Jackie MacMullan 5 months ago: The Lakers are going to be a work in progress that's just the truth. Kawhi Leonard is so much easier to plug in to any lineup than Anthony Davis. You have to learn to work around Anthony Davis who by the way has to learn to

Tim MacMahon On the Clippers lying about Kawhi Leonard's health following dismissal from Team USA practice in July 2024 The Clippers organizational philosophy was kissing Kawhi's butt regardless of circumstances and factsThe guiding light was Find Kawhi's butt plant your lips on it

LeBron Anthony Davis mic'd up adjust their defensive gameplan vs Grizzlies 2023 wanting to keep the ball in JJJ's hands LeBron fake swipes to get JJJ to spin AD blocks him twice and forces a turnover JJJ shot 3-16 with 0 FTA the least efficient game of his career

Bill Simmons on the Lakers It couldn't be Luka's team if LeBron was there A lot of white guys They fit right in in Slovenia

Laker Legend Byron Scott says Lakers are pretenders Defense wins championships still in this league At the end of the day you got to get stops right Kessler at the center position he better average about 8 blocks a game because they're going to be getting a lot of blow-bys

Adam Silver on schedule and LeBron

Lakers Legend Byron Scott Luka in particular of making 2nd 3rd efforts It's OK to be a guy that's not a very good defensive player 1 on 1 but you got to be a better team defensive player If you look at the roster they can score but me and you both know that don't win Championships