LBJ Returns to Practice: What it Means for the Lakers Lineup

LBJ Returns to Practice: What it Means for the Lakers Lineup

[Music] Welcome to the Lake Show podcast brought to you by Morango Casino Resort and Spa. Play responsibly. You must be 18 years or older. Good times. Good times. Good times. Good times indeed. Ali Clifton, Chris McGee, Mike Breznahan. There’s a new guy at practice today. New guy joined the team. New guy was there. Yeah. Yeah. JJ said in in uh film they had him introduce himself to everybody. Let’s see how long we can go on this podcast without mentioning his name and see if anyone knows who we’re talking about. Think they know. Do you know? I have a pretty good feeling. Pretty good idea. I’m excited about it being back. Yeah. Gabe Vincent, Marcus Smart, Ruby Hatchore. They all practiced today. The first time JJ said that they have had all 14 guys. Wow. Practicing together. November se what is it? 17th. 17th. 17th. Wow. Oh yeah. I should know that cuz Land Man debuted on the 16th. Have you started it? So good. Of course. It’s only one episode. Is it good though? It’s great. Picked up right where it left off. It’s great. It’s great. I cannot wait. I saw the previews yesterday. Tammy Moore hanging around this year. Yes. She’s boss now. And uh if you like the daughter mother relationship. That’s hilarious. Yeah. Comes out full throttle. Nice. Oh, this is amazing. There’s a teaser. Get on it everybody. When you’re not watching Laker basketball, of course. Of course. Of course. So, Land Man debuted yesterday and the new guy is possibly debuting uh this week. Okay, we’ll just give it to you. LeBron James, he was ramping up with the South Bay Lakers last week. Today, he was back with the big club practicing, which is one one game this week. It almost looks like a typo. Is that a lie? I know. I keep looking at it. It’s glorious. Actually, it’s it’s it’s like a little mini all-star break. Yeah. They play Tuesday, then they play again Sunday. There you go. That’s a nice little It’s five days between games. What? So, home and away. As of practice today on Monday, Gabe and LeBron are TBD despite practicing today for tomorrow’s game on Tuesday. Everyone else is a go. Everyone else is a go. How about that? Do you think we see him? I do. I think he to spoke to the media today. He worked out all week last week with the G-League team, South Bay Lakers. they everything is pointing to him playing. But if he wakes up tomorrow and they assess everything and go through it and he doesn’t feel like it’s the right, then we’ll probably see him the 23rd. It just makes sense to me to do it at home game playing the Jazz and then you have a few days off to, you know, get acclimated again, see how the body feels, um recover and practice. But I I’m also just like very hopeful because I I just want to see him play basketball. I’m just excited about this team being together. I’ve been excited for the whole time and it’s been 14 games in. We had barely had anybody together. Based off the media presence, you would have thought that he was making his debut into the NBA period. We walked in together and it was I was like, “Where are all these cameras here?” Yeah. We were like, “Oh, more people there than than at media day, right, a month ago or a lot of cameras, man.” Yeah, it it felt like it. He was in great spirits. It is exciting. And and G, I think you’re on to something. LeBron James is not going to talk to the media after a practice if he doesn’t plan on playing the next day. And you know, there is something to Okay. Yeah, he he hung around the G- League last week while the Lakers are on this fivegame road trip. Uh 3 and2 pretty nice record for them. You got to take that on the road. Um yeah, and yeah, it’s a little step up to play with the big boys like he did today with the rest of the Lakers team and uh yeah, I think he’s going to be fine. I think he plays tomorrow. It’s not going to be 38 minutes. I don’t know, mid20s, maybe 24 to 26, something like that. Utah’s not going to win any plays 32 and you’re like, I can’t believe we’re all We can’t believe we played 32 minutes. I know. Especially when the expectation mentioned is going to be 35. Yeah, I know. The only thing I will say, I agree with both of you. I think we see him tomorrow. Yeah. But when someone asked about sciatic or whatever, and his response today was, “Have you all ever had it? Who’s had it? Who’s had it?” He wanted someone to raise their hand. Yeah. He said, “Because if you’ve had it, you know, exactly, you know.” Yeah. He was like, “You literally wake up praying that when you step out of bed, you don’t feel it. You go to bed hoping when you get in bed at night, you don’t