When You Refuse To Criticize LeBron (And Get Rewarded)
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- čas přidán 22. 10. 2022
- JJ Reddick has openly refused to criticize LeBron James in a recent appearance on ESPN's First Take. Rob Parker was one of the strongest critics of this move, saying it is lazy journalism. It was a display of lazy journalism from the likes I hadn't seen in the NBA world. Reddick, instead of just calling out the Los Angeles Lakers' fault, wanted to make it a point that LeBron ought to be celebrated. Celebrated as though it mattered not the things LeBron did wrong, nor what the Lakers as a team does wrong.
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Love your videos, as you know from previous comments. Not sure I agree with the premise here not that anyone shd care lol.
Does anyone other than Rob “Moderate Take” Parker really care what JJ says? He’s an out-and-out shill for current NBA players which is why his Zion/CJ comments last season were so refreshing (although I expect that was simply an instance of Duke Superiority Complex at work).
Keep up the excellent work! Loving the more frequent, shorter videos (but please don’t totally abandon the longer pieces if at all possible - I can’t begin to imagine how much more work they involve but imho they are masterpieces) 🙏🏾
Honestly, it makes me happy that you can enjoy the video despite not agreeing with my premise. The problem with shorter vids is that I go into it thinking very fast so at times the logic can be faulty. I'm currently struggling with finding topics to talk about that people want to watch without sounding too repetitive. Thankfully the NBA season is a long one & I can take my time now
@@tooforwon241 imho that’s what the best content - i.e. content like yours - is able to achieve. Please just keep doing what you are doing. As you can see from the comments you have a mini-army of loyal supporters. I don’t find your content remotely repetitive - you have the wonderful and unique ability to speak to anything NBA-related with your own voice. People crave authenticity and you have it in bucketloads ps Have you ever considered delving into the archives to re-explore/rethink some of the older NBA stories? E.g. I’m sure that an ongoing/occasional series from you on historical NBA beefs looked at from today’s perspective and knowing what we know now would be absolute gold dust in my view. Or even retelling a story like Mark Jackson’s exit from the Warriors. Stuff like that which doesn’t really get a detailed look these days. Just a random thought… I should probably mind my own business tbh lol. Peace 🙏🏾
@@deepaknambisan3251 Nah no worries. I always appreciate comments like these. I'm just trying to figure this CZcams stuff out day by day. This stuff just doesn't get any easier so I gotta keep figuring it out
I don't rely on ESPN for anything subjective anymore, all of their NBA takes sound like they're made by an AI to get the most clicks and views they can possibly get. I'd rather listen to podcasts from non-media people because they don't have an incentive to defend players
Don’t think anyone watched ESPN outside of car dealerships and apartment lobbies
JJ literally hosts a podcast where he interviews current players. He will never critique any player with that obvious conflict of interest.
"Shut up, Malika Andrews, and listen to former players"
Its smart. Talk about now. Why keep bringing up history. The eras are all different.
Rob Parker went in on him. Seriously. Granted it was a horrible take.
Excellent point about Kobe dealing with way more slander and less praise in his career. I’d love to watch a video on that. And I think Jordan would’ve played a lot longer in this generation and better. The nba twitter keyboard warriors, CZcamsrs, and personalities like nick wright and Shannon sharpe would provide daily fuel for his pettiness. “It became personal with me…” every fucking day would be personal with him
Are u series right now Lebron has a man name Skip bayless who makes it his job to shit on the man. Kobe or Jordan never had that constantly on his dick.
@@maisonmargielademon2915 let’s not compare Jordan and lebron because they didn’t play in the same era at all. Kobe competed in the same era as lebron for a good part of his career when he was healthy. Kobe was criticized for being carried by shaq(which if you watched the play offs then you’d know is a joke), Kobe also got criticism for the Colorado trial(which many believe cost him more MVPs), then there’s also the fact that Kobe got criticized for his play. He’s too selfish cause he shoots too much, then he gives up if he tries to be a facilitator. When he lost in 2004 it was all his fault. Even though he was traveling constantly to Colorado for his trial and then flying into games late to play basketball. Many players wouldn’t have been all stars if they had all of that to deal with. In 2008 he lost to a Celtics team with 3 top 75 players and 4 total hall of famers, with one of the best perimeter defenders in the league in Tony Allen. While getting pau gasol at the trade deadline. Pau didn’t even get a full off season or season to learn the complex triangle offense and build chemistry and mental toughness with his teammates. Bynum was also hurt. The lakers were out matched physically and mentally but Kobe was still clearly the best player in the series and the Celtics treated him that way with constant doubles. Still, the we’re no excuses for not winning and Kobe never made excuses. “Kobe can’t do it without shaq”. If lebron was in that situation the media would defend him him stop besides skip bayless and rob Parker, everyone else would defend him and lebron would make excuses. No one defended Kobe and Kobe didn’t defend himself. He always said, “I should have 7 rings”.
