Is LeBron to blame for Lakers missing playoffs? - Skip & Shannon I NBA I UNDISPUTED

Last night, the LeBron James-less Lakers lost to the Phoenix Suns 121-110, officially eliminating them from postseason contention. Afterwards, Anthony Davis said he thought the team was good enough to go all the way, telling the media quote: 'Our goal was to win a championship. Thought we had the pieces but injuries got in the way of that. That was the difference in our season.' Skip Bayless and Shannon Sharpe debate what percentage of the blame LeBron deserves for the season.
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Is LeBron to blame for Lakers missing playoffs? - Skip & Shannon I NBA I UNDISPUTED
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[@UndisputedOnFS1]

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[@charkyicenhour587]

How... James H.. Leads the Ball... Be Like Lebron... Embiid.. Standing at Paint. Justblike AD.. Similarity... Except.. WB Runs more Like James H.

[@SimpsonIII]

What can they do during the off season to fix this ?

[@charkyicenhour587]

The Team.. Has to Let Lebron and AD Recover... The Team to Take Lakers to the Championship....

[@seamless70]

Hey Undisputed! Yall need to put together a full season recap of Russ blooper reels and upload on YT 🤣😂🤣😂

[@happyface35]

Of course LeBron is to blame... HE got rid of all lakers youth to put together a team that is old and injury prone... You need youth to defend, you need youth for a bench, you need youth for durability... LeBron said he didn't want to rebuild or wait until... Ball, Ingram, Kuzz... Caruso... Had LeBrom waited it out, kept the youth they had... Added a Howard and Aldridge and waited for free agency, they would be perennial favorites for years to come

[@dripbayless3148]

"Keep that same energy" LeBron, August 2021 Don't worry, Skip did 😂😂😂

[@fear7126]

Always will

[@chrisross6798]

Big deal smh 🤦‍♂️

[@lolpop241]

Rw, wes dRV

[@francoismerieux8770]

Lol 😂, WTF did you expect LBJ to say ? « You’re right, we’re weak » ? Come on man, if you’re a hater, admit it, if you like Bayless, admit it. It’s ok 👌🏾….

[@sheistyyu7110]

@@francoismerieux8770 stop slurping dawg it’s not that serious

[@n.scorpion1256]

October: Shannon “We winning it all” April : Shannon “I knew we weren’t gonna win”

[@JtothaoMac]

April fool

[@omarpenn7395]

Right

[@jamarwilliams5070]

Let’s use our brains please. When the season started and they started playing games he realized they weren’t going to win.

[@All-Nite]

🎯

[@UserName-wh5oj]

Did you really think he was being serious? Even if he did say that.

[@leetraviusmckay2919]

So nice seeing everyone "keeping that same energy" about the Lakers, like Lebron asked us.

[@kidusgebretensay7228]

AD has played 76 regular season games in 2 seasons and isnt the dominant force he once was, Im not sure what everyone expects of this team if AD is not on the court

[@realfacts1333]

So nice to see a Hater

[@sirebah8281]

I’m a bron fan but I agree man. He needs to humble himself a bit

[@BinoFelixNinoNarcPeppino]

@@realfacts1333 You're an illiterate clown

[@jonathanmartin4757]

@@sirebah8281 you sound dumb asf just bc he believed in his team don't mean he need to humble himself you ain't no real Lebron fan we'll see who has the last laugh

[@leetraviusmckay2919]

This probably Skip biggest W since forever 😂

[@ItsBlazeVibes]

Since 2011

[@armonbrown213]

I like this version of skip he grew fr

[@tylersguitarspot]

Skip lowkey saw this from the beginning going against mainstream opinions on Lakers new Superteam

[@ndiagandiaye4431]

When they lose, he doesn't play. And he's always on the court when they win. That's the difference bruh.

[@mikellorenzo99]

@@ndiagandiaye4431 what about the games he played that they lost?

[@Falloutx360a]

The fact that people even weeks ago were still thinking the Lakers would gonna be able to beat anybody in a play-in tournament is insane. This team has BEEN cooked

[@visionxx5724]

Facts!

[@rubenbon5475]

Lebron fans delusional

[@KOH_95]

They were cooked in preseason when they went 0-6. I knew they weren’t gonna be good then!!

[@geezycity7558]

@@rubenbon5475 10 finals appearances they ain’t to delusional

[@s.s7337]

@@geezycity7558 Weak East

[@leetraviusmckay2919]

"Lebron gets critiqued the most when they lose" bruh Lebron gets 100% of the credit when they win. It's only right he gets 100% of the blame when he loses

[@omarthescriblomale8279]

He shouldnt get 100% of the credit though.

[@Anonymous-ld7je]

100% of the blame? Russell Westbrook got about 75% of the blame over the course of the season himself. Not saying it wasn't deserved at times, man is a turnover machine, but Lebron is the leader of this team and helped put it together, not Westbrook. I think him finally getting his share of the blame is long overdue.

[@ogcookl4fe285]

As ANY superstar/team leader should not excluding Mike…THE REAL GOAT🤷🏿‍♂️

[@Supermariohoops24]

@@omarthescriblomale8279 You’re right but per LeBron, we all want to “Keep the same energy” so when his team as been failing more than succeeding this year, we’ll play devil’s advocate

[@qdigggs]

facts!!

[@doudylochard9390]

This season everyone’s career highs was against the lakers 😂😂😂😂😂.

[@chickonwings5482]

Lakers and Magic

[@nassiglutt6587]

What's even more tasty is they're being paid the most money to give opponents career highs😋

[@All-Nite]

🎯

[@velldinero5211]

Facts

[@dynasty5053]

@@nassiglutt6587 yup 💸 💰

[@leetraviusmckay2919]

"I can look at the chicken that Paula Patton was cooking yesterday and tell it's trash" 😂😂😂

[@BW22682]

Unc don't miss nothing! 😂😂😂

[@roadrunner4578]

@@BW22682 nothing! 😂

[@d-rickshawd-zone1405]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@azzanjett1788]

😂

[@010Keymani]

on my momma😂😭 wypipo seasoning

[@jbond9637]

You can’t hype him up for his performance at 37 then use that as an excuse when he fails. If he’s playing at an mvp level I don’t want to hear any he’s old excuses.

