Why are the lakers forcing themselves to be a 3 pointer team? they aren’t. Their superstars dominate the paint. Make AD be a power forward. Get a center
@ not if you are a team that doesn’t shoot 3’s at a good enough clip. Or a team that can’t generate good enough quality 3’s. The Lakers are not built to play like the Celtics
@@weho_brian 3 pointers are a much lower percentage shot than a shot in the paint, even if you have a 3 pt shooter as great as Stephen Curry, and there's very few of those.
Besides ALL the issues, why did JJ play Gabe 24 minutes and not play Shake a single minute? Gabe had ZERO points 2 assists and 1 rebound…averages 4.3 pts per game, 0.9 assists, 1.3 rebounds in 19 minutes per game, Shake 6.8 pts, 2.2 assists 2 rebounds per game this season in an average of 17 minutes per game…JJ, where is your thought process?
@@weho_brianIn no way defending LeBron but he is 40 😂 can't expect him to play like he is 28 every night. It's Pelinka's job to make sure that the 40 years old star is surrounded by athletes who can compensate what he lacks
@@circuit_breaker__I hate the Lebron is 40 excuse then what are you doing in the league? Every team is young and competing at the highest level every night, why do we always have to make excuses. If you are going to tie up 100+ mil in 2 "superstars" then how are you supposed to get quality role players. Lakers don't have great role players, but they have "good enough" role players, especially to beat an average Mavs team tonight
Sad to see this Lakers team looking like high school players and I don’t think they will ever change their attitude towards any other team they face. I am done with this team and rather follow OKC cause they do play hard to win.
I blame this whole game on AD....playing like a girl against small bigs. I don't know why people keep saying this is AD's team yet he never wants to play hard every day. AD is also the reason why lakers need to get a third star to help Bron with scoring....coz AD will keep on letting you down when you need him the most. In his prime Bron would have easily gone for a 40 game triple double...AD on the other hand only gives you a lazy 21 points
@@JohnnyDaughtry-n1i Actually that's wrong buddy. Watch the games. It's AR, DK, RUI, Jax. Even Gabe. The matchup hunting was insane the other night. Lakers need solid POA defenders like in 2020. You put too much pressure on your help defenders in AD and Bron when you are constantly getting cooked.
I'm done with this team there wasting the true lakers fan times. No Luka or Kyrie this is absolutely pathetic , they can't even win with those guys out terrible. These guys have the coolest easiest job in the world just play basketball
Also, he does nothing in the 2nd half. The only 2 Lakers that really competed were DFS, and Christie. DFS has to start if we are going to have any defensive presence.
JJ doesn't watch any film. He's a fraud. That whole "he was watching movies on a car wash" was a hollywood bs. He's a fraud. Reaves getting targeted and he didn't do a damn thing. Clown show
If you have a legit contender, Austin is the 6th or 7th man. He was getting cooked out there to where it's glaring we need an attack guard with speed and athleticism to break down defenses and defend at a high level. The Lakers have too many low motor players....way too many. This loss was so predictable. They need to sit AD down because he's already low motor and it looks like that ankle is a big problem. Gabe, JHS, Rui and Hayes should be in constant talks. Weeks ago I said I'm over the Lebron AD era and my feelings haven't changed. I don't get fooled when they win a couple in a row because things will average out. Laker fans need to chill out when they win because it means absolutely nothing right now.
Agreed on reaves. As well as that POA guard we need a big so that we could move ad to the 4. They won a chip with him there then completely abandoned the formula. Idec if bron has to play the 3 move AD to the 4!! He’s gonna have a mismatch almost every night at the 4!
careful you might annoy the austin reaves fanboys... i totally agree with you reaves aint a starting caliber guard. lol to those who jump on me for saying the truth.
I don’t know why Trevor is so surprised the Lakers lost this game. The Lakers are an old slow finesse team and they always struggle against teams with long, bouncy athletes who go out there and punch them right in their mouths. The Cavs are their kryptonite but other team doesn’t even have to be super talented, teams like the Magic without Banchero, the Pistons, the Rockets, this Dallas team even without Luka and Kyrie . . . they can all boat race the Lakers by playing harder and more physical.
@ some of them are old, some of them are slow, some of them are old and slow, but what they have in common is they don’t like to do the dirty work. Christie is promising but he’s ONE player and hasn’t strung together 20 good games together in his career. People aren’t game planning for Max Christie.
Lakers are the only team with 2 players in the bottom 10 in average speed for qualifying players (Bron and AD). No one talks about this. It’s a glaring statistic and why I believe no trade can fix this team as long as this stat remains. It starts with the 2 max contract players.
Mavs offense: Drive and kick -> drive and kick -> drive and kick -> open three. Lakers offense: Standing still in the corners...hoping someone will do something...forced shot.
Embarrassing, this team...the West is wide open, yet this pathetic squad doesn't want the top 2 or top 3 position (they very well could've been #3 if they had won the last two games)... horrible defense, horrible shooting, little to no effort on each play... No amount of trade is going to fix this cultural issue
Funny when they win you got a big picture of AR, in the thumb nail , if they lose its AD or LBJ, lol AR 4/15 what is an bench player doing taking 15 shots and he can’t shoot- can’t pass’ Won’t pass to DK get this garbage off the court. He can’t run an offense
Glad someone else sees it. Seriously, wtf is happening? Go back to denver series, all the clutch winning shots by Murray, was him targeting Reaves. Why doesn't he work on his muscle and defense like Max? That kid loves golfing more than bball.
