When You Finally Realize You'll Never Beat Them
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2024
- The future of LeBron James and Anthony Davis in Los Angeles is uncertain. After another demoralizing loss to the Denver Nuggets, there are now more questions than answers. Let's break down how the Nuggets, once again, triumphed in a series that was tougher than the record indicated.
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The media should give credit to the Nuggets rather than talking about LeBron all the time
They do? Excessively??
Impossible the media hates jokic
@@Castigar48the media is just at all time high of being a racist towards white athletes.. at its peak.
They do, do u even watch?
@@lawtonfriedland1228 Every time these teams play the media takes a very lakers-centered perspective. It's always what can the Lakers do to limit the Nuggets? How will the Lakers slow Jokic and Murray? Can Reaves/Dlo/Rui step up to help Lebron and AD? What can Darvin Ham do differently? Will the Lakers bench step up? I'm glad that the media respects Denver's team a lot more now but when they do focus on the Nuggets it's very brief and surface level compared to how they talk about the Lakers.
_In my honest opinion, Wolves/Nuggets is for REAL basketball fans._
Nah , curry kd bron is who real basketball wanted to see . Jokic and his generation are young . We want to see our legends give it one more try
Yes sir. We all know this is the real battle. I think whoever wins, wins NBA title.
Ant man Vs Joker is gonna be peak basketball.
Mj Vs Bird type of match up.
I’ll agree with u. I’ll be honest and say I didn’t see that coming, but yea, I’m hyped
What does that even mean lol
on paper this is a great matchup... Minnesota might get a game or two, i could see Ant going off and winning them a game or two.. Denver in 5 or 6, more experience and they're the better team
He's now feeling how Toronto felt 😂😂😂😂😂
MPJ, AG, and Jokic might be the best frontcourt in the league
Brown, Tatum and Porzingis with Horford coming off the bench.
No might be , they are
@@nocturne311 Bostons frontcourt has arguably more skill...but Denvers has the better fit. The entire frontcourt complements each others skillset!
I believe there starting line up is the best in the league. If I'm not mistaken
@@nocturne311 Yeah. When they are all healthy. Which currently is not. Plus Celtics haven't meet their match yet. With all due respect with Pacers, Knicks and Magics. Celtics better opponents are all in The West. Pound for Pound. Nuggets, Wolves and young pesky Thunders are on par, if not theoretically better than Celtics. I'm not even touching Mavs and Clippers yet. Both are wildcards.
So... the Lakers commit the fewer fouls than any other team and get the most fouls called in their favor, but the people who question that are the "conspiracy nuts"? Stop lol.
Exactly!!!
No, they're just stupid.
Knew that shit was bs the second i read “lakers dont foul” foh lmao
I thought the series would be more competitive this time, but I forgot that Jamal Murray turns into prime MJ as soon as they regular season ends
Why did I read this in JxmyHighroller voice?
Even the series is 4-1, but still every game is competitive.
the series was competitive bro the lakers lost by 2 different game winners😂
@@nicholasalexander9866 lol facts I watched that video too, and it was nuts to see how crazy good he has been.
@@graham5990 Facts! Murray is crazy during the playoffs
I'm a Lakers fans and even I didn't think they had a chance against the Nuggets. They got swept in the WCF last season and both teams were pretty much the same going into these playoffs. There was no chance.
1:56
“End of an era”?
There hasnt been an era to end. 😂
2010’s was Lebrons era. Prime KD, Prime Westbrook, Prime Steph, Prime Klay, Prime Blake Griffin , Prime CP3, Prime D-rose, Prime Carmelo, Literally his era. And two of these players have already retired. So yes, an Era is coming to an end.
@@SixShotsRn
The video is about Lebron on the lakers. So what era do you think I am talking about?
@@justamessenger4577 the same could be said about all the other old star players that lost, Like KD
@@SixShotsRn
Ok. But the video was about Lebron on the lakers. So other players don’t matter.
The 2010s were moreso about The Spurs and The Warriors than any of Lebrons bs.
I like the jazz and original music you use better than that generic new music you've been using
Me too
To be fair, he’s always used this music
This is the same background music he's always used right?
He's been using both of the bg music since 2016. You guys must be new here?
