Lakers fire Darvin Ham, is Brunson a superstar, Joel Embiid's legacy | NBA | FIRST THINGS FIRST
Nick Wright, Chris Broussard and Kevin Wildes react to the Los Angeles Lakers firing Darvin Ham after two seasons as the team's head coach, then debate whether it is officially time to label Jalen Brunson as a superstar. The trio then discusses how this playoff series loss to the New York Knicks impacts Joel Embiid's legacy.
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The roster was bad but still could've won with AD and LeBron because Dinwiddie Vincent and woods all were way better everywhere else they played but with ham that's proof his system was horrible plus even with not scoring he put 2 defensive liabilities at the guards spots no coach in history does that with both guards can't stop the ball at all horrible coaching
Trade Reeves and Russell for a star guard
See, this is what's wrong with the media guys asking, questions like is Bronson.A superstar he is not a superstar until they cut down the nets in Is madison square garden😳😳😳😳 They always jumping to conclusions cut that out This is why you get labeled media
Just from watching Laker games it was quite apparent that Ham didn't know how to make in game adjustments and seemingly was unable to call time outs when they needed them. Not saying he was the only reason, but he was a big part of it. Sooo many big leads blown and close losses that could have been saved by just stopping the bleeding with a time out. He was just not experienced enough.
@@tculture8938 D Lo yes it's like his 9 year, we know what he is but I think he has to opt in to be traded. Reaves is only on like his 3rd year, still has a high ceiling. Would like to see Reaves under a better coach. Sorry to say it but since Bron wants to leave anyway to play with his son, maybe trade him for whatever assets we can get.
I love that Wildes is constantly calling out Nick
It’s Nick driven. He knows how to get likes, views, and comments. He literally asked Wildes to do this. Nicks winning!
Didn’t Nick say they had the best off season now he’s blaming the front office?
@@Dr.Elaine1haha yea right
A bit annoying
@@kareemi7080 best off season on paper. Who had a better off season on paper?
Lakers gonna hire JJ Reddick as head coach and Nick Wright as GM!😂
For sure hahah
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I swear I’d have more faith in them two over fkn Jeanie Buss 🤦🏾♂️
Stellar. Chef’s kiss.
Better than DH coaching decisions
KEVIN WILDES IS A LEGEND 😂
Wildes burner account 😂
fire starter lol
Brou finally told Nick to stop cutting him off 😂
He's done it before....odd thing about it is he cuts people off all the time. I think maybe he and Nick are too much alike in that dept.
@@KClouisville I've never noticed it with Brou, Nick does it every segment and it's annoying.
Pretty sure Nick is on the spectrum in some aspect. He absolutely has to get his word in as it comes to him because I'm fairly certain that it is almost painful for him to keep it bottled up.
@@QuiGonZel Never thought of it like that but it would make sense
Nick is the host and moderator. Him cutting them off is how he keeps the focus on what the producers want him to focus on.
I love how this show has its own expanded universe; the Hoang Bi saga happening in the background is fascinating
Fishing for likes? Mention Hoang Bi 🫠
You Keep senpais name out of mainstream media🤫
I like how people commenting on this channel keep mentioning that guy's name. Guess they're looking to get him shut down, again. Good job, everyone.
@@paulmann5328 Relax guy, my self worth isn't derived by likes on a KZhead comment. They were super late getting videos out yesterday, they themselves have mentioned "the other channel" multiple times; so it has become a funny subplot.
@@shawnvogt888 They already know about it, they have made mention to it on other episodes
Nick is INCAPABLE of being quiet when other's speak. He's NEVER finished.
He thinks that's what the dynamic should be. When others have their own segments, like BUD list, he generally stays quiet.
Remember when Cris Carter was on the show. He did the exact same thing to Nick - but 100x worse lol
@@allgopodcast Ahhh those were the days lol
It gets annoying sometimes especially when Bru is cooking
Nick - respectfully, there’s nothing you could possibly say that’s worth interrupting Broussard. Please stop doing that ❤
He's obliged to interrupt people, who don't follow the agenda.
