FIRST THINGS FIRST | Lakers' offseason has been a failure - Nick Wright on Lakers' current salary

FIRST THINGS FIRST | Lakers' offseason has been a failure - Nick Wright on Lakers' current salary

[@lisanichols-sheppard8121]

KOBE is looking down with a side-eye. 😅😂

[@Unc_Talks]

"This is not me banging on Rob" is a classic line. Yall missed that west coast lingo.. LOL

[@awwskit9753]

SMH

[@juanjuan799]

Get rid of LEBRON JAMES, BRONNY JAMES, Rob pelinka, and CLUTCH SPORTS! NOW! JEANIE BUSS, Needs to get rid, of this people.

[@silvergold2140]

Oh How I've Prayed For This.. Not Going To Happen

[@Joel-kh9ph]

Might as well add Jeanie to the list she is no better than her brother that she pushed out

[@silvergold2140]

@@Joel-kh9ph She's Not As Good.

[@LionSpeaks]

Klutch Sports it’s screwing over its own clients to appease one client. James. It is totally unethical for a player to have influence over an agent to affect the careers of other players.

[@BossAJS]

You enjoy lying? they got free agents just last year lol. and the year before. and before. clutch has 4 players on lakers. not 11.

[@silvergold2140]

Adam Sliver bows down to his master James

[@fallonanddavidbrown6397]

Lakers are the cowboys of the NBA 😂😂😂😂

[@HomerunsamSOSA]

Ima heat fan so I don’t have a dog in the fight, but cowboys suck as at least lakers have a chip in the last 30 yrs lol

[@chachi9945]

Brou “ I saw a lot of title pies” 😂😂

[@bigdan82]

When they drafted Bronny it became a failure

[@SmartDave60]

And Broussard is saying the draft was a positive.

[@Surayahti]

Why the eff are yall still talking about these losers?

[@mfngeez]

Awww 😂

[@yubijeong5118]

Legm is the reason why nobody want to olay with this team, hes looking for another scaprgoat ti blame when things go wrong

[@BossAJS]

the fact you believe that is absolutely comical.... its like you didnt even listen... yall freaking out about not signing 35 year old, washed players? wow...

[@Watchingvideoslikeu]

Reminder Brou & Nick are both Klutch clients

[@gemcityentertainment660]

Lakers been a Dumpster fire since Dr. Buss left us.. But i get it .. Its cool to hate and blame lebron for everything. Lol

[@strengthandhonor9334]

Well considering he gets all the credit when they do well, he gets the blame for how trash they are now.

[@KDVice]

@@strengthandhonor9334 You must be following Lebron around everywhere to say "he gets all the credit". Even just on these comments section I don't see any credit given to him. And Lakers were a mess for multiple years before he got there lol

[@gemcityentertainment660]

Bro he's 40 he's a aging star now that can explode in spurts. That once was the narrative but no more .Rob and Jeannie havent done their jobs and Bron share some of that blame for the Westbrook saga.. but the lakers front office is trash 🗑 no getting around it.

[@strengthandhonor9334]

@@KDVice and now they are worse. Which is exactly why no real Lakers fans support him. He’s a terrible GM. 😂

[@cycleoflife565]

@@KDVice…and they’re a mess now even with two top 75 players in their starting lineup.

[@danielmatthews3108]

Nick thinks every player wants to play with his boyfriend LeBron!!!😂😂😂😂😂

[@hieroglyphy6181]

The only difference in the Lakers last two seasons is that they played the Nuggets earlier last season. If they played the Nuggets in the first round two season ago, they would have lost in the first round two seasons ago. If they played somebody other then Denver in the first round last season, I like their chances. … If Reddick turns out to be an upgrade at coach, that could make a world of difference. People are in denial about how lacking Ham was last season. A healthy Vando, Vincent and Dinwiddie could make a word of difference next season (even if Davis and James regress a bit).

[@craigwade4618]

U CANT BLAME ROB THAT NOBODY WANTS TO PLAY WITH OR COACH LEBRON!!

