i’ve been waiting for this moment for YEARS!!
LeBron resurrected the Lakers when they were in the basement for years post-Kobe and he delivered them a championship. Nothing left to prove in LA! It was time for a mutual divorce.
Now let’s go get this RING and ride off into the sunset!! #StriveFor5 🏆 🐐
I think this is quietly the moment that changed the NBA. SGA, the MVP, had an open lane with the season on the line. Wemby stepped up out of nowhere. Shai, like any superstar, would usually explode to the rim for the foul and one. Instead, he frantically threw it away and almost turned it over. It just showed the power of Wemby, that his presence will make MVPs bend to him when it’s all on the line. It was the ultimate statement that his presence is the most powerful thing in basketball.
Quick timeline of the takes surrounding Lakers-Rockets, with a prediction on tomorrow’s.
April 17th: “The Lakers have NO chance. They’ll be lucky not to be swept.”
April 20th: “If LeBron pulls this off I’ll call him the GOAT.”
April 22nd: “The Rockets are frauds!”
April 25th: “The Rockets are the dumbest team I’ve ever seen! Anyone would beat them!”
April 30th: “The Lakers are cooked & LeBron is exhausted. Rockets in 7.”
May 1st: “LeBron is going to blow a 3-0 lead & his GOAT case is over!”
May 2nd: “Yeah, the Lakers won, but it’s actually not that impressive, the Rockets were pretenders.”
2 of our top 3 guys going down definitely isn’t something to celebrate, but seeing Bron back in this 1st option role in one of… if not his final playoff run (who knows what the future holds), playing with that fire we’re so accustomed to seeing from him over the years, leading a team that everyone wrote off to a 2-0 lead & flipping narratives/media opinions in real time… it’s truly a spectacle. Bron got trashed a lot this year by LA fans + the media, & now all the sudden those same folks are giving him praise right now & calling him the GOAT . as a Bron fan you gotta love it 👏🏾