LeBron James Following Loss To Grizzlies: 'We Just Suck Right Now'

[RealGM Wiretap]

The Los Angeles Lakers lost 127-113 to the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night, dropping their fourth straight game of the season.

"I mean, we just suck right now," said LeBron James, who finished the game with 32 points.

The Grizzlies shot 23-of-45 from 3, setting a new season-high at 51%.

The Lakers are now 3-10 since winning the In-Season Tournament title.

"It's a small sample. Everyone is getting so cracked up about Vegas and keep bringing up Vegas. It was two games. We took care of that business. It was the in-season tournament, we played it, we won it. But that was literally just two games," said James about the championship.

Darvin Ham took a longer-term view of the team's recent struggles.

"I'm tired of people living and dying with every single game we play. It's ludicrous, actually. It's like, come on, man, this is a marathon. And we hit a tough stretch. It's the same team. ... We played some high-level games a little while ago, and we just got to get back to that," said Ham.

Via Dave McMenamin/ESPN

[Jordans_Rose]

LeBron's gotta retire at some point. His stats are what they are because he's playing near 40 mins a game for an awful lottery bound team if you take out him and leave AD and those guys by themselves. Lakers may not even make the play-in because Memphis will get better and pass L.A. LeBron had his fun in the 2010s with the decision to Miami and then going to Cleveland. LeBron is just stat padding at this point. Even Jordan said, if it was about stats, I would have played much longer in the league.

[haste10176]

LeBron's gotta retire at some point. His stats are what they are because he's playing near 40 mins a game for an awful lottery bound team if you take out him and leave AD and those guys by themselves. Lakers may not even make the play-in because Memphis will get better and pass L.A. LeBron had his fun in the 2010s with the decision to Miami and then going to Cleveland. LeBron is just stat padding at this point. Even Jordan said, if it was about stats, I would have played much longer in the league.

He won the title in 2020 and finals mvp in 2020 he went to the WCFs last season.. WTF are you even talking about lol.. Jordan didnt even compare to Lebron at this age when he played for the wizards Jordan was not playing this level.. LeBron clearly is not prime Lebron but he is still playing at an extremely high level the clear issue for the lakers is 1. Ham is a terrible coach 2. The roster is full of one way players and you need two way players at least as starters.. Take Boston Derrick white, jrue holiday KP, tatum and brown all two way players.. Denver KP Jokic and gordon are two way players and MPJ is not a great defender but being 6 foot 10 helps him be ok for his position ane Murray gives good effort but can be hunted on match ups that said pretty good and they can all play offence. Now take the lakers Dlo horrendous defender not even starting.. Austin bad defender was not starting.. Rui is middle of the pack on everything been playing poorly not starting those are the three highest paid players outside AD and Lebron on the Bench the next highest is injured so you have Reddish starting and he cant shoot so its all defence and teams ignore him on the other end.. Prince who can shoot but a horrendous defender.. Vando cant shoot but can defend.. The team is awful and they need some elite 3 point shooters which is a requirement for any team. I do not think they have enough fire power to make enough trades to make the team a real contender but your comment on LBJ is ridicolous.

[ReddOktober]

LeBron's gotta retire at some point. His stats are what they are because he's playing near 40 mins a game for an awful lottery bound team if you take out him and leave AD and those guys by themselves. Lakers may not even make the play-in because Memphis will get better and pass L.A. LeBron had his fun in the 2010s with the decision to Miami and then going to Cleveland. LeBron is just stat padding at this point. Even Jordan said, if it was about stats, I would have played much longer in the league.

He won the title in 2020 and finals mvp in 2020 he went to the WCFs last season.. WTF are you even talking about lol.. Jordan didnt even compare to Lebron at this age when he played for the wizards Jordan was not playing this level.. LeBron clearly is not prime Lebron but he is still playing at an extremely high level the clear issue for the lakers is 1. Ham is a terrible coach 2. The roster is full of one way players and you need two way players at least as starters.. Take Boston Derrick white, jrue holiday KP, tatum and brown all two way players.. Denver KP Jokic and gordon are two way players and MPJ is not a great defender but being 6 foot 10 helps him be ok for his position ane Murray gives good effort but can be hunted on match ups that said pretty good and they can all play offence. Now take the lakers Dlo horrendous defender not even starting.. Austin bad defender was not starting.. Rui is middle of the pack on everything been playing poorly not starting those are the three highest paid players outside AD and Lebron on the Bench the next highest is injured so you have Reddish starting and he cant shoot so its all defence and teams ignore him on the other end.. Prince who can shoot but a horrendous defender.. Vando cant shoot but can defend.. The team is awful and they need some elite 3 point shooters which is a requirement for any team. I do not think they have enough fire power to make enough trades to make the team a real contender but your comment on LBJ is ridicolous.

Well said. i never seen an athlete with so many. haters than i see with lebron. it makes no sense. They will miss him when he retire. who will they hate on then.

[J-Mezzy]

Half the team and the coach are on the chopping block, hard to win under those circumstances

[TheCage4]

Are we really looking at 2020 as a true “title?”

[njknicks]

Lakers trending in the opposite direction at the wrong time

* Darvin ham in the hotseat
* Lebron chasing 40k points & 1 more season to play alongside his son
* AD showing brittle history ( again ) - over the past 4 seasons, AD has not played more then 54 games.
* Roster chemistry being exposed

What should the Lakers do? --------------------------------------------

Would GSW / Lakers make a trade - Lebron / DLO / 2 protected first(s) for Klay / Draymond ?

