@@JonJon-mn7zt the mickey mouse ring argument makes no sense now...ask anyone who uses that phrase what it even implies and you're guaranteed to end that Convo whilst being called a bronsexual...😂
D'Angelo Russell has actually been a very big reason for the Wolves' success this season. He runs the offense well and has improved his defense, and is even a big reason fan atmosphere is more exciting at home games.
Facts. Dlo hasn't been getting injured a whole lot this season besides the occasional day to day issue. When he's playing consistent games, he statistically shoots and plays A Lot better than when he's out many games in a row. I also think the Wolves are building a more competitive culture since they def have the pieces to make a good playoff run.
Lack of Spacing due to Westbrook’s inefficient jumper and lack of role players who can shoot is a big reason why they’re losing. The funny part is, this isn’t even their BIGGEST problem.
The team is old, can't defend, can't shoot, puts out inconsistent effort, had DeAndre Jordan on it, has a man made of glass on it along with an expensive turnover prone pg, etc. It'd take less time to talk about what the team has going for it.
Their biggest problem by far is Lebron!!! Sure he gets hot from 3pt range and can score like crazy in today's NBA. Here is the big problem the media and fanboys will not admitted! The elite teams play great defense and share the ball on offense. Just look how Phoenix, Milwaukee, Memphis, GS, Miami, etc...play! They don't care who has the most points, all they want to do is win!!! So the false narrative "what more can Lebron do?", is a joke! I have a suggestion, how about playing defense and stop chasing individual records and trying to enhance your "legacy"!
Dlo is a great defensive leader for the t-wolves and he's putting up 18 points and 7 assists on a good true shooting percentage. Dlo to Minnesota is a unquestionable success with Minnesota sitting at the 7th seed comfortably. Ant is a better player than Dlo right now but Dlo is definitely a crucial part of the Big 3 in Minnesota.
He didn’t put in consideration how MIN was losing more than they should with KAT and Ant alone. The 3 of them function as a trio. If one of them is not playing, their chances of winning significantly drops.
@@jaybee5315 the twolves have been losing more than they should have for YEARS now. They had a star in KAT and had guys like butler, lavine, and wiggins to help. They should have definitely had more success even before ANT got there. Dlo is doing well this year bow that the twolves are actually playing defense for once. But dlo is far from an elite defender and is still not a consistent all nba level player overall imo
trading ingram, ball, hart, and picks for AD was definitely worth it because you acquired a first team all nba player that was the second best player in the 2020 playoffs (some people think the best). The mistake was trading for westbrook and limiting your capspace and the quality of role players you could sign, so you end up with avery bradley and company. Nothing wrong with them, but there's a reason they're getting payed the minimum on the open market
Everyone acts like we didn't win a championship because of the AD trade, like a ring is worth the next 7 years at least. However, I agree that trading for Westbrook was a mistake.
@@itzwakk335 yeah feels like people quickly forget that the lakers had the best record, two all nba first team members, and a championship 2 years ago. Had they traded for buddy hield + signed better role players that can defend and thrive in their role, they would have been better. Also AD being injured is a major blow. Although he's fallen off, he's still a highly efficient 24 ppg + great defender
That wolves take saying most of their success comes from ant/towns and implying d'lo was an afterthought is pretty bad. They have a winning record when Edwards isn't playing (7-3) and they went like 6-9 without D'lo this year
Man I agree dlo is a great shooter and scores 18 a game that’s a lot for a run and gun team like the wolves. Marcell aka low critiques too much is a salty lakers fan this year like the rest of us and is backtracking on everything after ONE SHIITY year ONE. Sound like a front runner fan to me. Same shit ppl did after Lebrons first year in La where they sucked too. 10 years of haunting my ass bro we have 2 chips in the last 10 years most teams have ZERO. go be a bandwagon clippers aka clitts fan next year please and watch them choke all over again lmao.
D-Lo, BI, and Lonzo were all high profile prospects coming into the league, yet spent years in LA trying to find their footing. All 3 of them have moved on and started playing at borderline All-NBA levels. Kuz, Caruso, KCP, Clarkson, and Randle showed big promise while at LA, but it wasn't until they left that their potential really flourished. Maybe the issue is with LA's development program? The front office isn't good enough to really maximize the potential of their players?
