First Take Magic Johnson Luka gotta understand this is not Dallas Kobe God rest his soul superstar who lead us Shaq lead us to a championship LeBron lead us And thats whats missing here We shouldnt have to tell you to be in shape you should have been about that

Max Kellerman The team wouldve functioned better had Luka dribbled a little less LeBron been playing point more I felt like LeBron needed to assert himself a little more Rich Paul Youre not wrong

Rich Paul On LeBron James not wanting to be a third option on the Lakers behind Luka and Austin When the coach asks you to do something and play a certain way he doesn't know how to buck Obviously I'm not the third option But if this is what I'm being asked to do then I'm going to do that

Shelburne The Lakers Had A Meeting Last Summer With Luka Doncic That Mapped Out The 2026 Offseason LeBron James wasnt In Those Plans At that meeting they laid out their plans in those plans they did not include LeBron James

Bill Simmons Pod Simmons on Lakers' moves I'm just dumbfounded I just don't get it Goldsberry What are we doing with Walker Kessler We are the Los Angeles fing Lakers We go after George Mikan Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Shaq

Mitch Johnson We werent ready to win an NBA championship The better team won We did a lot of good things and we didnt finish the job That's what it is

SAS Show Stephen A Smith has an issue with the Lakers signing white guys Somebody had to say it so Im saying it Your top three players are WHITE DUDES Really This aint golf This aint baseball We got a whole bunch of brothers on Team USA What yall think this is Its basketball