UNDISPUTED | “Lakers IN 6” – Skip on Will the Lakers get revenge after getting swept by the Nuggets?

UNDISPUTED | “Lakers IN 6” – Skip on Will the Lakers get revenge after getting swept by the Nuggets last season?

here was Darin Ham’s response to the
chatter about how the Lakers would have
been better off losing last night so
they could get Oklahoma City in the
first round and avoid the Nuggets until
the Conference
Finals no it wasn’t sourced it wasn’t it
was just chatter just someone that just
got out of the insane asylum okay it’s
back to0 and zero obviously they’ve had
a ton of success against our ball Club
but there’s always a new day and you
know my my staff and I have already been
putting ground workor together for that
game plan and we’ll get together
tomorrow other guys the team have a day
off but we’ll start to work the process
of building out the game plan and go up
there and give it our best
shot okay so all that shatter was
straight out of the insane asylum said
Darin ham now the Lakers get what kesan
wanted from day one nuggets early
instead of late when LeBron does tend to
quote unquote run out of gas so Paul
should ke be careful what he wishes for
will the Lakers beat the Nuggets let me
tell you what happened today skip the
Lakers got home last night and so today
they gonna go to practice and they not
even G to practice today they gonna
watch get treatment and watch film they
gonna watch film get their little
pamphlet you get a pamphlet like you get
a book like this of plays and tendencies
of the players that you got to guard
Scout report it’s gonna be a book like
this then
after that they G to go to
church and pray that joker don’t show up
that’s the game plan for today cuz they
have no shot no shot at beating the
Denver Nuggets you know when people
start saying nobody you do understand
when people start talking about no shots
it usually backfires you you know that
right skips when you say somebody
doesn’t have a shot that’s ridiculous
it’s ridiculous though it’s ridiculous
to think that they don’t have a shot
it’s just ridiculous I understand we
love the Joker I understand he’s a a
walking bucket he’s a passer like no
other he’s a triple double I I get all
of that but it’s not like the Lakers are
running from the Nuggets everybody out
here in the NBA circles they really feel
like the Lakers should be running from
the Nuggets this is what coach ham was
talking about like why would we try to
avoid stop man why would we try to avoid
I’m not Pi I’m not worried about Mike
Malone uh what what why would we try to
avoid the Denver Nuggets that go to OKC
mess around lose on purpose to New
Orleans Skip and get popped by Kansas
City Kansas Kansas City Kings Lord have
mercy get popped by the Sacramento Kings
why would we want to do that you take
I’d rather play seven games or six games
than one game and be sent home that
doesn’t make any sense when you try to
orchestrate that to to to mess around
and see the n later on down the line
I’ve always maintained and said skip if
the theory is correct that LeBron James
runs out of gas because he’s playing
these long series of of games against
these other teams and he get got to the
West Conference Final and he just wasn’t
right let’s use that energy against the
Nuggets that you use against Memphis or
you used against Golden State and we’ll
worry about the clippers for instance
in the Western Conference Final if you
got gassed in we’ll worry about that
then but right now because the nuggets
are our Nemesis while we are semi hot
rolling in playing good let’s go get him
let’s go get
him let’s get a closeup of that man
nobody care about what you talking about
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man Michael Malone at the Victory Parade
last year in Denver did say that the
nuggets are the Lakers daddies okay so
they beat us he won one champion ship
like LeBron said so you beat us okay now
you got the you have the floor to say
what you want to say you’re the coach of
the team Mike Malone say what you want
to say some reason they have the formula
of beating the Lakers like no other
formula of any other no that’s not true
because beat out of the last n and
beating you badly eight straight they
both got the they both got the same
formula whatever that is we got to fix
that’s why dham said him and his staff
is going to get together why everybody
rest up and get their legs together ski
and get their minds together y okay but
he likes their chances and so do I I
like our
chances I like your chances only because
I picked the Lakers to win the West
before the season started because I
still like this roster do I I wish they
had Bando and LeBron brought him up
after the game he’s a key piece on
defense and I still don’t know he sits
over there in Street Clos game after
game at least they got Gabe Vincent
going a little bit in the rotation and I
think he could be big to very big for
