LeBron KNOWS the Lakers aren’t good enough - Windy on James’ comments after Game 3 loss | NBA Today

LeBron KNOWS the Lakers aren’t good enough - Windy on James’ comments after Game 3 loss | NBA Today
Brian Windhorst and Scott Perry weigh in on the Los Angeles Lakers falling 0-3 to the Denver Nuggets in the 1st round and then The Hoop Collective crew takes over the show.
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0:00 Lakers vs. Nuggets Game 3 recap
2:50 Reaction to LeBron James’ comments after the Lakers’ Game 3 loss
4:00 Why can’t LeBron-led Lakers figure out 2nd half vs. the Nuggets?
6:55 The Hoop Collective crew joins!
11:00 Do you expect to see a repeat of Luka Doncic’s defensive effectiveness?
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[@igottsole]

Only a bron team get excuses like “they just ran into the nuggets first round” smh the shits embarrassing.

[@d.columbia9603]

It's funny. Bron fans been running their mouths for a decade, about mj getting knocked out round 1 by the celtics when he had a subpar team. Now they cry about how good the lakers are but they run into the "unstoppable" nuggets.

[@aldairet4406]

@@d.columbia9603maybe its cuz bron isnt in his prime anymore???

[@JasonlaroseLaRose]

LeBron knows that the Warriors know how to win.

[@jaysouthmusic8230]

@@d.columbia9603THANK YOU SOMEONE SAID IT I CO-SIGN THIS COMMENT 💯

[@B.Piercesports]

What about these other teams

[@mrspeaker89]

Getting swept back to back years by the same team is nasty work.

[@The-Real-One-]

Why yall never blame Bron

[@youaresoyou1072]

Hush money 🤐

[@Vizion-jp8zj]

Bc he LITERALLY gets compared to Michael Jordan even after 20 years. No it’s not his fault.

[@youaresoyou1072]

@@Vizion-jp8zj at first I didn’t blame Lebron for the hype around him. He was just a high school kid. But when he started feeding into it like it was actually true….that right there made him the biggest goofy of all times.

[@clydedelao9533]

What a slap in the face to the nuggets that the Lakers get cried over more than the nuggets get praised

[@bigballer6666]

It was the same thing last season. Whatever, all that matters is they will be swept and Denver will advance

[@itshiho]

It's okay. Prince James losing feels like winning the championship anyway no matter who ends up winning it lol.

[@sixstrz8310]

Because everyone already expected the nuggets to win.

[@polartea2817]

@@itshihofound the bronsexual

[@itshiho]

@@sixstrz8310 It wouldn't matter, they always make everything about LeBron and the Lakers no matter what. Good news is Prince James is losing though 👍

[@alex_walters]

if the media insists Bron is still a top 10 player worldwide the excuse of him being 39 is invalid

[@Paulafan5]

He's in the 11-15 range right now, and slipping. AD is a better player than him.

[@youaresoyou1072]

@@Paulafan5bro he is not 11-15 yall are being to kind they losing cause he is not good he needs to retire

[@tygg4455]

@@youaresoyou1072then you don’t watch enough basketball then sadly

[@ScottRachelson777]

He's not a top 10 player, but the top 15 is arguable. Who cares what the media says. It's not like fans are idiots who can't look at box scores and advanced statistics and decide for themselves if the media is making reasonable claims or merely engaging in sophistry.

[@TRC-fz7ho]

You sound ridiculous how is that possible

[@attinger117]

The narrative for the last 21 years: “Lebron makes everyone around him better” Also “Lebron needs more help”

[@lacosa24x]

He’s 39 dude and it was LeBron and AD who else? Lmao

[@wowsadowsa]

It’s so disingenuous to write that as though anyone has ever won without competent role players. Please tell me when any other major star has won championships with key teammates going 0-7 who were also all-star caliber in their careers? LBJ shouldn’t HAVE to make his teammates better in order to win every championship.

[@elexwalton15]

@@lacosa24x if u saying "he's 39 " but also want the team to play through him you are retarted

[@elexwalton15]

@@lacosa24x if " he's 39 " is the excuse he needs to get tf off the court right ???

[@charisdiscuss7889]

​@@lacosa24xbeing 39 is no excuse because when he plays great as a 39yrs old, y'all will be shouting he is the greatest 39yrs old to ever play the game.

[@22tango79]

I’m OK with Denver being better. I’m OK with saying LeBron is 39 years old. I’m not OK with the lack of effort by the Lakers. I’m not OK with the Lakers, poor attitude and body language when the game was still undecided.

[@philipstanley5611]

Dude the nuggets ripped their hearts out after games 1 and 2. They danced on it for game 3. Game 4 is going to be a PTSD nightmare

[@jansmitowiczauthor78]

LBJ has the most team-killing, blame-dishing body language I've ever seen in a good team. He's an utterly atrocious, pathetic leader.

[@deafboricua21]

LeBron gotta go. He’s not the leader.

[@FOOKdaBLUE]

You forgot we are not okay with lebron average 6 turnovers each game. The dude is turning it over way too much in the playoffs.

