I’ll ask the same question to Wildes I asked Stephen A. this morning when he said this level of foolishness: WTH do you want LeBron to say? Because you’d clown him if he went all overconfident about being on equal footing or something
Last year the Lakers were exhausted in every 4th quarter of that series. This year is different EVERYBODY. The Lakers are coming. This series will be a instant classic !!!!! I promise u that !!!!!!!!
Unfortunately with Vando out, Lebron is the 2nd best defender on this team. He has. To give full effort on that end and let other guys take more offensive responsibility.
It’s amazing how much time and energy these analysts spend talking about a team that has no chance of winning an NBA championship. Minnesota and OKC are much more interesting teams.
@@ThrifterGuy disagree. There’s obviously some financial incentive going on behind the scenes. Maybe it’s more about Lebron than the Lakers specifically and it’s a Clutch Sports thing. Either way, there is no way the Lakers can win. Lebron and AD are too old/banged up to play the amount of minutes needed to have a chance. Plus the roster is not optimally constructed. There’s a reason they are a play-in team…
@@tajgibson8776they did to get their last championship so there’s that and all this Denver talk, they still only have ONE CHAMPIONSHIP! How much you win in regular season means absolutely nothing…
Such a simp. Before that they wasn't 0 for 8 against them. Denver won one NBA championship so far. Lol yall act like won a 2nd championship already because they swept regular season with 3 wins
Yeah it’s on their mind cause of something that was said back in SEPTEMBER coming fresh off losing??😂 a whole season has been played to where they don’t care anymore but I guess hold them to something that was said months ago…
Has Nick ever had a single criticism of anything Lebron has ever said or done? Not that he didn’t have a good answer or anything but it’s so predictable
@@escobarrizzay3599 I didn’t say he should criticize him right now. I’m making the point that he never does no matter what and that boring. I like Lebron but you can’t always say he plays and does everything great
You are absolutely correct... it's kind of a "chicken & egg" scenario though. The NBA specifically has become unwatchable... so they can't even really show highlights or analyze gameplay anymore... because it's trash. So hyperbolic "hot takes" have replaced the actual sport for entertainment value. Most people in our society are blind to that turn of events ;-)
@@carlosdcpcg i mean yeah true, but it’s because LeBron is Hall of Famer and top ten all time. Same thing with them discussing the warriors lose. Ends of eras
The margins that the Lakers lost in the Western Conference finals last year, will be made up for this year with the roster changes and the starting five having to develop such good chemistry. Last year, the Western Conference finals were very close, and although it was a sweep, The Lakers are playing at a different level, different different level of confidence, and LeBron James is obviously the greatest player of all time.
I’m looking forward to this series. At first I wanted to see Clippers and Mavericks the most but this caught my attention and I don’t know about Kawhi’s health.
Incredible. Broussard makes a living of talking bb and forgets LeBron Ramon let his feelings and emotions run wild after the JR stuff...at least the funny guy remembers.
Should’ve picked up Dwight. You get Dwight he guards jokic by hisself without needing help and now everyone else can focus on Murray and porters shooting
It's not just that... he played most his career in a pitifully weak eastern conf. with ridiculously stacked teams. When MJ had a legit squad, he was never NOT the best player in the series!
I don't think the Lakers feel lik they loss this series already lol but they definitely gotta play hard cuz Denver really a good team they role players really show up when they play the Lakers
Were the Lakers talking about how they cant wait to play Memphis during the playoffs? As Brooks kept on talking trash... Were they like "wait until Game 3, just watch!?" Serious question... because if they kept it mature, Wilds is clearly wrong.
Lebron said the politic thing, which is fine. But this is just another demonstration that all his career, he just never showed the same (perhaps overly vaunted) "killer mentality" or competitive fire that players like Jordan, Kobe, and the 80s stars like Magic and Bird famously had, players who DID have grudges or even invented them for motivation. Those players didn't play "worse" with emotion, but possibly better. Lebron just isn't made up the same way, and it's fine. He doesn't need to talk up a crapstorm, just needs to perform better this time. Winning is the best revenge.