@@derekdominguez2068 I see nothing but facts 💯 Good comment brotha 👍
JJ: "Lebrons farts inspired me to play harder....I carry this headband of his to remind myself that I'm more than a basketball player"
Lakers and Espn really pushing for that all time scoring record. No championship expectations just pushing a LeBron agenda, don't even matter if they make the playoffs.
Then, now, forever.
But I'm the bad guy for never liking him...
I mean JJ is a charismatic guy. Thanks to that 95% of the thinks he says will be accepted while Perk through the way he communicates can rub some people the wrong way. JJ just doesnt have that, I dont really know how to explain it otherwise.
PS: Also JJ doesnt really criticize anyone but Oldheads that helps.
ESPN does the same thing as WWE. They have heels and faces. It's all a big act, it's not like these guys get on camera for the biggest sports channel in the world and just talk about anything, they have everything scripted beforehand
JJ has good basketball takes most of the time but like any analyst they'll either be wrong or say something stupid occasionally lol
LeStatpad is the most overrated player in sports history. It's embarrassing how just a sliver of criticism after 20 years of insane media praise gets actual billionaires butthurt.
LeBron told us he's "more than an athlete".
So we stopped caring about his ATHLETIC endeavours.
He doesn't want to compete but "challenge legacy".
Sticking around long enough to break the scoring record is as sad now as it was when Karesm did it... but T least he had Magic/Worthy/Riley to carry him.
Watched NBA before LeBron
Watched several games today in which he didn't play
Break the record and fk off already, nobody cares.
@@darrengordon-hill
But bring up the all-time turnover record and it's like dropping an m80 in a room of sleeping babies...
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@@thediseaseisthecure
"Of course it's high, he played for decades"
Them about turnovers
Me about points...
bait comment
ESPEN + Clutch+Lebron.We see the hypocrisy in Hong Kong-China freedom situation.
These players do not fear LeBron. They're saying that now because they hear about how former players talk about Jordan and there is the constant comparison. The players who are saying this are LeBron fanboys like Perkins and Reddick. Both are probably on the Klutch Sports payroll. Draymond
Green called LeBron a b!tch to his face. How is that fear?
*Fans* call LeBron a bitch to his face. I haven't heard a single similar incident in regards to Jordan.
LeBronto?? Bro had a whole organization in shambles but no one fears him😂.
@@cyrillesu Bro your just lying to push your agenda
@@maisonmargielademon2915 czcams.com/video/wVeYu5GsYdw/video.html
Yea and draymond green is also one of the biggest lebron d riders ever so your point is stupid
What's infuriating is seeing LeBron given easy points and open lanes to the basket toward the end of games during blowouts before he gets benched. Free points for LeBron
When I heard JJ, I was flabbergasted, Thank you for pointing
This should’ve been a long video lol but thank you for the upload 😎
Wonder if clutch slipping JJ some checks
At this point I'm 99% sure of it.
Awesome analysis bro! Keep up the good work
Whenever a player says “well I played the game”, everyone goes like a cat with it’s neck grabbed. 😂
Stephen A is right though. He is for sure respected but he really isn’t feared. Look at this history. The Celtics outside of Perkins were basically pushing him off (they did lose to him eventually) kawhi Leonard and the spurs weren’t too scared, the warriors really weren’t ever scared especially when you look at draymond and iggy, KD wasn’t even scared, grizzlies aren’t currently scared, suns aren’t, the clippers aren’t, Giannis isn’t. He’s still an all time great, but kobe and MJ put that fear in you, nobody was stepping up to them and laughing at them or taunting them without consequence.
To be honest I don’t think JJ’s that far off the mark when the only other thing you can say about the Lakers is “They suck” for the rest of the season. The roster as constructed cannot compete so unless they make a trade, what is there to talk about?