[@zanered6505]

I can see what you mean but homie they lost the last 9 games against the Nuggets. The writing was on the wall last game at that point you're mentioning

[@mathewsbusiness1263]

Blame EVERYONE except LeBron.😒

[@AsifKhan-hf9zy]

escplain to me how is it lebron's fault, the ball aint fallin into the hole and spinnin back out the rim? like why nobody blamin the ball?

[@Bigbanggbig]

Name another 39 years old deliviring like this before yapping like a asinine

[@andredornelles8014]

Bro types the same thing in public chats since 2005 lol check your calendar casual, he's 39

[@christopherorrante289]

​@@BigbanggbigDelivering what? He's about to get swept to the same team that swept him last year

[@derikirie9853]

As usual

[@truebrowncanadian]

TALK ABOUT THE NUGGETS!!!!

[@MangoTroubles-007]

They won't It's Lakers and Warriors for those vultures.

[@22tango79]

Talk about… kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYHSmqlmqL9nqZYsi=vYddRVcDhtxep4LU

[@22tango79]

New York, London, Paris, Munich, everybody talk about pop music! 🎵

[@johnbach2380]

Haha... I love the title... Lebron KNOWS the Lakers aren't good enough. As if Lebron and the Lakers are separate entities. He's part of the team. Lebron KNOWS THEY aren't good enough. Fixed it.

[@limbeboy7]

Same thing is happening with Messi. Takes credit only when they win. But loss? Nah it's the rest of the team's fault

[@joerents7902]

Facts tho.

[@jeiigocrazy999]

@@limbeboy7and when mbappe scores mostly penalty’s they tried to take away some credit but if messi would have done it in the World Cup they would give him all the credit😂😂they favor him over cr7 too smh all they play is Messi highlights

[@ScottRachelson777]

You're digging deep, dude. The point is that LeBron doesn't want to discourage the team and tell them they are not good enough to beat Denver. Of course, LeBron realizes he's part of a team that is not good enough to win. You haters have some poor reading and listening comprehension. I bet you failed literature class. You seem incapable of understanding subtleties in language and need every point directly and explicitly stated.

[@Poopopotamusgaming]

He’s part of the Lakers too. Find any reason to hate Johm

[@Kirby_3275]

lol. Aaron Gordon dropped his easiest 29 points on Lebron’s noggin. Horrendous basketball IQ and defensive awareness.

[@Salihe-br9xe]

39 years old should drop 25+ 10 and defend too lol. They have no personnel

[@toveycen4668]

@@Salihe-br9xeI thought he made everyone better.

[@COMMONSENSE40]

​@@Salihe-br9xehahaha! Right!?!? He's supposed to be an elite defender and drop 40 at 39. Meanwhile, the starting point guard didnt score and two bench players scored their first points last night lololol! It's Lebron's fault soley.

[@2robjenkins]

You’re talking about basketball iq without even realizing how Gordon scored those points.

[@mavusana12]

@@toveycen4668 who in the history of the game at that age has made players better? Lakers putting their trust on a 40 year old is embarrassing

[@srdjankovic]

I encourage people to look at the last game and pay attention to Brons defence. Its the easiest thing in the world to blame others on the team. ..

[@lamontellis8430]

It was HORRENDOUS smh but they’ll never speak on that

[@mostmost1]

It ain't me it's my teammates. Bron

[@Vam0629]

Always or the coach

[@kalibaking877]

Have u watched the series?? That's exactly what it's been davis and Lebron r the only ones that have showed up for the Lakers

[@mostmost1]

@@kalibaking877 it's his job to make his teammates better. Why are they not better?

[@chuguanyu]

@@kalibaking877if you only look at the numbers without actually watching the game

[@kalibaking877]

@@mostmost1 reaves and rui are better cuz of him but he can't baby them the whole way

[@redfoxx1417]

That 15-1 record in the first round would look totally different if he played his entire career in the West

[@lightninghands3071]

Jordan’s 6-0 (not really because he lost many times in the first round) would be different if he didn’t play in a weak expansion era

[@eliasmercado5661]

@@lightninghands3071There were like 3 expansion teams and they were bottom feeding teams. How is that different from the Pistons, Hornets and Spurs of 2024?

[@tuenchie7541]

Just dumb to say….he’s number 1 in so many categories in the playoffs and ran the league for many years….and the 1 first round loss he had before this Anthony Davis was hurt, and now he’s playing the defending champions at 39, not even playing his best and still out scoring jokic and Murray

[@eliasmercado5661]

@@tuenchie7541 More like ran the east. How can someone outscore the opposing team’s best players and still get swept? And have a teammate averaging like 33 and 15.

[@robglobal1]

Also if he didn't get away with CONSTANT travels, charges, flops, etc. Just the ghost fouls alone that he gets is an insane number. Refs even admitted rigging the Cavs Warriors finals. Lehelp is nothing more than a glorified role player pushed by the league to something he is not.

[@thedudeunchained7583]

Did he really call LeBron a 2way player ?😮😮😮

[@melvinhhcp3615]

That's what I was thinking...

[@TonyC.-kq9fh]

He said two-jay, as in that is how many you need to smoke to think Lebron is still the solution.

