Outside of the first quarter they honestly played better than I expected. With smart back and a little more chemistry the team could win a playoff game. Which is more than I was expecting after yesterdays news

JAKE OR LUKE MAKE A 3 THEY WIN

nah luka heading to germany for the special treatments. him & Reaves coming back to drop 12-4-3 in the first round

Can’t even hate this. Same.

Lakers in 5

-14 in 3 minutes is incredible work to be fair.

kennard played 41 minutes and is +8 in a loss. lol.

TIL there is a player in the NBA named Kobe Bufkin

Imagine playing Lebron and Kobe and still losing

Kobe Bufkin plays like how Reddit and people online think Bronny does

Putting a player on the floor named Kobe guarantees you’ll have zero defense

That’s Skyhawks legend Kobe Bufkin

I was about to say “I don’t get it. Is it the back?” And then I remembered the last two times Bron’s jumper has been fucked it was 100% due to injury

Missing 4 free throws in crunch time doesn’t help either

Wasn’t 23-24 season his highest 3pt % ever? Crazy that he lost it so suddenly.

Nah. He doesn’t have the handles or the same burst. He almost never drives and blows past his defender in the halfcourt anymore. His best role at this point is the role he was playing before the injuries.

If he still had a 3 ball

The 3 ball has never been a consistent, reliable element to his game. That is his biggest “weakness” as a player.

It’s sad, and I know it’s the Mavs, but you can tell he has been conserving a lot of energy for the playoffs and ramped it up this game. This energy as the 3rd option in the playoffs would’ve actually been dangerous, especially against an inexperienced Spurs team in round 2

That’s what made the backcourt’s injuries really unfortunate

Bron playing like this as ur 3rd option would’ve made the Lakers really interesting in the playoffs

What a 180 for the team

You’d be a contender until you play the favorites.

Maybe even a playoff team if they had a team built for him as a first option lol (and he stays healthy)

He wouldn’t be a true 3rd on this team, Reaves sucks come playoff time

He’s been waiting the last five years to truly be a third option that’s as good as he is. And in 24 hours its completely pulled out from beneath him. Honestly I feel bad for the dude.

Bronny getting real minutes in a close nba game sums up the lakers 

Man I’ve missed the classics.

like its 2018 all over again (or 2015, or 2007, 2008. 2009. 2010 etc)

Story of his damn career

Kennard had a triple double

Just need him on a competent team like Cleveland 

He averages these numbers and he’s top 5 in the MVP conversation. I truly think the only thing that’s keeping him going is the idea that if he wins one more title in yet another era it’s something no one else has done.

his actual tweet was not that far off lmao the man will lose whatever relevancy he has left when bron retires

Why are we even joking about skip still? Just let him die

He had 15 assists but probably should have had 20 with how many great looks he spoonfed his teammates only for them to fuck it up.

LaRavia in particular cannot hit an open 3 to save his life

2012 lebron averages 40 in this era lol.

It doesn’t. 2021 MVP contender LeBron can will this Lakers tk a victory. 2018 LeBron will probably score 45 and a triple-double.

Outside of the first quarter I actually didn’t think they played half bad. There are definitely going to be some growing pains getting use to LeBron as the first option, and each players new role. but I don’t think they’re as bad as you think.

Dude needs a shot of Super Soldier serum to carry this team

While I agree, the Rockets have lost to Dallas TWICE this season lol

Lakers just played him 39 minutes against the Mavs, and lost. One way or another, it won’t have to. Dude will be lucky to see game 6 of the first round exit.

He pretty much got Father Time defeated. It was a nice run while it lasted

I mean it hasn’t for a while. You’ll see flashes now and then for sure, but there’s a reason he’s the 3rd option now up until Luka and Reeves went down. And being the 3rd option probably allows him enough juice to show those flashes when he’s forced to be the first option. I doubt he can maintain this consistently.

Naw, it’s awesome watching Jaxson Hayes miss 2 foot wide open shots from great passes all game. 

They might win the first round with just him, it’s only delusional until it happens😅

It’s much more likely that they get swept (again) and Lebron has decent counting stats but a limited impact on the game as a whole - think of the closeout games from the last couple Lakers years, where he comes out like gangbusters in the first quarter and has nothing left by the third.

Unless he’s taking the min probably not happening

if he joins OKC on a vet minimum I honestly wouldnt blame him, he deserves to pull a KD for all the years he had to will his team to the finals just to get stomped by the prime dynasty spurs or KD warriors

You could have a 3 year old kid when he retires at this rate

Do you even know how bad the 2018 roster was

If 2018 shows lakers are the top 3 teams in the league, they can even beat okc in a 7 game series

Bro.

2018 LeBron took an arguably worse team to the finals.

Some of these comments are insane. The 2018 cavs team clearly better across the board collectively in all categories. Than what the lakers played with last night.

More experience, better defenders, better Bench play, better rebounders. Fewer one dimensional guys (Kyle korver, Tristan Thompson)

The bench was Jeff Green, Jordan Clarkson, Larry nance.

The only thing the lakers have better was Bigger bigs and better 3pt shooters.

Even if they don’t wow you….youd take

Bad clarkson, George Hill, jr smith or Rodney good over Bronny/bufkin.

Jeff green easily clears Rui.

Korver and Kennard are a wash (edge to kennard on playmaking/handles)

Love/TT clears Ayton/Hayes