 What's the word y'all? All right. It is finally time for me to talk about the Lakers I've been one of the creators on this platform that have refrained from talking about the Lakers because I was given the benefit of the doubt Right, they have four and probably should have had five all NBA 75 players on the team now again Some of those players are well past the prime But they should have been able to put it together and I was giving them that benefit of the doubt And right now it might not even be the right time to make this video because Anthony Davis is out for a couple weeks So whatever it is with the injury, but there are some some glaring red flags I've been seeing throughout the course of this season that that even though Anthony Davis is out We got to address them. I mean, I think right now they're in the three to four game loser streak They lost to Katie Bay Z up in a spurs out to them would talk about them and things are just not good for this Lakers team That many people thought was going to just run over the Western Conference. So right now there are sub 500 now remember I am just a dude a microphone and watch some basketball my opinion literally means nothing You might disagree and that's completely okay. It is just basketball at the end of the day Believe it like subscribe if you're a new before we've been talking about the Lakers I just want to mention that the last two weeks of the NBA season have been terrible. I mean not Terrible relative to what we're used to because basketball is basketball and I enjoy basketball as you should too But like one of the major criticism about the NBA as a whole is that the fact that there are so many games that once We get to this point in the season where a couple months in they're little to no stakes to these regular season games Like I know people that don't watch regular season basketball until we get to the last couple weeks because that's what matters You start jostling for playoff season this and that and now we're already at a point where the stakes are low And now we get health and safety protocol We got normal injuries that are having teams that are completely decimated that I'm watching the team play and Some of these players I've never seen play basketball before How can I look at this game? This team went by 20 and have any real takeaways It's hard because again, this is my job to talk about these games You know what I'm saying? And you know what? It's it's not void of his great things, right? Joe Johnson at the age of 40 back in the NBA had a bucket I said Thomas a guy that we thought might have been done got a 10 day and let's be honest He probably not getting 10 day number two after what we say. I'm sorry. I'd say we love you around here The Marcus Cousins we heard from him in a minute He got a call and he had 20 p 20 piece today Who else Lance Stevenson back in the NBA and then another silver line is like we got players That have been g-league players for seasons at a time and now they're getting an opportunity to on the main stage to have a Stay in the NBA I even felt bad right the one of the first teams to really get really decimated by health and safety protocol Was the Orlando magic and I made a little jokie joke tweet about a dude that I didn't even know he existed But he was in a g-league He was getting buckets and everything and I made a little jokie joke tweet and then I had to sit back and realize There's a dude that is real life living out his dreams of having a chance at the NBA So I felt bad for a moment. I hope he realized that everything is just jokes I'm rooting for you my guy, but it's it's it's hard to you know There's just not a lot of stakes right now, you know I watched the Atlanta hogs that win against Jordan Lebede in these 76ers and it's a great team win for them But I can't really look at this and like try to have big-time takeaways That's all that's all I'm really saying and for a job for like this Well, I'm talking about basketball for a living the last two weeks have been let's talk about the Lakers All right They lost the Katie Bates D'Yop in the Spurs And I mentioned in the last recap Rambo video that I was going to go out on the limb and try to watch As many Spurs games as I can because they have been one of the teams that have a lot of young talent That I haven't really tuned into a ton and even though Dejante Murray did not have a good shooting night It was three for 16 He was a wizard with the ball because how often do you see a person have 13 assists and zero turnovers? That is something that doesn't happen in the NBA our best playmakers in the entire league occasionally make the Area pass or just makes a pass that gets intercepted not for Dejante Murray It's a big-time game Katie Bates D'Yop is a guy that came into today's game average and 3.8 points per game He had 30 points and he shot perfect from the field the first Spurs player to ever score 30 plus and shoot perfect from the field Which is an amazing statistic But one that I didn't I would have thought that Tim Duncan might have done at least one time in 20 years or The Admiral would have done it one because these are guys who are close to the basket for the most part Katie Bates D'Yop did that I'm I'm in love with the way the confidence that Kelton Johnson has had least recently was shooting the ball He didn't shoot it officially today. He's only two for seven from three But it's a guy that they were basically begging to take more threes Derek White has always been a super underrated player I and Lonnie Walker do the behind-the-back pass to Liddell. Shout out to him and Spurs I'm still watching you before I even deep dive into y'all But let's talk about the Lakers gives the team that I have