Lakers: you're fired Darvin Ham: thank god 🙏
Yeah, he gets 5M to rest and relax.
Facts. Darvin won the day.
You sound dumber than brou
@bamboosho0t Ham gets to rest, and live with the fact he couldn't get it done.
I can imagine them firing him with Ham standing there with his hands in his pocket like a Kevin James meme
😂😂😂😂😂😂
A cat licking its paws
lmao
😂
Yes, Chris Broussard comes off here as just pushing his agenda staunchly defending Darvin Ham and only promoting Sam Cassell or Ty Lue who isn't realistic. The front office has also backed Ham to the dismay of some of the players and LakersNation when they were already calling to replace him last season and midway through this season. Darvin isn't a bad guy and it's not personal against him but it was evident he wasn't ready from an X's and O's standpoint, rotation merry-go-round, timeout/challenge management, etc. He was praised as a relatable motivator but unfortunately he still ended up losing the leaders of the locker-room.
"Blame Pie" sounds like what my ex used to serve up 😅😅😅
The Mark Jackson disrespect is downright insane!
💯🗣️
THANK YOU. Huge disrespect.
Bro had a team that lost in the second round and won like 53 games. Gets fired and Steve Kerr leads a team to 67 wins and a title and somehow it’s all because of Jackson. It’s ridiculous the love the dude gets. Should he gets another shot sure, but can we stop acting like he is a martyr
@@cameronmowat6638 They got bounced in the 1st round the year Jackson was fired.. You're referring to the season before where they 'upset' the #3 seed Nuggets and nearly upset the Spurs (lost in OT in Gm1 in SA and won Gm2 in SA).. Jackson was running sets from the 90s.. Kerr came in and modernized the offense overnight essentially (he recognized Curry's gravity) and they started their title runs.. GS went from the team with the least assists in the league per game to the most... Jackson was just too narrowminded.. Both on and off the court (the off the court narrowmindedness helped him get ousted as well).
Either way Jackson deserves a shot
LeBron has been basically interviewing JJ with his podcast He’s getting the job
I thought it's been JJ applying for the job for 5 years.
LeFlop will discard JJ like the Nets did Steve Nash.
@@itsme3k well yeah he’ll be the fall guy if it all goes wrong but still he’s gonna get the job because Bron has been interviewing him
Lebron training his coach 😂
5:09 Moments like THIS are why I love this show. Love that accountability out of Wildes
Nick is a joke
Yep. Nick looks so silly at times like this when Wildes points out the absolute obvious to the audience.
True like Wildes said all the prob already exist but Nick still making excuses.
I happen to like Nick, but Wildes speaking facts here. Nick can’t puff his chest out about the Lakers chances and then scapegoat the coach like he’s been a problem all season long. You don’t get to play both sides.
We watching 2 different shows? That was the most casual take ever.
Kevin Wildes keeps frying Nick Wrong every week
He literally asked him on air to stop holding back 😂😭
Trust me he's a controlled opposition, a Klutch Sports recruit under LeBums payroll of course
Every week is glaze 😂
I don't see how on this segment..? Nick had great points
We love to see it
Brou is so underrated. He’s one of the most fair and unbiased analyst ever and obviously knows his stuff
Love brou
He's right there with Shannon and Barkley.
I once thought that entirely, now not as much.
Best basketball takes in the game.
He’s on the bench all the time
Wilds always holds Nick accountable. I love it!
Nick sounding like a hypocrite here….
Because he is. He needs to scapegoat for his precious Lebron. Its always someone else's fault, especially since this clown said Lakers were winning the title.
How?
Usually
@@jacobmcklowski4428lol go look at them game vs the nuggets and you tell me why it was lebron fault? Since it’s always needing a scapegoat instead of just saying the obvious the role players didn’t show up just like with the suns
huh?? nick is awesome wtf
Those Brunson numbers are crazy. Him not being a superstar is nuts. He did it in the regular season and he’s upped it in the playoffs
Yessir. Just like what Jamal does for Denver
All facts he's legit the best knick I've ever seen and I been watching since 84
@@BrutusJrThe3rd Jamal isn’t the best player or most important player on that team. Brunson is number one on everyone’s scouting report and the dude still frying teams
@@countryrahhad to play with him in 2k to be convinced, lol na but he deff a superstar doing it in NYC. Bigger impact than melo and linsinaity
Superstar is a 3 year assessment imo. Repeat it next year and he's at the level
Wildes is absolutely the Godfather of this trio.