@@eccentricaste3232 they had the nerve to say Austin defended Murray well last playoffs lol. They didn't even mention that Murray was injured at the time he kept scoring on Reaves
Thank god rob pelinka gave those player options all three player option vet mins combined to score one point and 3 rebounds against Spencer’s 18 pts and 6 rebounds
I'm a Bron fan but the unseriousness begins with the team Captains. Everything rises and falls on leadership. Bro and AD just aren't hungry enough to win. This is embarrassing and Bron hasn't been taking accountability when he should. The man should never become bigger than the game. I became a Lakers fan when Bron joined the Lakers but now that I'm a legit Lakers fan the common factors on this team is Bron and AD. It sucks but we have to face reality. There's no need fans having high expectations of this team. They just don't care.
JJ Reddick was completely lost out there. AD is so iffy that you can't trust him. Rui is checked out mentally. Mavs game plan worked with attacking Reaves. Reaves was trash tonight defensively. Then 4-11 from 3. Can't trust this Lakers team. Mavs were without 3 starters!!
Pelinka for trading one of the best assets for a 3&D wing and thinking giving reaves a bigger usuage rate was gonna help the team 😂.. fans been wanting AR to be pushed as a star since darvin.. darvin wasn’t for it
I've been saying for the last 2 seasons in their entirety: there are no feasable trades on the table that can make this team a contender. So if you want to throw away first round picks just to advance 1 extra round in the playoffs...go for it. But if anyone cares about the short term and long term future of the lakers, I feel bad for them. LeBron will retire at 41 or 42, and no one will back up the brinks truck to trade their entire future assests for a 33/34 year old Anthony Davis.
Ok Lakers Drones how Great is the Lakers? The Lakers don't need a Prime Good Center in Vucevic, Walker or Myles Turner just like they didn't need Kyrie Irving for just 2 First after totally messing up getting him for 1 First. Costing the Lakers 2 Finals Appearances and definitely a Championship. To instead get DLo & Overrated Vanderbilt for cheaper (that didn't age well). Garbage Rob Pelinka love wasting firsts and money on Trash instead of actually getting Perfect Fit Prime Bigs or a Perfect Fit Star Guard that can shoot (Kyrie). So for the 5th year now Pelinka Bin put trash around LeBron & A.D to buildi another Bonifide Play In Tournament Team, but he still have a job under Buss Bratz.
@jayvee8502 Frank Vogel, Ham Head, and J.J RedBrick were all Non-Threatening to Bum Pelinka & the Buss Bratz in force them to stop being cheap and actually make Good Moves. But if Bum Pelinka got Myles Turner right after the Champions Season instead of Wash Marc Gasol, Trez and Dennis, then they win another Championship with Frank Vogel. If they got Kyrie Irving over a Fake Carbon Copy Bootleg Kyrie in DLo & Overrated Vanderbilt. Then the Lakers still win a Championship under Ham Head. These Cheap Trash Moves by Bum Pelinka cost the Lakers a Championship
I didn't understand why everyone was so happy about the trade, we literally have no bench and no facilitators outside of Bron and maybe AR. No scoring off the bench and their defense doing make up for their lack of offense
AD WAS ĹOUSY FROM THE START. THOSE GUYS ARE PAID VERY LARGE SALARY . NBA MUST START DEDUCT FROM THEM WHEN THEY PLAYED LIKE HE DID MANY TIMES. HE PLAYED LIKE HE WAS UPSET FROM THE START. CUT THEIR SALARY WHEN THEY PLAYED EFFORT LESS GAMES
Rui and Knecht can't neither rebound nor guard the perimetre. Reaves and LBJ (unless totally rested) can't play defense neither. This means when AD does not show up, this team can lose to an average Euroleague team.
Get a real center. AD is a 4 playing the 5 because the front office can’t properly build around their stars. Your injury prone star that doesn’t like playing the 5, plays soft sometimes? Makes sense tbh
I agree with everything except injury prone. The guy has literally played all most regular season games and the past 2 playoffs. Kawhi, Embiid, PG, Zion, Etc. Those are real Injury prone players.
@@magas_6715 tbh I agree with you. I don’t believe the ‘he misses games because he’s so injured’ narrative, but he is always dealing with some type of injury (shoulder,elbow, eyes, ankle, knee), but he toughs is out and plays through it usually. Even when he was young he’d always be on the injury report but he’d play. Lakers need someone to help take the physical burden off him
Yeah I’ve been preaching to move ad to the 4. We also need a poa defending guard and move reaves to 6th man. But problem is I don’t know of any on the market. So if he’s gonna be our one. We need to atleast try another big at the 5. Only thing I’m scared of is bron going to the 3. In matchups such as Cleveland for example, who guards garland and who guards Mitchell? Ideally put reaves on okoroo,ur 3 on Donovan, and max on garland. But would you trust this version of lebron to guard a dmitch or a teams second best combo guard? I’m scared of teams with really good backourts because idk how much bron would lock in on the perimeter
I think it's time to explore a Reaves trade 😔. He's not a championship team PG. He can't stay in front of his man. Defense is half of the game. HALF. Trade high now and get the pieces we need for a chip run.
@d.bonner20 he built everything that won us the championship. Caruso decided he wanted more money and went to Chicago. The egos of Lebron and AD didn't mesh well with Dwight Howard and Rondo..
This was a whole hour of Trevor huffing copium like how many times do the lakers have to loose in damn near the same way for bro to realize what’s going on with this team 🤦♂️
Well, let's see. No adjustment whatsoever. AD should have sat out this game. I could tell he didn't have it since his first miss at the rim. When they play young athletic teams who can shot and defend like the Mavs they struggle because unless AD, LeBron, Reeves have excellent games, it's hard for them to win. Reeves being picked on defense without him having an offensive explosion is a disaster for the Lakers. They did not play a high IQ game for the most part. Moving on to the next game.
@ yeah- he does have a bad ankle from the Dubs game. But he’s been off since way before that. I do think his lingering foot issue has gotten worse. But he’s the #1 guy now. He’s just got to be better when he plays.
