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whatisacenter wrote:LeBron's defense was pretty embarrassing last night. He lost AG in the half-court so many times it's not even funny.
dLo was totally embarrassing.
The rest of the team was about what you could expect.
Bank Shot wrote:"The Lakers would have beat any other team in the West" feels like this year's "closest sweep ever."
ChipotleWest wrote:I talk about Lebron's prime all the time while it's an all time great career it's not the GOAT, but this ain't his prime so I give him sort of a pass. He's the best 39 year old of all time though, and this is what you get when you face the Nuggets with that.
Mamba Mentality wrote:AlexanderRight wrote:- 2 1st Round ass whoopings
- 2 Seasons not even in the playoffs
- 1 Sweep in the WCF
- 1 Micky Mouse trophy
Would you do it all again Lakers fans?
We were 35-47 the season before we landed LeBron and hadn’t made the playoffs for 6 consecutive seasons. You’re really asking if we would choose to continue stare into an abyss or take a guaranteed championship? This is a rich coming from a Spurs fan.
slick_watts wrote:lebron and AD being so healthy all year and playing well in the playoffs but still losing to denver like this is nuts.
Edrees wrote:JRoy wrote:Monta Ellis have it all
I was hoping and expecting this to be one of the first replies. You did not disappoint. Jroy have it all.
OriginalRed wrote:Mamba Mentality wrote:Manimal wrote:Incredible performance by the Nuggets tonight. Personally I thought they would have been shaking in their boots after looking up and seeing this hanging in the rafters.
Would be a funny joke if we didn’t have 17 championship banners.
That's kinda what makes it funny. That banner has no business being up there lol.
JustBuzzin wrote:G35 wrote:JustBuzzin wrote:LeBron legacy is set either he's your GOAT or the runner up.
If you still holding a 40 yr old LeBron accountable then the jokes on you.
How many teams have owned Lebron in his career?
- The Spurs twice beat his teams down bad in the finals
- Then the Warriors came out of nowhere and put together a dynasty right in the middle of Lebron's prime
- Now the Nuggets came out of nowhere and have owned Lebron for 10 straight games and on the verge of sweeping him twice
This is why people talk about how Lebron had a cakewalk in the East...notice all those teams that actually challenged Lebron teams are all from the West.....
Bro he's 40.
His career should be done. You showing why he's the GOAT still holding him accountable for championships at 40 is cray cray.
Accept reality LeBron championship days are long gone. Lakers honestly shouldn't even be a playoff team.
Jadoogar wrote:Bank Shot wrote:"The Lakers would have beat any other team in the West" feels like this year's "closest sweep ever."
i don't even know if that's true. Minnesota has looked fantastic and matches up well with the Lakers. Luka is Luka. Clippers and Suns have a ton of well rounded scoring. I don't think the Lakers would be a favourite against any of those teams.
Doctor MJ wrote:I don't understand why people jump in a thread and say basically, "This thing you're all talking about. I'm too ignorant to know anything about it. Lollerskates!"
jus a fan wrote:B-easy wrote:Lakers beat every other team in the Western conference. They got unlucky with Nuggets first round.
Can we stop with this I keep hearing this from Laker fans Like they dominated the west except for Den hear are the H2H records this year
Vs OKC 3-1
vs Den 0-3
vs Minn 1-3
vs LAC 3-1
vs Dall 1-2
vs PHX 3-2
vs No 3-1
vs SAC 0-4
vs GS 1-3
they have not beat Den or Sac they have lost the season series vs Den, Minn, Dall, Sac and GS and won the series series vs OKC LAC PHX and NO.
If they would have lost to NO in Play In they had more of a chance of getting eliminated by either Sac or GS than getting to play a better matchup in OKC in 1st round.
lets try to acknowledge Lakers were not that good this year I dont think I can take another summer of Lakers were 2nd best team in west just unlucky they played Den.
Last season the Lakers were the lucky ones getting to the WCF
AlexanderRight wrote:- 2 1st Round ass whoopings
- 2 Seasons not even in the playoffs
- 1 Sweep in the WCF
- 1 Micky Mouse trophy
Would you do it all again Lakers fans?
KyRo23 wrote:Oscirus wrote:B-easy wrote:He was getting carried towards the end of his career. Bulls as a team are heavily underrated.
Who was carrying him? If it was that easy, why did the Bulls only make it to the ECF the one year he was gone?
Listen I don't think Jordan was carried, but your post isn't the best example of what you're trying to portray
slick_watts wrote:lebron and AD being so healthy all year and playing well in the playoffs but still losing to denver like this is nuts.
G35 wrote:ChipotleWest wrote:I talk about Lebron's prime all the time while it's an all time great career it's not the GOAT, but this ain't his prime so I give him sort of a pass. He's the best 39 year old of all time though, and this is what you get when you face the Nuggets with that.
But what does that mean, the best 39 year old all time. .
GeorgeSears wrote:
I've been looking for that first clip everywhere.
Here's the thing, I wouldn't hold it against someone to be dismissive of the Nuggets title chances in 2023 because they were swept in round 2 in 2021, and lost in 5 in 2022. Even when Murray came back, the team was still considered young and untested. The bubble run, at the time, was considered a product of the circumstances. The Nuggets fans, and the organization, knew how good this team was. That's why Tim Connelly built the TWolves roster to be able to compete with them because he knew what was coming when Murray came back.
The big issue I have is with people like Ramona Shelburne and Dave McMenamin, and to a lesser extent Lisa Salters. But those two in particular have the EASIEST job in the world. They live in LA and just cover the Lakers. Imagine the kind of connections you have to have in the ESPN to be this untalented, to not get laid off like everyone else was getting laid off, and just to cover one team in one city. Windhorst covers the Lakers extensively, but Windy's talented and actually breaks stories and provides good analysis. They have two people who have so much airtime covering one team and both suck at their jobs. What does that say about ESPN as a whole?
dWadeOwnzYou wrote:All I gotta say is that realGM should be on lock down tomorrow night if the Nugs ended up sweeping the Lakers. If today is any indication of how out of control a Lakers or a Lebron Vs MJ discussion thread is, tomorrow will be much worse I tell you that.