@@Ahorsewithnoname1365Not this one at 2:01 tho, guess u the one whos new
People at work kept saying how the Nuggets were outclassed by the Lakers the entire series.
Maybe, but if you're really that outclassed, how come you have more points at the end of the game than the supposedly better team? 😂
"Dude you suck. We've got your number. You barely even won..."
I hate to break it to you, but the people are your work don't understand basketball at all lmao.
You work with a bunch of Mexican dudes?
@@theraVen27Knicks fans. People assumed if they got far enough they'd stand a better chance against the Lakers than nuggets. Moot point because Knicks aren't going to the finals most likely
@@sergeipohkerova7211 Celtics fan- the nuggets are a different level than everyone else
They "barely even won" "12 of the last 13."
I guess watching the games, and seeing with your own two eyes the level of protection that LeChoker gets from the refs makes you a conspiracy nut. Who knew...
I guess you haven’t been watching basketball too long if this was your takeaway from the series
Nuggets: “We dont shoot threes”
Michael Porter Jr: “Whose we?”
Who’s
@@4sernamelmao WHOSE wtf
@4sername I don't even understand that sentence you wrote, but I was agreeing that "who is" is correct by making fun of "whose". Don't take offense so easyily sir.
@@DV-ou1yu derp, my mistake, totally misunderstood your comment 🤦🏽♂️ i’d buy you a beer now, if I could
@4sername lol no problem.
Coming from a lakers fan they foul a lot. In the examples given they even fouled a couple times and it wasn’t called. To try and say it’s not favorable is crazy
Yup. Watching the games, not the highlights, you can clearly see whats happening. Maybe because the NBA needs the Lakers to make money but as a fan of the sport, it’s kinda heartbreaking. For example, yeah the Nuggets won game five but that game was hard to watch.
It's a big market...than you add Lebron. The NBA just wants eyes on their product...no matter ifthe integrity of the game suffers. People clown rigged refereeing and/or drafts for years at this point!
And as long as it makes them money the NBA will continue to play favorites that fit their narrative or need.
Shame for the nba. They have a chance to diversify so they won't be excessively relying on one superstar alone, like they did with mj. So when that guy retire, fans still have reasons to stay with the nba
@@Rayven2711 Not only a big market. But historically Lakers, and Celtics on the other end of the coast, are parts of some significant landmarks in the annal of the NBA. Lakers being the first NBA champion, then Celtics with the most legendary roster ever assembled, still holding on the longest championship winning streak, culminated with both teams neck to neck for the most NBA trophies.
No wonder if many view the league always give those two teams more favorable treatments.
"they foul a lot" source? "TRUST ME BRO" also stating yourself as a "laker fan" do not make your claim as a fact. A claim requires evidence, in your comment all you have is claim no evidence, you must have evidence before claim this claim that before someone believes you lmao Andy Hoops did have evidence and showed the video backing up his claim and you came here "claiming" again that he "favored" the lakers without evidence aka slandering him😂, This comment is certified L no substance, definitely not factual, the ones that believe in this fool are just laker haters, imagine believing to someone who have claims but dont have evidence to back it up😂
5:05 THAT'S BECAUSE THE REFS NEVER CALL FOULS ON THEM! HOW CAN Y'ALL BE THIS BLIND!!!!
Its obvious the content creator here is ignoring the fact that Lakers are allowed to play hard defense and the refs never call their fouls to appeal to a larger audience to grow this channel. Pretty biased officiating especially in the first and the last game of the series. If its officiated fairly it would not be this close. Now next series Nuggets can actually play defense against the wolves so lets see.
if this guy retires the nba will be alive again , no drama no crying, no narcist, no flops and just like kobe era and jordan era it will be exciting and more focusing on pure games , especially antman , banchero and wemby who are great to watch.
I agree. Hes had his days in the NBA. Time to move on. Im glad the playoffs this year no longer had KD, Steph and LeFlop. You are getting to see some of the new young guys who will soon be the face of the league. Its exciting imho.
People need to stop using Lebron's age as an excuse when he plays bad and as an accomplishment when he plays well.
The only coaches that could manage LeBron, scared him off.
He should just be a coach/player so he has no one to blame other than himself. ;-) hahaha
Lakers fumbled every 20-10 point lead in game.
catastrophic .
NO DEFENSE
HAVING HARD TIME GETTING THE DEF REBOUND.