feel it.” Yeah. So, I guess that’s the only thing to be cautious of with something like that. Yeah. It’s it’s just it’s a weird thing, you know? It’s like numbness in in your in your butt basically. And it’s just like that can’t feel comfortable. And it’s like more like it’s kind of like usually older people feel that. And LeBron, hey, he’s 41 of the month. That’s old for the NBA, but he’s back. And uh hey, excited to have him back. Uh this is the first time in his life of playing basketball that he didn’t start a season. Yeah. Right. That that’s an incredible streak, too. I love that streak. So, I think he’s obviously itching to play basketball. Yeah. Yeah. Already had lost his voice. Yeah. That was hilarious, by the way. Yeah. I don’t know if you’ve heard the sound yet, Brez, but he literally had no voice. Like, he’s like, I’m screaming out things. Yeah. I was like, wait a minute. You’re coming back and you’re sick. Oh, that’s what I thought. You have a cold? What’s happening? Yeah. Well, he had a great quote. This whole, you know, I feel like I have newborn baby lungs and I need to work on them. So, I feel like I have grown man lungs. I mean, that’s a great quote. I mean, so he’s, you know, he’s he’s feeling it. He’s not used to his normal ramp up before training camp starts. You know, he’s he’s gonna have to hit the ground running. He’s also very aware of what’s gone on, that they’re 10 and four, that the team has good chemistry. He talked about like, I’ve missed a lot shootarounds, shooting competitions, the fun that goes on. Sure. The plane rides, the traveling, they’ve all been together. I have not. So, he is aware of that. Like, I need to like that’s he like I feel a little bit like the new guy, like I got a new school, you know? It’s interesting for LeBron to feel that way. Are people treating him like a rookie? You have to pick up the towels after practice. Zero chance, right? Bring the donuts. Zero chance. Zero chance of that. He did say the one thing he has not missed is traveling in terms of just the travel. Yeah. So, it’s nice to kind of go home at night and just be at home. He’s been okay with that. Yeah. He’s he’s a long time. Yeah. Um Okay. So, obviously you take this to the next step. So, when he does return, it’s the big question. Who goes to the bench? Ruie, he’s averaging over 15 points. 50% from the field and from three. Insane. But Marcus Smart, you know what he brings, the great defense. He’s got the third highest plus minus on the team. Is it still a game-to-ame basis? Are you able to settle into a rotation? What do you think that looks like? I’ll just say for the um for the first stretch, cuz I don’t think JJ’s ever married to anything. Never. For me, but his wife. Yeah. For me, Ruie starts with LeBron. He always has. He has chemistry with all those guys. And when you think about who you need on the court with those guys, Ruie is a great shooter. And you have to be able to spread the floor and shoot. And Ruie is that guy. Now, Marcus Smart’s going to come in early and he’s going to defend the perimeter. He’s going to do all that stuff. And they’re going to need that side of it, too. But I think you go big in this league and the way their teams are playing now. I watched the Rockets close the other day with Thompson was the shortest guy at 67. Like I think going big to start will probably be what they do, but you know, I’ve been wrong a million times. So, who knows? I like that, you know. Plus, Marcus Smart, you still have to remember he uh he’s missed a lot of time in the previous two years. So, if you bring him off the bench, maybe you preserve him a little bit more. And G, I would say if the Lakers still had AD at center and LeBron next to him, maybe you could get away with Marcus Smart because AD is such a good defender. Block shots, gets a ton of steals, takes a bunch of defensive rebounds, you know, Aiden’s doing fine. He’s doing great actually, especially for the price point that they got him at. But I feel like you just need one more big body alongside him to kind of grab those rebounds. And Ruy’s hitting 50% for three Ally. Yeah, that that to me is boom. That that’s a stamp of approval right there. That’s for me, too. You got to keep him that lineup when he’s shooting that well. And by the way, it’s not like all three guys and meaning the big three play the entire first quarter, right? Like LeBron plays his first six minutes, then Marcus Smart comes in or whatever. Jake Larabia comes in and then Austin comes out and then Luca finally takes a breather at the end of the quarter, then those two guys come back in. So, it’s going to mix and match like that. But, I think to start the game, you go with