[@CalobAdamsInfamous913]

So what else was he suppose to do? Average half as many points? He deserves some blame but with the roster that he ok’d, it failed.

[@richardwestfield9874]

You can’t put all the blame on James. I thought it was a team game last I checked? He did what he could.

[@jbond9637]

@@CalobAdamsInfamous913 I’m saying if he’s playing like an MVP, why mention his age? They use his age to prop him up then turn around and use it to cut him slack. You can’t have both. If he’s averaging 30 then clearly age isn’t affecting him so I don’t want excuses when he slacks in other areas.

[@jbond9637]

@@richardwestfield9874 Naw actually he didn’t. His defense this year was atrocious. I’m not giving you credit for averaging 30 when you turned around on defense gave up 25-30 points a game as well. If you average 30 and give up 30 what did you really accomplish?

[@omaidolor8929]

@@jbond9637 That’s the thing. He’s playing above expectations for someone his age, but at the end of the day in order to win you need to have pieces who are capable of contributing consistently. You weirdos have to think realistically, he’s not iron man he can do every god damn thing on the court cus if that’s the case tf he has teammates for

[@reality144k]

Pelinka: “You can say this room has the greatest basketball talent assembled in recent times” Bron: “it was exciting helping put this team together, i watch enough basketball to know what I need to do to help the club depending on the acquisitions we make per year” No excuses we keeping the same energy too💀💀💀

[@jonathanmartin4757]

Nice to know somebody spends there time searching for things like that shows who you are as a person

[@donkeydarko77]

Lol, who’s searching? This was openly stated by LeBron. You ignore facts in your offline life too?

[@jonathanmartin4757]

@@donkeydarko77 uhm it wasn't said yesterday ..so for him to comment it quote by quote when he don't even like Lebron is funny y'all nd you commenting putting your two sense in as if I didn't know that makes y'all look stupid

[@edrash1]

LeAss is trash

[@punchdreadnought8101]

@@jonathanmartin4757 cringe

[@nostalgiacorner1999]

I agree with Skip here. When LeBron first came to LA, he said he invited Magic Johnson over to his house to discuss the roster. He definitely has a big hand in the roster.

[@brianhiggins3577]

Finally, someone know wtf they are talking about

[@armonbrown213]

@@brianhiggins3577 right here both this guy and skip 😂🤣

[@Soldier979]

He wanted AD and they won

[@dtna]

He shouldn't. He should just play basketball. That's what he's good at. He doesn't have an MBA or a JD.

[@legendarywiimaster]

He does but I’m still giving some blame to Rob Pelinka for letting LeBron create this dumpster fire

[@mytrashguypa]

"No athlete was ever critiqued like this" No athlete called themselves the chosen one and the greatest of all time in the middle of their career.

[@huntersartin]

plenty of athletes have done that lmaoo did you actually think before this????? i think lebron deserves the blame for this season’s shortcomings, but theres no way you actually think no other athlete has done that

[@x-man9473]

Muhammad Ali did. But he proved it over and over again. And he did it to gain notoriety.

[@iamlegend5190]

He didn't call himself that. He was in high-school at the time. That was a Sports Illustrated marketing tool for magazine when he was on cover at the time. (Read the article. Its pretty spot on.) Choosen one to replace jordan as the next great basketball player. And Sports Illustrated was right. Lebron is the only one in the convo.

[@iamlegend5190]

@@huntersartin 19th season. Averaged 36 pts. 2nd in scoring title. His fault? How much blame do the rest of the players who played get then!

[@xaviervega468]

Lebron didn't give himself that nickname, he was given it in high school by Sports Illustrated.

[@attemptedoptimist3560]

You know Shannon lost when he's just bringing up the bubble the whole time.

[@tigerhoods7927]

Shannon is a been a clown

[@real_motherfuckerupper8817]

@@tigerhoods7927 if you gone be wrong atleast spell right🤡

[@leultrainstinct406]

You know people are salty when they bring up how the lakers won a Mickey championship when their team was competing for that same championship and still lost💀💀

[@donkeydarko77]

What, that’s how most of these players talk.

[@legend_2543]

No it contradicts lebron haters by showing how they put all the blame on lebron for lakers roster this year but don’t give him all the credit for the roster that won the ring in 2020

[@mapquestboy]

Shannon truly became the “blind witness” Skip calls his supporters. No one cares about the bubble championship, that was 2020 and has nothing to do with 2022. LeBron built this team and deserves most of the blame for the Lakers missing the playoffs.

[@Guccimane0713]

But skip can bring up 2011?

[@casualmal9668]

Lebron asked for one player and now he built the entire squad? Did you forget he doesn’t work in the front office

[@daireyonwatson1186]

He won a championship 2 years ago that’s an important fact. If he would if lost y’all wouldn’t have said anything

[@spazz8682]

Ok mapquestboy LMFAO

[@chrispoole8630]

Everyone over as ESPN is.

[@nithilanamudhan6260]

Shannon had the time of his life during the bubble. Now its Skip's turn

[@jerelmerrill7100]

It’s also about HOW the Lakers lost so many of their games: little to no defense, blowing leads late, falling behind early and never catching up. Those aren’t just basketball issues, they’re effort issues. A lot of that comes down to the kind of example your best player sets. He doesn’t deserve much blame as a player but, as a leader, a lot of this falls on him.

[@lillagahnavich7700]

Also just plain old being Old and not caring as much....some of Westbrooks play wasn't just “In A Slump" basketball ...it was headscratchingly awful. Like if you brought a chick to a game that don't know much she would never in a million years believe he was a former MVP...padded triple doubles or not

[@theonemvp5599]

I'm sorry but effort is how much you want it as a individual. You can try and blame it on LeBron if you want but I'd ask by your example why did the Lakers have players with Kobe that gave little effort.

