2024-25 NBA running thread

Watching the tape of his team-high 20 point performance in his return to the start lineup for the Lakers last night, it’s clear that Dalton Knecht-4’s other nickname should be Bronny 3. The way LBJ is often looking to feed him the ball, followed by the way rhey are often communicating, it’s clear LeBron is serving as his mentor.

 

Father Time catching up to LeBron? 0-19 on 3s over 4 games. Yikes.

 

He keeps double clutching while thinking, " Should I pass it to Knecht?" And it's throwing off his timing.

 

LeBron James Rips Lakers Minutes Restriction in Netflix Doc: 'Hate This S--t Already'

'24-25 - 35 mpg (29.3% usage)
'23-'24 - 35.3 mpg (29.1% usage)
'22'-'23 - 35.5 mpg (33.3% usage)
'21-'22 - 37.2 mpg (32.3% usage)
'20-'21 - 33.4 mpg (31.9% usage)
'19'-20 - 34.6 mpg (31,5% usage)

He doesn't want to rest, but the covid year was the best thing that could have happened to him. It was his second-fewest mpg and there was all that time off leading to The Bubble. All those miles mean less in the tank come playoff time, when it's tougher to rest on the defensive end and possessions are a grind.

 

Pretty cool way to honor a teammate, especially when you consider Hale County isn’t exactly right by the airport.

 

Things are bad when the Hawks’ announcers are clearly disgusted with the Lakers’ lack of effort.

 

The Bucks and Celtics are done playing in the regular season? And it isn't even Christmas yet? Weird.

 

LeBron with 40 minutes. Yikes.

 

Evan Mobley legacy game:

 

Mobley no longer looks like a baby giraffe with the ball. It’s going to be interesting to find out what his ceiling is.

 

Jazz gonna tank for this guy next season, right?

 

The NBA Cup seems meaningless to me as the fan BUT the knockout rounds seem to mean something when each player is playing for $100k per round.