Is it potential to love the Lakers however want LeBron would take his drained act elsewhere? It is so tiresome to see LeBron blame another person for the crew’s failure. To be sad with each coach the Lakers have had. To run down the courtroom berating referees all sport lengthy for both calling a foul on him or not calling a supposed foul towards him. And utilizing leverage to get handpicked teammates (Russell Westbrook), who’re superb with different groups simply not along with his.
It’s getting to be a tough course of to pay for his abilities for the Lakers to keep profitable, notably when they don’t seem to be.
Bob Goldstone
Corona del Mar
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LeBron, please go away. Take your “it’s all about me” elsewhere. Quit holding Los Angeles hostage to your outsized ego and allow us to have our Lakers again.
Kip Dellinger
Santa Monica
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I perceive why Darvin Ham and the coaches had been fired by the Lakers. What I can’t perceive is why normal supervisor Rob Pelinka, who saved Talen Horton-Tucker and let Alex Caruso stroll away, and who traded Kyle Kuzma and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope for Russell Westbrook, has not.
Richard Raffalow
Valley Glen
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Darvin Ham was by no means the issue. It was by no means his crew; it was LeBron James’ crew. The drawback is the house owners. Just just like the Angels, the Lakers are ham-strung (pun meant) by possession that has no thought what it’s doing. Arte Moreno and Jeanie Buss want to promote their groups to house owners with a demonstrated understanding of what it now takes to win championships. In the Lakers’ case, it now not has to do with Jerry Buss’ previous genius however along with his progeny’s present incompetence.
Tom Stapleton
Glendale
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My father launched me to the Lakers once I was a child again in 1968-69 and I’ve been catching as many video games as potential since then. Fast ahead: Granted LeBron is an unimaginable basketball participant and does particular issues in the group, no query. However all through the years watching his immature antics and shows when he doesn’t agree with a name is disgusting, embarrassing and is a poor act for a pacesetter. If the Lakers give this man the utmost contract extension, then I’m not going to care about catching all of the video games and if the Lakers signal his child, I’ll be gone till they’re gone.
Sorry Dr. Buss, Kobe, Chick and all of the true Lakers greats.
Paul D. Ventura
Mission Viejo
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It’s the little issues that win championships: Making free throws, limiting the opponent’s second-chance factors, boxing out, limiting turnovers, hitting wide-open photographs, making photographs in crunch time. The Nuggets did all of these items. The Lakers didn’t. Season over.
Dave Ring
Manhattan Beach
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OK, so I’m used to getting outcomes a day late, however is there any motive why The Times had three Lakers’ tales in Wednesday’s paper, however nothing about what occurred in their Game 5 loss Monday night time?
In a sport the place neither crew led by greater than two factors in the final 9 minutes, there was nothing about two large offensive rebounds by Denver in the final two minutes, nothing about getting burned by Jamal Murray once more?
Seriously, what number of instances do we want to learn that LeBron hasn’t determined if he’s taking $51 million subsequent season?
Steve Horn
Glendale