even crazier to think him and kyrie never missed the finals together when they played. even with wade on the heat as well. if you don’t count the few months he was in cleveland lol
@@thehumblepuppy4488 Him and AD have played 5 years together. 19-20 champs, 20-21 1st round exist AD hurt, 21-22 AD injured and Westbrook trade no playoffs, 22-23 Westbrook trade make playoffs WCF, and 23-24 make playoffs down 0-3 currently to Nuggets. That's 5 years together and 4 playoffs appearances. Lebron been there 6 years AD been 5 years. Lebron came 18-19. AD came 19-20.
Blame pelinka , he didn’t wanna pay the man … pelinka built that championship team and completely decimated cause he didn’t wanna keep those pieces around and he didn’t wanna pay what they asked ..blame front office and blame the coach for not having a better defensive scheme
As a nuggets fan,lesunshine answer was pure nostalgia😢 For a lot of us the game of ball means life,and at the end of the day we all gotta take care of our families,go to school,work. And still,watching this guy go at it for two decades feels...timeless
ESPN stripped out all the context of his answer to make him look like he doesn't care. Thier headline from his comments: "Lebron James after 11th straight loss to Nuggets: 'It's just basketball.' "
Its just what it says your getting your ass kicked and your not taking blame your not saying anything to get the others to think they have a chance and the sweep is inevitable
@@philminor233I mean he's literally trying to tell his team this isn't hard it's just basketball. It's not like you're walking through a mine field it's just basketball
Tears of failure he hates the press in these moments and he has had many 39 years old and doesn't have any power you have not learned the game after 21 years you don't know what to do to get the team to rise to another level YOUR NOT A LEADER
@@theotherguy2675 He didn’t say it as if it doesn’t matter. What he meant is it’s still the same game you’ve played all year. The playoffs are suppose to have more pressure. But not everyone can maintain their productivity through the playoffs. It’s only disappointing if you don’t understand what he’s saying.
When he’s gone who will the masses hate on next? I don’t understand it, he’s accomplished more in life than 95% of people on earth. And surpassed ungodly expectations. Nothing but love and respect for that. Any other person couldn’t be walk a mile in his shoes
He puts a ball in a hoop. It’s great that he worked hard but the fact that the society places so much importance on games while the debt the country is in gets bigger means he is paid to be a distraction 🤫
@princeobi1119 he gets paid by a private owner of a team and this is an interest people have. If it distracts us, it's because we choose it too and we want to follow him. His career is nowt to do with the debt a country is in 😂
Don't waste your time this hate today is an epidemic just like the corona virus most Don't understand what are why they feel the way they do without proper cause they just know they do how ever pride keeps them from admitting this
Ahh, don't start that bullshit. He been 39 all year when he's winning and ya'll praise that but now want age to be an excuse. STFU. Retire if you cannot help your team win phoney goat
You dont start saying stuff like that until you played for years bcuz at some of point of time you feel like that basketball is life but really basketball is just that basketball its not life.
Eating a snack on the end of the bench by himself during a 4th quarter timeout while the rest of the Lakers were huddled up around the coach. @@alejandromarquez4017
I'm a super MJ fan, and reckon to be no competition with LeBron....but I don't understand hate towards Lebron. It's an incredible player and just a good guy
@@AwesomeCrabmanAD wasn't really even making the playoffs before teaming up with him. Now AD has a championship ring. You're not a bright one are ya?
@@JROCK50054 I guess you don't know that Lakers have a higher win rate when lebron is on the bench. Lakers are stacked, they don't need lebron smarta55
@@AwesomeCrabman Okay? That has nothing to do with what said. You said he ruined AD's career. And I'm saying AD got a ring he never would have even sniffed if he didn't go there. I don't care about that bum *ss team enough to know about what you just said.
Lebron, and Curry got nothing left to prove but it’s sad seeing them go out in a whimper in their final years. But don’t that happen to everyone eventually.
@@melvinhhcp3615 they spend half their time yelling "Year 21!" and now they want a sob story...bunch of clowns...this series has been absolutely satisfying
I wish GSW would retool this off-season while Curry is still great. Sadly, I think we're gonna see him waste away, barely missing the playoffs for the rest of his career. 😔
that 2nd game loss was heart breaking. i truly think that destroyed their morale and momentum. i don’t think anyone was surprised the nuggets won game 3. i feel if lakers went into OT and won game 2 this series would be completely different. i hate to see lebron and AD work their asses off just to have everything crushed by these sorry ass teammates. how do u score 0 points in game 3 ?
Excuses. They both have had lackluster 4th quarters in this series!! They are the stars. They get paid the big bucks yet the fingers always get pointed elsewhere. Poor leadership is still a failure of the captains. They were in the play in for a reason. AD healthy all year but they have too many expectations and not enough grit and grind
@@isessogroupI agree. So many people gargling the Lakers online; the reality is that they just aren’t good enough. The best player in the series is wearing a nuggets jersey. The most clutch player in this series who elevates his game most during playoff time is wearing a nuggets jersey. The winner of this series was never in doubt. Beforehand I thought it was going six games MAX, more likely five. Bron and AD have been good individually but against the cohesive, consistent unit that Denver has, it just isn’t enough. Blowing a 20 point lead and lackluster fourth quarters will not get it done against the defending champs and best team in the NBA.
Lakers should how kept that lakers team together, I feel like they slapped themselves in the face worrying about what kd&kyrie was doing in Brooklyn not realizing that jokic&murry and the nuggets were coming .. Dwight literally the only person I seen contain smh and the gave him away .. Kyle kuzma would have stepped up we still would have had Caruso and we might even still have AR
You do not know what you’re talking about. That is the same roster that been losing two Denver Nuggets 10 time in a row that’s why LeBron James been trying to get them to get more players so make it make sense better players when it comes to Denver Nuggets you guys should know that, any other team they OK? They just can’t get over the hump with Denver Nuggets. It just so happened this year. They had Denver in the first round last year. They had them western finals that are different teams for the last couple years. They not going to beat Denver with the same team make it make sense, please.
