Has LeBron's Lakers Run Been A Success? 

Honestly, i was gonna say a whole thing about it but you honestly cut it short for me. Thank you.

I see your point, but he is 39 and I feel now he's switching from being a championship contender to a business.

hows it not a failure?... For the Lakers going from being a historic franchise that all stars beg to play for to a clown show that can't land an all Stars cause no one wants to play with lefraud is a testament to how lebum james ruined the franchise...

@@rudykadous4005 He brought AD and then won a championship, Lebron took a lottery pick team to the playoffs. Lebron's also 39 so he's 15 years older than players in their prime the only team to have a successful rebuild and win are the warriors after they lost KD. Idk I think the lakers could be a top 5 team in the league, but the league's too good now. Compared to the clippers, the lakers didn't fall short

​@@rudykadous4005because they won a ring and have been in the play off picture for almost all the time he was there expect for 2 years when e was injured 2019 and where the russ experiment didn't work in 2022 would have hope for a better ring count yes but that's more underwhelming rather than a failure

I think it’s similar to his time with the Heat. Obviously not a failure but they expected to win more than two titles

@@ConnorHoakI didn’t expect any titles until they got AD but its a tough league. Hard to be disappointed with a chip

Had everything gone as well as possible they could've won 2 titles with the teams they had. By that standard, winning 1 isn't bad.

People underestimate how hard it is to win multiple championship. You need a good team, good luck, and good management. The Lakers in the Lebron era have had none of that outside a good team for about 1 or 2 seasons

i do think its his worse run given the fact that he had more talent than his first cleveland years while also not being as dominant as then. he has accomplished alot in LA but most of it was because of his longevity rather than how good he is today. thats not to say he isnt good today. he just seems a little more dependent on his squads now than in his earlier times.

They had a great team and a great system.

Caruso was so great that year.

Yeah the 3&D wing depth with Avery Bradley, Danny Green, Caruso, KCP (even Kuzma to a degree), + Rondo as a backup playmaker/point guard, + JaVale and Dwight as your Centers. Most of all, it was the team chemistry and the hype all the time from Dwight and JaVale on the bench gassing them up. It was all almost perfect.

you mean in the bubble when no one was trying

@michaelmagic988 🤣 okay kid.

They have continuity this time because no major free agent wanted to play with LeBron lmaooo 😂

@@Serching4JerryGarcia true 😂

@@Serching4JerryGarciaor the lakers had a full roster and were un able to sign anyone unless they did a sign and trade…

@@jps0583 Spencer Dwindle or whatever his fucking name is left and they couldn’t sign Klay or Demar Derozan or anyone of that caliber. Guys like Malik Monk have been flourishing ever since they left the Lakers too. People don’t want to be apart of the circus show. It is what it is.

@@Serching4JerryGarcia omg Spencer diode didn’t come back🤣🤣🤣that’s what u r pointing to? And again…let me say it again and see if u understand…the lakers literally had no room to sign klay or demar so they would have to do a sign and trade bc they have no roster spots making it harder to get free agents…if u can’t understand that then u have no idea how the nba business works🤣and Malik monk averaged his 2nd highest ppg in a season with the lakers and his highest 3p% so u clearly just talking🤣

It's been an embarrassment since Lefraud has come here

They were literally injured for most seasons. Except the season with russ. Unless you are one of those people who think only 1 team can have a successful season.

2023 loss to Nuggets is actually not that bad, until you remember it was a sweep

​​@@robglobal1Much better then Kobe with only 2 FMVPs in 20 years

Missing the playoffs when your team is hurt isn’t a knock…

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Bingo

I use to be one of those people, that gave a asterisk next to the title in 2020; but then, that's when I realized, I was a Kobe (🙏🏾) fan way more than I was a Laker fan. Now I realize my bias, I don't give a F**K, but at least now I let people know & my friends, know there ain't SHIT you can tell me about my 🐐, KOBE "BEAN" BRYANT!!!!!!

I blame front office. Lebron and Ad messed gunning for Russ too

​@@shortvideos6576 What kind of rambling incoherent nonsense is this?

That 2020 title is as legit as the championships that the WWE/AEW wrestlers win and lose😂😂😂

He hung one up in 2020

You do know the NBA forced the Lakers to hang that banner for the In-Season Tournament up, right?

@@Dimesprodz I didn't say LeBron was a failure. LeBron DID bring them a championship in 2020 (asterisks aside). And then they hung the inseason banner gave up all aspirations for a championship. The Lakers have made a lot of questionable and boneheaded decisions over the past few years and once bron leaves they will have one championship with less credibility than KDs two rings. And while they want to keep LeBron happy. This Lakers org. Is now an all time circus. LeBron didn't fail. The staff did by catering to all of this bs for the time being. And it's "one team - one fight" mentality. If they failed LeBron, then he couldn't succeed. Does he take blame? Yes. But it's not his all time failure.