[@blakek680]

Well when you have lebrons meat in your mouth like Nick does.. you gotta blame everyone else

[@innviewtheinnview8150]

Other than bron no one wanted to come

[@iputsnworkiputsnwork1500]

@@innviewtheinnview8150exactly I remember the end of Kobe career and after the lakers couldn’t get anyone to come … but Bron

[@craigwade4618]

@innviewtheinnview8150 that ain't true. Lakers have always gotten the best players

[@brandonmyers6]

@@craigwade4618lies. Lakers haven’t been able to get big players for a long time now. If Lebron doesn’t come in 2019 the lakers are nothing. Luckily they draft role players well but no one has wanted to come to the lakers in a while. The only reason AD did was bc of Lebron.

[@THE_BEAR_JEW]

Can't really trust that Nick and Brou say on LeBron. They're both Klutch clients, so you can pretty much throw any integrity out the window.

[@bhrnt3788]

I love how Lebrons puppets are blaming Rob for Lebron's Circus of BS.

[@9663mu]

LeToxic

[@silvergold2140]

and this is just the start of his machine..

[@buzzgreen5465]

Rob is a weakling who gets pushed around by LeBron. What is the purpose of him if he's not going to be an actual GM?

[@bayouboyentertainment2106]

People forget Rob literally only has that job because he was Kobe's Agent. Remember they coulda had Buddy and Turner last year but they coveted their 1st round picks to much. Now you probably would have to give up 2 1sts plus some extra on top just to get Turner by himself because the Center market is so barren.

[@jordancave3089]

Wasnt Rob gonna get Demar but Bron wanted Westbrook? Lol or was it buddy??

[@raven7971]

⁠​⁠@@jordancave30891000% true rob was going to trade for buddy n turner but it got shot down by lebron because lebron and AD wanted Westbrook

[@HMN1044]

The greatest pick in history!

[@brandonmyers6]

Chris is so wrong. The lakers aren’t contenders bc they don’t have guys who play well on both ends. Every other contender has a bunch of guys who play well on both ends. It has nothing to do with AD and Lebron not being as good as other stars. Watch Jamal Murray against the lakers and then watch him against the Wolves in the post season. It’s night and day difference.

[@Al-Rudigor]

I watched the entire playoffs. I didn't see any losing team blame their role players. Nick is crazy, saying that Dlo wouldn't play for Boston.

[@coachjayy]

Everybody just need to just shut the hell up! This shit been going on since Kobe....

[@paulcrawford4155]

The lakers gm is trash. Lebron just there for fun rn

[@awwskit9753]

How is he trash when he pulled off Lebron and AD ?

[@HomerunsamSOSA]

@@awwskit9753AD wanted out o NO it wasn’t a hard sell to get him it only looks good cuz they won the chip they need a third star

[@9663mu]

Lebron is holding them hostage. Everything is LeBron.

[@lex6794]

​@@9663muLebron's the reason they're relevant again before he got there they were out of the playoffs for years. He did deliver a ring to LA let's not get it twisted.

[@lex6794]

​​@@awwskit9753Rob is trash because last year LeBron was sending subliminal messages that this roster would not be able to compete with Denver in the playoffs Rob did absolutely nothing at the trade deadline. He literally put the same roster on the floor who got swept the year before by Denver in the playoffs. As a GM he didn't do his job. The Lakers had assets theirs no excuse.

[@galecanada9250]

Great job but those coaches are not there because of Rob, they’re there because of JJ. Rob just gets the credit for it just like he got the credit for AD although he’s there because of LeBron. Rob & F.O. doesn’t have the juice to wheel in Greats Elites & Stars and they’re all in denial of it. Gotta get right people in office that can wheel them in.

[@deelee1569]

That kid's gonna start before Christmas 😬😅

[@silvergold2140]

Yeah in the year 3021

[@anthonyalvarado576]

Im pretty sure the root of the lakers ship sinking slowly is that Jeannie buss runs this team with her heart and not her head, she can't clean house where it needs to be cleaned because she has emotional attachment to the people in those positions that need to be replaced

[@silvergold2140]

her knees and back

[@RodWave-gq5qn]

The Lakers are good they got Bronny he's gonna have an immediate impact

[@RinaldiHidayat]

No its not, they trying to build sustainable system through young player not star players

[@Ahmedaphor]

Facts over Feelings! Burger Kings Massive ego would never allow him to take a backseat to AD!!!

