NBA 2020/2021

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Im sure Lebron in his last couple seasons is thinking.....this will be great move for entertainment purposes...

[TDub]

Well.....actually.....lebron might be thinking that....but....my point remains snd Im sure management isnt thinking lets not win a championship lets entertain and have a bunch of added drama even if theres no gain.

[pdub]

That's like a homeless guy on the street wearing tin foil on his head calling me crazy.

I may second guess his opinion.

[Deleted User 863]

Or Paul George.

It's not like they missed the playoffs. Were you expecting them to win a championship?

Do you think they made this move yo NOT win a championship? Or did they break up because it worked out well?

They weren't beating the Warriors with that team. If they thought they were then they were being overly optimistic.

[TDub]

It's not like they missed the playoffs. Were you expecting them to win a championship?

Do you think they made this move yo NOT win a championship? Or did they break up because it worked out well?

They weren't beating the Warriors with that team. If they thought they were then they were being overly optimistic.

So......they broke up because it worked out exactly as they foresaw it?

[Deleted User 863]

Well.....actually.....lebron might be thinking that....but....my point remains snd Im sure management isnt thinking lets not win a championship lets entertain and have a bunch of added drama even if theres no gain.

What's the drama? Russ and LeBron are friends.

The only time Russ has really had teammate drama was with KD, and based on KD also having drama in GS, and being a magnet for drama off the court (mostly on the interwebs), i am going to make an educated guess that KD was the cause of the drama.

[Deleted User 863]

That's like a homeless guy on the street wearing tin foil on his head calling me crazy.

I may second guess his opinion.

I am not homeless and you are not crazy. But it seems you have trouble on topics involving Russ because you dislike him. Earlier you compared him to Evan Fournier. That's ridiculous.

[pdub]

Uh. No.
Paul George wanted out of OKC because of Westbrook.

[pdub]

Man, you are just really bad at reading comprehension.

[Deleted User 863]

Uh. No.
Paul George wanted out of OKC because of Westbrook.

Sounds like Paul George was the problem?

Is it "working out" with him on the clippers?

[pdub]

Amazing.

[Deleted User 863]

Man, you are just really bad at reading comprehension.

No. I am not.

Those 2 players are so far apart in talent that it can't be a net gain to have the lesser one (in my opinion of course) regardless of how the pieces fit. You're not choosing between remotely comparable players. You take the better one and figure fit out later. Not to mention LeBron is one of the most versatile players in NBA history. He may play center. Let Russ create for people so he can try to average 30 assists per game..


Also, the lakers only gave up Kuzma KCP and Harrell and they barely even played Harrell last year. They can still get fournier probably.

[TDub]

Well.....actually.....lebron might be thinking that....but....my point remains snd Im sure management isnt thinking lets not win a championship lets entertain and have a bunch of added drama even if theres no gain.

What's the drama? Russ and LeBron are friends.

The only time Russ has really had teammate drama was with KD, and based on KD also having drama in GS, and being a magnet for drama off the court (mostly on the interwebs), i am going to make an educated guess that KD was the cause of the drama.

Yea...no...youre right.


Neither Russ nor Lebron have ever had any drama attached to them.....


Plus....They're Friends!

This is silly. Russ is a tornado of Drama. Lebron is a pure Drama queen.

[pdub]

In your opinion of course.

"The only time Russ has really had teammate drama was with KD..."

"But also Paul George but that was HIS fault!"

[pdub]

Westbrook has been traded how many times in the last few years?

Seems like a stable dude to me.

[Deleted User 863]

Amazing.

Its pure speculation. PG never said Russ was the problem. Losing was probably the problem and living in OKC was the problem becuase he never really wanted to go there in the first place other than to play with Russ.

[Deleted User 863]

LOL

Russ and LeBron are polarizing players. People either love them or hate them. And there is no rational discussion involving them with the far ends of either side of the spectrum.

We will see how it "works out". My guess is they'll be one of the 3 or 4 vegas favorites to win it all when future odds to win the title get updated after the trade goes through.

[pdub]

I'm not alone in not thinking the trade is a good fit or that Westbrooks style of play isn't ideal for winning championships. But keep spinning the excuses and confusing arguments.

[pdub]

The Lakers were already a top 2 futures favorite via Vegas.

[Deleted User 863]

I'm not alone in not thinking the trade is a good fit or that Westbrooks style of play isn't ideal for winning championships. But keep spinning the excuses and confusing arguments.

Westbrooks style of play definitely isn't conducive to winning championships. That's why he's never won one.

But LeBrons style of play is, and he is smart enough to adapt to his teammates. He's done it time and time again.

i do agree it's not a great fit. But they couldn't get dame for that package.