Dave McMenamin speaks with Malika Andrews on NBA Today about LeBron James’ future after mentioning retirement after the Lakers were swept in the Western Conference Finals. Dave then describes the three pathways that Los Angeles can go this offseason relating to the point guard position. Ramona Shelburne, Jalen Rose, Kendrick Perkins and Austin Rivers then debate how the Lakers should handle free agency.
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Way to beat a dead horse. How many days in a row will NBA today talk about what the Lakers are going to do during the off season. Come on guys. Do better
D-lo after GS series: "This guy is a baller, glad the Lakeshow got him back"
D-lo after Den series: "Ni Hao D-lo, you can't shoot good."
Espns toxic obsession with The Lakers… they can't go 1 day without talking about a team who just got swept
Worst Espn Outfits Award goes to Malika.
Thank U Jalen. These delusional laker fans actually want to keep that dude. For evey 3 Dlo hits he gives up 2 buckets on the other end.
Option 2
Trade lebron
Trade DLO
This nigguh always talking to a close source………
They got swept… run what back? ahaha i dont mind seeing Bron sulk off the court
Plot twist: Lakers should keep D-Lo, trade Lebron. Lebron will be leaving anyways after next year to where his son plays. And next year Lebron will do his victory lap.
Lakers should go for PG Fred VanVleet , SG Austin Reeves , SF Lebron James , PF Dreymond Green , C Anthony Davis , bench Dennis Schrouder , Rui Hachimura , Lonnie Walker , Tristan Thompson & Seth Curry 🤷♂ or consider moving AD for picks and Dame Lillard instead of Kyrie.
is this Lakers TV ?
He is drinking vino with mr Irving right now. I’m his butler
I think he ends up back with the lakers on a team friendly deal until a deal presents itself probably at the trade deadline
Keep AR, keep Rui, get a big that can bang like previous Dwight and Thomas Bryant, and get a scorer scorer like Kyrie maybe. Maybe even get a 3 and D wing also like previous KCP
So i guess DLO is the scapegoat this time smh
Lebron please retire. People are tired of hearing about how you need help when you lose. ESPN will do anything to keep this guy relevant. You have the best player in the world in Jokic and he hardly gets any recognition.
The Lakers are a good teams it’s just other teams are better
Why is Dlo the scape goat? This is crazy
The Lakers need to pick up Austin Rivers 😄
You shoulda known playing with lebron stunts personal growth and limits your personal game you must play how he wants you to play or your numbers will suffer and/or you'll be traded
Dan and Malika dating
Austin rivers is good analysist i liked him there
Bro, they got plenty of talents in their current roster and the roster before the trade deadline. it doesn't matter who they get this offseason the result will be the same. LbJ needs to adjust and adapt with the current players and build from there. Building a championship winning team does not happen overnight.
Coach Malone was right
D Lo taking that practice three while Bron got in his little scuffle should get him traded..
Get Kyrie, Fred, Brook, Draymond, Middleton
They have to pay Reaves that 100 mil
trade him……
When are they gonna fire malika?
Get rid of EVERYONE except for Reaves and Hachimura 🙏 get rid of LeBron and AD first
Send AD for Dame rn
LeBron and AD need to take pay cuts to help the team…
Perkins just be talkin lol
So Dans on there getting interviewed by his GF that’s cool.
Lakers went from we don’t need Kyrie we got D’lo to now wanting to shop D’lo
Lebron broke Kareem’s record now he should break Vince Carter seasons played record 22 seasons
of that group, the lakers should try to pursue vucevic or porzingis, they are very thin at center. They would probably need to sacrifice Dlo for signing any of those two players, and maybe someone more like beaslie or vando. I would understand pursuing Kyrie, but i think getting vucevic or porzingis would be better. Dont even try to get vanvleet. Match Austin Reaves, sign hachimura, troy brown jr, LW-IV. Try to bring back schroeder. Of lakers can not bring any of those players (Porzingis, Vucevic or irving), keep Dlo. They can let walk beasley, too expensive for what he brings, or maybe bring him in and trade him in the trade deadline, his salary could be a plus for teams that wants to shed some salary at the trade deadline.
Crazy though but what about James harden ?
Lakers need to trade Anthony Davis.
This is what happens when your organization only tries to get people in free agency instead of drafting promising players and developing them.
Dont do anything…Run it back…do not precipitate….the team is good…AD to me is the guy that needs to understand that He is now the #1 guy under the King om the team….gige Dlo a second chance, he is good…. now is He ask for more money than LA can offer, thats a different conversation….
Nuggets won and they wont still talk about them 😂 the only topic espn knows is lakers and wemby😂
Lakers get Kyrie it's over instant chip trust me, this pc nba vex me sometimes man
Lol. Why is Austin rivers given a platform
AD will come back better next year since the bubble season he played in 41 and 40 games the next 2 seasons then played 48 since end of January this season not hard to think he was gased by end of season. He's healthy this off-season which will pay dividens for next year he's gonna ball next year