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- The Los Angeles Lakers' chances at the playoffs are looking grim now that both LeBron James and Anthony Davis are both listed as 'doubtful' to appear in the Dallas Maverick matchup. Ric Bucher joins First Things First to discuss how big of a deal it would be for LeBron to miss the playoffs this season.
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Lmao they got Nick out here fighting for his life 😭
Lmao! Nick's swinging he just catching too many!
Ric made a good point about Nick now trying to dismiss the teams success and considering his individual stats when he said the opposite of LeBron before
Worst analyst ever and he getting exposed
All great comebacks and points in my opinion. But of course the people who don’t like him the most, are always the most vocal in the comments section lol.
But that’s with any haters. They always have the most to say. People who enjoy it, just watch the video and move on. Maybe at most give a like on the vid lol
@@ddflick6 they arent haters, he's just one of the worst analysts ever
I love every time Rick comes to the show, Nick's blood boils a little bit
Clearly worse than JMac as a Bronsexual lol
He talks absolute smack
Lmaooooo I’m loving it
And Rick always stays so calm and collected. Slick Rick he is...
F*** Rick the racist
Nick Wright logic
Nets lose in 7 to Bucks: Nets overrated!
Miami gets swept by Bucks: Put some respect on the Miami Heat!
Well people consistently have said that Net team was a toe away from being the actual champs, as if it weren't 2 more rounds, and also the heat are complete and utter flukes. Quite a distance there
TRUE
Facts
Heat swept the Bucks just a year earlier
@@gavingeary7107 The Bucks took one game. And the bubble was not normal NBA basketball to be real.
First: Ric Bucher’s take was pretty bad. However, I gotta take an issue with Nick’s comparison of Steph and LeBron. The Warriors were 39-33 last year, while the Lakers are 31-43 right now. The play-in is benefitting the Lakers right now, while it hurt the Warriors last year. Not a fair comparison imo
The warriors finished 9th the lakers are 10th, steph led the league in scoring and was a mvp candidate, lebron leads the league in scoring and hes stat padding and should shut down.....if lebron was on any other current play in team they would most likely be a title contender. The issue is the 44 million they are paying russ who at times was unplayable this season
@@Obikso
Most logical response I’ve read in a long time here
@@Obikso warriors on the 8th* seed not 9
@@Obikso the warriors were the 8th seed. Don’t need to lie to push ur bronsexual narratives
@@luckydust5637 I said finished for a reason, because they lost their play in game and finished 9th when all was said and done
Nick was in true maniac form. 🤣
Nick and Chris, spot on.
Ric and Chris. And look at how sad Nick is when talking about LeBron. He can’t even let people get their thoughts and words out before he starts crying like a little 🐱 boy to cut them off and get his screams and shouts out. It’s sad and pathetic. If he can’t control his emotions about his suspect love for LeBron then why is he even having the show being up these topics?? I want people to explain themselves and then Nick can talk
Wildes says Lebron with lakers was a failure when he got there in year 16 and won a champion in 4 years this how dumb the media has gotten this is beyond embarrassing now. So now we a judging players in a 4 years window do this fool realize you can literally do this to any player
In a pandemic... with 6 months break in between... and in a bubble with no home court advantages. Yeah if they got 6 months to heal this year they'd be great too. But anytime you change the rules of the game I don't count that chip.
@@sonikspeed19 big facts, bubble was mad fluky
@@sonikspeed19 the lakers were the #1 seed so they were the ones most hurt by no home court advantage
Keep in mind b4 Lebron got there the Lakers missed the playoffs 5 straight years and had a worse record than the nets ,pistons, wizards and majic . And no other free agent wanted to go there but lebron
@@denimjeg home court advantage is about having your own crowd take some pressure off and also not traveling... the no traveling benefits the older players the most
My God Rick is absolutely horrible. Like really bad.
This is one of the best LeBron segments the show has ever done, which is impressive because the show never takes a day without discussing LeBron.