[@TheeHagakure]

That's what I was thinking. If complaining to the refs while on offense and defense counts as a two-way player he is the best in the game today..

[@steve13191]

Yeah. He’s going from his home to his steroid doctor and back. Two way 😂

[@rjlad]

ummmmm yeh he getting steals and blocks lol

[@joeykantot]

Typical windy of klutch sports blame everyone else, Leflop is responsible for his poor defense on aaron gordon

[@xavzerrek2743]

Rob Pelinka just got cooked lol

[@Really........]

Yep, should have unloaded Bronze before the trade deadline.

[@Cynycter]

Yep and they're right.. That fucker has made dumb decision after dumb decision. time to get him out of the front office.

[@lennybeason1110]

Lebron wanted Westbrook and Melo. Pelinka made the moves for them to make the playoffs last season and this season. Lebron ain’t that guy no more to carry a team. Point blank period!

[@TheHuskyK9]

@@lennybeason1110 LeBron wants a lot of things, at the end of the day, he's not the one offering and signing contracts. That's Pelinka's job. Pelinka dropped the ball and went star-hunting. Gave away a championship roster for a bad fit with Westbrook, missed in the next couple of drafts, and betted on the wrong young players.

[@lennybeason1110]

@@TheHuskyK9 and he’s done everything that Lebron has wanted for the most part and Lebron hasn’t gotten it done after the Bubble chip!

[@austingreen1274]

Props to McMahon. Nuggets deserve all the credit. That’s the story.

[@albertclass2905]

Wrong Headline should say Lakers knows Bron is not good enough!

[@robertwilson9528]

Classic!

[@29joenick]

Just basketball....unless when he's winning. Then hes the goat

[@DJ_-]

Who cares who the goat is just enjoy watching some basketball this goat debate is getting dumb

[@chrisyang05]

Aaron Gordon scored more than Reaves, Rui and DLo combined and probably dribbled the ball twice all night. It's as if Lakers decided to let someone other than Jokic and Murray to beat them last night ... and Gordon obliged.

[@Arrogan28]

It has nothing to do with Gordon. AD has outscored everyone this series, and yet that isn't enough for Lebron to show up... I mean, DLo gets paid the same as Pope on Denver, they have similar stats this last few games, infact based on how often DLo gets passed the ball by Lebron for the shot, he actually is doing better with less shots... LA came up with zero intensity, zero do or die energy, because Lebron is not a leader, and for $47 million a season, if you can't be that guy, then stop playing and let a guy come in who can lead the team when they need it... Dlo is not the issue, AD is not the issue... The supposed 'heart' of the team is the issue, and that is 100% on Lebron.... certainly not on the token coach he got, so he can completely ignore the huddles of... Lebron didn't even bother to get in the huddles the coach had, how is that 'the guy'... when he can't even be bothered to show up for game 3 when they are 2 game down.. and he certainly didn't show up for the last 4th quarters of the last two games where Denver than had room to come back and win... Why do people always blame anyone but the guy who they should.... Jordan blamed himself when asked why they didn't win, he didnt' blame his teammates... he blamed himself.. even before the media put it on his shoulders... cause they expected him to be 'that guy'... Lebron immediately is blaming others long before game 3 even started everyone knew who was going to be blamed, the refs, and Dlo.. it was a given... so Lebron didnt' have to even show up, cause he already had his excuses lined up...

[@willemdee]

It’s sad that the average LeBron/Laker fans thought they could even compete with the Nuggets.

[@kalibaking877]

They really could of tho had double digits leads in all 3 games but bad coaching and horrible rotations will do that...

[@calebwilson3892]

@@kalibaking877 "could have" is a funny phrase when you're talking about 11 straight losses

[@chrisgeorge84]

@@calebwilson38926 of those losses was last year and a different team soooo make that make sense. Stop repeating what the media keeps plastering everywhere ya sheep

[@calebwilson3892]

@@chrisgeorge84 cope

[@melvinhhcp3615]

Lbj fans. Real Laker fans knew better.

[@BrokenHandle1324]

"Its just basketball" 😂 this man once claimed to eat sleep and breathe basketball now its just basketball 😂

[@zyxtrr]

he’s literally saying that he’s not going to get depressed over the series, you can’t be that slow…

[@devenshivolo]

Clearly sarcastic

[@diddymoe6816]

​@@zyxtrrthis man has nothing to say about china's human right violations but do go on

[@WesJenkins518]

@@zyxtrr Yes cause he know he quit Game 1

[@JonCrook-oz1pt]

He's defeated 😂

[@dusanvuckovic17]

Zubac, Ingram, Kuzma, Caruso, Hart, KCP, Chandler, Bullock, Beasley, Rondo, McGee. I bet Lebron would like them all back.

[@comradeyellow6781]

Swap Jokic and LeBroom and the Lakers are contenders.

