(LOCK THREAD) The LeBron James - 22-23 NBA Season Thread -NBA's All-Time Scoring Leader!

[RRR3]

25-31 lmao. This is why you don’t wait too long to make a move Pelinkduh. If he had made these moves before the year they win at least 5 more games. But he waited too long like the idiot he is.

For all the legitimate criticisms you can make, this is a bit daft. It takes two to tango and every GM waits until the last day to maximize their return. Up until a week ago, teams were asking an unprotected 1st to take on Westbrook for neutral value, let alone give anyone.

I meant he should have made trades before the season dude. The Hield and Turner one was RIGHT THERE. He no longer has the excuse of being unwilling to give up picks because he just proved he was.

[Slava]

25-31 lmao. This is why you don’t wait too long to make a move Pelinkduh. If he had made these moves before the year they win at least 5 more games. But he waited too long like the idiot he is.

For all the legitimate criticisms you can make, this is a bit daft. It takes two to tango and every GM waits until the last day to maximize their return. Up until a week ago, teams were asking an unprotected 1st to take on Westbrook for neutral value, let alone give anyone.

I meant he should have made trades before the season dude. The Hield and Turner one was RIGHT THERE. He no longer has the excuse of being unwilling to give up picks because he just proved he was.

THere's mixed reporting on whether the Pacers were willing to make that trade as their owner didn't want to tank.

[The High Cyde]

Lakers did really well this trade deadline for what assets they had. We all crap on Kirkland Rob Lowe but he got it done this time. Time will tell if Zimpy above was correct about the defense, but a back line of a locked in Bron and AD can cause teams problems regardless.

Real season will be next year when Kyrie joins, but that’s a lot of time from now til then. For now the Lakers can make the play in with this squad, with some luck of course. Hopefully Davis grows his pair back though, shameful how he’s been playing since his return, he was finally playing aggressive earlier, with quick aggressive decisions from the free throw line down that devastated defenses, he needs to get back to that for this team to have a chance.

[LikeABosh]

25-31 lmao. This is why you don’t wait too long to make a move Pelinkduh. If he had made these moves before the year they win at least 5 more games. But he waited too long like the idiot he is.

For all the legitimate criticisms you can make, this is a bit daft. It takes two to tango and every GM waits until the last day to maximize their return. Up until a week ago, teams were asking an unprotected 1st to take on Westbrook for neutral value, let alone give anyone.

I meant he should have made trades before the season dude. The Hield and Turner one was RIGHT THERE. He no longer has the excuse of being unwilling to give up picks because he just proved he was.

For two picks. He only used one and personally, I think Dlo/Beasley/Vando fills more holes than Hield/Turner (even though Turner is the best player of the bunch)

[Jurassic_Park]

Moves might be too little too late. Current odds for lakers to make the playoffs +245. Just can’t afford to lose to teams like OKC.

[MyUniBroDavis]

Y’all are stupid if y’all are mad rn btw lol

Russ/Bev/nunn/JTA/Jones/TB out

Rui/Dangelo/Vanderbilt/Beasley/Bamba in

That’s crazy lol

Bev+Bryant for Bamba move was the mistake. It was solid until then..

Bev is a bit of a loss but in terms of what he could bring to the table if we used him right

TB can’t play defense lol

[PistolPeteJR]

My whole shtick with the moves the Lakers made over the past few days is that it all came too late, I think. I will honestly be surprised (happily) if they make the playoffs at this point. They made good moves for the most part, but what good was it if it was for naught this year? What good that really is worth it does it carry over into next season?

[AEnigma]

Imagine if they manage to worm their way into a first round matchup with the Kings though.

[Colbinii]

Imagine if they manage to worm their way into a first round matchup with the Kings though.

I just can't see the Kings finishing Top 4.

[trex_8063]

A friend just sent me this animation of all LeBron's career scoring; it's kinda cool, and only takes like a minute to watch.

https://flowingdata.com/2023/02/08/all-of-lebron-james-career-points/

[parsnips33]

Imagine if they manage to worm their way into a first round matchup with the Kings though.

Let's see who's side the refs are on this time

[nzahir]

My whole shtick with the moves the Lakers made over the past few days is that it all came too late, I think. I will honestly be surprised (happily) if they make the playoffs at this point. They made good moves for the most part, but what good was it if it was for naught this year? What good that really is worth it does it carry over into next season?