what the continuity has been about. And this is the same team outside of AARton that played together last year for two months. Not to mention they’re 24th in the league in three-point percent. Yeah. Yeah. You got to keep in there. Yeah. It’s amazing they’re 10 and four shooting the ball like that. But you saw what it could look like against Milwaukee though when they hit shots. I mean that we we said that in the pregame show in that OKC game. Like when you looked back to last year’s April games like Lakers hit at a really high clip threes. That’s why they were so successful against OKC in those two games that they played them. You’re not hitting shots against OKC. It you might as well not even it’s it’s rough. Yeah. Like you have to hit at a high clip. They’re just too good defensively. They’re going to win 70 for sure. I mean, unless they really take the foot off the gas in March and April and they could win 70. Coast. I mean, they they could win 70. I mean, they were amazing last year. They lost at this point. The Lakers could win 70, right? Yeah. I I I could see OKC at 70 and 12. Yeah. Yeah. Right. At 70 and 12. I really can. 69 13 70 12 is is is What are they projected? Um, did you just say high 60s, I would say. Um, I haven’t looked lately. I just saw something the other day about 74 75. Yeah. I mean if you extrapolate well if you guess right now we’re like 13 and one. So it’s like a clip. Yeah. They’re going to be especially when you don’t have 76 and starters playing and you’re still dominating that way. It’s ridiculous. Yeah, it is. They’re they’re they’re a problem. It’s scary. G you like this cuz I know when you get in the playoffs. That’s the thing, right? Yeah. Right. You like and no Jaylen Williams for most of the season. I mean so far he had to remind everyone on television last week that he still plays basketball. Dork was out. Uh, Williams has been out. Yeah. I mean, their projection at the beginning of the season was 62 and a half. They don’t take the over. Yeah. Over. Yeah. I know you like these. A little bit of interesting movement for the Lakers. Their overunder for wins is now 51 a 12. They were about 48 and a half when the season began. So, Vegas kind of paying attention to them. And, you know, there’s there’s Lakers are getting some love from the uh people are people are betting to to win more games. It’s interesting. You’ve had those teams, Alli, that have had really good starts. You know, you and I were talking about it at the Laker practice. Detroit’s been awesome, but you’re really only 13 to 15 games in right now. Like, I know in another 20 games, it could flip the other way and it’s get hot. We’ve seen it so many times. WMBB’s now what? Out for a few weeks. You know, who knows what that does. I still think the Spurs are going to win games because they’re young and good, but you know, not at the clip that they were. Phil Jackson always said, “I’ll talk to you about this team at Christmas. Don’t ask me how I think we’re going to be. Don’t ask me how far we’re going to go in the playoffs. Let’s talk after Christmas.” That was his. And you’re about 30 games in at Christmas, right? Give or take a few. So, that seems to be a pretty good indicator of how that team’s going to be, right? On December 25th. Hell, the other day we had uh I was on that Warrior Spurs game and Steve Kerr told us before the game that in March of 2022, the year they won the championship, he said they lost six straight. Yeah. Like eight of nine. So, to your point, like it’s it’s chang the year Boston got hot, they actually had a really slow start. And then from February on they were the best team in the league record-wise. You know, Pacers last year, second best record in the league. Come February on that actually matters also. That’s why the back part of the, you know, Lakers were a great record from what Christmas time all the way through that Luca trade. They were on fire. Lakers had a top four record in the league. Let’s kind of talk about this. So almost 15 games into the season, the West obviously looking incredibly tough like we’ve all thought from day one. Um I want your top three teams. Yeah. When it comes to the top three right now, Thunder at 13-1, Nuggets 10-2, the Rockets are at 9 and three, Lakers at 10-4, Spurs at 9 and4. Obviously, you just mentioned the news with Wimby out for a few weeks with the calf strain. Which one of these teams do scare you most come playoff time? And you can’t say the Thunder cuz we all know. Yeah, I mean, Brez, they’re all to me, they’re all scary to be honest with you. Those are my top three teams. I actually have the Lakers at four. So, I think that right there is how I would rank it. But if you