“The worst thing to happen to the Lakers is LeBron James” | Colin Cowherd & Nick Wright NBA 

Jeanie buss turned the lakers into a clown show

I bet the Lakers wish they had Brandon Ingram, Julius Randle, Josh Hart, and Kyle Kuzma now 😂 the Celtics don’t get NEARLY enough credit for drafting well and developing players!

Nick wright is the worst thing to happen to sports media

"LeBron just wins championships...Even more than Michael, who needed Pippen and Phil" yeah because LeBron isn't known for needing other players to win either, and jump teams...good preface there Colin lol

Jerry Buss is rolling in his grave right about now.

Lol they hired JJ. Nick is going to spend the next week yelling at the top of his lungs that Lebron had nothing to do with them hiring his friend and podcast buddy.

OK these crazy Lebron takes need to stop…and Colin should know better. Saying Lebron just wins championships and that Jordan needed help is probably the most insane take I’ve heard in this GOAT debate. Nevermind that he won fewer championships than Jordan, we are now trying to rewrite history by saying that Lebron never needed / asked / colluded for help? That he just goes places and they win? There’s always an excuse for Lebron, we didn’t have enough this, we didn’t have enough that. He gets his doors blown off by Jason Terry and the Mavericks in 2011 when he was on a team with two other all stars. Matter of fact he went 2-4 in championships with that team. Jordan during his first three-peat played with only one all star-Scottie Pippen. Please stop this!!!

Title of video should be…” Two people talking nonsense for 10 minutes”

Magic leaving was telling Laker fans a lot then. We’re not realizing what he saw until now. They don’t know what they’re doing.

Jeannie Buss will eventually sell the team to Lebron

LeBron just won championships? 😂🤣🤣 No, you mean LeBron "Looses" Championships...!

"Michael had Pippen blah blah blah." I guess LeBron didn't have Wade, Bosh, Ray Allen, Kyrie, Anthony Davis, Kevin Love, Shane Battier etc. Colin thinks his audience are casuals.

How did Nick Wrong get this job?

I don’t count the Mickey Mouse title sorry

Michael "needed" Pippen? Michael "needed" Phil? Why didn't they make the Finals when he left in 94 and 95, Colin? He's made this real bizarre turn lately into needling Jordan...

The clickbait is CRAZY 😭😭😭 bye

Winning 4 championships in 20 years isn’t just wins championships.

Jennie buss is a horrible owner

I have been trying to understand what they mean by MJ had Phil and Pippen? Coach and player were rookies. Lakers got the better part of Phil. I just hate that they always try to spin the crap narrative.

What in the hell is colin talking about? Jordan with dwayne wade and chris bosh would have won ten championships.

Bottom line: Lakers were NEVER serious about winning CHIPS when they signed Lebron.

Lebron James is ruining the Los Angeles Lakers. Lakers should've kept Frank Vogal as Head Coach and found a way to trade Lebron & Anthony Davis in (2022) and build a roster for the future. They would've been like 2 years in the process already and had a better record this past season in (2023 - 2024). How do you fire a Head Coach that brought your franchise another Championship. Smh

It's weird how Colin forgets that Lebron needs an all-star cast and a weak conference to make it to the finals every year.

Please trade LeBron.

Nick I don't listen to anyone who wears a pinky ring.

“He just wins championships” narrative is so annoying. He recruits All-NBA level players and goes to win championships. HE RECRUITS HIS OWN PIPPEN’s.

Sooner LeBron leaves the better. The guy is cancer

Nick Wrong is such an apologist....like LeBron hasn't had the final say so on Every major move the Lakers have made since being there!

Jeanie Buss should sell the team for a shit ton of money and go enjoy the rest of her life. It’s very obvious she doesn’t know how to run a team.

They won a title from the Davis trade Lonzo ball and Ingram are always hurting stop it

Lebron Just wins championships? 4 and 6 that's laughable

Lebron and a.d gets 3 months off and we are supposed to act like that wasn't an ENORMOUS advantage to specifically the Lakers as they have shown they are health reliant more than like anyone? Gimme a break.

I love how Colin acknowledges that the GM is trash and then also blames Lebron for everything. He didn’t dismantle the 2020 championship team….that was Pelinka. They haven’t recovered since.

Of course Nick glazes the bubble

Why do they HAVE TO MENTION JORDAN when speaking Lebron

Lebron didn’t win until AD came there. Pause. You are rewriting the narrative Colin. Lebron never won without his Super Friends. Michael needed Scottie, Lebron needed everyone else.

