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Alright man, peace, you know brothers. When LeBron James decided that he was going to join the LA Lakers back in the summer of 2018, well, really, he decided that he was going to join the Lakers probably way back in 2011 or 2012, but that's neither here nor there. When he finally signed the contract to join them back in the summer of 2018, I'm not quite sure that he understood exactly what environment he was going to be entering. That being an environment and an atmosphere filled with fanboys who had grown up watching him play.
So, the first thing that LeBron was going to have to decipher and discern was which one of the fanboys were going to be so good that it was going to be impossible for him to include that person in a trade. That was what the nice guy routine was about for the majority of the 2018-2019 season between LeBron and a lot of the Lakers' younger players, whether it be Lonzo Ball or Brandon Ingram or whoever else was on the Lakers squad they had drafted in the past two or three years that LeBron knew that they were gonna have to get rid of. And the only player who ended up surviving the cut was Kyle Kuzma.
Why is that? Who knows? There are a bevy of stories revolving around Kyle Kuzma and why he was allowed to stay on the team. Was it because he was allegedly involved in a romantic situation with the Lakers' quote-unquote owner, Jeanie Buss? Down Tatiana? Was it because he's the player who LeBron thinks fits in best with the Lakers from here going forward? Whatever the reason was that Kyle Kuzma was able to avoid being traded to the New Orleans Pelicans, all that seems to be going by the wayside now because Kyle Kuzma decided that he was going to co-sign a series of tweets by his current trainer, a trainer who was formerly associated with the LA Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard.
And of course, they got back to LeBron. And justifiably so, LeBron was offended. Because at the end of the day, LeBron's overall attitude when it comes to his teammates seems to be, as long as you go along with the LeBron James program and the LeBron James show, we'll get along. And if we don't get along, you have to move along. That's how LeBron operates. So ever since Kyle Kuzma had decided that he was going to co-sign what his trainer said, he's been on the trading block.
LeBron loves to play this game with the media, as well as with the fans and with the Lakers front office, over whether or not he should be considered an assistant GM or what have you. Well, you'll notice is that when the team is doing well, LeBron loves to take credit for a lot of the moves that get made. When they're not doing well, I have nothing to do with any of the transactions that the GM decides to make. We know what the real deal is at the end of the day. Kyle Kuzma has declared himself as someone who's not fully on board with the LeBron James experience, so he will get traded, in my view, before the trading deadline. If he doesn't get traded, it's gonna be because his performance is so bad that the rest of the NBA is out on Kyle Kuzma. But I doubt that. I think that they're gonna make a trade happen because the Lakers do actually need help. The Lakers need another three-and-D guy, which is about all the third star on a LeBron James team is ever going to be allowed to do. Even Chris Bosh became a three-and-D guy. Kevin Love became a three-and-D guy with no defense. That's why he and LeBron often butted heads. But anyway, they're gonna talk about it. I'm gonna chime in with LOX and Wiley going out by Fox NBA analyst Jim Jackson and Yahoo Sports NBA insider Chris Hayes.
Let's move to the Lakers. We'll go to the Western Conference's best record so far this year, but there could be some drama brewing. Last week, how Kuzma has some explaining to do after a period in echo his trainer's criticism of a bottle of social media. And this week, he is the subject of trade speculation with the Atlantic reporting that the Lakers are listening to offers for Kuzma, but LeBron isn't pushing for the move. Let's keep one thing in mind very quickly. Last season, when Jason Whitlock was putting forth a lot of arguments about how fake LeBron James was when it came to his political correct stances and his alleged associations with social justice movements, Kyle Kuzma was acting like a fanboy for LeBron James. He was standing for him on social media. He was one of those guys that was proclaiming, quote-unquote, "It's always your own people." You know, you know, whenever you're a three-dimensional thinker as a so-called black man, liberal blacks always try to get you to kowtow to all of the contrived left-wing social justice or pseudo social justice movements that also call black people be a favor up. At the end of the day, Kyle Kuzma thought that he knew where his bread was buttered. But if he had truly studied LeBron James's history over the course of the past 17 years, he'd understand that LeBron James treats teammates like prostitutes. He has fun with them and then sends them on their way. That's how he's always done all of his teammates.
