One of them (Gordon or Embiid) gotta go, then you build around the other.
There's no way in hell I'd let Embiid go. Rockets need to stop this pipe dream.
NBA Season is Returning This Year!!!!!!!
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There's no way in hell I'd let Embiid go. Rockets need to stop this pipe dream.
How much later into the calendar were The Lakers and Heat than the Nuggets and Celtics? Or those two as opposed to the Clippers and Rockets?
I feel like people are overstating the impact a couple of weeks with have on competitive advantage two full months from now.
He'll say shit like he needs to get 50 and 30 this game and be a force. He's not giving the team enough.
Dude, you were a great player, but we remember those fourth quarters when you didn't want the ball because you couldn't shoot free throws.
but still, some dudes you sort of don't ever want to see win...Dwight is one
All the greats who don't have rings, but fuckin Dwight Howard, Dion Waiters and a Morris twin have rings.
It's the demands on the body and not resting.
And they're talking about training camp beginning November shortly after the draft.
So this is like a season ending in June, and then running that shit right back in September with August being training camp. Normally they get an extra two months.
It's great for those teams who didn't enter the bubble and last long, they get an actual off season.
It is not a coincidence that smart and competent people stay winning while dumb fuckas stay fucking up shit.
I especially hate it when Shaq comes down on guys for 'not working hard enough.' Anyone who followed Shaq's career knows he never worked as hard as he could have. Mr. I'll wait for camp before I get surgery so I can heal up on company time.He'll say shit like he needs to get 50 and 30 this game and be a force. He's not giving the team enough.
Dude, you were a great player, but we remember those fourth quarters when you didn't want the ball because you couldn't shoot free throws.
but still, some dudes you sort of don't ever want to see win...Dwight is one
His advantage was being bigger and much stronger than literally everyone else in the league.
It is what it is...They forced this bubble shit on the public when they could have just as easily taken the best out of the East and West and let them play. The result would have been the same and chances are more people would have watched it. Made no sense to separate the teams from their families, etc.
its killing me fam
The league is better with a more competitive NY team. Hell, the league is better with a more competitive east.
Great for the teams who didn't enter the bubble at all, I agree. My point was that, relative to the other postseason teams, the disadvantage to the Lakers and Heat is overstated.
When you're 28+ and are playing 30+ minutes. I strongly disagree.
Normally people during the summer work on their game, training and conditioning. Do you do that with two months or do you just rest your body?
Normally a player might rest for a month and then start working out.
I agree there's a disadvantage. I'm just arguing the extent is overstated.
The conference semifinals wrapped on September 15th. You think an extra 11 games for the Lakers over 5 and a half weeks puts them at a significant disadvantage to teams like the Clippers and Celtics? Even the first round went into September.
3:13 - Who his sports idols growing up were
4:45 - On being voted the most popular athlete ever
5:20 - Biggest regret in life
7:19 - How the NBA should handle young recruits
11:53 - The role agents play in the career of newly drafted players
14:39 - The challenges of making his team (Hornets) champions, why the talent pool is so different now
18:01 - His role in recruiting NBA players
19:33 - What motivated him to own a team
22:42 - Air Jordans and how involved he is in that business
25:38 - His other business ventures
27:51. - His interest in wine, cigars
29:29 - His interest in golf
30:04 - Talks about new golfer recruits
33:10 - Talks about Tiger Woods and social media
34:42 - On giving someone GOAT status
36:57 - His relationship with Derek Jeter
39:02 - On never wanting to be a coach, how his tough mentality would make that
hard
40:04 - His favorite cigars
41:58 - On his dream of visiting Cuba
44:32 - On being a billionaire
45:14 - Talk about his father
50:40 - What's on his bucket list?
51:22 - The Last Dance
56:52 - Why he's done being in the limelight
LA to LA: 3 ways a LaMarcus Aldridge trade could help the Lakers
What a time to be alive!
The purple and gold were dominant throughout the playoffs and fully deserve to be this year’s champions. LeBron James and Anthony Davis showed the basketball World that the Los Angeles Lakers are back!
Both players were historically good during the 2019-20 regular season and both stepped it up, even more, come playoff time.
While the Championship is still fresh, the Los Angeles Lakers cannot afford to rest on their laurels and spend the next few months celebrating.
Yes, they definitely should use this time to unwind and spend time with their families and loved ones after 3 long months in the NBA bubble. They most certainly deserve that time off.
But, sooner rather than later, the purple and gold front office must focus on a way for the Lakers to improve further next year and fix any glaring holes.
While it may not be a glaring hole, adding a 3rd scorer could be a big difference-maker next season.
The Lakers do not have many assets to go chasing superstars, but they might have just enough to chase a former superstar at the end of his prime.
Could the purple and gold bet on themselves and cash in their final trade asset for a one year rental of LaMarcus Aldridge?
NEXT: Important 3rd scorer
NEXT: Lebron will have extra help
NEXT: The Lakers floor spacing open up completely
What a time to be alive!
The purple and gold were dominant throughout the playoffs and fully deserve to be this year’s champions. LeBron James and Anthony Davis showed the basketball World that the Los Angeles Lakers are back!
Both players were historically good during the 2019-20 regular season and both stepped it up, even more, come playoff time.
While the Championship is still fresh, the Los Angeles Lakers cannot afford to rest on their laurels and spend the next few months celebrating.
Yes, they definitely should use this time to unwind and spend time with their families and loved ones after 3 long months in the NBA bubble. They most certainly deserve that time off.
But, sooner rather than later, the purple and gold front office must focus on a way for the Lakers to improve further next year and fix any glaring holes.
While it may not be a glaring hole, adding a 3rd scorer could be a big difference-maker next season.
The Lakers do not have many assets to go chasing superstars, but they might have just enough to chase a former superstar at the end of his prime.
Could the purple and gold bet on themselves and cash in their final trade asset for a one year rental of LaMarcus Aldridge?
NEXT: Important 3rd scorer
NEXT: Lebron will have extra help
NEXT: The Lakers floor spacing open up completely
I WAS just explaining this run to my little cousins
Shaq’s right about some of the players but he’s a hating old man most of the time so hey
Complex said:but still, some dudes you sort of don't ever want to see win...Dwight is one
Yeah even though I felt the same way about Dwight getting a ring that was a bitch move by Shaq. Dwight did contribute and he could have contributed more if he didn’t always start his bullshit. if you watch the games the coach will put Dwight in but as soon as he starts acting up he will soon get pulled and see little to no more playing time that game
Nigga gimme the answers too.
I just copy and paste from the comments....
No fam you did perfect
I meant he was REALLY talking Bron
Cubans that think they're cacs because they live comfortably in a bubble in Miami. Let them go north and they'll be considered Mexican by the real cacs lolFuckin crakkkas man.
Real shit too bruh. Tell them muthafuckas come to Jersey. Shit gon get real for them in a New York minute
I only made it thru like 10 minutes. After watch All the Smoke and the JJ Reddick podcast, this interviewer's style and Mike's short answers were boring me too tears.