not watched or not missed many games of this year Because one thing you can agree with whether your Lakers fan and now it is must see TV, right? It is either really gonna be really really good or really really bad that the real epitome and I don't even know If that's the right word of this season for the Lakers is that one play where in the fourth quarter seven minutes left in it? And yeah, the game might be over, but it's not like a 50-point game right now You know I'm saying you put together a couple runs you right back in it Rilla bronze James is the only person back on offense and he's just say effort and he shoots a three Nobody got back on offense There are some very glaring issues with this team and it is crazy that this is a team that you know I was slightly wrong about if you remember the video the name of the video I'm looking at it right here. Russell Westbrook was traded to the Lakers and it's fine That was my that was my video because I I saw I was kind of in the middle Right, I saw people on one side like yeah This is the biggest trade of all time This is so great for the Lakers and I saw people completely bashing the trade and in the moment I was like it's it's fine, right? And my main argument was like Russell Westbrook is good enough to win you games by himself And Russell Westbrook has had a good season do not get me wrong He started off slow and he ramped it up and ramp it up Even today he had a very efficient However many points 12 for 20 from the field But in my mind when they trade for Russell Westbrook one of the reasons you trade for him is because he is a one-man win Occasionally and what I have not seen this season is Russell Westbrook be able to do that and that's not discredited Russ That's just seeing that the rest of this roster is so ass Then LeBron having one of the greatest stretch stretches we've seen for him in like three years and Even Russell Westbrook having a really good game was not enough to beat up on the Spurs Who have been up and down this season? The rest of this roster is bad and like I even I made a tweets like look give LeBron some help And a lot of people reply like LeBron is a reason he's in this this mess Because yeah, look though LeBron is not the one actually making the calls and negotiated You can't tell me that Rapalik has done any trade in the history of LeBron being on the steam where we're LeBron and have at least Some type of say so them trading the depth or them trading whatever for Russell Westbrook. Yes He green let that trade he did and you you have players like D'Andre a D'Andre Jordan D'Andre a D'Alma said D'Andre Hunter is why is there so many D'Andre's in the league right now? I'm he only plays six minutes today, and I'm happy they kind of getting them back out of the rotation But he's got a million chances in the rotation this season dog You know I'm saying there's a dude that started off as like the center that was starting And then he was out of the rotation he was back to the starter and I guess he's phasing out But at this point of his career, I do not think that D'Andre Jordan is a guy that is a playable NBA player He is not good on defense a guy that was all defensive teams in his past or even all NBA teams in the past He is he is well past that that boy don't defend for nothing A guy that was known as a vertical threat on the offense in defense side of the ball He's just don't provide that anymore You know and the guys that you rely on to be shooters Have not been as good of a shooter as you want now again They're still missing like Malik Monk who helps the spacing on his team dramatically even if he's not having a great game You have to respect Malik Monk, but like Wayne Ellison 1 for 7 for 3 I know he had the one against the Mavericks a couple I guess like a week or so ago that sent them to overtime whatever but he hasn't been as good and listen I Am still team Horton Tucker now I'm not a guy that's gonna tell you that he's about to be a multiple time all stark as I know There are people on that side of the spectrum, but I think that a lot of people have turned an eye to Horton Tucker and it's not I Mean some of it is fault of his own from him not playing well But I think that other people height him up so much that the expectations from a normal NBA fan are extreme from from Horton Tucker when in reality he should just be a role player. You know I'm saying he's getting paid as a role player He should just be a role player He shouldn't be a guy that's expected to blossom into the superstar player at the age of what 22 or whatever But he's also not a complete scrub that some people may have been seeing over the last couple games because the game The other night was as bad as it gets, but you man, I just At one point in this game It's so unfortunate to say because again, I am big on Isaiah Thomas. I just like the idea of him getting a second chance but The Spurs saw him on the defensive side of the ball and they were licking their lips They were running every screen possible to get Isaiah Thomas on the ball handler and it didn't matter how good of positioning Isaiah Thomas could have had or whatever He's just too small. There was one play and this was the second quarter if I'm not mistaken Where Isaiah Thomas got switched on to a bigger defender It might have been Kdebates D up and Isaiah Thomas is calling for LeBron to switch and LeBron's like bet I'll switch. I'll get Kdebates D up and LeBron is pointing go get Dergwite go get Dergwite Isaiah Thomas never made the rotation And if for a guy of his size that is already deficient on the defense side of the ball He can't have the mental things too So it's unfortunate again as a guy that wants to see Isaiah Thomas have a successful