[Highlight] LeBron James tells SGA and AC to go get another one after game 4 defeat.
Has LeBron ever had animosity for a team after a series? Guy seems so chill vs the stories you hear about MJ, Kobe and etc lol
I think he was legit annoyed with the Warriors pre 3-1 comeback, but after he beat them in the Finals and got his ring with the Cavs, even after they got KD, I don’t think he hated them that much, even if he was disappointed that KD went there.
That one win for the ‘Land removed a massive weight from his shoulders. Played with house money when he moved to the Lakers and won another one.
Not to mention he’s played in the Finals in 3 different decades as well.
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You know its possible to talk about either of them without having to bring up the other one, right? Like, you dont always have to bring up Jordan every time, especially in a conversation where no one else was mentioning him.
youre not wrong here, but the parent comment literally does mention MJ alongside Kobe. and some guy named etc
But parent comment wasn’t talking about Finals record or who’s better, just about their levels of animosity towards their opponents, so it’s still so unnecessary to be the person to bring it up and meanwhile complain about people bringing it up
I know, and I agree with that. I was simply responding to
no one else wss mentioning him
which I mean, they did.. I’m just being pedantic about it I guess lol
That’s fair haha
chill the fuck out, it was obviously a fuckin joke about the inevitability of people coming to seriously type and send these stale-ass ButJordanisms, as proved by the leaking camembert who answered you with that goat bullshit
Lol “its just a joke bro”. Again, no one was talking about it before you, so you created the very problem you are complaining about
it’s okay to have the litteracy of a carrot, but you should definitely read something easier than reddit if you think someones would seriously type “482-0 in the finals”, first books for babies are cheap on amazon
have a nice fucking day
You are so fucking dumb wow
No need for all that anger man, it’s just basketball
Jeez bud. Who pissed in your cornflakes?
lbj aint the goat
no one gives a fuck about that, we all know Jordan could pee in your mouth and you would even wash your teeth with it
Warriors played some of the best basketball ever. When you’re as great as LeBron, even if you hate it, you kinda have to marvel at it.
I think it was more about them, specifically Klay IIRC, talking a lot of shit to him on the court and to the media. Typically people dont really go at him off the court too - with some exceptions.
Klay said what?
idk why you’re getting downvoted, that’s literally what LeBron said when they asked him about Klay
Eh it was almost a decade ago at this point
Not sure if genius troll or actually dumb 😂
LeBron was not disappointed KD went to the warriors lol
He did turn a Steph Curry cutout into a doormat at a Halloween party, so there was still some dislike there, but they seem on good terms now.
well when u have bum ass Maurice speight tweeting out a baby bottle im sure it pissed off bron and game 5 he dunked on his ass
LeDissapointed Father
I guess he just got his feelings hurt
He had a few good micro rivalries throughout his career. Early LBJ hated Boston, there were 2-3 years with the heat those Pacers Heat games would get heated (Lance Stephenson). GSW during Cleveland 2.0.
We’re basically in a 2-3 year victory lap for Lebron so he’s not going to be burning bridges and holding grudges. But when he was in the peak of his career trying to rack up championships he definitely had a fire.
Kinda funny, Lebrons played for so long that his micro-rivalries would be legit career rivalries for 90% of the nba
He had a mini rivalry with the Agent Zero Wizards for three years in a row during his first stint on the Cavs
Bron psyching out Gil causing him to miss both free throws was all it really took to win that rivalry.
Dont forget his rivalry with the spurs through his career
I feel like that was built on respect not hate though
Bruce Bowen was a thorn in his side.
Yup, and watch out for his karate kicks
He still hates the Warriors but is friends with Curry and Dray that’s why the animosity is not there. If there’s a team you can bet Old Bron will turn vintage in the regular szn, it’s the Warriors.
I think that’s mostly just that he knows a ton of eyes will be on those games. He and Steph always put on a show vs each other.
I feel like he hated toronto, but more in the “i dont like spiders so ill step on them then go on with my day like nothing happened” kinda way
I think Dillon Brooks might be the exception.
Bron too old to be having rivalries these days
Would him and Wade mocking Dirk’s coughing count as animosity?
