But yo he has some valid points. Imagine Russ always had a 3 point shot myyyyyy myyy myyy gosh he would have been the indisputable GOAT!! But he can’t shoot and he seems more focused on posters than on developing that 3. Btw I’m not a hater I’m his biggest fan.
If Westbrook and Beal can beat KD and Kyrie in a clutch close game, what makes Max think Lebron, Ad, and Westbrook can’t do it again. Westbrook definitely gets it up when he faces a Kd team, I’m not even a fan but I take notice when he plays extra hard against Kd. Lakers had a bad habit of not getting it up for the Clippers the first couple of meetings but it will never be a issue now.
The question isn’t can Russ fall in line with Lebron because he fell back for PG. The question is can Russ provide the type of offense the Lakers need to win.
Exactly it’s so annoying how ppl r saying Russ is selfish and egotistical and won’t fall in line to Bron and AD when Russ literally gave PG the reigns to his own team and turned him into and MVP candidate. This trade isn’t abou personality or ego it’s all about if they can get spacing because when surrounded by shooters Russ plays really efficiently
If you know cars. Puting a big engine doesn't make a car generally faster. You need to work on the steering, aerodynamics and all that stuff. It won't work.
@@tjleaf3510 prime lebron is a great leader. He's on a decline and younger guys will be less likely to defer to him. Anthony davis should be their main guy.
Russ and CP are two different types of players that brings different things to the Table. 1 Russ went to Finals early in his career while CP just got there, 2 CP has always made his teams better while Russ tends to achieve a lot more individually. I believe if CP was more aggressive as a scorer and not a traditional point guard that he would criticized as Russ is.
@@giodudetheoriginstories5531 The fact if the matter is…as great as he says CP3 is he’s failed more then Russ. A guy who he says is a WAY better PG than Russ has failed more than him yet doesn’t even face half the criticism.
Yeah you right. I’m my opinions Russ is one of the most criticized player in today’s NBA that why I respect and root for him to win even before he joined the Lakers
Bro Russ, Bron, and AD are literally the close friends. I think they know what they got when they signed Russ. It’s not like they got Russ just too get him. They asked bron and AD to talk to him about it
@@sirhoopalot1125 “ball hogs” yet Russ played off ball with the rockets and had one of his best seasons efficiency wise. And Russ is a 3 time assist leader in the league ? Yeah he’s a ball hog
@@sujalgautam9761 russ played off ball with harden and was highly efficient as a secondary ball handler. Russ is also a 3x assist leader proving that he passes the ball and gets his teammates involved and is one of the best in the league to do it.
Here comes Mr. Prisoner of the moment Kendrick Perkins. He just said the Suns are going to be a dynasty when they were up 2-0. Now the Lakers are clear cut favorites.
Say what ?? What does CP3 have to do with all this ?? Ps. CP3 the last 4 years = western Conference Finals , Western Conference Semi finals, 1st Round Playoffs (with Okc and the pups) , NBA Finals . He’s done more in the playoffs than Westbrook . Leave him out of this .
This is exciting but we need a whole cast of role players to make it work and I don't see the magic bus of cap space showing up to make that possible. It feels like Kobe/Howard/Nash all over again, and that means our biggest adversary will be injuries.
So let me get this straight…the last few months people have been calling Bron, AD and Russ trash…now those same people are crying saying the Lakers are too stacked 😭
We just gon act like Russell Westbrook doesn't come up small in the playoffs again and again. Great regular season player. Comes up small time and again in the postseason
He doesn't have to come up huge. He's had a ton of pressure to perform. He was always a top 2 guy. He has zero pressure on him now. LeBron gonna handle the rock in the crucial moments. LeBron will get all the credit. And all the blame. Period. Bron fans will blame other people but I'm just talking about media and fans. Westbrook now just has to attack the basket and play his role. Which is filling the Stat sheet. He doesn't have to constantly get other involved anymore. That's Brons job come playoffs. I think this will work.