What LeBron is basically saying is focus on "the game"(in a diplomatic sort of way to your point). Yet, he's very strategic at playing mind games with the media and fellow opponents. Essentially, he's inviting Denver to get themselves round up on beating them that they completely underestimate the Lakers and lose. What MJ and Kobe exhibited in playing certain teams was added emotional motivation to win. Bron's answer to the reporters is telling "us" that LA is dead in the water when in reality they're game planning for the Nuggets more than it would be the other way around.
Nick's presentations are well researched to push things, I ll give him this. Now he's comparing the fittest DNA to play NBA who fakes fouls when playing little opponent to another older great who beats bigger opponents than him"Ali". Bravo man
People act like the Lakers haven’t been at play in level or below for almost the entire time LeBron has been there except for the year the season was cut short due to covid
Nick went into this whole, every time lebron had a rival, he beat them then thwy moved on, but what he fails to mention his at the start of all those rivalrys minus Toronto, and OKC who was just to young, the teans would beat LeBron first then he would move and find new rivals, or form a super team in order to compete against the old rivals.
Making it personal is what drives GOATs to rings. Reporters compared Drexler to Jordan, he took that personal. Barkley got the MVP in 93’ what happened in that series? Brady and bellicheck would take everything personal, how many rings was that? Kobe had to hear how he only won because of shaq, and that was his motivation to win 2 more. True GOATs can use it as a driving force to win. If it isn’t personal the series is already over, because it just shows the lack of competitive nature they have. Nuggets for the gentlemen’s sweep
Biggest difference between mike/kobe and bron. They would take this match up personally and would thrive on the animosity of the other team. Killers. You gotta be a killer.
Lakers issue with the nuggets is Davis can’t guard Jokic and they cannot execute down the stretch. While Murray and Jokic take over the game and get the win
Im not even joking, but the way the media psycho analyze what this man says and does. Every player has talked before their match up, and the media ONLY COVERS WHAT LEBRON HAS SAID. What are they gonna do when he retires . Smh scary
Why can’t people let this man enjoy his last few years without people trying to to clown him. Wow people get a life. Most people who dog this man get mad as heck if they even think someone talks negatively about them
Their best chance to win isn't to have LeBron go rogue and start breaking the offense like Kobe Bryant. Him playing with out of control anger and jacking up stupid ass shots like Kobe did is not the move lmao. Play as a team. LeBron, just be LeBron. AD has to be AD, and get enough contributions from the others to win these games. LeBron jacking up 30-40 shots a game will play right into Denver's hands
Wildes is delusional here. The only way it's not a "rivalry" is if the nuggets go on to win 2 more rings in the next 4 years and LBJ retires. LA won, and now a few years later the Nuggets have won.
It's a win-win for Lebron. If he does exactly as Ham wants, and they win, then they have a good chance of getting to the finales. If he does what Ham wants, and they get bounced and embarrassed, then he gets a new coach next year.
Lakers were worn out mentally and physically playing with injuries last year. This year is different. They are well rested and had more time to prepare compared to last year. Regular season is a different animal than playoffs where it's 0-0 and everything is magnified. Anything can happen.
Wait a minute...The spurs and warriors both have a playoffs winning record against Lebron? And now the nuggets might have one if they beat him again this year.
Lebron was damn sure not trying to give them bulletin board material. He’s not stupid. Can the lakers beat the nuggets? Yes. Can they beat them four times? I don’t think without injuries to Denver.
What changed is they face the possibility of losing to the Nuggets again and now realize how those eggs would look on their faces if they continue bragging while getting their asses whooped by the same team over and over again. Lebron knows this possibility, therefore counts on his people like Nick Wright to support him, no matter what.
He was speaking to alleviate pressure from nervous wreck people like DLO, AD etc .. These people are not good with pressure, while there are people born immune to pressure like AR, Rui who have the ability to steel themselves in any situation. Lebron knows he can't afford for DLO and AD disappear fighting against powerhouse team like Denver.
LeBron has zero chances of ditching his ego. Like, none. You don’t just magically become a completely different person at age 39.
Fax
Correct.
Yea he will definitely jack up terrible shots at the end of games due to his ego
I’ll ask the same question to Wildes I asked Stephen A. this morning when he said this level of foolishness: WTH do you want LeBron to say? Because you’d clown him if he went all overconfident about being on equal footing or something
Logic won’t work here
You have too much time on your hands. Get a life.
