She opened the season nominated for the championship.
Anthony Davis' injury is the difference between a Contender and a negative balance, eighth in the West after Minnesota?
Recognize that all kinds of conspiracy theorists like to say they "just ask questions"?
They do not come and really say something, they "just ask".
In a pseudo-intelligent-critical twist, they seem to "raise the important questions", when in practice they are just distributing Pike News.
Well, do you know?
Of course you know.
You probably have one in the family.
Maybe even you are like that (if so - it's not funny. Seek help).
So on the same weight, it is permissible - just to ask, really - why are the Lakers so bad?
As of Thursday afternoon, Israel time, the yellow-purple with a negative 23:22 balance after an embarrassing (additional) home loss to the poor Indiana - fourth loss in five games, and tenth in the last 16.
True, the group is old.
True, it was built in a strange way.
That's right, Anthony Davis is injured.
But still, she opened the championship season.
Anthony Davis' injury is the difference between a Contender and a negative balance, eighth in the West after Minnesota?
LeBron James.
Will continue to search for answers, Photo: AP
After all, the Lakers have a successful coach, who only a year and a half ago won the championship with the same team.
It has a deep battery of shots, and don't let the PR machine tell you otherwise - the seven of Melo, Monk, Ellington, Bradley, Reeves, Bismarck and Packing scored 341 threes (7.5 per game) this season at 38.3% - numbers you can only envy.
What else do they have?
Jordan and Howard close the corner on the chin, Horton-Tucker gives defense ... so what am I missing?
Oh, the infamous Russell Westbrook, who only last season gave a month-and-a-half dream of 23-13-14, led the Wizards (most of this time without Bradley Bill!) To a 6:17 run that was enough for them to screw around in the playoffs.
Yes, he was a monster and led a team to the playoffs just recently.
Oh yes.
LeBron James is also there.
A player who somehow managed to build a huge career in which he controlled everything that happened around him, determined who would play next to him, and in at least three cases made sure to join or add superstars to his peak and win championships.
And yet, whenever his team has a hard time - the narrative that floods the net is that "he doesn't have enough help."
Westbrook vs. India.
Sospal in the decisive minutes,
With a good coach, shooting depth, Russell's abilities, and LeBron in a great season - the Lakers can be expected to win more than six games out of the last 16.
A pace of 31 wins a season, or in other words: a bottom team for everything.
So what does not work there?
There is the criticism of Westbrook, which is largely justified.
The man is uncontrollable, but when Horton-Tucker also throws more than three threes into the game without scoring, one can begin to understand the criticisms against coach Frank Vogel.
Because the Lakers, with one of the oldest rosters in league history, are playing at the third-fastest pace this season.
And why?
Their offense is ranked 24th in the league, and the defense - 18, figures that were not good even when Davis was still playing.
And here's another question.
LeBron has scored the most points per game since 2010, throwing the most since 2008, bombing for three the most in his career (by a gap).
He is also delivering four fewer assists than just two seasons ago, and with his lowest assist percentage since 2007. So what's going on here?
After all, it's not that he has no one to hand over, with the battery of scenes around him.
And here is also an answer.
Conspirators will call it "wonder".
Ready?
The human LeBron James sees the pinnacle of Karim Abdul-Jabbar's career just around the corner.
And now that he already knows that health is not self-evident, perhaps he believes more in his ability to achieve that record as quickly as possible, than in his ability to win another championship.
Perhaps he believes that holding the record for points is worth more "points" in a discussion
The GOAT approves of five championships (because five, as you know, is not six yet).
At least on a mental level, LeBron is very, very human.
Look at what has happened to Steph Kerry's threes percentage since the tension began around breaking the threes record last month.
And here, all of a sudden, a home loss to the unfortunate Pacers ends with LeBron, nine (!) Behind, going to the basket with three seconds left, and scoring such a cheap basket, which is usually reserved for the Rockies and bench warmers.
LeBron James.
LeBron scores the most points per game since 2010, Photo: Reuters
So if he throws a lot more than before, delivers four assists less than two years ago, and scratches Garbage Time layups at a home loss to a weak team, what do we conclude from that?
is nothing.
Sail with the conspiracies, you can do that.
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