LeBron James 2021-22 Regular Season Thread - Part ?

[IG2]

I don't think there's a coach in the world who's fixing this mess when the Lakers' problems are their ownership and front office. The roster is atrocious and you just know Jeanie and Pelinka have more asinine moves planned this offseason. They're still letting Magic have input in all their decisions, FFS. Hell, with how dysfunctional the Lakers are, I wouldn't be surprised if Chaz the bartender was still involved in personnel moves.

I still can't believe LeBron signed over the rest of his prime to this farce.

Oh no I wasn't implying Frank's the reason for this mess (he does suck offensively though). But coach is usually the first to go when a team starts looking like this.

[52-12-7]

At least Lebron stat padded his way to another 30 point game. He has to lead the league in garbage minute 4th quarter points by a mile lol.

[GSP]

Damn Twitter is going in on him statpadding right now..............was it that bad i missed the game

[zimpy27]

Damn Twitter is going in on him statpadding right now..............was it that bad i missed the game

Nah he sat with over 5 minutes less once the game was beyond saving. LeBron trolls only come out of hiding when Lakers lose big.

[dcstanley]

Damn Twitter is going in on him statpadding right now..............was it that bad i missed the game

The same people that say he quit on the team are mad he's still playing in a blowout.

[sp6r=underrated]

I was trying to think of a parallel for Lebron and the stage he is at in his career. The best one I could think of was Karl Malone circa 2001.

He's still an elite player in the league, still spectacular by any reasonable standard and much better than anyone could reasonably expect given where they are on the age curve.

But there is a lot of decline that impacts their ability to lift a team.

[AmIWrongDude]

Damn Twitter is going in on him statpadding right now..............was it that bad i missed the game

The same people that say he quit on the team are mad he's still playing in a blowout.

Yep he either “gives up and has terrible body language” or “stat pads”

I think he’s just pissed at how trash this team is all around. Nobody can even make open shots.

[zimpy27]

I was trying to think of a parallel for Lebron and the stage he is at in his career. The best one I could think of was Karl Malone circa 2001.

He's still an elite player in the league, still spectacular by any reasonable standard and much better than anyone could reasonably expect given where they are on the age curve.

But there is a lot of decline that impacts their ability to lift a team.

He's coasting through the RS, you can't judge LeBron until playoffs these days. But yeah he's coasting hard now.

[sp6r=underrated]

I was trying to think of a parallel for Lebron and the stage he is at in his career. The best one I could think of was Karl Malone circa 2001.

He's still an elite player in the league, still spectacular by any reasonable standard and much better than anyone could reasonably expect given where they are on the age curve.

But there is a lot of decline that impacts their ability to lift a team.

He's coasting through the RS, you can't judge LeBron until playoffs these days. But yeah he's coasting hard now.

Lebron isn't coasting.

They're guaranteed to be in the play-in tournament. And they're 3 games out of the 8 spot due to tie-breaker of the 8 spot. If you're in the 9th spot you have to win 2 games to even make the playoffs. They're only 3 games up in the loss column of being out of the post-season and Davis is out for all of March (I believe).

You don't coast in the RS if the playoffs aren't assured and the playoffs are far from assured for the Lakers.

[zimpy27]

I was trying to think of a parallel for Lebron and the stage he is at in his career. The best one I could think of was Karl Malone circa 2001.

He's still an elite player in the league, still spectacular by any reasonable standard and much better than anyone could reasonably expect given where they are on the age curve.

But there is a lot of decline that impacts their ability to lift a team.

He's coasting through the RS, you can't judge LeBron until playoffs these days. But yeah he's coasting hard now.

Lebron isn't coasting.

They're guaranteed to be in the play-in tournament. And they're 3 games out of the 8 spot due to tie-breaker of the 8 spot. If you're in the 9th spot you have to win 2 games to even make the playoffs. They're only 3 games up in the loss column of being out of the post-season and Davis is out for all of March (I believe).

You don't coast in the RS if the playoffs aren't assured and the playoffs are far from assured for the Lakers.

He's coasting, he knows that this team isn't doing anything in the playoffs if he has to carry them to the 8th spot.

This season is over btw, I don't think Davis has any chance of coming back and Lakers didn't make a move at the deadline. Everyone from top to LeBron is out on this team. Maybe the bottom guys don't know yet but it's up to them to show something.

I mean Monk has become a shell of himself, the bench is trash every game.

The rotations are bad.

[nzahir]

This team sucks

Pelinka is a moron to not at least make a small move or two to change the dyanmic and bring some juice like the Cavs in 2018

Cant wait for the offseason

Its their lats shot basically

Need Russ to take that pay cut or move him

[zimpy27]

This team sucks

Pelinka is a moron to not at least make a small move or two to change the dyanmic and bring some juice like the Cavs in 2018

Cant wait for the offseason

Its their lats shot basically

Need Russ to take that pay cut or move him

I found a Westbrook trade I like..