The importance of having a REAL POWER FORWARD & CENTER.
Murray reminds me like his John Starks from the 90's Knicks. That role fits him so well.
It's over and it feels so good.
Besides AD who balled out in this series everyone else deserve a type of blame even Lebron due to his lack of leadership sometimes
LeBron is the worst player in their starting 5 if we're being honest!!!
All the other 4 starters are amazing.. don't get fooled by LeBron box numbers. If you watch the game you'll see that LeBron is a liability on defense and plays dumb basketball when he has the ball on offense.
Hes a fair weather leader. Aka not a leader. He only wants the attention when shits sweet, no accountability when times are tough. Hes a product of 0 accountability throughout his life. Spoiled, privileged and always told he was better. Turns out hes just a 40 year old man child
@@elmehdinafia1237bro wtf are y’all talking about do y’all realize there has NEVER been a player in year 21 at age 39 to play at the level that he played in NBA history ? When ppl are past their prime y’all accept anything from them but when it’s Lebron he gets the blame even when playing good 😭 I genuinely believe that y’all jus hate Lebron lmao
@@taiclips if he's 39 why he's still payed like a franchise player? With his production he should be a bunch player because he doesn't have the stamina to play 44min in the playoffs honestly. He can give you max 15min a night at a high level at this age. He's still able to play 35min because he takes breaks on the floor if you really watch the game. Most of the time the Lakers play 5 on 4 because LeBron is not participating in the possession.
@@taiclips Nah it's cuz when he does something great "omg to be doing this at 39 is unbelievable and makes it even that much more special" but when he does something bad "he's 39... what do you expect"... you can't have it both ways. He's going to get judged relative to his current play, most would say he's still one of the best players in the world, so he's going to get judged as such.
LeBron great? Nah. If all the travels and offensive fouls were called, and no defensive fouls he baited were called where would this self claimed all time great be? He's barely in all time top 50.
If you wanna hate on him, that’s ok; he’s a billionaire. But don’t do it to the point that you just come off as being ridiculous.
@@latarribell4152 Ridiculous? Nah. Guy's all time turnovers leader by large margin. As coach I wouldn't trust playmaking duties to someone who has career 2/1 assist/turnover ratio. I guess he's all time missed shots leader also by now. Traveling, flopping, whining, lying, stat padding toxic loser. Hundreds of uncalled offensive fouls. Twice as much ghost fouls called against him. No defense. Etc.
BTW I couldn't care less if he's billionaire. Money doesn't make you good person nor good basketball player.
The Lakers foul a lot, they don’t get called for the same fouls.
I agree with Andy but the biggest problem for the lakers is the reliance of ad and bron they play rlly goood but the lakers personnel is to small
Let’s be honest. There was no way LA was going to win the series. Denver was way too overpowered.
"The Lakers don't foul" -- Really? While there are instances where this is true (their defense is truly late in rotation and thus no foul), there are also instances wherein fouls just aren't called against the Lakers. It's not a conspiracy: from all stats for 2 years nows, the Lakers get the benefit of the calls AND non-calls.
"Jamal Murray" -- 'shoots anywhere' sound familiar? A dominant center and a clutch guard that can shoot from anywhere: Shaq and Kobe. So while it's not an apples-to-apples comparison, especially comparing player vs player, there's something of a synergy there. Also in both instances, Murray and Kobe aren't players you can replace with just any other guard (to pair with Jokic and Shaq) and expect to get the same success. Murray can also playmake for a 2-headed offensive system with Jokic, shooting from anywhere in this paint-and-3-pt-line era, while Kobe was an elite defender as well as a closer from anywhere in the court; both perfect for a Center that does their most damage in the paint.
The stats literally prove you wrong. Lakers have been the least fouling team in the NBA for the past two seasons. I've watched every Laker game each season, and they honestly should be getting MORE fouls being called for them. Refs don't give LeBron that "superstar whistle" anymore, haven't been since the bubble. Also, the Suns, Magic, Mavs, and Wolves have more fouls called for them than the Lakers. Where's the energy for them? Literally no one cared about free throw discrepancy until the Lakers started leading that stat. Where was this energy for the 2018 Hornets shooting +722 in FT discrepancy, or the 2014 Rockets with their +419? Or how about the fact that the Magic shot more free throws than the Lakers this season? What about the fact that no one on the Lakers is in the top 10 in free throw attempts?