Trade AD in and get a reliable vehicle for the Lakers
Trade LeBron and Westbrook for Dame, add a younger big man and some 3 and D’s
Like anyone wants a injury prone player
Play out LBJ contract and end of next season heat draft his son and he goes back to South Florida. Problem solved. Management as much as players win championships.
@@was100ify Is his son listed as 6'4"?
Nick and maybe brou are the only ones making sense today
1 Championship in 11 years sounds awful for a person of Lebron's caliber. Chris had to go there.🤣
Wildes analogy cracked me up, that was good 😅😅
It was not good at all 😂. Half the league doesn’t even have ONE championship 💀
@@tjleaf3510 Half the league is not the Lakers, and all legue is mot Lebron. understand the context
Nick’s response to the analogy was so spot on and hilarious to😂😂
that music in the background annoying
2:45 were the warriors favored to win it all last year? No? Exactly. Not even close to the same thing Nick.
When Steph came back ppl had them at least 5th or 4th seed and that team was so bad that they made only play in.. To Nick’s point is that ppl give everyone else praise for scoring leader and NBA first team but except Bron…
@@kingsbesttake2714 no they didn’t, most people had the Warriors not even or barely making the playoffs without Klay.
@@kingsbesttake2714 also, Nick is so wrong because Lebron has gotten nothing but praise for being a top scorer at 37 and everybody has him 1st team All NBA. Nick’s arguing against a point that nobody is making.
@@kingsbesttake2714 Not true at all. They had them barely making the playoffs if at all. They actually overachieved by making it to the 8th spot. On the other hand, at the start of the season the Lakers were favored to win the title.
Ok but the Lakers weren’t favored to win it all this year, at least shouldn’t have been. From the start everyone knew Russ was a terrible fit and AD is prone to injury. The Suns were the better and more deserving favorite from the west from the start and have proved it since.
Nah the bubble needs an asterisk.
The Warriors actually had a winning record last year though
exactly, warriors finished 39-33 and the lakers are 31-43 right now... thats a pretty big difference
They had a better team overall
When it comes to lebron all rational is out the window
Steph in prime bounced in play in, bron in 19th bounced, I mean? Dude getting ripped for winning a scoring title 😂
@@sammycordahi9327 oh please, if he had won a title last year we never would’ve heard the end of it. You can’t say it doesn’t affect his legacy when if he won you would boost him up even further, since he can’t even make the play in that has to hurt his legacy. Same as Jordan missing the playoffs
Ric talking about the Heat…like they haven’t lost to the NBA Champions the last 2 years and are the current 1 seed. I’m fully convinced Ric isn’t a basketball analyst, he’s just a Golden state fan that somehow got on tv 🤣
And the fact that he says no one kills Lebron for dragging bad teams is just absolutely wrong, you can pull up 100000000000 videos of “credible” basketball people like himself killing Lebron for it
Bro what are you talking about? Lmao these comments on this video are absurd. You need better listening and comprehension skills. Ric is saying that Miami, which by the way has several different players than they did, aren’t they same team they were in the Bubble. Beating up on Milwaukee and making it to the Finals and winning 2 games vs Lakers without 2 of their top 3 players who were out 3 of the games (Dragic/Bam). Miami is a regular season team. They got owned by Bucks. They got #1 seed this season but look at the rut they’re in rn as we speak. Losing to trash teams or team without all their stars. The Bubble was an easier environment to win it. PERIOD. It was not the same for everyone. It put certain players who were mentally weaker in a very tough spot. Under normal circumstances you don’t have to choose to stay away from your own family for months at a time. Like PG was in a ‘Dark Spot’ mentally. Players like Lou Williams never even went to the bubble to help Clippers. It was not the same. Yes Lakers still get the chip, they won it. But I will always have some sorta asterisk *** on it because it just was different man
@@Ttcw89 lmaooo bro you need better listening comprehension. He was not saying that AT ALL go back and listen to what he actually said before you hop in the comments. He downplayed and basically insinuated that it was a fluke that the Heat made the finals. Also, I love that you say the bubble was an easier environment, when LITERALLY every player there disagrees. And yes, they hit a rut and are now back on track. Every team hits a rut during the season, doesn’t change the fact that they’ve proven all year to be a contending team. The only reason people put an asterisk on that Championship is to downplay the lakers chip or they literally just have no idea about what they’re talking about, so which do you fall into? 🤣
@@Ttcw89 you honestly could’ve type a lot less just to say you didn’t know what you’re talking about
Nick is hurting 😂💀
No one going to bring up the fact that those two wizards seasons are going to have a better record than this “championship challenging” lakers team😭😭😭
No is also gonna bring up that Lebron has already won a championship for this franchise.
