2021-2022 NBA Season

[ChrisperJ10]

If I’m Ingram, I pull a Zion and get out as well.

 

[Sportsguy9695]

Cuban: Doncic 'unstoppable' after being humbled

After losing weight following his acknowledgement that his conditioning wasn't where it needed to be, Mavs star Luka Doncic has averaged 29.3 points, 10.3 rebounds and 9.4 assists in his past 23 games. "He's just been unstoppable," owner Mark Cuban said.

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[ChrisperJ10]

Cuban: Doncic 'unstoppable' after being humbled

After losing weight following his acknowledgement that his conditioning wasn't where it needed to be, Mavs star Luka Doncic has averaged 29.3 points, 10.3 rebounds and 9.4 assists in his past 23 games. "He's just been unstoppable," owner Mark Cuban said.

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Once he gets bounced in the 1st Rd again, I have a feeling he’s going to Zion the hell out of Dallas.

 

[trojanfan12]

Either he or the GM won’t be there next year. Even Pasta can figure out why he was praising other GMs the other day, to Slam the GM. The problem with him doing that is they traded away anyone they drafted to try to make him happy in the first place.

From what I read yesterday, Pelinka's job is safe and Jeanie tends to be loyal (to a fault sometimes). I'm sure there will be roster changes going into next season, if nothing else, there are several guys on 1 year deals that won't be back.

It'll be interesting to see how much input they give Lebron since next year will be the last of his current deal.

 

[trojanfan12]

Then he should be a real GM and do his job. You obviously consult with Lebron but he needs bigger balls like Pat

lol

That was a different Lebron that the Heat dealt with. He needed them more than they needed him.

 

[trojanfan12]

Plus all of that are rumors. I heard SAC wasn’t fully in on the deal.

Really? Because the Lakers have been criticized with folks saying that it was a done deal.

You cant put the major fault on LBJ in the end.

lol

Yeah, you can also blame AD since it was Lebron and AD that met with Westbrook and went to Pelinka wanting him to scrap the Hield trade and get Westbrook instead.

 

[Sportsguy9695]

Once he gets bounced in the 1st Rd again, I have a feeling he’s going to Zion the hell out of Dallas.

I agree I don’t think they have enough pieces around him if you ask me you succeed long term

 

[dtgold88]

Yeah, Draymond's clearly team Klutch these days, but what are you gonna do? As long as he's not pushing the agenda on the Warriors, he can pump up whoever he wants outside of it.

and it's not like Garland has made him look bad for the comments.

 

[dtgold88]

Maybe from the standpoint that he has had to miss more games than ever before, but as far as his level of play...if the Lakers had a better record, Lebron would be in the thick of the MVP race.

Yes...way he's playing for someone his age really is incredible.

 

[DJ Fieri]

Irving gonna miss most of the games....LOL.

 

[dtgold88]

Really? Because the Lakers have been criticized with folks saying that it was a done deal.



lol

Yeah, you can also blame AD since it was Lebron and AD that met with Westbrook and went to Pelinka wanting him to scrap the Hield trade and get Westbrook instead.

I've seen this movie before and am confident while maybe not all the fault falls on Lebron at least some does.

 

[DJ Fieri]

I've seen this movie before and am confident while maybe not all the fault falls on Lebron at least some does.

Tell that to Shane.....LOL.

 

[bksballer89]

Facts

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

This is the point where Laker fans start to turn their back on Lebron. If it comes to an end they got a ship out of his years with the Lakers but I think if it ended it would be a disappointment with one finals win and appearance but only bc of AD. AD being injury prone derailed something more…kind of like Kyrie with the Cavs except he had other issues, still injuries were a part of it but not the main issue.

It’s not LBJ’s fault they traded for Russ. All Pelinka and the FO

Uh, have you been hacked?

If you wanna say its Pelinka's fault for giving into his stars,sure.

But, that tends to happen with top flight talent.

LeBron and AD get 50% of the blame for playing GM.

I mean, they decided to meet with Westbrook and Lillard while Pelinka was ironing out the details on a Buddy trade.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

James wanted RW. So, he's partly to blame.

He signed off on it.

No.

He orchestrated it.

 

[trojanfan12]

I've seen this movie before and am confident while maybe not all the fault falls on Lebron at least some does.

Imo, he gets the Lion's share of the blame. It's hard to blame Pelinka because I can't think of a GM in the league that if his 2 stars came to him and said..."We want this guy" and assured him they could make it work, wouldn't try to get him.

Lebron fucked up in insisting that they get Westbrook and it hasn't worked. Granted, it really hasn't had a fair chance to work becauseof all of the injuries, which makes what Lebron is doing even worse.

He insisted on getting Westbrook, costing the Lakers the assets they had left from the AD trade and leaving them with very little money to build the rest of the roster. Now that it's not working, he wants someone else to clean up his mess for him.

Like I posted earlier, if I'm Pelinka and this season ends with anything other than the Lakers getting their shit together and making a deep run...I'm going into Jeanie's office and suggesting trading Lebron.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

The fuck kind of revisionist history is this?

Pelinka had a trade set up with Sacramento that would have brought them Hield. Lebron and AD met with Westbrook and they went to Pelinka and assured them they could make it work. Pelinka decided to go with what his 2 stars wanted and told him they could make work.

This is completely on Lebron. He and Westbrook are friends and he thought he could get his friend a ring.

He also chose Westbrook over DeRozan.

“Because LeBron wanted an alpha to help him carry the load and kick AD in the a**,” says Bucher. “And he didn’t see that in DeRozan. The same DeRozan he routinely dispatched when they were both in the Eastern Conference. Remember how they called Toronto, ‘LeBronto,’ because of the way he cruised past them in the playoffs? DeRozan was on the other end of that. And that is why he chose Russ over DeRozan.”

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

I don’t think he cares who the Pelicans get, he wants out.

He really had His heart set on NY.

But, that doesn't mean he gets to sit out a full season, Dnp-FAT, just because he's disappointed.

 

[trojanfan12]

Facts

If Kyrie is playing the entire series and Simmons is up to speed and is a good fit...I would put my money on the Nets. Outside of that, I agree.

 

[Mecca of the “B” Team]

Imo, he gets the Lion's share of the blame. It's hard to blame Pelinka because I can't think of a GM in the league that if his 2 stars came to him and said..."We want this guy" and assured him they could make it work, wouldn't try to get him.

Lebron fucked up in insisting that they get Westbrook and it hasn't worked. Granted, it really hasn't had a fair chance to work becauseof all of the injuries, which makes what Lebron is doing even worse.

He insisted on getting Westbrook, costing the Lakers the assets they had left from the AD trade and leaving them with very little money to build the rest of the roster. Now that it's not working, he wants someone else to clean up his mess for him.

Like I posted earlier, if I'm Pelinka and this season ends with anything other than the Lakers getting their shit together and making a deep run...I'm going into Jeanie's office and suggesting trading Lebron.

Key Phrase: at James and Davis' urging....



The first one came via veteran NBA insider Marc Stein, who reported in his latest Substack column that James and Davis both preferred the Westbrook deal to the Hield one:

Westbrook’s fit as a Laker alongside James and Davis has proven as ponderous as countless skeptics said it would be when Vogel’s bosses — at James’ and Davis’ urging — scuttled a planned trade for Sacramento’s Buddy Hield to acquire Westbrook instead.