LeBron when asked what this team needs from him right now with all the injuries going on: “Everything, Just back to the old ways.”
its Helm’s Deep
They have to make it to game 7 for Luka + Reaves to arrive with rohan
So we are the Orcs? Wtf
I mean yall do got some ugly mfers on your teams, with all due respect.
Who? Nobody is orc level ugly
KD and Jabari are Shagrat and Gorbag.
the warriors have been the ugliest team in the league for at least 3 years
“Looks like meat’s back on the menu, boys!” - Ime Udoka after he sees Bronny bringing the ball up the court
well, kd can’t get a girlfriend….
Maybe he didn’t take the hard road, but he does have the face of a trucker
Sengun moves a bit like an orc
And cries like Gollum
You sure? Imagine Brooks with gray body paint and scraggly hair…
My wife always called Caron Butler “Uruk-hai”.
Then why does KD get no bitches??
Amen kinda looks like someones grandma tho
Dillon. Brooks.
This is the 2nd comment saying Brooks… Did y’all forget he’s in Phoenix now?
Sorry mate, I couldn’t care less what happens in Houston
Idk, perhaps just a smidge of respect more was due here, no?
Brooks isn’t on the rockets anymore
The last letters of whaT thE fucK and ORCS spell ROCKETS
Coincidence? I think not
Many are saying this is true
Sports illustrated is saying it!!!
You can’t spell rockets without ORCS.
I mean it’s not the kingdoms of man that would have a controversy where one guy was talking shit on his guys and Adams is clearly an Urak-hai
No, man. You are URUK-HAI. Have some pride!
Shut up and pass the grog, shagrat!
Remember that fiery place where Saruman resides that got flooded? That’s where KD burns his accounts
team fulla mouthbreathers fr
Who’s Gollum?
fuck off man this comment just made me believe
i would rather believe Iran surrender than to believe this
fucking lmfao
at first whistle of the seventh game, look to the Lakers locker room
should edit your post: “look to my coming at the first whistle of the seventh game, look to the east tunnel”
haha I thought of working in “east” but wasnt sure what cardinal direction the Lakers lockeroom would be either home or away.
No one else does either
Nah son, this is The Return of the King
Le Fellowship of the Ring
Nice.
You mean Kobe’s ghost will charge down from the Hollywood hills to Lakers’ aid? (too soon?)
“Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain on the mountain, Like wind in the meadow. The days have gone down in the West[ern conference] behind the hills into shadow. How did it come to this?”
And eventually, during Bronny’s death scene after getting swept:
“I go to my fathers [house], in whose mighty company i shall not now feel ashamed”
Damn it’s gonna hit hard when LeBron drops this line before game 5.
At first light on the fifth day. At dawn, look to the East
Game 7: LeBron at Helm’s Deep, Reaves blowing the horn of Gondor
Could he bring the retired players back
“What Say You?”
Waiting for The King and Duck Johnson
Lmao I’m dead I love this analogy
He’s giving a performance like when Aragon gave King Theoden time to repatch the gates
The Rohirrim don’t ride during the regular season. Hold the fort!
“You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me” -LeThanos
He is inevitabLe
We’re in the LEndgame now
https://youtu.be/h94BCeeQakM
He’s the most comfortable when the team needs him to do everything lol.
Has 23 years of experience of that so it helps
Not in Miami
Until 2014 playoffs lol
you mean the 2012 playoffs? wade was injured for 3 rounds and bosh literally missed a series lol
The reason y’all won and figured it out was because Wade took a step back and let it be LeBron’s team and Spo, instead of the your turn, my turn BS they thought they’d do.
That turn-based offense in the half court was so ass to watch. Ditching that turned them into a completely different team.
it almost quite worked too, they steamrolled the celtics and bulls who both 3-1’d them in the regular season in 5. if lebron played like he did in the first 3 rounds they wouldve steamrolled dallas too with the your turn my turn offense.
it isnt the most optimal way to play basketball but thats how good prime wade was.
He literally did EVERYTHING in Miami. He was also the best defender in the league guarding 1-5, quite literally. Especially in the clutch
Sure Jan
Stop it, those teams outside those 3 were trash, Bron was still carrying in 13 and 14
JJ Barea still haunts me
This comment dates you as a child.
Actually the last month or so was the happiest I’ve seen Bron since 2020. He’s like, so I play defense and Dunk and my two other guys will keep this shit running? Fuck yeah
He regrets only making 1 teammate
He regrets not making a better teammate
LeOldways
LeFuckery returns
LePrime
LeAve it all up to me I guess.