As a Laker fan well before Lebron got there, I don’t expect role players to lead, I expect the franchise players to step their game up more like Embid did on one leg pretty much the other night. This team and Lebron need to be honest and part ways but neither won’t, another two years of the same
Who would’ve thought that the team that got swept 10 months ago to the Nuggets would also not be able to compete against them this year … almost like you should’ve made some changes to the roster 🤯
LeBron thank you for the Great years of Basketball which is my favorite sport that I have watching for over 30 years. Watching you play has been amazing. You inspire me. You are my GOAT. You are right it is just basketball and you believe that your teammates can still be elite under stress and pressure. Family over everything.
i’m glad someone who has watched basketball before lebron was even in the league is giving him props. a lot of older basketball fans are attached to what they grew up with and they let nostalgia blind them and chose to hate this man for simply being good at basketball. regardless where u put him he’s a top 2 basketball player to ever live and i don’t think he’ll truthfully get all his flowers and respect until after he retires.
@@Iluvkellyyou have to be good at basketball to enter the NBA....they hate Lebron because he was good at basketball? Really huh? Is that the real reason? What a joke.
@@Iluvkelly I agree and also the hate is a testament to LeBron's greatness. Many great people throughout history have been hated because of their greatness not just in basketball. Greatness comes with a Huge Price. I admire LeBron for being able to withstand the price and still be great. I am going to miss him when he retires. Thank you for recognizing LeBron's greatness and for writing a wonderful comment.
Bron such a freak, im sure he knows he cant win with this roster because he has been there so often. Thats why his response is like that. He knows he aint winning a chip at this age when he is the best player on his team
Ad has put up a real fight for best player on the team but you can't go wrong choosing either as the team best player this year but cause of the roster having no rim protection outside of ad I'm leaning towards ad slightly vs their roster when they had javele & dwight lakers didn't lose a step when ad was out cause javele & dwight both stepped up & plus bron was in year 18 vs 21 too so he had more explosion in his step.... I was saying all year they need to get dwight or boogie on a vet minimum but lakers front office didn't know shit just like Dallas front office didn't know shit after they let tyson chandler & dirk never got to another finals dirk was their best player but chandler allowed dirk not to have to stress defense like aaron gordon does for jokic front offices don't understand though
LeBron gets all the media coverage but this season Anthony Davis has been the one doing all the work, people can question his availability or as health issues in the past but this season has been probably his best season as a professional and he's been largely healthy the entire year and he has been averaging over 30 points a game in this playoff series against the Nuggets playing constantly offensively and defensively, and it's all for nothing because The Supporting Cast around him and LeBron are garbage...
Curry was eliminated in the Play-ins and now both James and KD are about to be swept. We're definitely witnessing the end of an era. It's kinda sad because I grew up watching them compete with each other.
Retire just hang it up go live life like honestly after 2020 bubble championship things went downhill like it’s time to walk away cause this isn’t good for your legacy. As a Lakers fan but also basketball guy and hooper. You did enough LeBron more than enough gave the game your all your good
he wants to play with his son, winning another chip will help him legacy, but he doesnt need it. he’s practically been winning the majority of his career plus scoring 40k, being first all time in scoring and and becoming 4th all time in assists. With his great stats averaging what, like 25,7, and 8, it’s still a team sport hence why they are losing. he has inconsistent players outside of ad and they are going up a against a cohesive reigning champion team with an mvp
They can keep the core, trade acquire specific players for playoff/ team match ups. This case, decent big man for position 4, 5. They have too many guards to back up LeBron?
His attitude is so different than Kobe or Jordan. I felt that those guys cared more than I did, which is the right way to be. This guy says, "it's just basketball."
He said everything perfect, but there's a difference in trying to be perfect and perfectly doing your best. It's not just basketball, that's a sign he's about to retire. He's tired of the game.
I cannot wait until he go to New York. That’s where I want him at drop him off to New York with that team that already assembly there you will see what happened championship. New York not afraid to bring in other players something that the Lakers should have done.
He's a diva for the spotlight I think he rather drop dead then to have his cult not worship him anymore all the money in the world can't bring you rings Thats why the past greats must be respected even more now
@@karemflowers8698 that is a strange take. He is 39. Did you actually expect for him to be better than prime joker? He expected his team would help at least a little bit
Their biggest problem is they wanted to force AD to play center, he practically begged them to not do it. Let Dwight Howard go, and these are the results. Losing game 2 after being up 20 was ridiculous and shameful, that took whatever life they had away. Dlo scoring 0 is embarrassing. They need to make changes to the roster and go get more dogs that don’t shy away from moments like these.
Maybe if your incompetent front office surrounded Lebron and AD with pieces that weren’t completely unplayable in the playoffs and against Denver y’all could win another ring but instead they kept Dlo who yet again was awful and shot them completely out of two games. The Lakers are lucky they even got these 6 years of Lebron.
@@Ashhong1 Yea he was unbelievable in game 2 but games 1 and 3 are just completely unacceptable. When his shot is off he’s just a complete negative cause he can’t guard anyone on Denver so if he’s not shooting well and playing heavy minutes vs Denver the lakers don’t stand a chance yet people point at Lebron or AD when they’re the only ones showing up every game.
@@aidanbogursky2581 one thing I noticed is that Jamal didn’t have his shot in game 2 but his team kept having him shoot himself out of it, and then look at what happened in the fourth. DLo was in his slump yesterday and only had 7 shots. Not sure if that’s the team not giving him the ball when he sucks or him not demanding it enough
@@Ashhong1 Yea but the Nuggets can overcome Jamal going through a rough stretch and still be fine because they’re just that good. The lakers have so little room for error it’s just tough to keep sending Dlo out there when he’s killing you in his minutes. They did though need Dlo to play a lot in this series to have any chance imo bc he gives them that ceiling to have a chance vs the nuggets he just hasn’t played well.
Never forgot that this team was joked as being elderly and slow for a while. They made the changes, and still the samw results. Maybe we should just appreciate how crazy of a team the nuggets are?