second half his NBA career or second chance of These his NBA career whatever there This is not a team the Lakers if their team that is built to win right now Keep that in mind every trade everything that they have done over the past couple seasons to stay in to contention They just won a championship two seasons ago They are trying to continue on that path This is not supposed to be a team that needs LeBron to drop 36 for them to even have a chance He's about to be 37 in a couple days y'all This team should have been built and I think they thought that they built the team where LeBron can coast Before the season started they were telling ad a bro. This is your team, man And I love me some Anthony Davis man. Chicago kid got it. He got a tatted on his forearm I don't care what the count is that's tell you bro Anthony Davis is not playing like a guy that should be in all NBA conversations. And that is the Anthony Davis that you need For this team to be a championship team This is not a team that's trying to make the playoffs. It's a team that has championship aspirations And I if people keep saying like hey legem go come in and trade all of these boys Which yeah on paper you would think that But what here do you see is valuable enough for legem to make any trades to make him have a championship quality team this year What do you see? Horn Tucker is is a valuable asset. I still believe he's 22 years old on a decent deal And you throw him to the right team. He might be able to blossom into A quality quality starter or maybe more than that That's the only thing that I look at this team has that has any value to another organization where you can get something back That is positive for your team The only thing I can think of potentially happen is you Shuffling the deck to get pieces that fit better with brawn or pieces that fit better with way russia westward Place but other than that, this is this roster right now does not get that much better The getting better is anthony davis playing better the getting better is the big three gelling together And I just don't see Right now on december 24th. How mary christmas eve by the way december 24th That this team is messing with the suns that this team is messing with the warriors And this team is messing with the jazz on their best day It's tough. It's tough right now. I trust lebron. I trust lebron I trust wassu rustbrook to some extent as hard. I can't really say that for a playoff series just yeah I need to see more But right now those are the two players i'm trusting in the regular season everything else is a question mark And that's not what you want, but even with all that being said Other than the top three teams that I just mentioned They're fine You know what i'm saying If they were going in a playoff series against the grizzlies I might take likeers which is weird to say and and maybe that's naive of me to say because Well, the grizzlies having better this season But it's lebron, right silver lining West across and sucks right now Then being below 500 or they just hit 500. They might be below 500. I don't know. I don't know if these stands have been updated That still has them. It's like the six seed right now For the first time in what seems like a decade the western conference is not very good. It's top heavy for sure Um, they are the six seed below 500. It's a six seed. They're not even in a play and they're below 500 right now That's the silver lining of it all um four game loser streak six seed Um, there are some other games that went on today I just I don't I let's briefly talk about them Let me know what you think about the lakers am I overreacting I I mean, I think I'm everything I've said is pretty level-headed, but maybe you disagree Um, let's talk about the Pacers winning against the Rockets. It was cool to see jaylon green back in the court I would love to see miles turner's shot chart when sabonis is playing versus when sabonis isn't playing enough I'm not mistaken. This is the first game sabonis missed all season So not that big of a sample size this year, but when I watched miles turner play today He was inside outside but more inside than outside He don't really he doesn't get the opportunity to do that when sabonis plays Um, next brandon ingham is still the bucket cool. Joellenby missed the bunny I don't expect him to miss many of those again, but he I think that the the hogs did a good job defending joellenby, um for the most part And bogie hits a big time shots down the stretch the miami heat are 12 and 13 low key I'm sorry 20 and 13 without bam without jimmy without there was a picture of the miami heat bench And it was like five players that should be starters We had kimba drop 40 boogie drop 20 Yadonis haslam Play quality minutes. It's like we're back in 2014 or 2013 or something. Yadonis haslam played quality minutes today And yes, it was the pisses who have five wins on the season. How the hell did the pisses only have five wins? Um, but they're still winning games matt struse A guy that the bulls let go which is unfortunate We could use a guy that shoots the hell out of the ball And like tyler hero both hit huge shots down the stretch And I just realized Duncan robison did not have a field goal today Didn't matter gabe venton has been a huge huge player for them in the stretch And they've been able to weather the storm without their two all mba type players all star players being in there It's amazing. Um, the wizards won a game where were kimba dropped 40 and there was a statistic I saw that I think it was like kimba's teams are like four in 16 or something crazy like that when he drops 40 plus so basically if if you want to win a game, um Stop, I mean make sure kimba