them against
Denver
so what has to happen look the the
reason I think they can beat Denver what
are you going six games it’s it’s almost
got to be probably in that R I don’t
know if they could win a game seven in
six that’s what I’m what what you want
them to be in
four it’s going to be in four damn Paul
okay so you got Denver I give six I
can’t even give him six they didn’t lost
eight in a row they didn’t got beat up
in the playoffs a regular season
psychologically they just don’t think
they can beat the
Lakers beat Denver who couldn’t you beat
when you was playing who couldn’t you
beat who was in your way we could beat
Cleveland who was it man ain’t nobody
talking about LeBron who in your way in
Boston who was in your way this had to
be somebody Cleveland and then
eventually 2010 they won 61 games number
one but then eventually y’all beat them
we we we kept beating them what you
mean they was the number number one seed
but
eventually you got to a championship
because somebody was in your way we made
trades we was the worst team in the lead
I I don’t care about the tra Detroit
Detroit Detroit Detroit was there they
was in your way and then y’all
eventually got over that hump Detroit
was in Michael Jordan’s way eventually
he got over that hump
so a aging Laker team how are they aging
where are they old at other than LeBron
huh I mean AD he he’s about 35 I mean
but ad could be the best player in the
league night he 35 based on his injuries
sore back sore ankle sore shoulder stop
throwing shade man be serious for five
seconds so what did LeBron say right
after the game when he was asked about
Denver he said they have a closer and an
MVP and I was I thought that was very
significant because LeBron’s got the
highest IQ in basketball he knows what
he’s up against and he said first they
have a closer you know who that is I
would assume that’s Murray it’s Jamal
Murray yeah so I checked this out cuz I
had lost touch with just how potent he
was against you guys last year very I’m
looking at this he averaged 33 a game
for four Games 33 a game and in the
fourth quarters he went the combined
four fourth quarters he went 12 of 18 he
went five of nine from three and made 14
of 15 free throws he closed the door on
he slammed the door on you game after
game after game after game he did it
four times and he made the defensive
play on LeBron at the very end of the
close out game well he did he came off
his guy and cut him off at the pass and
got his hands on the basketball he made
possible the Aaron Gordon block right
okay he was there so he’s all over the
floor doing everything they need to
close games that you had every chance to
win all four times correct and it
happened again right before your very
eyes just on March second in your
building when they did it again LeBron
does an Up and Under layup and you guys
are up to with 4 minutes to go and that
was the end of that deal because they
blew you off the floor and one by 10
this was the last time they were at your
building in March okay so they did that
seven out of eight times and the one
time they blew you off the court for
four quarters was the the opening night
game this year in Denver when ad talked
big and bad about hey they think they’re
our daddies we’ll show them we heard
what you said LeBron and I heard what
you said and I thought okay go up there
on ring ceremony night and show them
right go show them shut their mouths and
instead they shut your mouths and they
do own you psychologically I agree but
are you good I I’m going with the Lakers
again I’m with you they have to win this
in six games but LeBron is going to have
to play way better in the four fourth
quarters or or six ABS you know
absolutely you’re going to have to win
four times in six games to pull this off
are they capable of doing it yes they’re
capable and what he can do if if if
energy is an issue preserve his energy
make sure that these other guys are
involved in those first three quarters
significantly Anthony Davis ruy D Den
witty whoever make sure they’re involved
so when the fourth quarter comes you can
be something different that they’ve
never seen before because we’ve seen him
do that we have
yeah absolutely he doesn’t have to play
he doesn’t have to play maximum for four
straight quarters if those guys are
doing what they’re supposed to do and
knocking down those shots and keeping it
relatively close and not let it get away
yeah in that fourth quarter come now it
could be LeBron James time I agree and
you don’t like to do goat conversation
but I’m talking about goat you bring it
up about LeBron’s achievement in year 21
you have a golden opportunity here to go
up there and it it’ll be Saturday and
Monday and take one of these games you
can’t steal it you got to go take it
from the Champs right nobody’s giving
the Lakers in LeBron James a chance at
all okay I mean the dude sitting on my
left