Lakers Free Agency Begins! LeBron James Opts Out, D'Angelo Russell Opts in, Max Christie Re-Signs.

[@Arn3z]

Nope nothing in private!!! Pelinka needs to do something now. He sat on his hands during the deadline and doing it again is a slap in the face.

[@mrdee6076]

He sits on his hands every off-season and trade deadline. He's been doing it for years.

[@nubianrose_theband]

Thank you!! Finally someone in the Lakers community who is telling the truth about Dlo. Yes, this season he got us to the playoffs, but even more so last season. As you pointed out, Klay was not good in the playoffs this year, neither was a superstar like Kyrie against the Celtics. No-one can say that Dlo has been good against Nuggets these two play-offs, but coach the guy to be better, help him with his mental blocks instead of hating on him or trade him for some injury prone ex-superstar with no guarantees of delivery on the court. A mental sports coach is by far cheaper, than a bad trade for a superstar’ish guy on the back end of his career.

[@CALIHUSTLE2010]

Rob pelinka couldn't even land a head coach. He deserves all the smoke. He's responsible for all the trades and contracts. 🎤

[@keithmcdowell1999]

Look at James track record with teams and coaches... James is the issue here.

[@Arn3z]

@@keithmcdowell1999ur a bitter idiot lebron is holding this idiot hands let’s see if he can make something happen

[@CryptoJunkie]

​@@keithmcdowell1999LeBron has won a title with 3 different coaches, 3 different franchises.. He's nowhere near the problem. The problem is the mom and pop shit show that Jeanie is running. This isn't the 80s or 90s anymore.. and Jeanie is in over her head. She hires her friends and people she trusts.. rather than qualified professionals that make smart moves. Rob is a piece of trash and he's hated around the league, Jeanie is dumb ASF, the rambis pair are laughable.. And you're on drugs if you think LeBron is anything but the best thing that's happened to this joke franchise during the Jeanie era.

[@fsgrell1429]

⁠@@keithmcdowell1999the lakers track record before James is even worse

[@stephenmillsaps4643]

Shut up.clown you sound stupid smh ​@keithmcdowell1999

[@franchise98bjn]

12:15 90% of lakers fans think Rob is incompetent and not cut out for this job. But we all know Jeanie will never fire him because of his ties to Kobe 😭

[@eltrollo7293]

the last time he made a good move was when Kobe was still around , they should have fired him 4 years ago

[@stanjohnson7849]

You guys are crazy slamming Rob… mainly because you don’t know how hard his job is… you have to do better than what 29 other teams…. Let’s see you guys do that…. No way…. just arm chair him with your mouth 👄

[@KamiDionysus]

lol why you guys just don’t get it?Kobe is not that important, if he’s that important, they already draft Jason Tatum. Jeanie wouldn’t fire Rob Pelinka because whenever Lakers make a wrong move, people will blame Rob first instead of Jeanie. Caruso is her fault, but she use Rob as a punching bag let people blame him. Not saying Rob is good, but Jeanie is the problem, you will see in next 20 years. If lakers owner is Ballmer, we already win another championship.

[@KamiDionysus]

@lakerodom1325 She did say she bring Westbrick to LA and believe her dad would be proud of her lol. What do you expect?

[@bryants6790]

Slim pickings now folks, if we don’t get Klay. We can’t blame LBJ if he ends up taking all the money 💜💛

[@deddiev1718]

Just like he planned it

[@jfarm30]

Broke Lopez would be a fantastic pick up. They will pull something.

[@jerryren4076]

@@deddiev1718planned what? stfu. If Klay came he would’ve taken a pay cut

[@KevanB626]

I'm in no way a DLo fan, but even I'll admit he offers significant utility for this team, and would be extremely hard to replace if Rob wanted to pursue a trade. DLo played really well down the stretch to keep the Lakers in the play-in hunt. Any level headed Laker fan should have seen that

[@skibidi_hazel]

It’s our year!! Lakers are gonna win the Championship. Reddick knows basketball

[@nuculture4208]

Good work guys 👍

[@MrAxidol]

Rob working his magic is different from Rob working with Magic 😅

[@craigosterberg5045]

Not on the clock but behind the clock for Polinka, I like that one.

