Magic Johnson says Lebron is to blame for the lakers failures

[John_Connor]

https://sports.yahoo.com/magic-johnson-blames-lebron-james-003213729.html

lakers had a chance to get derozan and lebron wanted westbrick instead

lets compare them shall we



Derozan - 28ppg/5rpg/5apg on 50%fg's/36%threes/59%ts/84%ft's/2 turnovers

westbrick - 18ppg/7rpg/7apg on 44%fg's/29%threes/51%ts/66%ft's/4 turnovers


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[1987_Lakers]

He's upset because we won a championship right after LeGM took over his spot and got AD when Magic couldn't.

[John_Connor]

He's upset because we won a championship right after LeGM took over his spot and got AD when Magic couldn't.

adam silvers bubble and durant/kyrie's blm bubble boycott had more to do with the disney bubble gum mickey mouse ring than LeCollude's tampering work... its been proven that AD and lebron can't play a full year straight. that 5 month break and weak summer league atmosphere is why they won

[1987_Lakers]

adam silvers bubble and durant/kyrie's blm bubble boycott had more to do with the disney bubble gum mickey mouse ring than LeCollude's tampering work... its been proven that AD and lebron can't play a full year straight. that 5 month break and weak summer league atmosphere is why they won

Bubble took away our homecourt and one of our best role players in Bradley. And it's been well documented how mentally exhausting the bubble was for players, this proves LeBron has a strong mind, unlike Kobe who fell apart in 2004 when dealing with off the court issues, took him two years to recover from that. Against all odds, we still managed to win the chip, while Kobe was shooting us out of the Finals.

[Westbrook_Fan]

Kobe only won 16 games with these Lakers in 2016...

[Spurs m8]

Well he's not wrong...


Cheers LeBarry

[Full Court]

Not disagreeing with Magic at all, but if Derozan had gone to the Lakers, he wouldn't have had even close to the year he's had with the Bulls. At best, Lakers would have made it to the second round of playoffs.

Besides, DeRozan's a scorer. The Lakers don't have a scoring problem, they have a defense problem. DeRozan wouldn't solve their defense problem.

[John_Connor]

Bubble took away our homecourt and one of our best role players in Bradley. And it's been well documented how mentally exhausting the bubble was for players, this proves LeBron has a strong mind, unlike Kobe who fell apart in 2004 when dealing with off the court issues, took him two years to recover from that. Against all odds, we still managed to win the chip, while Kobe was shooting us out of the Finals.

homecourt is irrelevant when theres no fans. bradley wasn't nearly as important as rondo, the bubble was only exhausting for entitled babies. its a disney resort. they wanted to go clubbing and f*ck prostitutes. boo hoo. enjoy room service, free massages, hot tubs and the fact that theres no travel busses/planes/waiting at airports/braving the cold etc... the bubble wasn't a strain on anyone mentally. the most average guys played out of their minds. everyone shot better and played more free and easy. and lol@ comparing a possible trial to end your life/marriage/career that caused his wife to have a miscarriage to some guys complaining about their room service meals not being gormet. lebron had an opportunity to have his wife and kids there but he declined. so f*ck outa here

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/lakers/2020/09/07/lebron-james-why-kids-wont-visit-nba-bubble-disney-world/5737115002/



and what the hell are you talking about. lebron needed 2 years to recover from a disney vacation? here????

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awwwwwww poor baby

:roll:

[3ba11]

Bad fits = skill deficit

So it's 100% Lebron's fault - he lacks the skills to fit well enough with Westbrook and make playoffs like everyone else did with Westie

[1987_Lakers]

homecourt is irrelevant when theres no fans. bradley wasn't nearly as important as rondo, the bubble was only exhausting for entitled babies. its a disney resort. they wanted to go clubbing and f*ck prostitutes. boo hoo. enjoy room service, free massages, hot tubs and the fact that theres no travel busses/planes/waiting at airports/braving the cold etc... the bubble wasn't a strain on anyone mentally. the most average guys played out of their minds. everyone shot better and played more free and easy. and lol@ comparing a possible trial to end your life/marriage/career that caused his wife to have a miscarriage to some guys complaining about their room service meals not being gormet. lebron had an opportunity to have his wife and kids there but he declined. so f*ck outa here


And notice how Rondo went back to being a scrub the next year when he left the Lakers. The LeBron effect.