If KD gets eliminated by backstrokes from the James family, we need to have a conversation.
KD failed with so many superteams that it doesn’t matter anymore. No one really cares because he ain’t LeBron.
LeBron carried some of the worst teams to the NBA finals SINGLE HANDEDLY, but some miserable losers still only talks about his “finals record”. Many people in the media are the same. That’s the LeBron curse.
LeBron could walk on water and people will hate him because he couldn’t run instead
What super teams did he fail with ?
Suns and nets off the top of my head. If you wanted to really stretch it, you could say the thunder were a super team of sorts 😂
thunder was favoured to beat the heat by betting odds in 2012 lol
By fail on the nets you mean carry a completely injured team with a foot on the 3 pt line away from beating the champion that year the bucks?
You nephews somehow forgot how good KD was
This sub is brain dead when it comes to to KD
KD is a fuckin’ asshole who pays drones to kill civs. I don’t need basketball reasons to shit on him.
Show me proof
Joke comment
You really think the suns were a super team? The nets don’t count Kyrie missed time and Harden got hurt. Be for real
Except the rockets are in no way a super team lol
LeBron failed with more super teams than KD. KD only ever failed due to injury
Which superteam did he fail?
Miami 2011?
He won with that team, so unless your standard is has to win every year. Even then that’s one time, more than KD?
Dude doesn’t even know what he’s talking about lmao. He said Miami 2011 like they didn’t go back to bskc after that.
I believe he still can and that’s the crazy part
Lakers having him take 7 shots a game so Luka and Austin can run the offence made people forget fr
No cap fr fr
“Gas”
54 from treball is odee shooting hang pulls
He might be able to beat the rockets just cause the rockets seem fucked up. But he has no chance with his ragtag group against okc. Even prime bron likely loses with this surrounding cast vs them
Na prime Bron dog walks the Thunder. They are still ass against anyone with size
LeIgottadofuckingeverythingaroundhere
My gut feeling, based on my very limited understanding of grade 2 hamstring tears, is that Luka won’t be back until game 4 at the earliest. And I doubt he comes back at all if they go down 3-0 or maybe even 2-0.
So I think LeBron knows he has to somehow steal a game early in the series for this to have any shot at salvaging the season. Going down even 2-0 is probably a death sentence
I think you’re wrong. Just think from Luka’s perspective, he’ll only be satisfied at getting to end the season at his own terms, after doing so much all season, playing at an MVP level to have Lakers at the 3rd seed, it is a monstrous gut punch to not have the chance to make a playoff impact.
he’ll come back being 70% or even 60% but he would want to be on the court trying to give his all. this is why he went to Europe. Not to sit through and watch a 4 game sweep while counting the clock get back on the court in October.
Yeah this is the kind of narrow minded view that fucks up careers.
Hamstring injuries are no joke. Why would they risk Luka’s career at a still prime age when Lakers have zero chance of beating the OKC if they beat us?
You underestimate PRP
Luka will show you the power of medical science unleashed
I don’t think it’d be upto the medical staff. It’ll be on Luka and if there’s even a little chance, he feels he can do his usual things, he’d be on there. Even like 25 mins of Luka on a minutes restriction off the bench is better value than their entire bench rotation.
I don’t even think it’s about the second round and if OKC is waiting. He has 5 months after that to wait for the opening night.
People want competitive players to just wave the white flag when we all know how they operate. They prepare all year for the playoffs, anything short of them being unable to walk means they’ll play.
Can your hamstring be 60% shot?
It’s a strain so there’s no statistic for it but players can ideally judge their overall level based on how limited they’re by it.
If Luka can do the step back, acceleration deceleration, half of the overall things in his repertoire, he probably decides it’s good to go. Obviously it’s impossible for him to be like he was in March but he’d not be the last player to trudge through and play while being limited.
Based on my personal experience with grade 2 hamstring tears (sprinter in T/F) I can tell you that he will not be healthy if he comes back in the first round.
Lakers are 100% banking on a serviceable performance. Luckily basketball is much less hamstring reliant than sprinting, but a full recovery would require about 2 months, including time to return to form.
If he comes back in the first round he’s likely just going to be focusing on scoring, minimal drives, and likely a negative on defense.
It’s not my decision, but a grade 2 hammy tear is a ticking time bomb while it’s still healing. It can feel perfect for days and one abrupt, random movement reaggrevates it.
if luka is rushed back to the court in the case of lakers falling in a series deficit, imo its going to look like harden in the nets series. from being mvp contender (and most impactful player on the nets even more than kd) to being a super role player in game 7
But does your personal experience also entail getting shots of virgin blood, nightshade and goat’s milk straight into your hammy in rural Spain?