Lakers get: Melton, Clarke, Fournier, Burks
Knicks get: Westbrook
Grizzlies get: Kemba, Reddish, LAL27FRP

Melton, Burks, LeBron, Clarke, Davis -- Nunn, Fournier, THT, Melo, Howard

[Tracymcgoaty]

Hope he gets traded and we get a decent haul for him. Lebron brought us a chip along with AD. But it's a waste of time having him here. Hard time seeing this team being any better next season whilst everyone else gets better.

We are probably the worst team in the NBA.

[zimpy27]

Hope he gets traded and we get a decent haul for him. Lebron brought us a chip along with AD. But it's a waste of time having him here. Hard time seeing this team being any better next season whilst everyone else gets better.

We are probably the worst team in the NBA.

If he wants to be traded somewhere you probably won't get that much. If he doesn't want to be traded then he won't be traded.

Team would have won championship last season if healthy. They just need a great offseason to undo the last one.

Don't be fooled by coasting RS LeBron, he's still putting up MVP numbers while giving minimal effort. Will still be a top 3 player in the league in playoffs.

[XTC]

I was trying to think of a parallel for Lebron and the stage he is at in his career. The best one I could think of was Karl Malone circa 2001.

He's still an elite player in the league, still spectacular by any reasonable standard and much better than anyone could reasonably expect given where they are on the age curve.

But there is a lot of decline that impacts their ability to lift a team.

2013 Kobe is another one.

Both players where playing spectacular. Both teams had past their prime superstar point guards, and a young dominate big man in their prime.

Kobe had Dwight, Lebron has AD.

Kobe had Nash, Lebron has Westbrook.

[TroubleS0me]

I was trying to think of a parallel for Lebron and the stage he is at in his career. The best one I could think of was Karl Malone circa 2001.

He's still an elite player in the league, still spectacular by any reasonable standard and much better than anyone could reasonably expect given where they are on the age curve.

But there is a lot of decline that impacts their ability to lift a team.

2013 Kobe is another one.

Both players where playing spectacular. Both teams had past their prime superstar point guards, and a young dominate big man in their prime.

Kobe had Dwight, Lebron has AD.

Kobe had Nash, Lebron has Westbrook.

true but Nash even past his prime was positive player on the floor

[thebigbird]

I want LeBron to pass Malone this season, but I also don’t want him to blow his knee out. Hopefully he scores enough over the next dozen games or so and can then call it a season.

[Greyhound]

He's coasting through the RS, you can't judge LeBron until playoffs these days. But yeah he's coasting hard now.

Lebron isn't coasting.

They're guaranteed to be in the play-in tournament. And they're 3 games out of the 8 spot due to tie-breaker of the 8 spot. If you're in the 9th spot you have to win 2 games to even make the playoffs. They're only 3 games up in the loss column of being out of the post-season and Davis is out for all of March (I believe).

You don't coast in the RS if the playoffs aren't assured and the playoffs are far from assured for the Lakers.

He's coasting, he knows that this team isn't doing anything in the playoffs if he has to carry them to the 8th spot.

This season is over btw, I don't think Davis has any chance of coming back and Lakers didn't make a move at the deadline. Everyone from top to LeBron is out on this team. Maybe the bottom guys don't know yet but it's up to them to show something.

I mean Monk has become a shell of himself, the bench is trash every game.

The rotations are bad.

I don’t buy it. He is not coasting. He is declined and actively managing his energy output in game.

His stamina has declined to the point that he has to pick and choose when in-game to give maximum output. If he goes prime LeBron at the start of games (and attempts to maintain it), he will burn out by halftime.

Of late he has been attempting to save his stack for the 4th quarter. The problem is, without AD the team is not good enough to make it a winnable game by that point.

Those are the breaks.

[Greyhound]

I want LeBron to pass Malone this season, but I also don’t want him to blow his knee out. Hopefully he scores enough over the next dozen games or so and can then call it a season.

The last game I watched, that knee seemed to be in peril (the way it kept giving out whenever he met contact).

I had never seen LeBron lose balance and collapse to the ground as much as he did that first game post all star break.

[therealbig3]

Hope he gets traded and we get a decent haul for him. Lebron brought us a chip along with AD. But it's a waste of time having him here. Hard time seeing this team being any better next season whilst everyone else gets better.

We are probably the worst team in the NBA.

If he wants to be traded somewhere you probably won't get that much. If he doesn't want to be traded then he won't be traded.

Team would have won championship last season if healthy. They just need a great offseason to undo the last one.

Don't be fooled by coasting RS LeBron, he's still putting up MVP numbers while giving minimal effort. Will still be a top 3 player in the league in playoffs.

Nah, I don't think a healthy Lakers team honestly comes close to the title last year. They were legitimately worse compared to their 2020 run, and I do think the Suns would have outlasted them regardless.

I also don't think they would have done well against the Bucks or Nets (if we use the "if healthy" caveat). Even with a healthy Davis, the Lakers role players were a big step down from the season before, and that would have made a difference imo.