Its all on lebron, he has no interest in working with and developing young players, he's all about instant gratification for HIMSELF. God this guy has ruined teh NBA
@@jahugo6228 You do realize they were prospects right? There's a VERY short list on 18-20 year olds who have been able to handle the pressure of winning every game straight out of college. Hell even LeBron had losing seasons his first couple of years. Again, this points to the LA front office/development team not maximizing the talent they had
The Anthony Davis trade was worth it, but the Russell Westbrook trade was not While Russ himself is not the problem (removing him from the roster will not magically fix this team), most of the Lakers problems right now stem from the front office's decisions to trade away their entire depth for a 3rd star whose fit with this team is questionable at best, as well as filling out the rest of the team with veteran minimum players because they literally have zero cap space
That’s the fairest assessment. People that don’t realize or minimize how AD was necessary in winning the chip. Russell Westbrook is a stat padder that is boosted through nothing but triple double stats. It’s good people understand how hard that is to do but what’s harder is winning a chip. It’s like Harden being an all time great scorer, but struggles too hard in the post season. Russell Westbrook stans can’t handle how bad he is because they say it’s slander but it’s genuine fact. It’s funny how he plays like he’s the de facto best player, when he’s the worst out of the big 3. It’s crazy how much mental gymnastics go towards shifting the blame to Lebron not making him better or the coaching staff not building around Russ, instead of saying he’s ass and gonna get you scraping by
@@numa2k147 Exactly bro!!!honestly they didn’t need LeBron James they could’ve waited and and continue letting the young core develop Kawhi Leonard was coming The Next season!!!!They didn’t need LeBron James They had cap space for two max players plus the young core
@@numa2k147 did that strategy work with Paul George though? The Lakers did the "wait and see" approach on him since they didn't want to trade for PG (they wanted to sign him as a free agent), and he felt offended that the Lakers didn't trade for him when they had the chance. PG felt the Lakers didn't want him, so he resigned with OKC, and when Kawhi recruited him to the Clippers, he went there too. If the Lakers did that with AD, he probably would have felt the same way Paul George did
@@xcwilliams7980 I agree with everything you said 100x over, also we're only talking about these dudes because they were drafted by the Lakers. There are plenty of teams who have drafted much better players & either have won nothing with them or traded them away.
The Lakers have never been a patient franchise. Yet they are tied for most championships. Which is their goal. Shoulda coulda woulda is not how the Lakers operate.
The lakers team was so much better last season. Even without Ad, they had one of the best defenses and Lebron had the highest defensive win shares in the league. I just can’t believe they let all that go and a 1st round pick for a guy who everybody said wasn’t gonna fit, just wow! They really came into the season thinking 36 year old Ariza would be their best perimeter defender.
Lakers got scared of another 2nd to 7th slide situation happening. They thought trading for a 3rd star would help limit the blow and help right the ship if LeBron and AD were out at the same time. They should've tried trading for Dame instead of Russ.
It's crazy that JC is basically the same player he was in his last 2 years with LA. The fit matters, and he's proof. Hell, Kuz is proof - Lonzo is proof
Lonzo not as much, he’s a much better player right now than he was in the past, I don’t think it’s anything about his fit when he’s playing better in every aspect of basketball than he had previously
I am sorry but if you think DLo isnt a BIG part of the Wolves success, you simply dont watch them He has been huge, especially defensively and while offensively he has been inconsistent, he is still a great playmaker and a really great clutch player that helped them close out MANY games
The problem with the Lakers was an overcorrection after getting bounced by the Suns. For most of the season the Lakers were a top 3 seed in the west but injuries took their toll on the roster. The problem isnt the AD trade or the DLo trade or letting Randle go the problem is the fact that we panicked and let key players walk following a disappointing (and injury riddled) first round exit. Rather than add pieces and keep the core role players together we swung and missed with WB and let caruso walk for reasons unknown still. The core last season was fine. It was frustrating at times watching Kuz and KCP but overall they were a net positive. I’ll miss the young Lakers core but you can’t say that they would have 100% panned out the way they did minus BI and DLo. Sometimes a change of scenery is needed for a young player. At the end of the day the moves we made leading up to the title were worth it. We put together a title team in a 2-3 year span and they delivered. It sucks AD is injured and the front office is a dumpster fire but it is what it is not everyone can stay on top forever i suppose
This was pretty on point with what ive been saying about the lakers front office and what really separates “buying” from “building”. Paying for all of these stars in attempt to have a cakewalk to a ring is only giving them a few years to be successful before they lose all those stars and have to start from scratch.
lebron wants titles and he wants them quick, that's what this is all about. They could have a fantastic core group of young players with lebron, but no, LBJ is selfish and short sighted. He's a great player, one of the best ever, but he has so many negative incidents, there is no way he belongs to be mention with MJ, Kobe, etc.