So the main thing with LeBron is that you have to know how to play his game with him. He's gonna come in and smile and invite you to his house parties and his barbecues, and you go and you smile back. But always understand that when it's time for you to get traded, he's going to green-light the trade. I believe that Kyle Kuzma has understood, even from before he decided to co-sign his trainer's tweets, that LeBron was looking at him as possible trade bait because he had not been playing well. And Kyle Kuzma, the type of player that if he's not bringing instant offense off the bench or has a third option as a starter, there's no real need to keep him on the team because he's not a good defender. And as they're going to mention later on in this segment, he has this thing going on with the blonde hair dye and with like, it's going to allude to certain things. And I'm going to expound on that because we have to understand that out there in Hollyweird, that basically is ground zero for a lot of Luciferianism and the adherence to the Babylonian mystery school system. As I've stated in other videos, that's the reason why LeBron James went out to LA in the first place. Kyle Kuzma has gotten caught up in the Kabbalistic / Luciferian aspect of that environment because he's associated with the Kardashian clan.
Alright, question here. Think this Kuzma situation could disrupt LeBron on the Lakers? No, not at all. Especially because the leader of the Lakers has been through this situation before. And beyond that, it's not really going to disrupt the Lakers because the Lakers are not going to win a championship anyway unless they make a huge upgrade in their roster. They're not gonna win a championship. They're not gonna beat the Clippers unless the Clippers suffer a catastrophic injury to one of their major players. They just don't have enough. When I watch the Lakers play, even in the games that they win, you can tell that they're old and they have to play at a certain pace. And LeBron is accustomed to not facing the opposition in a way that he respects their physicality and their athleticism. That's why what Kenny Smith stated after the first game between the Lakers and the Clippers was so pertinent. Whenever LeBron goes against Kawhi, he's going against another player that actually makes him look slow. I watched LeBron against the Dallas Mavericks last night, and they just have nobody who can guard him. LeBron is bigger than everybody. It's like, and then with these rules and the style of play in the NBA today, it's just so much easier for him to go where he wants to on the basketball floor. He can't do that against the Clippers. So it's very difficult for people to understand why certain prognosticators and pundits, whether it be on television or anywhere else, are saying that the Clippers are going to beat the Lakers. But you can just tell matchup-wise, the Lakers did not match up well with the Clippers.
Watching that third fiddle just disappear in terms of expectations and what you thought you were going to get with that production. I'm talking about Kevin Love. I'm talking about Chris Bosh, who all declined in that role. And now you have a guy who's still trying to figure out his way in the NBA in Kyle Kuzma, who was declining in their role. So if you're LeBron, how much does it really bank on Kyle Kuzma coming in to be that guy, whether as a starter or off the bench? I think that LeBron James looked at Kyle Kuzma as a possible third option. But I think that LeBron James came into this season viewing Kyle Kuzma as a possible third option. But I don't think that LeBron was aware of how devastating the injury was that Kyle Kuzma suffered over the summer with Team USA. So that got caught off to a bad start. After that, that was just a ripple effect. And LeBron is probably talking to Pelinka saying, "Look, we have to improve this team when it comes to the outside jump shooting," and Kuzma's not getting the job done. I think that's the reason why Kuzma co-signed what his trainer said, and all that did was exacerbate the problem. I didn't think that their expectations were hinged to him. This was a dynamic duo, AD and LeBron, not based on Kuzma. Kuzma is a luxury, but not a necessity.
