What would it take for the Lakers to return to their former glory?? ANNOUNCEMENT: My next video will be posted the day after tomorrow, and I will be FINALLY addressing Tom Haberstroh’s article about Michael Jordan’s 1988 DPOY, and the “fake stats”. I HAVE THE FOOTAGE, and I will SHOW YOU what exactly happened. This video will be around 30 minutes long, and will be an obsessive breakdown, and we'll discover the truth about that whole situation. Stay tuned….

@uishinigami2197

10 күн бұрын

Let's goooooo

@user-qi2mt6wm6p

10 күн бұрын

🎉🎉🎉

@rapgodreloaded9259

10 күн бұрын

Force Jeannie Buss to sell the team and have some billionaire owner make winning the standard again.

@ItsYaBoi888

10 күн бұрын

Rebuild without AD and LBJ. Draft some good young talent (not LBJ son). That'd be a start.

@ghostflame9211

10 күн бұрын

Can’t wait for that video!

RIP Jerry West, the mastermind behind the Lakers' three decades of glory.

@openmike4559

10 күн бұрын

🤦‍♂️. 3 decades?

@TySha638

9 күн бұрын

@@openmike4559yep, got James Worthy in the 80s, got Shaq and Kobe in the 90s, and kept Kobe in the 2000s

@cdeleon3494

9 күн бұрын

​​​@@openmike4559 he's partially right though... 80's 90's 2000s

@chrilpy

9 күн бұрын

They’ve had nearly 8 decades of glory. 17 championships, 32 finals appearances, never went a decade without making the finals

@jayha7071

9 күн бұрын

I said it would go this way when they ran jerry west out

i lost faith in this management

The busses are the real nepotism problem with the lakers

@rockysalvatore435

10 күн бұрын

And LBJ. Both are at fault

@BayAreaHoops415

10 күн бұрын

@@rockysalvatore435 Lakers GM has been ruining the team lately, their GM only got their job because he was Kobes agent...

@itzwakk335

10 күн бұрын

@@rockysalvatore435 you gonna find a way to blame lebron no matter what

@Bigedub101

10 күн бұрын

​@@BayAreaHoops415don't bring facts into this

@gabrielboily2641

10 күн бұрын

​@@rockysalvatore435 The Buss siblings are the ones pulling the strings and Rob Pelinka is a glorified yes man for these two clowns. They enable LeBron because they know once he leaves they have absolutely nothing. Once LeBron leaves the real dark ages will come...

So glad you profiled Dr.Buss. To me he built an organization and a brand. Now days the lakers are just a brand. Dr. Buss was a hard worker, he worked in the field in the cold as a youth. He understood what it took. He wasn’t born rich, his father left him he was a true success story. Lakers were always glitz but they were also grit.

@hansonlee5847

9 күн бұрын

Dr Buss also has a pretty cool life when he started as a chemistry professor and ended up owning the Lakers with his real estate wealth. Definitely an interesting self-made man

@thrillhill5257

8 күн бұрын

@@hansonlee5847 yes he did. Interesting man, true icon

Agreed! The children are completely incompetent. None of them have the business acumen of their father. I can't root for this team any longer.

@Bigedub101

10 күн бұрын

And they don't have Stern to have their back

@glennjthompson332

10 күн бұрын

"Sell The Team!"😔

@cdeleon3494

9 күн бұрын

Yeah and they blame lebron lmao... It's still up to them management to draft and sign players

@splashnskillz37

9 күн бұрын

the 2 youngest at least where born in the basketball department pretty much, they know something at least

@JawaPenguin16

9 күн бұрын

Sucks because I'm sure in Dr.Buss's will, he has the words "DO NOT SELL THE LAKERS EVER" written down.

Letting Lakers President Jerry West walk away in 2000 was actually the beginning of a very slow death of the franchise. The demise of the team can be traced directly back to the day West walked out of his Lakers office for the last time.

You are so correct, Jonny. 100% correct. When Dr. Buss died, the kids didn’t keep the tradition going. As a lifelong Celtics fan, I’m elated! The Lakers won’t be “The Lakers” again unless they are bought by someone with Dr. Buss’ mindset.

@splashnskillz37

9 күн бұрын

That's surprising to hear, y'all getting an ownership change too tho watch out

@NoobGamer-di1dw

6 күн бұрын

It is true even after Lebron leaves no one is going to want to join them cause of Rob and Jeanie too. Everyone blaming Lebron is dumb because they were having issues years before he even came. The Dwight Howard and Nash move was still dumb too when they did it.