[@jerelmerrill7100]

@@theonemvp5599 I’d say that when the Lakers were bad during Kobe’s tenure it was more the result of lack of talent than lack of effort. A ton of guys who no one expected much from, playing down to expectations. I’d say the same thing about the super young Lakers during Bron’s first season in LA. They played hard, just weren’t very good yet. The same can’t be said about this year’s squad.

[@julianedgar2182]

Nah. That's on coaching. That's the case in every team sport. It's always been that way.

[@lillagahnavich7700]

@@jerelmerrill7100 yeah exactly...Kobe did the opposite of what Brady's doing at the end of his career...he made them pay him superMax when bc of the Championship contracts from a few years before they had to build thru the draft bc they had no salary..after he won the last 2 Kobe didn't really care that much about putting another team together

[@BuggysNose]

Man Skip really just getting W after W

[@Mercurial.]

Gotta love it as he 🧹 LeShannon off the floor just like KD did to Lebron TWICE in the finals 😍

[@okdude8215]

Every dog shall have its day.

[@legendarywiimaster]

@@Mercurial. yeah KD beat LeBron because his team was way better. Use context

[@Posseem]

He called himself the GOAT. Damn right we're putting the blame on him.

[@SSJ2Phenom]

You're a clown

[@noahday3874]

He's never said he's the Goat

[@jcrobinson37]

@@noahday3874 actually he did

[@stacks2437]

then give that man all the credit for the championship. goes both ways

[@Schwedeballz]

This

[@mikelowreyy7053]

I was having a rough day just as we all do 🙌 but when I watch these guy’s, they bring me nothing but laughter and smiles🙌🙌🙌. Thanks Unc & Skip

[@hugh-jasole]

agreed this is the best sports talk show since the good ole days of Cold Pizza, Pardon the Interruption and Around the Clock

[@TheOneKeyToLife]

W

[@leetraviusmckay2919]

Shannon: "let's blame the front office" Also Shannon: "who's responsible for AD and Rondo getting there" Shannon basically admitted that Lebron is the GM and constructed this roster along with Rob Pelinka

[@zacharygodfrey874]

I would agree but it's not like they haven't said no to lebron before like when they hired Vogel instead of Ty Lue who bron wanted. Clearly the front office can say no to lebron.

[@3nim3nimabl3]

Why is it such a problem for a GM to ask their all time great player "what kind of players do you want to be surrounded with, what players do you think will work well with you" I don't get it

[@xLaMarquis309]

@@3nim3nimabl3 he’s basically exposing Shannon’s hypocrisy here. Shannon gives Lebron credit when the roster is good but when the rosters bad he wants to blame the front office.

[@YungLanxx]

@@xLaMarquis309 Lebron helping to bring along 3 out of 20 players on the roster since joining the team is not grounds to say he’s in control of the roster construction, yall just go out of your way to detract. There’s so many logical negative things to point out about Lebron but y’all literally make up narratives beyond his already set negatives to try and pile on. It’s stupid..

[@leultrainstinct406]

The fact Lebron wanted Demar and the front office denied that option just proves the opposite. You really think Lebron would pick RUSS over demar? Lmaoo that’s something a trash gm like mj would do

[@donkeydarko77]

Short answer: Yes Long answer, taking into account all aspects of the season & team dynamics : Also yes.

[@JERMJERM23]

2017, Krause spoke about his undisclosed working relationship with MJ. “I’ll say this about him, he never came to me and asked for other players. He never came to me and asked me to draft a player. He never came to me to ask me to trade for a player. Never once did that happen.”

[@leultrainstinct406]

That’s literally cap lol. In the last dance they said mj tried to recruit players by Krause denied him because they were horrible options Years later we see how trash he is as a gm💀

[@BobbyJOnline]

Lmaoooo… Did you NOT watch The Last Dance??? 😆😆😆

[@nonamewillbegiven6136]

@@leultrainstinct406 no he didnt

[@nonamewillbegiven6136]

@@leultrainstinct406 and he's not a gm

[@nonamewillbegiven6136]

@@BobbyJOnline i dont think you did

[@mikeyy425]

I thought yall said Lebron makes people better? Now its, "lebron did his job". Yall gotta pick a side

[@gabriel_the_salubri]

Ask them to name one player whose game was elevated as a result of playing with Lebron James... And I mean sustained elevation. Players either became a shell of themselves or they were already great and didn't need his help.

[@legendarywiimaster]

I’m one of the people that believes he’s definitely capable of making his teammates better and sometimes he does, but not usually

[@legendarywiimaster]

@@gabriel_the_salubri I don’t think he makes his teammates worse. I understand the argument but statiscally usually his teammates remain the same

[@JBrown-go8ru]

LeBron has been stat padding all season. While being a bum on the defensive end. Add that to his LeGM role, and he plays a heavy part in this disastrous season.

[@facelessandnameless]

Exactly.

[@gerardlavergne130]

Definitely lebron fault. The team was assembled how he wanted. He's the leader.

[@Pendells_cards]

🤡🤡🤡

[@johnnyb0899]

@@Pendells_cards dam bro over here riding lebum

[@leultrainstinct406]

That’s what I said about both Kobe’s failed super team First with Shaq, Malone, and Payton And 2nd with nash and Howard It was all his fault because he’s the leader

[@mrrrmickey007]

People hate on lebron. He's only missed the playoffs maybe 2 times out of 19 yrs that's amazing.

[@johnnyb0899]

@@mrrrmickey007 wtf does that have to do with anything that this dude commented

[@Bilaldinho1]

He’s not an iconic Laker and he shares the blame of this season’s demise but I wouldn’t go that far to question his legacy and contribution to the game of basketball based on this shortcoming.

