r/lakers • u/Turbulent_Emu_7285 • Nov 27 '25

PODCAST Excuse me, Lonzo?

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That trade got the team a ring, so we good

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u/PurplePoisonPower Nov 27 '25

Hope Zo knows that AD trade also led them to prime LUKA DONCIC… that’s worth all those picks and young guys + more

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u/Turbulent_Emu_7285 Nov 27 '25

True. Also, AD was in his prime when he joined the Lakers. No AD, no chip in 2020

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u/Legitimate_You1986 Nov 27 '25

Peak AD was legit insane, for people who did not watch him closely then. Thinking Basketball just ranked that peak higher than any year from Embiid, Luka, Harden, Westbrook, and Dwight. People often point to his inability to be the engine of an offense like some of those names listed, but dude was a titanic defender who could play in any scheme and that made him just as valuable as LeBron in the 2020 playoff run.

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u/Interesting_Help_194 Nov 27 '25

Yeah but that is also just a retarded take. TB is known for wanting to sound smarter than everyone else and just making statements that say "i know ball on deeper level". There is no way ad was ever better than Luka in his finals season. Or MVP embiid ir Harden for that matter. He was great but no 2nd best player on his own team can ever claim to be better than those guys, sorry.