I think the problem with Jeanie is she tied her entire Laker's legacy to an aging LeBron. She went all in on that horse and now she has no way of getting off that ride. It is going to take years and years for the Lakers to recover. They either need to somehow land a current youngish star once they're contract goes away or they got to get lucky in the draft. None of it will matter though until LeBron's chokehold on the organization goes away.

@jonathand.t.5051

10 күн бұрын

Lebron will spare them mercy either next year or 2 years from now when he goes on his retirement tour and walks to Cleveland lmao

@therealjaystone2344

10 күн бұрын

9 years for the lakers to recover

@srgbsg7376

10 күн бұрын

Still don't know why Lakers went for Bron or got Bron. Lakers didnt need him

@Dremac5

10 күн бұрын

You think a ring and conference finals in 5 years is a bad legacy?

@Dremac5

10 күн бұрын

Didnt Lebron get them to the finals 2 years ago?

Much respect to you for blessing our live stream today!! Thank you for the support! 🤝🏾🙏🏽

@jonnyarnett

10 күн бұрын

Of course!! Love the rants man. You really do well in a debate setting! Just subbed btw 👍

@Mike1537t

9 күн бұрын

@@jonnyarnett Just seen your clip that came up on KZread. I like your mini documentary style type of stories, Just subscribed keep up the great work, Soon as you know you’ll be at 500k subscribers

@MelachiDubNation2531

8 күн бұрын

​@@jonnyarnett Ahh man didn't know you were on rants live stream 😢

no #55 pick has ever gotten this much attention it’s actually crazy especially with averaging 4 points in college

When they hired Dantoni over Phil, that was the nail in the Bus coffin. It just got worse and worse and worse.

@splashnskillz37

9 күн бұрын

then somefuckinghow we won in 2020 and the NBA Cup last year

@LawrenceAugust_

7 күн бұрын

@@splashnskillz37 NBA Cup lol 🤡

As a fellow Lakers fan, I agree with you. We're screwed for the foreseeable future.

@jeffreypajarillo1111

8 күн бұрын

The Lakers have finally selected Bronny in this year's 2024 NBA Draft. Bronny will surely be the future savior of the Lakers. He will be out there to continue his dad's legacy! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

nepotism killed our glorious team

@kray97

8 күн бұрын

In more than one way. Jim Buss did a lot of damage to the franchise about a decade ago.

Jonny I can’t express how much love respect and admiration I have for you not only as a lakers fan but as a person. I’m glad you’re not scared to say what most of us feel… given your platform and the amount of hate you’re bound to see. Thank you for always keeping your integrity and continuing to make great objective and brutally honest content. I appreciate you so much 🙏

Lakers went from "Showtime" to "Keeping Up With The Lebronians"

The lakers “dark age” 2016-2018 The wolves dark age: 20 years without a playoff series win Lakers fans have it easy 😂

@jonathand.t.5051

10 күн бұрын

Lakers dark age were 2016-2018, 1992-1997 and 2023-????

@melvynsngltn27

10 күн бұрын

​@@jonathand.t.50511992-1997 WTF Are you talking about

@shaft9000

10 күн бұрын

@@jonathand.t.5051 Better add *2022* to the horror list, and it probably belongs _at the top:_ To have 6 HoFers only to finish 16 games UNDER .500 was an epic failure like we'd never seen before.

@ItsYaBoi888

10 күн бұрын

Any year when the Lakers don't make it to at least the 2nd round is a dark year to real Laker fans.

@sloshtugz4087

10 күн бұрын

Arrogant ass lakers fans 😅😂

This video forgot to mention that in 2019 Lakers fans protested outside Staples Center due to the bad moves of the Lakers organization.

@therealjaystone2344

10 күн бұрын

Yankee fans at least have standards

@splashnskillz37

9 күн бұрын

@@therealjaystone2344 What standards ?