It is a conspiracy because people don't want to admit that they just personally don't like the Lakers
@@TheHuskyK9 Really? What stat provides 'non-calls'? And you're honestly telling me they don't get the benefit of the calls from 'marginal contact', the term used nowadays? If it's one season leading in FT discrepancy, it COULD be an abberation; it's now 2 full seasons, and the discrepancy is more than 3x as much as the next team in line. How do you interpret THAT stat?
No one's saying a thing about superstar treatment for whistles; it's the Lakers as a TEAM getting the benefit of the calls.
Calling people with eyes ‘conspiracy theorist’s’ is an ignorant take from Andy. One of the most populist states with the leagues most popular players is clearly favoured by whistles. That is not a ‘conspiracy’ by any stretch. It is a clear fact that anyone who watches games can see.
@@monalisa-bs4zs Exactly. It's a fact, period. No amount of stats can hide this.
@@EdbergTan free throw direct between lakers and every other team show truth.
actually Murray will come to mind
looks like the era of "intelligent white guy who can pass" is back
Why intelligent. What do intelligence about passing the ball?
@@anthonymcarthur6504 Clearly you lack that since you made this comment
I love the Nuggets. Everything that the refs and the commissioner are trying to force the league to be, the Nuggets are the opposite and they are the best team in the league for it. How the finals get officiated will be interesting to watch. Adam Silver doesn't want to see the title go to a small market team, that posts plays more than anyone, and shoots the least amount of 3's. The Nuggets are Adam Silvers worst nightmare. I hope that the Nuggets get legitimate officiating. It's sad that I even have to hope for this, but it's the NBA.
The Nuggets are just playing old school fundamentals basketball. It's nothing fancy, it's just by the book. Because even tho L.A. has the ft advantage, it didn't matter because Denver is ready to play down to the wire basketball if need be.
It’s been over. If the lakers matched the rest of the league in free throw attempts, they’d get blown out by the nuggets every game and be just as bad as the pistons.
This video is the perfect use of the sad trombone music
‘Lakers don’t foul’… actually is ‘nba refs are told not to advantage lakers’
There's nothing the Lakers, Warriors or Suns can do. It's Jokic moment for the next 3-4 years, until the Wolves and Okc figure it out (Wemby needs to wait for 7-8 years, it doesnt matter how talented he is, it's a team sport). And Denver waited until Porter Jr and Murray were healthy enough and they got Gordon, the missing piece. That's competition, sometimes the luck is not on your favor anymore. I thought the Lakers have the perfect chance to become a dynasty after that ring in 2020, but they didnt have enough luck after that, ended up like the 83 Sixers. Even if every superstar would like to retire as Russell or Kareem, that's not possible everytime, and that's ok, LeBron and Curry did the best they could, every superstar have their respective shenanigans, these casual fans need to chill.
It's casual fans that only follow superstars and overlook their preferential treatment.
Luck? Lakers blew up their championship roster and threw away their future, and you blame the lack of fortune? Smh
I think the Nuggets are dominant because they can adapt to any defense. They're not a one dimensional team. It's hard to guard them because you don't know what to take away. Play small? They'll kill you in the paint and on the glass. Play big? Murray will go for 40 and they'll kill you in transition. Force Jokic to give it up? That's exactly what he wants. Clog the paint? They have good shooters.
Over reliance on both are making them to be a mid table NBA team and with them about to be eliminated by Denver Nuggets,they need to rely on an important draft pick as well as signing some world class players and trading out the unwanted ones from the roster this coming NBA summer,good friends!!!
Great video
i think people are reaching when LeBron's on the court the lakers are great at this stage of LeBron he shouldn't have to be your best player or top scorer.
Good, because he is neither.
Great breakdown Andy!
Good video man
The Lakers were ahead for most part of the games in this series because the nuggets were confident that in clutch moments they will make big plays after big plays and they can make the lakers commit crucial turnovers in the end games.
Naw, more or less, Lakers can't maintain good play for 48 mins.
Imo joker even tho he is great is also benefiting greatly from the Steph curry effect on basketball
For sure. Teams defense isn’t as intense and is outright soft inside the paint most times.