The Lebron James Experiment has essentially been a failure . because if half the clippers didn't have mental issues , a TRASH coach in Doc Rivers and also all wanted to go home for some stupid reason. that bubble chip was their year but they quit early. If i was LA i'd let lebron leave and build on AD

Half the players sat out during the bubble! The bubble chip don’t count.

Thats how we know Lebron fired Darvin Ham. Nick blaming the GM is crazy

Losing finals counts on your legacy

I rather see the Celtics repeat than LeBron getting another ring

Clown show. LeBron just wins championships… really Collin? LeFraud had a stacked team and couldn’t beat an old Dirk with even older teammates. By the way, using profanity doesn’t make you more interesting, Collin.

Nick is the guy sitting next to me at the bar who is into his 5th beer and watching the game on the small TV with the sound turned down.

Heat went to the finals in the bubble. They re still good. Lakers have made another conference finals and lost to eventual champions and their rival in the bubble conference finals, who added more pieces than the bubble. SGA first showed out in the bubble and is balling now. Luka balled out in the bubble and has now reached the finals. Clippers sucked and still suck. So why is the bubble fake again?

The play in has saved the Lakers. Quit lying

Lakers still doing better than the Bulls and a lot of clubs. They're the New York Yankees of basketball. They'll always have stars willing and wanting to play there.

LeBronika sucks, I just don't see how people can't see that.

Lebron had wade kyrie Bosh Love dont forget colin ; and lebron said Spo taught him how to win a chip. Hot takes without information

Here's the deal about the bubble championship. Every single player and team that went into the bubble, wanted to win it.

Miami told LeBron shut up and dribble and he left 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Yall act like the lakers was balling before bron got there 😂 2012-2019 go look at this Shid

Nick has such beta energy, despite trying to act alpha.it's disgusting

The lakers had a young fun team headed in a direction before LeBron got there…. The truth is they have a horrible front office and the Anthony Davis trade hasn’t worked out

Lebron wrecks your franchise and leaves. You just hope you get a title or two out of it.

Lebron doesn't win championships he looses championships.

Now all of a sudden lebron coming to lakers??Colin you are the biggest flip flopper in tv/radio / podcast..unbelievable!

Lakers, hurry up and hire Colin to be your championship consultant. LOL....

These two are ridiculous. LeBron couldn't win without Kyrie, Wade, Bosh. I can't take hypocrisy. LeBron has not played more than 60 games since 2018. WTF!!!!

JJ redick was their guy all along. They just had to wait for the finals to be over

What has Lebron “erased” without another top 75 player or all star? And where’s his 3peats. Colin just had to invoke the unecessary and false dig at Jordan.

I’m a Duke fan so it was hard for me to like Jordan during his time in NBA. They legalized walking for him and called so many fouls his way. With that said he was a killer and a finisher. Won all his chips with one team. Lebron is a great player who can do everything but be clutch to win rings. You cant change the thing inside of you that makes you tick. Wade was more clutch than him and so was Kyrie the Cleveland year

Lebron has one of the worst finals records all time. 4-10

The sooner the lakers get rid of the old washed lebron the better he holding this team back he needs to retire

Labron lost 6 finals so he can never be the goat. MJ the 🐐

They should sign and trade LeBron. Maybe even AD. Lebron is 40 and AD is 32 next year.

8:40 you can tell this guy is suffering

Lebron either has to lean into being the boss or not. It's not working to pretend to not be.

Nick Wrong is always Wrong😅

I’m a Duke and Lakers fan and this situation is absolutely laughable.

Six Finals Six Rings same team no cherry picking. Jordan not only wanted the ball in his hand at the end of the game but also didn’t mind to be the A-Hole who made sure everyone around him did their job. And again can’t stand Jordan. Lebron is happy to give that last shot to anyone.

Blame Lebron all you want, but name the next best player on the roster, not named AD. If Lebron doesn't play this year, it doesn't matter, the roster needs to change. People make it personal and not about basketball. If it's Lebron, why is he still averaging 25 at damn near 40? That is a problem that a team should never have. Kobe's friend needs to answer for that. They made no moves this past season and were 7th because of it, he needs to answer for that. They low balled a coaching candidate, and he has to answer for that. He fired the head coach, despite what people would lead you to believe (Lebron did it), and has not had to answer for it. Instead, you have people in their feelings claiming that Lebron made Darvin Ham look stupid because he made bad decisions in critical situations because he talked about other teams on a podcast. Blame Lebron for all that if you want, it proves you are not talking basketball, just gossiping about goat conversations. I know what a GM is supposed to do and I know what has not happened.