Boston
yeah but that doesn’t count, who doesn’t hate boston
So true. At this point, I think Boston even hates Boston
Boston sports fans have always been Bostons sports teams biggest haters
Bill Russel could attest to that
It’s nice to see that despite all the shit flinging we see on this subreddit between different teams, at the end of the day we can all come together as brothers and sisters and agree…Fuck Boston.
Me
Getting to the age that people are forgetting the huge amount of scrutiny he got when he walked off the court without shaking any hands in 2009 after losing to the Magic.
Players do that all the time now
He’s matured a lot. He was a poor sport back in the day. Now he just seems like he’s so much more gracious and comfortable in his own skin.
He had some blunders (walk off on Magic series, post game comments after losing to the Mavs) but generally he wasn’t a poor sport at all. Quite the opposite
Boston when he was in Miami for sure. Not so much in the years after because those were younger guys instead of his peers.
I mean, Boston when he was in Cleveland, why do you think he ran to team up with D Wade?
Yeah I thought that after I said it but didn’t feel like going back to change it. That stretch from his first MVP years in Cleveland into Miami was when he had the most beef with Boston.
KG and Pierce Celtics
Crazy considering they’re now on a podcast and singing praises about bron. Deserved praises, just to be clear.
I mean it is just a game lol
He’s usually more pissed at his own team lol
Like Julius Randle said, there’s no asshole in the league nowadays. Well, at least when it comes down to superstars. MJ is a champion and competitive but he was awful to his teammates.
why everyone forgetting 2023 memphis series. he hated bane, brooks so much, didnt handshake, went straight to the locker room and was still pissed even after beating them.
At the end of the day, he’s a fierce competitor and an ambassador of the league as a whole.
You all forgot when he was clowning Dirk right?
One of his early cavs years, I remember he got shit cuz he didn’t shake hands when the series ended. I think either Celtics or magic
He did hate Boston actively till he surpassed them. Now he doesn’t seem to care.
To be fair… those other two didn’t do much losing in the playoffs
2012 Celtics
Probably the Celtics during the Heatles days
LeBron really is a spotless guy, like his worst crime is being cringe and performative sometimes. Meanwhile MJ and Kobe were legit assholes and Shaq was dumping shit on people.
He left after losing to the Nuggets without shaking hands
LeMaturity
Seemed pretty annoyed about the sweep in 23
vs the stories you hear about MJ, Kobe and etc
They are so fucking cringe ahaha
This is probably the thing that makes LeBron not really feel like a real Laker all timer though. Like the lakers fans will always care more than LeBron cares for the team. At the end of the day he’s got 4 rings and a billion dollars. It’s just a game to him.
Guy seems so chill
But I think that’s the issue for some people. He doesn’t have the killer instinct of MJ, who might burn your house down. lol
Believe it or not, fans of a competitive sport might value a ruthless competitor over a friend to everyone. Some say this is also a distinguishing characteristic in the GOAT debate.
Some say this is also a distinguish g characteristic in the GOAT debate.
“Sure he’s worked harder than any player in the history of the sport to stay healthy and continue competing at the highest level, but he’s not a big enough ass hole.”
No previous star has ever worked hard right?
What? Did I say that?
I think questioning the competitiveness of someone who’s put in the work to play more competitive basketball than anyone in the history of the sport because he doesn’t act like a big enough ass hole postgame is dumb as hell, is all.
You can take offense if you want to. I know tons of people on here are searching for that for themselves. /shrug
How tf is LeBron not a ruthless competitor? Makes no damn sense.
Garry Kasparov was indisputably the best chess player in the world for a long time, but he wasn’t a prick to everyone outside of the games. Does that mean he wasn’t a ruthless competitor?
The game been soft since LeBron has represented the NBA and if you want to boil it down to the previous top dogs being pricks, thats fine. Its time for him to move on anyways.
This is wholesome and there’s people complaining bro
im tired boss
Haters will always complain about something
Can’t say this about any of 90‘s players: LeBron is a gracious loser and that’s what children have been watching ever since he entered the league.
It’s almost as if he teaches his youngest fans more by losing than by winning
Agree completely. 15 years ago, I hated LeBron. But he’s been such an awesome person and such a great basketball player for so long, there’s nothing to hate.