Lebron’s numbers are coming at a high expense which is defensive effort and proper offensive flow. Lebron often holds the ball while the others stand around. This is bad for the overall offense and team rhythm. He should push the pace more often and move the ball around. Lebron often doesn’t try on defense. When Bron misses a layup, he’ll sink his head instead of running back on defense. Bron doesn’t close out on shooters or rotate defensively. His team plays 4 vs 5 on defense when Bron is on the floor. This is why Lebron’s high scoring output is not converting to wins. When high scoring is coupled with poor defensive effort and bad offensive flow, losing is often the result.
@@bartier861 I disagree. 2009 Lebron made the all NBA Defensive First Team. His defense and motor were different back then. But now, Lebron has to pace himself by holding the ball on offense and playing zero defense. He can still produce the same numbers but the cost is too high. 2009 Lebron would definitely will this team to the Playoffs.
Clearing cap space and signing LeBron is questionable. He added a lot of value to the team, but shifted their focus from building for the future to winning a championship ASAP. The AD trade was worth it. They went from not making the playoffs to winning the championship. The Westbrook trade was the problem. They should have kept the championship team together. They were on the road to repeating, but injuries happened.
My lakers have lacked patience over these years and that’s why they find themselves exactly where they are now! We had a great young core of players and most of them are doing their thing around the league
PG - Ball, Russell SG - Caruso, Hart SF - Ingram, Clarkson PF - Kuzma, Nance Jr. C - Randle Man, that would've been my squad. Most of them played with Kobe. They could have built up together nicely.
You missed on a very big point tho. Getting LeBron "past his prime" means there's no room for these young kids to develop. Maybe they shouldn't get LBJ in the first place but that doesn't mean they all would pan out in the same way. Yes they don't have any assets and that's really bad, almost like Kobe ending era, they'll fade to oblivion in the next decade but that's the price of championships. Out of all those players I honestly only miss Zo and Caruso cause they're cheap and really good. Who gives a shit about the fraud Julius Randle
Even letting Caruso go is not really a thing since he played his whole career in LA outside this year. Let the man get his money and go his time in LA was a total success like rondo for that year or Howard
@@lakerzrule123 Caruso and kcp brought defense and some scoring of the bench, kinda reliable and cheap so yeah they shouldn't just let him walk. Westbrook really efd up their roster and potential trades and pieces they needed. Going for wing defenders and shooters was always a better option, instead they have another huge contract to deal with this off season and chemistry to develop all over again.
@@denimjeg lol 😂 another lecry fan in denial! No one counts that covid championship! It was lecry idea to trade everyone! They could have gotten derozen! But he wanted to trade everyone away for ad and russ because he thought that all they needed and he even doesn’t count that 2020 covid ymca championship! Stop making excuses!
The biggest mistake the Lakers did this season was basically exploding a championship roster just to get Westbrook. Remember, Lakers traded away Kuzma, Harrell, KCP & some picks for Westbrook, but Westbrook's contract ate up so much cap space that the Lakers couldn't re-sign Caruso and let him walk. So that Westbrook trade resulted in the Lakers losing Kuzma, Harrell, KCP, *and* Caruso. All of the Lakers free agent signings are on vet minimums, meaning that they literally scraped the bottom of the barrel to fill out their bench, and they gave up on 4 of them (Rondo, Jordan, Bazemore, and Doumbouya) during the season. I've been a Laker fan since I was 5 years old back in 2002, and after Jim Buss passed away, the Lakers front office has been deteriorating steadily. This season is one of the worst moves I've seen them do yet and I actually how that they don't make the play-in tournament so that big chances will be made for the better instead of holding onto false hope.
Definition of highsight. No matter how good those young guys are they were never going to be a championship roster. The Lakers with AD won a championship. Mystery Box logic
@Nate B exactly bud, ring is still a ring, LeBron haters just need some narrative to dismiss that championship If Clips or Celtics won in the bubble, no one will say "bubble ring"
A healthy AD is a good #2 at a championship team but that's the thing, he can't stay healthy. That's why that bubble ring isn't as respected as he managed to stay healthy because of a shortened season. I know there are teams that won championships because of injury but AD's a special case because he's always injured even before he got to Lakers and they managed to take advantage of him being healthy in the shortened season for the playoffs which is impossible in a normal season
Trading for AD wasn’t the problem. He was already a superstar, and the Lakers are absolutely horrible at developing talent. The moves we made (and didn’t make) in the 2 offseasons after it-especially this last one-and the health of Anthony Davis being as questionable as Mackelmore’s Grammysre the reasons why we’re fucked. We didn’t develop Kyle then traded him and KCP for Russ which is the worst move in franchise history, we overvalued THT instead of trading him, and most damningly we let Caruso walk for absolutely nothing.