[@user-dy2cz8li9o]

Swap the best player in the league for anybody and they’re contenders 😂😂 this was the stupidest comment I’ve ever read

[@AsifKhan-hf9zy]

@@user-dy2cz8li9o Detroit Pisstongues have joined the chat

[@Asiansensei932]

⁠@@user-dy2cz8li9oso swap cade for joker and Detroit becomes contenders? 😂 Don’t go to far my guy

[@user-dy2cz8li9o]

@@Asiansensei932 yes 1000%

[@comradeyellow6781]

@@user-dy2cz8li9o well thanks for stealing it from me

[@bigmoe723]

LeFraud James can't even tell a convincing LIE anymore. He needs to go IMMEDIATELY!

[@franciscoarroyo9402]

The question is, does Lebron know he is no longer good enough and is ESPN honest enough to call this truth out loud???.

[@russellwestbrookyellingatw9381]

LeFraud should leave tbh

[@zooky7698]

if you really blame him for this loss than you need some serious help

[@AzulApe]

@@zooky7698Bricking a necessary shot to win game 2? Kobe would never….

[@eriktorkelson2630]

​@@AzulApe lol Lakers fans act like Kobe never missed a shot, meanwhile at this age Kobe was shooting below 40% from the field with 17 wins on the season lol

[@WesJenkins518]

@@zooky7698 LeCry was supposed guard Gordon. Gordon had a playoff high and LeCry is getting swept.

[@AzulApe]

@@eriktorkelson2630 Lebron padding stats for a sweep in the first round. 🥱

[@CultureManure]

Why are the Lakers always the headline? They were lucky to make the playoffs. The problem is the Nuggets are a team.. they have grown together, they know each other. Lebron goes from city to city.. and the office uses all of it's capital, picks, and powers to do whatever he wanted... His entire career. When he leaves, he leaves an ownership group with scorched earth. How can you have chemistry when you're moving in players in and out every single year. It's ridiculous. "Lebron knows the Lakers aren't good enough".... What do they have left? They've given him everything he's asked for.. coaches, players. The Lakers suck because Lebron has drained another franchise.

[@jaysouthmusic8230]

And yet people call him the Goat. The real GOAT won all his titles with one team and that’s MJ

[@KanyeEast-sx1ii]

And then Kobe is number 2 LeBron will always be 3​@@jaysouthmusic8230

[@FranklinK-bz7fl]

Just because LeBron James is 39 years old is no excuse to get whipped on 11 straight times by Denver. MJ, and Kobe would never SMDH

[@jaysouthmusic8230]

Thank you I said the same thing. That’s why it’s MJ and Kobe for me

[@iX3JQ]

Except mj lost 13 in a row to celtics?

[@flipspearing]

@@iX3JQdon’t tell the casuals. MJ and Kobe never lost a game or series, they actually never even missed a shot 😂

[@iX3JQ]

@@flipspearing yeah my bad - i forgot MJ doesn't miss

[@yeti_369]

Lakers fans only use the "he's 39" excuse, when they lose. If that's such a detriment, then you're saying he's the problem?

[@OscarHernandez-dm7hp]

He is old Duncan had more heart then James I am a spurs fan

[@jimmywalker8354]

"Too old" is a tired argument. If he is "too old" then just retire!!

[@robglobal1]

It was the same thing when he was 33 and 35 and 35 and 36 and 37 amd 38...except for the rung he got when AD went beastmode but Levron got the MVP and all credit it's the same old song w the delusionals

[@jimmywalker8354]

@@robglobal1 let's just hope that this fraud king retires after Nuggets finish the sweep.

[@robglobal1]

@@jimmywalker8354 🙏🤞

[@laurencesotelo1629]

replace "lakers aren't" with "he isn't"

[@jjmcwill1881]

Why did they break up the original championship team that they had? I never understood it.

[@stevenmark4407]

Me either

[@g.m.jr.8256]

Because lebron wanted Russ - and then threw him under bus

[@redtyde76]

LeGM did a horrible job.

[@brandan2468]

Because Lakers fans sent death threats to KCP and Kuzma when they missed shots. Lakers ran them out the door. Now y’all want them back 😂

[@recruiterdan63rd59]

Dude was looking at DLO like he was old yeller 🤣

[@antonioaleman5481]

"It's just basketball" That was actually a shot at Dlo. That's how Dlo looks at basketball

[@HARRY__Pecker]

your scapegoat. Reaves had 9pts in Game 2. Did you say the same thing about him? Shut up, little b!tch

[@tedmich]

there are pics of Dlo on his phone and eating on sideline during game Im told...not to snitch ...

[@AsifKhan-hf9zy]

@@tedmich his agent was calling, detriot were interested ======= the she banana in his bag said "eat me eat me now" anything else?

[@arikejoja9461]

Shot at Dlo?

[@geocapistrano4364]

Gotta make a spot for bronny 😂

[@Juuuuu67]

This other guys analysis was a tough listen lol

[@brettthomas6327]

So two starters scoring a total of 5 will beat Denver huh lol 😂

[@videozz2012]

@@brettthomas6327 Lol What does that have to do with LeFraud crying like a little girl about the refs? Or throwing his hands up any time he or a player on his own team gets beat on defense or has a foul called on them? His energy is debilitating to his own teammates, he is far from a leader at this point in his career. He whines more than a teenage girl and then wants to be considered the Goat lol. And then he says it's just basketball when he gets whooped 😂😂😂

[@FalconPunch-bb8yj]

KCP, McGee, Howard, Kuzma, Alex Caruso, Westbrook, Dangelo

[@MangoTroubles-007]

You named off another garbage rotation. Did you have a stroke?