can’t say the Thunder, because they to me present the most problems because of the amount of bodies they can throw at you and because of the way they defend you in terms of the matchup. That’s why LeBron is so necessary in that game against OKC. But if I’m not allowed to pick them, man, the Rockets are tough. But I would have to go Denver next just because I have so much respect for them and they’ve done it and their Aaron Gordon’s playing great. Yeah. Bench is great. Um and Joic and Murray like healthy. They’re in a great spot. We all thought they would we you and I had them at two the whole year. I mean the whole offseason also. So I I would have to go with them just out of the respect factor. Yeah. And they picked up Cam Johnson who I don’t feel has really hit his stride yet. Listen, Porter Junior scared me more than Cam Johnson. I’m sure that’s going to switch and that’ll come back in my face. But Porter Junior was a Laker killer. So I’m kind of happy they moved on from that. Yeah. I’m going to go Houston only because I feel like they still have a trade to make between now and midFebruary. I think they they got to chase a point guard. I mean, Aman Thompson, he’s doing fine. He’s doing well, but who’s going to be available in late January, early February when teams start to realize we’re not where we thought we would be? Uh, Houston, you need a point guard. What are you going to What do you want, Brez? They also play to me they’re the closest to OKC in terms of the personnel and just the style and the defense and the wings and the length and the picking you up full court causing you problems that I think you know the Lakers when I’m watching that game against OKC they’re getting into their offense six eight seconds left on the shot clock that’s got to change um and JJ and them will adjust and it’ll be different the next time they play but the Rockets team I think presents a little bit of a in that regard. And I haven’t watched them enough to be honest, but and I want to see the It’s always interesting when you can see your team play against those teams so you can see what the matchup might look like and it can switch in a month when you play them again. Switch overnight. Yeah. So true. Uh let’s talk a little Luca before we wrap up this first segment. He continues his amazing hot streak to the season. In case you missed it on Saturday, he dropped his 50th 40-point game in his career. He became the fourth player with 504 point games before turning 27. Don’t go down on the prompter anymore. Can you guys name the other three players to rack up 50 40 point games before the age of 27? Before the age of 27. You go ahead and roll the prompter a little. Don’t don’t think about this pres just a camera one. Before the age of 27, 50 40 point games. I mean, you just have to look at the greatest scorers of all time to think. I I I I have to think Jordan’s on there. Correct. Y I would put Kobe number two. Nope. Kobe’s not completely. Uh but he had Shaq in those days. LeBron, right? Nope. Really? Okay. Um Will Chamberlain say Wilt is number one to be on there. Yeah. Yeah. Is it a newer era player like in the last 25 years or is it old school? We got to really start. It’s old school. You got to start thinking and it is the toughest. Bill Russ Bill Russell. El Baylor. Nope. Oh, Jerry West. Nope. Okay. 70s and 80s. 70s and David Thompson. Kareem Abdul Jabar. Nope. Nope. Nope. Man, had a stretch with the Lakers at the end of his career. Bob Madoo. Yep. Oh, good one. Would not have Bob Madoo was put up those kind of numbers. He’s he was scoring. No, but wait, he started in the ABA, right? Does that Does that count? Are we talking ABA? I guess not. Look at that list. Okay. So, Kareem being Kareem was right there 48 times. Oh, you called him. You called it 55 times. That’s crazy. 182 times. Wilt Chamberlain, get out of here. By the way, Brez, that means that’s crazy how many times Kobe did it after 27. Yeah, right. That 28 to 33 range. He was Shaq took it all away. I mean, it’s it’s hard. You have to split because they were going I mean, those games were always 33 and 31, 35 and 30, 29 and Yeah. Like they would always same thing with Jordan. Like Pippen’s kind of taken away some of the scoring punch, I guess. Yeah. But how’s Jordan not on that list? Yeah. MJ was You know, you know what surprised me? I looked today the odds for NBA MVP. Luca’s third behind Joic. Jay and Joic are tied for first. Yeah. And and then you got Luca uh a little bit behind them. By the way, man, listen. If he stays in that top three, Brett, that’s a good thing. I’m going to say though, that means you’re winning games and you’re and you’re scoring at a high clip. Those top three are I mean, what you can’t argue, Shay. They’re going to be one and two the whole year. So, if you can crack that and be in that group with them, I mean, Shay, if they Where dropped to? He’s fourth. He’s He’s right by him. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I’m sure that’ll drop once the, you know, calf injury news kind of takes root, but that was this morning. And and it’s got to be Shay, right? If that team wins 70 games, you go right to, okay, who’s the best team in the league? Who’s their best player? He’s pretty good. He won it last year. You know what’s going to be wild, though? If they really do finish one and two because of the way Joic is playing, you got to like actually That’s going to be a hell of a vote. So, here’s a crazy stat about Shay, that we had the other night, Brez, and I don’t know if you saw it or heard it, but I I was blown away by it, so I have to bring it up. It was the 12th game of the year when they played the Lakers. Mhm. He had not played in a fourth quarter in seven of those 12 games. So, Brez, he’s scoring 30. This is why he’s number one. He’s scoring 31 a game or whatever in 28. 29 minutes. Is that what it is? Yeah. He’s not playing in the fourth quarter, Brez in seven of the 12. Yeah. In basketball in the NBA. How’s that possible? What a luxury. I mean, they were just I mean, they’re That’s why I started to think like I was never a 6970 win guy. I’m like, “Oh, they’ll take the foot off. They’ll be 65 66.” But now you’re watching the way you do. They’re like, “Oh, they’re load managing by beating you by 20.” Yeah. They’re They’re not even trying. If he’s not playing the fourth quarter, they’re stupid. They’re trying. Yeah. But they’re Yeah. It’s like So they’re smart. They’re smart. Yeah. The one loss was to the Blazers by two. All right. On the second night of a backto-back. Yeah. Wow. Where Chet didn’t play. Yep. And again, no Jaylen. Yeah, that is he’s our second best player. Here’s something though that you got to remember and it’ll be interesting to see when Jaylen comes back. And JJ mentioned this today and I thought it was such a great point because everyone just says, “Oh, do you just integrate back? Like how does it change things?” He’s like, “Well, when a guy that comes back healthy, saying LeBron, he’s 35 minutes a night.” So that changes things. It changes rotations. It changes who plays. It changes who’s getting shots. So, you know, Ruie shot numbers are going to go down. people’s numbers organically change. So, there’s that part which maybe OKC faces that a little bit. 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You can download the Spectrum News app on the App Store or Google Play. It’s time for Bucket Break presented by Morango Casino Resort in Spa. Play responsibly. You must be 18 years or older. He’s actually sounded like Billy Mack there. Hold on. The ending of the game Saturday was odd to say the least. The refs weren’t giving the game ball to Lakers. Adue thorough bucket after his first career points. Rookie deserved the ball. After a while, Giannis came in and just took the ball and gave it to the Lakers. Bucket or brick. The referee’s trying to take the game ball from a do made no sense. Brez, it’s a bucket. I mean, listen, goofs. We’re not I don’t have ref cards. I’m not watching because of the refs. I’m not playing fantasy ref basketball. Just play your role and act like a human being for a moment. Okay. The guy gets his first bucket. Unbelievable dunk. Luca and the fellows want to give him the ball. Just stay out of it. The way you took it. Unnecessary. Thank God for Giannis. Came over there. I don’t care if I’m on a one shot or not. Giannis came over there, took the ball. Brez, take this, fellas. Goofs. Rob was so good at reminding us too that Giannis had that similar moment happen to him. So he understood. He understood it. Remember 60 point game or whatever it was. Going to bucket it. He doesn’t have a choice. No, it’s so stupid. Who would argue against that? It’s the kids. I do think there was a rule. Rule something stupid. Exactly. Footballs, baseballs, everything. Stop it. Thank you. I feel like most sports have evolved. Like it used to be a penalty if you threw the football into the into the stands after you scored a touchdown. Evolve, bre. Let’s evolve. Evolve. Let’s show some growth as humans. What’s the cost of a basketball to the NBA? I don’t know. $39 per ball. I want a written apology from that ref and the ref in last night’s football game for calling a pass interference. That was like, let us enjoy the last two minutes of the game. Are the Lions going to go down the field and score and win the game? Probably not. But how about we get