[@Deathcardcodwaw]

Well damn unlike like kobe and Magic, he's not ever going to play the same amount of seasons with LA as they did, plus he's way past his prime going in while they both were in their prime. That's such a bogus comparison given that fact alone

[@nonamewillbegiven6136]

Yeah his Decision contribution

[@sensiblyhonest695]

Billie I agree. This season doesn't take away from LeBron's legacy of being the second best player of all time. What it DOES do is put the exclamation point on **Bubble Chip!!

[@RoLPeace]

True. He is past his prime still putting up 30. His defense has been deteriorating for years. I just laugh at Skip going at LeBron but tries to put a positive spin on Baker Mayfield.

[@taylorgordon2696]

@@sensiblyhonest695 🤣 you sound salty

[@chromium113]

I don’t want to hear about “hes 37” or injuries, or whatever other excuses if hes 37 why do they hype him up that he was leading the league in scoring at the age of 37, everyone talks about “he has the greatest longevity ever” but cant make the play in with ad, russ, Melo, and Dwight? Clippers aren’t making any excuses with their two best players playing less games combined than ad has, enough is enough I’m definitely keeping that same energy because the fact that this team will have less wins than a 38/39 yr old mj on the wizards with kwame brown is beyond pathetic and has to go down as the biggest flop ever in Nba history

[@Supermariohoops24]

All facts 💯

[@Alex-lj3sk]

This mf had the AUDACITY to put AD with Russ, Melo, BUT DWIGHT?! BRUH IT ISN’T 2012 ANYMORE WAKE UP!

[@baseebird]

I’ll add context: Ad barely played Melo and Dwight are old and Russ didn’t fit until later half of the season

[@YungLanxx]

Russ, Melo and Dwight? Lool this isn’t 2009 brother…you casuals are out of control

[@chromium113]

@@baseebird If you read I added enough context bc ad played more games than kawhi and pg did combined this season and they have a better record with Reggie Jackson? Enough with the excuses

[@iamkingbeats]

I have rarely heard lebron get the lions share of the blame. This entire season and previous seasons when things go right it’s always “ look how lebron carries his team and makes the player around him better”. When things go bad it’s “ look what he had to work with” he has always gotten the lions share of the credit for the four championship or going to 10 finals like he did it all by himself, but doesn’t deserve the lions share of the blame when things crumble?

[@showtimej2582]

Are you high lol

[@YungLanxx]

@@showtimej2582 naw he just a stupid, irrational hater lol

[@ryangonzalez8047]

You would have a case if Lebron was avg. 15 ppg but hes avg. 30 ppg SO

[@leultrainstinct406]

At one point the lakers were 4-14 after the all star break in games Lebron didn’t score 50. Tf are you even saying?💀💀

[@MikeMike-hg9gd]

Your right, clippers had no help, better record, jokic all alone, luka alone.. lebron is overrated. He needs more help then anyone in history

[@GappyHilmore]

Shannon defending Lebron is like Skip defending Tom Brady

[@keithgalasso4491]

Exactly! Well put.

[@manslayer3619]

Skippydoodoo is WORSE!!

[@mastermagnetismmagneto3xm455]

What else to expect? The two most overrated players in their respective sports.

[@legendarywiimaster]

@@mastermagnetismmagneto3xm455 LeBron isn’t overrated

[@leetraviusmckay2919]

Lebron being a liability on defense does more for them losing then his scoring does for winning. Anyone that has played before will know this.

[@1D4ever]

Nah that's 🧢, now roster suggestions I would agree with.

[@justinannanmanthodo5010]

Pretty much the nets, not even hating.

[@leultrainstinct406]

That’s exactly what I said about Curry. I don’t care how many times he’s averaged 30. In any season he’s always a complete liability on defense At least bron gets an age excuse since he was a monster defender in his prime But a player like Curry never plays any defense, so whenever they lose it’s because he gives up so many points Difference is, he’s surrounded by a dpoy who picks up all his defensive slack and laziness. Lebron isn’t blessed with that same amount of help‼️

[@Earl_E_Burd]

You know it - and I know it.

[@ttrey743]

@@leultrainstinct406 Curry has actually been pretty good on defensive this year. Hes improved a lot. But before he was kinda a liability.

[@swolegod7724]

Bronsexuals blaming injuries as an excuse.. Nuggets had Jokic w/o two max players.. Warriors with Steph, Klay, or Dray gone for most of the yr.. Clips w/o PG or Kawhi.. Memphis w/o Ja.. Dallas w/o Luka for 17 games. Why do they got a better record than the Lakers?

[@aliasfitness6684]

because every team you mentioned has other role players who are young, play hard, and do their jobs. Lakers have a bunch of old geezers who play ZERO defense and are all one one year minimum contracts 🤣🤣

[@Invictus-Solaris]

@@aliasfitness6684 and whose fault is that for giving up all of their young talent and picks for a bunch of veterans? LeGM James. He is a repeated offender of this. This happened with the Cavs.

[@aliasfitness6684]

@@Invictus-Solaris i didn’t say it was or wasn’t his fault. i all i did was state the facts. i’m well aware he probably had a big part in putting the team together but that doesn’t change the fact that their team has been hurt, and they’re old geezers who play no defense.

[@aliasfitness6684]

@@Invictus-Solaris he didn’t ask who’s fault is was. he asked why the Lakers don’t have a record similar to other injured teams and i gave him an answer to his question.

[@leultrainstinct406]

Crazy cuz I’ve seen fans of all those teams use injuries as an excuse💀💀 Nuggets get swept last year: JaMaL WaS InJurEd Warriors miss the playoffs for the 2nd year in a row: KLaY WaS InjureD Clippers choke in the playoffs: KaWhi WaS InjURed Etc🤣

[@bigshotz1240]

We can never let Lebron off the hook for this one. God I miss Kobe

[@TellHerNothing]

He missed the playoffs in his prime lmao

[@MrShymon3y]

@@TellHerNothing never with a team of HOFs

[@YungLanxx]

@@MrShymon3y AD missed 40 games, Westbrook has played horribly most the season, Melo and Dwight are washed who cares if they are HOF’s, what are they producing right now this season lol

[@xDaRkIcEx4]

@@MrShymon3y kobe never gets credit for making his teammates better. after losing to the celtics 08 he knew the team had to be tougher he challenged them the whole year and turned gasol from being soft to holding his own against KG. Kobe was unstoppable offensively but he could also do many things. i hate people painting narratives, they lack context and are short sighted .