[@scoony7665]

How do we know Bronny makes smart decisions???? The last time he played competitively was against high schoolers

[@leonapplebutter5946]

Can say with absolute certainty that if the lakers beat the nuggets nick would have been saying they would win it all, like legit no doubt in my mind

[@anthonyharding2351]

Vando and Gabe barely played last year. Vando is a starter.

[@meechryles7072]

Don't matter vando has done nothing in this league 🤷 dude can't hit open mid range shot 🤣

[@SparkzMSparkzMusik19]

Vando beat the Celtics with no AD and Bron

[@jamainestanton1364]

The Lakers will be at best a Hallmark movie and at worst a reality show! It won’t be about winning games anymore.

[@KevinWatson-ns7fi]

Rob is entrenched in the Lakers organization only because of his ties with Kobe and Kobe’s legacy in Lakers lore.

[@clintford9168]

Bron is not top 15

[@mrsae2]

The thing I dont think annoying has realised is what this dod for the validity of the Play In Tournament.. The team that won it fired their coach right after winning ..the season is constantly being called a horrible failure..the exact same players that won it are the same ones coming back and the general consensus is they are sub par players.This all will make the play in game lose any level of growth or validation within the organisations and worse the public.

[@jerrelldaniel3320]

it is so frustrating to see the 2020 lakers roster slowly get deteriorated by shitty front office management to the point where they have multiple significant holes in the roster and the front office refuses or is to incompetent to fix them and it’s still somehow lebrons fault… no one should be expecting a title from this team but acquiring quality complementary role players to give your team its best shot to win is not a big ask. this team used to have Caruso, KCP, Brooke Lopez and Kuzma and they let them all go

[@Watchingvideoslikeu]

Caruso, KCP, Malik Monk and Kuzma were all crushed by Lebron fans

[@mackindle12345]

@@Watchingvideoslikeu Lopez and Kuzma for sure (and with good reason), but KCP wasn't (especially after the 2020 playoffs where was excellent in his role) and Caruso was legit one of the Lakers' favourite players whilst he was there.

[@jerrelldaniel3320]

@@Watchingvideoslikeu brooke lopez never even played a game with lebron. i don’t know how this is even relevant… they all left bc they were either traded or the front office was too cheap to pay them

[@jerrelldaniel3320]

@@mackindle12345 i think kuz got too much hate. he did a lot of dumb stuff but he was a plus defender and offensive player…. something the laker desperately need now. hindsight’s 20/20 i guess. i can’t act like i was upset to see him get traded🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Watchingvideoslikeu]

@@jerrelldaniel3320 as a wizards fan you can have Kuzma back and I’ll drive him to the airport.

[@vikg4600]

How many titles does Sam Presti have!??

[@adwill1202]

Stupid organization when lebron retired AD gonna demand a trade after that they going be lottery team coming years

[@anansison7237]

Trade LeBron and Bronny for Zion and Brandon Ingram

[@mfngeez]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 horrible GM

[@Tanassity]

This Same Team i one problem is Denver so why is everybody talking about them like they have no chance

[@yogiyo888]

Please sell the team.

[@111milko]

Forget assistant coaches - get quality role players .. we are going to suck .. lebron and the organization is focused on Hollywood /Show not championships .. sooo disappointed.

[@backupdancer3720]

This is why Nick's logic falls down... LeBron and AD are not the 9th and 13th best players. Ridiculous take.

[@HomerunsamSOSA]

What the rank in your opinion?

[@daquaylenavie3740]

AD need to move back to pf and get a center , bron need to run point, and they need to go after Zach Lavine or derozan

[@juanio7036]

Lebron can’t run the point consistently anymore, age. AD should be at Pf but for some reason the lakers didn’t think they needed a legit center even though that’s how they won the bubble chip. They gonna be trash

[@meechryles7072]

Lavine🤣 need money for DeMar front office is joke

[@doms5755]

@@meechryles7072they still think going for stars is more valuable than building an actual team with chemistry.

