Stephen A. Smith says anyone who thinks the Lakers are better off without LeBron James is "smoking something"
"If you think that the Lakers are going to be better off without him, you smoking something. I believe this is a devastating blow for the Los Angeles Lakers"
"LeBron James at the age of 41 approaching 42, I will remind y'all 13 years older than Austin Reeves, 14 years older than Luca Doncic. It was LeBron James who was healthy for the playoffs"
LeBron James and Anthony Davis to the Warriors, Marcus Smart to the Rockets, and Rui Hachimura leaving for another team.
Meanwhile we’re stuck with LaRavia, Ayton, and Vanderbilt.
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Rick Pitino: “There are no point guards anymore…Who’s the PG of the Knicks, Lakers, Celtics, Thunder?…PG’s totally done…”
Q: “What’s Jalen Brunson?”
Pitino: “Combo scoring guard. I don’t think he’s looking for the assist. I think he’s looking to score. And thank God he is…”
The real reason the rise affiliation lost season 3? It's probably not some deep conspiracy, there's a much simpler answer. Been playing since 2K16, and this same story happens every year like clockwork. All these wild theories when the answer is right there...
It goes like this: all the good players pick one affiliation and start winning like crazy. Then more and more and MORE bad players think "hey, I want easy rep too" and they all switch over or join that same affiliation. When this happens, that "good" affiliation starts filling up with way too many lower-skilled players and naturally starts losing more.
That's it - no conspiracy, just simple numbers. We literally saw this exact thing happen with Sunset back in 2K16 and 2K17. It's just what happens when everybody tries to jump on the winning team.
Think about it: even if you have the top 100 players all grinding 300 games each, that's 30,000 games total. But when 15,000 average players hop in and play just 5 games each, that's 75,000 games affecting your win percentage. The math doesn't lie - your “top” players can't carry your win percentage when they're outnumbered 2 to 1 in total games played.
It's just basic numbers. 🤷♂️
Bring back shooting with square WTF
Xbox now has a Competitive advantage over PlayStation bc they can remap their paddles to right stick for rhythm shooting .
There is no reason to not be Xbox now.
2k did too much w/ rhythm shooting & it backfired…