The Lakers’ Long National Nightmare Is Finally Over

Per CBS Sports, it was announced around noon today that LeBron is leaving the Los Angeles Lakers.

“NBA free agency starts at 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday night, and the first domino has already fallen, as LeBron James has reportedly told the Lakers that he intends to sign with another team. James, who has spent the last eight seasons in purple and gold.”

~CBS Sports

Having been a Laker fan since Elgin Baylor, I can say that our long national nightmare is finally over. I was on record saying the LeBron-Laker marriage would never work…and it didn’t. All it really accomplished was to turn the Lakers into the NBA version of the Dallas Cowboys…lots of noise and not a lot of success.

What’s there to point to from the Laker-LeBron era? A fluky “COVID Bubble” title…that’s it. Don’t try to tell me it wasn’t complete product of the pandemic. That team missed the playoffs entirely for six straight years before the “COVID Cup” and has only won three play-off series after that. That’s not success. That’s barely mediocrity.

Where do the Lakers go from here? Who knows? What matters most is we’re out of that failed marriage. In the words of former Laker girl Paula Abdul, LeBron’s leaving Los Angeles bring all Laker fans the promise of a new day.

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  1. In many ways, the NBA has become a reactionary league.

    As recent as one year ago, we were all talking about the imminent OKC run of championships and what teams would do to combat them.

    During Game One of this year’s NBA Finals, our favorite network had all but crowned Victor Wembanyama, who has somehow done the unthinkable. Beaten OKC.

    And now, teams scatter to find the camaraderie held by the New York Knicks.

    There is no magic formula. Chemistry is key but also damn hard to find. It’s not like you can just draft it or trade for it.

    Maybe LeBron is getting out of L.A., and the league, just in time. He’ll have one last run to find that chemistry. Shit, he’s been in the league so long, he’s already played with half the players in it.

    Meanwhile, your Lakers are going to have to find a roster that has chemistry with a guy who, while talented, we’re not quite sure where he fits in the chemic’s mold.

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