[@leultrainstinct406]

I miss Kobe SO MUCH😩 I miss being 17-65 in his 19th season I miss his failed super team with nash and Howard I miss missing the playoffs for 8 straight years😪‼️

[@DJezdic]

So nice seeing everyone “keeping that same energy” about the Lakers, like Lebron asked us.

[@leultrainstinct406]

Just keep the same energy next season too when we’re actually healthy💯

[@ThePhillydon22]

Good energy, Copy and pasting the same comment over and over again.

[@PanteraEnjoyer]

@@leultrainstinct406 pathetic lmao

[@juanio7036]

@@leultrainstinct406 they were a avg at best when they were healthy 😂

[@tad6281]

@@ThePhillydon22 hahaha

[@Hamzz25]

This proves that the 2020 title was a Mickey Mouse championship. 2 years later and they are struggling to make the playoffs. A-Disney and LeMickey 🐐🐐😂

[@TellHerNothing]

Penaldo Is Finished he cant even put up empty stats like LeMickey

[@rohangupte3545]

The conditions were the same for everyone it’s not the Lakers fault they did their job and others didn’t. And this isn’t even the same roster from that championship season

[@nonamewillbegiven6136]

@@rohangupte3545 yawn

[@nonamewillbegiven6136]

@@rohangupte3545 fake chip

[@derbyking8475]

They were the first seed when the world was normal so that doesn’t make any sense

[@brettt141]

Shame how delusional Leshannon is

[@CQNova]

5-8% lol he's trippin

[@johnleoalgo9692]

Just going to put this out there: Kobe Bryant, on what turned out to be his final great year (thanks to that injury), carried a poorly-fit Lakers team of aging players (Gasol, Nash, Jamison, World Peace) and a just-past-his-peak-perennial All-Star with chemistry issues (Howard) to the 7th seed, an outright playoff team in the West. LeBron James, with legitimately comparable circumstances, could not even lift his team (that he had a bigger role in constructing, with a higher scoring average) into the freaking play-in. Along with other strong arguments I've got, don't ever tell me again that James is a greater player than Bryant ever was. Just facts. Plain and simple.

[@tonysanders1299]

Kobe Bryant Was Truly Underrated By Many

[@tj2wavyyy]

@@tonysanders1299 that team was far better than this one that’s a weak argument

[@legendarywiimaster]

LeBron was injured

[@roquemikemartinez6665]

"I'm excited putting together what I felt to be a champion winning team." Followed by, "this team has great chemistry." What a season. 😆

[@DealwiththeReal]

Can’t be the GOAT missing the playoffs

[@reishakyu3553]

Here comes the age excuses🤡🤣

[@jordanwilson3120]

Forget the playoffs....he missed the "play-in" which shouldn't exist he couldn't compete for a "2nd chance" @ the playoffs

[@shondarby-mcconnell1502]

THANK U!!

[@ryanscaggs1674]

Yup that's why Duncan is the GOAT, because jordan missed the playoffs too

[@5facetstv703]

In 20 years miss the playoff a handful of time but make the FINALS for 10 years straight!

[@tnoyce9632]

If he is the "Leader" then yes. Leaders of teams take and receive the responsibility with no excuses

[@dranillaasrapti9333]

I dont think you get this seasons LAKERS is If the Won, Lebrons the leader, if they lose? Westbrooks for some strange reason is the leader

[@Pendells_cards]

🤡🤡🤡

[@dxtremecaliber]

@@Pendells_cards Lakers/LeBron clown fans like you

[@leultrainstinct406]

Then It’s 100% Curry’s fault that his team blew a 3-1 lead. Not anyone else’s. It’s his fault his team had the biggest choke in history

[@adequatequality]

False, he is the leader and therefore was responsible for being the best performer and most consistent player...which he achieved with flying colours. This doesn't mean he's the person to take on all the blame for his team's lackluster season. Being a leader and being responsible for failure are not synonymous.

[@leetraviusmckay2919]

The funny thing is both the Spurs and the Pelicans have the tiebreaker over the Lakers.

[@brianm7057]

Pels best player has been out all season and spurs don't even a superstar, its crazy

[@pgd3938]

Lebron ask us to keep that same energy at least we did what he asked us too do . PS I’m a lebron fan .

[@kingjmansa7027]

Ha.. and the sky is purple

[@j.a.d.9081]

Same

[@mrseanmac727]

Gentlemen… What was he supposed to say? “Everyone lower your expectations this season”??

[@michealbanksjr.3630]

@@mrseanmac727 He shouldn’t have said nothing at all

[@unkownfigure850]

That joke is getting old…

[@urbaindelva7869]

As a LeBron fan, I give him somewhere in the 70% range of blame. He is culpable in the roster being assembled, regardless of who he wanted or didn't want, and their disgraceful performance this season. Injuries, coaching, the inconsistency of the role players, he couldn't do much for that. But you can't criticize the front office or their construction of the roster without mentioning him. He does not and should not get to escape that.

[@lanellane2424]

Thank you for being honest

[@baseebird]

He isn’t the gm

[@leultrainstinct406]

No because he wanted Demar but the front office literally denied him, so they went with the next best option.

[@leultrainstinct406]

By that logic, the wizards missing the playoffs both of mj years is completely his fault

[@YungLanxx]

70% of the blame is flat out stupidity. I’d say 25% max for requesting Westbrook but the front office has the last say and have told him no before so why not tell him no for this? Why did they choose to be cheap instead of retaining Caruso? Frank Vogel’s lineups, rotations and lack of galvanizing this team has been horrible. AD missing half the season is Lebron’s fault? Westbrook shooting under 40% for 2 months was Lebron’s fault? Lool cmon bro that’s asinine.

