that was built around his strengths? This current Laker team isn’t.

AUSTIN REAVES IS A BETTER 3RD OPTION THAN ANYONE ON THAT DALLAS TEAM BY FAR

DANIEL GAFFORD WOULD BE ROBERT SACRE STATUS PLAYIN WIT LEBRON

STOP WIT THE EXCUSES.. DALLAS WON 50 GAMES LAST YEAR. SAME AS LAKERS THIS YEAR.
 

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The only thing that hurt the Lakers was nixing that Mark Williams trade and going into the playoffs without proper frontcourt depth. Give them 1-2 starter quality big men and you wouldn't be making this reactionary thread.
Reactionary?
The Lakers have NEVER not won the 1st round as a 3rd seed or higher, until today.
There's a LOT more wrong than that. And yes: had we had Mark Williams, it could've played out different. But the Lakers are not the Hornets - so yes it could've worked out, or it could've not worked out. Still: JJ Redikk doesn't have the coaching skills to see "Gobert is going nuts.. I need to do something" so you don't just solve that problem by adding players...
 

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I thought the lakers had offered that college coach a deal and they settled for JJ when he turned it down?
$10 bucks to anyone who can come up with that dude's name rn.
College coach or a coach without experience coaching in the NBA.... or at any level? Both are bad options imho. The NBA and NCAA is not the same thing. Unless of course this is some super super coach - but the strategy in NCAA games is not that complex vs the NBA and late games just turn into scrambles and there's A LOT of poor decision making during March Madness (incl in the Final Four and the Final)
 

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NOT TOP 3 .. NOT EVEN TOP 10


ANOTHER L WIT A TOP 5 PLAYER .. MORE 4TH QUARTER CHOKEJOBS

LUKA ACTUALLY BEAT THE WOLVES WITOUT BRON LAST YEAR TOO

ANOTHER EPIC SCAPEGOATJOB COMIN SOON
Scitt you ain't got Bron in your top 5?

It's

MJ
Kobe
LeBron

For me
But 100% the scapegoat job is coming. Klutch sports Marketing and PR staff is on it already for sure.
 
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