Broussard was summoning his inner Stephen A Smith.
So, Brou stopped being a real journalist momentarily.
I don't think Darvin was the right hire from the beginning and he is not a high level coach. That said I feel bad for Darvin Hamm. He was set up to fail. Every lakers coach has been and moving forward is a lame duck coach if they don't win the championship in 2 to 3 years they are fired. The lakers head coaching job is very dysfunctional and not a very highly desirable job anymore 😂
No one is the right coach. lol. No coach would’ve boasted LA above Denver.
He set himself up for failure. He applied for a position he clearly wasnt ready for.
All Ham needed was proper timeout management and to stop being a spectator. Not only was he atrocious on both things, he doesn’t take accountability for his mismanagements.
I mean most coaches are in the same situation Bucks looks like a bad job Sun's also Philly the same Clippers the same .. all of which have real super star players
@@chrishaswell4405 that's because these front offices are trying to save their own skin. They make these huge trades and FA signings by mortgaging the future. When there isn't a chip in a 2-3 years they panic.The Bucks are doing it now and the Suns might as do it next.
Pretty sure Darvin Ham was talking about DLo, not Austin Reaves, Nick.
Lol yeah pretty sure it was D Lo
How are you so sure? Reeves has actually BEEN wetting the bed, terrible shooting percentage, can't create his own shot, can't guard anyone but everyone focused on "dlo"
@Mac11Mike he said number 2 the bed not number 1 😂
@@Mac11MikeReeves never had games as bad as Dlo even his bad games he had more impact both sides of the court
@@Mac11Mikereeves averaged 16 on 47% from the field for the series now he didn’t shoot the three well, but he was far better than Russell who was 14 ppg on 38% from the field
Brunson has had a good post season 3 years in a row now from Dallas making the conference finals to the 2nd round in a hard fought series with Miami last year.
That makes him a goodstar.
Brou is one of the all time greatest sports analyst. I find it incredibly insulting that Brou doesn't publicly get recognized for his greatness. I've been a fan of his since The NBA On NBC.
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Wasnt he aslo the only one to say lebron was going to miami back before the decision happened
Bah bah
@@GreaterSociety well about clippers out kawhi to lakers?
@@GreaterSociety Broussard claimed it, but i heard about the LeBron / Miami deal from Stephen A Smith about a month before The Decision was ever made.
It’s funny, 6 months ago Nick Wright was saying Lakers had the best offseason and one of the deepest teams….now Nick blames the GM. Will never blame the players because he doesn’t understand individual accountability
On paper yes , the role players underperformed
@@dadillonful Roleplayers perform better if the leadership of the team is good, we all know what kind of leader is LeBron James, he usually throws people under the bus
Gabe Vincent and Vando basically died in training camp, DLO and AR got benched while healthy for Taurean Prince and CAM REDDISH. How was he supposed to account for the stupidity of that basketball terrorist's decision?
@Vince-tt1uj Like Kobe, Mike, and any other superstar who had underperforming teammates?
@@dadillonful Jokic and Murray outplayed Lebron and AD
Embiid's legacy will be choking in the playoffs and getting a pity mvp. That's it. Don't let the media fool you into believing he is an all time great, he's not.
He is good in the regular season but doesn't have any durability. And yeah he shouldn't have gotten that MVP. Jokic should have 4 MVP's right now.
@@ralx225b Embiid had the stats for MVP. Turdbrain Perk making some racist case for him was a reason not to give him the award. And Embiid whining for the award, flopping and deliberately causing injuries to opponents, weren't good reasons. And faking his own injuries if he didn't feel like showing up for the fans, that his team needed to pay fines for.
I love this energy from Broussard lol
Brou poppin off at 13:50😂😂😂
Wildes came with the 🔥🔥🔥 today!!! Lol don’t let him off the hook. Sports media needs you!! Lol it can’t be every coaches fault every time a certain somebody comes up short!