These two are insufferable

Cowherd brings out the best in everybody, Bucher, Wright, Broussard, everybody.

I actually agree with Nick wright

Michael needed Scottie??? Funny how they never mention the all-stars and top 75 players that Lebron has played with. People don’t follow these narratives!!

This is messed up.🤡

Colin has horrible takes man. It's hilarious at this point

Can we take a couple steps back from the camera jeez

The more I listen to Cowherd, the more I am convinced he lives in or comes from an alternative reality or time-line. His MJ vs LeBron takes demonstrate he did not observe what really happened with Mike and the Bulls, especially in the early part of MJ's career. Anyone who actually watched and read about the ascent of the 90's Bulls KNOW that we do NOT know who Scottie Pippen is if he does not play with Michael Jordan. Mike MADE Pip the Top 75 players. And this business of LeBron being some sort of all purpose fixit player belies the fact that LeBron has been associated with more trades to and from his respective teams than any other player in league history. If Lebron really can do everything with any other players, why did the Lakers trade away almost ALL of their talent young players for the All-NBA caliber Anthony Davis?

It wasn’t a real title. The evidence is all the seasons before and after.

Austin Reaves has consistently scored 20 and 30 plus points when Bron is off the court. He's a great playmaker and incredibly clutch. That dude is a starter on lots of good teams

Did this joker just say Michael Jordan needed Pippen and Phil 😳....Did he forget Lebron needed Dwayne Wade and Pat Riley ....what the Heck this joker is talking about....WTH....

In addition to Russell Westbrook, was LeBron responsible for the Lakers getting Mark Gasol, who couldn't jump one inch off the ground?

Stop it Colin. Lebron is whiteout?! 😂😂 Nope. The NBA making a play -in tournament so that Lebron could MISS THE PLAYOFFS and still qualify for post season play is WHITE OUT, not the guy who couldn't win with a ton of hall of famers and a defensive minded cosch.

Colin, why are you dissing MJ in the first minute? - Not like Michael, who needed Pippen, needed Phil. Lebron didn't kyrie, wade, or AD? Lol. I'll give you the coach but Lebron ALWAYS has a robin, what is this. Don't rewrite history.

JORDAN TOUGHENED PIPPEN UP..LEFLOP has played with KYRIE WADE BOSH SHAQ LOVE RAY ALLEN getting CARRIED by AD as we speak who got ROBBED out of the BUBBLE GUM RING..AD was the REAL MVP and has CLEARLY been the BEST player since joining the LAKERS😳

Lakers have become the Dallas cowboys, side show, reality TV first, winning second. This is what drives me nuts about the LeBron blinders like stick wright. So LeBron got AD to LA and won a championship but had no part in JJ redick or being a play-in team the last 3-4 years? I'm sure Dan Hurley probably wanted something along the lines of "I'm the coach, it's my team I make the calls and I don't think bronny helps us win " well thanks for coming in want your parking pass stamped ? Can't have it both ways, either lebron's in on the decision making or not. Can't be well LeBron brought in AD and wanted Kyrie but had no part in JJ, Russ, and the rest. Brandon Ingram turned out to be a solid player too.

Objectively false, they had TONS of great players they traded to get AD and couldn't keep because LBJ and AD make what 92 million combined. Julius Randale, Lonzo pre injury BI, Caruso, Josh Hart, KCP, Kuzma, Clarkson, Nance and more. the team is trash because they put all their eggs in two injury prone ancient baskets. You all magically forget these things when it comes to making up narratives for you queen

As a REAL LAKER FAN and not a Laker fan that was a Cavs fan that was a Heat fan that was a Cavs fan, I truly CANNOT WAIT until LeBron James and his bandwagon hopping fans leave Laker Nation for good. LeBron and his bandwagoneers aren’t welcome! Pack your shit and leave!

I'm a lifelong Lakers fan ( started following them in the mid 80's ) .. and never wanted Lebron to come to the Lakers when he did. The Labon era had been the most underachieving that I've ever experienced. To this day I have little doubt that the Lakers did not bring in Bron and trade for AD .. the Young lakers squad in place in 2018( and some FAs) would had a similar run as the Tatum, and Brown Celtics .... as opposed to the overall mediocre team they've been in the Bron era ... most underachieving Lakers team in Lakers history ...led by the most underachieving Lakers star in Lakers history

Come on.. why won’t anyone say that LeBron is trying to catch Jordan that’s why he’s staying in the NBA.. who takes 20 years to win 4 championships! I think he may be using “I wanna play with my son” to stay in the NBA 2 more years to try to catch The real Goat!!! Jordan 😁 Let these young players get their just due. Including Bronny James! LeBron had his time in the NBA. Time to retire brother!