ALL LAKERS ALL THE TIME!!!
30 teams
400 teams
"Most talent than at any point in history"
"Non playoff team dominates convo" - 3rd video in my feed on LAL in 3 days (this, LOW, Bsolz)
But I sample "Summer Madness" by Kool and the Gang a lot. So we all have our "easy win" content
Other teams
Keep going bro, don't give up
Thank you, I will. Appreciate the support!
Fuck it, what’s everyone’s Top 10 NBA mascots? That’s the REAL GOAT debate there.
Spurs coyote (biased)
Charlotte Buzz
Orlando dragon
Fuck da rest
JJ is a smart dude. He knows what to say that will benefit his new career.
Lebron James is in year 20 and people are criticizing him like he’s in the middle of his prime
i mean if ur prime never ends, he still technically is lmao
@@theh0ff58 he is not in prime, he literally has no impact on the game. Ge puts up empty stats.
Lebron said to keep that energy a few years ago. Not our problem we did and he hasn't lol
@@tylerlewis2766 He tweeted that well into last season. Less than a year ago.
His stans don't understand a basic reality of leadership in team sports:
_If one player gets most of the praise when the team wins, then that same player shall receive most of the blame when they don't win._
....and coddling a billionaire is one of the worst forms of boot-licking imaginable. We see others doing it every day and it gets normalized like any other addiction.
Can you make a video on Philly struggling
Stephen A Smith is right on this, you can’t mix your emotions with basketball decisions
also 😂 8:36
"4 rings, 8 straight finals" = "respect" as SAS said.
Do HIGH SCHOOL BULLIES need "accolades" to incite fear??
People fear mafia/cartel/corrupt cops etc cos VIOLENCE
Also, can someone tell me why the lakers sucking ass is lebron’s fault? He’s putting up great numbers so far at age 38, i dont see why he should get the blame since he did his job.
And what he said in that press conference was 1000% right, the team fucking stinks now and it aint his fault that it does
He built the team
JJ is right... what's the point of crying about the same things night in night out... Lakers are clearly trash
Stephen A meant.. nobody is worried about LeBron James on some physical altercation shi- … Every body took that the WRONG way. Lmaooo
Nah JJ cleared this up
This aged like a fine wine, give JJ and Lebron are doing a podcast together. Great podcast, but I'm not gonna expect any push back.
Espn lives of hot takes and youtubers make videos out of it. Its the only way they can keep their business afloat. It is baffling how both parties tries to make us believe one is stupid and the others are smart. It WWE all over it. Channel by channel I keep unsubscribing because it is getting old at this point. Where are the analysts? If we believe their content is crap, why are we caring so much for it?
My man..
You can’t be using Rob Parker quotes to add validity to anything. Dudes beyond a hot take artist. Watch him talk about Matt Stafford last season, even after he won the super bowl. Lebron is an over protected baby, but don’t stoop to Rob Parker quotes to make that point. He’s a stubborn bum.
bro did you watch the whole take ???
Safe to say, lebron made a calculated move to help his legacy
“wallahi he’s finished” 🤣
not like we gonna be good this year anyway 😂
Most of the media is like this. Praising Lebron when he's been extremely lazy on defense. There are countless clips on youtube of Lebron crying to the refs and never gets across half court on defense because he quits. I've never seen a NBA player stand around as much as Lebron has the last 4 seasons. It's ridiculous.
cant believe nick wright now have a replica
Bro I love your content but you’re going down the McContent route IMO, lots of clickbait, low-effort stuff. I enjoy your deep dives into basketball/NBA, hope you’ll make more of that stuff.
Nigga rob park really hit the mic
I owe an apology
I'm an old head who grew up with MJ, so I might not see things the way Gen Z does, but I agree with JJ Reddick. Everyone knows the Lakers won't win the West so why not celebrate greatness? Why not support LeBron breaking all-time NBA records this yr? 20 yrs on top of any sport is huge.
Yeah let's celebrate not getting past R1 in 3 of 4 seasons here. And it's about to become 4 out of 5. Real praise-worthy, riiight.
He can go back to Cleveland for his retirement tour, it isn't a Laker fan's responsibility to pay for it.
@@shaft9000 What's LBJ supposed to do when AD, Westbrook, Lonnie Walker, and Pat Bev's out there shooting bricks?