1 injury away in my opinion from being below 500 and in basically the same position as last year . Russ and lebron or Russ and ad can't carry a team with almost zero shooting around it's stars . Then they also traded almost all there bench scoring . Right now they have to be hoping quality players want to go there for the minimum and the nets ,Knicks don't take any of those potential players away from them . Because remember what the west was this year ! Really good at shooting the three ball and the warriors coming back
LeBron James and Kevin Durant basically ruined the NBA for a decade. The after effects are still there. Congrats, Giannis. You did it the right way. Kobe didn't want easy rings either.
Most of us don’t want him on the team, but now we gotta support and hope it works. Would’ve preferred if Caruso or a similar player started at PG and we went out to get Buddy Hield. Also other shooters and defenders.
@@pskila I don’t know what our money situation is looking now and idk how we gonna pick up quality role players. I really wanted Buddy but that looks unlikely now. Jason Kidd and Hollins are also not part of our staff anymore.
What has THT done to be this amazing piece exactly? He has a decent midrange, but it’s not like he’s blowing the doors off of anything to have all the hype he has.
@@AAblade7 Exactly, any decent young Lakers player is always overhyped just to increase trade value. I honestly see Terrance Mann becoming a better player with the Clippers, better defence, way more athletic, better jumpshot, a lil taller. Only promising thing I see from THT is his incredible wingspan. He'll become a great defender one day with good coaching
If Russ removes his ego, Lakers could be unstoppable with shooters, but history says that's a big ask. I hope he can do it because it could be ridiculous if he does.
Bro ppl gotta stop talking like this, Russ knows how to play second fiddle to stars, there’s no ego problem, he literally gave PG the reings of his own team and turned him into an MVP candidate, he elevated Beals game, and he worked pretty well with Harden. Russ knows how to coexist with stars there’s a reason every one of his teammates even KD say he’s one of the best teammates they’ve ever had. Lebron, AD, and Russ are all cool Russ knows he’s the 3rd option he’ll play the role he’s asked to play
@@DBG_Gastino He's been on 3 different teams in the last 3 years with top tier stars that all wanted to part ways. I think that says enough regarding his ego. I want him to do well as a Lakers fan. He just needs to not be so hard headed, buy into Vogel / Lebron's system and we'll be fine.
@@colbyjackjohnson4111 literally every star he’s played with has parted ways because of the organization and not Russ, KD left because OKC kept surrounding him and Russ with athletic guys instead of shooters, PG and Russ got traded because the organization was blowing it all up, Harden left because he lost faith in Houston also Russ left before Harden so he parted ways with Harden not the other way around. As for Beal, Beal loves playing with Russ, the Wizards jus decided to focus on solely building around Beal and offered up Russ, none of his teammates have ever parted with him they’ve parted with the organizations
@@colbyjackjohnson4111 also Russ knows how to fit into a system, he played into D’Antoni’s system and had the most efficient year of his career shooting 47% after starting the year off injured and shooting below 40. Russ always plays the role he’s asked too
@@DBG_Gastino no way this works because russ cant shoot, at all. Neither can Bron nor AD. What are they doing? That’s 3 guys right there on the floor who can’t, shoot.
First of all AD will play the 5 more frequently. Second of all the offseason just started and the Lakers can still find complimentary pieces to round out the roster. They need shooting. That's a fact. They can get it though. Wayne Ellington, Reggie Bullock, Bryn Forbes, JJ Redick are available. Maybe even Buddy Hield.
I agree. The best way to build around LeBron has always been to surround him with shooters and let him run the offense and Westbrook can't shoot, he's a horrible free-throw shooter and with the game on the line a first grader has a better shot IQ than Russ.