@therealjaystone2344

9 күн бұрын

@@splashnskillz37 not protesting in front of the arena

@derekhayter4879

8 күн бұрын

Well they did win the championship in 2020 and had landed AD prior the bubble championship but yeah, it's just downhill afterwards

Jeanie and LBJ destroyed my team

@DavidChen322

10 күн бұрын

The time for the Clippers to be LA's team.😊

@victor-pw9im

10 күн бұрын

bro bron bought us a chip tho, Rob ruin the 2020 roster was one of the reason lakers ain't in the championship caliber for almost 5 years. Sure and Lebron are too eager to get his son to the lakers are also the problem tho, even bronny doesn't really wanna play with him

@Scottdick6

10 күн бұрын

Where the fuck would they be without LeBron James are you kidding me?

@Zett76

10 күн бұрын

@@victor-pw9im Bron missed the playoffs. AD(!) bought the chip.

@CrazyxEnigma

10 күн бұрын

Were you watching when Jim Buss ran things and we we made history for missing the playoffs six seasons in a row, prospective FA's ghosting us and being laughed at as a clown show in the media? I swear some of you have developed amnesia and have forgotten what it was like watching this team from 2014-2019.

Showtime was really kick-started when Paul Westhead and his super-speedy, let's-always-fast-break offense came to town and the Lakers ran their way to the 1980 title. Westhead was replaced by Pat Riley, but the run-and-gun style had already been imprinted on the key players.

@Kr4v3rd

10 күн бұрын

Westhead wanted you stick with giving the ball to kareem rather than run showtime with magic... are you sure you got that right? Magic even said get someone new or he wanted to go.

@stuarttourle1645

9 күн бұрын

Westhead slowed them down. It was Riley have gave them freedom to run

@jasonnelson6624

9 күн бұрын

Lets not forget the plan was for West to return to coaching and replace Westhead. West said no it's Riley and I work for him. Since the 60's even through the 2000's any laker success involed West in some way. Probably the most important person in laker history. Rip Jerry West.

As a Lakers fan, I approve of this message.

@ktapreswreckd921v9

9 күн бұрын

Lol😅

Lakers ownership and front office is basically the plot of the show Succession

@DodgerFan1988

7 күн бұрын

Saw another comment on another video about Jerry Buss, comparing him to King Lear.

This shows that winning really boils down to leadership within the front office. Even the greatest talents the game has seen (Magic, MJ, Kobe, Bron, etc.) didn't win until they got with an organization that provided them with the environment that would help them suceed.

Ive had it with this organization. I was fortunate enough to see the last years of Kobe’s contention vs celtics but after that, its like they continue to dig a deeper hole for themselves

Pretty sad what the Lakers have become, I’m just so glad to have witnessed the Kobe era!

@fel4822

10 күн бұрын

They were losers In the Kobe era 🤦🏿‍♂️

@anthonyhernandez2111

10 күн бұрын

5 championships and 7 finals apperances is considered losers? 😂😂 Idiot.. ​@fel4822

@tkh525

10 күн бұрын

⁠@@fel4822if 5 championships is losing, what does that make 1 bubble ring?

@whips8

10 күн бұрын

@@fel4822 living in delusion is not healthy for you man..

@noahisuku5338

10 күн бұрын

@@fel4822you don’t win every year. But during the Kobe era they were never not competing at least trying to compete

I honestly didn't think the Lakers of all franchises would let LeBron do this.

@trentonpearson7353

9 күн бұрын

Agree. I don't Kobe ever had that much power. And it would make sense for him to because he played there for 20 years.

@Monkey_D_Luffy56

8 күн бұрын

​@@trentonpearson7353 Kobe has that power but the difference is Kobe's mindset isn't like LeBron, Lebron's minds are like this " get this player, fire this coach trade this one or I will leave "

@jeffreypajarillo1111

8 күн бұрын

The Lakers have finally selected Bronny in this year's 2024 NBA Draft. Bronny will surely be the future savior of the Lakers. He will be out there to continue his dad's legacy! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Only in the NBA can a team win a championship every few years, make the playoffs damn near every year and be considered on the decline.

@Killakarl824

7 күн бұрын

Play in tournament makes you rich?…we don’t have those type of riches

@arkcliref

6 күн бұрын

@@Killakarl824 Objectively, Play-in helped the Lakers enter the playoffs exactly 0 times, you can argue that the Play-in is more for Zion Williamson and that theory is crack-filled af. Lakers in their playoff runs with Bron and AD are 1st, 7th, 7th, and 8th seeds respectively without the play-in, they would have played either way. Heck, play-in actually ruined their run this year because they are forced to face either Denver or have a 2nd play-in game where they are probably cooked because mismatches instead of facing the Thunder which they are likely going to win against.