[@jourdanzero9312]

If dlo stays austin MUST go to the bench. Idrc what combination of guard they decide to keep but austin and dlo doesn’t work so if they don’t want to trade him then move him or austin to the bench and start the guard u drafted to be in this exact position. The issue with ham is that he would bench reaves and dlo and play dudes like reddish and prince

[@schmitkeoriginals]

WHEN Lo goes... AR will play the pg - I fixed it for you. 😊😊😊

[@jourdanzero9312]

@@schmitkeoriginals again either one is fine with me as long as there is a defensive athletic guard next to them

[@schmitkeoriginals]

@@jourdanzero9312 that's why Max got his $$$ ... 💯💯💯

[@Cahluvca]

Can't believe some fans think having both of these guys can produce a better outcome. Defense matters

[@albertscott5128]

Let's go laker do the right thing

[@ajvalenzuela]

I think it’s worth mentioning that defensively, Gabe Vincent was too small to guard Murray in the playoffs. DLo’s length at least helped. Also DLO’s scoring got us out of that rut that ham put our team in

[@TonyG-b2s]

Here we go again, host blaming LBJ for scheming to look good instead of blaming the LAKER'S YT POOR MANAGEMENT.

[@One_Black_Panther]

Yup that's why I don't take these dudes serious. Nobody wants to address the elephant in the room. It's easier to just blame Bron

[@wmcuccia1356]

It's a sad deal when the big Laker news is signing Max Christie to a 4 year deal. Wow!!!

[@mrc302]

Going to be an uneventful free agency period for us.🙄

[@Adam-pc8dl]

Nobody wants to play for the lake show 😭😅. Makes perfect sense! Incompetent front office and high pressure media who tf would roll the dice on that and we’re not even sniffing a ring

[@Truckloadlil]

Ik sometimes Christie was benched because he would miss assignments on defense or getting blown by & showing no care. That gave D Ham more reasons to play his favorites 😂

[@jourdanzero9312]

I’d like to remind anyone who thinks Christie was overpaid that Vincent makes 11m 😊

[@robs4491]

I would like to remind you that Vincent played well in the previous playoffs the reason why he got paid. Max has no history of success yet.

[@schmitkeoriginals]

@@robs4491 the eye test says Max is a DAWG, there were many lineups that did well with him using advanced analytics... Ham just loved Cam Reddish, and he doesn't have a job anymore for a reason 🤮🤮🤮 edit: neither should Cam honestly - awful player

[@lionking266]

Can we get Buddy Heild , Gary Trent Jr, Tobias Harris , Garry Harris (vet mins) and we need a big (dream Lopez)

[@chrisneely3069]

We better hope Klay comes Jonas is gone for Pennie’s to the dollar smh

[@schmitkeoriginals]

@AK Rui Island ... Christie Island ... its rly the same place, ps: Lo (no D cuz he plays none) not invited to the Island ... 🙀🙀🙀

[@cosmicedi]

The g league is why bronny would go pro! He’ll get the best development as a pro vs. going back to college. I look forward to when bronny proves he was absolutely worth the roster spot and not all of this second-guessing.

[@mrdee6076]

Come on, man..... Use some common sense. He mentioned James Harden as a reference to Rob getting a quality player that will move the needle. Not just a good role player.

[@alexamerling79]

Hope we go after Jerami Grant...

[@wmcuccia1356]

No Magic, this is just a ploy to make LeBron look good and say "Hey, its not my fault" The Lakers are disgusting!!! Lifetime Laker fan since 1965. Hiding my head in a bag.

[@_greatness434]

Get klay please Lakers

[@theelementslook]

Why is “pressures Pelinka” in the title like this is a bad thing? He SHOULD pressure Pelinka! Why are people acting like a durn near 20 million dollar loss is being consider with Monopoly dollars? He’s giving them the option to do something that is near impossible and he has ZERO obligation to do it. Why are we making this a bad thing? Pelinka needs to figure this out! Come ON Rob!! Do. Your. Job.

