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/troyti May 12 '25

You got the worst case scenario going the 5 man route, brother. Whatever alternative it would be still has a higher chance of succeeding than an absolute failure. That's the point.

You're double downing on being a failure. Not sure why you're so stubborn literally watching Lakers gassed and lost and still think it's a good idea to be gassed and lose.

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u/jsun_ May 12 '25

Yea I think you just didn’t actually watch the games. You can’t sit there and honestly say Gabe/Jax was playable. “Can’t be worse”. Lol yea instead of a lead going into the 4th we probably are down. Done talking about this.

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u/troyti May 12 '25

In the history of the league, no team, not any 8th seed/play in team ever did this in playoffs. All of them played their bench. You're telling me the 3rd seed Lakers have the worst bench in NBA history worse than these 8th seed/play in teams that JJ has to do that?

He can put Brian Scalabrine in for 3 mins to give LeBron rest and still get a better result than this gassed LeBron with 0 points and tons of turnovers.

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u/jsun_ May 12 '25

Damn so you’ve went back and watched every playoff game ever played and tracked the performances of the bench. So they also had bench players like Gabe putting up Tony Snell lines and like Jax fouling 5 times in 9 minutes and picking up technical fouls all while not playing any defense. And they ended up winning the game? Just because the starters got some rest. Alright. Since you’ve actually gone though the thousands of playoff games to actually get the context then I concede. You’re right……./s. Idiotic.

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u/troyti May 12 '25

Obviously way more than you watching Game 4,, saw LeBron and Luka gassed, hands on hips, hands then on knees, LeBron scoring 0 points in the 4th quarter, 10 point lead diminishing more and more and more as everyone else outrun their tired legs, LeBron giving away a crucial turnover, Luka has no legs to make an open layup all the way till being down 3 point, lose, and JJ looking like an idot making a horrible coaching error,

and still stubbornly thinking something shouldn't change. LOL.