5 Things: Lakers routed

Still in New York so turning the game off after the 1st quarter was a no-brained. Watched the Adam Project on Netflix instead and it’s a humorous action-filled romp.

1. AD needs to zip it if he can’t play. Don’t throw fuel in the fire, don’t diss the best team in the Association when yours might not make the playin, just stick to your rehab. Also, this year’s team sucks compared to last year’s team so stop living in the past.
2. LeBron in a place unto himself. The triple 10K club. Ridiculous, words fall short. It’s like if they put another President’s head on top of the ones already on Mt. Rushmore. Congrats and sorry it came in an embarrassing defeat.
3. THT 3 years away. The kid will be solid, maybe even pretty good. He’s three years out, minimum, from being consistent on both ends.
4. Russ has officially checked out. He shows up, stands around, and isn’t impacting jack. I never thought I’d see Russ play half-heartedly, that his inner fire was his greatest trait. Like George Harrison said: all things must pass.
5. A tale of two teams. Anyone still think the Suns or Heat are pretenders? Both were the 2nd best team the last 2 seasons, both are super deep, and both have a perfect blend of youth and vets, inside power/outside marksmanship and both are leading their division. I remember hearing after we beat Miami that they weren’t really that good, that after the Suns knocked us out last season that they weren’t really that good and yet here they both are: gelling when you want to and ramping up for the real season in a way that Lakers fans should recognize with ease. They’re for real and will be after this season no matter how it ends. Us? We’re a joke team and a bad one at that.

I’ll be back in Cali on Wednesday. Hoping we hold onto the 9 seed until then, it so sure we will given the state of the team. If AD can’t get back it’s over and done so basically I guess I’m just hoping LeBron doesn’t get hurt at this point because all the talk of “well if AD can come back” is just fluffy BS. We’re not a team, we’re a collection of semi-talented basketball players. A 1/5 of our main rotation are waiver wire pickups which says a lot about last summer and how poorly it ended up. This has become quite sad to watch because James is playing out of his mind and it’s all going to be for naught except for the final stats he accumulates. I’m disgusted with the leadership up top, incredulous at the choices our coach makes and disappointed in the effort from every veteran player not named LeBron James.

Go Lakers.