But mj still didn’t make the playoffs and didn’t win a scoring title and was in year 14 😂😂
@@mzach2828 he was older than Lebron. You think ur slick using year 14 to make it seem like Jordan was younger than Lebron
And the Lakers have more talent🤣
@@juniorcastro1273 yea he was older with waaay less mileage nd 2 retirement breaks
It’s funny when ppl make injuries seem like they don’t have an affect on a team’s success lol
They were losing before the injures, go back and look.
Besides you do not give the warriors any credit when Durant, and Klay was out.
Wildes “By the calendar I know Lebron won like six weeks ago” hahaha
Nick kinda shut Rick up tho 😂😂
The Lakers were the first seed the year they won the championship! And since then they've delt with injury and horrible team construction! Rob Palinka should be fired for resigning THT and letting Caruso go, and not giving DeMar DeRozan a 3 year contract like he wanted! If they did that they wouldn't have needed to trade for Westbrook!
Facts
Amen
Talk about the fact that Demar Derozan said earlier this year he wanted to go to L.A with Bron tryna bring him onboard but they didn’t wanna pay the price he deserved so ultimately we decided to go with Russell Westbrook because we need someone who can score and also create for others and Demar was perfect but yea!!
This.......
Nick is gasping for air
Nick end takes makes them completely silent, nice one
The difference is Steph and the Warriors were the 8th seed when the season ended. The play-in is the only reason they didn’t make the playoffs. On the other side, the play-in is the only thing keeping the Lakers playoff chances alive. Big difference.
Also, there needs to be balance. If LeBron and the Lakers win a chip this year somehow, Nick and every other analyst will say it strengthens his legacy. So if he misses the playoffs, how could you not say that affects his legacy as well?
I think to the last point it’s simple. How many year 19 players are even in a position to be able to will their team into the playoffs? How many are even top players in the league? How many year 19 players have willed a terrible team outmatched through the playoffs to win the finals. Even Lebron in 2018 couldn’t do that. So if he did that year 19 it would break the mold historically. There is precedent of aging stars on bad teams missing the playoffs (Kobe and Dwayne Wade ring a bell? Even Jordan. There isn’t winning a chip and being the key guy, even Kareem was not the number one option.
So what I’ll say to counter that is Jordan wasn’t hurt by being a loser with the Wizards…but you’re telling me if Jordan would’ve won the finals with the Wizards and been 7-0 in the finals with 7 rings that wouldn’t have done anything to his legacy?
@@danielshirley1772 Exactly my point too. Atleast Lebron won Lakers a chip too. It’s not like he has been a bum the whole time. Some teams don’t even have one finals appearance.
How many players spend a million on they body ,alot of these other guys are just talented
@@tomarrowreed6634 I mean every NBA superstar in todays game makes enough money that they can choose to spend the money LeBron does on their body and nutrition…in this era NBA superstars make enough money that it is a choice for them. LeBron is just the one that famously makes the most of it. KD, Giannis, Steph, Harden and so on all have more than enough money to spend the 2-3 million that LeBron does
Rick Bucher is a clown
Are we still talking about the Lakers or Lebron!!!!when it comes to Lebron, objectivity goes out of the window...