[@LockedOnLakers]

How is it phrased like it's bad? There's no value judgment assigned to it. BK

[@mrdee6076]

NOBODY NEEDS TO SAVE PALINKA!!! PALINKA NEEDS TO GO!!!

[@franchise98bjn]

25:30 Ham loved Cam! That why he played over Max.

[@chrisneely3069]

Because Lebron loved Cam

[@T6666BBall]

Kobe’s bullshit meter probably broke when he knew he had to call Jeanie “The Mother of Dragons” in order for her to fire Jim/Mitch and hire his buddy. There’s NO way someone who knew true heart and fearlessness like Kobe did thought Jeanie was a strong leader. Rob thought his ‘smarter than the rest of the room” act was gonna work in the NBA. Btw if you’re Jeanie - we get hit with a “Lakers tax” no matter who’s in charge - why hire (two at the time) FRIENDS who had ZERO previous NBA front office experince to run baketball ops. She should be running a flower shop in the midewest where you could hire friends and family and cheap out on things. She’s always been in over her head here, as are the cronies she employs. The Jerry’s are probably simultaneously laughing and crying up above right now watching Jeanie fuck up a LeBron/AD era.

[@robertwilliams-np6wb]

First day of FA and the Lakers sign Max. Meanwhile pieces that can help are now off the table. Sorry Bros. Not Ham fan but. Max didn't play last year wasn't Ham's fault. Max will have a long career. Max was not a good ball handler last year. Didn't like to pass. Too small to guard the three. Thats why Cam and Prince played. Thats why the Lakers got Spencer D.

[@Oberonz1]

This video pretty much sounds like you cover the Los Angeles Max Christies not the Los Angeles Lakers. You got what you wanted signing Max and I wish him well, three years would have been enough, but I get it. As for why Dinwiddee and Gabe Vincent and Cam got minutes over the "Max". The fact that Dinwiddee and Vincent were major acquisitions that needed minutes to try to gel and win games not get experience is lost. And most importantly The soon to be traded for nothing devil in sneakers Cam Reddish that dared play better than Christie, his factor in the win streak in and towards the In Season Tournament Championship against a solid Pacer team and Haliburton is long forgotten, his playing hurt all season is forgotten too as he is now just fodder for fault throwing. Again I hope Christie does well, but you podcast elites are not seeing the game with your eyes you are more seeing the game with your feelings when you watch Max play. Nuff said.

[@cosmicedi]

LBJ has NEVER received his value. He has received the max the CBA has allowed. No one in the league moves the needle like LBJ, and that’s over 2 full decades. That is the reason it is comical that people think LBJ SHOULD take less than the max. Teams/GMs all over the league make smart roster/contract moves, even when they have superstar salaries to account for, but many times the Lakers don’t. If LBJ agrees to take less, cool, but the team/front office knows the CBA, the cap, and it’s their job to construct a roster that works - not LBJ.

[@deddiev1718]

He is going to fall off a cliff. Maybe you will jump off too since you worship him

[@Light23K]

How can you pressure someone by taking less money? Your title should be Lebron helping Pelinka by taking less money so they can sign better players.

[@LockedOnLakers]

Hi Light. The pressure is putting the offer out there, but with an expiration date. Get it done quickly, or I'm going to take the full extension. It puts pressure on Pelinka to take advantage of this window he's providing, because if he doesn't the reaction will (likely) be that he whiffed on an opportunity to improve the team. BK

[@shawnwinstead304]

@@LockedOnLakers Pelinka’s track record is what puts the pressure on Pelinka. If he didn’t have a track record of incompetence it would not matter as much if the pay cut story was made public or not. So it while it may add “additional” pressure, the pressure was pre-existing.

[@LockedOnLakers]

@@shawnwinstead304 There's some truth to this, but clearly, LeBron/Klutch see additional value in the external pressure, or else they wouldn't bother applying it. Appreciate you watching. AK

[@jefftomasello3258]

@@LockedOnLakers You don't think Pelinka and Lebron knew this was the plan all along and Rob has been working on picking the right player for weeks?