This man doesn't have any blemishes on his record...Lebron build a school back in his hometown...sent thousands of youths to college...takes care of family and dedicated his life to game of basketball and blessed us all with talent for 21 years and counting...yet some people look for things to hate on this man...Thank you lebron james...One of One...#6#23#GOATJAMES
@@darrellrouse8236 Lol they're not scared of the moment Bron has just dropped the ball iq wise. This was AD series to dominate and every time he got cooking Bron took the ball out of his hands trying to close himself. AD could've easily had back to back 50 pieces if Bron had just let him ride it out. The moment AD stopped getting touches Lakers O got stagnant and Denver came back. But fans won't see that cause all Bron fans see is a stat line.
the nuggets are a better team. they own the championship last year, they’re the better team. it’s basketball. what more could you want lol. MJ wasn’t expected to win a fucking ring at 40 years old y’all are pathetic
Just disregard the criticism of the Lakers and look into the exceptional chemistry of the Nuggets. That’s a helluva team. LA could’ve laid down vs New Orleans, beat Sacramento and got OKC as the 8 seed. They choose Denver
aND LEBRON CHOOSE not to adjust his game to suit the others who were playing their best ball when he sat and watched its his job to bring that out of them and he failed
Does anyone at this point think LeBron James is going to do the right thing and not take a Max contract? When he's constantly said this season that's what he's looking for even at 39 years old that should let you know that he's not really concerned about the team, he's concerned about himself, if you really wanted the team to have a chance to get better he would take less money so that they could put more people and get more Talent around him but we all know he's not going to do that he expects a Max contract at 39 years old and inspects the Lakers to draft and waste a Draft pick on his son that couldn't even averaged Five Points in college
Yeah he could take a pay cut but then like always he’s gonna be needed to play 40 min games because the others are having trouble scoring. He was supposed to have his minutes reduced this year but they looked so incompetent with him off the court he had to play a ton of minutes and he played 5th most minutes in the league in year 21. If they had a much better coach that knew how to get the most of their role players he wouldnt have to work so hard. Till that day comes he doesn’t have to put the team on his back then yea he can take a paycut
@jusbertmeza4424 Didn't AD and LeBron fight to get Darvin Ham??? Yes, they did... and say what you want to about him he actually had them his first year as a head coach in the Western Conference Finals which no one thought was going to happen and if you look at his playoff record the only team he really hasn't beaten is the Nuggets... So are you really going to hold that against him??
@@jusbertmeza4424 the funny thing is the Lakers look just fine when LeBron James is off the court, when LeBron James missed games against the Milwaukee Bucks and the Boston Celtics both contenders in the Eastern conference, they won those games, and they won those games with their role players being able to have a hell of a lot more ball movement and your players like Anthony Davis and D'Angelo Russell thrived in those positions and D'Angelo Russell actually scored 44 points against the Boston Celtics, the problem comes when they have to incorporate LeBron back into the offense because their whole games have to adjust to make sure that he gets his stats... your argument would have actually held weight if the Lakers had a losing record this season when LeBron James didn't play but that's not the case
@@ericcarvelli9773they fought for ty lue not Darvin . And yes they made it to the wcf last season and guess who they faced . And the Lakers were 6-5 without him that's not good .
The lakers terrible Gm work is what got them here.. Ham is a terrible coach, & they trade away key pieces that they don’t bother to get return on… then they just rely on old ass Lebron & brittle bones AD… I’d trade everyone, go after Paul George …. Get a haul for AD..
It's just basketball says the man who's a billionaire from "basketball". It's just a billion dollars...it's just a private plane...it's just a mansion...it's just fame and fortune. Every human on the planet feels anxiety and pressure
The point still stands, it’s just basketball, there’s more to life, he has his family, his kids, his wife, he doesn’t have anything else to prove anymore, he Won 4 times, most teams in the nba Can’t even make the finals let alone Win it 4 times, he’s not the goat imo (it’s perfectly fine if you think he is) he’s number 2, but that’s not a bad thing, appreciate him while he’s still in the league because he doesn’t have a lot of time left
It ain't just basketball 🏀. Whenever your playing in your 21th year. It's more than that. This guy just wants to win more rings. To call himself better than Kobe Bryant and Micheal Jordan period. I know what he's trying to do. And I'm glad that he's about to get swept. Even tho the refs try hard to give it to LeBron. Denver Nuggets are just that much better. And they know how to play the right way not to be mean or anything
Lebron is so much better than Kobe it’s legitimately hilarious you think he’s not. Nobody should talk your opinion seriously when you say braindead shit like that. It’s Lebron and MJ at the top and then everybody else. The fact that you still expect championships from a 39 yr old who’s the oldest player in the entire league says more than enough. He’s held to a different standard than anyone ever because of how high he has set the bar with his sustained greatness.
I just laugh when people said they should bring Dwight, what's he going to do? Denver that year isn't the same now, Jokic is even more better. It ain't gonna matter 😂
Dude doesn't care about winning anymore im a Bron fan but it's over i think he should just go on and retire there not beating Denver he had a great career it's time to start planning they vacation i use to defend him nahh can't anymore 🤦🏽 those comments right there
@@rahimmiddleton2005 i don't care they got they asses whipped where is the pride were is the fight I don't want to hear excuses anymore for this man take the fanism out of it this is getting outta hand LeBron should just go on and retire
@@balln415 I'm not a kid I'm a grown man it's over his days of winning is over now y'all gotta face the fact it's true he should just retire focus on these young guys in the NBA
He means that basketball is basketball. He’s not disrespecting the game, he’s just trying to make a point that you can’t let the pressure from the playoffs uphold you.
I’ll never understand why they let Dwight AND javale go. You could NEVER justify that to me
Ask lefake . He knows
Curso Green Pope Kuzma etc...
Bro they won a championship with those guys and the next year they got rid of em that shii don’t make since to me 😢
u kno dam. well y the lakers didn’t bring Dwight back and no other team did either..stop the 🧢 😂
@@newelldavis1858why because of the homo shit?? I wouldn’t give a damn as long as he’s performing and leaving his personal life personal we good
Its crazy to think that AD and LeBron plays 6 years together
even crazier to think him and kyrie never missed the finals together when they played. even with wade on the heat as well. if you don’t count the few months he was in cleveland lol
Actually 5 years. He been with Lakers 6 years.
@@realasitget3552 4 years
@@thehumblepuppy4488he went in summer 2018
@@thehumblepuppy4488 Him and AD have played 5 years together. 19-20 champs, 20-21 1st round exist AD hurt, 21-22 AD injured and Westbrook trade no playoffs, 22-23 Westbrook trade make playoffs WCF, and 23-24 make playoffs down 0-3 currently to Nuggets. That's 5 years together and 4 playoffs appearances. Lebron been there 6 years AD been 5 years. Lebron came 18-19. AD came 19-20.