Kobe’s last 6 years was the worst stretch in franchise history! So no he wasn’t hanging shit!

@OugiEin There isn't any asterisk on his title. But he made the wcf 2 season ago. And there's only been 1 "bonehead" decision, hiring Jj Reddick. Kobe wasn't winning anything for the last 6 years. If there is any emotion the old LA fans should have, it is gratitude cause he saved them. No disrespect

The front office has been shit since the death of Jerry Buss in 2013, yet these same ppl wanna blame LeBron for everything that happened when that’s probably only half the truth

facts. its like the front office/rob pelinka couldn't understand what made that 2020 team so good. 3-and-d wing depth as well as big man/center depth next to lebron and ad and a defensive minded coach

​@@nana-yaw8117 They had a defensive minded head coach but they fired him

I feel like Bron has alienated the front office with some backstage manipulation and the fact the front office is down to completely kowtow to him, but its not like the front office would succeed without Bron because whenever he asks for the bare minimum they have a tendency to fail to give it to him anyways lol

yeah but injuries ruin alot of team's success. its part of the game. need i remind you of derrick rose or brandon roy ?

Also winning the in-season tournament, becoming the greatest scorere ever as a Laker, first father/son duo to ever play together, oldest player to lead his team to a championship let alone win a finals MVP, getting Anthony Davis signed over, and who knows.. maybe more!

I don't think getting swept would be a success

Compared to teams like the Clippers, Nets and Suns, u can say that. But in terms of what we saw in the past with LeBron, this is a disappointment. This was the same player that went to the finals in 2018 with G-Leauge players in an impoverished Cavs franchise. the Lakers are supposed to be the greatest franchise in basketball history, yet they missed the playoffs TWICE with him averaging 25-30 PPG

​@demonreacts7816 🤔 how are the Lakers the "greatest" franchise when the Celtics had and currently have more championship banners and nobody in Lakers history was capable of doing what Bill Russell did for the Celtics (respectfully, that's the greatest organization) the Lakers were more flashy but the Celtics in comparison are like the Spurs they play without all the flash

@@demonreacts7816The 2018 Cavs were the favorites to win the East and Klove was a All Star such a dumb narrative just like 2007 if he was in the West he doesn’t make it out of the 1st Rd booth of those seasons

Because the Lakers should have easily put the Nuggets to bed. They led in all 5 games for 115 mins +. They lost 2 games with the final possession and blew a 20 point lead in one. The Lakers were dominant but still fell apart in the end. The 2023 playoffs is definitely the media hyping them up.

Yesh mostly the owners and the gms fault too for not standing up for themselves and being cheap with the contracts

Most honest comment on the whole subject. Ppl lose all objectivity when it comes to Lebron

No this has been the most underwhelming era in lakers history. I remember people always saying how LeBron and the Lakers were the favorites to make it out the west and the multiple times people said the lakers won the offseason and were locked and loaded. It’s been a failure and all they have to show for it is the bubble ring in which most of the players who played in that didn’t take seriously.

@@Serching4JerryGarciaplayers absolutely took the bubble seriously. Anyone who discredits the 2020 finals is just hating. Definitely not the best era in lakers history but yall won a championship which is better than the end of Kobe’s career and the years before Bron Winning a title and consistently making the playoffs is better than Lonzo ball leading your team

@@just-ryan Lakers won 5 titles and played in 7 NBA Finals before LeBron came. That’s the standard. It takes more than one title and so far Bron hasn’t been able to win a real championship since 2016 and he got lucky with that one because of all the shit the Warriors had to deal with.

@@Serching4JerryGarciaBro knock off your stupidity! Before LeBron got there, the Lakers didn’t make the playoffs for six straight seasons. And that was WITH KOBE! They had racked up three number 2 overall picks and a number 7 overall pick! Just say you hate LeBron and move on…

Scott really is that big

You’re not being fair at all dude, does Dalton not exist? Bronny being drafted in no way shape or form hinders LA long term. They have multiple young drafted players the last 3 drafts that are working their way towards contributing. LA not signing anyone is more of speed bump

Exactly

@@MegaMjjordan I'm not knocking bronnys talent, But I don't think it's enough to get them where they need to be. They simply don't have enough depth, Dlo, and still no consistent center, dwight should've never left. On the rate they are going, they might end up being the cowboys of the NBA imo

@@Betelgeuse2142 I know that brotha Bronny isn’t the issue, he sinks or swims. It’s the last parts you mentioned that’s more of my concern. Especially the center

They were a four seed when LeBron was healthy in 2019 and when he got injured they dropped to 11

For real

What are you yapping about?. the Lakers dont listen to lebron they went out of there way to not listen to LBJ. What future you talking about cause all those pieces aren't doing a damn thing. Kuz only got a ring cause he stayed. Lonzo hurt, BI doing nothing in NO. it was a good trade and we got a ring the front office is terrible and fired the coach for no reason and now they keep hiring new couches we still not recovered