They are who we thought they were. Absolutely embarrassing stuff and shows this team has ZERO heart and championship aspirations. If you aren’t dedicated to the daily work, you don’t have the chemical make up for a championship team. LA is VERY far off from what it takes to win a title. Championship teams have losses, but not the ones like against the Heat or this. Cooked.
Give bronny multiple reps, let him play with Kinney Smith - experiment a little bit. I know for a fact bronny will dunk on somebody already tbhhh... And 2. The defense should be playing full court if you down x amount of points or have a defensive plan in mind, not giving ball handler daylight to dribble down time*.
AD is just overrated ! Regardless if we’re not a good team or have not a good coach , he always misses layups ! Always every game ! No pedigree what so ever ! I would’ve traded him couple seasons ago
@@JohnnyDaughtry-n1i bro LeBron is out of his prime already . Let’s look at prime time AD ! Can’t never take lead ! He’s the most overrated super star in nba history possibly
@@handsdown5x "bro LeBron is out of his prime already " 🙄😅The aging Queen is "out of his prime"...only when to comes to playing D. 😑He seems just fine when he's stat padding those triple doubles though. 🙄😜
Ain’t gonna lie, i’m not surprised at all. Lakers are the masters of “PLAYING WITH YOUR FOOD” type of team. Lebron brought that culture since he became a Laker. Showboat then lose
The truth is the Lakers ARE food. We are who we think other teams are. Look at the bigger picture. The WCF was an anomaly. We are a first round team with an aging vet on a super max contract. Trev gets paid to spread hope, we not. Let’s be honest we win against tanks.
I said before this game if the lakers lose they will tell me all I need to know this is not winning team with this effort it’s hard to watch and I love the lakeshow we’re running out of time to fix this I still have a little bit of hope just running low
Probably the worst Lakers team ever given the talents we have. We need a big body who can rebound and defend cuz Bron does NOT contribute to rebound and defense. Unless Bron can score 35+ pts with efficiency every single night, there will be more losses than Ws. Agree?
Reaves let that G league Dimwhitty get around him every single time he faced him. We have seen him play and he was so bad we didn't even try to keep him. Ill come back and take a peek around playoff time but until then I have zero confidence in this lineup. Rui is a joke and Vando is a paycheck thief.
I knew were off to a bad start those first few possessions when AD chucked a 3. Any time AD shoots a 3, it plays right into what the opponent wants. Then they let Klay get going and the rest of DAL fed off that. Smh.
“If you’re not gonna show up for a game do it against a top tier team where you have a higher chance to lose the game.” I think that statement says it all about this team. I’ve been saying it for a month. I don’t think it’s realistic to think this team is capable of a championship, even with trades.
We know what the ceiling of this team with Anthony Davis as the centerpiece, and Lebron as 2nd star - at best a second round exit if we get lucky with the matchups. That's it. Accept this to lessen stress Laker nation. 😂.
I just hope that the players families and Homes are safe. The winds are picking up.. I would hate to playing a game knowing my house or my neighborhoods are on fire.. Prayers to everyone dealing with this Fire..
Who is responsible for the worst trades and signings after the championship..after one championship AD got his max contract in return the team management forced him to play center.that's where the downfall started.But yet to make adjustment. Just out rebounded by each and every team and allowing so many offensive rebounds.Look at Cavs and Thunder.
AD playing like trash every time and you think Bron is the problem? Bron is suppose to be the number two guy and he is playing better than a number two in any team. AD on the other hand who is in his prime and suppose to be the number one guy plays like a girl every day...but you wanna build around him...good luck with that.
@@wilsonodhiambo8578 get rid of both AD and Bron. Lakers only have one dog on the whole roster. HOU and DAL be us because they dogs and the Lakers historically soft. WE NEED DOGS
It's good you had some criticisms for JJ for once. I think DFS should start. AR can't really shoot the 3-ball which will hurt the Lakers in the playoffs. Teams don't fear the Lakers anymore.
This team is not it not sure what will make them a contender so many issues from coaching, players, medical staff, GM, and the owner. It probably starts with Jeanie ever since 2020 the Lakers have been on a downward spiral they’ve been trying to recover from but reality is saying that will NEVER happen.
Post-game interviews prove my points. Teams are hunting AR offensively, and everyone knows. However they go after Rui and Dalton. So how can you play them all together? You can not win with 3 awful defenders .LeBron doesn't have energy to rotate all around the court because they can not keep their man in front of them.
Most people even the media says this is an embarassing loss to the Lakers,it might be true BUT it doesn't change the fact that this is just a 1 LOSS,either it's a CLOSE game loss or BLOWOUT game loss it's just 1 loss,the next thing that the Lakers can do know is to bounce back from this loss and be better.
AD is such a disappointment all bigs his size embrace the center position except AD all bro wanna do is let another big do all the heavy lifting and get banged up so he can come from the blindside and block the shot so weak man hence why whenever AD goes up against other centers they have a decent win loss ratio against him AD just soft.
JJ needs to chastise the entire team other than AD, Rui and AR about their weak af rebounding. And AR was weak af on the glass this game as well, but overall this season he's been a pretty good rebounder for a guard.
I blame this whole game on AD....playing like a girl against small bigs. I don't know why people keep saying this is AD's team yet he never wants to play hard every day. AD is also the reason why lakers need to get a third star to help Bron with scoring....coz AD will keep on letting you down when you need him the most. In his prime Bron would have easily gone for a 40 game triple double...AD on the other hand only gives you a lazy 21 points
I do not understand why nobody is calling AD for his soft as play! Having PJ and smaller players switch on him and he shoots floaters and hook shots instead of just shooting the ball, and then wtf is Rui doing defensively! Poor effort, he playing worse defense then D Lo and yall saying don’t trade him! He have 0 defense and he have slow footwork! He needs to go
First of all the coach's decision to keep Austin Reaves on Spencer bad call then all the switching for no apparent reason is ridiculous lead to this win also theyre not making easy plays for Anthony Davis he was not aggressive as always he plays soft in the 5 position and I believe he does it intentionally because he doesn't like to play center it's a shame that the Old Man is still clearly the best player on the team they need to start running through LeBron he is the true point of the team and until the coaching staff recognizes this they will not win Championships
Lakers just can’t hang with athletic guards. Hardy and Grimes can ball. Mavs just kept setting screens on the perimeter to get open 3s. Don’t think it’s playing down to competition. What happened with the Cavs? Pistons? Rockets? JJ got out coached.