Lol, Joker gets fouled all the time and they don't call it. In game 5 just now, Joker had ZERO FTAs! AD smacked him in the face, they called it a foul, and then the Lakers challenged it and it got overturned! When the replay showed Joker getting smacked in the face in slow mo. If the game is softer now, it ain't softer on Joker.
@@shorewall no one is disputing this fact. In fact he does get fouled a lot like that bs “block” AD got on him. My point is that there is an extreme lack of players in the league today who are capable of defending the post. More so than any other time in league history. For instance if you put Alanzo morning in the league today. He would be a top 3 center easy
You could slot in ANY superstar in NBA history in LeBron's place, and the result would be the same
This is a great great video. Excellent points backed by not only great evidence and facts to support, but footage too! Unbiased, but still touching on popular opinions either way. Bringing up new points, new questions, new perspectives, and new answers.
No one I've ever seen has said it this way though. The Nuggets are literally the Lakers/LeBron's kryptonite. A team with an unselfish leader, who has no ego, with team loyalty, & supports his others, & doesn't stat chase. Vs a team with an extremely selfish leader, with a ginormous ego, with no team loyalty, constantly puttting his others down & making them worse, & stat chases like crazy.
Lebron's era ended in 2017
LeBron should have guarded jokich but we all know why that didn't happen.
Because lebron is a small forward and Jokic is a center?
This video should've been made months ago. Not at one point during the season should anyone have thought Lakers could make a run this year. Lebron been stat padding & playing irrelevant games to get his stats up. Zero impact when it matters
i’m glad that you recognize that. A lot of the Lebron fans who claims he’s the GOAT are delusional
Incoming second retirement announcement
10:42 I agree on this part. The last time the Lakers defeated the Nuggets was when they still had Howard and McGee. When AD was on the bench, they had these two guys defending other big men in the league. Now they're out of their roster, it's now tougher for them to defend Jokic and Nuggets.
Not jokic its Murray
This was just a bad take. The foul discrepancy was obvious, and there had never been a Bron-Laker era.
We’ve had this conversation about Murray every year including the bubble
Now lebron finaly knows how derozan and lowry used to feel when facing his cavs
Hi Andy, can you do a video of lopsided rivalries just like Nuggets vs Lakers and LeBronto and other ones like these?
as far as no one to guard jokic, i thought the narrative was always lefraud could guard 1-5 at an allstar level.
jokic is indestructible. have you seen his brothers? now you know why
Not a mention of coaching here. Michael Malone outcoached Darvin Ham.
Lebron doesn't allow a real coach.
What needs to be said? Ham sucks everyone with eyes can see it.
This man is a stereotypical diluted Bron fan trying so hard to cope! 😂
Also reminder that the lakers drafted Jaden mcdaniels in 2020 and traded him to the thunder for Dennis Schroeder. Also passed on Jacques jr. last draft. Two players that would have made a crazy difference.
22ppg on 35/20/69 shooting splits against the Spurs in 2007 along with 4.5 turnovers per game.
Scoring just 21 points three games in a row Vs Celtics in 2008 on terrible shooting splits.
Blowing a 2-1 lead Vs Celtics in 2010 with a peak 15 point performance on 3-14 shooting in game 5
Complete meltdown in 2011, blown 2-1 lead, outplayed by Jason Terry, scored 8 points in a Finals game whilst being completely healthy
Saved by Ray Allen in 2013 Vs Spurs after he had 18 points in game 1, 17 points in game 2 and 15 points in game 3
Choked the third time (no charm) against the spurs in 2014. I can see a pattern here
Outplayed by KD in 2017
Pretended to have a broken hand in 2018 LOL
Failed to make the playoffs in 2019 after activating "playoff mode". Got embarrassed several times, including getting clamped and blocked by Mario Hezonja on a potential game winning isolation play
Sent home in the first round in 2021 after being a preseason favourite to win the championship.