Lakers f'up when they took ad off his pf position they should've signed d Howard at center
Exactly, AD even said he doesn’t like playing center
Yup
Blame pelinka , he didn’t wanna pay the man … pelinka built that championship team and completely decimated cause he didn’t wanna keep those pieces around and he didn’t wanna pay what they asked ..blame front office and blame the coach for not having a better defensive scheme
Imma hawks fan and yea dis true
@@desordenpublicoyea i never get that shit if it works why not make it work
As a nuggets fan,lesunshine answer was pure nostalgia😢
For a lot of us the game of ball means life,and at the end of the day we all gotta take care of our families,go to school,work.
And still,watching this guy go at it for two decades feels...timeless
it wasn't meant to be poetic. he is expressing that he doesn't care so losing doesn't hurt him.
@@jpineapple9495how tf do you not get the message💀😭
Who cares about woke LeChina. He has no balls like Mj did
@@jpineapple9495 your hate gets in the way of your capacity to understand.
@@jpineapple9495you getting clowned on 💀
ESPN stripped out all the context of his answer to make him look like he doesn't care. Thier headline from his comments:
"Lebron James after 11th straight loss to Nuggets: 'It's just basketball.' "
Exactly!
Its just what it says your getting your ass kicked and your not taking blame your not saying anything to get the others to think they have a chance and the sweep is inevitable
@@philminor233I mean he's literally trying to tell his team this isn't hard it's just basketball. It's not like you're walking through a mine field it's just basketball
@@qualiswilliams7403 than why isn't he playing betta why he team hop why he ring chase its just basketball
@@qualiswilliams7403 right and they making it hard... i think he telling the coach too
That’s the look of hurt on Bron’s face. He’s trying to hold back tears.
Some would say its weak but u gotta think these guys dedicate they lives to the sport for the FO to constantly hoe him its gotta suck
Yeah he's a crybaby
I’d say he’s humbled he’s not hurt. He knows there more important things in life than basketball.
@@Timothy_Himothy1 lolololol your a doldrum
Tears of failure he hates the press in these moments and he has had many 39 years old and doesn't have any power you have not learned the game after 21 years you don't know what to do to get the team to rise to another level YOUR NOT A LEADER
That was probably the most honest insightful answer I’ve ever heard Lebron give. Great answer
If they only realized that we as fans actually prefer answers like this versus that politically correct BS
Lol 😅 lechoke. Lefraud.
it's actually a stupid answer. saying “it's just basketball” would be so disappointing to hear if i was a fan of him. thank god im not.
@@theotherguy2675 He didn’t say it as if it doesn’t matter. What he meant is it’s still the same game you’ve played all year. The playoffs are suppose to have more pressure. But not everyone can maintain their productivity through the playoffs. It’s only disappointing if you don’t understand what he’s saying.
@@royhobbs5167Spoken like someone who is terrible at basketball.
39 years old and his team along with the world are on his back leave the man alone.No matter what happens hes solidified as a great.
False narrative
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Facts, but haters gotta clown on him because he isn’t Jordan.
@@wannaspritecranberry06 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@coreyreese9561 Keep spamming laughing emojis. If you can’t debate, don’t hate.
When he’s gone who will the masses hate on next? I don’t understand it, he’s accomplished more in life than 95% of people on earth. And surpassed ungodly expectations. Nothing but love and respect for that. Any other person couldn’t be walk a mile in his shoes
He puts a ball in a hoop. It’s great that he worked hard but the fact that the society places so much importance on games while the debt the country is in gets bigger means he is paid to be a distraction 🤫
They don't hate just disgusted with him and all his excuses
@princeobi1119 he gets paid by a private owner of a team and this is an interest people have. If it distracts us, it's because we choose it too and we want to follow him. His career is nowt to do with the debt a country is in 😂
I can smell the haters coming to this comment, but I wish I couldn’t… blech
Don't waste your time this hate today is an epidemic just like the corona virus most Don't understand what are why they feel the way they do without proper cause they just know they do how ever pride keeps them from admitting this
My sweet goat is so eloquent. Honestly I love this man, nobody will ever come close.
LeBron tries so hard, and we should understand that he is 39 years old good job anyway.
Ahh, don't start that bullshit. He been 39 all year when he's winning and ya'll praise that but now want age to be an excuse. STFU. Retire if you cannot help your team win phoney goat
Then don't take the max...
You wear tampons or pads ?
You need a towel to wipe it up?
Then RETIRE!!!!
You dont start saying stuff like that until you played for years bcuz at some of point of time you feel like that basketball is life but really basketball is just that basketball its not life.
OH WHAT NBA TEAM YOU PLAY FOR?
D'lo with the most unprofessional move I've ever seen. I'm a Celtic's fan and I'm disgusted.
What he do
Eating a snack on the end of the bench by himself during a 4th quarter timeout while the rest of the Lakers were huddled up around the coach. @@alejandromarquez4017
"We Don't Want U"
-Hawks fans chanted to D-Lo
@Gutta2016 to be fair, who wants to be on the hawks? 😂
@@alejandromarquez4017 zero points
I'm a super MJ fan, and reckon to be no competition with LeBron....but I don't understand hate towards Lebron.
It's an incredible player and just a good guy
I think Jordan was hated too. But there was no social media.
@@omarmiranda893he def was just instead of crying and having mental breakdowns like lebronda he just proved the naysayers wrong
They don't hate just disgusted with him and all his excuses
Im honestly curious what complaints did you hear him make@coreyreese9561
LOVE YOUR COMMENT....
6th year with ad is crazy
It doesn't really feel 6 years because of covid 😭
He ruined AD's career
@@AwesomeCrabmanAD wasn't really even making the playoffs before teaming up with him. Now AD has a championship ring. You're not a bright one are ya?
@@JROCK50054 I guess you don't know that Lakers have a higher win rate when lebron is on the bench.
Lakers are stacked, they don't need lebron smarta55
@@AwesomeCrabman Okay? That has nothing to do with what said. You said he ruined AD's career. And I'm saying AD got a ring he never would have even sniffed if he didn't go there. I don't care about that bum *ss team enough to know about what you just said.