I’ve hated him when he joined the heat and that hate went away when he played his heart out and lost to the warriors because jr smith broke his hand.
Ever since then, I went from hater to saying he actually might be the goat.
One of my biggest NBA what-ifs, if JR Smith actually didn’t have a brain fart, it would have been a more competitive finals. Dropping 51 points vs the GS Monstars in game 1 while dragging that rag tag team to the finals, 2018 LeBron was truly special.
He could probably tip better lol
LeBron is a gracious loser and that’s what children have been watching ever since he entered the league.
You must have not been alive when he walked off without shaking hands and being a sore loser in 2009 when Orlando eliminated him.
I mean I definitely remember that, but that was 17 years ago.
It lives rent free in that dudes head for nearly 20yrs imao.
Because Jordan would never, first time here?
Well I mean are you surprised?
Jordan would have taken that personally and Kobe would have already been in the gym preparing for next year and berating his teammates that weren’t with him shooting 1000 threes until 2am.
/s (sorta)
Yeah I mean who is still active in the NBA who didn’t grow up watching LeBron? For everyone except for Kyle Lowry, Kevin Durant, and Mike Conley, LeBron was all of these guys watched play when they were in high school or earlier. Feels like everyone knows the deal at this point
LeNother One
We LeBest!
These are the dumbest comments that I somehow never get tired of
DJ LeKhalid
DJ KhaLed
I’m the Le-only one!
the laker sub was adamant bron will hate Caruso after the series……lol
They had a post roasting Caruso with many replies, called him smug, cocky and no talent, etc.
Wait till you see the 180 they pull this offseason when then sign Dort.
Probably the same shit as when they signed Marcus Smart lol
Sure but that’s cause he was a C*ltic. Same with Rondo
valid
Not going to lie, Dort is getting a statue outside Pelinka’s house if he gets signed
now there’s an image
Well people were saying Luka has a beef with Marcus Smart and Luka proceeded to call him to join . Dillon Brooks and Dort Incoming for the Lakers LOL
I’d love Dort on the Lakers. Same shit as Artest, hate playing against him, but absolutely would love to have him.
That’s probably a weird thing every subreddit does, I checked the thunder subreddit and I think they shit on everyone that isn’t rui
I think we gushed about Rui and JJ, were mildly impressed with LeBron and Jaxson Hayes, especially in game 4, and then rightfully roasted pretty much everyone else lol.
Vandy got a pass because his hand thing was so horrific.
I didn’t see the jj stuff. I remember some comments saying “what will he complain about in the postgame now” or something and I wanted to tell them he admitted they got their ass kicked but it probably wouldn’t have gone over well
Well yea because he is just another coach in a long line of coaches that bitch about the refs to game the system. But he is easily a top 5 coach to me and im hoping that the Lakers fuck themselves by maxing Reaves out as it will essentially block them from contender status.
Little different when Caruso helped your team win a ring.
I wasn’t watching basketball back then, but if that’s the case then that’s weird
Please do me a favor and never visit our sub again.
Caruso is great. A shame the Lakers didn’t keep him.
THT LMAO
1 of 3 lol he’s definitely cocky (on the court at least) I wouldn’t call that one a slight
They took a hard turn on AC lol
Bro it was insane. I’ll always love AC. I’m glad him and Bron are still cool. Sure I hate the way he plays sometimes for the Thunder but I can never hate him for that 2020 run.
Someone just really wanted to use the “you either die a hero” line on him lmao
I can already picture Skip Bayless saying something like “See? How pathetic LeBron is for telling his opponent to win another ring! If it were Jordan he would have stabbed every player on OKC with a shiv and told them he’d be back next year stronger!”
Of all the things I hate that Stephen A is doing, bringing him back from the wilderness tops all of that.
Michael Jordan would never
Alright? Yeah
Alright?
Yeah
I’m a certified Lebron hater all the way back from the 2012 finals days but it gets harder and harder each day lol. Just gotta appreciate legends while they’re still playing.
