Father Time remains undefeated.

He’s still good enough to be in the Nba but he’s a money pit upwards of 50M

Honestly I dont care at all, dudes old af we expect too much. He should be played accordingly tho

That’s why all the “He could be a bench piece at 50!” takes from the last couple of years were insane.

Every all-time great that played for a long time went from like All-NBA to washed in a year or two. All of them.

Finally the Guardians get some power

Spider_Beard_Old Ring incoming.

He might get CP’d

/s

This would be amazing.

He is also the highest paid on the team.

I mean technically when he was top 10 he was top 200 as well

Yet still the best season ever by a player in their 40s, besides himself last year, by a longshot. Bron stats are crazy

It’s a solid movie for sure.

Its been awfully constructed since the 24’ season, thats why its so frustating to watch. AD is not as good as Luka but at least you had a more complete team with him and all they needed was a solid back up big and another 3+D with DFS and they could contended last year with that version of Lebron.

Getting Luka lengthened their window but they have refused to make any moves to make this team better and wasted now 2 years of prime Luka and Lebron’s final seasons. And for what, getting a 32 year old injury prone Giannis?

I know you always gotta try when you have guys like this but trying to get a lottery pick might legit be a decent strategy for them. I can not see this team ever winning 4 straight rounds. Would need to have the most insane injury luck ever every round to have a chance. The fact that they played without a big in the clutch again after the Wolves series last season because that’s how bad their rotation is like might as well give up

LeBron hasn’t been mentally out in a team since his first year in LA. Unfortunately the front office took a gap year

Luka is averaging 33/8/8. Leading the league in PPG and 3rd in APG. His energy level is fine never understand where this narrative comes from. Even Zach Lowe is spewing it now.

Luka has never been a good defender that doesn’t mean he’s given up. Just his entire team constructed around him is garbage it’s a miracle he made the team have a winning record.

Westbrook has been a better shooter this year.

The issue isn’t that he’s a bad 3 point shooter. Although, he’s never been consistent. The problem is that it’s always an FU three. When he’s tired or frustrated and has no desire to drive to the rim. Those are always bad shots.

Honestly pretty comparable to early-career LeBron, where he was a really shitty 3-Point Shooter

He got turned into a catch & shoot player with Luka

This is a hot take. But I think he could have a better year next year than he’s having this year. He can scale the role back and he’s shown he can have years near 40% from 3. Probably time to stagger him against bench units too

Throw Ayton in there (-24 in 22 minutes last night) and I’m shocked this team is only allowing 116ppg.

As a Cavs fan. This is what makes me nervous about bringing him in next year. Stylistically a three headed monster of LeBron/Don/Harden isn’t that different from LeBron/AR/Luka.

Kenny would have to find unique ways to stagger them. They cant all be out there at once, especially if LeBron isnt hitting 3s and playing defense

He was always a streaky shooter from 3. He lost a playoff series where one team said you take all the shots we will cover the other guys.

I mean 21.5, 5.7, 7.0 averages aren’t bad at 40. It’s just not worth the contract or anywhere near his standard.

Had to happen eventually.

He’s NOT washed. He’s just not playing the role he should.

Trading AD made it so he has to play defense.

Ironic huh, when Westbrook was a third option getting paid the most on the team while being inefficient and turnover prone he was dragged through the coals and slandered DAILY but LeBrons cheerleaders (Shannon Sharpe, Nick wright, etc.) but now when LeBrons playing just as bad it’s all Lukas fault, it’s all aytons fault, etc etc.

3rd grade for me. I barely remember life without LeBron in the NBA lol

At age 41 the fuckery might actually not go on much longer

Highest paid player on the team. A major reason why this team is so mid.

That’s a convenient excuse for the front office, sure.

The Celtics are paying more money to Tatum than the Lakers are to LeBron and Tatum isn’t even suiting up. They’re having an awesome season. The Sixers have the single highest-paid player in the league AND another player on a near identical salary to LeBron who has missed more than half the season, and they’re in a fine position. The Nuggets have one player making more than LeBron, their second-highest paid player makes more than Luka, and their third and fourth highest paid players make more than the Lakers’ #3, and they’re in good shape.

The roster just doesn’t fit. The FO made bad decisions. The Lakers are only sixth in the NBA in spending (and nearly identical to the Knicks who are in seventh) so it’s not like they’re in a uniquely bad spot with their high salaries. They just simply did not make the right moves around the edges for a team built around Luka/LeBron, which is probably because they don’t want it to be built around Luka/LeBron, but that’s a separate issue from LeBron’s salary.

Maybe even this year.

Retirement tours are lame and with his decline then it could turn into a ridiculous spectacle.

Now someone may say “the decision” but he could back up the antics with his play back then. If Lebron does really care about his legacy as much as we think he does then would he not be better off just saying “that’s it for me. On a regular team his numbers would sharply dip so maybe he’d rather go out with the image of prestige rather than potentially turning into a joke.

…probably not but I really don’t want a fucking retirement tour.

PEDs are real for the rich…

Savannah we’ve told you. You’ve gotta stop posting stuff like this it makes us uncomfortable.