Lebron, and Curry got nothing left to prove but it’s sad seeing them go out in a whimper in their final years. But don’t that happen to everyone eventually.
Sadly fan bases expect a 40yr old to carry....it's a bunch of stupidity honestly
@@toxicmelody6228You LeStans & these bs narratives are pathetic.
@@melvinhhcp3615 they spend half their time yelling "Year 21!" and now they want a sob story...bunch of clowns...this series has been absolutely satisfying
LeBron still has to prove he is the GOAT
I wish GSW would retool this off-season while Curry is still great. Sadly, I think we're gonna see him waste away, barely missing the playoffs for the rest of his career. 😔
that 2nd game loss was heart breaking. i truly think that destroyed their morale and momentum. i don’t think anyone was surprised the nuggets won game 3. i feel if lakers went into OT and won game 2 this series would be completely different. i hate to see lebron and AD work their asses off just to have everything crushed by these sorry ass teammates. how do u score 0 points in game 3 ?
Excuses. They both have had lackluster 4th quarters in this series!! They are the stars. They get paid the big bucks yet the fingers always get pointed elsewhere. Poor leadership is still a failure of the captains. They were in the play in for a reason. AD healthy all year but they have too many expectations and not enough grit and grind
So disappointing Dlo was horrible last night smh 🤦
@@isessogroupthat is it .
@@isessogroupI agree. So many people gargling the Lakers online; the reality is that they just aren’t good enough. The best player in the series is wearing a nuggets jersey. The most clutch player in this series who elevates his game most during playoff time is wearing a nuggets jersey. The winner of this series was never in doubt. Beforehand I thought it was going six games MAX, more likely five. Bron and AD have been good individually but against the cohesive, consistent unit that Denver has, it just isn’t enough. Blowing a 20 point lead and lackluster fourth quarters will not get it done against the defending champs and best team in the NBA.
No more Ice water
Been to the mountain top with the same organization but not the same team. That's 2 different things.
He’s talking about with AD
"Me and this guy" referring to AD.
Lakers should how kept that lakers team together, I feel like they slapped themselves in the face worrying about what kd&kyrie was doing in Brooklyn not realizing that jokic&murry and the nuggets were coming .. Dwight literally the only person I seen contain smh and the gave him away .. Kyle kuzma would have stepped up we still would have had Caruso and we might even still have AR
You do not know what you’re talking about. That is the same roster that been losing two Denver Nuggets 10 time in a row that’s why LeBron James been trying to get them to get more players so make it make sense better players when it comes to Denver Nuggets you guys should know that, any other team they OK? They just can’t get over the hump with Denver Nuggets. It just so happened this year. They had Denver in the first round last year. They had them western finals that are different teams for the last couple years. They not going to beat Denver with the same team make it make sense, please.
He needs him😂
Bron is almost on year 22 in the league. And still giving you at least 20 every night. To even be mentioned as a Playoff contender is Insane.
I appreciate this take. It considers context
It indeed is insane.
6 years 😵💫😵💫😵💫 that mf flew gang
Hardly nothing to show between 2 top 75
@@allpraisestothemosthigh9418 well it's not like they started together one was supposedly entering his Prime the other is on the way out the league.
Dwight: See, you need me.
Nobody put pressure on him, he called himself the King.
talking about players genius
Bro them taking this quote out of context to slander him is crazy
Dang Bron and AD been playing together for 6 years already?!?!
Time has wings...
~Kobe Bryant
Bron/Laker fans been unhappy with D’Angelo for a long time now 😂
We're not happy with lbj either. He was never wanted here.
as a laker fan NO 2nd chances this off season D lo gotta go
As a Laker fan well before Lebron got there, I don’t expect role players to lead, I expect the franchise players to step their game up more like Embid did on one leg pretty much the other night. This team and Lebron need to be honest and part ways but neither won’t, another two years of the same
The mans 39 years old. Hes paid his dues...salute to the one and only King James. 🙌🏾
Please make another excuse. Heard that already. One and only greatest choker of all time.
If he out there, anit nobody trying to hear about age .
It’s just basketball. Nobody cares 😂
Still the goat, 🤛🏻
@@captain2323 😂😂😂😂😂😂 give me a break
Jordan after his 11th straight win vs Denver… 👑
Dam as A LAKERS FAN IT HURTS ABSOLUTELY HURTS 💔😢😔
Lebalco needs to share the medicine cabinet with his teammates how the supposed goat get swept twice by the same team 😢😢MJ 💯💯
Who would’ve thought that the team that got swept 10 months ago to the Nuggets would also not be able to compete against them this year … almost like you should’ve made some changes to the roster 🤯
They did and he still hasn't learned to run an offense stat padding is his priority
@@philminor233 wait what ? What roster changes did they make ? Christian wood isn’t playing , Vincent ? Lol not significant at all
@@About36Greekss those along with DINWIDDIE jaxson hayes because you don't approve fanboy don't mean sht go sit down
“The stress ‘THEY’ put on you, LeBron, the greatness ‘THEY’ demand…”??!! The interviewer is on crack
It’s not all about Jokic .
Denver has a way better starting line up , surrounding cast , and better bench , PERIOD.
LeBron thank you for the Great years of Basketball which is my favorite sport that I have watching for over 30 years. Watching you play has been amazing. You inspire me. You are my GOAT. You are right it is just basketball and you believe that your teammates can still be elite under stress and pressure. Family over everything.
i’m glad someone who has watched basketball before lebron was even in the league is giving him props. a lot of older basketball fans are attached to what they grew up with and they let nostalgia blind them and chose to hate this man for simply being good at basketball. regardless where u put him he’s a top 2 basketball player to ever live and i don’t think he’ll truthfully get all his flowers and respect until after he retires.
@@Iluvkellyyou have to be good at basketball to enter the NBA....they hate Lebron because he was good at basketball? Really huh? Is that the real reason? What a joke.
@@Iluvkelly I agree and also the hate is a testament to LeBron's greatness. Many great people throughout history have been hated because of their greatness not just in basketball. Greatness comes with a Huge Price. I admire LeBron for being able to withstand the price and still be great. I am going to miss him when he retires. Thank you for recognizing LeBron's greatness and for writing a wonderful comment.