I would say I wish LeBron would’ve just took over and went for 30 but even then I still don’t think we would’ve won everyone else played horrible defensively and offensively just a bad night for them.
Why are the lakers forcing themselves to be a 3 pointer team? they aren’t. Their superstars dominate the paint. Make AD be a power forward. Get a center
That’s what Reddick wants
because 3s beat 2s, its the modern NBA
@ not if you are a team that doesn’t shoot 3’s at a good enough clip. Or a team that can’t generate good enough quality 3’s. The Lakers are not built to play like the Celtics
@@weho_brian
3 pointers are a much lower percentage shot than a shot in the paint, even if you have a 3 pt shooter as great as Stephen Curry, and there's very few of those.
It's a reflection of the coaching inadequacies of JJ. That's all he knows, he's basically a one trick pony. 💯 Facts
Besides ALL the issues, why did JJ play Gabe 24 minutes and not play Shake a single minute? Gabe had ZERO points 2 assists and 1 rebound…averages 4.3 pts per game, 0.9 assists, 1.3 rebounds in 19 minutes per game, Shake 6.8 pts, 2.2 assists 2 rebounds per game this season in an average of 17 minutes per game…JJ, where is your thought process?
I guess he plays better defense but still Gabe needs to be traded
Unfortunately Shake is ASS
Thank you!
Same damn thing I said was crazy
Why did he decide to play AR, Knecht and Rui on same unit? JJ's rotations remind me of Ham's in those games.
Winning and losing is sports. Lack of effort is something else. Been a character trait of the Lakers for years now.
“LaCK 0f effORT” Lakers are just trash
Lakers follow LeLazy
@@weho_brianIn no way defending LeBron but he is 40 😂 can't expect him to play like he is 28 every night. It's Pelinka's job to make sure that the 40 years old star is surrounded by athletes who can compensate what he lacks
@@circuit_breaker__I hate the Lebron is 40 excuse then what are you doing in the league? Every team is young and competing at the highest level every night, why do we always have to make excuses. If you are going to tie up 100+ mil in 2 "superstars" then how are you supposed to get quality role players. Lakers don't have great role players, but they have "good enough" role players, especially to beat an average Mavs team tonight
You get it, this has been a theme of this team for YEARSSSSSSSS, absolutely NOTHING new.
And these are the players we are unwilling to trade how ridiculous!😮
You mean the players other teams don't want...... there's no force trade in the real NBA
You really believe that? Have you been following the NBA for 5 minutes?
@ dork you don’t play in the League to be average
Sad to see this Lakers team looking like high school players and I don’t think they will ever change their attitude towards any other team they face. I am done with this team and rather follow OKC cause they do play hard to win.
This is exactly why you can not build around AD. This was NOT the first game he’s looked this bad, either.
Lebron james doesn't play defense so other guy's are always helping leaving there man open....
I blame this whole game on AD....playing like a girl against small bigs. I don't know why people keep saying this is AD's team yet he never wants to play hard every day. AD is also the reason why lakers need to get a third star to help Bron with scoring....coz AD will keep on letting you down when you need him the most. In his prime Bron would have easily gone for a 40 game triple double...AD on the other hand only gives you a lazy 21 points
AD's career is over in a few seasons if he doesnt stop playing the 5 so much on D, he was never built for it and its gone on far too long
@@JohnnyDaughtry-n1i Actually that's wrong buddy. Watch the games. It's AR, DK, RUI, Jax. Even Gabe. The matchup hunting was insane the other night. Lakers need solid POA defenders like in 2020. You put too much pressure on your help defenders in AD and Bron when you are constantly getting cooked.
AR was getting cooked, by someone who was a rotation player for us last season. lol.
Gettin out played by your back up 🤦🏾♂️
Who is that Spencer?
I'm done with this team there wasting the true lakers fan times. No Luka or Kyrie this is absolutely pathetic , they can't even win with those guys out terrible. These guys have the coolest easiest job in the world just play basketball
AND THIS IS WHY CHARLES BARKLEY SAYS WE STINK!
Rui 6’8 big af making 17 mil and gets 1 board😅
Remember they don't want to trade him lol 😂
Sick of him and LA treated him so well he confuses me
Rui is the definition of soft, Kobe wouldve got him off the team long ago...
Also, he does nothing in the 2nd half. The only 2 Lakers that really competed were DFS, and Christie. DFS has to start if we are going to have any defensive presence.
Maybe AR playing 18 holes of golf before every game is a bad idea.
He should be in the gym taking charges from assistant coaches
This is D’Angelo Russell’s fault!!! Get him off the team!
😂😂😂
He’s off the team..and is injured..
@@kaizoku8087 (psst…hey bro, it’s a joke 🤫)
I blame Westbrook😂
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It is probably because Chuck hit us with the guaranteed lakers win during their commercial lol, he is always wrong :D
Thought jj watched a lot of film 😂 smh lakers should’ve won this game mavs were playing without their two best players
There's only 48 minutes of film in a game lol
That attention to detail isn’t working like they thought 😂
JJ doesn't watch any film. He's a fraud. That whole "he was watching movies on a car wash" was a hollywood bs. He's a fraud. Reaves getting targeted and he didn't do a damn thing. Clown show
They shot 47% from 3 but yeah it's problematic..