[@tyrone4u559]

👍That was a great perspective from all those involved in this video

[@WesJenkins518]

1. OKC Choked. 2. Ray Allen 3. Adam Siver's gift + Kyrie 4. Mickey Mouse bubble

[@billblaski9523]

Lol is this supposed to be the reasons that Lebron won those rings😂

[@billblaski9523]

Lol is this supposed to be the reasons that Lebron won those rings😂

[@gsg240]

Okc - shorten season *

[@richgreene5038]

oof don't go through MJs runs. 1. whatever was left of showtime lakers + hiv magic (only championship faced) 2 through 6 weakened expansion era league , faced no real championship caliber teams. all previous champions retired due to old age, injury, or disease

[@kalibaking877]

How did okc choke? They got dominated and loss in 5 maked no sense

[@placidfalcon7715]

Wendy literally saying "LeBron needs more help!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@toveycen4668]

Wendy is a low key employee on r paul payroll. Like JJ Reddick.

[@madewavy]

5:03 the numbers speak for themselves bozo

[@YoungMaster_626]

@@madewavyokay lebronsexual 🤡

[@haywood0457]

Disagree. I’m a LAL and LBJ fan. But if you’re good enough to keep building 10-20pt leads, you’re good enough. Multiple problems exist though. Ham is getting lapped by Malone. And Jokics in game IQ is trumping LBJs and ADs. Aaron Gordon strategically camping in the dunkers spot and eating LAL alive on the boards. No counter by the LAL. Just letting him get 2nd chance after 2nd chance.

[@GrimiestGurber]

Facts it’s coming down to coaching and Denver’s costars are better than LAs costars

[@jansmitowiczauthor78]

LeBron too interested in scoring to box out or play a full game of defense...he has to keep racking up points to make casuals think he's the GOAT

[@wittypoker]

@@GrimiestGurber you sure about that? cuz when it's Lakers offense it's 5 on 5 but when its defense it's 5 on 4 I mean there's something wrong here.

[@GrimiestGurber]

@@wittypoker well yeah bro lebron is 39 he has to choose which battles to pick he can’t give you 100 on both ends anymore

[@Gmossy11]

@@GrimiestGurberwell that is why they are getting swept. Play both sides or get embarrassed

[@angelatanurdzic7508]

Amazing show, thank you so much.

[@bobbywang336]

Thankyou for your analysis Scott Perry. That was real deep.

[@Bobbleheads56]

Never seen a star escape literally all critiscism for the team losing. I guarantee if the Nuggets were losing, they wouldn’t be talking about how Aaron Gordon failed Jokic 😂

[@steplaland]

The hardest ego to manage is an aging star. Move on Lakers. He’s not a lifelong Laker like Kobe and Magic. You can move on.

[@grahamimal8336]

HOORAY Hoop collective!! Those three deserve their own show for certain

[@BabaYagaRacing]

Orlando Magic DESTROYED the Cavs by 40 and not a single media mention 😂😂😂 Magic would sweep the lakers

[@bns434]

That series doesn’t have the big name’s & popularity like the other series do.

[@datsapaddlin]

The Magic???? I get the Lakers getting ran down by Denver every time they get a lead but the Magic ain’t as great as Denver. They can’t even sweep the Cavs

[@visionxx5724]

Magic wouldn’t sweep LA bruh cmon now..

[@jaymere2166]

Dam we got beat that bad

[@BabaYagaRacing]

@@datsapaddlin Magic Swept the Nuggets in the regular season

[@leetraviusmckay314]

Stephen A "DLo is so awful he lucky he's wearing a Lakers uniform" 😂

[@Arrogan28]

yet they praise Pope on Denver, who played to the same level as DLo, and funny enough both make $17 mil a season.... Somehow the guy making $47 million a year is 'not the guy you are looking for' suddenly when it's bad media attention then we can count on excuses.. as soon as LA wins, suddenly they start talking about Lebron's savant like ability to make his team better... I mean the entire thing is a joke by now.. that everyone with any basketball iq gets... it is only the paid off announcers by Lebronies player agent company, which seems to have figured out how to fix the game for their players.. and pay off just the right people to see their stars.... The entire NBA has become a bad joke, between the ridiculously slanted ref bias for LA, to the same analysis who called Jokic a plumber, and 'not the guy', and still, despite the Nuggets clear domination, somehow the analysists getting paid ridiculous salaries to 'know the game', pick LA to sweep the Nuggets in 5... hahaha... I mean.. It's a joke now.. the entire Lebron fraud is a complete joke for anyone who actually can see what is really happening on the court, vs the stat nerds who don't even know how to dribble a ball, or what defense actually looks like, which is not grabbing free uncontested rebound points to pad his stats....

[@robglobal1]

Leblame is the problem! We play actual team basketball w out Lestatpad!

