Now that the Lakers have been officially eliminated from the playoff picture. Everybody and their baby’s momma, Uncle LeRoy and Aunt Betty has every reason in the book as to why their season was a disaster but the right one. I’m hearing boyz on every station and network blaming LeBron, blaming the LA culture, Magic etc.
Colin Cowherd was even on his show trying to tell boyz that it was all on LeBron because he got caught up in the “LA Thing” living too close to big time agents and billionaires etc. He says that Kobe never lived in LA and helicoptered into the city for games. That’s why he never got caught up in the “LA Thing.”
Everybody’s got an opinion like they’ve been sleep since the trade deadline. The Lakers season was a disaster for two reasons and two reasons only bruh. A) LeBron missed 18 games after injuring his groin on Christmas against the Warriors and B) Dell Demps decided he didn’t want to work anymore this year when he didn’t trade Anthony Davis.
Anybody giving you any other reason as to why the Lakers season was a train wreck didn’t watch the NBA this year. The Lakers were 2 and half games out of first place in the West when LeBron got hurt at Christmas. Dell Demps literally threw his job out of the window by not taking the full barn of players Magic and Co. offered him. They managed to get to the All-Star break with a record of 28-29 which looked as though they would survive this foolishness but the young players couldn’t handle it and completely fell apart. Boyz forgot that it was a business and allowed their emotions to get in the way.
Let’s keep it real or all the way 100, whichever comes 1st! To hear duns like Cowherd say that LeBron got caught up in the LA Thing is asinine because he’s put up better numbers this year than his career averages across the board. He’s averaging 27 points per game which is his career average. He’s grabbing 8.6 rebounds per game and his career average is 7.4. He’s throwing 8 dimes per game and his career average has been 7.2. He’s also shooting at a higher field goal and three-point shooting percentage than his career average at 51.2% (50.4) and 34.9% (34.4).
So to say that the dun got caught up in the “LA Thing” makes absolutely no sense. If Dell Demps trades Anthony Davis to the Lakers he’s still working and the Lakers are in the playoffs even with LeBron missing 18 games. Stop with this foolishness. And oh yeah stop me when I start lyin’!
Playas Thesaurus:
1) Dun: noun – the person in question, dude, guy, etc. It’s whoever I’m talkin’ about and its non-gender specific.