@jpmnky

4 күн бұрын

They have one title in 14 very average and worse seasons. Yeah it was the bubble year but it counts. And they won’t do a thing except get a play in seed every year until LeBron goes away. And a total rebuild will take years. So enjoy that 2020 title because it’ll be 2035 before they even have a chance at going anywhere.

@jpmnky

4 күн бұрын

@@arkcliref- That’s a lot of mental gymnastics to admit they’re stuck in NBA purgatory and will be as long as LeBron James is around. Not contending and not bad enough for a lottery pick.

@Killakarl824

4 күн бұрын

@@jpmnky 🔥💯

I 1000% agree.. Once Dr. Buss passed away, the Lakers were not the same. It's very sad. The Buss family is completely incompetent and I don't believe the Lakers will be relevant until the Buss family sells the team. Maybe the younger brothers Joey and Jesse might have potential. The mom and pop's can't run in the NBA like they used to.

Here in San Antonio there’s no love lost for the Lakers. But it sure used to be a dynamic class organization that it sure is not now and hasn’t been for a long time.

@jameschan9634

10 күн бұрын

I WAS a Laker Fan, when they were a great organization. Now, they're freaking embarrassing. I appreciate the Spurs, am really happy that Wembenyama landed there, where I'm sure his potential will be realized. And tho I should hate the Celtics, I recognize that they've built a really really good team. The Lakers, because of LeEGO and Jeannie Buss, make me sick.

There was actually a really good conversation on First thing's First about how playing for or coaching the Lakers is no longer worth it

Dr. Buss the man

I wonder what the Lakers will look like after LeBron retires and they finally rebuild. I imagine AD would get traded for draft capital

@cbass9323

10 күн бұрын

They’ll be bad like they were from 2014-2018 then find their next star and the cycle just keeps going on.

@melvynsngltn27

10 күн бұрын

When nobody wanted to play with Kobe

@Kr4v3rd

10 күн бұрын

We literally wasted ad's prime with signing lbj again. So by the time lbj is finally gone, we need to get rid of ad for probably a box of cracker jacks at that point.

@melvynsngltn27

10 күн бұрын

@Kr4v3rd Lebron was past his prime when they signed him. This is why alot of us didn't want him in LA

@jdilla4591

10 күн бұрын

@@melvynsngltn27speak for yourself, he arguably came off his greatest season “2018”. I was estatic when he came, 4th seed before he got injured with a young team, helped bring AD and won a chip in 2020, 1st seed in the west before him and AD went down in 2021 after coming back from a shortened off season. I can tell who are casuals and who actually pay attention

The reasoning isn't the same for what I'm about to say, but the situation is. As a lifelong University of Michigan fan, we had to deal with this for awhile. It will take some time and the hiring of the right people as coaches and front office, but it will eventually get better. Unfortunately, the process can't begin until LeBron leaves

Have a great Sunday ❤️😊

The Lakers before and after Dr Jerry Buss is like Man United before and after Sir Alex Ferguson. Football fans will get this

@danieloviawe327

10 күн бұрын

Fr, the paralelism is right there

@splashnskillz37

9 күн бұрын

@@fantasyEXX bit less success tho

@utdkuze

6 күн бұрын

The Lakers won't be the Lakers again unless competent people come in like the INEOS guys at United.

@NorCalPharo

Күн бұрын

I can see that 😂😂

Why didn’t dr buss put Jerry west in charge… what might of been…

@CrazyxEnigma

10 күн бұрын

@@DQ-su6qf? He was the GM from 1982- 2000 in charge of every move we made. He left in part because Phil hooked up with Jeannie, Dr. Buss didn't care, and with their relationship being frosty to put it lightly he saw the writing on the wall on what would happen if they ever got into a dispute. He was also dealing with severe chronic depression as outlined in his autobiography and wasn't dealing with the huge amount of stress that came with the job well so it's no guarantee he would've stayed much longer anyway even if he and Phil actually got a long. Dr. Buss died in 2013, it's Jeannie who deserves all the blame for not bringing him back when he was available and interested in returning after she fired her brother and Kupchak in 2018.

