Can Los Angeles Lakers become true contenders with LeBron, Luka, Austin Reaves healthy? | NBA on NBC
NBA Showtime breaks down the legitimacy of the Los Angeles Lakers following their win against the Clippers and if they can become a serious contender in the West with Luka Doncic, LeBron James, and Austin Reaves healthy. #NBCSports #NBA #LosAngelesLakers #LeBronJames
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Can Los Angeles Lakers become true contenders with LeBron, Luka, Austin Reaves healthy? | NBA on NBC
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Love Maria Taylor, Vince Carter and Tracy Mcgrady and yes I believe the Lakers can become true contenders with Lebron, Luka and Austin Reaves. Go Lakers.
Doubters shall be made believers
I love it! We shall see 😈
Why scalabrine covering the lakers. You know he be there hatin for his celtics
Only one commentator has a nba ring
Something annoying about watching players who were not known for defense talk about how important defense is. LOL!
Bronny is the Laker's secret weapon to beating OKC in a 7 game series. He's gonna lock up SGA with force.
T Mac still mad he anit get any ring 😂😂😂😂
Controlling pace and slowing the tempo is how LeBron without kyrie and love took warriors to 6 games and came back from a 3-1..Luka is a master of pace. Lakers vs okc lakers will slow okc pace..whether they can outlast them for a series is yet to be determined but don’t let the pace thing be the hang up
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Why is Denver and okc on the same level Denver is not the juggernaut that people talk them up to be Jokić does everything and you’re talking about a bench that if you really look at them who has championship experience or long long playoff runs
The Lakers definitely need to add one or two more pieces But they’re winning games if they are top 3C they’ll have home advantage
We have trade line …and they sure are gonna drop vando and gabe in a deal at trade deadline …rob wants to please his superstar kid Luka and new boss walter ..they will pickup something from tanking teams and we have nearly 8 9 tankers this season
omg this guys forgot lakes defeat okc without lebron..
Let's wait Lakers haters😂
I'm going to be honest they are not lying. Yes they are playing great right now in the regular season. The question is when they play teams like OKC and Denver in the playoffs can they get stops consistently.
Lakers can score with anybody but can they stop the opposing players when it matters?
I know for sure, playoff time laker vs OKC, JJ would start Marcus smart and have him stick to SGA all game.
We will see 💯🤙💜💛
Didn't the lakers beat this very okc last w Jdub present by 30pts last yr? Lebron was the great equalizer. Lakers will slice and dice OKC defense.
WHY MOST OF THIS NBC NBA ANALYS HAS NUT RINGS? ROFL
Fair assessment fact of the matter is reaves if the one who can put fake numbers up in the regular season, but disappear comes playoff time. Can’t even say they hating even though I think they are to an extent.
I dont think any team in the league wants to play the lakers right now with how they playing and how Luka is cooking every team he plays against 🔥
Coming from a panel of commentators with ZERO championships 🤨
Please STFU
Lakers can beat anybody in a 7 game series. This team has depth. What the hell they talking about. 🙄
Injuries also play a part. It's a long grueling session. It's too early in the season to crown anybody. However, if the Lakers stay healthy. Look the hell out.
Scalabrine looking like Rappaport
A lot of people get it misunderstood it ain't about the big three it's about the other seven on the court can they bring Championship help. All championship teams have a bench that can bring help when those players sit down they don't lose the lead but keep it going or hold it
No they CANT win it, as presently constructed. Trade so Miles Bridges can replace Rui Hachimura, and maybe Reaves gets better at his spot up shooting, ALA Ray Allen type shots. Reaves is sub par when waiting off the ball for a spot up shot.
Always clowns who didn’t win anything talk nonsense
we will see😂😂😂
Preseason “clippers better than the lakers they’ll be a play-in.” Tonight “the clippers aren’t that good lakers won’t be good moving forward”Goalpost moving stop it.
Reaves is basically a zero factor in playoffs.
I love that people are giving AR the credit they deserve
LeBron James you are the man know matter what!!!!!!!!!!!
We will accept that we ain’t title contenders and okc is big dog in the like they say every dog has they day people always put us down until we surprised everybody in the finales
Deandre Avton stay healthy it will help them in postseason..That is what killed Lakers last year in playoffs against Minnesota they had no bigs and was dominated on boards, inside defense and post points also Jackson Hayes has been getting better
The Lakers could beat any one of those teams fully loaded with a healthy Bron in the lineup. And with LeBron coasting like this, he will easily average 30+ points in the playoffs💯
Not when LeBrick is part of the team.
LAKERS 2026 NBA CHAMPIONS. 🎉🎉🎉 LUKA DONCIC SEASON MVP
we already saw the answer last yea… why are they acting as if it’s different?
There gonna be a top 4 team in the west but who did they beat so far this season that's a contender? The jazz twice, hornets, pelicans, heat, blazers. I mean they are expected to beat these teams. I wanna see them play the thunder, rockets, and denver before i start saying they're legit. I know this was last year and things a different now but they were a third seed last season and they only won one playoff game. As third seed winning one playoff game is embarrasing imo. Dont get ur hopes up its early in the season
What else are guys going to say that wish they were Lakers in their careers? T-Mac talking about he was better than Kobe after he's dead and gone. You know Kobe would have accepted that conversation while he was alive. Kobe was a champion at 22. He was a factor too!
Fk these ppl 😂
There obviously contenders.
T McGrady is the biggest hater
NBC needs just stepped up their game. They have a Z team. Talking
Last time I checked, the Oklahoma City Thunder were still champions.
Clippers is team hurt. I mean Kawhi Leonard never plays and if he does he gets hurt. Bradley Beal never Played and Broke his hip. The Clippers is the team that Mr Glass I meant Anthony Davis needs to be on 😂
Clearly nobody can win against OKC! Look at there record. 😂
IM NOT SUPRISE AT ALL HOW THIS THREE FORMER PLAYERS WHO DONT KNOW HOW TO DEFEND TALKED ABOUT DEFENCE.AND HOW THEY UNDERESTIMATE THE LAKERS ,NO CHANCE AT ALL AGAINST OKC AND NUGGETS . LBJ ,REEVES AND LUKA WE TRUST . THE PANEL ARE LAKERS HATER SPECIALLY TMAC.😊😊😊
They can doubt us, but they can't destroy us