Here's your cookie for being first....🍪
@@drewwilson5026 my man. Appreciate the cookie. Next time bring two.. and I’m more of a peanut butter guy over chocolate chip these days.
@@ImJustSaying9😂nice I'm gonna try to be like you w my next 🧌
To be fair Wildes whole argument against Anthony Edwards was made out of a fake stat
@@merlehexum3932 you must not watch the show often… lol with that he’s shooting 9/10
Darvin’s rotation in the regular season is why they even had to face Denver in round 1. Not all his fault but he was doing questionable stuff all year it’s more than just the playoffs.
Literally! Why they act like the season didn’t happen. Bro had the most questionable lineups i ever seen. It got to the point where they were the 13th seed in the west
The amount of games TP and Cam were forced into the starting line up costed the Lakers a lot of games.
They were not forced he started them over dlo and reeves for no reason. Reeves played all 82 no excuse @@misora25chan
What about the load managing?
Blame the coach, not the players. Really?
Theres no way Brou keeps saying Rick 🤣🤣
This is the best sports show on tv!!! Wildes is amazing
Nick Wright before the season: “Lakers win the offseason” LeBron before the season starts: tweeting hourglass emojis Now Nick never believed in the roster 😂🤣😂🤣
He can like the roster and dislike the coach. These aren’t mutually exclusive.
That’s the point, he liked the roster enough to claim they won the offseason. He liked the roster and COACH enough to pick them to beat the Nuggets in 6, he liked the roster after they won the in season tournament, and liked it enough after they played well beating tomato cans in the latter part of the season, but when they lose, it’s the GM’s fault for the roster and Darvin Ham didn’t maximize they players 😂🤣😂
@@juicelord4792 Him picking the Lakers was predicated on the idea that the Nuggets would not be able to duplicate their unicorn performance last year in the WCF (Jokic’s BS granny shots at the buzzer, Murray turning into Prime Jordan, etc.) Other than the late game Murray shots, he was right and the Lakers did play a better series. The nuggets are just really good. Also, it has to do with the idea that Lebron and AD would have fresher legs and be more productive. Which they BOTH were. So yeah, it was faith in the roster and expecting the Nuggets to not have a Cinderella series. He’s been anti-Ham for months.
@@juicelord4792he actually said that ? Wow 😂
@@iang7244but lebron is the goat despite unicorn miracle shots from Ray Allen and Kyrie giving him half of his rings
The Lakers management did not want to release Ham, but I promise you the exit interview with the players changed their tune. Ham never had the locker room. AD's comments, DLO's comments, the fact that not one player ever stood up for him or praised him in any way, says it all.
Nailed it
It doesn't make much sense changing the coach, when LeBron is the problem. But the coaches who sign with the Lakers know, if LeBron loses, everyone else takes the blame. Maybe it reads on the contract, already.
@@penkima4923 What wrong has Lebro done now. Him and AD played well. The other role palyers for the nuggets outplayed the Lakers role players. When you missing vando, reddish and wood it aint rocket science
@@joelwafula2607 LeBron plays like he has always played. He shares the basketball only then, if his own stats are good enough for him to be considered the best player on the team.
The bias towards Brunson is sickening. The fact that he’s not even in the MVP convo is criminal
Nick trying to make the club superstar a 12 player club is more sickening. Slap yourself awake.
5:08 Wildes absolutely cooked
Thank you Wildes for calling out Nick🙏... They also need to stop with the "Only because the Nuggets" excuse. THE LAKERS WERE THE PLAY IN TEAM FOR A REASON. THEY WEREN'T BEATING ANYONE
Yes like last year? 🤡 6:36
the lakers wouldve beat in 6 any other team in the first round except the nuggets and maybe the timberwolves
You realize they were 4 games from the #4 seed right? 3 wins from 50 on the season. That were coaching comes in. Simple halftime adjustments are the difference in 3-4 wins
@@1alterego2go79 Does not matter. They were a play in side and got bundled out in the first round They were not good enough
@@1alterego2go79maybe the coaching is the reason they even got 47. They could’ve easily won 35 games. The league blessed them with more free throws than 98 percent of the league. 😅 before ham got to La Lakers were missing the play in let alone the playoffs. It’s always the coach on that one guys team when they lose. 7 coaches in 21 seasons. 😅
$5 says doc rivers
new york just officially declared jalen brunson the king of new york.
