Lakers’ expectations TOO HIGH? 😮 + Would 3-1 comeback SOLIDIFY LeBron GOAT status? 🐐 | First Take
Stephen A. Smith, Monica McNutt and Carlos Boozer join Molly Qerim on First Take to discuss analyze the Los Angeles Lakers’ biggest areas for improvement before questioning if a 3-1 comeback vs. the Minnesota Timberwolves would end the LeBron James vs. Michael Jordan debate.
0:00 Was this season championship or bust for Lakers?
1:24 Stephen A.: Lakers showed flashes, but we forgot about the Wolves
3:50 Timberwolves have more depth?
5:42 Wolves came in with chip on their shoulder
6:18 Dwight Howard says comeback would end GOAT debate
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32 Comments
I get lebron should do soemthing in the 4th but when your coach plays you the entire second half it’s hard to have any energy at the end of the 4th. Sucks
Bro gets paid millions to glaze mj for the last 25 years💔holy shi💔
Laker fans were pounding their chest like King Kong before this series started and now they’re quiet as a church mouse 😂.
Steven A riding that meat hard😂
Nah dwight just sound dumb. How tf being down 3-1 in the first fckn round at 40 better than 6-0 finals 6 chips and 6 fmvps in your prime??
Ngl goat this goat debate stuff getting old. It seems like once a week they talk about it 🤣
There's no comparison..just stop already. James isn't anywhere near as awesome as Jordan was. Get over it. 🤨
BULLS AND PACERS EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS, did in fact go to a game 7…
So many excuses for the Lakers and LePunkd.
Yall a couple weeks ago said they will go far in the playoffs… stop the cap. All I heard was Luka this, LeBron that. Don’t switch up now about your expectations
The biggest gobbler
The fact that James who is 40 years old is still held to the same exact standard and expectations today as he was 10-15 years ago ends the debate.
It's ova for the Lakers dis year …. Add KD from tha sun's next season and I'm sold…GO LAKERS 🏀
one thing they forgot is the Lakers lost their defensive big man AD and replaced a better version of Dlo..smh..the Lakers were already winning before Luka came they were just waiting for AD to come back and get more pieces but suddenly the new BATMAN came he was supposed to carry them but clearly the old guy is the better guy and fans telling Luka is the main guy and carries lebron but when they lose Lebron choked😂😂😂
I know Carmen Hayes is a bit Green but he needs to have more minutes on the court, Lakers need some rim protecters and easy pickup points at times
Don chick 🐥 😂
Goat ..who wants to smoke on a yellow boat 4:27 ?
T-wolves in 5
no, if losing the series cant hurt his legacy to lebron fans, then winning it shouldn’t do much of anything. Winning a championship is only exception
I just realized that this GOAT debate will go on All Time (forever)..
Bron choked, Shannon choked, goat debate a hoax. Wolves in 5
Lebron can’t be the goat from a first round 😭😭😭yall be trippin
6:36😂😂😂facts
😂 the LeBarbie nation is so hurt rt now
The GOAT debate is so boring
Timberwolves are a way better team then the rockets the lakers would have swept the rockets
Pause
In you 94ft. ayyyooooooo😂😂😂
Jordan didn’t get to game 7 cause he kept getting knocked out first round
Stephen A’s constant talking point over the years that MJ won all his chips without seeing a game 7 is not the praise he thinks it is. It’s proof MJ’s competition was weaker and easier than LeBron’s competition.
Stephen A said MJ won in the first 13 yrs of his career is not true MJ was 1-9 in the playoffs couldn't get out the first round loss for at least 7yrs straight won the last 6 of his career when Scottie Pippen came
The GOAT conversation ended when LBJ started picking all the best players to play with. LBJ is the GOAT of his era. He is not the GOAT of GOATS.
It's possible to come back, but not goat"able. As much as moment it would be for Luka to win it all this year in particular, I just don't see it happening. Ant and the wolves going crazy.