So no, Kuzma is not a luxury. When you get to the playoffs and they face the Clippers, they're gonna need a third option to seriously step up. As a matter of fact, in their last two games against the Clippers, even though they've lost both, the reason why both of those games were competitive is because they got a third option to step up and make the game look closer than it really was. And the first game was Danny Green, and the last game it was Kyle Kuzma. This disrupts their plans. This level of controversy is the equivalent of a bra with some real controversy. You know, y'all never gonna fit in, fit out. 20 and a half of Kevin Roberts are psycho. The drama that him and Kyrie had initially in Cleveland. I've been around some things. Something like this is nothing. But I will say this, as a battalion, the roster makeup, how cool that is really the only one that the organization can't really seriously consider moving and having a, you know, entertaining assets for. Kyle Kuzma, I will say this. I remember going into the season, somebody posted the big two. All right, you know, there's fans on Twitter, the big two. Wait, wait, hey, do you got Caleb or Kuzma? Say, why can't be the big three? Yeah.
Also mentioned that in another video, there are some early Kyle Kuzma was trailing behind LeBron James and Anthony Davis, and they were doing that thing that these clowns in the NBA love to do where they stand in a circle and cover their mouth and act as if they're exchanging government secrets that no one else can hear, understand, or listen to. Like what they're saying is so damn important when it's obvious that they're really just desperate for attention. Kyle thought that he was in that clique, and then he found out when the season started, "Okay, I'm not in that clique because LeBron doesn't play. He really don't care. He acts like he's this outgoing people person who loves everybody, but at the end of the day, he wants to win. He knows that he only has a few years left to try to win, and he has no time for other players to develop." I believe that LeBron wanted Kyle Kuzma to be a part of that trade. Maybe they could have got a third team involved. LeBron wants Bradley Beal, but Bradley Beal is pretty much out of their sights. Think this may be taking a hit, boys, to his pride, because he really feels like he's the third wheel, like he should be out there, he has to start. It came from the injury, but aside from that, this is a blip on the radar. I don't, I really would be surprised if Kuzma is moved. But definitely Lakers. I wouldn't. But one of the challenges with that is trade value because of Kuzma's contract. If you want to be able to get some value assets right now, he's still on this rookie deal, so you don't have the money to support to go out and kind of get a valuable player that you need to be that, that third wheel for the Lakers. It doesn't matter right now. Kyle Kuzma has shown that he's not pro-LeBron enough, so they're just gonna try to look to move him for a three-and-D guy around the league, someone who's shooting somewhere in the high 30s percentile three-point shooting and has relatively high defensive metrics. That's all they need. And in their minds, that would be an improvement over Kuzma, who's not shooting well and doesn't defend well at all. And on top of that, once again, has offended LeBron James. The channels will send this up. They got first-round picks, but you can't trade him to 2023 because of the Anthony Davis trade. Bango. So you kind of locked in with salary cap restrictions, trade restrictions, and your most valuable asset being a rookie now. I mean, on this rookie deal.
I will say this about Kyle Korver though. It's harder when you're young. Got to kind of accept that role, especially being in LA. I get what you're saying, Jim Jackson, but we have to understand something. Kyle Kuzma cannot look in the mirror and say, "I should be getting mine." Well, he's on the team with LeBron James and Anthony Davis. I would understand what you're saying more if it was Kyle Kuzma on the squad with Brandon Ingram and Lonzo Ball, and he's trying to get his, kind of like how you guys were back with the Dallas Mavericks in the mid-90s, you and Jamal Mashburn and Jason Kidd. I would understand that more if the team was younger. But he's a part of a veteran team, so I think that it's easier for him to accept his role. The problem is, he's just not playing well. And then on top of that, he's snippet about LeBron. And beyond that, who the hell knows what's going on off the floor? Because as I've already stated, there are allegations that he has associations with Jeanie Buss. When I see the blonde hair, it tells me that he's being put through the early stages of the programming. He is associated with the Kardashians. I like in Moon Shan, Mary Kay, who's the third guy with Steve Nash and Amar'e Stoudemire, but it was a perennial double-double guy, got paid the max deal, was a perennial All-Star. That role fit him well. Sometimes when you're young, you want to establish yourself early. And here in LA right now, if Kuzma is patient, listen, the brothers will be there forever. You had a few more years to really garner who you are, to carve out your niche, to figure out this NBA life. And then when LeBron moves on, you got equity already built into this franchise, and now it's you with AD. Okay? So you can't get that speculation. We have no idea if Anthony Davis is even going to sign a long-term contract with the Lakers at the end of this season. He'll be available to possibly sign a five-year, 202 million dollar deal. But will he do that? Oh, well, he just hitch his wagon to LeBron's star and say, "I'm gonna sign a two-year deal with an option to try to coincide with LeBron, and when LeBron's deal is up, I might be available to leave." I don't see Anthony Davis being the guy who says, "I'm gonna tell what Kyle Kuzma into my 30s." I just, I just don't see that.