Didn't make the playoffs in 2022 after having second best preseason odds to win the championship
2023/24 - won 1 out of 13 games against the Nuggets whilst having AD on the team putting up prime Shaq numbers
Jamal Murray is one of if not the biggest Big Ballz player for playoffs of all time, Porter Jr. Gordon are the forward line that both covers offense and defense with a perfect balance, KCP is solidified as one of the best "old school" 2 guard ever, he make open shots, he defends, and he occasionally run point when Murray or Jokic was crowded, which if you don't know is the original job for a 2 guard, the nuggets starting five is as good as 96 Bulls, 01 Lakers and 17 Warriors. At the same time, the wolves have very good 8 players rotation, everyone plays well together, and they have Ant this new MJ (he might not and prbly not gonna get there, but he sure has MJ and Kobe in him), they figure out how to take the positive out of Gobert not the negative, this matchup is a dream for all the real basketball fans, there hasn't been two teams that are good in all aspects face to face for a while, it's always style vs style.
But no, it is not about the Nuggets nor the Wovles, it's the Lakers and Suns being beat, it's Lebron and KD, it's even Bronny for god sake.
That's what you get when you have a Player-GM in LeGM 💀💀
Clickbait
LeBron should just retire or he will get embarrassed again next season
Surely he will embarrassed himself together with his son Bronny for sure. ☠️
Gotta pad his stats before finally retiring.
But they have beat them before in 2020?
Yes
That is true but that was 4 years ago
With a completely different and better team.
Because of Howard and McGee
2:35 beautiful factual breakdown of what makes Jokic such a monster threat
Back when smallball became I think I heard or read somewhere that it's not the rise of smallball but the rise of skillball, just the most skilled players are the smaller ones. The nuggets now led skillball to the logical conclusion where they have the most skilled AND the most physically dominant players.
Nah, Lakers fouls the same amount as any team, the refs just don't call them.
Last foul called on AD got reversed even though we can clearly see him fouling jokic in slowmo.
Nice vid as always. The shades on Trey and Joel were justified.
From the video…this Denver team sounds like a good 80’s/90’s team--Jokic posting up more than anybody, them not relying on the 3, playing good defense, having good chemistry, winning with only 1 All Star, etc.
Fantastic breakdown on this two more then familiar foes, big up Andy
This is why I believe the Celtics are the best matchup for denver. And there are two games against one another, you saw their game plans collide and the only reason Boston lost were free throws and one player playing badly. These two things are easy fixes - the issue is hoping that Boston can get there
refs are not calling fouls against lakers
that is the TRUTH
lalakers "not commiting fouls" is the truest forms of bs if i ever heard one
Jokic gets to the line in very low frequency playing against any team comparing it to his postup play, meaning for the same play embiiatch is getting abnormal calls his way
so the theory "lakergirls not commiting fouls" is a complete crap and bs
Well it's his call to make and I can only speak for myself i wouldn't leave that money on the table that is my motivation I truly think I couldn't do 2 more years
I don't understand why they didn't kept Dwight. Not saying he was the answer, but it didn't hurt to have someone as strong as he is guardian Jokic, not to mention, giving AD some time to rest. Hell thats how they stopped Jokic in the bubble, just throwing big bodies at him with Dwight, AD and even McGee, because damn, watching Hachimura trying to do something was absolute pain.
5:30 LeBron is an intelligent defender? Do you really watch the LAL games or is it just an assumption? Because LeBron's defense is atrocious..
4:20 this has been Lebron super power for 20 years. Every team he’s been on has benefited from foul shot disparity by a large margin. Look it up.
That isn’t his “super power” 😂 his “super power” is his ability on the court…
@@Roc_OfficialIQ of an empty fish bowl
LeBron will not stay in the extremely competitive west. He wants to go to the Bucks for another championship title, but Giannis dispises LeBron's easy-route mentality. Since LeBron is working with Embiid during the Olympics, LeBron will most likely go to Philly.
This dudes theory on the Lakers not fouling but shooting the most fouls is a conspiracy in itself jfc
Lebron James is playing for stats and has been for the last 2 seasons. He doesn't rotate, he doesn't box out, and the entire team is a step behind having to compensate for him. Yes, he will still pull out a highlight block here and there, but overall Lebron is just flat out bad. As a Lakers fan...please....PLEASE....rebuild. I don't want to watch this team struggle to make the playoffs again,
Clueless 😂🤦🏽♂️
Bro you only watch highlights not real game, you are Kobe fan not Lakers fan
@@doge1590 That's exactly what someone who only watches highlights would say. You must not have watched Lebron give up a career high to Aarogn Gordon in rebounds because he was.....playing for stats.....and not boxing out. Boxing out isn't a stat. Lebron lost the Lakers a game because of that. Get real kid. I'm legitimately sad for you to have this take.
