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VaughnSangrey:
Damn, Rodney hood tore his achilles. Scary how everything can go belly up in less than a second.

They played him even though he had a sore achilles, same scenerio like the Warriors with KD. This one's on them

This Clippers team is getting exposed slowly but surely.

The Lakers free throw shooting is worrying. What did Kuzma go for last night, 1 for 5? Dwight went 0 for 4. Don't let me even get to LeBron? The better sort themselves out. I'm just glad they changed the hack a shaq rule, if not, tight games would have been a problem.

KarnBarlow:
That game was a whole lot of fun start to finish. Both games actually. Denver and Utah are probably the toughest places to go to and the Lakers bounced back really well from the Mavs lost. Fixed their mistakes, stepped up their game. Team showing resilience and character.

Yep. But haters like Skip will still say Denver and Utah are still not strong enough.

Just take a look at that defence from the Lakers

Folks, DWIGHT HOWARD made a 3!

donlittle25:
Haven’t watched the nuggets this year but is this photoshopped?

The guy is bloated right. I noticed it at the world cup

KarnBarlow:
15-0 against sub .500 teams. Flat-track bullies and proud.

Not forgetting we won the Spurs when they were over .500

People keep saying that the Lakers have had one of the easiest schedules so far, but they've won them so far. Meanwhile, the Clippers have lost a couple of easy fixtures. Even if we win all our easy games but lose all our difficult ones, as we have against the Clippers and Raptors, we're still likely to finish top of the west or at least very high. On the contrary, if the Clippers win all their difficult games and lose most of their easy games, they're likely to finish lower in the west.

Nobody should tell me anything about the Lakers having the easiest schedule so far. We can only beat what's in front of us.

Finally Kawhi and PG have lost when playing together, we can now hear word.

38 point early third quarter lead

birdman:
the yam head probably watched that playoffs game over and over again. now its in his head. the greats learn to move on from defeat like it never happened. stay off the newspapers and tweets. considering olajuwon is a mentor of sorts, he should have mentioned this

Watch him drop 40 in his next game against them

A40:
If they ever get Bradley on the Bucks it's over y'all

Yea, it's all over for the regular season.

KarnBarlow:
Didn't want to get on the Rondo hate train but man its glaring how much better the team plays without him on both ends. The Lakers have some very difficult decisions to make, they need a wing and now apparently a more reliable back up PG. Caruso has been great but its more about his defence and hustle and from what i've seen this season isnt a capable floor general.

We still need him. His game goes beyond filling the box score.

I wonder what Skip had to say about Bron's forth quarter. Anybody who's still underestimating this man's greatness is just flat out hating. Even the people on this thread have gone quiet on Bron, it's like they're now believers

A40:
If you like make him kindergarten ball handler he can't pass like Giannis. And I'm sure there is a reason why he's never been a primary ball handler on any NBA team (don't tell me he was a PG in high school)

whatever mate

Don't we all love the game of basketball?

A40:
Good. So that means he is not carrying the load of facilitating like Giannis can. Which proves my point

It's not everything that needs argument.

Lol. When you're the primary ball handler you're bound to get high assists. AD is not the coach, so he can't make himself the primary ball handler.

benji93:
I am sorry, I maintain my stand. Davis has never won above 50 games in any season, even when he was healthy and had a lot of help. In the 2017/2018 season when he had more than enough help- in fact I could argue that he had a co-star in Holiday who kept the opposing team's star guard( Lilliard) at 18.5 points while averaging 23.7 points, even scoring 41 in the final game. That was as important, if not more than any other factor in the sweep. In the 2016/2017 season where he had Holiday and Cousins for 18 games they lost more than half of their games. In the 2017/2018 he started 42 of the first 48 games with Holiday and Cousins, and they barely won half of their games. These may not be full season sample sizes, but they are good ones. If he was good enough a leader his team should have done better in those stretches. And don't give me the argument that Cousins and David didn't fit together, cos if he had half the leadership qualities u guys assume he could have been able to make it work. And don't bring the high school argument here. Who cares if he was a football(soccer) player or even a quarterback? . We are talking about his Nba career, you are talking about high school.

