I heard him call himself the goat once. Did you hear the whole interview and the question that was asked, or did you just listen to clip that was chopped?
@@aarongordon4507he actually called himself the goat TWICE in that idiotic comment he made. Stop cappin. The man makes his wife call him the goat on stage and shows up to his own parties with goats. I swear you LeBronze fans are incredible at mental gymnastics. Enjoy him now because when he retires people will stop talking about him and that fact haunts him so he keeps “playing” even though he hasn’t played a lick of defense in a decade plus. His teammates secretly hate him since they’re constantly being scapegoated.
@@cotati76 Damn! He makes her call him the goat? Did he say that on that idiotic show also? Maybe she actually considers him the goat. Really, who cares? I only heard him say it once but maybe he said it a thousand times🤷🏾♂️
@@spenser6353that's why they are role players in the first place.. if the superstar has to depend on the role players... Then the supposed superstar is not a good leader
MJ and Kobe were both out of the NBA by 37 and weren’t competing against a 2x MVP. Stop acting as if they would be competing against the defending champions after their 21st year
@@samuelpembertoneh even then lying through his teeth. He's not gonna pressure his team mates to their faces. Gonna passive aggressively get them traded behind their backs.
@@NoThankYou-uk4zd Joker is on the winning side and we KNOW he feels like it is "just basketball" and btw he is easily the best player in the league. Guess what? the second best in the league Giannis feels the same way. Sry the new age player has a work life balance...
Im not gonna lie.. you guys are finally coming around to lebrons bullshit and im glad you guys are opening your eyes up it took yall long enough but atleast you see it now.
They are not overwhelmed, Lebron is a ball stopper who is now old and slow. The offense has no flow and the Lakers need to play faster and feed AD, especially in the 4th quarter.
Regarding the guest's comment, once again all I hear is gaslighting and excuses. How he interpreted the statement as LeBron covering for his teammates is really a stretch and not credible.
Quote is out of context Lebron was saying it’s just basketball so there’s no reason why guys shouldn’t be able to play through pressure wtf are u people even talking about
It sounds like your guest is a politician with all that double talking, at the end of the day. You play to win the game, stats don't count in a lost, because defenses relax, after teams are down, simple as that
@@spenser6353 Did you hear his words 🤨 or are you deaf homie?! "When the house is on fire you still have Magic and Kobe Bryant was not the perfect player and not the perfect person" That's him HATING on Kobe hinting at allegations as he said Kobe's full name while with Magic it's only Magic as he didn't hint at ANY allegations of his career or personality. Why? Bec Magic is his favourite player and you don't think this is HATING on Kobe when Doug has been doing it religiously for a decade now. You have absolutely lost touch of reality you LeChoker!
If Gabe Vincent & DeAngelo Russell played for the Nuggets, they would just would perform just as well as Caldwell Pope. *(When is LeBron gonna accept his failue as a leader?)*
LeBron is a joke. It’s seriously a miracle that he’s won at all. How does the context help the situation. He’s been 🍑 in the second half of every game.
And desperately pushing his seed into the league as if that will have any significance towards his so called king status. 3.5 chips in 20 plus seasons is well done 🙋 jive turkey
If it was Kobe or Jordan at age 39 what will u'll expect them to or I forgot they didn't make it into the playoffs & they wasn't that good of a player & 21yrs
I disagree...it's not just basketball when you're being paid millions to compete at the highest level for the ultimate prize in the best league in the world.
It’s wild how the media took the “it’s just basketball” part of the quote in generate clicks… Doug never even told y’all what he was asked. He was specifically asked about D-Lo’s struggles coming off of being 0-7… they knew exactly what they were doing which was gaslighting for clicks and views…
You have to be dumb not to play the question and his ENTIRE answer. He was saying he feels no pressure because it's just basketball. Hack reporting here
Marc Stein gives a very generous explanation for LeBron comments but I disagree...it's not just basketball, just basketball is playing on the playground, or in your driveway or aau/YMCA... this is the NBA playoffs, you're a professional competing for a championship. They pay you a kings ransom to perform at a high level in these situations and that comes with pressure. If your team isn't prepared for that pressure, you've failed as a professional.
So the context of its just basketball so dont be overwhelmed by the guy who took a 3 man super team in miami to Dallas and collapsed and got his ass handed to him by 1 star in Dirk. Was it just basketball then too?
Dude its not just basketball, its lakers basketball. This ain’t no Cleveland or Indiana. We didn’t get 17 championships with a mindset like this. Leave already
Lebum is insensitive, some hoopers are putting their life’s hope just to get an opportunity to play and win and this guy just dont care about the game, he doesnt love the game that everyone loves. This shows that he has no character SMH
How can you say that LBJ was not exerting pressure upon his teammates when LBJ said you have to be perfect? That is impossible when the old man flop does not even practice with his teammates but has the highest usage on the roster?