[@shawnwinstead304]

@@LockedOnLakers I wonder what would even give them the impression that this would cause added pressure in the first place🤔 Appreciate the content.

[@baggingup40]

What young core. Our younger players don't have a star ceiling. Christie and Reeves? We are so far behind other teams who have budding young stars. When Bron leaves..considering how the new CBA is set up....we will suck for at least 5 yrs. We have no picks and no real young talent to build around. Kenecht gonna be an elite wing scorer in the Nba with athletic nba with wings who have handle..scoring ability and are much better defenders than he faced at Tennessee?

[@jothamfitzgerald2616]

Lakers should have got trey young

[@sy12]

Lakers should stay away from klay. If he was willing to settle for mle money the warriors would’ve given it to him. He’s probably looking for 20m+. I was really hoping for klay to mavs and we go after jones jr. I thought it was happening since jones just joined klutch but he just signed with clippers at a bargain price. Lost opportunity there trying for long shot in klay.

[@socalgolf9978]

Lakers playing checkers

[@schmitkeoriginals]

kLAy w. MLE 💜💛😈💛💜 + trade Lo & picks for a big... i dont wanna see Diangela on the squad next year, plays zero defense, sucks when it matters 39% career playoff fg.

[@socalgolf9978]

Lakers winning the offseason again lol

[@og-originalgameroldhead8118]

LeBron said he would take a cut for the mle but lakers said no can you take a cut for Max Christie and the mle LeBron has to take even more of a cut because of the new Max Christie contract

[@coreypasley7537]

Good old team destroyed lebron at his finest

[@hurelulgaenkhtur7626]

Im not gonna lakers gonna again this roster lmao and rob nothing doing again hes should be fired 3 years ago i wish lakers traded reaves for dejontoy and lakers should signed valancunias and lakers arent doing anything another year rob pelinka is washed up

[@One_Black_Panther]

THANK YOU!! BRON WAS SMART DOING THIS...PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON ROB. SO FAR...BRON MAY AS WELL TAKE THE MAX AS ROB AIN'T DOING ANYTHING

[@No-More-Idols]

DLo, Wood, Cam, Lewis & 2 firsts For Anfernee Simons (Portland waives non guaranteed Duop and Jabari) Vanderbilt & Gabe For S&T Klay 🤢🤮 Simons/JHS/🤴🏿Jr. Austin/Max Klay/Knecht Bron/Rui AD/Jax/Colin Vet Min Big & Wing + 1 spot for buyout

[@Zoboogie83Commanders]

Switch Rui for Vando in this trade scenario and I'm with it

[@deddiev1718]

Your team is good except the defense would suck

[@JoseDiaz-zd4sq]

Blah blah blah

[@jamesbell6486]

I don't understand the reason why Laker fans is cynical about everything LeBron camp do since joined this team right or wrong. And don't try to throw rock and hide your hand cause your do that all " Andy"

[@LockedOnLakers]

As always, James, you're trying to read between lines that don't exist. You should know by now that I say what I mean. I've been doing this job way too long to get wrapped up in worrying about the audience's reaction. You'll never please everyone, so I don't try. If I thought what LeBron was doing was bad or below board I would just say it with no ambiguity. LeBron is allowed to control his own PR. Lord knows the Lakers do plenty of their own spinning through leaks and whatnot. This is just how the world works. AK

[@jamesbell6486]

@@LockedOnLakers I just call it as I see it 🤷

[@LockedOnLakers]

@@jamesbell6486 Hey, feel free to keep calling it wrong every time. You’re welcome here and we appreciate the views regardless. AK👊

[@jamesbell6486]

@@LockedOnLakers That your opinion im just sharing mine but if you want to keep throwing rock and hide your hand to make you feel better than by all means be my guess .AK 👊

[@jamesbell6486]

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[@Grumpyoldguy-d7z]

Palinka is gonna fumble the whole thing popas sissy 😢

[@stanjohnson7849]

Like you could do better 🙄

[@whyareyousoreeediculous7707]

Snooze fest of a podcast 😂