LeBron James Discussion: Not Returning To The Lakers

insane that he's still capable of defending this well against guys almost half his age. just a freak of nature

 

it's all lies, he's washed

and a turnover machine

Dear Lord help this man with his handles.

 

If this is a real quote add this to the long list of stupid Charles quotes and statements. But I’ve heard similar sentiments by fans and media, which I don’t get at all.

LeBron is 40 years old, he’s not in his prime anymore (yet is still playing unbelievably) and is our defensive anchor right now which is insane. If the Lakers lose this series it has very little to do with Luka or LeBron it’s because they were outmatched in this series and poor roster construction.

 

No.I don't think Barkley said that
Its actually Dwight said if Lakers come back and win series that LeBron is The GOAT.I guess it's just AI ,but who knows

 

Every year is the year that decides Lebron's place in history. Beyond silly at this point.

 

Roster or matchups or not - last two games came down to the last 3 minutes. Logo chucks and sloppy ball handling matter.

 

Lebron and the Lakers never looked the same after that C Bags game. Groin injury really seemed to derail chemistry and Lebron jumper

 

Embarrassing series and embarrassing look for the franchise, and especially LeBron. For as great as he is, his Laker track record isn't fantastic. In his 7 years as a Laker we've missed the playoffs twice and bounced in the 1st round 3x. It might be time to part ways and free up cap space to build around our future.

 

He's playing 2 more seasons ( the last one with Bryce)

 

I think the turning point of this season was when Lebron went after A Smith after a Lakers game defending his son. The Lakers felt distracted and not in sync right after that. He made it about himself and not the team.

 

he's still somehow able to play at a high level which is unheard of for a guy his age, but its very obvious father time has caught up to lebron. he's probably got one more playoff run in him and that's it

curious to see if they go all in this offseason for one last title run with lebron, or if they bring in pieces to build for the future around luka

 

Yeah can’t forget he made us relevant again. We had some really fun moments while he’s been here. I respect the crap out of how he still looks at this age. I wonder if there were lingering injuries or if he was understandably gassed after the 38 piece, he just looked a couple steps slower last couple games.

Yeah we would need to upgrade if we part with LeBron and that just might not be possible, though Giannis may be the most tradeable he’s ever been. I really don’t like the farewell tour because it’s just another distraction for the team and especially Luka. It seems like Luka wants to stay, I don’t see him as a ring chaser type I think he’d like a team built around him as the 1a. I personally feel that he’s more of a 1b unless he gets into shape and can start being relied on defensively, and lead his team defensively. He has the size for it. But if he just isn’t that guy, it’s fine. Then I definitely like a Giannis and it’d be a Kobe Shaq dynamic where they’re both alphas. But yeah this is all pipe because of course LeBron wants a farewell tour specifically as a Laker. And LeBron always gets what he wants.

 

I can imagine him being even friendlier than ever before with opposing players. Might as well just throw away next season too.

 

yeah, we're in a tough spot because we'll never be able to trade his salary. so the best hope is that he takes a big enough cut that we can add another mid-tier salary slot before he just vanishes off the books. because we'll still be over the cap at that point, most likely, so we'll need the tradable assets, contract-wise.

don't envy rob having to negotiate this particular piece.

i think if lebron and DFS each take a bit less (lebron coming in at 45 instead of 52 and DFS at 12 instead of 15), we can open up the full mle or be players in receiving a S&T. it doesn't sound like much, but it could mean an extra rotation player if we did it right.

 

If LBJ wants a final run he needs to take a bigger haircut than that

at 25-30 mil it opens up so many more options

It's not like needs the money

 

my understanding has always been that he is willing to take a pay cut if we have a specific guy in mind or some kind of plan. I think he will cooperate if we've got something lined up.

Beyond that, I actually thought he played well for the most part this series and attribute a good chunk of the bad things we saw to age and fatigue. He's got enough in the tank to put up numbers next year but he simply can't carry us to wins. We are in the Luka era now and expect them to look much better together next year.

 

This is the worst take I’ve seen on this board.