@@Iluvkellyhe could die and the "real" won't tell that lie
@@weblodollar1385 LeBron is top 2. As a matter of fact he is #1 The GOAT. You better recognize. Yes.
Good answer by LeBron James.
MY Favorite NBA Player
Now he knows how Toronto felt when he used to beat them all the time in the eastern playoffs year after year
Bron such a freak, im sure he knows he cant win with this roster because he has been there so often. Thats why his response is like that. He knows he aint winning a chip at this age when he is the best player on his team
Ad has put up a real fight for best player on the team but you can't go wrong choosing either as the team best player this year but cause of the roster having no rim protection outside of ad I'm leaning towards ad slightly vs their roster when they had javele & dwight lakers didn't lose a step when ad was out cause javele & dwight both stepped up & plus bron was in year 18 vs 21 too so he had more explosion in his step.... I was saying all year they need to get dwight or boogie on a vet minimum but lakers front office didn't know shit just like Dallas front office didn't know shit after they let tyson chandler & dirk never got to another finals dirk was their best player but chandler allowed dirk not to have to stress defense like aaron gordon does for jokic front offices don't understand though
LeBron gets all the media coverage but this season Anthony Davis has been the one doing all the work, people can question his availability or as health issues in the past but this season has been probably his best season as a professional and he's been largely healthy the entire year and he has been averaging over 30 points a game in this playoff series against the Nuggets playing constantly offensively and defensively, and it's all for nothing because The Supporting Cast around him and LeBron are garbage...
😂 LeBron has arguably the most stacked roster in the NBA, but he just can't win
@@superiorgaming9399bro said most stacked 💀 the clippers, suns and The nuggets are all the most stacked team in the league
@@superiorgaming9399bro without LeBron the lakers are a lottery team😂
Styles make fights. They needed a big body against the nuggets, and run small ball against them east coast teams
Curry was eliminated in the Play-ins and now both James and KD are about to be swept. We're definitely witnessing the end of an era. It's kinda sad because I grew up watching them compete with each other.
When he says “it’s just basketball” I think he means like that’s all part of what comes along with basketball
Retire just hang it up go live life like honestly after 2020 bubble championship things went downhill like it’s time to walk away cause this isn’t good for your legacy. As a Lakers fan but also basketball guy and hooper. You did enough LeBron more than enough gave the game your all your good
Fine for his legacy. If he was playing with an alpha dog like antman the narrative would be different. Would not have to do as much
he wants to play with his son, winning another chip will help him legacy, but he doesnt need it. he’s practically been winning the majority of his career plus scoring 40k, being first all time in scoring and and becoming 4th all time in assists. With his great stats averaging what, like 25,7, and 8, it’s still a team sport hence why they are losing. he has inconsistent players outside of ad and they are going up a against a cohesive reigning champion team with an mvp
LeBron needs a whole new team.
And a coach!
They can keep the core, trade acquire specific players for playoff/ team match ups. This case, decent big man for position 4, 5. They have too many guards to back up LeBron?
bronny is coming lol
Always
yea rec league team
His attitude is so different than Kobe or Jordan. I felt that those guys cared more than I did, which is the right way to be. This guy says, "it's just basketball."
They didn't say this at 39.😂😂😂
@@ballerez7889 Kobe wasnt playing at 39 smooth brain
He said everything perfect, but there's a difference in trying to be perfect and perfectly doing your best. It's not just basketball, that's a sign he's about to retire. He's tired of the game.
I can’t wait till he retires, it’s taking forever
Im gonna miss the dude
I cannot wait until he go to New York. That’s where I want him at drop him off to New York with that team that already assembly there you will see what happened championship. New York not afraid to bring in other players something that the Lakers should have done.
He's a diva for the spotlight I think he rather drop dead then to have his cult not worship him anymore all the money in the world can't bring you rings Thats why the past greats must be respected even more now
And that fan base is ungrateful. He needs to go where he is appreciated@@isaacford7172
1 chip in 6 years is nasty work...
Most teams don’t smell a chip
@dereklouther9372 Most teams don't have the "Goat.."
I know your arms hurt with this reach.... terrible take
@qsviewz Yup, and I've reached the truth...
@@karemflowers8698 that is a strange take. He is 39. Did you actually expect for him to be better than prime joker? He expected his team would help at least a little bit
Their biggest problem is they wanted to force AD to play center, he practically begged them to not do it. Let Dwight Howard go, and these are the results. Losing game 2 after being up 20 was ridiculous and shameful, that took whatever life they had away. Dlo scoring 0 is embarrassing. They need to make changes to the roster and go get more dogs that don’t shy away from moments like these.
What's even more sad is the Lakers jersey on the floor in front of of DLO
Lebron please retire or go to another team. We have had enough. Signed by a True Laker fan.
Maybe if your incompetent front office surrounded Lebron and AD with pieces that weren’t completely unplayable in the playoffs and against Denver y’all could win another ring but instead they kept Dlo who yet again was awful and shot them completely out of two games. The Lakers are lucky they even got these 6 years of Lebron.
@@aidanbogursky2581all facts but Dlo did what he could in game 2. That was just embarrassing all around unfortunately
@@Ashhong1 Yea he was unbelievable in game 2 but games 1 and 3 are just completely unacceptable. When his shot is off he’s just a complete negative cause he can’t guard anyone on Denver so if he’s not shooting well and playing heavy minutes vs Denver the lakers don’t stand a chance yet people point at Lebron or AD when they’re the only ones showing up every game.
@@aidanbogursky2581 one thing I noticed is that Jamal didn’t have his shot in game 2 but his team kept having him shoot himself out of it, and then look at what happened in the fourth. DLo was in his slump yesterday and only had 7 shots. Not sure if that’s the team not giving him the ball when he sucks or him not demanding it enough
@@Ashhong1 Yea but the Nuggets can overcome Jamal going through a rough stretch and still be fine because they’re just that good. The lakers have so little room for error it’s just tough to keep sending Dlo out there when he’s killing you in his minutes. They did though need Dlo to play a lot in this series to have any chance imo bc he gives them that ceiling to have a chance vs the nuggets he just hasn’t played well.
He is not a god, he put balls in round one things
Never forgot that this team was joked as being elderly and slow for a while. They made the changes, and still the samw results. Maybe we should just appreciate how crazy of a team the nuggets are?