[@siphillis]

Honestly, I just watch this show for Shannon and Skip's unlikely friendship. You can tell these guys just love working together and getting under each other's skin.

[@1D4ever]

Absolutely this would have been more contentious and uncomfortable 2 or 3 years ago. Here they pulled their punches and listen to each other.

[@ervinrichard8293]

Skip and Shannon didn’t even fist bump at the start of the show 🤣

[@a7xtherevrend]

The Lakers going from NBA champion pre season favorites to not making the playoffs. This is amazing.

[@debosdetails7171]

Skip gave Shannon the work he was on the ropes the whole time. Shannon was blame deflecting and making more excuses then a defense attorney

[@edwardnigma5186]

A broken clock is right twice a day

[@jspi04]

@@edwardnigma5186 how

[@Hamzz25]

This is all Lebrons fault for having this massive ego and thinking he’s a good GM and handpicking these players one by one . He deserves missing out on the playoffs . Just sayin , Jordan could never 🤷‍♂️

[@mrseanmac727]

How could Jordan “never” when he did?? Jordan was in charge of the Wizards and they didn’t make the playoffs both years he played

[@xkid.darkskin5178]

preach

[@leultrainstinct406]

Mj single handily ruined an entire wizards franchise just by being there and putting in zero effort for two years💀💀

[@billputney2533]

Well Jordan literally drafted Kwame Brown, so I don’t want to ever hear “Jordan would never” after someone calls Lebron a bad GM. Gm work doesn’t matter when assessing a basketball player , it’s about how they play basketball and their performance, and I don’t understand why people don’t get this

[@lro001]

@@mrseanmac727 lol spot on bro….🎯👏🏿🎯👏🏿🎯👏🏿🎯👏🏿🎯👏🏿🎯👏🏿

[@saucejah5854]

Shannon with the Paula dissed😂😂

[@shamirbrown8160]

If the absence of Anthony Davis for a significant number of games this season turns the Lakers from the Western (odds on) favorite to a non-play-in tournament, then perhaps we should not be crediting Lebron so much with the success (when it has happened). Seems to me that AD deserves more of that credit --- though LBJ does deserve his fair share

[@meechryles7072]

AD will always miss alot games not going change always been injured prone since pelicans days🥵

[@jordan12118]

Unc didn’t have to go after Paula Patton’s chicken 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Tonio5100]

ALL YEAR we heard "we've never seen a 37 year old play this great" Missed the playoffs with 4 top 75 players on his roster and another HOFer This is 2011 part TWO levels of bad and this is NOW on ""GOAT James" resume 😭

[@RonRyder]

@@michael138 And accomplished more.

[@dxtremecaliber]

@@michael138 and he won more in less years *Mike Drop* lol

[@baseebird]

It’s a team game lebron was still elite individually big difference compared to 2011 when he played individually terrible and lost his team the series you can get on lebron for the roster but for not his play

[@MemeMeme-mf3dl]

@@baseebird let's talk about his elite defense that helped opponents outscore them while he's on the court LeBron probably has the WORST plus minus in his career & y'all still trying to say he played great

[@leultrainstinct406]

Mj was 1-9 without pippen in the first round Without pippen he’d have ZERO RINGS, ZERO FMVPS, ZERO ANYTHING MEANINGFUL He’s not even deserving of top 75‼️

[@James-zy8nh]

“Keep that same energy” LeGM is now mad at the media for assembling this sorry team😂

[@califleadog5657]

These were the same clowns talking about how Wayne Ellington was a big pick-up for the Lakers! lol...what a joke!

[@kingridwan]

The only fact from Skip is Bron not closing out close games in the 4th Quarter. I agree with that !

[@stacks2437]

what superstar in a comparable position would close those games?

[@ruleoflaw2954]

"He makes his teammates better" no longer works as a narrative. Stat-padding is not a very complicated skill, you have advantages in a competition, you pass the ball so your teammates gain some confidence to build upon as the season progress. If you play a better team, assert your dominance while keeping your teammates involve, that is leadership. But we see a different pattern all throughout, he sat out when competition is hard and play when it was easy and at the same time looking to score, this is demoralizing to his teammates and the fruits showed.

[@cfrmda203]

even the second greatest couldnt do it. with his own team, the team he built and the team he had so much confidence in before the season 😭. shannon jus gotta take his L

[@nonamewillbegiven9989]

Isnt the second greatest

[@shaft9000]

LeFraud is not even seventh-greatest, and this is easy to prove.

[@SergioAbarca9]

Watch the Suns, Grizzlies, Mavs, 76ers, Bucks perhaps Nets all have exciting and thrilling runs and this cast will find a way to talk about Lebron and the Lakers during the playoffs :/

[@K20civicsirturbo]

LeBron James built a superteam and still missed the playoffs 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@brycemurray4420]

Yooooo!!!! The Paula Patton comment got my crying!

[@Raja08thirty]

the bubble is like a strike-shortened season with replacement players in MLB-how many top tier players opted out, and Miami was decimated-they were 500 when healthy. it's amazing how the defense is never mentioned when speaking about this team, LeBron, aka, "transition D is not my forte."

[@donkeydarko77]

Meanwhile, Brady only missed the playoffs once, very early in his career, and NEVER had a losing season. But Shannon be like “is he the GOAT though?”

[@nonamewillbegiven6136]

The 81 MLB season rings a bell

[@nonamewillbegiven6136]

@@donkeydarko77 bad comparison

[@donkeydarko77]

@@nonamewillbegiven6136 It is literally the comparison they make every show, bad or not. First time?