1 hour gang 👇

@SpicyBrix74

10 күн бұрын

Ain't no way JONNY HIMSELF ❤ my comment

From a Celtics fan, Jeanie has ruined it. Jerry was a fantastic owner before he tragically passed and made you wanna play for LA with the lakers and gave you that California vibe while playing. But now we got guys picking smaller markets over LA, 2nd apron does have something to do with it, but I think the lakers organization as a whole has lost their way. Jeanie clearly is catering to lebron and will do anything to get him to stay thus why they drafted bronny. They were also the only organization that complemented Bronny at practice sessions. The Lakers don’t seem to care to get better, they want to help lebron’s legacy and sell more lakers gear. Jeanie also wants to prove she can run the lakers better than her brother and losing the biggest name in the sport would be horrible for her. It’s a sibling competition that’s running the lakers

Great piece, I made this same argument to my cowrkers years ago.

The Lakers have become the 2015-20 era NY Knicks

@sloshtugz4087

10 күн бұрын

No

@sloshtugz4087

10 күн бұрын

Lakers have 2 superstars and are competing for playoffs spots

@PutXi_Whipped

10 күн бұрын

Or the 2014-2019 Lakers

@atg1338

10 күн бұрын

Knicks still suck

@atg1338

10 күн бұрын

@@sloshtugz4087 Lakers suck

Have a great Sunday 😃😃

"My last rant for at least a month" 😂

As a Laker fan this is a fantastic video. You get a subscribe from me for this. Lakers will get back to their former glory and will always be the most storied franchise but Jeanie needs to sell the team

It's interesting to me that the nepotism everyone is pointing to for the downfall of the Lakers is the LeBron James/Bronny James issue while the true source of nepotism that has led them to this position is Jerry Buss and Jeanie Buss. I'm not saying the Lakers are the only team that employees nepotism, absolutely not. Also, I am not a LeBron James fan whatsoever and I am not defending him pushing the Lakers and running them into the ground but it is the weak, fame-seeking, ineptitude of Jeanie Buss that has allowed this to happen.

#GuruBasketballKieroSays as a devoted Lakers fan myself, I fully support this video (2 minutes into watching it)

Wait so.. did Jeanie get to be the owner because ....of... nepotism???? Hmmm

@LawrenceAugust_

7 күн бұрын

Yup. It's terrible. And now LeBron is just adding to it.

One word is all that's required to describe the Lakers in 2024. That word is LeCircus.

Yell done video I'm not a lakers fan but I learn alot!

The way Phil Jackson is describing Mike D'Antoni's offense -- lots of 3's, especially corner ones, bigs who can shoot from outside, push the ball and shoot before the defense can get set in the halfcourt -- sounds a lot like what Steve Kerr did with GS to win 4 titles and what Boston just did to win the title a few weeks ago.

@tonyt3197

10 күн бұрын

Spot on. D’Antoni was ahead of the curve in the evolution of offense but like Phil said you gotta the personnel to run that scheme and at the time when majority of the league didn’t play that style, D’Antoni was just to arrogant on doing things his way instead of making a scheme to cater and balance out his players strengths.

@twilitezn

10 күн бұрын

@@tonyt3197 and both GS and Boston had what D'Antoni NEVER did : great defense.

@tonyt3197

10 күн бұрын

@@twilitezn another great point. I remember Skip Bayless would refer to D’Antoni as Antoni because of how notorious he was on having his teams commit to defense. Some of his former players said he thought playing defense slowed up the pace of the offense which is insane way of thinking.

@xavierb9061

10 күн бұрын

@@tonyt3197 how he ahead of curve if robert horry hitting 3s help rockets win title

@slinkybeans2442

10 күн бұрын

Unfortunately for D'Antoni, he coached in the wrong era

Jonny, Jerry West is the best general manager in the history of the national basketball Association. He helped build the showtime Lakers. He kept the showtime Lakers going. He got rid of the cancers named Van Exel and Ceballos. He picked up O’Neal. He picked up Bryant. Then he got Jackson. He set the Lakers up for success and to make sure that success was real… He allowed Phil Jackson, and Jeanie buss to push him out the door. His on court and off court success make him the single greatest Laker. (Greater than George Mikan. Greater than Elgin Baylor. Greater than Goodrich, Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar, Johnson, O’Neal, Bryant and James. And don’t even get me started on self-deluded fools like J A Adande who think that chick Hearn is the greatest Laker. I moved to LA hearing of the great chicken stew and only found a sad, old, self aggrandizing, self righteous jabber mouth, who could harp on for 20 minutes about an “unforgivable” pass or the length of a player’s hair while only biding his time to begin talking about jello. Only mushburger is worse.) West, loved the Lakers, so deeply and passionately that he bought them the championships under Jackson by letting Jackson kick him out the door. West then built the Warriors dynasty. The Lakers demise began the day they rudely and unceremoniously got rid of their most loyal employee, insightful person and best evaluator of talent. Thank you for the video. I always appreciate your work.

