Tension between Luka and LeBron? Or nothing in it? What do you think?

[Real Men Wear Green]

Forgot about that. He's still 40, Doncic has still dominated the conference more recently and Doncic is still in his prime while James is clearly on the downside.

[Bankaii]

The last time James made the Finals was 5 years ago and he is now over 40. Doncic dominated the West just two years ago and is still under 30. Pretty sure James has not been to the second round since and had even missed the playoffs. This is not prime Lebron James. At some point you should let that idea go and accept his current reality as James himself seems to have.

2023? Regardless, essentially everything you said is irrelevant. Nobody is saying LeBron is better than Luka or should be the number 1 option on the team.

The problem is with Luka and AR dominating the hell out of the ball and not featuring LeBron at all. They can beat average teams. But against the good teams and in the playoffs when they don’t get those bs calls, it simply won’t work. JJ needs to be using the RS to experiment how to feature LeBron as the primary playmaker and decrease the time Luka/AR use 2/3rds of the shot clock dribbling nowhere. Other Lakers players have even voiced this issue themselves.

[Real Men Wear Green]

The flawed theory here is the idea that LebronJames is magic. He's their third-best offensive player. He's 40. No one dominates in the NBA at 40. It's never happened. If you really want to address the Lakers' weakness is on the other side of the ball. They just gave up 132 points to the Spurs without Wemby. That's an issue they need to deal with. Could lead to trading one of their top players (Reeves) and then maybe James does more but if you're going to play these three guys just emphasizing one more at the expense of others' touches isn't going to make them better than they are right now.

[Full Court]

2023? Regardless, essentially everything you said is irrelevant. Nobody is saying LeBron is better than Luka or should be the number 1 option on the team.

The problem is with Luka and AR dominating the hell out of the ball and not featuring LeBron at all. They can beat average teams. But against the good teams and in the playoffs when they don’t get those bs calls, it simply won’t work. JJ needs to be using the RS to experiment how to feature LeBron as the primary playmaker and decrease the time Luka/AR use 2/3rds of the shot clock dribbling nowhere. Other Lakers players have even voiced this issue themselves.

You really think Lebron dominating the ball and using 2/3 of the shot clock dribbling nowhere is going to improve anything? How did that work out for the Lakers the last 3 seasons?

[3ba11]

Kyrie, IT, Westbrook and Ingram didn't like Lebron either, or fit with him.. It's because Lebron-ball isn't optimal and clashes with other ballhandlers - it turns everyone into spot-up shooters, aka bad chemistry, so it perennially loses and needs teammate bailouts to win, or a shortened season that no one cares about.. It can't win a normal ring without teammate bailout or mickey mouse shortened season

[3ba11]

The problem is with Luka and AR dominating the hell out of the ball and not featuring LeBron at all.

Curry wouldn't need to be "featured".. He would easily average 20+ and he wouldn't disrupt anyone - Reaves and Luka would still get 30-35 each

So it's a skillset issue, aka Lebron lacks the expert jumpshooting skill and off-ball game to fit with Luka and Reaves.. Curry wouldn't have this issue, and neither would MJ, who excelled in the triangle, aka "equal-opportunity" - the triangle didn't "feature" anyone - everyone ran the same routes and had the same read-react decisions to make

[sdot_thadon]

Curry wouldn't need to be "featured".. He would easily average 20+ and he wouldn't disrupt anyone - Reaves and Luka would still get 30-35 each

So it's a skillset issue, aka Lebron lacks the expert jumpshooting skill and off-ball game to fit with Luka and Reaves.. Curry wouldn't have this issue, and neither would MJ, who excelled in the triangle, aka "equal-opportunity" - the triangle didn't "feature" anyone - everyone ran the same routes and had the same read-react decisions to make

Also Curry is one of those guys that willing takes a back seat. He was pushed into sidekick status by a guy who couldn't get Westbrook to pass him the ball lol.

[Axe]

None too concerning at all.

Oh wait, most people are morons.

[Full Court]

Speaking of tension, the stinky idiot Axe has a TON of tension in the waistline of his pants.



But back on topic. If the Lakers manage to make it deep into the playoffs and it looks like Luka has a chance at getting FMVP, you'll see Lebron sabotaging the crap out of him. You heard it here first.