[@karthikc2346]

Tim Bontemps Barbequed Rob Pelinka lol🤣

[@smokesumweedandchillout]

Brian Windhorse looks more upset than LeBron 😂 Windy made his career off covering and following LeBron and now it's all over. Windy wanted to shed tears like Austin Reeves

[@CodyTroutman]

Love the Hoop Collective, let my boys shine!

[@jansmitowiczauthor78]

LEBRON'S not good enough! He's still in spectacular physical condition, if he were actually Mt Rushmore he'd find a way to at least make it a close series!

[@datsapaddlin]

He’s not 2018 Lebron anymore

[@Really........]

@@datsapaddlinSo he's a roll player then.

[@datsapaddlin]

@@Really........ No he’s just not a top 5 player in the league anymore

[@jaysouthmusic8230]

@@datsapaddlinbut some people don’t wanna believe aka Shannon sharpe

[@dmongru]

2:54 - Windy, how do you plan to cover for LeBron today?

[@melvinjohnson2074]

Nuggets absolutely own James and the Lakers. In fact Denver should be listed as a franchise co-owner of L.A.

[@henrycastellon4397]

Lebron at 39 years old breaks records, wins a playoff game, wins a series: he’s the goat, he’s incredible, he’s superhuman….. He gets swept…everyone else’s fault. His fans and the media give him all the praise but don’t give him smoke when things are bad.

[@CEREBRAL.ASSASSIN]

It's a wrap folks

[@BrianLockett]

I love Chiney host days. ♥️

[@toveycen4668]

Yes. Amazing. I wish bron learnt from chiney and made everyone better😂😂.

[@iwishiwasthomasshelby]

Put her in permanently in place of that demon in sheep skin.

[@inlivingcolor...abroad6099]

Bro, this guy Scott Perry can barely finish his own sentences 😂😂😂

[@MARK-cb9iq]

Thank you for loading managing in the end 😂😂😂

[@iTuber012]

Show the highlights of all of LeBrons terrible defense... Letting Gordon go back door at least 5 times.... But yeah it's everyone else fault per usual

[@shipwreck8847]

The lakers just need to petition the league to change the format to a 2 quarter game and get it passed in 2 days and the lakers will be just fine in the series.

[@TheJobrow]

I liked that Hoop Collective transition!

[@alanfinney8065]

That guy who is 6-0 in the finals is the GOAT I forgot his name

[@JQUE94]

How about Rob and Jeanie hire a coach that doesnt run the LeBron system and has an actual playbook? How about build the team around the young All Star instead of the aging/superstar? If they give this man an extension then the next three years are FUCKED BIG TYME

[@ericfurst6091]

The last guy who put LBJ on his place was Pat Riley.

[@jaysouthmusic8230]

@@ericfurst6091and I don’t blame him either

[@joeykantot]

Lol you idiots didnt even know history, in Lebron 21 yeaqrs all of his coaches are always getting fired. lebron is a coach killer he doesnt listen to any coach, remember he wanted to fire spoelstra and spo got the blame for them losing

[@playc.holder6432]

*Lebron knows he's not good enough to put the Lakers over the nuggets. OR *Lebron knows Jokic is too good at elevating his plays and teammates when it matters most.

[@4th3PPL]

What’s going on in Utah?

[@RisikoAO]

Whoever says that the roster of this team is Pelinka's fault is just trying to deny the fact that every trade, every contract extension, every move on the free agency that the Lakers have done had LeBron's seal of approval. The man have been the main player, coach, general manager and talent scout of these disastrous Lakers since his first day in golden-purple.

[@godhand416]

As a nuggets fan , I actually feel bad at how the Lakers seemingly lost thier spirit in this fight.

[@je5406]

I feel great about it. Proper beatdown

[@Favoredgreatly]

Now it’s just basketball… but you fought so hard to be the goat of just basketball.

[@philw8080]

it's all excuses. If it's just "basketball", maybe he should sign for the vet minimum. You hear that Laker nation? It's just basketball, stop stressing at the losses.

[@KNByam]

Imagine chasing one guy for 21 years.

[@mohamedibrahim509]

Can’t front run when you getting the breaks beat off you. He a weird one.

[@user-kr3ih9wn5m]

Wow, getting information from the ultimate hack Brian Windhorst is not an effective way to get to the core of the question. Lebron James was minimizing the importance of playing playoff basketball while pushing past any accountability. (OR IN SHORT MAKING MORE EXCUSES)

[@autoMATTic_]

Genuinely don’t believe it’s a bad matchup nor do i believe Denver is a better team when they trailed by 12-20 pts every game this series. They have better coaching and are more composed under pressure is all but crucial. Add D’Angelo Russell into the mix and it’s over. I’m not even a LA fan but when I told them fans on Facebook not packaging Russell and another for Dejountay was a terrible decision, they went crazy… He may not be elite but he’d be the perfect #3 for Bron and AD .. Reaves still young and Dlo is dirt

[@Favoredgreatly]

Oh look… it’s Wendy excusing lebron again.

[@sfpreezy]

Oh look… its another insecure poor LeBron hater who exhibits hate over the internet to compensate for lack of success in his own life

[@ethanhuntemcee1663]

@@sfpreezy😂🤣😂shut up fan boy! And take this L! You should be ashamed defending LeSweep! 😂🤣😂

[@kerhin]

LeBron was in the east. It’s a new day this is the west. He hasn’t had the same success since his arrival.