😮 As a 62 yr old NativebNew Yorker, I agree. One great year that's also his first great year, doesn't make Brunson a superstar. It's made him an allmstarvthis season. A Superstar is sustained greatness, several seasons. Bernard King is my favorite Knick.
I’m kinda glad Brou said what he said regarding Brunson as the Knicks GOAT. JB is a special player, but it’s disrespectful to overlook Ewing who got to two Finals with the Knicks.
If the Knicks make it to the finals that’s not an argument anymore. I think Brou’s just saying “I wanna see it first” What has SGA shown us, and it’s not crazy to call him a superstar.
Not to mention the fact that he's only had two years as a uniquely special player. Ewing, Frazier, and Reed are far more impactful in the team's history, and Debusschere actually finished his career there as a five-time All Star.
@@pemp9606doesn’t matter Ewing clears by a lot
If Ewing would have done what he could to play in that second Finals, they probably could have grabbed a title. They were undersized against SA.
Brunson makes a finals he's better than Ewing lmao. Ewing made 2 finals and the only reason for them was Jordan retired. He had to get through legitimately no threat in the conference cause everyone was old or young and he had the best team with Jordan gone. Ewing was also not a closer while Brunson is the definition of one. No one said Brunson was better than Ewing, Melo, King, and so on, right at this moment. They said he can potentially be the best Knick of all time and if he leads them to a ring, he would be. This was also said by Ewing's own teammates lmao.
Nick spewed all season how the Lakers "won the offseason" and were gonna win a title, now its everyone else's fault that didn't happen. Classic garbage analysis by yours truly
SPEAK ON IT!!! Somehow they’ve buried that part of it…
Stop with the “Embiid was playing on one leg”. Knicks r missing a whole person!
And there it is. BROU caught with a Freudian slip. Now we understand his refusal to give Jalen his props.
It took Ham more than half the season to figure out his best starting lineup was his five best players. Bring Frank Vogel back. They never should have let him go. He was the scapegoat for the Russell Westbrook trade.
Yeah, he did such a great job in Orlando and Phoenix.
Imagine blaming Vogel for those two dumpster fire organizations. As someone who watched his lakers very closely, he is an elite coach, especially defensively. He should never have been fired when Pelinka made such a horrible trade that had no chance of working. Pelinka has to stop getting cute, get a good defensive center who can play alongside AD, and they will improve tremendously.
@@Infinityflow0 Nothing can help Lakers, especially Vogel. They have avg. roster with stars who aren't top 20 players anymore. You can talk to yourself they need one change, but they need a lot more. You do realise other teams are trying to improve themselves also and they are also becoming better. Except Bubble season, which we can all agree was unusual and specific, Lakers with LBJ never got better than 7th seed, they missed 2x playoffs, they were 2x 1st round exit and they had 1 good playoff run where they were lucky to play dysfunctional teams which had more problems than them (but you take what's offered to you). Those are Facts. I see one big problem to solve first and than you can start solving all others.
@MarioCindric nahh on bringing back Franky V....but 100% the line ups. It took him a years and a half to settle on a line up. Rui and Reeves we're coming off the bench.
Why would Vogel want to come back after the way he was treated?
Also wildes cooked again
By this logic Shai isn't a superstar, Ant isn't a superstar, LUKA is barely a superstar... IDK Jalen has been a top 5 player all year. Kinda crazy to say he's not a superstar
Had a super year, whatever else you wanna say.
@@mikeottersole Had an MVP Year
@@mikeottersole So what about last year where the only people who had a better series than him scoring wise were, Jimmy round 1 and Murray finals?
Brunson hasn't been putting up superstar numbers in the regular season or in the playoffs. He didn't have an MVP year. Shai and Ant haven't played in the playoffs at all. Luka has put up better numbers than Brunson for far longer than Brunson, but not on the greatest team.