You my friend is what I call a "realistic Laker fan". You know what time it is. I'm also a long time Laker fan, since '63. I been saying the same thing you've said in this piece. The only difference, I've also called out Laker ownership for paying Kobe max $$$'s AFTER his career changing achilles injury. In addition, the Buss familys' net worth doesn't rank very high among today's NBA owners. Truly hope the Buss family receives an offer they can't refuse to sell the team.

I thought the tim mov and loul deng contract was atrocious until I realized it wasn’t that bad compared to Phillies ben Simmon contract 😅

The Lakers have become more of a drama factory than an elite team. They will continue to make money, I’m sure.

Your opinion is solid to me no matter what Jonny, I get the frustrations regardless of teams. Please just don’t end up like these other YT channels Uncut Hoops/Skap Attack etc… I’ve never seen so much hate and bias harbored towards 2 men this much

@yaelgarcia459

10 күн бұрын

He's just speaking facts. James was a death sentence to this organization. It's pretty obvious. After James what's next? They are screwed for years to come.

@bosyogurtlight

10 күн бұрын

Uncut Hoops hate? Ok, sure...

@yaelgarcia459

10 күн бұрын

Also, Slapp attack is pretty consistent so not sure what you mean

@jonnyarnett

10 күн бұрын

I can't speak for other channels. All I'm gonna say is I'm just keep being me, which is honest about Basketball overall, and clear about my love for the Lakers, even if its tough love at times. I'll also keep disproportionally making more MJ videos than anything else because they make me the most money. LMAO... I wish that was the case for Kobe tbh 😂 But yeah, my goal is to be as REAL as possible with my opinions, because basketball discourse overall has become extremely tribal.

@yaelgarcia459

10 күн бұрын

@jonnyarnett Jonny you are speaking the truth. James was a death sentence to the lakers. Anyone can see this from a mile away yet because we say this it's "hate". It's not, it's facts. Lakers will take years to recover from the trades they made now to please James

To be honest, I think it's time for the Lakers to do what the Knicks did and change their entire basketball philosophy. They just can't do the same thing that they used to back in the day because the smaller market teams have gotten smaller and the CBA a lot stricter; so, they're going to have to be creative.

they still won a chip, since then, more than what most other teams can say

@chipferguson5129

10 күн бұрын

A dollar store trinket trophy....Boston won a real trophy 😅😅😅

@PutXi_Whipped

10 күн бұрын

Bubblechip is as fugazi as the IST, just another way to give the Lakers and LeBron a participation trophy. Funny how the Lakers since 2010 could not win anything or even come close before Bubblechip and couldn’t come close to winning the chip since Bubblechip. But all you need to know is that only Bron and AD are left from that “championship” roster, the rest of the roster and even the coach are long gone.

@chipferguson5129

10 күн бұрын

Last year, Denver won a real trophy as well.

@koopalibrary

10 күн бұрын

@@PutXi_Whipped given that the teams they beat did well in the playoffs years after that, i'd say that chip counts as much as any other. ppl just want to find reasons to... i liked arnett scripted videos, but these more off the cuff takes are just meh. before kobe-shaq lakers, the lakers failed to put a real dent into the nba since around 1990. Meaning there was a 5-10 year gap they failed to be competitive as well.Lakers with kobe after his achilles injury never were gonna go anywhere. and they built a solid team around lebron until it all went haywire and leGM took over. they'll get back on track. The boston celtics were bad for 2 decades after Bird until they went 4 Garnett. they then stinked again till Ainge came around. Lakers just gonna need to ride out lebron for next 2 years. Then a new superstar will want to come to LA (but not before lebron leaves.) That is just the way it goes. At end of kobe career nobody wanted to play with him either. They wanted to play against him. not team up cause of age and..