[@datsapaddlin]

He came to West at 34 years old man and still had more success than the majority 😂. Only the Warriors and Denver have won since he’s been in the West.

[@jamescraven3493]

😂😂😂this west is better than the east when basketball was tough where was most of the talent, celtics, cavs, bulls, pistons, 76ers, etc

[@dvwgystyle2705]

AG had LeSavannah James squirtin SMH.

[@MichaelVillarreal-ix5pl]

ESPN you better reporters 😂

[@St111888]

Every press conference “I’m the wrong guy to ask”. SMH What is lebron talking about

[@jjballers81]

He’s not the FO/HC bozo. This is why AD CALLED OUT HAM after game 2. This is why the players don’t play hard for Ham. Incompetence. Everywhere.

[@InvestBetter.]

Thanks for the scoop, Windy, but everybody already knew that. LeBrton was the last one to figure that one out

[@RaySmith79]

What will you talk about going forward?

[@armandoa.mendoza9035]

Shuffle Dinwiddie, Hayes, Hachi and Price on Gordon and Porter. Coach decided to be more personal and continue with D'Lo even if he was not contributing both in offense and defense. Sad, but we cannot expect a different result if we continue doing the same things and committing the same mistakes. Box Out! Am out!

[@billblaski9523]

So sad😢 You have 2 of the Top 75 players in NBA HISTORY on your team, whats the problem? Is it coaching? Is it just AD and Lebron cant do it all themselves? I dont get it

[@mrgetitdone85]

Lebron 39… ppl need to stop being delusional and realize lebron is done.. he’s awful on defense and basically by the 3rd quarter he’s tired which I’m not knocking because he’s 39

[@AbsolutelyZer0]

cuz lebron is 39? and AD soft and decides to play good only when he wants to..coaching obviously is sht..u got teammates that cant defend and jacks up 3s😂 cant create own space to score and lakers small af compared to nuggets. Lakers is more of an Iso team so if 1-3 best offensive players are underperforming then its a wrap Noone really expected the lakers to win..mf barely survived the play ins 😂 2-3 years in a row..The only team that has a chance against the nuggets is embiid’s sixers

[@paulsilas6037]

It is Lebron, lacks leadership, doesn't inspire the guys around him because he HAS TO OUTSHINE everyone in the team every game. DLo knows even if they cut him off the squad nothing gon change 😅

[@mrgetitdone85]

@@AbsolutelyZer0 na the Timberwolves is the only team that can match up with the nuggets

[@paulsilas6037]

@@AbsolutelyZer0 So you want to tell me a 39 year old can run against a team like Nuggets and win? Worse still the 39 is the star player, thats in delusion at its best

[@ThePatman1980]

*No* *blame* *on* *LeBron?* He’s not a great leader. If he’s a real leader, he would’ve got in DLo’s face about it. But nope. LeBron didn’t seem to care to defend Aaron Gordon or go after rebounds. Gordon had 15 boards which was the same as Jokic. Gordon actually outplayed LeBron. LeBron showed great leadership this season by cherry picking the games he’ll appear in. Misses nationally televised games against Boston, Milwaukee, Clippers, and Minny only to show up against bad teams the very next night to pad his stats and flex his muscles to the crowd. If LeBron wanted to be a better leader, show up against the tougher teams. Don’t watch them lose that game which puts them in the bottom in the first place. Had the Lakers had a better regular season record, they wouldn’t be in the play-in again this year. But since LeBron decided to load manage and cherry pick games, they ended up in the play-in. Not to say Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant were perfect leaders because they weren’t. They weren’t ideal teammates either. We saw The Last Dance what a berating a-hole MJ was. Did want players from UNC to help him but Krause always said no. Was known as a selfish ballhog before Phil Jackson got promoted as the head coach. Did have fist fights with teammates in practice and did punch little Steve Kerr in the face. I will not revise what MJ did as a leader or teammate. Kobe was known as “Showboat” by his teammates in the late 90s and he has thrown guys like Kwame and Smush under the bus when talking about his 1st round exits in 2006 and 2007. Did rat on Shaq to the Colorado cops and threw him under the bus about his marital affairs. Did want to get traded in 2007. They weren’t perfect leaders. A better leader would be someone like Magic Johnson or Tim Duncan. They could motivate teammates without getting in their faces. MJ was closer to being a TYRANT. A DICTATOR (or DICKtator). Kobe kinda followed suit as seen from a video berating his teammates in practice. But LeBron has shown time and time again what an overrated leader he really is and no doubt WORSE than MJ and Kobe. Always pointing fingers at others. Never at him. Never wants to be held accountable. Will leave the franchise if things don’t go his way. Excuses-scapegoats-needs more help. Wash-rinse-repeat. Remember Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals? LeBron sat as far away from his teammates after that JR Smith debacle. That’s being a leader? How is that any different than what DLo did? Lakers’ problem is their leadership. LeBron is a spoiled crybaby. AD is a beta male. Nobody is listening to Ham. Jeanie let’s LeBron and his posse sodomize her franchise. It’s the changing of the guard. Guys born in the 1980s will reach their 40s within this decade. LeBron, Steph, and KD are in their twilight years and will never win another ring again. Probably the same for Kawhi who was born in 1991 but moves like he was born in 1981. It’s Joker’s world and we’re all living in it including LeBron.