@@penkima4923 Brunson averages the 4th highest ppg in the regular season, averages the 2nd highest ppg if you take out free throws from everyone’s average, is averaging the highest ppg in the postseason. And is doing it on great efficiency. Go ahead and explain wtf superstar numbers are if he’s not putting them up. Y’all just chat with 0 logic. 😭😭
Ham is the convenient scapegoat
Help me understand why so many sports commentators believe that Ty Lue is a great coach. What has he done since the Lebron championship? He has as many NBA championships as Doc and Vogel. Last year Ham got much further than he did, and this year he's likely to get as far as Ham. So, help me understand why he's a better coach that Doc, or Frank Vogel, or even Ham?
Uh he’s constantly put the clippers in positions to succeed with his 2 best players always missing games. Like how many coaches win 45-50 games every year despite not knowing if PG13 or Kawhi were gonna play on a game to game basis?
Coaching is more roster and luck based than anything. Phil Jackson was the GOAT Coach when he had MJ Kobe and Shaq, but when didn't he wasn't the legendary coach anymore. Ty Lue can't win with losers like Harden and PG and the broken down Kawhi. You can't win an F1 race in a ford focus no matter who is driving it.
@@Maxrepfitgm I can't agree more. But my question remains. If it's about roster and luck, and if other coaches with less talented teams keep making it further than Ty Lue's teams, why do thy sports commentators keep heaping praise on him like he's an extraordinary coach?
@@PureMajic Lebron likes him for one...and some of these commentators....what Lebron likes they like. If he coached the Lakers next year and Lebron soured on him they would sour on him too. Broussard also, along with his radio co-host Rob Parker, also has a habit of not blaming certain coaches but is happy to throw others under the bus.
@@KClouisville, agreed
🤣🤣🤣🤣Another coach bites the dust! ☠️🤣
I love how they ignore the common denominator LeBron
Literally starting the show with all of them talking over each other, so freaking funny!!
Wildes jotting down after Brou said he only had 4 astocks😂😂😂😂
looks like admin read my comments lol. the afternoon night midnight uploads will commence
who saw the RDC LeBron in the locker room vid? lmao Darvin
The last Lakers coach to be with the team longer than 3 seasons was phil, who left in 2011. Part of the issue is not having more consistency with players and coaching staff.
Everyone else but LeBron is consistently getting the blame.
@penkima4923 I don't know exactly what you mean by that, but I will say because the lakers have lebron James, there is a sense that any season without a championship is a failure. That notion does play into the coaching, and player changes whether lebron is actually making those decisions or not. On the court lebron is good, no complaints. I wish I could say the lakers just weren't good enough to beat the defending champion Nuggets but the series showed lakers just struggled in the 3rd quarter and closing. 🤷♂️
@@Firefenex1996i think he meant : everyone but lebron get the blame.everyone but him.not him.everyone else.
@@Bountoxx But does that mean he thinks lebron deserves most the blame or is it simply and observation.
It’s funny how Nick always tries to put Lebron and his team(s) in the same sentence as Pat Mahomes and his team. Pat Mahomes greatness in the nfl at this stage of his career has already surpassed Lebron greatness when he was at that age…smh
NFL isn't comparable to the NBA because Mahomes plays offense only. NBA you have to play both. Plus, Mahomes has a stable head coach. LeBron lobbied for Ty Lue after Luke Walton got fired and the Lakers front office said, "Nope." Now, in hindsight, it would've been the smart hire because the Clippers will never let him go to the Lakers.
Easily surpassed that choker
If you mean both are extremely overrated then yes
This is equivalent to Milwaukee firing Adrian Griffin… will produce the same results. New coach next year and we’re going to get the same results because the team is mid
Maybe Doc Rivers could coach both the Bucks and Lakers at the same time.
Can’t believe they fired him after winning the in season tournament
I'm sure you're being sarcastic, but don't forget the Cavs fired David Blatt the year after winning the Eastern conference championship and going to the Finals.