Probably just watched porn all day
If you have a legit contender, Austin is the 6th or 7th man. He was getting cooked out there to where it's glaring we need an attack guard with speed and athleticism to break down defenses and defend at a high level. The Lakers have too many low motor players....way too many. This loss was so predictable. They need to sit AD down because he's already low motor and it looks like that ankle is a big problem. Gabe, JHS, Rui and Hayes should be in constant talks. Weeks ago I said I'm over the Lebron AD era and my feelings haven't changed. I don't get fooled when they win a couple in a row because things will average out. Laker fans need to chill out when they win because it means absolutely nothing right now.
Agreed on reaves. As well as that POA guard we need a big so that we could move ad to the 4. They won a chip with him there then completely abandoned the formula. Idec if bron has to play the 3 move AD to the 4!! He’s gonna have a mismatch almost every night at the 4!
Dejounte Murray and Myles Turner
Crazy that the Lakers essentially got rid of Dennis/DLO/Lonnie/ Spencer all in favor of Reaves 😂…
careful you might annoy the austin reaves fanboys...
i totally agree with you reaves aint a starting caliber guard.
lol to those who jump on me for saying the truth.
Can't believe somebody said it. Reaves is overrated and part of that is on the fans. The kid is genetically limited.
I don’t know why Trevor is so surprised the Lakers lost this game. The Lakers are an old slow finesse team and they always struggle against teams with long, bouncy athletes who go out there and punch them right in their mouths. The Cavs are their kryptonite but other team doesn’t even have to be super talented, teams like the Magic without Banchero, the Pistons, the Rockets, this Dallas team even without Luka and Kyrie . . . they can all boat race the Lakers by playing harder and more physical.
Old and slow? 2 of their starters (AR and Rui) are 26 and one (Christie) is only 21.
@ some of them are old, some of them are slow, some of them are old and slow, but what they have in common is they don’t like to do the dirty work. Christie is promising but he’s ONE player and hasn’t strung together 20 good games together in his career. People aren’t game planning for Max Christie.
Lakers are the only team with 2 players in the bottom 10 in average speed for qualifying players (Bron and AD). No one talks about this. It’s a glaring statistic and why I believe no trade can fix this team as long as this stat remains. It starts with the 2 max contract players.
Mavs offense: Drive and kick -> drive and kick -> drive and kick -> open three.
Lakers offense: Standing still in the corners...hoping someone will do something...forced shot.
Embarrassing, this team...the West is wide open, yet this pathetic squad doesn't want the top 2 or top 3 position (they very well could've been #3 if they had won the last two games)... horrible defense, horrible shooting, little to no effort on each play... No amount of trade is going to fix this cultural issue
Charles Barkley was right. Lakers stink. A Lakers team with AD and LBJ should not be losing to a Mavs team without Luka and Kyrie, period.
Laker are making average players untouchable in trade talks
Funny when they win you got a big picture of AR, in the thumb nail , if they lose its AD or LBJ, lol AR 4/15 what is an bench player doing taking 15 shots and he can’t shoot- can’t pass’ Won’t pass to DK get this garbage off the court. He can’t run an offense
Glad someone else sees it. Seriously, wtf is happening? Go back to denver series, all the clutch winning shots by Murray, was him targeting Reaves. Why doesn't he work on his muscle and defense like Max? That kid loves golfing more than bball.
THANK U WONT PASS TO DALTON K
The same can be said about Lebum
@@dariusewing6962 I said this for awhile. People hate passing to Dalton.
@@eccentricaste3232 they had the nerve to say Austin defended Murray well last playoffs lol. They didn't even mention that Murray was injured at the time he kept scoring on Reaves
Thank god rob pelinka gave those player options all three player option vet mins combined to score one point and 3 rebounds against Spencer’s 18 pts and 6 rebounds
Relying on a senior citizen to give you energy. Make that make sense.
I'm a Bron fan but the unseriousness begins with the team Captains. Everything rises and falls on leadership. Bro and AD just aren't hungry enough to win. This is embarrassing and Bron hasn't been taking accountability when he should. The man should never become bigger than the game. I became a Lakers fan when Bron joined the Lakers but now that I'm a legit Lakers fan the common factors on this team is Bron and AD. It sucks but we have to face reality. There's no need fans having high expectations of this team. They just don't care.
JJ Reddick was completely lost out there. AD is so iffy that you can't trust him. Rui is checked out mentally. Mavs game plan worked with attacking Reaves. Reaves was trash tonight defensively. Then 4-11 from 3. Can't trust this Lakers team. Mavs were without 3 starters!!
REEVES SUCKS ON DEFENSE AND CANT DRIBBLE THE BALL
@@wendellhanes1Bam right on the money! Still do not understand why they think reaves at point works
Lmao bron didn’t get named 1 time in this. Just let him go out there 1v5 since he does nothing wrong at all
And Lakers fans say JJReBricks is doing better than D. Ham. Good luck for 2 years with JJReBricks. 😂😂
@@misterslabbecause he’s a proven player bro. He has the blueprint..
Lakers always playing down the competition
No life spammer
They are a bad team they didn't play down to their opponents that's who they are ....
Dlo is not here anymore who's next to blame?
Pelinka for trading one of the best assets for a 3&D wing and thinking giving reaves a bigger usuage rate was gonna help the team 😂.. fans been wanting AR to be pushed as a star since darvin.. darvin wasn’t for it
Dude stop! That move is how you start building a team. Somebody has to play some defense.
@@JH-lz8pk we haven’t slowed down one guard yet since the trade 😂
Honestly, they should've kept dhoe. At least he's good in regular season. They better get him back. 😆
Nobody was going to give up anything for D’Angelo Russell’s contract. It was expiring at the end of the year stop it.
