Are Lakers fans trying to hear this shyt?
To Lakers fans dude should retire if there's no intention to compete or might as well get his accolades on another team. As it stands, the people at those games are mainly either Lakers fans who are buying tickets to see games being won or LeBron fans there to watch LeBron during his twilight years.
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Lakers fans probably get a sense the team ain't winning shyt and know the Lakers draft is completely blown up the next 2 out of 3 years.
In comparison, Kobe didn't hinder the Lakers rebuild chances during his last few years. If anything dude was there to pass lessons to the next generation of Lakers first round picks. People bought tickets to watch the future being built during the 2015-2017 era and to watch Kobe's twilight years. That's a big difference when it comes to expectations.
Now if AD were on the team and the team is bottom 10 with a chance for Wembanyama, Ware, Miller, etc. that's pure excitement for next year because Wemby or any other of those tall front court players with a handle learning under A.D would be insane. However, Lakers got practically zero chance at that happening so fans are expecting something to happen regarding the play-offs.