Kobe on the other hand LOST us a finals in 2004, his case got dropped before the 2005 season began and what does he do? Miss the playoffs in his PRIME, no excuse for that. He was a mental midget worrying about a trial that had already got dropped.

:roll:

[3ba11]

And notice how Rondo went back to being a scrub the next year when he left the Lakers. The LeBron effect.

Kobe on the other hand LOST us a finals in 2004, his case got dropped before the 2005 season began and what does he do? Miss the playoffs in his PRIME, no excuse for that. He was a mental midget worrying about a trial that had already got dropped.

:roll:

The historical record shows that Lebron doesn't make teammates better and doesn't have abnormal carrying ability

He averaged 25 on 45% in the 07' Eastern Playoffs and simply faced bum teams... Boobie actually carried him in the closeout game to make Finals

And he had hand-picked squads in 15' and 18' - he won the conference from Horford and Oladipo.. his shit brand of ball made those runs look much harder than they should've been.. And he left a couple more easy runs on the table in 09/10

[MadDog]

Magic telling it like it is. LeBron dropped the ball here. Derozan is clearly a better player than Westbrook, and his game would mesh better with LeBron.

[3ba11]

Magic telling it like it is. LeBron dropped the ball here. Derozan is clearly a better player than Westbrook, and his game would mesh better with LeBron.


How about Lebron simply fits with Westbrook?

Why isn't Lebron good enough to do that.. oh I get it - he isn't really #2 all-time or anywhere near

[MadDog]

How about Lebron simply fits with Westbrook

Why isn't Lebron good enough to do that.. oh I get it - he isn't really #2 all-time or anywhere near

You could say that and I won't argue it. Reality is though its a horrible fit. Their games are too similar.

[John_Connor]

And notice how Rondo went back to being a scrub the next year when he left the Lakers. The LeBron effect.

Kobe on the other hand LOST us a finals in 2004, his case got dropped before the 2005 season began and what does he do? Miss the playoffs in his PRIME, no excuse for that. He was a mental midget worrying about a trial that had already got dropped.

:roll:

i think he just got old. so you're saying lebron made rondo average 7 assists over the entire playoffs?

[Taurus]

Bron is definitely partly responsible for their failures, but that's pretty ironic coming from Magic

[Shaquille O'Neal]

homecourt is irrelevant when theres no fans. bradley wasn't nearly as important as rondo, the bubble was only exhausting for entitled babies. its a disney resort. they wanted to go clubbing and f*ck prostitutes. boo hoo. enjoy room service, free massages, hot tubs and the fact that theres no travel busses/planes/waiting at airports/braving the cold etc... the bubble wasn't a strain on anyone mentally. the most average guys played out of their minds. everyone shot better and played more free and easy. and lol@ comparing a possible trial to end your life/marriage/career that caused his wife to have a miscarriage to some guys complaining about their room service meals not being gormet. lebron had an opportunity to have his wife and kids there but he declined. so f*ck outa here


Not to mention - just before the finals before the Clippers collapsed - the Clips & Lakers both agreed to LEAVE THE BUBBLE to go do some dumb BLM rioting & bullshit social justice crap. Both teams agreed to stop playing! Then the owners/mgmt told them "Ok, but we won't pay you" so they said "Ok we'll stay". Some virtue! The 2020 ring is the biggest joke ever.

[RogueBorg]

Playing with Lebron is where star players careers go to die. Derozan would be not be averaging 28 ppg with the Lakers and would be taking the full blunt of the blame for their failures. Seen this story many times, I know how it ends.

[Axe]

Bron is definitely partly responsible for their failures, but that's pretty ironic coming from Magic
This. Nobody is a winner in their situation rn.

[Johnny32]

Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports - the Lakers actually passed on DeRozan. Apparently, while LeBron wanted to pair up with him in LA, Rob Pelinka and the front office refused to give him a three-year deal.

The lakers are looking at the future past lebron's window. Same reason they wouldn't give lue a third year at the time. Magic is either uneducated on the subject or a good boy slave for the buss fam.