No, the AD trade cost them their young core group, LBJ has no interest in working with and developing young players, he's all about instant success for HIS legacy. One bubble title with a big asterisk wasn't worth it
I remember watching the 2016 draft, a draft analyst said “for the first few years Simmons will look like the better player but 5 years down the line Ingram will be much better then Simmons”. To me, this is one of the greatest draft takes I’ve ever heard.
Dayum, Lebron Lonzo BI Kuzma Brook lopez with JC Caruso and Josh Hart off the bench is way better than even the championship team. Even if they let Randle and Dlo go for assets, so that everyone gets paid, the remaining guys are way too good. And they can go small ball and Big on all 5 positions. The basic problem is team chemistry with all the players being borderline all stars or borderline all nba.
Had Lebron kept those assets and developed them, he would have won 2 championships instead of 1. However, the 2 championships would have come in his later years - around the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons. That's the cost of the "win now" mentality - you lose patience and are unable to look ahead in the future.
Good content brother, I been playing and watching basketball since i was 9 years old im now 34 , I've never seen your content before but i like how you explain it and bring facts from different perscpectives, You got a new subscriber keep doing a good job and God bless brother !!👏👏
They got no shooters, no pg, no decent big men and the bench ain't solid. Lebron handpicked his team and it became a huge problem that he didn't face. AD keeps getting injured like a broken glass and lost his passion after getting a ring. The coach is another huge issue and the GM and management department did the worst job. These are the main problems. Easy and simple.
Honestly my question is what is the lakers development team doing? Their picks over the last decade actually haven’t been terrible, but literally every young player they draft never develop on their team well until they go to a new team… just a lil sus
cuz, they're playing for terrible franchises. it's ez to get 15 points per game in the Wolves, Bullets, etc. But the LAKERS are championship team. They can't get 10 points on a QUALITY team. Look at D'O at GS. EXPOSED!!!!
@@herohour6496 look at Wiggins on the warriors, career year. Ur point is even worse when u consider the lakers aren’t even close to a good team this year and yet their young players on this team are playing horribly as usual. Even in 2019 when the lakers missed the playoffs, they had all great young players, all of whom played worse than they have played after leaving the lakers. Ur point is dumb as hell, the lakers were good for one year, that is not a championship team Oh, and the bullets don’t exist. They are the wizards bro. It’s not the 70s
@@herohour6496 Lakers ain't a championship team when they can't even keep there players and develop them look at other teams who developed all star caliber players
It's because the Lakers aren't known for developing young talent. Been a Laker fan since '02 and literally the last homegrown talent the Lakers produced is Kobe. Ever since then, Lakers don't have the patience to develop. Even during the post-Kobe years in 2016-2018 and they were at the bottom of the league, Lakers' FO were getting frustrated because it's LA, "the city of champions", losing all of those games isn't in their DNA. So instead of developing young talent, they used them as trade bait to bring in superstars and other big names, even if they don't fit with each other. It's tragic if you really think about it.
Here's why the Patriots the jordan bulls Larry Bird Celtics magic Johnson Lakers the Golden State warriors are so successful they have a philosophy you get two or three Core players and you have pieces around them the pieces are interchangeable that comes with free agent and draft you don't mortgage the future trading draft picks and signing free agents AKA Washington Redskins first year under Dan Schneider who signed every top free agent he could and ended up with a 3 and 13 team the Lakers franchise is about to find out
Imagine a lineup like this PG- Lonzo Ball SG- Deangelo Russell SF- Brandon Ingram PF- Lebron James C- Zubac Bench- Randle, Kuzma, Clarkson They would have been competing for a chip last year and this year for sure if they had just been patient
Trading for Anthony davis was worth it i dont give a flying f what u say a championship is so hard to accomplish thats what teams strive for the ad trade was worth it but trading Westbrook was not worth it
@Kings Will Soon Rise boo hoo knicks, nets , are a big market franchise and they haven’t won a championship since the 70’s the clippers haven’t won a championship in forever
Thank you lol I’ve been saying this to anyone who will listen since 2017-18. I wanted to see what those young players could do from the jump and knew we’d get a ring or two and be trash for the next decade once we got Lebron and let everyone go.