@@bamboosho0t Both were fired from a team that was coached by LeBron.
Wildes been cooking this clown lately and I for 1 love it !!
Here is the media not pointing the finger at Leflop
Lebron was extremely productive and available this season. What should he have done this far into his career?
@@iang7244 took a pay cut so he could have surrounded himself with a better team like he's always crying about.
@@iang7244 how about play defense? Dude literally stood around, got out rebounded, and didn't get back on defense. Costed them two games. Did you even watch or do you only pay attention to the box score.
@@jeffkahler6212 Then you would flame him for building a super team. We know the playbook.
@@b.r3228 lmao. What’s the take? Lebron sacrifices offensive production for more defensive effort and they win the series? The nuggets are just better. You guys just wanna take a shot at Lebron.
Was a Lakers fan since Wilt and Jerry. Then they got LeJerk.
What amazing emotional intelligence you're displaying...
You display amazing maturity defending millionaires in comment sections@@bamboosho0t
Yea, the Wilt and Jerry, Jabber and Magic show time, Kobe and Shaquille era is much better than Lebron era with the Lakers.
Darvin ham can’t be a scapegoat if he is terrible at coaching in my opinion
Wildes absolutely flame broiled Nick in this segment. There’s absolutely zero accountability from Nick.
Brunson singlehandedly beats the reigning MVP plus another all star in the playoffs. Somehow still not a superstar 😂
He's an idiot
The reigning MVP played on one foot. This was one playoff round, and the first round at that. And Maxey played a better series than Brunson.
@@penkima4923 Maxey played better than Brunson? Haha you realise the whole defense is built around stopping Embiid right? Give Brunson an MVP costar and I'm sure he'd cook even more
@@penkima4923dude stop
@@Jcook941 Maxey didn't have an MVP co-star. And Maxey didn't choke and poop his pants in his home court for the second year in a row, his team's legendary players in the stands watching.
Love wildes saying what we all thinking to nick to his face lmao
💯💯🗣️
For hitting 2 game winning shots in the last 5 seconds in a series, Murray should be granted at least a temporary pass into Club Superstar.
For being the best guard in the league for 5 years should grant him the pass.
Bru's "MY GOD" hit different 😂😂😂
So crazy that coaches still get scapegoated every year. Lakers were in every game and crumbled when Denver put on pressure. The team is mentally weak and gives up Darvin cant play for them.
True but ham still had really poor coaching moments,
That’s the sign of bad coaching
Tell me, whose job is it to set the mentality of the team? What great coach in the league today is labeled as having a mentally weak team? Ty lue? J Kidd? Pop? Udoka? Thibs? Nurse?
@@ArnoldsWorId Honestly the only thing I can really point to is that one time where he called a timeout later than it should've been The coach can't make open shots for the players. The Lakers time after time would crumble in the fourth and just didn't execute or make their shots. Also, Denver is the cream of the crop in terms of well pretty much anything offensively. Players and GMs LOVE blaming the coach because it tells the owner, "see we did everything we could've done, don't blame us!"
Yet we are allowed to hate on doc rivers for blowing leads and not making adjustments? It’s obviously not all Hams fault but if you watched those series you know he could’ve done a better job. It took him until about game 3 to start matching AD’s minutes with Jokic’s, would let the team play through the nuggets runs without calling timeouts to allow them to mentally reset and gather their heads. If a team is mentally weak 9/10 it’s on the coaching staff for not properly managing their players. LeBron and AD showed up every game and Ham should have had a game plan to get the role players involved more so that way the didn’t lay eggs in over half the games.
Dare I say it, Brunson looking like AI so far in these playoffs
No doubt
Brunson's shooting is trash, but it's not A.I.-level dog shyte.
Man Nick is right on point with my respect someone that knows the detail of the game
Brunson has been putting up Steph Curry like numbers the last 3 postseasons. He's a superstar.
For 2 post-seasons. And choking for 2 post-seasons. Putting up the same numbers as the 35 year old Steph, doesn't warrant superstar status.
Barkley warned these fools like nick for talking about lebum and Stephen making deep play off runs 😂
Ooohh, LeBum. What are you,9?