[@jameswilliams3310]

LeBron got his podcast co-host a job and got his son drafted ... LeBron has had a great month!!!

[@jasonhoppe781]

Who the hell would want to be Lebrons scapegoat? He’s ruined the Lakers. He sure as hell ain’t top 15. That klutch sports check must have cleared.

[@cjstan4614]

Ruined the lakers ?. Seriously ?

[@FigAristotle]

They won their first championship in 10 years because of lebron. Oh yea he ruined dem lmao

[@not_that_seri0us]

Internet gave a voice to so many idiots… a least your voice is very low

[@andrewcowles8785]

​@@FigAristotlehomie most of the nba was out with covid or on lockdown 😂 dont try to flex that bubble finals win

[@TT-rt5by]

LeBron is not the best player on the Lakers that's the problem.

[@cycleoflife565]

But he controls who gets the ball and how often and he will never concede to AD being the best player on the team. He makes sure that his scoring numbers and shot attempts exceed AD even if it’s not for the best of the team.

[@SuperfanK]

He's 40 years old why on earth would that be a problem lol how many 40 year olds have been asked to be the best player on their teams? Let alone a top 10 player at all

[@wesleycuban8649]

He’s consistently the best player. AD isn’t that nigga day in and day out. He was good this past season but he wasn’t like super amazing.

[@RT-far-T]

He is still the best and most consistent player. AD can be absolutely horrible. One night he'll give you 40, and then the next....14. Doesn't assist at all.

[@RichD2024]

LeBron saved the Lakers from the perpetual ineptitude of the Buss children.

[@meechryles7072]

Lakers are injured every year telo me something new

[@raven7971]

Wait not since shaq in 1996 signing with the lakers what prime free agent has sign with the lakers? This idea that every player wants to be laker is false ,the lakers have always gotten better by trades. This is not a rob problem it’s a lebron problem

[@coachjayy]

Since Kobe sir

[@sixtrumpetwarnings]

VERY FEW PLAYERS WANT TO PLAY FOR THE LOS ANGELES LAKKKERS!!!

[@showmecreationsmultimedia]

Nick needs to say it more plainly. The other NBA front offices are determined to not do fair business with the Lakers. The Dejontay Murray example was 🎯. Teams charge the Lakers way more for the same trade than other teams smh.

[@bassmin954]

They just don't have picks nor matching salaries.

[@HomerunsamSOSA]

@@bassmin954when u wanna make it work you make it work teams don’t wanna do business with them

[@showmecreationsmultimedia]

@@HomerunsamSOSA It's as if the other GM's want to keep Lebron from having a good team around him. But instead will let, for example, Kev Durant get a B. Beal for a cheap trade, etc.

[@HomerunsamSOSA]

@@showmecreationsmultimedia exactly just to make it harder for him to

[@lex6794]

Rob needs to go, he's the main reason Lebron mite not get another ring.

[@CBrown]

Guarantee you LAL will be better once LeBron leaves. They might need to full-on rebuild but they will be attractive to quality Free Agents again. Actually, JJ might need to go too.

[@swagg2much864]

I wish LBJ was gone he is the problem

[@user-cm5ug1rm5j]

I like Lebron but players don’t want to play with him. His hand is too much in the cookie jar

[@craigwade4618]

Damn u cant even get the assistant coach. 😅😅😅😅😅THE LAKERS ARE A DUMPSTER FIRE. THANKS LEBRON. ....SMH

[@tnoda21]

Bro thinks he knows lol

[@williamjames648]

Its never Lebrons fault... always rob pelinkas fault

[@carlmchaney8632]

Mac Mcclung is better than Bronny!!!!

[@brya6270]

Jeanie buss has taken up the torch that her brother Jim laid down, she is better than him by a Covid pandemic. She has accelerated everything now though to catch up to Jim. I hope they put the team up for sale because Daddy surely would approve of what’s happened the last 5 years. Truly a pathetic display. Every other season they let James han]string them and making moves and never have they wised up. All of his promises of people coming to play with him has been a joke. It’s the same reason we can t get a coach.

