(Lock Thread)The LeBron James- 23-24 NBA Playoffs & Off-Season Thread -(NO PERSONAL ATTACKS & BAITING)

[RRR3]

Kevin O'Connor is **** on Ham now lol. I've never seen a coach get this much flak from pundits

[GSP]

Reaves and DLo are a combined 4-20. That run from Reaves last year was crazier than Linsanity low key. He AVERAGED 21/3/5 on 73% TS against the same team.

Reaves was getting to Ft line last year. Got in rhythm. Theyve been discplined this series. How many free throws has Reaves even shot this series?

Hes like some of those foulbaiting stars weve seen if you can keep them off the line he stinks

[Heej]

LeBron gonna enter his retirement phase on the Lakers most likely.

[CKRT]

Think the most frustrating thing here is that he still has enough in the tank to be a #2 guy that’s borderline 1B but just can’t get a team around him that isn’t dog water these last few years.

[Colbinii]

Man am I happy the Wolves have Conley instead of D'lo. Good Grief.

[RRR3]

Lol Reaves made it look like he had a good game

[nzahir]

1, 2, 3, Cancun.

Honestly, I really, really wonder what the Lakers do this offseason.

Do they replace Ham? With who?
Do they move those picks and DLo/Reaves?

It was fun while it lasted.

So I wanted to wait until the season ended to see how this series played out

If we won or lost in 6-7 games, I wold think to make some moves, but smaller moves and upgrades

But if were losing in 4-5 games, we may need to make a major change or two....

A trade for a star may blow up in our face, but whats the diference if they cant beat Denver with this group

Dissapointed af in DLo. The guy was our 3rd best player in the reg season and he cost us game 1. If he makes a few more 3s, I think we win that

Game 2 he shot well and started off red hot, but then in the 2nd half was making bad decisions and kind of dissapeared.

And then tonight....0 pts

He needs to go, done with the Dlo experience here. Better reg season guy and may benefit from having a better coach.

Idk wtf happened to Rui. Can anyone describe what happened to the guy from the last few months. Any data or insight?

Reaves can stay b/c of the solid contract, but if there is a legit star available, you ship him too

Potential stars available:
Donovan Mitchell
Trae Young
Kyrie (if mavs lose)
KD (if suns lose in 4-5, I can see it. Pass on Beal)
KAT

Bridges and DJM are a tier below those guys, but I can see both available as well

[dreamshake]

Frustrating how many years there's been a single Kryptonite team blocking the path to a title. Without GSW he likely has at least 2 more titles out of 15, 17, 18. Without Denver he probably wins at least 1 of the last 2 years.

[Mos_Heat]

1, 2, 3, Cancun.

Honestly, I really, really wonder what the Lakers do this offseason.

Do they replace Ham? With who?
Do they move those picks and DLo/Reaves?

It was fun while it lasted.

So I wanted to wait until the season ended to see how this series played out

If we won or lost in 6-7 games, I wold think to make some moves, but smaller moves and upgrades

But if were losing in 4-5 games, we may need to make a major change or two....

A trade for a star may blow up in our face, but whats the diference if they cant beat Denver with this group

Dissapointed af in DLo. The guy was our 3rd best player in the reg season and he cost us game 1. If he makes a few more 3s, I think we win that

Game 2 he shot well and started off red hot, but then in the 2nd half was making bad decisions and kind of dissapeared.

And then tonight....0 pts

He needs to go, done with the Dlo experience here. Better reg season guy and may benefit from having a better coach.

Idk wtf happened to Rui. Can anyone describe what happened to the guy from the last few months. Any data or insight?

Reaves can stay b/c of the solid contract, but if there is a legit star available, you ship him too

Potential stars available:
Donovan Mitchell
Trae Young
Kyrie
KD (if suns lose in 4-5, I can see it. Pass on Beal)
KAT

Bridges and DJM are a tier below those guys, but I can see both available as well

Playoffs started

[GSP]

Think the most frustrating thing here is that he still has enough in the tank to be a #2 guy that’s borderline 1B but just can’t get a team around him that isn’t dog water these last few years.

Current Bron isnt a 1b i mean Ad is the 1a and Bron 1b and look at them........Bron has to be solid 2nd option at this point to win a ring unless he takes a massive paycut somewhere lol not happening. But theres only a couple players whod be clear number 1 option over him. Jokic, Embiid, Giannis, Luka, maybe Sga?

[TroubleS0me]

...wow thought they had it.
welp this will be the 4th time LBJ has been swept in his career.

Jordan got swept 3x times.