[@nonamewillbegiven6136]

@@donkeydarko77 like i care

[@WilliamWright124]

It's time to trade LeBron

[@javianjohnson8746]

Wow 1:53 one helluva quote here. Put this on a t shirt somewhere

[@FREETHINKER505]

SKIP ALMOST HAD SHANNON CRYING!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@thatphillydude]

"I think lebron is 5-8% responsible" Shannon Sharpe, the ultimate lebron shill

[@malachi975]

Paula Patton’s chicken Unc be having the best analogies 😂😂

[@BR3ND4NK]

You know Skiiiiiiup is onto one when he starts naming players full birth names when he’s making a point 😂

[@josephalan7686]

As a LeBron fan, he deserves the same amount of blame, as what he gets credited for, when they win. You can tell all the Jordan Stans and LBJ haters been waiting for this episode all year 😂

[@x-man9473]

This topic has been going on since the second half of this season. Not sure why you think everyone would be "waiting" for this.

[@ytoowbbb8997]

So great to see a bronsexual open his eyes

[@DestroyerOff]

@@ytoowbbb8997 not so pretty to hear jordansexual talking

[@albertrobinson4133]

@@ytoowbbb8997 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@manan612]

This was the 4th time LeBron has missed the playoffs. Not something he would want on his resume. The whole “He makes everyone around him better” banter should never be brought up again. Three great players have now played worse with LeBron than without him (Bosh, Love and Westbrook).

[@speezymack1712]

You don't know Basketball

[@facelessandnameless]

@@speezymack1712 He’s correct.

[@joeturf604]

Bosh got 2 chips wit lebron and love got a chip with em you sound dumb and they played great with lebron

[@chrisg16210]

What an asinine take

[@novacounciloutsdrs4770]

It was Bazemor for me at the beginning of the season that was my sign that this season wasn't going to work. Although the 2020 season was short, it was LeBron and ADs best start of their 3 years.

[@boloshabazz]

Southern Cal needs rain 🌧

[@daireyonwatson1186]

Shannon got him with the bubble analogy as always 💯💯

[@1D4ever]

Yeah he got him there

[@nonamewillbegiven6136]

Not really

[@kameronheil3547]

Lol anyone who puts the blame on Westbrook clearly doesn’t watch the game. Their defense & AD being injured all season was the problem.

[@1D4ever]

He sure didn't help

[@phillipschuman4307]

Westbrook's PER so far (for 78 games) is 15.06. That stat is adjusted to always be 15 for the average league player. So Westbrook played no better than an average player, while getting a super-max contract that cost the team their shooting, depth, and defenders. That is a huge negative value for the team.

[@jessieurena7583]

Even on 3 hours of sleep I was able to keep the same energy this morning

[@executive4]

I know most people would dismiss this. I’ve coached LeBron from his early years. He was the nicest kid that every kid on the squad gyrated around him. I watched him become one the worst persons you wanted to be around. I believe some of these players are seeing what I’ve noticed about this young man. And is not playing to their potential. Please look at all these players that has joined teams with LeBron and watch how their play shrank. Then they go to another team and play out their minds. I call it the LeBron Effect. His attitude can easily rub you the wrong way. It’s the one thing about him I can’t stand. His head is huge. One day I ran into him, excited to see him and he intentionally ignored me. I’m still proud of his accomplishment, but that one aspect is enough to stand back and make you wonder about this younger teammates. I think his style is rubbing teammates the wrong way, including AD. My opinion. We’re from Akron and that’s our boy, good or bad!

[@philipharrison2417]

Lord more excuses for lebron James excuse after excuse.

[@tnoyce9632]

They always do that to him. But when he wins they say he did it all by himself and that he is from Akron and wasn't supposed to be here or do that lol

[@philipharrison2417]

@@tnoyce9632 FACTS

[@CaviCuervo1989]

Lmao why he do Paula like that😂😂😂😂🔥

[@DHARMYOGCOM]

skip and shannon get along good. max and stephenA dont click and got max fired. respect to skip and shannon

[@GoatedAtNFS]

the front office is the reason. street clothes davis is the reason. they’ll blame lebron and fire Frank Vogel as usual. end of discussion. this team was already done 2 to 3 months ago. let’s talk about the team that beat them that’s top of the west by 5+ games.

[@kb-is1jn]

Lmao they never blame lebron wtf you talking about..lebron gets away with everything and lebron gets the squad traded and coaches fire so you lebron fan boys need to just shut up

[@facelessandnameless]

What about Lebron not playing defense and padding his stats instead of trying to win? 🤨

[@brocky]

If the Lakers want to save their future quickly they should part with LeBron and AD asap. Otherwise this is how they'll play as long as LeBron and AD are there. They're not a playoff team no matter who they get around them.

[@floridaheat6996]

Shannon, I love the song reference about "It never rains in Southern California until you came." Old school folks know about that lol😄

[@Rozebud66]

Shannon: Who's responsible for Anthony Davis being in LA? Skip: Thomas Edward Patrick Brady, Jr

[@zacharygodfrey874]

Lakers blame this season 15% bron 30% ad 30% russ 10% Vogel 10% rest of the team 5% front office

[@Erinxh]

Seems like pretty reasonable percentages for each one, I can agree with this.

[@albertrobinson4133]

But Vogel the first guy out smh

[@BinoFelixNinoNarcPeppino]

Imagine defending like that a clown that is more preoccupied on looking good on front court that bringing his team to the playoffs . That summons up the hige difference between real goats like Mj and Kobe and that clown 🤡 .

[@johnnysam3604]

Yup

[@dmaciogarrett]

That Paula stray was wild 🤣🤣

[@leetraviusmckay2919]

Shannon, you get way too emotional when defending Lebron. It's not that Rich Paul cant have clients but Lebron. James stuck his neck out for this dude and said he was untradable and the guy was bust Then Lebron had the chance to get Demar but chose to get Russ instead. Time and time again Shannon you have stated this is a superstar driven league and they make the ultimate decision so we all know Lebron did when it came to this roster. It finally caught up with him and now the Lakers are going to be sitting at home watching the playoffs.