Lakers don't have a coaching problem, the squad ain't gud enough
It’s both tbh
I do blame the performance of the players more than he coach. The Lakers aren’t even bad, the nuggets are really good.
Darvin Ham is full of Nick Wright !!!
Asstocks caught me off guard again lol
Yes Brunson is a superstar
I thought the JJ and LeBron podcast came out of nowhere...it makes sense now.
JJ was saying stuff like Pippen was better than Jordan, for 5 years.
Brunson is the free throw merchant that people think Embiid is.
Wildes!!!! Called Nick out!!!! 100% on the mark!!!!!
Darvin Ham was fired game 4, when Lebron yelled at him for not calling a challenge on a play. LeGM back at it again.
The Brunson take is insane. Yes he’s a superstar. Having no second option majority of the season being a 2 seed averaging 28 ppg. Winning playoff series vs a great team averaging 36 and 9 yes he’s a superstar bro. What else do you want from him??? Maybe he has to win next series with a hand behind his back too. If Anthony Edwards is in how isn’t Brunson HUH😭
28 points per game is rookie numbers in today's league. And Maxey averaged more in the series. If Nick says there's 12 players in the club superstar, then that means that number is way too high.
How come nick can’t say “ I was wrong “ lol
Brunson reminds me of a left handed Iverson without the handles, hes that GOOD!
First one here lol Darvin Scam is finally gone 🗣️👏🏾
His next job should be to replace LeBron as the Lakers' head coach.
Both AD and Lebron disappeared in the fourth Quarters. That's on them not coaching
How about the team (Lebron is old as all heck so yeah he has a bit of an excuse) that's where the coach comes in and motivates the role players to at least pick up a bit of the load. Lebron as old as he is showed up and played pretty well during the series. AD did well also, the roleplayers......not so much.
LeBron didn't play good enough for three quarters, to agree to share the rock with AD in the fourth.
@@penkima4923 what on earth are you talking about lol.
@@parkinsaw LeBron hogging the ball from AD.
Wut? Lebron led fourth quarter scoring in these playoffs. AD...disappearing act, whether do to coaching or fatigue, I dunno.
How do you possibly say you can’t go for jimmy because he’s unreliable to some extents but immediately say Durant should be the priority??
I swear this is the only bearable debate show on youtube
6:21 On Friday - May 3, 2024, Nick Wright admits that, believing that LeBron James is the greatest player that he has ever seen, was a mistake.
I never get tired of listening to Brou pronounce Joel Embid 😂
Is that how he pronounces his name?
Hahaha Wildes has been absolutely bodying Nick the last couple of weeks 😂
Lakers should just get rid of LeBron instead. He is toxic.
And they’ll go back to being a lottery team.
Shut up
@@iang7244honestly better than now lol
This is not a good comment sir. The lakers didn’t lose because of lebron so why would they get rid of him. There’s blame to go around everywhere but coaching wasn’t that good either.
Coaching was bad, but if lebron would rebound in the 4th they would have won those 2 close games
Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant won their 5th rings in their AGES 30s. And NOW LeBron James can only win his 5th ring at AGE 40 or older. Michael Jordan is the GOAT and Kobe Bryant is better than LeBron James. It is what it is buddy. 🤷♂️🏀🏀🏀🏀🐐🐐🐐🔥 Michael Jordan won his 4th and 5th League MVPS in his 30s …. LeBron James did not win even ONE League MVP in his 30s. Michael Jordan won 2 League MVPs in his 30s. And NOW it’s too late for LeBron James to win his 5th League MVP in his 30s because LeBron James will be 40 years old when the next Michael Jordan Regular Season MVP Award-voting takes place.😯 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
To compare him Brock Purdy isn’t fair, he’s surrounded by a great team & is NOT the driving force to the 9ers success . Brunson IS the driving force.
This is a good show because they talk about the nuances
If Jalen Brunson makes it to the finals he might be the 2nd best Knick of all time
Love Brunson but I would say 3rd after Willis and Patrick!
Wildes absolutely COOKING
Wildes is one of the funniest people in America
thats why brunson is closing ya mouth haters