[@lennybeason1110]

Now we’re blaming Palinka? 🤣😂🤣

[@JaySee8866]

Foh with that! LeBrokeBack was just fortunate early in his career to thrive in a weak conference. Now he can’t handle the west.

[@robglobal1]

He also started ring chasing and forming super teams...that helps a little lol

[@jonathandiggs7819]

Title should be “LEBRON KNOWS LEBRON IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH” 🤣🤣 why every game close but yet this so called goat can’t close out the game?? If mamba mentality was a rating lebrons would legit be at best a 7 outta 100 🤣🤣

[@ShoppinBagLoso]

Lebron isnt Kobe or Jordan lets stop comparing him to people that he isnt. Magic wasnt Jordan but yet he’s still considered the Goat PG. Not everyone has that dog in them and Mamba mentality should be called Michael mentality. Copy n paste that man whole game.

[@5abiXtasy]

Hilarious. What would your rating be, non-existent? Cause I'm sure he has more accomplishments in many faucets of his life than you can dream of. I'm sure you do not have enough 'mamba mentality' to even get out your below average life situation which is why you are on here leaving absurd comments about another man thinking you did something. I'm sure you are also the type of regular @$$ average joe who complains that he was dealt the wrong cards in life but do not want to use your 'mamba mentality' to overcome your lame @$$ life which again is why you are on here. Maybe your title should be "NOT GOOD ENOUGH AT LIFE"??

[@Criminal.Lawyer.2024]

I wonder if we are going to have to listen to LeBron/Lakers excuses, what if's, and reminders of what LeBron has done in the past throughout the rest of the playoffs? ESPN has spent more time covering a 9 seed than they did covering the top six teams---combined.

[@jumpatube4669]

Bro the guy that did the analysis around 8:00 ABSOLUTELY COOOOOOOKED!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@roykeane1922]

He said Lebron James is a two player. Whatever he we cooking, was stone cold

[@abeceedy7461]

It baffles me that no one really understands why the Lakers can't beat Denver. They have no center! AD is not a natural center. He's said he prefers power forward. But they force him to play at center. Why did they beat Denver in 2020? Dwight Howard and Javale Mcgee, two athletic defensive centers.

[@MontanaRealtyCompany934]

First time bontemps has been good ever 😅

[@myselfandeye3884]

It's obvious. It's the same thing every year with the team since LeBron joined. We've traded everybody and changed coaches and still same results. The only player that is the same every year is LeBron. At some point it isn't the 'others' but it's LeBron. Let's not forget a sick Dirk was LeBron's daddy, then it was Steph and the Warriors and now it's Jokic. He is no GOAT.

[@smlshin]

Thank you Tim. Pelinka needs to be held accountable. I understand the Lakers are in the LeBron business, but he assembled this roster and said this is good enough.

[@donavonzerbest9530]

"It's just basketball" ALSO "That one made me the greatest player of all time"

[@prodbyDUTCHOFGOTHAM]

pork chop really means bron knows him and the lakers aren't good enough

[@nolove5478]

He not good enough what we talking bout.....retire

[@nemanja9292]

When I hear its just basketball, I hear IM JUST A BABY...know that video? :D

[@kaydawgy1999]

Don't worry y'all. When we're at game 1 of the Nuggets vs Celtics championship, ESPN's opening segment will be "could this year's Lakers beat these Celtics?"

[@CarlosThomas-ld2vn]

MJ looking like this suppose to be a goat 😂😂😂

[@sfpreezy]

MJ missed the playoffs at this age.

[@cvgodd1432]

@@sfpreezyMJ wasn’t ring chasing at this age because he got the job done. When you 3 peat twice you have nothing more to prove. Lebron was trying to pass Jordan, failed horribly!

[@sfpreezy]

@@cvgodd1432 Excuses. If LeBron had missed the playoffs, you’d be ridiculing him. Be consistent. And be aware of your biases.

[@sfpreezy]

@@cvgodd1432 Failed horribly? 44% of current NBA players have LeBron as the GOAT.

[@joeykantot]

@@sfpreezy if there is a play ins he will, Lebron got lucky in the last 2 years because of play ins and he have AD lol

[@mrj5695]

Lebron gotta get blame instead of role players

[@Sectrix2pp]

The role players are the bigger problem

[@beantown4life]

​@@Sectrix2ppalways excuses for you la fans, lbj is cooked, bye bye

[@jansmitowiczauthor78]

Don't you know? Win = LBJ 100% credit, Lose = 0% blame

[@williamannette558]

Lebron has been wit lakers for 6 years. They won the bubble championship. Missed playoffs three times. And loss in the Conference finals. And now gonna lose in first round. That’s horrible. Especially when he had a top 5 player wit him for 5 seasons.

[@ReignRegime]

Mfs went from “we can’t wait to play them” to “it’s just basketball”😂😂😂😂😂