OK, so your issue is than he's not a leader. But my argument is that he's a better player

Roland17:
This era of NBA players are nothing but “soft”.. As if all the rule changes to accommodate them are not enough, now we are going to have a 78 game season??The funny thing is teams would continue to rest players because of load management and tank.

78 games is still too much to be honest. 58 is appropriate, you play each team twice.

benji93:
If you have placed someone on a pedestal or made an initial assumption that someone will continue to be superior to infinity, you may never look at this objectively. Davis may be a singular talent- but he definitely has not done much with respect to making any of his teams better while leading. You may ascribe this to the injuries he had along the time, but the fact remains. Fortunately for you he is second fiddle now, he doesnt have to worry about the pressure of leading. When someone says he cannot lead this Bucks team the same way Giannis is, it's not a knock on his talent, just an indication that he is not a good leader or at least his track record doesnt show that adequately. Simple.

But how are you sure AD would be unable to lead this Bucks team? No matter how good a leader you are, if your team is trash then there's little you can do. Take a look at Carmelo Anthony for instance. Why do you think he made the playoffs every year with the Nuggets but suddenly couldn't take the Knicks to the playoffs more than twice?

And sometimes it depends on the coach too. When he was in NO, AD wasn't the guy that brought the ball up the court and ran plays, at least not every time. He always had mediocre point guards, until he had Rondo and of course made the playoffs that year. But knowing that AD is as good a ball handler as Giannis is, he could be tasked with the same responsibility as Giannis under this coach. AD does basically everything Giannis does, and more. Remember AD was initially a point guard at highschool before he grew taller.

chic2pimp:
Yes really. If you take Lebron out of the Lakers and ask AD to lead that team, AD takes the team to His customary High 30s- Low 40s number of wins.

Yes the Bucks are Solid but so were AD's pels. The way Jokic lead His injury ravaged squad to a top 2 seed last season tells me AD has literally no excuses.

Baba, na wah for you o.

You want to compare this Bucks team to the team AD had? At one point Norris Cole was their point guard. Google that name and see where he plays now.

KarnBarlow:
Exciting NBA finals match ups.

Lakers vs Celtics (The lakers celtics rivalry speaks for itself plus lebron vs the celtics)

Clippers vs Celtics (Return of Doc Rivers)

Clippers vs Raptors (Return of Load Management , plus the battle of the sixth men)

Lakers vs Raptors (Battle for LeBronto)

Lakers vs Sixers (For the best big in the league)

Lakers vs Bucks (AD vs Giannis)

Lakers vs Heat (Duh!)

A pipe dream would be Hawks vs the Mavericks, maybe sometime in the future.

If you notice how most of these options feature the lakers its because any finals without LeBron is likely going to be boring.

I want the Lakers vs Bucks. Let's end this myth real quick.

KarnBarlow:
Raptors have clamped LeBron Kawhi Lillard and now Embiid. Their defense is legit. But man, 0 points?

He couldn't even make a FT. Terrible

Eruditor:
12pt lead in the 4th quarter. I stopped checking. Only to see they lost. We are definitely tanking.

You're tanking no doubt, but it's because you're bad

Wait, who was guarding Embiid that made him to go 0-11 and 0 points?

Haters gone say "it's just week 6"

Some names on this list though. Oh, and there's Ben Simmons

Harden and the Rockets will always be found out whenever they face decent opposition. Smh

SmooshCHN:
What has the Lakers got to do with Fultz?
I doubt you know what or who you're talking about here.
T.O.S is not your average basketball injury. You basically have to learn how to shoot a basketball again. I know you want to sound like you have hot takes but James Harden will play like Harrison Barnes if he had the same injury. If he had the same opportunity like Mitchell, Lonzo, then you're free to call him a disappointment.

Lol, sorry. Didn't know when that popped in. I meant before the injury. You could tell he'd be a decent NBA player and that's all.

Give Doncic the MVP award already.