The trades the LAkers made made sense at the time. What I've always had a problem with is their development staff. As a Raps fan, the Raps traded Demar, Pottle, and JV for a title. IF a team thinks they can win a title, they have to make the sacrifice. The difference is that Toronto developed and held on to some of their young guys and now Freddy, Pascal and OG are playing playoff level basketball. They only had one losing season and that was a weird Tampa Bay thing. If this is the only down year for the Lakers, then I think it was worth it, but how do they get draft picks? Who is scouting and finding undrafted talent? More importantly, who is running their development staff?
Fellow Raps fan here. No one seems to excoriate the Lakers for having crappy player development staff. The scouting did their job. As for who is running things in the development staff and for much of the front office...Kurt and Linda Rambis according to SAS, he went off on those two today on ESPN.
@@ChairmanMo They are part of the problem, cuz Linda and Jeanie are close friends and she beeing putting only ppl close to her in power cuz of family bs, it's why ashe has to go no matter what, she's a cancer in this franchise and Dr. Buss must rolling over his grave seeing his daughter fuck up the franchise like that
Great video, as a pels fan I’m appreciative of the dumpster fire the lakers had however lonzo Improved bc of Fred Vinson the shooting guru who changed lonzos shot
The bottom line, trading away their young pieces the first time (AD trade) was 1000% worth it because they won a championship. Lonzo, BI, Randle and hart weren’t winning anything for the lakers. The Westbrook trade though, any novice could have seen this was never gonna work. Westbrook is a ball dominate PG who can’t shoot and isn’t very efficient. I don’t know why Lebron was so hell bent on gettin him to the lakers, maybe his ego wanted to say “see i can win with anyone” 🤷🏽♂️ Either way, it’s cool to see the young guys the lakers had do well individually on other teams, but had most still been in LA, at BEST the are a 7 seed team and have 0 chance at really contending.
No its not If anything, they are the one organization known for getting multiple championships back to back and even created the term "Threepeat" Do some research, kid
That is kind of right, for example, in 2010, I was so disappointed they let go of Trevor, I loved Trevor when he was with the Lakers, he was just clutch and a great defender and made winning place, especially against Denver. He could have been Kobe Bryant's Scottie Pippen, obviously not as good, but he could have filled a similar role.
I think you need to do a updated draft video who were you right about who were you wrong about who surprised you and who disappointed you but keep up the great videos bro big fan💯
I love the take that trading a long term core was worth one winning season but a temporary deal with an aging superstar is somehow worse. People are still thinking entirely about the now and that’s exactly why they’re completely buried. They could have kept their core and had the same odds at 1 winning season at the very least.
You seem to gloss over a very big part of keeping the young core which is how expensive that roster would have been. Keeping Ingram, lonzo, Ingram and Randall would have put the Lakers at the salary cap for a mediocre team. This is the whole point of teams consolidating assets to get a star. All of the moves made an order to free up cap space for the ad trade and the AD trade itself we're definitely worth it. The Lakers want to championship so they automatically won the trade. Look how many teams like the Nets and the Clippers mortgage their future and accomplish nothing. The Lakers didn't really start messing up until after they want a championship. Specifically, the Westbrook trade has been disastrous and will hurt them for years into the future.
exactly. Keeping that young core would've put the Lakers over the cap with a very mediocre squad. Without AD, they don't win a title, so, that trade is an automatic win. The Westbrook trade is really what screwed things up for them
So many 'good' decisions made by LeGM here. So many young and potential players traded away or walked away so LeBron could get his friends like AD, Melo and Westbrook who by the way are either injury prone, quickly declining or washed up. LeGM just doing LeGM things... Also it was quite nice to hear that pretty much everyone who was either traded away or walked away from LA and from LeBron have been developing and playing better. Funny thing how players get better when they manage to get away from LeBron...
u are acting like they didnt do this when kobe was there. its the lakers ppl expect them to be a championship team and a must see on tv team. they did the malone, gp , howard, nash trades which failed horribly. 2019 was the closest rebuild lakers have and they missed the playoffs, traded AD for the young guys and won 2020 with caruso, kuzma having big roles. Its different from other teams like the Pelicans because theyre a small market team ofc young guys are gonna ball there. dont forget DLo was trash on GSW when he was traded from a young team nets
@@Theterminato2013 well u guessed wrong. Im a mavs fan.. also Im not defending bron here Im just saying the Lakers are always doing these big trades because they want to compete. cmon sir thats all in ur head RENT FREE ? bron? I didnt even mention him. I mentioned kobe because hes the only rookie that I know that started in Lakers that flourished there. after that it was just big trades all around.