I've been saying for the last 2 seasons in their entirety: there are no feasable trades on the table that can make this team a contender. So if you want to throw away first round picks just to advance 1 extra round in the playoffs...go for it. But if anyone cares about the short term and long term future of the lakers, I feel bad for them. LeBron will retire at 41 or 42, and no one will back up the brinks truck to trade their entire future assests for a 33/34 year old Anthony Davis.
Out here trading mid for mid 😭😭
Barkley put it perfectly correct last night when he said the lakers stink😅
AR AND RUI CANT BE STARTERS ON A CONTENDING TEAM. BENCH PLAYERS
Ok Lakers Drones how Great is the Lakers?
The Lakers don't need a Prime Good Center in Vucevic, Walker or Myles Turner just like they didn't need Kyrie Irving for just 2 First after totally messing up getting him for 1 First. Costing the Lakers 2 Finals Appearances and definitely a Championship. To instead get DLo & Overrated Vanderbilt for cheaper (that didn't age well).
Garbage Rob Pelinka love wasting firsts and money on Trash instead of actually getting Perfect Fit Prime Bigs or a Perfect Fit Star Guard that can shoot (Kyrie).
So for the 5th year now Pelinka Bin put trash around LeBron & A.D to buildi another Bonifide Play In Tournament Team, but he still have a job under Buss Bratz.
They also hired JJReBricks. 😅😅😅
@jayvee8502 Frank Vogel, Ham Head, and J.J RedBrick were all Non-Threatening to Bum Pelinka & the Buss Bratz in force them to stop being cheap and actually make Good Moves.
But if Bum Pelinka got Myles Turner right after the Champions Season instead of Wash Marc Gasol, Trez and Dennis, then they win another Championship with Frank Vogel.
If they got Kyrie Irving over a Fake Carbon Copy Bootleg Kyrie in DLo & Overrated Vanderbilt. Then the Lakers still win a Championship under Ham Head.
These Cheap Trash Moves by Bum Pelinka cost the Lakers a Championship
There was no deal where the Lakers where getting Kyrie for 1 1st. Stop listening to people like Jovan Buha and people like him.
I didn't understand why everyone was so happy about the trade, we literally have no bench and no facilitators outside of Bron and maybe AR. No scoring off the bench and their defense doing make up for their lack of offense
They wanted to see AR become an all star.. even pelinka fell for it smh..
All Star .. he had value should have traded him .. But I get Pelinka .. without reaves this team has zero identity after bron leaves
AD WAS ĹOUSY FROM THE START. THOSE GUYS ARE PAID VERY LARGE SALARY . NBA MUST START DEDUCT FROM THEM WHEN THEY PLAYED LIKE HE DID MANY TIMES. HE PLAYED LIKE HE WAS UPSET FROM THE START. CUT THEIR SALARY WHEN THEY PLAYED EFFORT LESS GAMES
Rui and Knecht can't neither rebound nor guard the perimetre. Reaves and LBJ (unless totally rested) can't play defense neither. This means when AD does not show up, this team can lose to an average Euroleague team.
Whether they're listening to what Charles Barkley said or not, playing games like this is proving him right 🤷🏼♂️
Theyll all go home and wake up in the morning like , awesome, no practice, we lose and i still get paid. F yeah!
Austin reaves was decimated by dinwiddie damn
😂😂💯
Sometimes it's good to load-manage....as fans.
Gabe doesn’t even play good defense, he was getting shot over all night. What do you guys see in him!??
Get a real center. AD is a 4 playing the 5 because the front office can’t properly build around their stars. Your injury prone star that doesn’t like playing the 5, plays soft sometimes? Makes sense tbh
Bs!!! Ad was playing soft tonight. No type of aggression
I agree with everything except injury prone. The guy has literally played all most regular season games and the past 2 playoffs.
Kawhi, Embiid, PG, Zion, Etc. Those are real Injury prone players.
@@magas_6715 tbh I agree with you. I don’t believe the ‘he misses games because he’s so injured’ narrative, but he is always dealing with some type of injury (shoulder,elbow, eyes, ankle, knee), but he toughs is out and plays through it usually. Even when he was young he’d always be on the injury report but he’d play. Lakers need someone to help take the physical burden off him
Making excuses 😂😂😂
Yeah I’ve been preaching to move ad to the 4. We also need a poa defending guard and move reaves to 6th man. But problem is I don’t know of any on the market. So if he’s gonna be our one. We need to atleast try another big at the 5. Only thing I’m scared of is bron going to the 3. In matchups such as Cleveland for example, who guards garland and who guards Mitchell? Ideally put reaves on okoroo,ur 3 on Donovan, and max on garland. But would you trust this version of lebron to guard a dmitch or a teams second best combo guard? I’m scared of teams with really good backourts because idk how much bron would lock in on the perimeter
was it DLo fault on defense?👀 who can we blame now?
It’s not going to change until LB is gone! Face facts
The Lakers need to make another trade but they won’t because there front office is delusional and they suck
Someone need to make a "you want austin switch?" meme.
Six points from Rui is inexcusable man doesn’t have a consistent motor.
I think it's time to explore a Reaves trade 😔. He's not a championship team PG. He can't stay in front of his man. Defense is half of the game. HALF. Trade high now and get the pieces we need for a chip run.
The problem is we’ve been saying this for years now. How they don’t show up in big games. Trade AR and Knect for Dejounte
Mavs had lost 10 straight & were without Luka & Kyrie. 😆How was this a "big game"? 🤔🙄
This culture begins at the top. Doctor Buss would never except this losing. Fire the GM. I am tired of the excuse of being in the West.
Pelinka did all.he can. No one wants to play with Lebron anymore and it shows
@@KpR333no he didn't do all he can. He's been procrastinating and he destroyed what helped us win a chip in 2020.
