The LeBron James All-NBA (2nd) and Luka Doncic - 24-25 Thread

DorianRo · Post #2621 » by **DorianRo** » Wed Apr 30, 2025 9:41 pm

Who can guard Ant on the Lakers though? Lebron with maximum effort maybe for a quarter and then he'll be gassed the next 3. Luka hasn't played defense since birth. Reaves? LOL.

Ian Scuffling · Post #2622 » by **Ian Scuffling** » Wed Apr 30, 2025 10:03 pm

homecourtloss wrote:

Read on Twitter

LeBron playing two 99th+ games back to back at 40 years old yet still attacked by the usuals.

Well, they're idiots, so you'll have that.

EmpireFalls · Post #2623 » by **EmpireFalls** » Wed Apr 30, 2025 10:04 pm

DorianRo wrote:Who can guard Ant on the Lakers though? Lebron with maximum effort maybe for a quarter and then he'll be gassed the next 3. Luka hasn't played defense since birth. Reaves? LOL.

Exactly and if that wasn’t enough there’s nothing waiting at the rim for him either. Their best rim protector is a 40 year old power forward. Hayes is unplayable and they have no one to make it tough for Ant inside. I’m dying laughing at the Lakers thinking LeBron was gonna carry them on defense. Yeah he can still turn it up for a bit but across 48 minutes you need something more reliable.

O_6 · Post #2624 » by **O_6** » Wed Apr 30, 2025 11:39 pm

Tail-end of his career. Social media is out of control. So much bs to delve through.

Realistically I think he’ll still be a beast next year because he’s literally an anomaly of a human. But in reality, this game and this series might be his last chance at doing something real.

Win or lose this series, losing this game would be bad. The LA offense simply has a higher ceiling than the Minny offense due to passing, but so far the Minny ball movement has looked so much more organic despite their lack of great playmakers.

Love LeBron. Really hope to see a W and extended series tonight.

trickshot · Post #2625 » by **trickshot** » Thu May 1, 2025 12:03 am

Let's go Lakers. If anyone can overturn this it's a team with Luka and Lebron and if anyone can blow a lead it's a team with Rudy and Randle. Disrespectful comments but the postseason is not the time to be making friends. To my Minny pals we can be cool when it's over.

Post #2626 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Thu May 1, 2025 2:19 am

There really is nobody that can't blow by Luka. :lol:

nzahir · Post #2627 » by **nzahir** » Thu May 1, 2025 2:20 am

JJ with a huge mistake with no Hayes to start imo

Unless the plan is to play him when Rudy sits?

trickshot · Post #2628 » by **trickshot** » Thu May 1, 2025 2:31 am

Damn Luka's defensive effort so far is shocking. I thought he had another gear tucked away but it looks like this is as good as it's going to get.

DorianRo · Post #2629 » by **DorianRo** » Thu May 1, 2025 2:32 am

Wolves should be up 35 points already but they insist on chucking 3's when they got a free lane to the basket against midgets every time down the court. This is why they will never make it out of the west. Braindead idiots that don't use their size and athleticism to their advantage. They think they're the 2010 Warriors :noway:

Jurassic_Park · Post #2630 » by **Jurassic_Park** » Thu May 1, 2025 2:32 am

This is embarrassing

IG2 · Post #2631 » by **IG2** » Thu May 1, 2025 2:32 am

trickshot wrote:Damn Luka's defensive effort so far is shocking. I thought he had another gear tucked away but it looks like this is as good as it's going to get.

He's got 2 fouls, so the effort is going to be worse than usual

Post #2632 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Thu May 1, 2025 2:37 am

Maxi Kleber sighting...

thebigbird · Post #2633 » by **thebigbird** » Thu May 1, 2025 2:39 am

trickshot wrote:Damn Luka's defensive effort so far is shocking. I thought he had another gear tucked away but it looks like this is as good as it's going to get.

The sooner Luka lets the other team score, the sooner he gets to pound the ball for 20 seconds on the other end.

Post #2634 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Thu May 1, 2025 2:42 am

Every Laker basket feels like a miracle.

trickshot · Post #2635 » by **trickshot** » Thu May 1, 2025 2:43 am

Nah I apologise to Minny fans. This Laker team is so blocky and unathletic. Assembling a smallball lineup with zero footspeed or vertical jump in 2025

DorianRo · Post #2636 » by **DorianRo** » Thu May 1, 2025 2:43 am

Minny still chucking airball 3's. with a 10 foot size advantage and 100x the athleticism. Unreal. Hard to believe this is the NBA. You learn this stuff in grade school basketball. A lousy 9 point when it should be 29 with the way Fatso Doncic and LeOldie looks

trickshot · Post #2637 » by **trickshot** » Thu May 1, 2025 2:51 am

Lakers D is actually decent when they don't have to cover for multiple poor defenders at once.

Post #2638 » by **Fadeaway_J** » Thu May 1, 2025 2:59 am

This isn't as close as it looks. Once Minnesota starts hitting some of these wide open threes, the Lakers are cooked.

thebigbird · Post #2639 » by **thebigbird** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:01 am

Lakers looked better without Luka out there.

trickshot · Post #2640 » by **trickshot** » Thu May 1, 2025 3:10 am

Luka looks like he can't keep up with the pace. He's in notably worse shape than where he was a couple months ago. It's bad. Sometimes I wonder if the Mavs knew of some severe eating disorder that we didn't.

Hindsight: Would you trade Luka back to Dallas for Anthony Davis?