@Kings Will Soon Rise Weren’t going for star power, they overreacted to AD being injured and bron’s fluke injury last year and wanted someone able to carry the load in the regular season which Russ has been able to do in previous years.
I believe it was worth it, they won a championship they traded to surround an all time great with talent that suited him with a great co star and supporting cast , and sure they had “10 years of irrelevancy” even tho from 2010-2013 they where a championship caliber team until Kobe tore his Achilles the last 3 of his career where just him playing his career out and then from 2016 to 2018 they where irrelevant but you also have to consider that just because all these young guys developed doesn’t mean they would’ve on the lakers, D’Lo was not going to stay unless they traded the entire team, Kuzma was too stuck in his Hollywood lifestyle to play well there, Lonzo needed a change of scenery especially after not reaching the hype that was unfairly shoved onto him not just by the fans but Magic himself, Brandon and Caruso are the only players that would most likely develop to what they are now on the Lakers
@@jayt214 and yet regressed on offense, it wasn’t a narrative it was the truth, now that he got out of LA and landed on Washington he had a clean start out of that hollywood limelight
That was a title with an asterisk. The bubble scenario allowed AD to heal, and it ensured he would only have to stay healthy for a short time. I don't think it should count as much as a regular title.
B. Windhorst spoke truth. LAL opted for LBJ thus young developing players are traded for vets, as he doesn’t have the patience or time to mesh with them. LAL is in trouble as they cannot rebuild quickly. They aren’t 1-2 trades away as LBJ, AD & RW won’t justify multiple 1st Rounders…unless they can fool SAC or NYK.
They’ve definitely made some mistakes but I don’t want to hear about player’s performing better outside the organization when they still aren’t winning. Except for Lonzo, these players are putting up stats on bad teams
The Lakers also traded a top 5 pick for AD. Even though it became De’Andre Hunter… it could’ve been Darius Garland, Jaxson Hayes, or could’ve been traded down and got Tyler Hero
Yes they are, very good, but they are not good at developing that talent. I would have rather stuck with the young guys just for the potential of having a good long-term future. With Lebron, you got three crappy years and one championship which, I believe, if it wasn't for the bubble and the four months off, either Lebron or Davis would have gone injured and because of that, they would not have gotten that championship. They got lucky, success is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. The only thing I give the Lakers credit for, is being prepared, when the opportunity presented itself, that opportunity came in the form of a pandemic and four months off, but that's not the point, Lakers were ready. However, you see what happens when they don't have four months off during the season, either one or both of them are always injured because one is made of glass and the other one is old.
Lakers could've just fired Vogel, stayed away from Lebron and had a young great unit of PG Lonzo SG Josh Hart, SF Ingram PF Randle C Zubac with Jordan Clarkson, Kyle Kuzma Caruso, KCP and others coming off the bench. Yes they wouldn't have a ring, but this would be a top 5 team in the west right now.
No it’s not because cap space exist 😂😂 lakers cant afford all those players so the lakers wont be a top 5 team in the west and lakers getting bron and ad was good
Great unit? Top 5? Stop it. You’re just pulling something out of your butt, More like 8th seed at BEST. Not a single of them are a superstar. You need a superstar to reach top 5.
I generally agree with the notion of this video. Essentially the Lakers were just too greedy and impatient and it blew up in their face. A thing you missed is their 2020 off-season. While they didn't really do any bad moves during that off-season the fact they got rid of about half the roster that won them a championship is a perfect indication of how their front office operated
nah. ingram was getting better on the lakers, his last season there it became evident that would be good. lonzo needed to get outa LA. mentally he wasnt ready to be the face of the lakers. kuzma developed on the lakers and reached his ceiling there. hart also reached his ceiling there.
@@bartier861 he definitely wasnt ready to be the face. But he wasnt ready to just be a quality player for them. It takes a lot mentally to be a laker. To constantly be scrutinised even when doing well. He needed to ger outa LA to a small market team and quietly develep at his own pace
@@beli2431 lol he plays for the bulls last time I checked that’s not a small market and they’re winning, just bc they built the wrong team lebron’s first year as a laker doesn’t mean it’s the young players fault
I don’t know of any young players that improved and developed while playing with James. I really enjoyed seeing the 2017/18 lakers team. They didn’t win a ton, but was entertaining and I was hopeful for the future with that core.