He’s pointing out that Lebron LITERALLY said something different
This 🥷said ‘I am the sun’ and now he’s trying to be diplomatic 🤣🤣
WHEN TF YOU ASK STEPHEN A 😂😂
😂😂😂😂 that part
Wildes, Lebron was upset cause he scored 51 and JR smith kinda ruined it. Shit i would be upset too
What a wild fucking take from that guy
But he is right. We all said they NEEDED to win game 1 and they came so close only for a dumb play to end it.
Wildes killed it there. It was exactly the same as when LeBron knew they needed game 1 to win that series in 7
No, lebum was upset because he promised to deliver 7 championships and got beat by Jason Terry
@@tajgibson8776you are the bum calling a billionaire and a basketball legend out of his name makes you a Bum
Hope everyone has a great friday and ofc watch that lakers game on SAT
Thanks. I hope u have a great day as well. What's "ofc" mean?
@@dwaynehiler5735of course
@@whereisdavon1807of course it does
@whereisdavon1807 ohhhh, ok. Good lookin. I be like a old man wit it lol. 1st time I saw that one used. Got it 👍🏽
Can’t wait for Nick to eat his words like last year when his confidence was “bountiful” 🤣🤣
Nick is a future goat. That's not happening
Last year the Lakers were exhausted in every 4th quarter of that series. This year is different EVERYBODY. The Lakers are coming. This series will be a instant classic !!!!! I promise u that !!!!!!!!
So what happened to the last 3 regular season games this year, cause they didn’t win those either
Yeah losing again , thats your reply nonsense loser stupid
Unfortunately with Vando out, Lebron is the 2nd best defender on this team. He has. To give full effort on that end and let other guys take more offensive responsibility.
Good luck with that. If that's what's going too take, the Lakers are doomed.
Gabe vincent 2nd best
Lakers in trouble if you depending on him to play defense to save ya'll😂😂😂😂
AD US the best defender
I’d say 4th. Vincent and Rui are better defenders
It’s amazing how much time and energy these analysts spend talking about a team that has no chance of winning an NBA championship.
Minnesota and OKC are much more interesting teams.
If they were they would be talking about them. Lol
@@ThrifterGuy disagree. There’s obviously some financial incentive going on behind the scenes. Maybe it’s more about Lebron than the Lakers specifically and it’s a Clutch Sports thing.
Either way, there is no way the Lakers can win. Lebron and AD are too old/banged up to play the amount of minutes needed to have a chance. Plus the roster is not optimally constructed.
There’s a reason they are a play-in team…
You can't say Denver has already won, sports don't work like that.. and I'm actually rooting for Denver
I think the lakers mentally already know they can't beat the Nuggets
@@tajgibson8776they did to get their last championship so there’s that and all this Denver talk, they still only have ONE CHAMPIONSHIP! How much you win in regular season means absolutely nothing…
@@tajgibson8776maybe last year Lakers but dlo and rui are playing different from last year
Agreed they just don’t hand you the victory anything can happen
0-8 against the Nuggests im taking that personal
And that’s why you in the comments and not in the nba
@@Wisestomatoesame as you
@@Wisestomatoe😂😂
Such a simp. Before that they wasn't 0 for 8 against them. Denver won one NBA championship so far. Lol yall act like won a 2nd championship already because they swept regular season with 3 wins
@@escobarrizzay3599 the irony of you calling him a simp as you are on your knees for LA
Nick goes into these hilarious panic speech patterns for these dumb takes.
Lebron just being focused and saying he gone focus on the game lmao what’s the problem
He scared and everyone knows it thats why
@@Alpha.T.Fitness lmao scared of who ?
Lakers need to try to contain Murray, keep Gordon off the glass and get good performances from Russell.
Well said bro that all
I agree with wildes. Lakers wanted Denver again last summer so it’s clear it was on their mind
Your an idiot and so does he. The game is played between lines
Yeah it’s on their mind cause of something that was said back in SEPTEMBER coming fresh off losing??😂 a whole season has been played to where they don’t care anymore but I guess hold them to something that was said months ago…
Has Nick ever had a single criticism of anything Lebron has ever said or done? Not that he didn’t have a good answer or anything but it’s so predictable
Do you have a short memory or a selective one?