@@shaft9000 he literally is 37, you wanna be mad about how the season is gonna pan out be mad at the lakers gm for making the worst team structure in the league around Lebron. We all know the lakers ain’t doing shit this year so I agree with JJ, let’s just take this lakers season to appreciate history cause that’s really all that’s gonna happen that’s worth watching for the lakers at this point
@@shaft9000 your delusional if u think it winning with russ and ad
Cheerleaders are just boring to listen to IMO. You already know what they're going to say.
Lebron James queen of excuses with no accountability!!
OMG, WTF?!!!
Nothing all day then EVERYONE uploads while I'm asleep or wanna livestream while I'm watching 4 NBA simultaneously
6 screens (3 TVs, 2 laptops and a tablet) is clearly insufficient; FML!!
I mean it’s supposed to be an unbeatable record and it’s obvious nearing the end for the man’s career as a hands down top 2 player of all time I think it’s justified.
I think Jordan deserved all that celebration he got too when he was getting out and hitting his last records.
When they are doing things we might not see for another 10,20,30 years I think they have all the right.
It also doesn’t help I’ve always been a fan of Jj mj and bron so I rly don’t see why the reporters can’t just be on their nuts some days when they were the guys getting slapped around like baby turkeys on thanksgiving by them
JJ is a pretty good analyst for the most part. The Lakers situation is pretty dire though...
He fools people by being well spoken. All his takes are bad
@@SuperHiFiGaming not really. around 95% of his takes are on point. The only OTHER time I've seen him make a bad take was about Bob Cousey playing with just plumbers and firemen.
@@willn8664 what? that's literally just true? he literally was playing plumbers
@@SuperHiFiGaming not really
@@willn8664 that take was legendary lmaooo and also 100% true
I don't believe the best players in the NBA feared LBJ. The Raptors didn't have anybody phenomenal on their team. I think what Steven A ment was that the best players didn't fear LBJ. MJ had MVP caliber players, HOF, Top 75 players afraid to look him in his eyes. Kobe had players up all night wondering how to run him off his spots. LBJ is great and I think players locked in more against him but fear no, I don't think KG, Paul Peirce, and Ray Ray feared him! They just understood he was great. Also we can't trust nothing KP say he in LBJ inner circle he tries to boost LBJ all the time. That's not a knock on LBJ I just think when he moved to Miami a lot of players saw that as weak so LBJ wasn't so scary to the players, it was those 3 players together that scared them. Also your fear as a fan has nothing to do with the players I had LA fans tell me they were scared to see LBJ go against Kobe in the finals but I guarantee Kobe was not worried. Also watching LBJ quit in mutiple series throughout his career makes him look soft to the best players in the NBA.
I think u missed the point JJ. The lakers suck and only thing that is good is Bron coming close to being the NBA all time scorer. I also think your wrong about him not getting enough criticism. The whole internet are hate watching that man ready for him to fail an slander him. That’s why Lebron was so shocked when JJ complemented him. Usually the media says he not clutch, no one is scared of him. He’s not a good leader, he’s Legm. Y’all see a couple of Lebron meat riders and try to make that the majority of the masses which just is not true.
Tf world are you living in? The media constantly praises Lebron. When the Lakers lose it's never Lebron's fault and always his teammates fault. Whenever the Lakers lose in the playoffs it's "Bron has an injury" but when they win the injury is never spoken about. Kendrick Perkins, Nick Wright, JJ Redick, countless other espn employees all praise Lebron no matter what he does.
if lebron happens to be competitive and he wins another chip, IT DOESNT MATTER y’all not going to change your goat argument so why criticize a top 2 player in the last years of his career, acknowledge greatness when it right infront of u
Rob Parker definitely shouts at clouds
UNRELATED: Why your boy Kawhi dressed to play but sat on the bench?!?
LAC getting run out the gym while he's "cheerleading"..
EDIT: He's playing now they're down 20...
Please make short videos like these
Honestly, I might keep doing these if this video does well
@@tooforwon241 i really don't have time for longer ones. I like the way you talk and pounts you bring
MJ was a gangster. Kobe definitely had that gangster side to him. By gangster I mean like mobster - that if you messed with MJ you would feel like you’d just offended Michael from the Godfather.