to see that instead of you going, you know what? Who won the game? Philly. But it was just a terrible call. Philly is dominating. Needed to be a little more exciting than that. and it just didn’t happen. Okay, moving on. Austin Reeves, he’s reference. Did you guys know Austin is top 10 in scoring? Andrew Miller wanted to rant. He got it. He did. He got it in the NBA. Whoa. Austin Reeves. Hey, he’s top five, right? Top six. What’ you say? You’re like Richard. Oh, yeah. I wasn’t listening. Austin Reeves is ninth in the NBA in scoring. Top 10. Uh 28 points per game. He’s averaging more points this season than Jaylen Brunson, Stephen Curry, Victor Rambanyama, James Harden, and Kevin Durant. Bucket or brick. He will sustain his scoring average with LeBron returning. That’s a brick. Just volume period. Yeah. Look, I love Austin. This team is this team is having a great start, 10 and four with some nice wins along the way. But G, it’s it’s a usage thing. It’s a volume thing. And you know what? Osar Reeves doesn’t care. He’s going to get a lot of money in about uh uh 8 months. Yeah, we’re trying to win games. It’s a brick. You can’t He’s not going to average 28 for LeBron and Luca in a game unless they’re playing like two baskets at the same time, a couple balls and everyone get Come on. Come on. Yeah, that’s it’s Austin doesn’t care. He’s He’s happy. But he’s going to average over 20. Yeah, for sure. Did last year average 20 with this Can he Can he get to like 25? That might be a little low. I think he’ll average 22 this year. Yep. Lakers won their second NBA Cup game on Friday. They’re 2 and0 in group play with the Clippers 4-9 and the Mavericks 4-10 left to play. Bucket or brick, the Lakers are heading back to Las Vegas to battle for the NBA Cup. If they win their group, they will have to win the quarterfinal game to advance to the semi-finals in Las Vegas. Here’s why I’m saying bucket. I believe they’re going to win their group. Got both those games at home. Correct. Mhm. Clippers, I’m going to be there. We’re not losing that game. Dallas, not going to lose that game. Amazon game. Now you got to win a quarterfinal and I think they put it together and win the quarter and then if they want to go into semis and lose and not play in the final, I’m okay with that. But I actually think they’re going to be in Vegas this year. I really do. I like your path. Yeah, that makes sense. Um they’re heavily favored to win the pool. I happen to see that earlier today, too. Um yeah, they’re going to beat the Clippers. What’s going on with the Clippers, by the way? Four and nine. There’s a bucket for sure. Bucket. Yeah, they’re old and they’re all beat up. Bradley’s done for the year already. Crazy. The NBA announced their new all-star game format last week. Two US teams, one world team. Bucket or brick. You like the new All-Star game format? Geek. Want me to go first? Yes. B is going to be surprised. I’m going to give it a bucket. What? Here’s why. This that’s it for your rants. Just the rest. Hear me out. Press. I know this isn’t hockey and it really worked in hockey. They got the perfect storm. USA Canada. Maybe they care a little bit more. Maybe not. But that’s what not why I’m saying bucket. I love this new format. Guess who has a better chance of making the All-Star team now? Austin Reeves. Think about all the guards on the world team. Yeah. Jamal Murray, Shay Gilders Alexander, Luca Donic. Takes a couple spots away, doesn’t it? On the Western Conference does. Okay, I’ll give you that. Okay, I like that. I like that. Sorry for putting thought into Andrew Miller’s show. Bucket or break quick because we want to get to the next one. Yeah, there’s a bucket. There’s a bucket. I’m I’m paring everything Keith said. Yeah. Last one and it’s real. Bucket or brick? Hold your britches. Breath. Putting up Christmas decorations a week before Thanksgiving is too soon. Relax, Brett. Bucket or brick? We got someone in the studio saying it’s too late. Yeah, I’m okay with this. See, I love the holiday season. This is a bucket for me. Putting up Christmas decorations a week before Thanksgiving is too soon. So So that’s next uh So that’s too soon. No, no, no, no. I’m I’m okay with it. I I So it’s brick. I brick it. Yeah. Sorry for the false alarm everywhere. Brick it. Go ahead and decorate away. G get Santa’s little house. 20 seconds. Write us out. Get some stuff up. Can we just wait until after the turkey to then just fill the house in the And I’m all for it. I love that time of year. Decorate away. We can watch all the movies. You That’s this edition presented by Brango Casino Resort and Spa. Good times. [Music]

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