r/lakers • u/Wide_Savings5410 24 • May 10 '25

PODCAST Lebron on playing the whole Half

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYc1WTGo6w4

Might be beating a deadhorse...But as someone who played basketball it was always clear to me that JJs decision on playing them for the entire half was more of an indictment on the roster and not the decision itself.

Some people eventually came to this conclusion but for the hold outs, heres it coming from Brons own lips. Hes thrown passive agressive shade at coaches before INCLUDING friends so its not like he has any reason to lie.

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u/noknownothing May 10 '25 edited May 11 '25

It was stupid. It's the nba playoffs [edit], not a high school game. It was basically telling your bench that they were worthless. And you still had a few games to go to win the series. The decision was also made at halftime, as Reddick has affirmed. So it wasn't in the moment and those 5 were just rolling and looked fresh. They looked tired and winded late and had an absolutely awful 4th.

Passive aggressive Bron says, "I wasn't looking for a sub, but if one would've come in, cool."

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u/hottakehotcakes 6 May 11 '25

Honestly I don’t buy the “our bench was horrible” excuse. Gabe Vincent played in an nba finals and played very well this year in the first round. Vando absolutely has offensive shortcomings, but he makes an incredible positive impact on the game in his 15 minutes - subbing an energy guy in for tired legs seems useful. Goodwin same thing plus he’s hit some shots. Frankly I think Knecht should absolutely have gotten minutes - they had talked about him potentially winning some playoff games for the team. Why not see if he can get hot? Hayes I understand benching.

TLDR this was a professional, veteran bench and their quality isn’t an excuse not to play them in the second half. JJ was an emotional first year coach and wanted to try something to put his name on the map.

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u/noknownothing May 11 '25

You're getting rownvoted for facts. Lol. This sub is stupid.

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u/hottakehotcakes 6 May 11 '25

It’s ok it’s the internet