Would Dallas / Lakers make a trade - AD / DLO / future seconds for Kyrie / Lively / THJ ?

Lakers front-office has always swung for the fences -- especially given Lebron's Age / contract situation & AD's injury history.

Buckle up!

[deeps6x]

LeBron James Following Loss To Grizzlies: 'We Need Siakam - Now'

[hyberx]

LeBron's gotta retire at some point. His stats are what they are because he's playing near 40 mins a game for an awful lottery bound team if you take out him and leave AD and those guys by themselves. Lakers may not even make the play-in because Memphis will get better and pass L.A. LeBron had his fun in the 2010s with the decision to Miami and then going to Cleveland. LeBron is just stat padding at this point. Even Jordan said, if it was about stats, I would have played much longer in the league.

He won the title in 2020 and finals mvp in 2020 he went to the WCFs last season.. WTF are you even talking about lol.. Jordan didnt even compare to Lebron at this age when he played for the wizards Jordan was not playing this level.. LeBron clearly is not prime Lebron but he is still playing at an extremely high level the clear issue for the lakers is 1. Ham is a terrible coach 2. The roster is full of one way players and you need two way players at least as starters.. Take Boston Derrick white, jrue holiday KP, tatum and brown all two way players.. Denver KP Jokic and gordon are two way players and MPJ is not a great defender but being 6 foot 10 helps him be ok for his position ane Murray gives good effort but can be hunted on match ups that said pretty good and they can all play offence. Now take the lakers Dlo horrendous defender not even starting.. Austin bad defender was not starting.. Rui is middle of the pack on everything been playing poorly not starting those are the three highest paid players outside AD and Lebron on the Bench the next highest is injured so you have Reddish starting and he cant shoot so its all defence and teams ignore him on the other end.. Prince who can shoot but a horrendous defender.. Vando cant shoot but can defend.. The team is awful and they need some elite 3 point shooters which is a requirement for any team. I do not think they have enough fire power to make enough trades to make the team a real contender but your comment on LBJ is ridicolous.

Funny. Jordan at this age was not playing with one of the dominant big men in AD but a real bunch of scrubs. Despite injuries, he still turned the Wizards, a rock bottom team with 19 wins, to a 37 wins team, almost doubling the win%. That's not a final-inspired team that's handpicked by LeGM. Chill your horses, LeBron is not even at Curry's level, where the final record is 3-1 (with the 1 by league MVP Adam Silver and Kyrie's shot at the last minute) head-to-head. Curry's super team beat LeBron's super team twice, 4-1, 4-0 sweep, not even close.

[Pickled Prunes]

LeBron James Following Loss To Grizzlies: 'We Need Siakam - Now'

LAL have one tradeable 1st. What LAL players would TOR want for Siakam? I don't Siakam to LAL being possible.

[Lalouie]

i cannot imagine the place lebron must be in to utter those words

[azcatz11]

i cannot imagine the place lebron must be in to utter those words

His $50m mansion in Beverly Hills?

[Lalouie]

LeBron James Following Loss To Grizzlies: 'We Need Siakam - Now'

LAL have one tradeable 1st. What LAL players would TOR want for Siakam? I don't Siakam to LAL being possible.

if siakam has a choice,,,i think he avoids the lakers. it is a sinking ship that will be deep in the mariana trench once lebron leaves and lebron will put him in the corner anyway

the lure playing w/lebron was always a chance at a ring, but that lure is long past

[WindyCityBorn]

LeBron's gotta retire at some point. His stats are what they are because he's playing near 40 mins a game for an awful lottery bound team if you take out him and leave AD and those guys by themselves. Lakers may not even make the play-in because Memphis will get better and pass L.A. LeBron had his fun in the 2010s with the decision to Miami and then going to Cleveland. LeBron is just stat padding at this point. Even Jordan said, if it was about stats, I would have played much longer in the league.

He won the title in 2020 and finals mvp in 2020 he went to the WCFs last season.. WTF are you even talking about lol.. Jordan didnt even compare to Lebron at this age when he played for the wizards Jordan was not playing this level.. LeBron clearly is not prime Lebron but he is still playing at an extremely high level the clear issue for the lakers is 1. Ham is a terrible coach 2. The roster is full of one way players and you need two way players at least as starters.. Take Boston Derrick white, jrue holiday KP, tatum and brown all two way players.. Denver KP Jokic and gordon are two way players and MPJ is not a great defender but being 6 foot 10 helps him be ok for his position ane Murray gives good effort but can be hunted on match ups that said pretty good and they can all play offence. Now take the lakers Dlo horrendous defender not even starting.. Austin bad defender was not starting.. Rui is middle of the pack on everything been playing poorly not starting those are the three highest paid players outside AD and Lebron on the Bench the next highest is injured so you have Reddish starting and he cant shoot so its all defence and teams ignore him on the other end.. Prince who can shoot but a horrendous defender.. Vando cant shoot but can defend.. The team is awful and they need some elite 3 point shooters which is a requirement for any team. I do not think they have enough fire power to make enough trades to make the team a real contender but your comment on LBJ is ridicolous.

Jordan was 41 and had been out of the NBA for over 6 years when he joined the Wizards. A completely different situation from Lebron. He will still clearly the best player in the NBA when he retired at his 6th championship at I think 34 years old. Lebron isn’t doing anything that would have been impossible for Jordan if he had kept playing. Lebron isn’t even 40 yet.