doesn't drop 40 for your favorite team. Yeah, he needs 39 or less to win Um, but it was just cool to see man ultimate professional and people were bringing back those old clips are like Two three weeks ago when he was pulled out of the rotation where he said I could be real mad But I'm not I got young people here that are looking up to me and here he is getting put back in the rotation because Derek rose is out for six weeks or whatever it may be and held to save the protocol He asked to play and not only did he play Dog played like every damn minute of the game. He ended up playing 30 or 43 minutes. That's a tom thibodeau special But what happened in that fourth quarter? What happened in that fourth quarter the denny abdia chamber I'd so can we get a nice name for denny abdia as a defensive player Now denny abdia had a lot of an assignment in the first half not a lot He had a decent amount of assignment in the first half, but once we got to the fourth quarter, um, a coach was like, hey Just stick to him like glue I don't care what type of screens they running. I don't care how far he is Denied deny deny and they denied and that meant meant that julie's randall was going to get those shots and if i'm in the wizards Good take the shots to take every shot you need julie's and he did um spicer dimwood He had his first 20 point game in a very very long time It seems like he doesn't even look at the basket unless bradley bill is not there and bradley bill wasn't there Denny abdia, uh, kenny ferrell all-star kenny ferrell all-star our next game Um, the bucks won drew holiday continues to look really really good after starting off very very slow 2477 i did not watch this game. I can't even lie to you. I saw boogie had a dub I do want to go see how boogie got a dub Um, the the nuggets completely fell apart in the fourth quarter. This is a game that i turned off I turned this game off and i was like, oh, okay The other games are starting the nuggets are up and and like Yoko's had almost 20 rebounds in the first half and whatever and i was like, oh, okay. We good I say we they're good and they were not good. Oh my god. They were not good at all um Jayle me games had a couple really good defensive possessions down the stretch pj washington had played good defense on yokas down the stretch and he had some big-time shots For myles bridges who wasn't even having a good game hit one of the biggest shots And I love oh and it's smith by the way hit a shot in the corner I love again that james rago is not afraid to let the high hands rile and mellow balls on the bench Cheer for his team When when you know i'm saying he's like the best player on the team But it's smith was performing better in that moment of time when he was there for the run So they let the guys that were in the run stay in the game um The son's had a game where they beat the the the thunder devin booker for shigio-san zen was dope But the real story is cam johnson shout out to him He is still older than devin booker and sometimes you can tell he looks like an extreme veteran out there um Next game a game that I did not watch but I saw rude go bear had a big one And somebody said can you talk about rude go bear? And I did I want to make a video talking exclusively about the jazz and and how they turn their seat turn their season around They were already good But we had mentioned maybe a month or so ago that they had the number one offense in the league and their shots weren't even three Point shots weren't going in They're now going in They're they are now going in so now the team that was already the greatest Offensive team in the league is hitting more shots. So that's something Steph Curry had a 46 piece and it was great, but I don't even want to talk about him We had two kenny for real all-stars going head to head in this one It was the anthony melton who had a very good game and the second was gary payton the second and you know what? Two kenny for real all-stars I didn't care what Steph Curry was doing even though it was amazing It was it was really amazing the anthony melton winning player They did not win this game but winning plays and then for gary paid in the second to hit four threes I mean If I'm if I'm the grizzlies, I'm not upset with gary paid and hitting four threes because you're not expecting him to do that I'm upset where we let Steph Curry get so many open ones There were many plays in this game. I'm like, how the hell does Steph Curry get that wide open? Some of them he missed but majority of them Majority of them he hit Um, and and then we already talked about the Lakers. Nice. That is a recap a one take recap It's great It feels good to do that because that means I don't have to edit and I can finally get to bed because it is Well past my bedtime. I hope that everybody here has a happy happy holidays, man I really appreciate all the love that we've got throughout the course of of 2021 and I'm not I'm saying this like this is the last video of the year. It's not the last video of the year But I just want to show my appreciation because um, this is a channel that Was not getting a ton of love from me Um, I was so heavily focused on my main channel, which makes sense, right? The main channel is the one that pays my bills Um, but this season this this year. I told myself The 2021 2022 season I was going to focus heavily on this channel And I have I've uploaded more videos over here than I did in the previous years combined Which is great and y'all continue to so so support and I really appreciate that my future daughter really really appreciates that because uh Her nursery is pretty much done and that's off Kenny for real video. 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