I was impressed by him. That draft class is so good.
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I was impressed by him. That draft class is so good.
Same to you Charlie. Great win man. Only shame was Steph didn't hit his 3,000th 3 pointer. Stuck on 2,999.
Happy holidays mate.
Absurd potential
It would have been nice if he hit it over CP3 and then shimmied on him, but there was enough joy tonight. Save something for the next game!
Covid permitting I’m going to the warriors wizards game in March in DC. Can’t wait
Can’t believe we won that. Absolutely buzzing
Best team in the league. Annoyingly good to watch. Begrudging respect.
Lakers are so fun to watch, pure entertainment how much they suck in all kinds of way.
Can't the Warriors just suck again damn it.
Westbrook is pure comedy show at this point.
LeBron has played great when healthy and got us a chip. I'd say that's about par. Need some aggressive gm moves from Pelinka now. Always tougher with the laker tax these other butthurt teams impose on us
He's going to find it tough. Nobody wants any of your players. They're either too old, too expensive or crap or in some cases all three.
Agreed
Idiot
Not exactly helping either.though kind of ironic when he’s pretending the warriors aren’t missing players, and we’re missing several players because of Covid, but he’s acting like Covid is nothing
Two things more annoying than LeBron in the NBA.
Most Laker fans and GSW fans.
Most Laker fans and GSW fans.
What about the Celtics losing it in the 4th? Pretty fecking annoying…
Too specific.
Not this year
This is the first time I’ve watched the Magic since the play offs a couple of years ago, and I know that
1. They have been shit for a long time.
2. There is a lot of injured players for both teams.
But damn. I don’t think I’ve seen so many air balls in less than one half of a game before.
1. They have been shit for a long time.
2. There is a lot of injured players for both teams.
But damn. I don’t think I’ve seen so many air balls in less than one half of a game before.
Still not sure what LeBron was thinking when he traded those players for Westbrook, i understand if the plan was for AD and Westbrook to be one two when he is not playing but 3 of them aint working so far, AD being poor when not injured aint helping.
Now Draymond's in the protocols as well.
I think his mind (or whoever thought it was a good idea) is living in the past, where Russ was an MVP. Though that was on a bad team, him and Durant underachieved imho in OKC. Game has changed
I think they’d have been better off with Hield, I expect his +/- is better than Russ’s, even playing for the worst franchise in the history of the NBA.
I can’t root for the Lakers while LeBron is there. I’ll take the title, to help us catch the Celtics, but that’s about it. I’ll never put him on a list of top Lakers in history.
The idea was for Westbrook to run the team when LeBron rests but to gut your bench completely and give up literally all of your tradable assets for that was ridiculous. They could use all of Kuzma, Harrell and KCP now.
I find it funny how Lakers fans were discussing trading for Lillard earlier in the season when AD and LeBron invited him to dinner. I can see Blazers being really enticed by an offer of Horton-Tucker, 3 scrubs above 35 years old and a pair of second round picks.
They got literally no assets so save for buyout players, most of whom may prefer to go to Nets, Warriors, Suns, Bucks or Heat, they don’t have any avenues to improve the team.
Not following Lakers that much so dont know their trade history but what happened with their first rounders?
Anthony Davis.
I was kinda happy for us to get the last championship, but I knew exactly what we were sacrificing in order to get it. We learnt absolutely nothing from keeping an aging superstar as the focus and putting other aging stars around them from the last time we did it and it failed just under 10 years ago.
To think that right now we could.have:
Lonzo Ball
Kuzma
Ingram
Randle
Zubac
Caruso
Hart
Wagner
As the basis for the roster with some smart draft and FA pick ups around that as well is infuriating.
Oh i see, damn ok.
Well you can add DeAndre Hunter to the list, or whoever they would have picked up in 2019 draft
(Garland being by far the best player selected 4th or lower but may have been ignored due to fit issues next to Lonzo, which however would have been fairly easy to solve as both are good off ball).
BTW 2020 draft was widely regarded as very underwhelming at the time and we’ve come out of it with Edwards and LaMelo being building blocks for future and numerous players who are already very solid starters like Haliburton, Maxey, Bane, Anthony etc. 2021 will end up being ace as well. My two favorites so far are Mobley (obviously) and Giddey (less obvious but he’s so fun to watch, poor scorer but great at everything else).
To be fair, that team plus LeBron would be nowhere near good enough. There's some handy players on the list but none are close to Davis. The issue for the Lakers is that Davis hasn't really become the best player on the team, in the regular season specifically. The fact they have still to rely on LeBron is an indictment on Davis. Davis has been escaping a lot of criticism for being quite average since the bubble season. He should be the one driving the team forward at this stage.
The Westbrook trade has obviously hampered them as well. I actually think Westbrook has been OK for the most part. A bad start and a stinker on Christmas Day which a lot of people were obviously watching has led to some criticism. But he's played some good games as well. The issue is his contract and the fact they had to give up all their depth to make the trade. Relying on Melo, Bazemore, Jordan and other washed players is not ideal.
Great win against a top 3 team in Phoenix (sorely missed Ayton as Ja was getting to the bucket at will). Bane has been a revelation this season, and Ja is doing Jah things. Think we are paying JJJ a bit too much for him to be a stretch 4 but maybe he'll become more dominant with time?
You'll probably miss 2-3 players from that list though, I don't think the cap fits for all of them considering how Lonzo, Ingram and Randle developed.
Celtics again lose it in the 4th dire..
You guys have a serious team. Warriors kryptonite lately so losing to us and beating the suns recently is a nice Christmas gift!
James Harden is (finally) back. Love watching him like this, he’s been insane in the last two games in LA.
Looks like COVID was the secret to getting his first step and finishing back.
Looks like COVID was the secret to getting his first step and finishing back.
James Harden is (finally) back. Love watching him like this, he’s been insane in the last two games in LA.
Looks like COVID was the secret to getting his first step and finishing back.
Love to see it.
Not sure yet. With KD out and Kyrie "absent," Harden has been able to return to playing the type of basketball he did in Houston. Will be interesting to see if he can still perform at the highest level when he has to integrate his game with the other two.James Harden is (finally) back. Love watching him like this, he’s been insane in the last two games in LA.
Looks like COVID was the secret to getting his first step and finishing back.
He can. He's a superb playmaker. He might not score 40 every night because he'll have to defer to the other two a lot of the time but that's natural when you're in a team like the Nets. He can still be effective at an elite level without being a carbon copy of the Harden he was in Houston.
There's been nothing wrong with his ability to integrate with KD and Kyrie, he was unbelivably good last season as the point guard, largely playmaking for the team and stepping up to be the main man when KD was absent. Before his injury he had a strong MVP case, probably only behind Jokic at that point.
The problems have only been in his own play since that hamstring injury in the play-offs. I don't know how much of it has been physical or mental but everything about his game had been slower and less polished this season. Finishing at the rim, 3P shooting, ability to blow by defenders all worse. If that first step is now back then I think the rest will fall into place, as seen in LA.
The jury's still out for me, especially on the mental side of things. Harden has been known to wilt under pressure before especially in the playoffs. I'm still interested to see how they all perform together THIS season. All 3 stars have had their issues with one thing or another whether it be COVID, injury, vaccination (or lack of it) etc... I'm still yet to be totally convinced and not just with James Harden.
GS gonna woop Denver`s ass so hard, can already see Denver`s 2nd unit -250
That whoop ass better start soon.
That whoop ass better start soon.
Its coming.