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Bill Johanesen -> RE: NBA Talk 2020 (5/4/2025 8:26:44 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Mark Anderson
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ORIGINAL: Elliot
I see Teflon 'Bron is at it again. When asked by Jovan Buha if the Lakers' center-less play style eventually caught up to them in the MN series, his response in joking was "No comment...My guy (Anthony Davis), said what he needed, and he was gone the following week. So I got no comment. I put that uniform on every night gave everything I had, and that's all that matters."
Regarding AD saying what he needed, the inference was to a statement Davis had made about preferring to play the 4 rather than the 5, and the implication that it was this request that fast tracked his trade to the Mavs.
So, I guess the takeaway is that LeBron is just a simple employee. He had no influence whatsoever in the Luka acquisition. But it kinda begs the question, what does it mean to be "Bron's Guy," because it certainly doesn't seem to mean that he will fight to keep you on the roster. [&:] The natural follow-up, which never seems to get asked, is: Were you shocked and upset when the rug was pulled out from under you, and your guy, AD, was traded?
Obviously LBJ was major reason Lakers won in 2020. But, since then him and his agent have bullied "their guys" onto the roster and it hasn't been good.
Find a team like Knicks who will come up short this year and think that adding LBJ can put them over the hump. It would probably have to involve another team to make the money work.
It was fine to run it back in 2021 and 2022 but they should have blown it up after that. It was apparent that many teams in the West had surpassed them.
Jeannie Buss likes the sold out crowds but forgot how her dad loved the crowds and championships.
LBJ is going to hang around next year to the tune of $50+ million. He has the player option, local interests, and reportedly will not take a pay cut.
The team needs a lot, and there isn't much to work with. Expect time in limbo, like when they gifted Kobe two years of high salary.
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