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steady986:
The Lakers had a franchise low 2 turnovers tonight

Please, this was against the Rockets, who are trying every possible way to lose and get rid of the coach . The starting 5 shot 50%, even with our notorious spammer Jalen Green, so you guys were not playing defense. And Rockets returned the favor, allowing the old man to shoot 50% from 3

I feel more confident in my conclusion that Lakers are not mentally there yet, they are losing close games not because of AD, but because of they play to the opponents level. And it costs them the game in 4Q when they play the top teams.

steady986:
These narrow losses against supposedly championship teams. It hurts, but it's also encouraging. Leaves me wondering how much better we could be with the full complement of our squad.

Ya know, I was thinking about it as well. Two close losses to very good teams. I dont know if we are making too much of it though.

Speaking of trades, does a myles turner for westbrook trade make this team better in such close games? Hard to tell with the way Russ is playing these days.

Roland17:
The Bengals survive! I understand L. Jackson could have played if he wanted to but is using his injury to hold out because of his contract situation.. I can’t blame him to be honest…

Its his body, his career at the end of the day. these teams have gotten over on a lot of players that dont have the same level of clout.

A40:
Lol clearly you're a m0ron.

Too much Bronsexuality no go allow you see road

Making a honest basketball observation is what you're calling pain. What an asswax

Added to all your other side comments, it makes sense. Maybe instead of hating the dude for like 20 years straight, appreciate the record and be happy for the cat for once. One time in 20 years is not too much to ask

A40:
Lol. E ma gbo werey. Someone is taking 7 3s a game and shooting at 28% and you say I'm pained? Pained cause I'm pointing out 3pt spamming?

Better try dey smoke Igbeaux wey you use your hand buy make you no go smoke wetin dem lace with crack or fentanyl

so you are pained. just like kareem, dey take style hide am behind story. gorrit.

A40:
Luka Doncic is one bad mofo. The clutch DNA is strong

And somebody beg LeNomad. I know he wants to break Kareem's record but spamming 3s and shooting your team out of games is not the way to do it. Blud thinks he Steph

you sound pained.

That hesitation step Lebron just made, my knee hurt just watching

Roland17:
Happy new year!

You beat me to this. He also went on a tangent for nearly 5 minutes about the interim tags on both coaches and I am sitting there wondering if he realizes that there may be other implications related to both positions.

Then he gets stuck on Ben Simmons and how he is surrounded by shooters and God it is so hard to listen to the man. I am someone who like to listen to sound and commentary whenever I watch sports but God, does Reggie make it hard!

There is absolutely nothing creative, intriguing or remotely analytical about his commentaries.

Happy new year back at you! The way this game was going, I thought no team will cross 100pts. No one is dropping 71pts tonite for sure

I haven't watched TNT for a minute, but how did I ever manage to listen to Reggie Miller? Man, the guy is ANNOYING to listen to. He just stays on one topic and whines and grinds it to dust all game. Tonight its ben simmons. Every minute he has something to say. Every minute! Even when the guy is not holding the ball.

Killrhymz01:
Who is the moderator Abeg, almost two years now

Haaa, sey wetin

Roland17:
Are you bracing yourself for the return of Harden to Houston? According to Woj, Harden plans to return to the Rockets. I guess he misses the strip clubs and burgers..

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/35318050/sources-james-harden-seriously-considering-return-rockets?platform=amp
https://nypost.com/2022/12/25/james-harden-seriously-considering-return-to-rockets-in-2023/amp/

I have nothing against Harden. But I dont think he will be happy here. Plus we have rookies that need the playing time and focus. Some folk in Htown are tired of the rebuilding already, but we need to see this through

Roland17:
I am very happy no one is talking about what the Slimreaper and the Nets are doing. 12 game winning streak and its crickets..

If to say na to carry bad news and insult KD, e go be national news.

#SLIMREAPER

They themselves are wiser. Lay low and stop making yourself a news object.

A40:
Kobe literally came into the league at 18. Shaq was 24.

Are you comparing this to the Heatles linking up in their late 20s??

Shaq wey don reach ECF vs Jordan already.

Roland17:
Man I hope Damar Hamlin makes it..

Prayers up!

Somehow I missed all of this. That had to be a come to Jesus moment on TV. I found out due to Skip being a donkey as usual

A40:
Lol you're a funny guy. Everyone already hates on KD'S rings. If a two time MVP can link up with a Finals MVP and another top 5 pick in his draft all in their athletic primes. Why shouldn't KD push the envelope? Na only una guy deserve ring?

Nice try. Kobe never had a big 3. They drafted him and he grew up with Shaq.

Lmaoo you're comparing bringing just Pau Gasol to freaking Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. Have some shame

How do you grow up with shaq? LOL!

A40:
There needs to be a return to normalcy and parity.

When one person decides to take shortcut you can't come and dictate to people which shortcut is acceptable and which is not. Oyinbo call am hypocrisy

Anyway let's hope the parity continues and people don't try to take more shortcuts to easy rings moving forward

Well sha, keep the same energy for Durants rings with the warriors. As well as celtics big 3 ring. Since they were all easy

Kobes #4 and #5 as well. Maybe even #1,2,3. ahan...

A40:
It's a domino effect. The Celtics were the biggest victims of the shortcut they took forming the big 3. Lebron formed the Heatles and ultimately got his comeuppance in the hand of the Warriors 7 years down the line

Celtics started it, but "The Decision" by Lebron turned it a thing. Shortly after that, Durant would leave for warriors. But ya know, I like this new breed on nba stars. I feel like they have too much pride to be jumping around. Guys like Ja, Luka, Tatum will be on one team for a long time.