Lakers better get two 3 and D guys to START! and then need to get back a low post scorer cause I feel like A.D always get hurt won’t play all the games and you can’t depend on gasol all year. Pelinka got his work cut out for him. Smh 🤦♂️
The Western Conference is getting better and deeper. So, I don’t think the Lakers are gonna have an easy road to the finals like they had a couple of years ago. The Warriors are getting Klay Thompson back from injury, Milwaukee is defending their championship, Phoenix isn’t going to be a tough out, the Clippers are not going to be an easy out and the Jazz and the Nuggets are also going to be ready to challenge in the West. The Lakers are gonna have their hands full, simply because there is so much parity in the league
😂😂😂 clown has to go out and get another superstar because he can’t compete let alone win. Lebron is the WEAKEST STAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE NBA. Make no mistake about it and his legacy will be nothing but him losing and who he had to go get in order to win. 😂😂😂
Can’t wait for this to fail 🤗 I don’t know who will be more fun to blame, LeBron or Westbrook 💀💀💀 Sad to watch the media try to bolster a flailing franchise. Instead of praising other really talented western teams.
Lebron still got it but he can't play at Durant pace but if the Lakers play there game and Russell Westbrook leads the league in assist LAKERS CHAMPIONSHIP
Stephen, please do not quote Plaschke. When I lived in LA, I thought Plaschke was a hack. I remember him writing an article ripping Reggie Miller's entire career over one game in the finals against The Lakers. He, like his old pal TJ Simers, would just write ridiculous stuff just to get ratings.
Instead of talking about what should Westbrook attitube be in.lakers. why not discuss the move lebron and L.A is taking! When nets aquired harden youre quick to criticized kd and the nets. Why not criticism lebron for forming super team? Many of you bronsexuals are saying you liked the moves lebron and L.A is doing.
SAS putting pressure on Westbrook?! But why, he's just the 3rd option on LAL, pressure is on LeGM since he's formed another superteam for the nth time in his career. 🤷♂️🐑🍆
God! i scrub forward or mute the video when perk talks....Why is perk still employed at ESPN? bandwagon media shill, 80 percent of his takes are messy and incoherent and instead of proper debating tactics he rather make personal jabs? how is this professional? whose phallus does perk need to consistently maintain to get spots on these shows? He is basically Skip Bayless with a beard and a southern accent.
This will be the narrative for the Lakers. All the media right now- it may not work cause Russ can’t shoot and ad and Lebron gonna have to sacrifice. If they win the championship., the media will be like, they’re supposed to win cause they have Russell Westbrook
Lakers Bucks in the finals. The Bucks are going back to the finals. So sick of hearing about the shitass overrated Nets. The Nets are Kyrie who is a child/diva, Harden who is a playoff choker, KD who can't lead a team.
Sports Analyst kills me sometime. Stop acting like Brooklyn is the clear cut favorite. As we just seen, any team can be beaten. Brooklyn still don’t have a bench. James harden was supposed to be on the Olympic team. He’s not committed. Brooklyn don’t play defense, and they’re small. They need more depth at the center position.
Like Giannis said anyone can win with superstars and Former MVP’s on their team. Ain’t nothing impressive about this . Imagine MJ needing every superstar in the league just to win a title…. I always thought as talented as Lebron James is, I always thought he sold himself short. He could have gotten it done like Giannis! And not run from team to team recruiting the best superstars in the league to win. A Goat doesn’t beg superstars every season to come help him make a super team.
Hilarious how this same lakers team eliminated russ in houston and lebron beat westbrook in 2012 finals also and westbrook joins them 🤣🤣🤣straight up hypocrite🤦🏽♂️
idc wat none of yall say SAS is RIGHTTT westbrook walk thru life doing wat he want, nah b he kno how laker nation give it up, if laker fans can even humble lebron, westbrook kno to act right!!!
These analysts/ball players keep forgetting role players are necessary for championships. EVERY winning team had valuable role players. I'm sick of these people acting like it doesn't take a solid team.
Why is Kendrick Perkins a analyst??? He sounds ridiculous, and gives the most ridiculous takes. What evidence do you have that says that Westbrook makes anybody better? Smh this isn't going to end well