[@nathanstarcher5668]

Yawn……lebron needs more help.

[@silvergold2140]

Nick and Brou, are disqualified from any discussion on the Lakers and LeBron,,, both are Klutch Sports Clients,, So their views opinions and views are very biased in favor of the Lakers And Lebron..

[@munazilrahman7001]

No one wants to play with LeBron. Simple.

[@leoregulus5842]

Trade LeBron James for role players and second round picks and that is how the Lakers will be back but right now the Lakers are a circus show!!!

[@randalon75]

That would be a great idea but Lebron has a no trade clause in his contract.

[@mr.anderson3694]

Is this the Los Angeles Lakers network? It's baseball season, Nick. Surely you can sit for two hours and analyze Shohei or Judge the way you analyze Lebron.

[@HomerunsamSOSA]

They don’t care

[@onlyfacts9820]

lmaoooooo, the lakers are trash, they got a old bron who's not that good anymore, he just stat pads, he has no impact on the game like he once did, Ad whos by far there best player is injury prone, they got a decent supporting cast they just need to get rid of bron and get a few more players to pair with Ad

[@gerrycollins6519]

How many All Star players does LeBron need to win??? He has had many on multiple teams and only 4 titles in 21 years. Just can not take over games at any point in his career. Videos on KZbin show him literally hiding on the court in NBA finals and not running back on D , because he’s always arguing with refs. If people are being honest and not caught up in the media’s attempt over the years to try to replace the aura of Jordan . LeBron can not be in a GOAT conversation. He was even scared of losing the Slam Dunk , so he never entered.

[@HappyHourSportsTalk]

How many All Stars did the Tatum and Brown need to win? Damn they added 2 allstar players for nothing. That finally got them over the hump. Teams need to be well balanced and have a solid roster to win. Lebron at age 40 can't carry these teams to the finals.

[@gerrycollins6519]

@@HappyHourSportsTalk LeBron could never carry a team. That’s why he had to switch to multiple teams Just go watch KZbin video compilation of him literally grinding on the court and not rung back in defense in several NBA finals. People just don’t want to be honest

[@Babysnapps60]

Man who cares lakers players been hurt don’t be shocked they top 3-4 keep sleeping on them nuggets losing more players every year lakers biggest problems are NUGGETS nobody else so for everybody to bash them is a joke lakers in 6 against any team

[@yugo4855]

Hahahhaha u are delusional asf

[@craigwade4618]

LEBRON IS NOT THEIR BESY PLAYER AT THIS POINT. AD IS! SEE THATS THE PROBLEM RIGHT THERE

[@randalon75]

So nobody wanted to play with the phony GOAT? that speaks very loud and clear of what his peers think of him

[@ismaaiylflowers5955]

A lot of people to blame...but LeBron is def not one. Best players on the Lakers last year...

[@kennypham960]

How old are you?

[@juanio7036]

😂

[@Dilly_Dil1y]

lol get off your knees and wipe off that drool. Typical delusional Bron fangirl

[@jayt5779]

Lebron is awful

[@HappyHourSportsTalk]

Nick hit the nail on the head. The rest of the league owners and gm's just have this hate and disgust for the Lakers and it's fairly obvious. The Lakers inquire about trades and these owners and gm's will ask for the moon and stars but will then trade these players for next to nothing when it's another team. I find that odd. They will give away players to the Celtics within their own division but if the Lakers try and make a trade they have these ridiculous demands.

[@bassmin954]

Lakers have no valuable draft picks nor matching salaries. Didn't Danny Ainge get them out of the Westbrook's contact last season ?

[@yugo4855]

Hahaha Mimimi cry harder

[@MrKing-dm2po]

No one wants to be a part of this circus 🤹‍♂️.. when you drafting a kid who has no game... lying to the public and not telling the truth about lebron running this organization... Anthony Davis hasn't said a word about any of the crap.... he's part of this 🤡 show... he deserves all this as well

[@RinaldiHidayat]

No its not, they trying to build sustainable system through young player not star players