Took this statement out of context! I’m a laker fan Kobe all day. What the reporter asked him. Listen to his whole answer. He don’t have anxiety about basketball because he’s been playing for over 35 years. Won 4 championships it’s just basketball to him. This is part of the game
Marc Stein is every Lebron media stooge. We heard what he said in the context of why he said it. He's said things like this before. "It's just basketball " means it's not that important. He is consistently on the wrong side of all time basketball quotes.
Doug. It was not The Forum. It was The GREAT WESTERN FORUM! It is what we heard everytime the Lakers played. Even the LOOK of the Lakers and of the Forum was something different from everything else we saw. I really wish LeBron had never gone to LA!
Why did Doug even feel the need to mention that “Kobe wasn’t the perfect person” when seconds earlier he mentioned Magic without expressing a similar sentiment? How’d Magic contract HIV? He wasn’t the perfect person either.
Nah your guest's excuse is weak. Just bending what LBJ said. He should be an atty. 😂 Bron wasnt talking about his peers. He explicitly say he cant talk for the other guys. Only an LBJ stan would bend that statement. 🤦🏽
You can tell the reporter doesn't know competition and plays for participation trophy if he even plays at all, we don't need excuses and apologies from leBROOM fans like you, because at the end of the day it's not just basketball its life...
"we can play the full context of the question and answer..." BUT WE WONT! 🤣🤣 media is such a joke. sound bites to entertain their foolish takes and feed to people with no ball iq whatsoever to break down why and what happened in games. gotta love it
LeMEDIA: It's Russell's fault!! (again) The Truth (+/- in 3 games): AD minus 16 Hachimura minus 29 LeGOAT minus 15 Reaves minus 11 Dinwiddie minus 18 Russell plus minus ZERO
The caller is correct that Lebron is talking about his teammates, but what Lebron is actually saying is you have to be damnear perfect to win chips, you have to be committed and locked in, which his teammates are not, but he understands because its only basketball at the end of the day.
It’s so funny how Doug was “trying to push a narrative” only to be met with “common sense” with Marc Stein and he completely couldn’t push back cuz he made Doug look like a complete idiot
Last year, it was his possible retirement… now he’s downplaying the significance of getting swept Yet Again! The BurgerKing up there looking Transparent af!
It wasn't just basketball when he won the bubble chip, it wasn't just basketball when he won the so-called in-season tournament 🤷🏽♀️ How do you minimize the very sport that made you who you are? This is laughable and ridiculous at the same time 👉🏽
If you are a real Laker fan, you would know that it’s not Darvin’s fault. It’s LeBron’s fault he’s not going to make your team better. He’s going to blame all the other players the coaches the GM! Get rid of him go back to how the Lakers used to run their organization and you may have success.
@maurice2245 You are right. But when it comes to Bron, he's still dissing his teammates. The condescending tone saying, "It's just Basketball" says it all. He's the "Goat"; you raise your level and put them over the top. Instead, he's blaming role players. It should be just Basketball to him, not to his role players. He's the highest IQ we've ever seen, right?
After I watched the movie the Bronx Tale as a child I never looked at sports the same again. From that moment on I'm only a fan of the team I'm betting on, I'm loyal to my $$$ like the players are loyal to theirs
Am I mistaken or wasn’t the media all saying, and I quote “ the Lakers won the offseason!!” That’s all we heard from the media but they’ll never stop cappin for Lebronze until he retires and then we’ll all hear what they really think.
I think everyone is overreacting to the "its just basketball" comment. Hes literally talkin about the postseason and what comes with it and how guys should be prepared because thats what makes the postseason fun u gotta be damn near perfect to win. When he says its just basketball hes saying nobody is asking anyone to do anything crazy.. not fight war, or some extreme struggle... Its just basketball. In a way hes being condescending to someone by sayin bruh... Its just basketball, now go play the way u kno how. Calm down folks...
The clickbaiting narratives of the media inorder to earn more money, the more you bring hate narratives to the man the more engagement you get from the "lack of comprehension" haters
It’s called Leadership, mj & Kobe weren’t nice bcuz leaders aren’t there to be buddies, leaders r goin to lead everyone to the top even if they have to scream in your ear
It’s just basketball 😢 I’m sad to hear this, but I respect your point of view. I know you’re just upset. I Love Playing basketball even though I’m not good with it. This brings me joy and peace when I’m holding, dribbling and shooting the ball. This sport I truly love. No hate just love and respect ❤❤❤❤ “IT’s BASKETBALL anyone can loss”
Seems like players play worse when playing with lebron and do way better when they leave. Seems like guys don’t like to play with him, I think maybe they did earlier in his career.
