Kendrick Perkins, Richard Jefferson and Chiney Ogwumike join Malika Andrews on NBA Countdown to describe what they saw from LeBron James, Austin Reaves and Anthony Davis in the Los Angeles Lakers’ In-Season Tournament victory over Kevin Duran and the Phoenix Suns before questioning Victor Wembanyama’s utilization by Gregg Popovich and the San Antonio Spurs.
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Great take from Perk and RJ. ESPN is already trying to tell Victor how to feel about his team. Why would he “feel some type of way about this process”? There is literally no other process when you’re rebuilding a franchise around a prospect. That’s it right there.
This tourney has lit a fire under many teams. These early games are more exciting than before.
❤AD is 🍦served ❤
Dlo had a HORRIBLE game. I almodt feel like he will be traded eith rui for damar an Caruso
Fascinating
thats what I love about this team. their defense!!
is it just me or does vando look absolutely jacked?
Championship mindset? Who else has a ring except Lebron & AD. I know you ain’t talking about Cam Reddish, ballin like a talented scrub in the league.
"Lakers championship mindset" or actually Phoenix was just easy pickings, and Kevin DurAINT I mean Durant is seen as a bus riding opportunistic weakling and so LeBron James had to take advantage and run roughshod over them
predictions now when they lose in the final to the bucks "they just can't compete right now with the other contending teams they need to make another trade for a superstar lebron needs help he's 38 he can't dominate without another superstar"
Please pass Wemby the fqn rock.
the Suns arent very good right now. the Lakers will look bad again pretty soon because they're inconsistent af. lebron does look way better than last year but the Lakers jumpers are so hot and cold from game to game where it makes them so erratic. Just like last year.
Why they ain't invest in Westbrook the same way they invested in AD just saying 😢
Lakers winning the in season tournament 💯🏆
nobody misusing Wemby they are Litterly ROKKIes
Fk you all talk so much sh|t. Wemby is overrated – he is simply tall. That's the whole basis of his game. His dunks are boring, his skills aren't sublime. KD is about as tall as you want before you just lose the visual impact. NBA always desperate for a new face. Remember that dude called Zion lol
FINALLY medias starting to question Pop…
This the same team that got blown out by like 40 points?? ESPN can't wait for any reason to hype the Lakers lol
Fire Scott Foster
Lakers
I can’t believe Malika Andrews is still here 🤦♂️
Lakers 🎉
I just don’t think buddy is that good 🤷🏿♂️
The Spurs about to get next years #1 pick also.
Every time I see the girl in green I cringe so bad 😂
More like turned on the “bonus ref calls” button
I think perk goes to sleep with a replica of LeBronze's nuts on his pillow. The Lakers just got back from a road trip where they beat bad teams and got blown out by good teams. The Suns committed 20 turnovers and lost by three points. Keep it real man!
Turning your effort on and off used to be a bad thing….. but he gets a pass bc he old?😂😂
Where was that 'championship mindset' last season?
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People focus way too much on how many points AD scores… he has scored 35+ in plenty of games when the lakers lost and it wasn’t a close game… AD getting rebounds, blocks, and altering shots around the rim are what wins games for the lakers and he had a ton of rebounds in the 2nd half… also the lakers start every game trying to feed AD the ball on offense as much as possible then it gradually shifts to Lebron & Reaves being the offense for the rest of the game.
Y’all can talk sht but it’s clear you haters don’t actually watch laker games and just go off of how many points AD scored and even if he scores 35 total but had 30 in one half & 5 in the other that somehow isn’t good enough for you…
Go rewatch last years playoffs vs the Grizzlies & vs the Warriors and come back trying to tell me it was AD’s offense that won those series… AD blocked & altered almost every single shot at the basket in those games especially at home, that’s why they won.
LA Lakers won that game, Yes! But They still let the PHX Suns scored and narrow it down in a close out game. Vulnerability
ESPN is so desperate for the lakers to be relevant 🤣
Victor needs to live the spur’s that coach to old
Not even half way through the season yet the spurs season is “over” 💀
Pop did say theyll experiment for 20 games then give the team structure and thwure at the 20 game mark
Levels to this….Mike didn't need an in-season tournament to show up on day 1 of the season ready to compete with intensity.
Championship mindset!! Ha Ha!! Refs saved them!! ESPN went crazy loco!! Ha Ha The clown show!!
Malika has gone too thin.
Didn't u all pick him 2 win rookie of the year he will never in his life be like kd nor even half of kd
Championship mindset or .. the refs allow you to do what you’d like ? The NBA is a joke anymore ..
The difference is just that the Lakers are finally healthy. Not the mindset or whatsoever.
The Lakers couldnt defend well because they had no Vando/Hachimura/Reddish, so no wing depth or defense.
That being said, I still believe Vincent will be big for this team later on
Did she say looking forward for match-up with ad and nurkic lol like common
Trouble for BricksBanyama? His entire professional career (which now is his 4th season) has shown he is an inefficient shot jacker. All we are seeing is exactly what he has always shown. You would think if you were the 9th best 3P shooter on your team you wouldn't be taking the 3rd most attempts. Complete selfish losing mentality. And hey Bricks stop stealing uncontested rebounds from your teammates to pad your stats and doing nothing on defense other than hunting for blocks
And yes I stated all this would happen BEFORE it did
Jefferson hit it on the head it's pops fault for not having a point guard for wemby were the fans we want to see wins not throwing seasons I don't pay to see them just to lose
The Lakers are 13-9 and it's the in season tournament stop the madness