Selective
@@LordBranniganThe when?
He should criticize him because you don't like him? Grow up 🤣
@@escobarrizzay3599 I didn’t say he should criticize him right now. I’m making the point that he never does no matter what and that boring. I like Lebron but you can’t always say he plays and does everything great
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Brou with the serious sugartooth 😆Wildes let out the TIGER this segment! 🔥🐅
I love how worked up Nick gets about Laker topics but he’s never been a laker fan until 2020
Yeah, obviously
Like a lot of “fans”, he’ll stop caring about the Lakers the second LeBalco retires.
Hey now he also loved the Heat from 2010-2014
Yeah. He's a
b i t c h
when it comes to certain things.
😂😂😂😂😂😂 the start funny asf
Nick Wright never misses
These conversations have been come fantasy. There is no (answer). The culture of sports takes has made sports media absurd
You are absolutely correct... it's kind of a "chicken & egg" scenario though.
The NBA specifically has become unwatchable... so they can't even really show highlights or analyze gameplay anymore... because it's trash. So hyperbolic "hot takes" have replaced the actual sport for entertainment value.
Most people in our society are blind to that turn of events ;-)
Been come is crazy
@@rachelnicholshusband8487 you’re not wrong. Say hi to Rachel
Wildes is wild disrespectful 😂😂😂😂
Denver wants the lakers more than the lakers want Denver. Jokic gonna come out with a 40 point triple double and a W
I think that's what people are missing
I will come back to this comment AFTER the game on saturday, FOOORRR SUREEEEEEE!!!
@@MikeyGomez-yv8yywelcome back...lakers lost. What the excuse this time
Asking If a 39 year old lebron can out play a 29 year old potential MVP is INSANE 😭 the greatness is crazy at 39
Lebron doing this was worst than J. Cole giving up mid battle. 😂😂😂😂
“They always lose” 😂😂😂
Lakers we got this lebron getting that 5th ring 💍 this year he finna take it back to them saint mary Saint Vincent days 🐐
They always act like Lebron broke up teams 🤦♂️
Fr tho but never mentions how many teams have broken lebron and left him runnin for more help
Is it character or does Wildes really hate Lebron and the lakers?
Over hyped tram bro.
Who isn't tired of the lakers lmaoo
What is there to like about this Lakers team?
@@carlosdcpcg i mean yeah true, but it’s because LeBron is Hall of Famer and top ten all time. Same thing with them discussing the warriors lose. Ends of eras
Wildes is the embodiment of the audience. Everyone is tired of the overhyped clownshow Lakers and the media fantasies spewed on TV daily.
He made some good points
The margins that the Lakers lost in the Western Conference finals last year, will be made up for this year with the roster changes and the starting five having to develop such good chemistry.
Last year, the Western Conference finals were very close, and although it was a sweep, The Lakers are playing at a different level, different different level of confidence, and LeBron James is obviously the greatest player of all time.
Did Wilde's play sports?
I’m looking forward to this series. At first I wanted to see Clippers and Mavericks the most but this caught my attention and I don’t know about Kawhi’s health.
Fire ROB PELINKA! I would have done DWIGHT HowHard to a vet mim!
i know football is the number 1 spoort but it is crazy o me that there is still football topic at this time. crazy pull
After getting swept in the playoffs….then swept in the regular season….you best believe Burger King trying his best to control the narrative 🫠🍔👑
Nick I’m a big lebron fan main,when that gentleman goes back to the od couple talks down on lebron let him stay on his show
And no!!! If you take it personal for a winner it’s a good thing. In golf bad, basketball good! Mj, bird, Kobe all took it personal
The Lakers best players are AD, Adam Silver, LeRefs, then LeBron unless it’s the 4th quarter. 😂😂😂
Incredible. Broussard makes a living of talking bb and forgets LeBron Ramon let his feelings and emotions run wild after the JR stuff...at least the funny guy remembers.
Should’ve picked up Dwight. You get Dwight he guards jokic by hisself without needing help and now everyone else can focus on Murray and porters shooting
Bro has four championships in 20+ years. What are we talking about FOH
It's not just that... he played most his career in a pitifully weak eastern conf. with ridiculously stacked teams. When MJ had a legit squad, he was never NOT the best player in the series!