Then why you still tryna play
LeBron a wise dude
Actually hes the opposite.
@@Janaesp12your wasting your time you have to continue to improve transcending duality remember?
@@Janaesp12 ?
@@RaunchyRoger007 Dont worry about it. Got plenty of it on my time off. :)
@@mistergeorge667 How is he wise? Explain please.
It’s crazy lakers have left go so many good players.😢 walker,pope,kuzma,Dwight Caruso,nance jr e.tc we are our own worst enemy swear
This man doesn't have any blemishes on his record...Lebron build a school back in his hometown...sent thousands of youths to college...takes care of family and dedicated his life to game of basketball and blessed us all with talent for 21 years and counting...yet some people look for things to hate on this man...Thank you lebron james...One of One...#6#23#GOATJAMES
If he plays some defense maybe they would have won, but no he just stands there and looks at them
Dlo scoring more than 0 points might help a little also
Your comment is the dumbest comment I've read so far
I mean he played some d. He got a few steals. Not much besides that tho
That’s real dumb what you just say about playing defense you sound real stupid stop it
But these guys that continue to suck BRON off won't admit that real heads see that loud and clear
You did good.nuggets are a complete team.keep helping bronny.all good lebron.
He did good. He can retire and keep helping his son become a better player, instead of chasing something he can no longer achieve.
@@LOUCABRASIyeah, 21 years is obviously too little for more than 4 rings...
@LOOFAHRIGGNO that's what I'm saying.they gna dismantle his sons too.he need to focus on that and preserving their pyschee from the media.
Love this guy respect 🙏🏿
Thanks for actually adding context, half the people here never even seen the full press conference just wanted to misrepresent what LeBron said
Yawn minion
Lakers has pretty much figured Nuggets out
Figured out that their going to get swept again 💀
Figured out how to lose against them
Figured out that they can't beat them!!
Bro what
@@user-bl4kt7iz3i it's an ongoing joke from ladt years playoffs, where LAL was behing 0-2, but said they figured out Nuggets by putting Rui on Jokic.
I don’t think yall truly understand what he’s saying.
I do💯 & these bums scared of the moment
That's what he's saying. But he said it in an inspiring way
@@darrellrouse8236you trippin. If that’s what you caught
@@darrellrouse8236 Lol they're not scared of the moment Bron has just dropped the ball iq wise. This was AD series to dominate and every time he got cooking Bron took the ball out of his hands trying to close himself. AD could've easily had back to back 50 pieces if Bron had just let him ride it out. The moment AD stopped getting touches Lakers O got stagnant and Denver came back. But fans won't see that cause all Bron fans see is a stat line.
Who cares!!!
Denver just on another level right now ✌🏻
Him and Ad need a better support system
"Just Basketball " said Michael Jordan NEVER
the nuggets are a better team. they own the championship last year, they’re the better team. it’s basketball. what more could you want lol. MJ wasn’t expected to win a fucking ring at 40 years old y’all are pathetic
Mj left and came back, LeBron never imagined leaving for once...
LeBron never left to play baseball 😂
IM CALLING 3-0 COMEBACK!!!! 😤
Leglazer
He came back 3-1; 3-0 seems highly unlikely. But never doubt the greatness of Lebron James, win or lose 😊
I bet you said that last year 😂
@MattiOlana no doubt he's great, but no way he can make a comeback. NO WAY!. He might can win one more, but that's it.
they might will themselves to get 1 win in order to not get swept but that's about it... anything else is wishful thinking....
Thank you for the honest response LeBron, it's just Basketball!!!
Just disregard the criticism of the Lakers and look into the exceptional chemistry of the Nuggets. That’s a helluva team. LA could’ve laid down vs New Orleans, beat Sacramento and got OKC as the 8 seed. They choose Denver
Lakers werent gonna beat the Kings in a series. They couldnt win a game against them this season. Sabonis is ADs father.
finally someone said it
Honestly they tried their best to give the pelicans that game, then Zion got hurt and Ingram sat the 4th quarter. Yet and still hindsight is 20/20
aND LEBRON CHOOSE not to adjust his game to suit the others who were playing their best ball when he sat and watched its his job to bring that out of them and he failed
You two know what it takes to win?😂 I don’t see that
Wdym… they do. Theres no help consistently from anyone else
If they had Vando & Dennis defense pit bull mentality..they would have had a chance ..Austin & Dlo combo is shit all year ..we never learn
It's ok. He has to play one more game this year.
You mean 4
@@user-hu3qw1he1eno one has ever come back from 3-0, LA is sloppy, and the Nuggets are better 😂 that’s the reality… LA is finished.
@@TheJOHNNYBOY195Not a lebron fan but "No one has come back from 3-1" --> "BLOCKED BY JAMES"
@@Hifivemaster_yeah this is different bro
@@TheJOHNNYBOY195 nobody has but it is possible
It's crazy out of all these years, AD never got injured this season
I just wish Dlo and lebron couod of had a better start with the conversation they had at all-star break at the beginning of last year post break
Lakers management costs Lebron’s last chance
People try to compare LBJ to Jordan
how can you compare a King to a God. Retire LBJ its O.V.E.R.
Calling another human being god is pathetic
You sound dumb
@@ComicEdits313 Well I guess LBJ is pathetic cause in a interview when LBJ was asked about meeting MJ for the first time that's what he said so 🤫🤫🤫
@@ComicEdits313facts. Lil weird
@@samsimone6002 you’re yapping Lebron said Mj is his idol, the goat debate doesn’t Change what he thinks about his goat
Jokic didn’t want to stay in Denver for 4 more days for the championship parade last year. Lebron “it’s just basketball” Adam silver killed this sport
This is a young man’s league…young guns taking over
Does anyone at this point think LeBron James is going to do the right thing and not take a Max contract? When he's constantly said this season that's what he's looking for even at 39 years old that should let you know that he's not really concerned about the team, he's concerned about himself, if you really wanted the team to have a chance to get better he would take less money so that they could put more people and get more Talent around him but we all know he's not going to do that he expects a Max contract at 39 years old and inspects the Lakers to draft and waste a Draft pick on his son that couldn't even averaged Five Points in college
Turn down your cooker luv
Yeah he could take a pay cut but then like always he’s gonna be needed to play 40 min games because the others are having trouble scoring. He was supposed to have his minutes reduced this year but they looked so incompetent with him off the court he had to play a ton of minutes and he played 5th most minutes in the league in year 21. If they had a much better coach that knew how to get the most of their role players he wouldnt have to work so hard. Till that day comes he doesn’t have to put the team on his back then yea he can take a paycut
@jusbertmeza4424 Didn't AD and LeBron fight to get Darvin Ham??? Yes, they did... and say what you want to about him he actually had them his first year as a head coach in the Western Conference Finals which no one thought was going to happen and if you look at his playoff record the only team he really hasn't beaten is the Nuggets... So are you really going to hold that against him??