Im just here after Nuggets lost to the Wolves. That game was still better than lakers matchup
The second half of this video (specifically the Nuggets/Celtics part) is going to age incredibly well.
I’m interested to see how the nuggets size will matchup against the timberwolves size
when you do something well that no other team either does or does anymore, the only thing that can stop you is yourself.....if everyone else has a majority of players who specialize in 3s or guarding 3s, that leaves alot of real estate to use, and if you can get to them and are good at it, you are at the advantage because now they have to beat you at your own game
Lebron is a braindead defender. just look at the clips. he's not in the game when it comes to defense its a 4 vs 5 matchup.
also the "end of an era" is not coined correctly. we have the Spurs, Mavs, Golden State era's during Lebron's career.
12:04 is just beautiful and only the Joker could do this
2020 wasn't _that_ long ago and the Lakers manhandled Denver with their size and depth in the post. Look at what Minnesota is doing? LA messed up when they made AD their only bigman. In 2020, they rotated McGee, Howard, and AD on Jokic and it worked because Jokic had to chase AD around on defense which often caused foul trouble, then he had to bang down low against Howard's physicality which wore him out, and Javale McGee's length eliminated many of his rebound opportunities. They tried a similar tactic with Rui but it isn't the same. The 2020 Lakers had a roster capable of winning multiple Titles and they simply flushed it down the toilet. That's really all it is.
Jokic:"how many times do we have teach you this lesson old man!"
Boston vs. Nuggets in Finals, it’s gonna be a wild series
Reggie Jackson And Jokic is Deadly
It’s nba when big market teams in a deep playoff run
The problem for the Lakers isn't even the Nuggets! They might not even have a Nuggets series next year Biggest problem is that It's just too hard to win 4 consecutive road series. LeBron is 40 in December, he's earning $51m and he can't expend enough energy in the regular season to get them a top 3 seed in a packed Western Conference full of good YOUNG teams that are hungry for success and determined to play hard every game. In 77 Finals a 1, 2, or 3 seed won. 97% A 4 seed Celtics won in 1969, and a 6 seed Rockets with Hakeem won in 1994-5. That's it! Only 5 teams outside the top 4 seed even made the Finals. Lebron at 40 is not going to be the exception.
This dude talking about Lebron being a great defender brings up Westbrook’s “What?” response in my head…
No blame for Lebron's so called "clutch" play in the 4th quarters vs this team. Shocker.
LeGM need scoring machine PG & consistent likr Kyrie-Drama
You forgot to mention Murray hitting 2 game winners on the lakers
It’s funny with me when comes to Lebron, I’ve always respected him while preferring teams he faced in the finals (Outside his run in Cleveland with the chip). When he moved to LA, I was for some reason wanting him to go to Denver because I thought he could roundhouse the NBA with Jokic due at the time nobody talking about his passing and his IQ, Malone was an underrated coach that can put teams in their place with well communication, and Murray can shoot the ball, and see that his biggest Achilles down the stretch in career is very ironic to me.
All Bron would have done is slow the development of Jokic and probably have Murray or Porter traded
@@richborn6700 And get Malone fired to bring in a patsy coach like Darvin Ham.
It's not about if the lakers commit foul or not, it's about the Lakers getting fouled as much..900+ is something
People are so busy praising Jokic that they cannot see the greatness of the Nuggets team as a whole. Jokic is a great player but can you imagine if he was on a guard dominant team and he only got the ball for lobs and was expected to be a rim protector? I wish people would give Jamal Murray at SOME credit. Jokic could Not get out of the first round without him. Please people the Nuggets are deep and have players that compliment Jokic's game! We need to just chill a bit..
Who is busy praising Jokic? ESPN is still riding Lebron's jock even after they were eliminated. Prominent media personalities are calling Jokic the worst MVP in 40 years! Who needs to chill?
And now you are also trying to downplay Jokic by talking about Murray? Lol, first acknowledge Joker. He is the most important player on the Nuggets. And he makes his teammates better. Lebron makes his teammates worse.
lakers should have just kept mcgee and howard.
Both of those guys are beyond washed, Jokic has way better than he was in 2020