@@kameronjackson9626 won a chip having to play the Trailblazers, Rockets with Russ, the Nuggets and the only championship caliber team they did play was the Heat who weren't even healthy. they make it seem like the Lakers could've easily been a championship team last year and this year just because of Caruso and swapping Westbrook with Derozan or Buddy Hield?? they just believe in Lebron and that's it, they are not looking at this team rationally.
Getting Lebron was a mistake, the bubble chip was the least satisfying championship in NBA history aside from one of the GSW ones. Now we going to back to where we were when Kobe retired with even less draft picks.
@@skinniesANDtitties nothing to brag about with the bubble championship, none of those series ever got dangerous. we gonna brag about beating an injured Heat team?
@@fernygee89 Congratulations to the best player in the league and at that point a top 5 player in the league for beating the Trailblazers, Jokic and Murray in their 2nd playoff series and the the Rockets with Lebron's favorite player. The Heat weren't even 90% and somehow that series went to 6. If the Lakers beat the Clippers that year or somehow the Nets were healthy, hell if just Bam and Dragic didn't get injured then yea they would deserve all the praise but that championship felt like the Lakers lucked out on getting truly tested and when they finally matched up against a team that looked championship caliber they're 2nd and 3rd best player are hobbled.
@@BEDCORN LOL you’re just trying way to hard to downplay the Lakers winning it that year and that’s fine. The nuggets who were also the 3rd seed and came back 3-1 to beat the clippers? Why even bring up the Clippers when they were the ones that shit the bed in the playoffs. The Lakers did everything they needed to do in order to face them in the WCF. That finals wasn’t as close as people make it seem to be. The first 3 Lakers wins were all pretty decisive victories. And it would’ve ended in 5 if it not for a blown wide open 3 by Danny Green. The next game they handled business and were up by 40 at one point. But I get it you wanna dismiss that championship lol
The underlooked part of the problem is the management. They’re so eager for big names that they forget to bring a environment for players to flourish. They waste time trying to think than feel what’s actually right for the team progress.
So…… there has to be a video on the clippers and nets moves too right? Moves that haven’t resulted in a championship… let alone a conference finals appearance for both.
You just made me laugh hard af bro😂 I’m a nets fan so I understand but I ain’t gon act like the Nets are on the same tier as the lakers historically. Lakers are the championship pedigree NBA team so they gon get the biggest criticisms as well as highest praise. Give and take
I don't agree with the Dlo take, he's been great with the wolves, arguably having his best season in his career. He is the reason the Wolves offense has been good this season
I think the Lakers has become a place where it's very difficulty to nurture a rookie or young player, it's like expecting a chick to survive in the jungle. There's too much pressure, too many distractions, etc. Even if LeBron and AD has left team, i still think expectation is going to be there even if the Lakers is not a popular team anymore.
Lakers need to trade Bron and Ad in the offseason in order to get as much draft capital as possible. This will allow them to invest in their future. AD's best days are behind him and Lebron has already made it clear he will do anything it takes in order to play with Bronny, even if it means leaving LA. If you're the Lakers front office, might as well try and get as much as you can for Bron/AD rather than coming up empty handed.
The Bucks and the Suns are two good examples of building a team that will span the years to come. And interestingly enough, the Lakers and the Nets are two teams that depended heavily on Star power that are now at the bottom of their respective conferences.
My dad says he's not past Elgin Baylor yet. I cant vouch, but hes certainly not a greater Laker than Jerry West (as a player lmao - West is the goat of GMs)
I also think LeBron not a all time Laker Magic Kareem Kobe Shaq Jerry West George Mikan Elgin Baylor James Worthy Wilt Norm Nixon Michael Cooper Jammal Wilkes Derek Fisher Byron Scott Eddie Jones Nick Van Exel AC Green Rick Fox Gail Goodrich Lamar Odom Pau Gasol Vern Mikkleson and Robert Horry are all better Lakers than LeBron
I believe the perfect model for a successful franchise comes from the Warriors. It took them 7 years, yeah.. but their relevance endured for almost 5 years. Management knew how to mix luck they got in the picks with great decisions on who should be kept to be developed into star caliber players. They didn't spend multi millionaire numbers on new contracts (except for KD signing with them). Instead, they made sure they had solid role players that would complement their growing stars while strenghthening the bench and developing a good depth. They just waited for a brief period of reconstruction, but they will be more relevant than the Lakers in the upcoming 5 years, that's for sure.