Do some of you guys still not understand the cap flexibility this gives us?

You realize we had under 30M to use this summer with Rui? Even with him, we had at most 1 max spot with AD, Bron, Reaves and Christie

Imagine we got Kyrie, we would have 1 mle to use and thats really it. Then add vet mins

We can now operate over the cap

DLO can be kept or sign and traded or signed and traded next deadline if needed

We will have our 1st this summer to deal, plus we have 26 and 28 swaps and 29 1st and some 2nds

I think the goal this year is to make the playoffs, but this deal also helps for the next 1-2 years

Who knows what happens, this is why you make these kind of moves anyways

We can go 4-0 in the next 4 games vs GS, POR, NOLA, and GS (GS should have no Curry for both and Pels no Zion)

Changes the picture

Imagine if KD gets hurt again or Cp3 with his usual self gets hurt

[McBubbles]

A friend just sent me this animation of all LeBron's career scoring; it's kinda cool, and only takes like a minute to watch.

https://flowingdata.com/2023/02/08/all-of-lebron-james-career-points/

1. That's super cool! Thanks for sharing.

2. Imagine how not cool or dramatic this would look for someone like Shaq

[The High Cyde]

Here’s another cool one I saw a few days ago, since we’re on the topic of scoring haha

[homecourtloss]

Here’s another cool one I saw a few days ago, since we’re on the topic of scoring haha

A friend just sent me this animation of all LeBron's career scoring; it's kinda cool, and only takes like a minute to watch.

https://flowingdata.com/2023/02/08/all-of-lebron-james-career-points/

An absolutely wild thing has happened over the last week. I work with some kids in a mentorship program and as I have mentioned before, many of these kids are Jordaniares somehow, and solely because of LeBron Becoming the all-time points leader, they have suddenly changed their minds.

Interesting times. I fully expect another “Last Dance” type documentary to drop anytime soon now.

[AEnigma]

I like the Moreyball evolution in Lebron’s shot profile.

Taking the scoring record matters to the public. It is why so many preemptively tried to undermine it, and why Kareem deliberately emphasised how that reflex to undermine was incorrect. It should not matter as much as it does, but you can say that for a lot of how the public assesses the sport, so we take what we can get.

[ardee]

Bryant was the worst defensive big man in the league, I can't believe people are upset at him being traded. He was basically Enes Kanter

I don't think anyone cares that TB is gone, moreso that they had to move Beverly to replace him.

I think Beverly has his limitations as a player but having him as the primary guard defender and Vanderbilt as the primary wing defender would be a very nice setup. In a series against Phoenix for example you put Bev on Booker and Vanderbilt on Durant, which allows LeBron and Davis to roam. Now, you're likely going to need one of them to guard an offensive star.

That being said, the trades were definitely a big positive overall.

[nzahir]

SMH Bron out AGAIN

Pushed it too hard vs OKC seems like (and the whole year due to an awful team)

Still a very winnable game though without Curry, but man we need these games, wtf

[trickshot]

Bryant was the worst defensive big man in the league, I can't believe people are upset at him being traded. He was basically Enes Kanter

I don't think anyone cares that TB is gone, moreso that they had to move Beverly to replace him.

I think Beverly has his limitations as a player but having him as the primary guard defender and Vanderbilt as the primary wing defender would be a very nice setup. In a series against Phoenix for example you put Bev on Booker and Vanderbilt on Durant, which allows LeBron and Davis to roam. Now, you're likely going to need one of them to guard an offensive star.

That being said, the trades were definitely a big positive overall.

I have a feeling they'll be revisiting that trade if they make the postseason. Problem with trading Bev is they did it after the KD trade went down. If they are trying to make the playoffs then surely they know not to trade pieces that would help against a Phoenix matchup.

Bev has been a part of some playoff cinderella stories so he's in the 1% of roleplayers that don't totally fall off a cliff in the postseason. Also fit the archtype of smaller bulldog types that have done okay on KD in the past (length doesn't faze him). Lakers lowkey projected to have the strongest matchup options against the Phoenix 4. After scoring an A+ on the main trades he had to remind everyone he's still a bit inexperienced. This thing now depends on how good Mo Bamba looks and from the noises it sounds like his game has some ugly holes that will be exploited.

[Fadeaway_J]

Looking like these moves will be too late for this season. Far too many winnable games thrown away.