[@3nim3nimabl3]

The Lakers couldn't guarantee the amount of money Demar wanted, it wasn't Lebron dipshit

[@djhasta5031]

Just happy all the buddy-buddy players are losing this season. Finally we gonna get two straight months of no Lakers coverage. Hopefully Nets follow up

[@wilnnn5]

Good luck to the Pels in the play in tournament. Much love to Jen here in New Orleans.

[@dirkgarner9342]

Yes

[@22deeboi]

Yes, he handpicked this team and this team plays no defense. He's just chasing records now

[@youraverage90sguys7]

its funny vogel is the coach when bron wanted him but the front office cant say no to lebron?

[@abouttime2569]

Yea there are tons of plays where Lebron just walks around in defense. Sometimes he doesn't even come back to defense even when jogging back to defense was enough. The worst part is that Lebron snaps at teammates for not hustling. He also likes to turn the blame to rookies or players who are not veterans even when it wasn't their fault. He is a hypocrite and not a leader.

[@TellHerNothing]

Hard to average 30 and also play elite defense at his age bruh

[@youraverage90sguys7]

@@abouttime2569 like punching weak teammates in the face? thats quality leadership right? but being afraid to hold a 7 footer to the same standard is the bar for excellence

[@abouttime2569]

@@youraverage90sguys7 I am literally talking about Lebron. Why are you even bringing up Jordan for? How illogical can a human being be?

[@trufan7358]

If Lebron wants to be in the GOAT conversation, then he needs to be measured against Kobe and Jordan. Kobe and Jordan were cold-blooded killers. Lebron has shown flashes of that. But not enough to be considered #1.

[@jamarwilliams5070]

Kobe and Jordan weren’t killing nothing in year 19 and at 37 years old. And lebron in his prime has many times shown he can dominate the opposing team. Lebron haters are just describing lebron entire career based on only this season

[@trufan7358]

@@jamarwilliams5070 not a Lebron hater. Im a Heat fan who's also old enough to watch entire careers of all 3 players. I watched, in person, Jordan drop 50 pts when he was 40 years old during his stint in Washington and when he killed the Celtics and Larry Bird when he was a rookie. He looked pretty dominant then. Lebron was never as clutch as either Jordan or Kobe. He's definitely dominant. That's why he's in the conversation. But, he's never been the most clutch player ever.

[@jamarwilliams5070]

@@trufan7358 based on what you said you’re are either lying or you’re suffering from amnesia. Lebron many times has been both dominant and clutch taking over whole 4th quarters, locking down offensive stars and hitting big time shots. He definitely has been as clutch as MJ and Kobe

[@albertrobinson4133]

@@jamarwilliams5070 Lebron in his prime got outplayed by JJ barrea😭🤣🤣🤣

[@albertrobinson4133]

@@jamarwilliams5070 not 1 not 2 not 3 not 4 not 5 not 6

[@DSmith4ChristKC]

“…I can look at the chicken Paula Patton was cooking…” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@dienauto4087]

One thing I never understood in the NBA, why superstars don't give up their max salary to free some money and get key players...LBJ with vet minimum and you can get some valuable free agents. Am I wrong ?

[@tigera6]

That would be a cheap way to win rings. Lebron fan could not bring up how he is the GOAT over MJ if he was to join another super team on minimum contract to win rings. It has to be done while Lebron is the best player on the team, and get paid as such.

[@dienauto4087]

@@tigera6 Sure but he can do it with LA, I don't care, Look Warriors have Klay Steph Draymond Wiggins Iggy 5all stars

[@dominicvincentmastroiannii5676]

I’m not choosing sides here, I personally do not care about the Lakers at all. However just based on what I have seen this season it is very hard for me to agree with Shannon about LeBron being the goat. Or MVP for that matter. I played sports for a very very long time when I was younger and walking out of the arena consistently when your team fails is nothing of a goat status. That’s a crybaby status. There is so much more to being the greatest player ever than scoring 40 points a game. This lakers team was the biggest failure ever in the history of the NBA. That being said, I do feel like skip Bayless over exaggerates a lot. I was around when Jordan played and I’m around now, putting LeBron James’s name in the same sentence as Michael Jordans is blasphemous. These two men are not the same at all. Lebron is a whole tier below. Frank wasn’t the issue. As far as coaching. LeBron put his general manager shoes on and just completely destroyed their defense by ripping away Carouso, rondo, Kuzma, Casey P, JaVale McGee. For what? For a bunch of 30+ old dudes who don’t know how to play defense. Including you LeBron.

[@1JAM229]

To be fair, they had Rondo in first couple of months of the season and he and McGee are both 34+ years old.

[@spcfl1461]

Great fair to take man

[@barbaradascalos4411]

No..35+ dudes...

[@sudorights]

Did you mean KCP not Casey P?

[@captainjocksperow1058]

CASEY P? 🤣🤣🤣

[@jeromegriffin7100]

Huh 5 to 8%??????? Stop it! That should be higher than that. Russ was there because of LeBron James

[@chadbinette3201]

To think of some of those Cavs teams lebron was able to drag to the finals and now with the Lakers LeBron has one of his best statistical seasons on a team with Anthony Davis, Russel Westbrook, Dwight Howard, Carmelo Anthony and can't make top 10 of 15 teams. Crazy! Just shows how much health and availability mean. And Chemistry too I guess.

[@edfrank5601]

100 percent

[@bzso9603]

Lebron brought this energy upon himself when he declared himself the GOAT. He’s not, but claiming so has brought on the comparisons. Had he remained humble, with enough time and the right support he’d have a better argument.

[@aligreaper1941]

lmao but it’s alright when mj calls himself black jesus

[@bzso9603]

@@aligreaper1941 MJ didn’t call himself that, Larry Bird said he was like god in tennis shoes. People started calling him Black Jesus after that… a derivative of his original nickname, Black Cat!

[@aligreaper1941]

@@bzso9603 lmao so confidently incorrect, mj is on record calling himself black jesus, so tell me again what’s worse, calling yourself a literal messiah, or having confidence and calling yourself the goat

[@ksh9504]

Now we can end the goat debate. Mj is the goat period