A40:
This insistence on always going for the home run free agent and star name instead of building organically is what is biting LeNomad like so. They say he's old, he can't be on a building team menenemenene, but you can't always cheat the process. At some point the basketball gods will call you on your B.S

True talk, no lies here.

But then again, lets assume Lebron never left Cavs. They would always get to ECF even with bad teams, and keep missing out on draft picks. At some point Dan Gilbert would have had to make a big FA trade for another superstar, which he did not want to do at the time.
If Lebron had not left Cavs, Cavs would NEVER have spent the money on FA that they did to bring Lebron back.

Anyhow, 4 rings is nothing to sneeze at. Live by the sword, die by the sword they say. I think Lebron's negotiations that brought him 4 rings has now put him in a tight spot. Lakers front office is not very smart, and Buss does not seem inclined to change it.

This interim coach on the Nets, na serious matter o. Abi how una see am? This life eh, sometimes na to jus dey patient dey prepare for opportunity

Khanben:
Rivalries only form from teams repeatedly playing each other, especially if the strength of the squads allows for both teams to exchange wins especially in the playoffs.
The issue now is that, this past season, makes 4 straight NBA finals, where the two teams in the previous finals not only did not make the finals they did not even make the conference finals.

Good point! Indeed the league is very skilled, and there are half a dozen championship contenders unlike before.

To add to that, FA is very loose these days. Jordan, Magic, Bird, Isaiah, Hakeem (he was really retired when he went to raptors) etc stayed on one team their whole career. Worst case, some guys played for 2 teams, while at their peak. Guys like Barkley, Shaq played for 2 teams. Meanwhile, today, Lebron, the face of the league has played for 4 teams! Durant is on his way there as well

Roland17:
The last surviving NBA rivalry is dead. There are no more NBA rivalries in this generation and it sucks.

There used to be historical rivalries like Bird v Magic, GOAT v Isaiah Thomas, Lakers v Celtics, Bulls v Pistons, Pistons v Sixers, Lakers v Suns, Jazz v Rockets, Pacers (Reggie Miller) v Knicks , Pat Riley v Phil Jackson…

I mean teams, players and coaches that hate each other before, during and after the game!!!

There are ways to fix this. But the guys that make money off the nba have decided that a safe, harmless product with no bite is best bang for the buck. If you want rivalries, you need strong personalities that inspire loyalty in the fan base. And you need to allow the game to be rough a little, so that the beloved personality can be bushwacked often. All the rivalries you mentioned above have it.

The nature of the game has also changed. It favors cartoonish high scoring games over defensive slugfests. Not only the scores are fake. Even the fans are bandwagon, no real loyalty. Some of that is on ownership as well, when you move seattle supersonics to OKC thunder, etc after a while fans realize to not waste their energy on a billionaires pet project.

Yo need to see how we were rabid vs Utah and looked down on the Mavs back in the day. But most of us learned lesson and grew up.

steady986:
Lol. See how you people are suggesting trading LeBron like LeBron is Kyle Kuzma or something
LeBron gets traded only if he asks to. And he's not even playing that badly for anyone to want to trade him. Much of AD's success has to do with him and Westbrook intentionally giving him the ball. That brings us to the delima of whether to trade Westbrook or not. The guy is taking fewer shots these days which is good. He's more interested in finding others. I'm sure even Darvin Ham is happy with this version of Russ. He still remains the top 1 or 2 facilitator on the team. There's a whole lot of decisions to be made over the coming days. I wouldn't be surprised if the team remains as it is come 15th

For a supposed big market team, you guys consistently make underwhelming trades. Or stand and do nothing. Every year.

Khanben:
If he continues with this form, the Lakers have to make some moves to maximize his exceptional play

Do you have an example trade in mind? Sell Lebron while stock is high? Or package WB while stock is high?

steady986:
They said they were longevity stats. The only other player to even crack the top 20 in both categories is Big O

you guys are feeding Kareem's jealousy. E go don reach bonfire by now. The guy na hater, as in buhari level hater

steady986:
Anthony Davis; that's the name.

Isnt this more on the coaching changes than AD per se? I really love the rotations every time I watch Lakers play.

Roland17:
I knew his finals and post season performances were not ordinary..

Something must kill a man..This explains a lot!

so na woman fall point god. hehehe

Why is cp3 and kim k blowing up. No! Una no go kee my 2022. No!

Roland17:
Every season, Ty Lue is dealt a bad hand with injuries to 2 of his best players but this man finds ways to still win games.

Kawhi na scammer abeg!

He has bad advisors. When he moved home closer to those "uncles" I smelt trouble. A promising career, potential face of the league career will never be, because of bad advice. I dont care how skilled you are, if you dont show up, it doesnt matter. Someone is repeatedly gassing this guy up, Kawhi is living in the fantasy world of 5 years ago. Most of those injuries could have been managed and played through - popovich, a players coach said as much

Im awaiting the booing this game. The only thing worse than celtics fans is philly fans. Lord keep Simmon's mind right!

Its late november, but there are some big name teams that look like they will miss playoffs this year already. Either that or they will have to go on a hot streak very soon

Blueelf:
Even Poole sef don scam warriors

Omo x2000

Well, we ain't .asking the playoffs with this roster, we might as well tank so we get good draft picks ..

Warriors are fine. Championship teams usually have a letdown the next year - it is hard to play with 100% effort after the roller coaster emotions to winning a ring. Anything less than playoffs will not motivate you. If there are still issues after all-star, then Id worry. We are just in November! Sports analysts are just looking for news to keep their jobs.

Dont look now, but celtics are bearing on 10 straight games as Tatum cements that superstar badge.