All those Lakers talent. The Lakers really got NBA champion in Kuzma and Caruso, All-Stars players in Randle, Russell and Ingram, an elite 6th man player in Clarkson, and Lonzo. Though trading Ingram was a huge regret by the Lakers, trading Lonzo for a championship was definitely worth it and the Lakers really should not miss him.
They have a good core from young players back then it just needed some time to develop, but the organization doesn't have patience so as a result, aged Lakers that are good only on papers but played on court like their careers are done.
it was totally fine to blow everything up for AD and LBJ the problem is this season, getting rid of KCP, Kuz, Caruso, McGee and taking in westbrook, random people like deandre jordan...trevor ariza....like come on what you planning on winning???
Signed a bunch of old 30+ yr old veterans past their prime defensively especially when teams in the west are getting younger. Warriors have a relatively young team outside the big 3 of Steph, Klay, & Draymond. They got Poole, Wiseman, Kuminga, all solid picks 2 of them top 10 picks. The Grizzlies are a very young team and their 2nd in the west.
This reminds me of the Rockets right now with Green, Martin Jr., Porter Jr., Christopher, Sengun, Wood (kinda bc he's older). They can all be stars. I liked the young Lakers and was disappointed they split everyone up, but it's not to see that they're becoming stars I'm their own right. Hope this doesn't happen to the rockets tho haha
Just a correction on the title. Mistakes LeCruit has made since joining the Lakers in 2018. Dumping young talent after young talent, always looking for another big name to win him another paper ring
It's extremely difficult to say LA made mistakes letting all that young talent and picks go for Bron, AD who looks to be perpetually injured, and Russ who can't fit on a team that's not his. All the guys traded or let go in FA have gotten better but that could all be attributed to not having the LA pressure and having more freedom on offense. Leaving LA means leaving the absolutely toxic fanbase. (I'm a Lakers fan and see it) Also the pressure to compete for a title EVERY SINGLE YEAR isn't there for the franchises each player went to. Nets, Cavs, Pelicans, Wizards all were/are bottom of the league teams. (Clarkson had one season where there was high expectations for the team, but that was because Bron was still on the team.). DLo, Randle, BI, and Kuz all got handed the reigns on offense and the teams relied on them to score. Both Randle and Kuz had to wait for the #1 option on the team to get injured though. Lakers are a championship or bust franchise, everyone expects them to be good. Less pressure all around and the being the focus of the offense will allow young players to really find themselves within the league and show who they really are.
I'm not a Lakers fan, but I believe they're trying to do what the Warriors did. The Warriors won a finals with Steph and Klay. And then after they lost the finals to the same team they beat the year before, they went out and got KD and won another two finals. By getting all these stars under one roof, it seems like the Lakers are trying to become the dynasty that The Warriors once were.
Call me crazy, but you know who I wished got at least 1-2 more seasons with us, was the point guard from Brazil team Marcelo Huertas. He had some great passing moves. He just needed to get in the games more to show his skills.
The funny thing is, everyone mocked the Celtics for not giving up youth and picks for Butler, George, Davis, and Leonard. All unsure things, all injured (except Butler), and all probably wouldnt have stayed.
Great Video Bro.....I Couldn't Said It Better.....LeBron should of surrounded himself with young hungry core that can run with him and play defense with the odd vet like Mello is doing or even better CJ McCullum off the bench give you a bit of scoring, and keep Alex Caruso....lets see what they doin the offseason if they can get anything at all........also notable mention to this video Luca Doncic, now the leading scorer for the Dallas Mavericks was also a Lakers draft pick as well
You are definitely on target with the analysis. As a Lakers fan I was definitely looking forward to building a youthful team that could grow together and challenge Golden State in the west with all of those players developing on the right system and coach. Everything was clicking from draft picks to their developmental players in the G league and they have basically squash all of it to suelit LeBron’s ego. Id trade he and Anthony Davis and grab as many assets as possible because they are heading into a bad situation pretty fast.
As a lakers fan all nba fans did was call them busts before they moved on. They found themselves and all of a sudden they will say lakers missed out. Randle was a bust because he was an undersized big who was limited, Russell was a bust that was a snitch who was slow, lonzo was a bust who couldn’t shoot or score in general, and BI had the highest ceiling but fans called him a great value KD they didn’t consider him a bust for the lakers as was the only one. The pelicans trade the only one left is BI because hart and lonzo moved on.