[letskissbro]

Think the most frustrating thing here is that he still has enough in the tank to be a #2 guy that’s borderline 1B but just can’t get a team around him that isn’t dog water these last few years.

Lakers fans want him to take a pay cut as if Rob 'Cap Meistro' Pelinka would know what to do with the extra money.

[GSP]

Has Bron ever lost this many consecutive games to 1 team? Counting Rs and playoffs............what is that 11 now? Wtf

[letskissbro]

Think the most frustrating thing here is that he still has enough in the tank to be a #2 guy that’s borderline 1B but just can’t get a team around him that isn’t dog water these last few years.

Current Bron isnt a 1b i mean Ad is the 1a and Bron 1b and look at them........Bron has to be solid 2nd option at this point to win a ring. But theres only a couple players whod be clear number 1 option over him. Jokic, Embiid, Giannis, Luka, maybe Sga?

Lol solid second option putting up 26 points 10 assists while shooting efficiently and playing elite defense. Since the all star break he's been a borderline top 5 player. I get the box score isn't everything but it's becoming a meme on here the way people reduce a team's performance to just the star players. Role players matter. Coaching matters. If Draymond can be the second best player on a championship team with no other all-stars LeBron definitely still can.

[tone wone]

Just a complete lack of composure offensively from a team whose ENTIRE identity is offense is just really disheartening.

This season may ultimately be more frustrating than that pitiful '22 Westbrook season. That team was fundamentally awful and was never gonna work. This team may not have been championship caliber but it should've and would've been more than THIS if the 1st half of the season wasn't so mismanaged.

Last years team did more than it should've given 1. how deep into the year they stayed with Westbook and 2. Lebron getting hurt right after the big trade.

[CKRT]

Think the most frustrating thing here is that he still has enough in the tank to be a #2 guy that’s borderline 1B but just can’t get a team around him that isn’t dog water these last few years.

Current Bron isnt a 1b i mean Ad is the 1a and Bron 1b and look at them........Bron has to be solid 2nd option at this point to win a ring. But theres only a couple players whod be clear number 1 option over him. Jokic, Embiid, Giannis, Luka, maybe Sga?

I think you’re arguing for my point

He can maintain a 1B level for stretches at his age, I think he’s done it well enough even in this series. If LA had constructed a better roster instead of seeing DLo in January and thinking it was something real then LA has an outside shot in this series and would definitely pick up at least 2 games. Against any other team besides the Wolves, I’d say they have a great chance at winning a series.

[RRR3]

Frustrating how many years there's been a single Kryptonite team blocking the path to a title. Without GSW he likely has at least 2 more titles out of 15, 17, 18. Without Denver he probably wins at least 1 of the last 2 years.

They would get annihilated by the Celtics. And they would not bear the Wolves or Clippers or Mavericks either.

[GSP]

Think the most frustrating thing here is that he still has enough in the tank to be a #2 guy that’s borderline 1B but just can’t get a team around him that isn’t dog water these last few years.

Current Bron isnt a 1b i mean Ad is the 1a and Bron 1b and look at them........Bron has to be solid 2nd option at this point to win a ring. But theres only a couple players whod be clear number 1 option over him. Jokic, Embiid, Giannis, Luka, maybe Sga?

Lol solid second option putting up 26 points 10 assists while shooting efficiently and playing elite defense. Since the all star break he's been a borderline top 5 player. I get the box score isn't everything but it's becoming a meme on here the way people reduce a team's performance to just the star players. Role players matter. If Draymond can be the second best player on a championship team with no other all-stars LeBron definitely can.

You have to take contract into account too tho. Draymond makes what 20m per? Bron close to 50m.......Bron as 2nd option isnt giving ur team same flexibility as Draymond as 2nd option. And Steph Draymond is a historic pairing its not like we can just say Draymond alone the synergy b/w him and Steph is why Warriors were what they were

This mightve been the only Bron team that had a winning record w/o him at 6-5.........They were a 1 Srs team despite Bron and Ad both playing 71+ games............theres little to indicate Bron can be a 1b at 39yo making 48-50m per on a title team and lets be honest he isnt taking a paycut anywhere

[GSP]

Wild how seeding and playins can change everything

If theyre the 8 seed they beat Okc Imo and in same bracket as Okc, No, Dallas and Lac............Wolves have a real shot at taking Denver out too on the other side

Narratives are very different

[EmpireFalls]

I honestly think retirement is near, and I didn’t believe him for a second last year. That’s a broken man right there. He doesn't have any fire left after this.