Nick bashing Jokic for past 2 years doesnt help his case in his Lebron Bubble argument lol
I love the background music
The conversations about LeBron are so disingenuous. Like he has been hurt pretty much 3 of the last 4 years. 4th seed his first year in LA, gets hurt the team plays itself out of the playoff. Last year, #1 seed, gets hurt ends up as an 8th seed. And this year it has been a disaster.
Are u covering up Lebrons issues in LA with that he had injuries? 😂🤣
Lakers were the 7 seed
Ric hates Bron so much lol this dude takes every chance he gets
Because Lebron proclaims him self the GOAT
@@kgar5String he is 😌
@@alantaraiza4045 GOATs don't have confetti falling on their head while the other team celebrates, that is not GOAT material. GLOAT "greatest loser of all time" no one that great has lost that much.
What a segment 👏 🤣
Nicky boy was on it today 👌😭😭
Still waiting on that infamous Top 10 players in the NBA without LeBron James Ric…
He gon put jimmy butler over lebron smh
Nick came at everybody 😂
I always put a asterisk next to the bubbleship
This was entertaining
It’s pretty obvious the bubble was an extraordinary circumstance.
😂🤦🏽♂️
Facts. It was so easy yet your team couldn’t win 😭🤣
Yes, that every team experienced, so was the lock out season. So was the rushed season last year with less games.
Yeah they had AD. That's a pretty extraordinary circumstance 😂
Wildes face while Nick Wrong is get a brain aneurysm 🤣
There were so many boxes filled with a face on the screen I had flashbacks of the intro to The Brady Bunch.
The nash year, nash was injured and trash, Gasol hurt almost the year, dwight off a back injury, and kobe got hurt during the 2nd to last game of theseason. That's why the team got swept.. .Kobe doesn't get hurt and idk if they win it all.. they were beating everyone at the end if the year.
Nash Gasol Artest Dwight and Kobe played less than 20 games together, broke my heart
And they still got to an 8th seed
Sounds familiar- Westbrook trash, AD hurt almost the whole year, Lebron injured for 1/4th of the season, and no one playing defense.
The Lakers had everyone healthy first game of that season and lost to the Dallas Mavericks without Dirk Nowitzki opening night. They weren’t gonna win it all healthy or not because Dwight & Gasol didn’t fit at the front court, it was a terrible pairing.
That’s sounds similar to this year honestly when you consider the injuries. And that wasn’t year 19 Kobe averaging the second most minutes in the league. It’s too much of an expectation at this point.
It’s almost like we don’t have video proof of Ric trashing James any chance he gets.
It’s like we don’t have him saying the Lakers weren’t gonna get past the insert team and then if they did they’d lose to the Clippers.
It’s not like he didn’t question the trade for AD and said the Clippers were the better team and would beat them.
Then say James has issues playing alongside bigs etc etc.
As with most arguments....the one who yells the loudest is usually the one who is wrong
Love Nick .. ur awesome
All my favorite hosts on at once
Lmao 🤣 nick always about to cry 😭 when rick on ?
Who honestly doesn’t consider LeBron as a top 10 player right now worst take I’ve ever heard
I can easily name 10 players irrefutably better than LeBron right now:
1 Giannis
2 Jokic
3 Embiid
4 KD
5 Luka
6 Tatum
7 Kawhi
8 Curry
9 KAT
10 Booker
...and then there are some who MIGHT have a case:
Ja Morant (cannot control the game as well as LeBron, but more efficient offensively and a better defender)
Paul George (primarily plays on both sides of the ball, may not be a better scorer but far better defender)
Chris Paul (more efficient and better at ball management)
Rudy Gobert (his offense sucks, but his rebounding and defense help win games)
AD (not reliable or as available as LeBron, but still a better player on the floor, both offensively and defensively)
Not a knock on LeBron. He's in his 19th season so the onus is not on him to be top 10 anymore. But let's stop acting like it's blasphemous to say he's not 10. He isn't and that's okay.