@jps0583

10 күн бұрын

@@PutXi_Whippeddo u know what a participation trophy is? The lakers in 2020 went thru an entire playoff run to win…u dudes just be talking😭and they were in the conference finals a year ago which is one round away from the finals so yes they have come close since the bubble…clearly u r just talking😭

Thank you Jonny! I feel bad for you and many Lakers fans who have to continue to witness a disillusioned franchise in sports. I’m still waiting for the day that the Buss family to realize that they messed up after their father passed away and sell the team. They need a new owner that runs it as a business and not a mom and pop shop by rebuilding their team and build through the draft like most teams and not keep star chasing free agents every year to bail them out to relevance rather than putting in the work to see the results.

Been a lakers fan longer than a lot of your fans have been alive, probably. I fking hate that lebron came to the lakers. Im so sick of people giving him EVERY SINGLE THING he wants and destroying my team. Its going to take the lakers a decade to come back from lebrons bullsht, once he finally retires.

This is just the Celtics winning the NBA championship talking .

We'll made video Jonny.. The great Lakers years are over. What a shame too. They were the best franchise in the NBA.

I love Jeanie Buss- but she needs to hire the right people. Thank goodness for LeBron and Clutch for at least making the Lakers competitive.

Great video, Jonny! I agree with you that Lakers' management has been horrible and that is the core reason for their struggles. You gave a lot of great examples of the terrible decisions that they made. I think your frustration is understandable. I too would be very frustrated if I was a Lakers fan. It also really bugs me how they treated Jerry West. You asked a good question at the end. I don't see things improving unless ownership changes or unless Jeannie Buss learns from her mistakes - and the mistakes that her brother and Kupchak made - and improves. At the very least, I think a better GM/executive should be hired. I don't know if she will replace Pelinka (probably not), but if she does replace him with a good GM/executive, I can see the Lakers improving and, at the very least, make some solid steps towards returning to their glory years (maybe not immediately, but over the medium to long term, significant improvements would be probable with a good GM/executive). Great video again. Have a nice week. :)

I like that you mentioned that you're a Lakers fan and the son of a Lakers fan.

As a Celtics fan I must say I love your content, level headed and beyond knowledgeable, the props and defense you gave to this years Celtics team and championship run shows how unbiased you are no matter your disdain for anything green just as I have for anything purple and gold🤣🤣🤣I think this is the start of a new era, the Lakers will always be the Lakers just like the Celtics will always be the Celtics, the history of those two will always be there and is part of the very fabric of the NBA. Having said that it may be a dark period ahead, which should help get rid of Pelinka which is holding the development of the future back. I’m sure you know of the Celtics dark period the double whammy of the death Len Bias and then Reggie Lewis combined with the retirement of the “Big 3” caused the dark period for my Celtics in the mid 90s through the mid 00’s and took that long to come out with the hiring of GM Danny Ainge, the development of Paul Pierce, and finally KG and Allen trades finally bringing us out of the doldrums.

2013 was the most frustrating year I've experienced as a Lakers fan. The fact that they passed on 11 time NBA champion coach, and the way that D'Antoni played Bryant to a point of injury. Glad that somebody is pointing the blame towards Lakers management which ever since 2013 for the most part was completely incompetent. As hard as it is to admit, because I'm a die hard Lakers fan, I don't see this organization having a resurgence, not until there are major structural changes from the top.

Just except a tank look at the Celtics it’s ok to have a rough patch every couple of decades

Good video

The Lakers ends when Leflop entered.

for the first time, i feel that clippers isn’t that bad any more.

@jonnyarnett Good morning Jonny, have you seen the 10-part series on Hulu title 'Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers?' It was a great documentary, I thought of you while watching it.

@jonnyarnett

10 күн бұрын

Yeah, entertaining watch! Appreciate you thinking of me. haha.

From "Showtime" to "reality show "!🤭

That first team photo. Looks like being halfway to having 'They Live' glasses on.

It’s because if you join the Lakers it’s championships or bust a lot players can’t handle that pressure

Jerry West was the key to the Buss Success. When Jerry was let go the Laker Franchise died.

@jonnyarnett I agree with your assessment.

This is so hard to comprehend!!! I mean in these 11 years we won a championship and could've been contending for years, but that Westbrook trade really broke that momentum. Do you have a video on your thoughts about that trade ?

