John Ireland is FIRED up | Calls the Lakers loss vs the Kings “Worst Loss of the Year”

John Ireland is FIRED up | Calls the Lakers loss vs the Kings “Worst Loss of the Year”

What you what was kind of some of your takeaways I I know it was such a roller coaster of a game you’re up 19 and before you know it they’re down 15 by halftime yeah um well let me preface it by saying this I everyone who’s ever

Taught me about the game says be very very careful not to make it too big of a deal about one game one game is a having said that in my opinion worst loss worst most disappointing so em most it was a very costly deflating very costly L with what was on the

Table I don’t want to be almost like they went to sleep yeah I don’t want to be overly dramatic here because again it was one game they they can I know where you’re going just up out of the hole but it’s you got to think of it though John

As a playoff game 100% the opportunity cost were massive to me there were people that played in that game last night that that just punched their ticket out of here whoa that’s how bad it was whoa I I it was it was almost to the point of indescribable at one point

Michael said uh or I said to Michael I would pull pH a Phil Jackson or a Greg papovich when those guys when they got mad take those guys out hockey substitutions take all five of them out at once line change and uh and he never

Did it Darin never did it but those guys just stop playing well there’ll be people wondering uh you said players who punch their way out of town there’ll be people wondering if Darin coached his way out of town well I didn’t say play I know you people have been wondering that

By the way start of the season saying that didn’t it I know you didn’t say it I want to make sure it’s clarified you did not say that John but I know no I’m actually agreeing with you okay yeah okay I’m I’m saying that I’m not limiting this loss to just the players

Okay okay I I think that that loss was incredibly discouraging there were no adjustments made either there was no timeouts called I mean there was no they never made Deen fox go right was it like a 50 to 22 run at some point listen listen they go on a 10 nothing run to

Close out the first quarter yeah and they outscore the Lakers in the second quarter 44 to 20 so it was 54-2 over a course of 14 minutes that’s just a joke and I think what you said John and doing the pregame show with Michael there was this hype around the

Game like hey this is and they came out like they were ready chance to get within a half of the seven this one of the big ones at one point the score of that game was Lakers 30 Kings 11 and I’m going to I’m going to say lot

Today I’m trying really hard not to make a big deal out of one game mhm but that was ridiculous yep it was a playoff like atmosphere they come out of the gate they go up 30 to 11 and they stop playing yep no defense mace they went they completely

Went to sleep it it was I I you know me I’m never at a loss for words right points in the paint okay yep Lakers 50 that’s pretty good yeah sure it’s not bad n half your points in the paint that’s good Kings yep 76 oh tell me

About the rebounds well I don’t think those were as bad that’s 55 38 uh 4634 but the rebounding has been terrible lately but the the defense there was no defense yep they offensively LeBron and AD had to do everything and and when ad got into foul

Trouble ruy kind of bailed him out by having a big a really good game yeah but I shouldn’t have to say this because all the Lakers know it the coaches know it the players know it but this is the Los Angeles Lakers 10th place is not

Okay and if you guys don’t want to be here they’ll Rob’s proven he’ll cut bait I mean he’ll cut ties and that was abominable it was the worst last of the season for me yeah for me I I don’t know what you it was was terrible I mean the

The Run cu the problem was they had such a big lead that you felt like all right they’re like R said they relaxed they picked up right where they left off with OKC and all the sudden it is a collapse or as you would say a clap

Now you said cut ties with people let me just say I think last night sealed the deal Darvin ham will not be here next year I I think you’re I think that’s premature and I’ll tell you why he still has 18 games to dig out of it he still

Has them but did you see to your point yes did you see anything last night that would indicate that’s what’s going to happen that they’re going to dig their way out of that 10 spot no I they feel like the ten to me they feel like the

Legit and by the way schedule wise it feels like that’s where they’re going to wind up they can’t drift out of the 10 cuz they got a cushion there at worst they can be the 10 but if that team winds up the 10 and gets two Road games

Against the teams that are 7even eight n there is no way they’re even getting into the playoffs and and I you shouldn’t have to point that out right that was obvious they win that game last night they’re a half game behind Sacramento yes now they’re two and they’ve blown the tiebreaker and they

Got to play him next week by the way ma tomorrow night Milwaukee best defense in the NBA since the All-Star break now they got boat rised Milwaukee did so maybe the Lakers show up tomorrow night maybe they play like they did against Oklahoma City and dig themselves out