@d.bonner20 he built everything that won us the championship. Caruso decided he wanted more money and went to Chicago. The egos of Lebron and AD didn't mesh well with Dwight Howard and Rondo..
This was a whole hour of Trevor huffing copium like how many times do the lakers have to loose in damn near the same way for bro to realize what’s going on with this team 🤦♂️
🎯🎯🎯🎯
He's there to shovel the BS to all you trash Lakers fans. 🤣
His paycheck depends on talking about the lakers as if they are better than they are.
@@gringoboy701 yup
@@kaferrat 😂😂😂😂😂
Well, let's see. No adjustment whatsoever. AD should have sat out this game. I could tell he didn't have it since his first miss at the rim. When they play young athletic teams who can shot and defend like the Mavs they struggle because unless AD, LeBron, Reeves have excellent games, it's hard for them to win. Reeves being picked on defense without him having an offensive explosion is a disaster for the Lakers. They did not play a high IQ game for the most part. Moving on to the next game.
AD hasn’t had it for weeks. He’s a completely different player than the guy that started the season
@manmo0808 He's playing on a bad ankle. They are better off giving him a break like they did for Bron.
@ yeah- he does have a bad ankle from the Dubs game. But he’s been off since way before that. I do think his lingering foot issue has gotten worse. But he’s the #1 guy now. He’s just got to be better when he plays.
@@manmo0808he hasnt had it since 2020!!!
But Trevor, this is what this team is. They have played like this many times before and I believe they will do it again.
Yup, people keep getting tricked by their win streaks. This team is inconsistent and you never know what you're going to get from them.
The fact that no free agents will come here is a massive red flag
Can’t join a team that doesn’t have roster spots open from past players signing PLAYER OPTIONS
@kaizoku8087 If Klay Thompson or Demar Derozen would have signed they'd have cut some bums. Nobody wants to play with LeBron, everybody hates him.
@@kaizoku8087 Aside from the aging Queen & street clothes. Name a trash Laker you'd keep over acquiring a 3rd star player? 😑🤣
When players are driving past AR and he doesn't even have the energy to get in a defensive stance then bench him.
They are who we thought they were. Absolutely embarrassing stuff and shows this team has ZERO heart and championship aspirations. If you aren’t dedicated to the daily work, you don’t have the chemical make up for a championship team. LA is VERY far off from what it takes to win a title. Championship teams have losses, but not the ones like against the Heat or this. Cooked.
Give bronny multiple reps, let him play with Kinney Smith - experiment a little bit. I know for a fact bronny will dunk on somebody already tbhhh...
And 2. The defense should be playing full court if you down x amount of points or have a defensive plan in mind, not giving ball handler daylight to dribble down time*.
AD is just overrated ! Regardless if we’re not a good team or have not a good coach , he always misses layups ! Always every game ! No pedigree what so ever ! I would’ve traded him couple seasons ago
facts
Yall talk about all the players what about lebron plays no defense at all
@@JohnnyDaughtry-n1i bro LeBron is out of his prime already . Let’s look at prime time AD ! Can’t never take lead ! He’s the most overrated super star in nba history possibly
@@handsdown5x "bro LeBron is out of his prime already " 🙄😅The aging Queen is "out of his prime"...only when to comes to playing D. 😑He seems just fine when he's stat padding those triple doubles though. 🙄😜
@@kaferrat not really ! lol LeBron despite doing all these triple doubles and breaking records, he’s out of his prime ! It’s obvious lol he’s 40 🤦🏻♂️
Ain’t gonna lie, i’m not surprised at all. Lakers are the masters of “PLAYING WITH YOUR FOOD” type of team. Lebron brought that culture since he became a Laker. Showboat then lose
The truth is the Lakers ARE food. We are who we think other teams are. Look at the bigger picture. The WCF was an anomaly. We are a first round team with an aging vet on a super max contract. Trev gets paid to spread hope, we not. Let’s be honest we win against tanks.
I said before this game if the lakers lose they will tell me all I need to know this is not winning team with this effort it’s hard to watch and I love the lakeshow we’re running out of time to fix this I still have a little bit of hope just running low
I blame this on chuck guaranteeing the lakers win lol this one on him
That’s when I knew. Headed straight to FanDuel and took the Lakers +10… we know how that went.
Probably the worst Lakers team ever given the talents we have. We need a big body who can rebound and defend cuz Bron does NOT contribute to rebound and defense. Unless Bron can score 35+ pts with efficiency every single night, there will be more losses than Ws. Agree?
Reaves let that G league Dimwhitty get around him every single time he faced him. We have seen him play and he was so bad we didn't even try to keep him. Ill come back and take a peek around playoff time but until then I have zero confidence in this lineup. Rui is a joke and Vando is a paycheck thief.
Don't leave. We need more people telling the truth and not selling delusion.
We all knew they would find a way to lose even when the opponents were missing their best players 😅😭
We’re just an inconsistent mediocre team and we need to accept that.
I knew were off to a bad start those first few possessions when AD chucked a 3. Any time AD shoots a 3, it plays right into what the opponent wants. Then they let Klay get going and the rest of DAL fed off that. Smh.
Awful Coaching took shots at my guy Trev. Crazy!😮
“If you’re not gonna show up for a game do it against a top tier team where you have a higher chance to lose the game.” I think that statement says it all about this team. I’ve been saying it for a month. I don’t think it’s realistic to think this team is capable of a championship, even with trades.
I love not watching games and seeing the reaction when they lose lol
You’re going to have games like this with the team playing terrible. It’s a long season. But they need to reconsider not trading Rui.
LBJ forces AD to play out of position
Then everybody cry for a center like Bron can play SF
Bron would get cooked playing the 3
This team is done.
We know what the ceiling of this team with Anthony Davis as the centerpiece, and Lebron as 2nd star - at best a second round exit if we get lucky with the matchups. That's it. Accept this to lessen stress Laker nation. 😂.
