How the Lakers failed against Denver
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Nobody’s winning a debate with you Steven A. Smith. But it doesn’t mean you are right.
All these other playoff teams and dude still talking about the Lakers…
How is it Hams fault? They same way it was Adrian's fault in MIL? Why isn't it palinkas fault? WHO SAID IT'S NOT?!!! WTAF
AD is still in his prime at 31
sas is spitting let him land
austin reaves balled not sure with stephen a smith is talking about he just likes to hear himself talk
Lakers did not fail, they just not good enough, Stephen A is just talking to milk and make money, but lakers is irrelevant
many teams have failed and failing not just the Lakers, a team with LBJ doesnt mean it will win everytime, there are so many superstars out there still dont win, what is the big deal,
Darvin ham part of it the problem tho
Man yall have to realize it's the young players time now.
The only thing that can beat the Nuggets is Alot of Sharpshooting. A Team has to have 5 Guys on the Top Unit that Hit 3s at a high Percentage like the Warriors had against them . Other wise ? The Nuggets can't be beat with just Two Primarily Jump Shot / Dunking Scorers , and a weak Bench .
Denver is just a better team how hard is that to accept
you forgot about the fact that he took 50 games to stop starting Taurean Prince and Cam Reddish and go back to the starting 5 that got them to the WCF last year…that's coaching my guy
They failed bc Lebron, who is 6’9 and a supposed great rebounder can’t box out
The NBA title do not belong to LeBron James
We all known that the team is a reflection of the best player or leader so when a team is mentally weak then you got to look at the leader and we all know but you can't say it that their leader is weak and if not four Kobe and the other All-stars then he would never be the Champ that he is now so don't blame the supporting cast especially when they have been playing do awhile nowand i know you know that…
Austin reeves is a liability on defense, even on offense the refs call ghost fouls for him
lebron and ad not as good in 4th quarter, cause the load they carry rtest of the game is so large.
Jamal just chillin, getting carried all game so of course he's balling all out 4th quarter/clutch
I wish stephen A made it to the NBA so he can have credibility..jj redick and max kellerman were blacker than stephen A
We all know why Kuzma is gone..its because he pushed Lebron into position on defense thereby embarrassing the "King".
Even if the Lakers was a two or a three seed, they still wouldn’t have one the championship .
Yeah let that man build some chemistry!!!!!! Just add some strategy
Bron/Lakers fan expect Ham to get Reaves/DLo to magically play defense and for Vanderbilt/Reddish to magically become shooters. IQ so low that they don’t realize every lineup Ham can throw out there with that personnel has a glaring weakness and he still managed to keep them relatively competitive against a better/more complete team
No real head coach Ham
No real center to defend fatboy
No 6th man 3 and D
No defense starters AR and Russel
In this league 2 all stars isn’t enough
James is old… defense gets tired
Bench literally all trash
I didn't see the same energy when Steve Nash was with the Nets SAS was blaming him for everything but he's making all types of excuses for Ham i wonder why!!
You worshipy twisted Lebum fans always deflect blame to everyone except him. Lefraud never was good enough to lead a team to a Dynasty or win a non-bubble chip without a stacked team. FACTS!!
Jamal Murray made clutch shots to win games that Lebum wasn't great enough to do.
Love the podcast. It’s great we get to hear Stephen A with no filter
How come it couldn't be that the Nuggets was just a better team than the Lakers?
This is what the Lakers wanted. They wanted Ham to come back & not improving the team at the deadline didnt help. & they wanted the Nuggets 😂 look how that ended
Simple. Gordon and porter are better than austin and d lo. If lakers had vando on porter i believe lakers win. He would have got some rebounds too. Better team won and they have prime mvp jokic.
Please explain why Lebum didn't win all 4 championships when he had D. Wade and Chris Bosh in their prime, along with the future hall of famer Eric Spoelstra as coach?? Would've lost 3 out 4 if it wasn't for Ray Allen clutch shot in the 2013 finals.
Easy math on this one. The Nuggets are a much better team. Any chance of LeBron not only retiring, but maybe leaving the country? With his money, outer space isn’t out of the question. Just spit balling here
LeBron and AD are the leaders how is it not applicable to them ?
GET RID OF LEBRON! My goodness. Why will no one say it
Stephen A swearing on this podcast is really funny. One day on ESPN he’s going to forget where he is and curse on live TV. I’m calling it now.
Austin Rivers ?
Lebron wanted Westbrook and endorsed the hiring of Ham. He had his hand in who came to the team, how they were constructed.