I briefly hated him after our loss to the lakers a few weeks back but that’s also because for some reason i actually believed it was possible for us to come back down 0-3 after we won two, i hadn’t been that heartbroken after a playoff loss since 2019 even though i know okc would have smacked us anyways
I got off my LeBron hate when he went back to Cleveland and especially when he won there. Like you said, gotta appreciate the legends while they’re here.
I abandoned the LeHatred after the Raptors got the ring
I was too. I taught my dogs to go to the door to pee/poo outside when I said LeBron in the early 2010s. I’ve come full circle and now a certified member of the LeBron is the GOAT fan club. Can’t come up with anything to hate.
Same. My hate started with the heatles. The stage reveal was corny. Hated the journeyman big 3 era it started. But this whole series I was just shaking my head at what he can still do. We won’t see his career again and I’m shifting to appreciation.
AC about to get his third ring.
LeSportsmanship
LeLiftOthersUp
LeBron to OKC confirmed ?!?!
The Funniest Road.
For real though I would love him on the team. After watching him this series he is still one of the best players in the league and he would get the Caruso treatment if he was on the team. He could sit back and relax all season to go full out in the playoffs.
I wouldn’t mind, likable team in my eyes. How quickly everyone forgot the endless posts showing postgame thunder clips. Those were fun
The days when the only thing people complained about was the barking lol feels like 30 years ago
Lebron, hate him for not being OKC. But damn, hard to ACTUALLY hate him. He has always been a standup dude. Mad respect for arguably the greatest player we will ever see.
This is pretty typical for any team that loses. I, for one, hope to see a team lose and after the game be like “man, I hope y’all get knocked out next round!”
lol that would be wemby to chet
That’s respect. Go Spurs.
Lebron trying to boost his legacy by making sure he only lost to the champs
You’re onto something! Every time I get knocked out of a comp I childishly hope that the other team wins it all so I look better.
Agenda is the top priority.
I think that each of the times he got swept, it was to the eventual champs. Spurs, Warriors, Nuggets
you might be onto something there
Fuck everyone not named the wolves AWOOOO 🐺
Confusing ass flair moment
My heart lives in Minneapolis
And all the corny ass LeBron stans were all over here and twitter running a hate campaign on Caruso about how he “switched up” 😭😭
Everyone’s freaking it out. It’s clear he wants them to get another bald white boy on the team.
LeEndorsement
How bout no
“Well we werent going to, but now that you said it LeBron, we’ll give it our best shot!”
but I thought Caruso and LeBrons friendship was over because he played the Lakers pretty hard? Isnt this what the people online tell me?
I saw something on Instagram that said that Dillon Brooks was there to root for the Lakers in G4 because OKC yadayadayada and I audibly laughed
Don’t worry Bron, they will
16-0 🥳
They will
It’s normal in sports when you get defeated you want the team that defeated you to defeat everyone else, so you could say that maybe you were the 2nd best. The Lakers being swept without their best player by a historically great team doesnt look so bad presently, but if OKC lose to the Spurs, it will be looked back on differently. Even when it’s a rival, it’s good for the fans if both teams have success feeding the hate.
No it won’t by anyone who actually watched the NBA.
OKC is a better team but the Spurs are legit.
He didn’t say I love you back to Caruso. Where’s the ESPN article?
He’ll do another 1 and 1 somewhere. Can’t see him leaving just yet
Fuck that.
Lmao
Come back AC
here go another one for you
Big respect for Bron Bron
fuck the knicks
It’s better for you if the team that beat you wins the whole thing.
Be a lot cooler if they didn’t
Too bad they’ll lose to the Spurs.
chicken stars
Please don’t. C’mon Wemby.
Who the fuck is AC? OKC just adding new acronym dudes all the time.
I’m taking lebrons praise of SGA as veiled hate for Wemby. LeBron does not want to be eclipsed by the 7’5” GOAT
This is some “ he likes waffles so he probably hates pancake” type of sht
No you don’t understand it’s physically impossible that LeBron would ever just praise Shai
I mean it is physically impossible for Lebron to desire a Shai win and a wemby win at the same time. What am I missing? I can’t hatch a chicken of I eat scrambled eggs
it’s a bit of a silly post but also honest at the same time.
Having said that; what’s outlandish about Bron wanting to keep his historical position secure?
For Shai to win wemby must lose.