Snowtime no showtime, it’s a coke wave like the 80s oww: Your GOAT franchise Boss Angeles Lakers 2025-26 Regular Season Thread

Long Live The Kane

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It’s a farewell tour for a player that doesn’t deserve to have that with the Lakers.

shyt, i actually wish it was explicitly a LeBron farewell tour this year…i think it benefits the lore and brand of the franchise to have all the pomp and circumstance involved with one of the all time greats retiring in a Laker uniform …considering a chip ain’t in the cards either way …I’d much rather have that than this being just another “LeBron drama” season where he pouts around and we get a klutch sourced “palace intrigue” report every other month about how he’s unhappy and being wronged and blah blah
 

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It's definitely clear that father time has finally caught up to Bron in a meaningful way this year, such a lack of consistency and energy game to game. It's a shame but it was always going to happen.

Even with Bron replaced this team still has so many holes when playing athletic teams like Pistons or OKC though. We need Reaves back ASAP so we at least have some more offense to make up for this terrible defense.
 

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you really thought that would sound better :dead:

im convinced y'all were born after 2016 cause the entire world was begging him to shoot it every possession. you think everyone was tuned in to see larry nance and tarik black?

let's talk about lebron's only 60 pt game being a struggle unmemorable game against the bobcats :dead:
 

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Facts.

What Reggie was saying about Dalton towards the end of the game should apply to Theiro as well. What do you have to lose by giving him minutes?

Fuçk all that dumb ass "he's not ready" bullshît
JJ Edgar Hoover too high on his white boy roster, he'd rather play Kleber 15 minutes a game.
 

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The Laker’s five man lineups best net differential don’t include James:



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It is essentially the starters with either Marcus Smart or Jake Laravia. In fact, the most favorable two man lineups that include James are when he is paired with Laravia, Gabe Vincent, and Jarred Vanderbilt, according to databallr.



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For comparison, the James-Doncic lineup is an unsustainable -10 net rating. Having James start on the bench works out individually as well as for the team.


 
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