MJ needed Pippen and Phil, but LeBron needed D-Wade, Kriss Bush, Kyrie irving, Kevin Love, Ray Allen, Ramon Rondo, AD, Dwight Howard team always stack 😂😂. Stop that narrative

"LeBron just wins championships...Even more, than Michael, who needed Pippen and Phil" Remember that thing you used on typewriters called White-Out? You could make a mistake and white it out? Clearly, he should have done so here.

They could have hired mark Jackson or sam Cassell but jeannie is scared of strong leadership and i actually think rob is sabotaging lebron because kobe is his man. Why didn't they get a decent center to help davis when they got rid of McGee and howard

Collin bulls$!+, keeps lieing for Lebron i was a life long Lakers fan and the worst decision we made was pursuing Lebron. He was old when he came here. A.D. was injury prone when he arrived. Lebron needed someone to blame for this so he picked A.D. for the job. I'm not a Jeanie buss fan and I don't like Rob, or the Rambisus. But to say this isn't LeBron's fault and to pretend like they would have hired JJ if he wasn't a podcast co-host with LeBron is a joke. He's also counting on many people who were younger not remembering that we've had ups and downs before in the Lakers franchise 6 years is not really that bad. The Celtics hadn't won a championship in 20 years before Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett linked together. And there's no way in hell that you can say LeBron only wins you championships when he's four and six. And im tired of the Jordan slander even as a Lakers fan. Magic calls Jordan the goat, so he's probably the goat. Two nerds talking about sports when they never played it a day in their life. How does Collin even have a show he's never right. "Fake it till you make it" I guess Collin. Stick to politics the only thing I agree with you about. Trump is trash, good take. But your selling fake news when you talk about sports.

LeBron got everyone to Finals??? Better check your history. Until he "teamed up" with 2 Top 15 players in Miami. Then he needed Kyrie and a younger Kevin Love to win in Cleveland and another 10 Ten player in Anthony Davis to win the questionable bubble championship. Your love affair with LeBron clouds your judgement. LeBron is great player but you make him sound like the Lone Ranger which he has never been.

The 2019-20 season has been an obvious aberration to LeBron James' tenure with the Los Angeles Lakers. It was the only season in which the Lakers won at least 60 percent of their regular-season games. It's one of only two seasons in which James and Anthony Davis played in at least 85 percent of the Lakers' regular-season games (2023-24 being the other). Otherwise, the Lakers have been in the play-in for three years and missed the playoffs in two other years with James and Davis.

Jeanie Buss is not going to fire Rob Pelinka. Rob Pelinka is a figurehead who pretends to run the organization when, in fact, Jeanie makes group decisions with people who aren't qualified to do the job (Linda Rambis) and/or who ruined the Knicks (Kurt Rambis and Phil Jackson) for 10 years while being 99 games under .500. Jeanie Buss lies to the Lakers fanbase every day about its power structure. So, of course, she would pretend to be interested in Hurley just to lowball him so she could hire a coach who didn't have much support from her players and half the fanbase. Jeanie knows that she and Rob will escape accountability for the Redick hire because fans hate LeBron so much that he will take the blame for her decision. No one blames Jeanie for not hiring Ty Lue. They don't blame Jeanie for picking THT over Caruso, then trading THT for Pat Bev, who didn't last a full season with the Lakers because they used him as a primary wing defender when he's an undersized guard. Years after LeBron retires, this fanbase will still find a way to blame Jeanie's incompetence on him. She's the worst owner in sports because she had the opportunity to build a contender over the past 6 seasons, but her prideful feminism would not allow her to get out of the way and let a brilliant basketball person run the team like her legendary father did.

So let's get this straight Nick Wrong...Signing LeBron kept the Lakers from being a terrible team since 2008 because LeGM was there and got AD to come along...thought he already had said he wanted to be a Laker all his life. So after that when all these terrible players were signed and drafter it's Lakers mgmt that is to blame? Somehow LeGM had nothing to do with those? He gets the credit for AD but didn't fire the coaches or hire all these old washed up players? Wow. Well. That's some bipolar thinking there.

Listened to the first minute and turned it off. “Even more than Michael who needed Pippen who needed Phil”? Lebron needed Wade and Bosch and Spo to win his first and second. Kyrie and AD to win the others. The pandering to Nick’s sensibilities here is so obvious and disingenuous to fans. Turned off.