Lebron just isn’t like that. His game is just as good as MJ no doubt. But Lebron dances around on videos singing “Taco Tuesday” with his family. Is it wholesome ? Yeah for sure Lebron is a real man for sticking with his high school sweetheart and raising his family (legit he should be commended for it). But is that scary? No.
You can’t be the wholesome, funny family man and Michael from the Godfather. MJ chose his route and Lebron his. Neither is better than the other in essence - it’s just who they are
Rob just mad the Lakers are doody
Are you sure you don’t you didn’t mean when you refused to hate on bron it’s a difference between criticism and flat out hating
I don't know man... I think by "fear" Stephen A was talking about willingness to fight... not what Lebron could do on the court. Right or wrong.
Wrong
@@maisonmargielademon2915 The segment was the about the Isaiah Stewart thing.
@@supahsean6710 exactly
A lot of the people on here never played in the nba jj actually played against him I honestly think we should make some trades Westbrook specifically. We need shooters lebron really don’t care bout the points cause he know he gone get it… it’s the championships he wants more they need to trade and move on
Hi
Its funny how you made a fan video showing all the bad takes about Curry and all that but now make a hate video for one person in the media supporting LBJ when literally hes non stop criticized and talked about legit every day its honestly kinda ridiculous that someone so great on and off the court and never does anything wrong gets talked about this much or has this much criticism smh the guy cant win JJ is on point most of the time you just come off as a hater tbh because 1000% if this was Curry you would try to come to the rescue again
That LBJ speech at the end.. sounds like religious meaningless mumble shmamble
Black Jesus he is
I used to like jj until his plumber and firemen comments., What he said was true at some point don't get me wrong but you just don't disrespect your elders in front of the media where kids possibly watch..
10:52
That right there is black privilege. It is a one way street.
bro
@@KalenAlmeida 100%
I swear this guy has some takes that aint that good sometimes
Great video until you co-signed Kendrick Perkins phony lame “I was scared” of LBJ comment. Kendrick Perkins a ex-teammate and friend of Lebron James. lol smh these guys are in bed with Klutch/Lebron James duh. LBJ has a reputation as a sweetheart, passive aggressive softy. They say these things to try pump up LBJ, real ones can see through the BS.
I think if it wasn't for social media era, LBJ would be a far better player and far better recognized. If he played in the 80s or in the 90s he wouldn't bother advertising himself so much, he probably wouldn't be compared as much to another player and he'll be more focused on Basketball.. maybe.. maybe not.. I guess we'll never know. What I know for sure is that social media are a huge distraction for the current generation.. well for some of them at least.
JJ is alright. He got the words and looks good on TV. I would never watch those old guys yelling. I'm 45=old guy, and all the good news came from youth...
first
Legend
The internet scrutinizes and WORSHIPS you also. You have to weigh the good and the bad of the net. People only want to take the bad of random fan criticism. Bron gets paid millions every tweet and post. His children also are being paid just for that post. So you really think the criticism puts pressureon him? HELLLLLLLL NO!
Bron also was around before the net blew up. He an old head his damn self now. Bron knows both sides very well and is smart in using these narratives to drive his brand.
You should’ve deleted this video when you realized you’re agreeing with Stephen A and Rob Parker who are two of the worst most “biased against Lebron” media members. Explain to me how exactly a guy who shouldn’t even be in the league let alone be the star player on his team should act? Should he just not score at all to prove he’s not chasing stats? But then the lakers would lose worse so then that’s Lebrons fault too. It’s crazy how it’s impossible for him to find and outcome that he doesn’t take a shit load of criticism in his 20th year
Stephen A is not biased against Lebron lmao, do you even watch him? He's consistently saying Lebron is the 2nd best of all time and what's happening to the Lakers is no his fault
Don't be a bigot your whole life...
LeBron told us he's "more than an athlete".
So we stopped caring about his ATHLETIC endeavours.
He doesn't want to compete but "challenge legacy".
Sticking around long enough to break the scoring record is as sad now as it was when Karesm did it... but T least he had Magic/Worthy/Riley to carry him.
Watched NBA before LeBron
Watched several games today in which he didn't play
Break the record and fuck off already, nobody cares.
Hating GSW I feel like Steph has faced more hate and has overcome the hate in a more meaningful way than Lebron has
😂😂😂 man what has the world come to for believing in that point u just made😂
@@maisonmargielademon2915its fax stfu
It feels illegal to say good things about lebron they would beat you up for it lmao