Sunday no Carl Anthony Towns now right so that’s a break Y and then next Wednesday we got to go play these Sacramento Kings at their place and they got our number it’s now I do I look at some point you say it does come down to our guys playing

For their coach and last night they were not playing for Darin ham or how about playing for yourself well playing for but honestly you you need somebody who can at least make some adjustment at some point when they’re steamrolling you I mean do something different they’re

Doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result the hole got deeper and deeper and deeper and it was I’m finally on the bandwagon with all the and there’s so many fans who are like I’m done with Darin we should take calls today I know that Greg will hate

It but we should take calls today I don’t hate anything uh you hate us no I love you guys yeah I do Ireland and I fight a lot but I love you hated me on uh on dressed you hated me yeah the day you dressed me down no you hated me this

Is the new thing I’m I’m the sheriff I’m going to dress everybody down absolutely not what Greg we’ve been venting what did you think I thought it was absolute disgrace and this is what happens plenty of times against some of these higher teams when it gets to guys that have

Bigs that are are physical with Anthony Davis and just in the middle there they tend to do very well against them do Damonte sabonis owns Anthony Davis you you yuch nkic whatever you saying right now NK Yosef nurkic owns Anthony Davis anybody that has a big physical big owns

Anthony Davis and this team the team with Anthony Davis and LeBron James as great as that those two are should not be in the 10 seed and these things should not be happening well let me stick up for for ad a little bit the whole Laker defense is built around ad

As the rim protector yes and he was out a lot last night because he had four fouls early so the physicality from sabonis uh he ended up playing 34 minutes which is about his average so he he kind of came back into it um he finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds

Not good enough but here’s here’s where I think Greg you’re making a little bit of a misconnection you see sabonis numbers and you see Anthony Davis numbers you guys watch the game you saw dearon Fox break down whoever was guarding him it didn’t matter Malik monk breaking that

And so what happens is when those quick guards get to the rim or get into the paint Fox had 46 points right and by the way sabonis how many assists did he have a bunch trip he had a triple double so he had a bunch of assists he he had uh

He had 16 points 20 rebounds and 12 assists so bonus pretty dominant line Fox I and I gave him two more points than he had he had 44 um 44 points for so Greg every time Dean Fox gets into the paint which was last night pretty much wherever he

Wanted to he has to make a decision Anthony Davis has to slide over and help and then they he just shovels the ball to sabonis and sabonis gets a dunk that’s not all on ad that means he did his job he slid over to cut off Fox and

Then he did and then after a while they stopped cutting off Fox right when ad went out of the game nobody helped and it was just an incredibly discouraging loss and then LeBron goes out with a bad ankle right and I’m thinking wow yeah goes out with an ankle but it was late

In the game and it wasn’t I mean hopefully it’s it’s something he’s dealing with game in game out he said you know some days he he didn’t feel anything against OKC last night he felt it towards the end of the game uh and with the game out of sight you know why

Why expend minutes there but I I just think as a Lakers fan I was incred discouraged by what I saw last night given the fact that they could have been a half game within the seven now they’re the 10 and think about how well they’ve been playing lately they were 10 and

Four in their last 14 games coming into that they had just come off a game where they beat up OKC who at the time was the number one seed in the west and that game really wasn’t close then you jump on Sacramento and go up 30 to 11 and you

Quit playing right uh I wish Darvin would have done the Phil Jackson thing and taken all five of those dudes out out in including LeBron and AD just to send him a message to say guys you got to wake up this is in essence a playoff game right and you’re not competing yeah

And then and then LeBron and AD have been great you know everybody rips them in previous years for not playing enough games or those guys they can only do so much they’ve been out there a lot this year just gonna say I mean at some point

The Supporting Cast has got to rise up and play with some fire guys other guys have got to play and by the way they’re not going to be the one who won’t be here next year right oh no LeBron those guys are coming back LeBron and AD have

Earned their money yeah it’s everybody and ruy played great last night R was excellent R was excellent doesn’t right what’s that he doesn’t have to come back it’s it’s up to him but it’s like the indications are the smoke says he’s likely to be back I mean if it keeps

Going on like this and they keep ham and they keep what’s going on I think he want don’t think remember just he has his choice remember this though Rob says if we take Rob at his word he says that all decisions he makes is a partnership with LeBron and AD which means he’s

Consulting them so they’re in on this stuff but I was because they’ve been playing so well lately and because they were coming off of that win over Oklahoma City I thought they were moving me too this direction yeah up the standings right now they’re in 10th