@@jehushaphat cmon man I’m not even a Lebron fan or anything but to say he’s not top 10 player this season is quite ridiculous man lol.
@@DrShwazz dude really said Kawhi, who hasn’t played a single second this season, over lebron. Disregard the entire post.
@@ucbucb30 So what if Kawhi hasn't played? We're talking about who's better, not who's deserving for MVP. Kawhi is a much better player than LeBron at this point in his career, both offensively and defensively. Defensively, it's not even close.
Well done Nick! You’re the debate G.O.A.T
NO, FOH
lol he is fraud and exposed on youtube. He is a liar
He tries to be objective, I'll give him that. But his professionalism is just about one of the worst ever: always cutting other analysts off when they say something he disagrees with, always making crazy faces at other analysts' takes, and always screeching unbearably.
@@jehushaphat kinda like Skip and Stephen A... Oh and Perk LOL...he is playing a role on the show bro... everyone has their role...he is the antagonist on the show... Wildes is the comic relief... It's just tv bro
@@insidejah9293 Okay, the making faces can be attributed to playing a role, as you say. But cutting people off at mid sentence and constantly interrupting others takes doesn't add any value to a show that's supposed to be about analysts voicing their opinions. It's counterproductive at the very least.
literally say anything to diminish lebron 😂😂😂
Lebron did it to himself with claiming himself to be the GOAT
Am I the only one tired of Nick talking over literally anybody on the show? Bruh let the others make their points ffs
Since he's such a shi!!y analyst he feels like he needs to scream to get his point across and interrupt others
They constantly make dumb points I don’t blame him
Yes I’m very tired of it. It’s hard to watch honestly. He’s a grown man who is a lover boy of lover boys about LeBron and this is why he isn’t a TRUE analyst. He can nvr criticize or be in opposition against a player he’s obsessed with
I've been noticing that a lot lately. He's getting even more annoying than Brandon was.
@@denimjeg He constantly makes dumber points, but they still let him speak.
every time people bring up the bubble championship they just want to bash Lebron. I think if any other team won it they would be praised. smh
A fact
love it.
Man Tic’s take was horribly bad…and for the record Ric is one of the guys who crushes LeBron for losing in 2018 having a terrible team around him against the most talented team ever😂
Nahhhh Rics take was amazing and what I and many others truly feel about the play in the bubble. Y’all are in denial
So Jae Crowder who’s a starter on the Suns right now, Jordan Clarkson who recently had a 40 pt game, DRose who was a walking double double on the Cavs, Cedi Osman a 10pts per game guys, JR Smith a high end microwave scorer for every team he’s been on, Korver an all time 3pt shooter and Kevin Love is a bad team? Stop that 2018 Cavs team was trash narrative, that’s false and Lebron D riding.
@@Rebel-eq7ul good point!
@@Ttcw89 everyone has the same chance in the bubble. Every team had the same struggles and same opportunities. Also the Suns were really hot going into the bubble turns out they are now great, the Heat were great in the bubble and now they are the 1 seed, the Clippers choked in the bubble and what do you know they are chokers and have underachieved since. Not many things from the bubble are that far off from where they are now
@@Rebel-eq7ul D Rose wasn’t great for the Cavs, Crowder was decent but not consistently good, Love was always injured and JR literally forgot time and situation. Not to mention almost all of those players were old and out of their prime going up against the most talented team ever assembled with all 4 of its HOFers in their primes. That’s not a narrative the Warriors literally had 6 of the 7 best players in that series
It’s ok nick right… some people just will neglect literal facts
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Nick went off on them lol
The steph argument was valid tbh
Steph was in the play in game, the lakers are out, Steph is not the self proclaimed GOAT
Nick and Chris the only ones with any common sense lmaoo
Wildes take was insanely wild just like nicks opinion on jokic mvp last year. But the 10 million dollar loan from a friend was spot on and hilarious.
