This comment is ahead of its time.

I really had to check if it was possible, but yeah, his first game was 10/20/03 and the first podcast came out June 2003 so he just barely makes the cut of playing his entire career in the age of podcasting

The bait on this boi is off the charts 📈

This is it. Only guy I can think of who was in his prime and played well before and after Lebron but just massively underperformed next to Lebron. They never figured out how to play together. 

it wasn’t about Lebron, Jae just sucked on the Cavs

IT was washed though

Lmao I forgot Bron even played with Isaiah he was such a shell at that point

Antawn

Back to back 50 point games Antawn Jamison, thank you very much 😤

I think he went 0fer in his Cleveland debut game with a ton of attempts

? No lol

This guy was never putting them over lol

He had great chemistry with James, just not LeBron James 

I knew his name would be brought up in this thread lmao

I mean, I feel like he had great chemistry with the James family. 

Idk why people get on the internet and lie about Russell Westbrook. He’s been out of his prime since 2020 and only getting worse. They’d rather be dumb and just blame LeBron/ the Lakers for him regressing.

He was worse on the Lakers than on any other team he’s been on.

If you look it up, Westbrook put up some great numbers in games where LeBron was out. He had amazing chemistry with AD and the team was getting great looks even when his shot was off. It was that specific pairing that was such a disaster.

Ok but it helps that both dominate the ball while being reluctant shooters which is the point buddy. Which is true for basically their entire careers

This is revisionist history. He was perfectly fine on the Wizards.

3 years is a long time. In 2023 Dame, Paul George, and Deaaron Fox were all stars. They’ll never be again just that fast.

Those interviews were actually from the season when he was still a senior in high school. Makes a lot more sense in that context.

He was asked to do what Brook Lopez did when Bucks won their chip. Rebound, boxout and shoot threes.

I dont remember they letting KLove do anything but shoot 3s on offense in Cavs.

Fit in and stop trying to fit out (or something)

Love just way better in a more structured backcourt offense, with more opportunities for elbow playmaking, not a drive and kick offense.

“Win, lose or draw, let’s go out and have fun.”

Because Westbrook is basically smaller less skilled LeBron. For that fit to work they needed shooters and had melo. The worst thing they did was let Caruso walk because at worst they could’ve traded him.

That whole roster was buns and every move made was buns after.

Mike Dunleavy comes to mind, but that was at the tail end of his career. Dion Waiters is another one. 

There was def a chemistry issue with Love

They played together fine in the Olympics lol

Fuck, Rodney Hood is a name I haven’t thought of in years

Damn, i still remember some people losing their minds because Hood wasnt getting minutes in finals. Got some buckets when he got the chance tho.

Naw it was bad chemistry with WB i completely believe the hard to coach rumors. No way every team doesnt wanna deal with you anymore but you put in 130% effort. 

Yup. If you can’t play with LeBron, you can’t play period.

You can maybe stat pad and get paid on a bad team though (see Westbrook, Ingram, etc)

Ingram was balling extremely well the second half of his last season with the Lakers before his blood clot.  

Just for LeBron’s rookie year, Boozer’s second

What

The chemistry on court was fine though, Kyrie just had problems with his brain chemistry

Still not the worst chemistry considering they won a ring together

Lie again, Kyrie left the team because he thought he can be a number 1 option on a championship team. Obviously that isn’t true.

Love was always good with Bron he just had to fill a certain role. But that role was the best fit for him next to Bron and Kyrie. I do remember they had some beef though, but I think they got over it.