One before ahead of yourself if you're Kyle Kuzma. I know patience is a virtue as a young player, but bide your time, learn how to win, and then take control when you have an opportunity. Yeah, I asked the question and I want to have to say, I don't think you can be a disruption either. Just because, let's say, cuz last year they went through the young players felt all the Brawn wants to trade us all, and it created some disruption. But this team is championship-focused, yeah, in a real way. And if Kyle Kuzma is collateral damage on their run to the championship, ain't none of these veterans in that locker room know no one cares. Young guys, old guys, all, hey, it is what it is, basically. I could not have put it much better. I don't think that anyone's gonna bat an eyelash if Kyle Kuzma gets traded. And I think that Kyle Kuzma started to understand that the writing is on the wall for him to get traded because he missed being a part of that New Orleans package literally by the hairs of his chinny chin chin. And once again, there are some, some rumblings as to why he was not included in that trade. I don't think that he's gonna be able to avoid getting traded again, but we'll see. Game is the game. So I don't see it having a real impact.
Clip, Professor Marcellus Wiley, just can I get enough of these LA Laker locker room problems? I agree with you, bro. He's the only valuable trait that they have. One, what's working in his favor is Rob Pelinka. One of the few early successes he had was actually drafting Kyle Kuzma. Also, Jeanie Buss is in his corner. It is, it is right to that wagon. Problem is, how cool is not playing well? Last four games have LC eight points again. All that damn peroxide in his eyes, man. Can't see the rim. 27 from the field, 26. Because Kyle Kuzma is also not a pure catch-and-shoot player. That's what I mean when I say they're not gonna be looking to get a big name back for Kyle Kuzma. They don't care right now. They're just looking around the league to see if they can find a guy in his late 20s, early 30s, who has a relatively high three-point shooting percentage on the catch and shoot and has high defensive metrics. Kevin Love, Chris Bosh, all had their struggles in that state role. He's gonna be worse in that role, which right now he's living up to the evidence. This is a bad situation, especially Laker fans are saying, "Dude, you got hurt, not even playing for us." This is a Team USA injury, ding, that you showed up at camp hurt, missed chemistry time. Therefore, you could start. Came off the bench. We thought you were gonna be, yo, James Harden in OKC. It turned out you ain't do another that. So now the narrative is shifted where, why this won't interrupt their plans? They are thinking, we don't do this with something in addition to calculus, but as we lose him, his traction. How do y'all feel about, you know, the hair stuff he's doing? He's lost. He's lost. I don't even want to go into it. I agree with what you brought here. He's lost. But basically, what like is saying that he's lost in Hollyweird, but it's a bit deeper than that. Whenever you see the blonde hair, that's for Hippocrates. He's been put through the programming. Once again, he has associations with the Kardashians. He's initiating his, his embracement of Luciferianism, or his embracing of Luciferianism by anyway. That's basically it on that, brothers. We'll see how things go with this Kyle Kuzma saga. It's a piece.