Nick shut it down with the "Friend asking 4 times to borrow money" scenario! "...I might be your best friend!" 😂😂😂
But what if I can only use the money to buy bubble wrap?
Funny how Lebald is healthy for the lower teams and hurt against the top teams! 🤔 he is afraid of lowering his scoring percentage since his personal achievements are more important than the trash of a team he put together! 🙄
I dont think he should be getting hate for all the scoring etc hes been doing because its not like the lakers didnt need it but i totally agree with this point, it feels like hes avoiding playing the good teams for that exact reason. For me scoring title should be Giannis because he just does it so efficiently,easily and in so few minutes. Wouldnt be mad with Joel either but once again kinda feels at this point Joel is chasing it
Didn’t he drop 56 on gsw ?
I been telling people for years Michael Jeffrey Jordan Kareem Abdul-Jabbar billl Russell Wilt Chamberlain Shaquille O'Neal Tim Duncan Hakeem olajuwon Larry Bird Kobe Bryant and it's a toss up between Dr J and LeBron James
@@robertmcgee1203 & there’s a reason nobody been listening to u
@@denimjeg how many wealthy defenders did GSW have that game? ;)
Bad shooting night against Dallas for the old-timers: Melo (2-7, 0-2,0-0 ), Ariza (3-8, 0-4,0-1), Bazemore(0-3,0-3,0-0), Bradley (0-3,0-2,0-0), and Howard (0-1,0-1,0-2). The youngsters played better with Monk was 10-16, 6-10, 2-2 for 28 points, Johnson 6-10,1-4,3-3 and Gabriel was 2-3,0-0,4-4 with 7 rebounds in 15 minutes. Terrible defense as Dallas scored 82 first half points!
ooooh the coveted playin 😂
KD told you all that playing with Lebron is toxic. If they win it’s Lebron, if they lose it’s the other guys
All that hype in the off season last year about the lakers being title contender has has been an absolute failure. At least the la rams football team won the superbowl.
I don't consider that bubble tournament a real championship.
Nick is just hurt and lashing out at this point🤣🤣
Year 19 , and out in play in! Oooppsss
i dont often comment, but it think ricks bubble take was one of the worst ive ever seen ...
Skip teaching his son right I see 🤡
Lmao!
I didn't know Skip Bayless was on First Things First today, oh wait, it's a wannabe Skip
Nick "10 million dollars" Wright 😂😂😂
I been telling people for years Michael Jeffrey Jordan Kareem Abdul-Jabbar billl Russell Wilt Chamberlain Shaquille O'Neal Tim Duncan Hakeem olajuwon Larry Bird Kobe Bryant and it's a toss up between Dr J and LeBron James
It’s impossible to talk objectively about LeBron anymore. He gets a little more love than he deserves from some and gets way more hate than he deserves from everyone else. Looking at LeBron objectively he’s either the first, second or third best ever and shouldn’t have been expected to carry a team in year 19 at age 37. This segment is literally Nick loving Bron and Ric hating LeBron…there can never be a discussion about him that is purely objective
He also gets more hate & criticism than he deserves too.
Nick is beside himself🤣
Rick was wrong about teams success or lack of success since the bubble. The Suns were 8-0 and are dominating the league with the best record right now
3 🤡s and chris broussard. Just the regular at this point
Chris is the logical one, no bias
The bubble argument against the lakers is dumb. Every team had to deal with the exact same thing, sure it wasn't a normal season and playoffs but there were no advantages to any team, except maybe Miami or Orlando since they were closest to home court being in Florida. Even then I don't think they had much of an advantage.
U not following here boy...
It was literally the same conditions as an NCAA tournament minus the fans... Not only that but people act like Blazers and Denver didn't have some major injuries during the 19-20 season to their rosters that would have made them WAY weaker competition if the playoffs started in May of 2020. That is why Denver beat the Clippers AND why Charles Barkley picked Blazers to beat the Lakers in the bubble because the Blazers were at full strength and so was Denver.
That bubble championship will never feel legitimate..