Wilds is the best host to a sports show and it ain’t even close.
I don't think the Lakers feel lik they loss this series already lol but they definitely gotta play hard cuz Denver really a good team they role players really show up when they play the Lakers
All those teams weren’t rivals. Just players and teams he faced that was considered tough competition. Dwight beat Lebron too
Were the Lakers talking about how they cant wait to play Memphis during the playoffs? As Brooks kept on talking trash... Were they like "wait until Game 3, just watch!?" Serious question... because if they kept it mature, Wilds is clearly wrong.
They need to start woods and move AD to 4 so he can help out on D . This will create a mismatch for nuggets.
Woods hurt
@@youngreshaud3792 Who’s the other 6’10 dude they have
@@BingoLongTravelingAllStar1945Jaxon Hayes
@@BingoLongTravelingAllStar1945I think it's Hayes you are talking about
Wood got surgery and out for the season
It's one thing they all forgetting, lebron is healthy. Not foot problems
Wright and Broussard together has to be one of the worst sports pairings ever.
Lebron said the politic thing, which is fine. But this is just another demonstration that all his career, he just never showed the same (perhaps overly vaunted) "killer mentality" or competitive fire that players like Jordan, Kobe, and the 80s stars like Magic and Bird famously had, players who DID have grudges or even invented them for motivation. Those players didn't play "worse" with emotion, but possibly better. Lebron just isn't made up the same way, and it's fine. He doesn't need to talk up a crapstorm, just needs to perform better this time. Winning is the best revenge.
All that from statement to a reporter before game 1. Man is dumbazz people in the world 😂
What LeBron is basically saying is focus on "the game"(in a diplomatic sort of way to your point). Yet, he's very strategic at playing mind games with the media and fellow opponents. Essentially, he's inviting Denver to get themselves round up on beating them that they completely underestimate the Lakers and lose. What MJ and Kobe exhibited in playing certain teams was added emotional motivation to win. Bron's answer to the reporters is telling "us" that LA is dead in the water when in reality they're game planning for the Nuggets more than it would be the other way around.
Nick's presentations are well researched to push things, I ll give him this. Now he's comparing the fittest DNA to play NBA who fakes fouls when playing little opponent to another older great who beats bigger opponents than him"Ali". Bravo man
Wondering what would be the excuse this time.
If Lebron had a 0.001% royalty for every time sports talk shows spent segments on him, he'd be a quadtrillgazillionaire.
People act like the Lakers haven’t been at play in level or below for almost the entire time LeBron has been there except for the year the season was cut short due to covid
Lets go Nuggets!! Back to back Baby!
Guarantee we take game 1, don't switch sides when we go up 2-1 @ home. ✌🏾😴
I love the response because it causes confusion.
Nick went into this whole, every time lebron had a rival, he beat them then thwy moved on, but what he fails to mention his at the start of all those rivalrys minus Toronto, and OKC who was just to young, the teans would beat LeBron first then he would move and find new rivals, or form a super team in order to compete against the old rivals.
Making it personal is what drives GOATs to rings. Reporters compared Drexler to Jordan, he took that personal. Barkley got the MVP in 93’ what happened in that series? Brady and bellicheck would take everything personal, how many rings was that? Kobe had to hear how he only won because of shaq, and that was his motivation to win 2 more. True GOATs can use it as a driving force to win. If it isn’t personal the series is already over, because it just shows the lack of competitive nature they have.
Nuggets for the gentlemen’s sweep
If that was Kobe, he'd be doing some blood ritual in some jungle for this series 😂
Don’t forget Washington with Deshawn Stevenson 😂
Nick seriously has trouble with numbers. Or facts. How was it 2-1 Lebron against golden state before KD got there?
Paul Reed, take notes
Biggest difference between mike/kobe and bron. They would take this match up personally and would thrive on the animosity of the other team. Killers. You gotta be a killer.
I'm a Laker fan and I predict we get swept!
