Duke33
Registered User
Aging ego doesn't count.
Exactly. People need to stop clinging to the "they were awesome until Lebron got hurt" narrative. They had lost 4 of 6 before his Christmas injury and before that they were just ok, nothing special.
Their defense was/is awful, and their fundamentals are terrible. They are near the bottom of the league in turnovers and at the bottom of the league in free throw shooting. Those are mental issues, it's got nothing to do with James being hurt. Even the media sycophants who have been sucking up to James and the Lakers all year have abandoned that narrative.
And it's not just the bad teams they lose to. They're something like 8-13 against the current Western playoff teams as well.
Throw in the embarrassment of the historic Lakers franchise getting punked by New Orleans of all people at the trade deadline, James calling out his teammates (while refusing to play hard himself, or skip games after a late night making recordings), and you have plenty of typical LA drama for sure.
Hopefully they'll sit him sooner rather than later so we can stop hearing about the Lakers 24/7.