Yeah because Lebron’s team won it, if Lakers lost I’m sure it would be fine lol
@@YungLanxx it was just a weird circumstance at a weird time with weird advantages that didn’t exist prior to it. It doesn’t matter who won.
@@JayyBanks yeah I bet…
You maaaaaaadddd nick you maaaaaadddd lol 😂
Bubble chamionship***********please
Rock Bottom was supposed to be 10 losses ago!
Nick gets very emotional about Lebron. Lol. The worst part is he’s wrong. 😂
Nick is right once again
Remember last year when Lebron said whomever came up with the play in shoukd be fired? Interesting how you don't hear that from him now
So you want him to say it every year? Once is enough. Don’t need to be repetitive.
The Bubble Championship was like winning a chip at the YMCA😂😂😂
All teams had the same advantages and disadvantages
Nick is so logical and people can't stand it lol
So logical that he has to repeatedly interject while Ric is talking
@@JamesHall_II Interjecting is disprespectful but Ric made no sense, let's be honest.
@@EntertainmentGuru101 What did Ric say that was a lie? LeBron was woofin before the season started. At worst case scenario, many picked the Lakers to get to the Finals & now they’re staring missing the playoffs as a whole in the face. Yeah it’s a big deal.
@@JamesHall_II Lakers were on of the favorites based on a healthy squad, which they aren't. How many games have they all played together?
And Ric was wrong about the teams in the Bubble not being a factor since, what Nick mentioned and refuted
Not sure why people think everything Ric said was horrible, the point he made about dismissing the Lakers success and considering Lebron's individual stats when before Nick would only consider the teams success and not the stats
Ric so Jamal Murray played the last 2 years
10:22 you can tell the boys are enjoying making NIck cry... 😂😂😂
This was pure comedy
I try to skip Nick wright because he's basically turned into skip Bayless, but it becomes increasingly harder to do so when he's talking during everyone's takes. Especially with the delay. Get back to the studio or stop talking during the takes
Cuz some of their takes are literally the dumbest takes on tv
Bro I’m glad I’m not the only one that notices. Like Nick stop talking when others are. Smh
Well I can say he's right about Curry not making the playoffs ....
BUT NOBODY said Curry the G.O.A.T tho ....
@Coach Dude Curry had clinched the 8th seed with a winning record with far less talent than LeBron has now. Curry would have been in the playoffs if it wasn't for the stupid play in tournament.
@@percybedford6266 so Curry has made the playoffs his whole career ?
Rick said LeBron isn't a top 10 player currently. GOAT is a career achievement.
@@percybedford6266 coach and role players diff. 44 million of cap is going to Westbrook that is why they are in the hole they are in. The team is filled with 10 day contracts and g league players and lebron has more talent? If you're gonna mention melo and dwight then you need to be drug tested
@@Obikso Steph played with 10 guys and G league guys last year for the last 2 months of the season. The Warriors were down to an 8 man rotation due to injuries and Steph still had a winning record in the games he played. He had JTA and Damian Lee in the starting lineup and was winning games with them.
😂🤣😂🤣they keep cooking nick wrong lmaaaaoooo keep the same energy with the playoffs mode aaaaaahahaha aaaaaahahaha😂🤣😂🤣
AAU Tourney In Orlando Is what the Lakers won.
We keep talking about this Bubble like there was a team that was just going to destroy the league and the bubble stopped them.
There's an argument to be made for the Suns
@@erniefernandezhernandez4541 no there’s not. Y’all losing to the bucks again and would have choked
@@erniefernandezhernandez4541 bruh gtfoh the suns were trash before they got cp3
What’s up with the constant music? Jesus Christ
Nick is right! 🤷🏿♂️
“The best team in the bubble”. Lakers started the 2019-20 season 24-3 and 48-13 (64 win pace) before Covid yet the bubble saved them?!? It took away their home court advantage! They were first team since early 2000s Shaq Kobe to have two first team all nba players!