Delusional much? AD brought the Lakers that mickey chip just go watch the games. AD was a beast on both ends and should have won the MVP

@@robglobal1 You trying to make it an ad vs bron thing when its not. They both did what they needed to do to win. And how was it Micky when they was 1st in the west and they just beat the clippers and the bucks. what are we talking about. its ok if you dont like lebron but give him his respect

@@illicitburn9386im yapping about the part where we have no picks and no future. Lebron ruined it for us by getting what he wanted. The front office only recently started to not listen to him. Idk where you been at the whole time but because of the person Lebron is no one wants to play with him and they have constantly failed to build around him because no one wants to come to LA and be his escape goat.just look at klay Thompson when he said “same fish diffent city” even he didn’t wanna be Lebron excuse. They should have traded Lebron after he won the ring. Idc if you’re the goat or not you are 38 and still trying to boss people around. Once this whole Lebron and AD experiment is over what have we to gain? 1 ring with a bunch of first round exits no picks and no future young player to build around. Having Lebron in la was not worth it,especially if it means we have to go through another 8 years of mediocrity. Even bullied the front office to get his son who isn’t even NBA ready on the team and for what? To shut Lebron up

@crypto40 So you don't actually watch the nba and just regurgitate what you hear other say on tik tok and Twitter. There are 2 first round and one of the them came after we got out the bubble with a shorten off season and then we just ran into Denver that last 2 years. The Laker have their picks in 2026 till 2030 so what are you yapping about. Just say you don't watch nba games

Yup!

No they didn’t. Lakers would have actually made the playoffs play-in or not. They were the 7th seed or 8th seed all damn 3 years. They would have made the playoffs if the damn play-in never existed, they never were 9th or 10th coming into the play-in

They said this his 1st year cusz the team was bad the minute they traded for AD the were title contenders 😂😂

Quit using age as an excuse. Past NBA players didn't load manage, they played 82 games and 40+min a night. Modern players are supposed to still perform at later age

He thought he'd get a dynasty by teaming up with another top5 player. 22 seasons in the nba and lefraud still has no dynasty

@@vulcanraven9701 bro Miami was a dynasty and stop being a weirdo and hating on him calling him lefraud it gives off jealous 40 year old loser living in moms basement vibes

@@vulcanraven9701no need. He is the dynasty. Every organization he’s been on has been better with him than without him

Scott Wozniak is peak

They missed the playoffs in 2022

its not just hated because it was in bubble. its also hated because the whole roster was bought, ring chasers from other teams. most these guys played multiple playoff series vs each other in the past and them teaming up seemed wrong. ex: LBJ, rondo, howard mcgee green etc. AD and lebron colluding together was very unpopular as well and to get taken to 6 games vs a weak/injured 5 seed kinda sucks. In other words it didnt feel organic and they lacked true obstacles

@@vulcanraven9701 The 2020 championship is only hated by clueless NBA fans/Lebron haters. It's definitely not hated by any of the players. All the teams had equal chance to win it but the Lakers dominated all year and they all fought hard for it. Also, no one ever brings up the 1999 Spurs title where the season was only 50 games and round 1 was best of 3.

@@GuySelgaLeBron also won a ring in a shortened season in 2012 after the NBA lockout was lifted. He’s got two rings from short seasons (2012 and 2020) 😂🤭

@@vulcanraven9701 Maybe, but don't forget that the 2011-2014 Miami heat were bought too, as well as that Boston Celtics super team with KG, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. I'm not saying your wrong, but it's not the first time it happened. And yes, I know that some of the roster was only there for that title, but I hope you get what I trying to get at.

This ignores the entire context of everything? Lol.

🤔 the Lakers w/o Magic Johnson wasn't sniffing LeBron and post Magic w/o they wasn't sniffing AD or Russ (and Russ is from LA 🤣) the Lakers were nowhere near championship contention and you see how the players traded for AD have panned out since 😂😂

@@yungslic5363 Randle: All NBA 2x Ingram: fringe all start Hart : starter Ball : starter (if healthy) Kuzma : starter Horton-Tucker : starter 6 legitimate young players and not to mention that was simply just the start. They had a multitude of picks and such that have all been traded away. They traded lasting success and development away for a rental trophy.

100% not questionable. They were the best team that year.

The 2020 ring would be questionable if anyone other than the Lakers, Bucks, and Clippers won it. Those were the clear-cut top 3 teams in the 2020 season prior to the Bubble

Buddy I’m sorry but a ring is a ring, and the lakers were the strongest team in 2020 nonetheless. It may have been underwhelming, but you simply CANT call a team with a ring a failure.

A guy who was jersey 8/24 was on the team. Wonder who he is