Zach Lowe if the Celtics fans want to dismiss the Lakers Minneapolis titles they have to come to grip with the fact that 9 of their 17 titles came when there were like 9 teams in the NBA &amp dudes were smoking in the locker room

Charles Barkley I get sick of people saying theyre contenders The Lakers are not a good team I just think it's funny how the media's turned on Luka Doncic I guess were contractually obligated to talk about them every day

Pat Riley reflects on his time with LeBron James in Miami and believes they couldve had a 8-10 year title window

Chipalu Minnesota Timberwolves Head Coach Chris Finch on facing the Lakers without LeBron James in the lineup Seems to activate Luka amp Reavesseem to share the shots They become exponentially more dangerousbeen pretty good when 2 of those 3 been out because of just a usage puzzle

Jason Timpf on the Colin Cowherd Podcast Against the Top 10 teams in point differential in the NBA the Lakers are getting outscored by 13 points per game which is good for 28th in the league behind only the Wizards and the Nets

Zach Lowe on the Nuggets It does have the feel of sometimes it just doesn't come together It's on my radar it just might be the year it doesn't happen and I expected it to happen because there is legitimately a great team in here but sometimes you run out of time to find it

Brian Windhorst When LeBron doesnt play and Austin Reaves and Luka do the Lakers are a better team