I really love ur videos Jonny but I just find it craxy you couldn’t even mention the ring Jeanie did bring back

@jonnyarnett

10 күн бұрын

Because tbh, idk if Jeanie deserves credit for that… Do you?? I don’t see it. LeBron made that decision for him, Magic did the leg work of the recruiting, and then LeBron and AD basically forced the AD trade into happening. It felt like Jeanie was there for it, but I don’t think she was pulling the strings for it.

We're such a circus now. It's sad.

The NBA has propped this franchise up for over 40 years. They won’t be stopping anytime soon/.

I totally agree with everything you said. Thanks for being honest.

Similar scenario with the Detroit Pistons. Once owner Bill Davidson passed away, and was sold to Tom Gores, the Pistons went downhill and haven’t really recovered since. The loss of the Detroit Shock, signing Josh Smith to an unnecessary contract, and countless losing seasons.

The Lakers were blessed with great minds of Dr Buss and West working behind the scenes. May that franchise rot for the foreseeable future, especially with how they treated Jerry West.

Thanks!

@jonnyarnett

8 күн бұрын

Thank you @adamsmith-jm5fd!! That means a lot :)

He had the 33 jersey too. WOW 😮

dope title

As a Lakers hater....THANK GOD !!!! But they will buy another championship again in a few years

dr. jerry buss, jerry west, kareem abdul-jabbar, magic johnson, pat riley, jamaal wilkes, james worthy, byron scott, michael cooper, a.c. green, mychal thompson, bob mcadoo, shaquille o'neal, kobe bryant, phil jackson, and derek fisher. these are just some of the names that made the lakers gods and an organization that worked. they were the standard bearers of what made the lakers great. you had people going to the forum and later the staple center to see them as they brought a city together no matter what race, creed, or social status is. you had jack nicholson and his buddy jerry adler sitting courtside while chatting with common folk. i'm an atlanta hawks fan first but i've always had love for the lakers during the showtime era because they kicked boston's ass every time and i hated the celtics as a kid. in fact, back in the day in school. any kid wearing a celtics t-shirt or jersey is going to get his ass kicked. if it was a lakers jersey, we leave them alone. there was a blueprint of how to run things but jeannie buss and lebum james have ruined it. now they're a laughing stock and with lebum putting his kid in the team when he has no business being in the pros with his poor skills. it's time for some new ownership and new management to get rid of the trash and bring in someone that has a love for the lakers and their history.

I am a lifelong Laker Fan and I agree with you. I think they should try and lure Sam Presti from OKC. The Buss family does not have a lot of cash, and he knows how to manage that. Fire Pelinka, hire Presti and get out of Presti's way.

Well explained. Hopefully Jeanie sells the team soon and at least she doesn't have kids so she can't pass the team onto them. LeBron finally retiring or playing somewhere else when his contract is up will definitely help too so he can stop being the control freak that he is.

That Kobe 2 year $48million contract was also atrocious.

@fatdaddyeddiejr

7 күн бұрын

Yes. But that was Kobe's last contract. And a thank you Kobe for bringing five championships to the Lakers.

As a Celtics fan, I think that the Lakers ownership situation is fantastic for the league.

As a niners fan I get it...ownership by inheritance crushed that organization

Seems to me as a bit of an over-simplification, but I completely understand your frustration.

They are still the Showtime Lakers. Reality show. 😂

Mozgov was Cavs` second best player in Finals-2015 and made 28+10 in game 4. He had couple solid seasons averaging almost double-double and 1+ blocks. He did 23+29 against GSW in 2014. So don`t say he`s known only for being "dunked"

Ive been a Lakers guy for 40 years. Only jersey i own is a Magic rookie jersey. This team is uninspiring and off the winning path.

Please stop calling him "Dr. Buss". He had a PHD, like a lot of people do, but if someone at the Forum had a heart attack, the only thing Jerry was examining was the guy's portfolio, or his wife's ass. Great owner, though.

People probably felt the same watching Duane Cooper, Antonio Harvey, and George Lynch, but then look what happened. You're the Lakers, you'll be fine.

@yajeel

8 күн бұрын

Nope. That era was really short. The post Kobe years were longer. The post LBJ years will be much longer

Reminds me of Man United. Nothing changes until the cancer coming from the top is removed.

Most prestigious NBA franchise, my ass. Even though half of a Lakers game crowd are made up of celebrities, at the end of the day they're still just another ass in the seats. I love that the Lakers are building around a washed up star that no one can stand, and his draft bust kid. GO CELTICS!