The Athletic: NBA execs around the league expect the gap between Clippers and Lakers to be significant

[WHITE_HOT_HEAT]

It's been like this since he came to Miami. We know it. Only idiots claim otherwise. He plays much better without a lot of rest. He ramps up all the way to perform insanely in the playoffs. Back when he was with us, he played best after Olympics, the season he had minimal rest.

[Warriorfan]

Yeah that was a dumb take, that poster act's like the other teams didn't get the same time off. Just lazy excuses at this point.

Age of Lakers
Lebron 35, Green 33, Mg Gee 33, D12 34, Rondo34, Morris 31, JR Smith 35, Dudley 35
2nd oldest team in NBA. They were oldest till rockets added 38 yo Chandler.

Short season long break mattered especially with Lebron usage at point. Next year if its a full season I see a Laker fade

Man, expecting LeBron to fade at this point is pretty wild honestly. His stamina is possibly still the best in the league and they can improve the roster to better accommodate him and AD too. Them with more spacing and/or a decent third option is dangerous.

Lowest shooting pct in 5yrs. Tied 2nd lowest scoring avg since rookie year even though AD only other good option. Man is not a robot.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jamesle01.html

[mademan]

Age of Lakers
Lebron 35, Green 33, Mg Gee 33, D12 34, Rondo34, Morris 31, JR Smith 35, Dudley 35
2nd oldest team in NBA. They were oldest till rockets added 38 yo Chandler.

Short season long break mattered especially with Lebron usage at point. Next year if its a full season I see a Laker fade

Man, expecting LeBron to fade at this point is pretty wild honestly. His stamina is possibly still the best in the league and they can improve the roster to better accommodate him and AD too. Them with more spacing and/or a decent third option is dangerous.

Lowest shooting pct in 5yrs. Tied 2nd lowest scoring avg since rookie year even though AD only other good option. Man is not a robot.

Highest shooting % in the playoffs in a while too. And he had his lowest scoring avg cause he's playing PG a lot more, which is why he led the league in assists.

Man might be a robot.

[hoosierdaddy34]

Age of Lakers
Lebron 35, Green 33, Mg Gee 33, D12 34, Rondo34, Morris 31, JR Smith 35, Dudley 35
2nd oldest team in NBA. They were oldest till rockets added 38 yo Chandler.

Short season long break mattered especially with Lebron usage at point. Next year if its a full season I see a Laker fade

Man, expecting LeBron to fade at this point is pretty wild honestly. His stamina is possibly still the best in the league and they can improve the roster to better accommodate him and AD too. Them with more spacing and/or a decent third option is dangerous.

Lowest shooting pct in 5yrs. Tied 2nd lowest scoring avg since rookie year even though AD only other good option. Man is not a robot.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jamesle01.html

He had a career high True Shooting of 64.7% in the playoffs.

[Warriorfan]

Man, expecting LeBron to fade at this point is pretty wild honestly. His stamina is possibly still the best in the league and they can improve the roster to better accommodate him and AD too. Them with more spacing and/or a decent third option is dangerous.

Lowest shooting pct in 5yrs. Tied 2nd lowest scoring avg since rookie year even though AD only other good option. Man is not a robot.

Highest shooting % in the playoffs in a while too. And he had his lowest scoring avg cause he's playing PG a lot more, which is why he led the league in assists.

Man might be a robot.

Lebron also had no playoffs the season before. Fact last Lebron full season team was 12 games back from a playoff spot.

[Dupp]

Appears they were right

[nzahir]

Age of Lakers
Lebron 35, Green 33, Mg Gee 33, D12 34, Rondo34, Morris 31, JR Smith 35, Dudley 35
2nd oldest team in NBA. They were oldest till rockets added 38 yo Chandler.

Short season long break mattered especially with Lebron usage at point. Next year if its a full season I see a Laker fade

Man, expecting LeBron to fade at this point is pretty wild honestly. His stamina is possibly still the best in the league and they can improve the roster to better accommodate him and AD too. Them with more spacing and/or a decent third option is dangerous.

Lowest shooting pct in 5yrs. Tied 2nd lowest scoring avg since rookie year even though AD only other good option. Man is not a robot.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jamesle01.html

Lmfao this guy leaves out Lebron's playoffs and how he was the assist leader, pathetic

[mademan]

Lowest shooting pct in 5yrs. Tied 2nd lowest scoring avg since rookie year even though AD only other good option. Man is not a robot.

Highest shooting % in the playoffs in a while too. And he had his lowest scoring avg cause he's playing PG a lot more, which is why he led the league in assists.

Man might be a robot.

Lebron also had no playoffs the season before. Fact last Lebron full season team was 12 games back from a playoff spot.

Nah, Lebron's last full season ended up in a title and FMVP. It just happened bro

[homecourtloss]

300+ posts before the bump and no hint of “stacked superteam” or “two top 5 players.”

Still the revisionism continues

[dockingsched]

This is definitely one of the better bumped threads, top notch reading material.

[Ckay]

LARRY O'B'

[MAMBAOUT24]

Can't wait to hear all the reporters double back and say they knew the Lakers were the most talented team, etc.... Always happens when the Lakers win.

[syntax]

Special bump for those Pandemic P fans out there.