1:35 that reporter at the bottom right of the screen broh
Can't stand nick, but this has become better than first take and undisputed
Lakers issue with the nuggets is Davis can’t guard Jokic and they cannot execute down the stretch. While Murray and Jokic take over the game and get the win
They won't beat them twice in the playoffs. Lakers will win the series.💯
The only way Lebron beats Denver is with defensive dogs: Rondo, KCP, Avery, Caruso, Howard and McGee.
Im not even joking, but the way the media psycho analyze what this man says and does. Every player has talked before their match up, and the media ONLY COVERS WHAT LEBRON HAS SAID. What are they gonna do when he retires . Smh scary
It's reverse psychology honestly lmaoooo
Why can’t people let this man enjoy his last few years without people trying to to clown him. Wow people get a life. Most people who dog this man get mad as heck if they even think someone talks negatively about them
Their best chance to win isn't to have LeBron go rogue and start breaking the offense like Kobe Bryant. Him playing with out of control anger and jacking up stupid ass shots like Kobe did is not the move lmao. Play as a team. LeBron, just be LeBron. AD has to be AD, and get enough contributions from the others to win these games. LeBron jacking up 30-40 shots a game will play right into Denver's hands
Exactly
Wildes is delusional here. The only way it's not a "rivalry" is if the nuggets go on to win 2 more rings in the next 4 years and LBJ retires. LA won, and now a few years later the Nuggets have won.
The media as a whole hates it when players don't speak reckless and actually watch what they say. Of course this is personal and they want revenge.
If LeBron say tomatoe theue always gonna be segment fo overnalyze negatively and say he meant or should have said tomata
It's a win-win for Lebron. If he does exactly as Ham wants, and they win, then they have a good chance of getting to the finales. If he does what Ham wants, and they get bounced and embarrassed, then he gets a new coach next year.
lebron response was perfect. can’t take it personally it will derail the game plan
Lakers in 6! This ain’t the same team from last year 😂
So u don’t think they where trying nick
Rival when you just swept them??? 😂
Can't wait anymoreeeeeeee
Lakers were worn out mentally and physically playing with injuries last year. This year is different. They are well rested and had more time to prepare compared to last year. Regular season is a different animal than playoffs where it's 0-0 and everything is magnified. Anything can happen.
And they are worst on both ends of the floor
@Tumorcoach Regular season stats not the same as playoffs where anything can happen.
What a life, nobody's can get paid just talking about great athletes...
Wait a minute...The spurs and warriors both have a playoffs winning record against Lebron? And now the nuggets might have one if they beat him again this year.
Wildes becoming Skip Lite?
Taking it personal and getting emotional are two different things right?
Lebron was damn sure not trying to give them bulletin board material. He’s not stupid. Can the lakers beat the nuggets? Yes. Can they beat them four times? I don’t think without injuries to Denver.
What changed is they face the possibility of losing to the Nuggets again and now realize how those eggs would look on their faces if they continue bragging while getting their asses whooped by the same team over and over again.
Lebron knows this possibility, therefore counts on his people like Nick Wright to support him, no matter what.
He was speaking to alleviate pressure from nervous wreck people like DLO, AD etc .. These people are not good with pressure, while there are people born immune to pressure like AR, Rui who have the ability to steel themselves in any situation. Lebron knows he can't afford for DLO and AD disappear fighting against powerhouse team like Denver.
Nobody is born immune to pressure this a smooth 🧠 take even Michael and Lebron themselves have said they felt the pressure.
bro at this point i want denver to lose ONLY to see wildes eat shit lmao
Rival? Lol knock it off Nick . Its gonna be great watching Nick make up excuse after excuse in this short series lol
Straight 🧢
The second they make a shot they’ll be screaming! Come on lebron.
What we talking about we know it’s time to check ball 🏀 only the media would be mad they have no materiel besides the game
The Lakers have to fight scratch and claw to even have a chance, but if they do this and lebron plays well then goat status is back on the table.
Lebron doesn’t sound too confident to me. Didn’t like that answer at all. After all that has happened, it should be personal
Who does Wildes root for why he be hating so much
Nick Wright just talks and talks and nobody corrects him. SMH
I don’t like Wildes being all snarky and trying to come up with narratives to foil Nick’s affinity for Bron on LA. It feels superficial and forced.
Nick always stay interrupting. Damn let a man finish talking lol