After a lot of bad decisions, the Lakers are doing all the right thing. While he still puts up numbers, LeBron is: 37, has lost his robot/alien status as he is often dinged up and really only plays on one side of the ball. When the rest of your money is tied up in a superstar who only cares about stats and a generational talent who can't stay on the floor, you can't "fuck them picks" to appease LeBron and even if you did, you'd be doing little more than shuffle the deck chairs on the titanic. There is little chance of digging out of the hole they created and transforming that roster to a contender quickly. If they want help in the offseason, and if I'm the rival executive, I'm demanding their two future firsts and with no protections. I don't think the Lakers are dumb enough to do that, so I think James will play elsewhere next season.
p.s. I know a lot of rightful grief gets thrown around about the Westbrook/Buddy decision (2.0), but I really don't see the team being much, if any, better with Hield. While they could use more outside shooting, they could use a ****ton more defense and that's not Buddy's calling card.
p.s. I know a lot of rightful grief gets thrown around about the Westbrook/Buddy decision (2.0), but I really don't see the team being much, if any, better with Hield. While they could use more outside shooting, they could use a ****ton more defense and that's not Buddy's calling card.
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