I just hope that the players families and Homes are safe. The winds are picking up.. I would hate to playing a game knowing my house or my neighborhoods are on fire.. Prayers to everyone dealing with this Fire..
for sure. from the pictures and videos on the news it doesn't look good.
When you lakers fans going understand this team is trash. Trade everyone and rebuild now 😂
Stop with this Vando stuff
Who is responsible for the worst trades and signings after the championship..after one championship AD got his max contract in return the team management forced him to play center.that's where the downfall started.But yet to make adjustment. Just out rebounded by each and every team and allowing so many offensive rebounds.Look at Cavs and Thunder.
The last play of the first half is a snapshot of the entire game.
Lakers need to get rid of LeBron and start rebuilding from bottom to up
id rather trade AD and keep LeBron
@@dariusewing6962lay off crack pipe
AD playing like trash every time and you think Bron is the problem? Bron is suppose to be the number two guy and he is playing better than a number two in any team. AD on the other hand who is in his prime and suppose to be the number one guy plays like a girl every day...but you wanna build around him...good luck with that.
@@wilsonodhiambo8578 get rid of both AD and Bron. Lakers only have one dog on the whole roster. HOU and DAL be us because they dogs and the Lakers historically soft. WE NEED DOGS
meanwhile the Kings are 5-0 since Mike Brown firing
Le50M is your problem. Don’t address that , enjoy your Ls
this is why i stop watching lakers play sometimes......
Imagine I put a alarm to wake up to watch us win easy 😢😅. I was so f*ing wrong . 😂
It's good you had some criticisms for JJ for once. I think DFS should start. AR can't really shoot the 3-ball which will hurt the Lakers in the playoffs. Teams don't fear the Lakers anymore.
Sell the whole team for Lamelo ball cuz at least he’s fun to watch
lakers are so garbage , owners, rookie coach, garbage team with one soft star that will never be first option and a 40yo old man LOL
This team is not it not sure what will make them a contender so many issues from coaching, players, medical staff, GM, and the owner. It probably starts with Jeanie ever since 2020 the Lakers have been on a downward spiral they’ve been trying to recover from but reality is saying that will NEVER happen.
9:11-9;18 That's not true. They did have a roster spot available for him....they just decided to give it to Bronny James instead.
Bingo!
AD is literally the softest big of all time. As a 4 or a 5.
Jerseys had nothing to do with it lol
Post-game interviews prove my points. Teams are hunting AR offensively, and everyone knows. However they go after Rui and Dalton. So how can you play them all together? You can not win with 3 awful defenders .LeBron doesn't have energy to rotate all around the court because they can not keep their man in front of them.
They are starting to give gabe vincent so much bail on this show
I really like the ML underestimating the opponents
Rui and JHS for Kessler and Sexton. Just give them the picks and let’s go! Win a chip
Most people even the media says this is an embarassing loss to the Lakers,it might be true BUT it doesn't change the fact that this is just a 1 LOSS,either it's a CLOSE game loss or BLOWOUT game loss it's just 1 loss,the next thing that the Lakers can do know is to bounce back from this loss and be better.
Good teams find a way to win, while bad teams find a way to lose..
AD is such a disappointment all bigs his size embrace the center position except AD all bro wanna do is let another big do all the heavy lifting and get banged up so he can come from the blindside and block the shot so weak man hence why whenever AD goes up against other centers they have a decent win loss ratio against him AD just soft.
AD is power forward playing Center. AD needs to play with other Big at the same time.
@AD is almost 7 ft why the hell is he a power forward??
@@ohriah999 AD is "delicate" & thinks he's a 3pt shooting big. 🙄🤣
@@ohriah999 need to get his ass in the weight room. Trae Young bullied him to the rim!!!
JJ needs to chastise the entire team other than AD, Rui and AR about their weak af rebounding. And AR was weak af on the glass this game as well, but overall this season he's been a pretty good rebounder for a guard.
It was clear that the Lakers did not have their heads in the game in the first quarter.
Coach didn’t have them prepared
I blame this whole game on AD....playing like a girl against small bigs. I don't know why people keep saying this is AD's team yet he never wants to play hard every day. AD is also the reason why lakers need to get a third star to help Bron with scoring....coz AD will keep on letting you down when you need him the most. In his prime Bron would have easily gone for a 40 game triple double...AD on the other hand only gives you a lazy 21 points
@ he definitely set the tone
I do not understand why nobody is calling AD for his soft as play! Having PJ and smaller players switch on him and he shoots floaters and hook shots instead of just shooting the ball, and then wtf is Rui doing defensively! Poor effort, he playing worse defense then D Lo and yall saying don’t trade him! He have 0 defense and he have slow footwork! He needs to go
Thanks G! I cannot stand his lazy az anymore its pathetic .. he should do embid numbers in that games!!!!
First of all the coach's decision to keep Austin Reaves on Spencer bad call then all the switching for no apparent reason is ridiculous lead to this win also theyre not making easy plays for Anthony Davis he was not aggressive as always he plays soft in the 5 position and I believe he does it intentionally because he doesn't like to play center it's a shame that the Old Man is still clearly the best player on the team they need to start running through LeBron he is the true point of the team and until the coaching staff recognizes this they will not win Championships
Lakers just can’t hang with athletic guards. Hardy and Grimes can ball. Mavs just kept setting screens on the perimeter to get open 3s. Don’t think it’s playing down to competition. What happened with the Cavs? Pistons? Rockets? JJ got out coached.
Maybe JJ can go one his podcast & roast himself like he does to others. 😆🤣
Stay safe out there in CA!
I would say I wish LeBron would’ve just took over and went for 30 but even then I still don’t think we would’ve won everyone else played horrible defensively and offensively just a bad night for them.