I think it will be ridiculous if they bring him back not healthy like Aaron Gordon but that was g7 against OKC. Risking a guy’s long term health for the longest shot ever is insane, and no one is gonna appreciate Luka for playing injured, people will use it as an excuse to shit on him like “look he had 17 points on 30% shooting bro he is not good”
That Aaron Gordon shit was even worse he literally got a grade 2 the game before. Crazy ass game 7.
Yeah he was actually doing well despite that, and despite looking like he wasn’t supposed to walk for 2 weeks. But I get it, his presence is important, they had no depth, maybe if they win that, they could rest him for 2-3 games and still win the Wolves series
Lerunitback
I might be crazy but I kinda like when Luke Kennard handles the ball
He’s a good decision maker
That’s so hot.
The fuckery returns
If we get a single game of 2018 lebron the internet will melt
basketball gods are constantly testing LeBron. What crazy injuries from both Reaves and Doncic. Both are 4-6 week recoveries at the worst time. Its uncanny how something like that can happen just as the playoffs are going to start and to LeBron who has been through stuff like this before — having to take up a bigger role because other star players on the team are injured. It’s really unfortunate because they were playing really well. And yeah, those Thunder games sucked, but playoffs are playoffs. You never know what could happen — it’s a different game.
He’s not wrong. It’s down to him, Rui and DominAyton (with extra Crunk Juice).
MY KING 👑
Lord forgive me but it’s time to go back to LeOld me
GOAT HE SO FINE
Evil Ways
LeAtlas
Role: Savior
Tonight made me believe. Bron was on one tonight.
I hope this shit never ends. Absolute GOAT
This has the very slight possibility of settling the GOAT debate for most people. In my mind he’s already there but if he drags this team to the second round as a 41 year old, I’d have a hard time even imagining people arguing it
“Once Luka got back, Jordan would have said ‘this was, and still is, my team’ and reinjured him before winning the title against today’s soft defense”
Anybody saying he isn’t the GOAT now will never change their mind. Idek why people are still debating this.
The man is the only player in history to lead in all 5 major stats across both teams in the Finals, did it against the team with the best record in NBA history, while making the only 3-1 comeback in Finals history to beat them, and people still be like “you won because of Kyrie” 😂
LeCarry
LeBen James Button
lead us to paradise Lisan al-Gabron
Lepart of the plan
Imagine if lebron can hold the fort till luka and austin comes back to win it all. This will be His greatest legacy. Will solidy his retirement as the LeGOAT.
That was solidified with the 3-1 comeback. Everything else is icing on the cake.
Hmm I think we need getoffmydickerson to weigh in on this.
LeBronto in LA
I mean, I’m 100% ready to get LeBronto-ed again if it means we make it to the finals 😅
He has the opportunity to do one of the wildest things ever
LeKing Is Back
LeImmortal
“You could not live with your own failure. Where does that bring you? Back to me” - LeBron possibly having to lead an injured roster in the playoffs
Le2018PlayoffRun
Issue 23: Old Man LeBron
And he can actually do it. I’ll just never understand how.
The thing bout Le Old Days is… they Le Old Days
He got to relax most of the last 2 months. Hopefully it will be enough for his gas tank. They’ll need all of it.
LeThrowback
BackToTheOldWaysBron
LeTimeMachine
Legan
Time is a flat circle that always goes right back around to LeBron
Ready the armada
Savior role activated
This fuckery can’t continue?
you can’t be telling me that this dude is about to go in his 10th prime while Luka is recovering
On god… luka will Arrive like the avengers against Thanos in the last second 🤣 Laaaaaakeeeeerrrrsssss - Assemble
He ain’t wrong
Oh did he beat the Warriors 4th string lineup tonight or something?
LeBron what does the team need of you vs okc?
Please remember they wasted a spot on bronny to please LeBron and now he needs help and they don’t have depth. I’m sorry don’t give this man credit. Shame him. A capable PG right now could have made this easier. Instead we have a nepobaby. This is Lebron’s fault. Blame him don’t praise him
Please god get a job.
I was supposed to be on the lakers but they filled the spot with bronny
Bronny is very clearly not the worst player on the Lakers. Its obvious you dont watch the games
That’s your comeback?
If only the Lakers had a good guard…
He’s out
Reason:fat
Wasted a spot on Bronny
Yet, Bronny, pick 55, is playing better than pick 17