@@jusbertmeza4424 the funny thing is the Lakers look just fine when LeBron James is off the court, when LeBron James missed games against the Milwaukee Bucks and the Boston Celtics both contenders in the Eastern conference, they won those games, and they won those games with their role players being able to have a hell of a lot more ball movement and your players like Anthony Davis and D'Angelo Russell thrived in those positions and D'Angelo Russell actually scored 44 points against the Boston Celtics, the problem comes when they have to incorporate LeBron back into the offense because their whole games have to adjust to make sure that he gets his stats... your argument would have actually held weight if the Lakers had a losing record this season when LeBron James didn't play but that's not the case
@@ericcarvelli9773they fought for ty lue not Darvin . And yes they made it to the wcf last season and guess who they faced . And the Lakers were 6-5 without him that's not good .
One a chip when 70% of the league wasn’t playing 😂😂😂😂so you got 3 ✌️✌️✌️
Literally every team was playing during the bubble, you can put an asterisk on pretty much Every championship in history
every team was playing in the bubble. you’re literally just wrong 💀
You'd NEVER hear Jordan say, it's just basketball.
The lakers terrible Gm work is what got them here.. Ham is a terrible coach, & they trade away key pieces that they don’t bother to get return on… then they just rely on old ass Lebron & brittle bones AD…
I’d trade everyone, go after Paul George …. Get a haul for AD..
“It’s JUST basketball???”
That’s next level dismissive bruh 💀
How?
fuck else did u want him to say ? it IS just basketball
He means it’s just basketball! play the game as you should and all else will come. D Lo sat and watched us fight back!what a clown
Hater alert ⚠️🚨
It's not that deep
I’m not a Lebron fan BUT, he is saying this is not too stressful bc at the end of the day, it’s not life or death, it’s just basketball!!
Hush
I wonder if it would be "just basketball" if the Lakers were up 3-0...
It's just basketball says the man who's a billionaire from "basketball". It's just a billion dollars...it's just a private plane...it's just a mansion...it's just fame and fortune. Every human on the planet feels anxiety and pressure
The point still stands, it’s just basketball, there’s more to life, he has his family, his kids, his wife, he doesn’t have anything else to prove anymore, he Won 4 times, most teams in the nba Can’t even make the finals let alone Win it 4 times, he’s not the goat imo (it’s perfectly fine if you think he is) he’s number 2, but that’s not a bad thing, appreciate him while he’s still in the league because he doesn’t have a lot of time left
He feels pressure just like me and you. Money doesn't change that
what does money have to do with the game ? does millions of dollars make you a better basketball player ? you don’t even make any sense 😂
It's just basketball but people know more about LeBron on and off the court than they do about their wife/husband's, bf/gf's, family's etc history.
It ain't just basketball 🏀. Whenever your playing in your 21th year. It's more than that. This guy just wants to win more rings. To call himself better than Kobe Bryant and Micheal Jordan period. I know what he's trying to do. And I'm glad that he's about to get swept. Even tho the refs try hard to give it to LeBron. Denver Nuggets are just that much better. And they know how to play the right way not to be mean or anything
Lebron is so much better than Kobe it’s legitimately hilarious you think he’s not. Nobody should talk your opinion seriously when you say braindead shit like that. It’s Lebron and MJ at the top and then everybody else. The fact that you still expect championships from a 39 yr old who’s the oldest player in the entire league says more than enough. He’s held to a different standard than anyone ever because of how high he has set the bar with his sustained greatness.
“It’s just basketball” bouta be Brons version of “we talking about practice”
I just laugh when people said they should bring Dwight, what's he going to do? Denver that year isn't the same now, Jokic is even more better. It ain't gonna matter 😂
12 is the lucky number.
Dude doesn't care about winning anymore im a Bron fan but it's over i think he should just go on and retire there not beating Denver he had a great career it's time to start planning they vacation i use to defend him nahh can't anymore 🤦🏽 those comments right there
You aren't a mind reader, it's his career he will call it a career when he feels like it kid.
No one jn the nba can beat the nuggets rn. So they all should retire?
So you basically didn't understand anything he said in video
@@rahimmiddleton2005 i don't care they got they asses whipped where is the pride were is the fight I don't want to hear excuses anymore for this man take the fanism out of it this is getting outta hand LeBron should just go on and retire
@@balln415 I'm not a kid I'm a grown man it's over his days of winning is over now y'all gotta face the fact it's true he should just retire focus on these young guys in the NBA
Does anyone know what this background music is called?
They needed a big body to at least stay in front of Nikola Jokic. It’s hard to watch Rui Hachimura get absolutely dominated in the post.
Leave LA
Tf you mean lebron it’s just basketball bros would be on the streets without the game have some respect
It's just basketball
They would get jobs and what not, they get the money that they do off the business side…
You don’t listen
He means that basketball is basketball. He’s not disrespecting the game, he’s just trying to make a point that you can’t let the pressure from the playoffs uphold you.
The Goat 🐐
Lechoke
@@LOUCABRASI LeJealous
Yoooo Hoops nation my parents said if I hit 10k they’d buy me a professional camera begging you guys literally begging !!.
Retire, old man!
KARCENO WAS HERE 😅😅😅
A lot of sports platforms took Lebron saying it’s just basketball out of context but he is absolutely right in my opinion he was just being honest
bron was about to cry like embiid
Dwight Howard was the only that could stop Jokic. Last time Lakers beat Nuggets was when they had Howard in the bubble. 😆 Bring Howard back!!
Jordan’s the goat. Only argument for LeBron is longevity.🤷🏾♂️
Thats right lebron for me your the man never seen a basketball player as great as you i think your the greatest