Every team in front of them Golden State beat him late recently Sacramento beat him recently Phoenix beat him recently Dallas beat him not too long ago I’ve been saying to our listeners for the past month because the Lakers have been playing well I would take the Lakers to

Win a seven- game series against everybody in the west except Denver after last night my confidence on that whole thing is shot yeah I mean I don’t like him to beat Phoenix in seven I don’t like Phoenix in the seven game series I don’t like him to beat the

Clippers in the seven game series I understand they’ve had a couple of uh wins against the Clippers three and one against the Clippers but no Paul George in this last one and LeBron had to pull off a magic act in the fourth quarter no zubats too no zubats uh Oklahoma City I

Would feel good about that matchup um Minnesota I don’t know we’re going to see him on Sunday the point is if they play like they did last night they’re not beating any of them right if they play like they did last night they won’t get out of the playin tournament right

And if they’re the 10 I don’t think they get out of the playin tournament all right so Ma you know the name Woody Hayes of course okay the longtime Ohio State football coach Greg do you know who Woody Hayes is yes okay he’s on around the horn he does all that stuff

No you’re talking that’s who I also thought you you know you’ve never heard the name famous college he’s dead but he’s a very famous college football coach in the 60s and70s Ohio State Michigan was as big of a rivalry as you could have Woody Hayes was the coach at Ohio State Mo shim

Beckler was the coach at Michigan and Woody haes used to have a saying that I I’ve often believed in and this is what I’m holding on to today because I’m so mad at the way the Lakers played last night Woody Hayes used to say nothing cleanses the soul like

Getting the hell kicked out of you in other words if you lay an egg play terrible get your ass kicked that should serve as a wakeup call right I am very anxious and very excited to see how the Lakers play tomorrow night against Milwaukee because that is the number one defense in the

NBA since the allstar break y Giannis is playing Damen Lillard who eats the Lakers alive a lot is playing and if they don’t come out with an a fire and intensity and you always say this it’s not that they lost it’s how they lost how you lose yeah if they if they come

Out and play against Milwaukee like they did against Sacramento they’ll get absolutely B rised the whole season could unravel yeah yeah so I’m hoping that that that performance and fans at crypto leaving in the third quarter and booing them on their own Court in the fourth wakes everybody up

And they come out and say we’re not going out like this yeah we we we just got the hell kicked out of us and we’re going to get up and we are gonna fight fight don’t let dearn Fox dribble down the middle over and over and over and

Over again what were they thinking he scored 44 points doing the same move it was just so frustrating and hopefully hopefully they’re as mad as I am I think they are and let’s see what happens tomorrow night star effing driven while you were saying that I was trying to

Imagine what it would look like if Woody Hayes was on around the Horn okay so I got I got a little mixed up there I know who Woody Hayes is those guys Greg are about the same age Woody Hayes on around he would punch somebody like he do you know that’s how went out he punched a Clemson player in

A ball game that how was that when yeah that’s that’s when he was done punched a Clemson player on the field during a ball game but see he had fight all right johnon we’re gonna take call by the way let me let me before we

Go to this I I I’m not you can tell I’m like not having it today right Doug in Riverside you guys are amazing how do you not blame LeBron for anything he is the supposed leader of this team but he couldn’t lead a horse to water he’s the

Only star player that never gets blamed for 14 performance unbelievable Doug you’re unbelievable go listen to somebody else here’s LeBron’s numbers 10 of 16 from the field 31 points 13 assists you’re going to criticize LeBron for playing on a bad ankle what are you watching yeah you’re an idiot you cannot

In any way Trace any failures of this team to LeBron Jame he has been I don’t know he’s played most games right he’s maybe missed how many Gam games do you think he’s missed eight n something like that I don’t even think it’s that many yeah I mean they’ve been he’s been out

There every and he’s been their MO I mean literally winning games because of him 36 minutes 10 of 16 from the field right all right 10 of 10 from the free throw line 13 assists 31 points and Doug and Riverside wants to blame LeBron you hate

LeBron Doug this is a u problem if you’ve got problems with LeBron look in the mirror the guy scored 31 points had 13 assists and he’s the only guy that was even playing you’re not watching the games it’s just ridiculous some people go into it with the the pre-advanced

Ramon blame right I just I hate LeBron no matter what I’m going to blame everything on LeBron uh 877710 ESPN we’ll get some calls in here next plus John I can’t I’ll also throw this in there for a little lightness uh there’s a movie coming out that was made

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