LeBron and Durant lead two of the most combustible NBA teams, and both are bearing considerable responsibility for that instability.
. That is a mountain to climb, even before we consider his ability to impact winning once he reenters the NBA fold.
Since then, Irving has played 103 games in three seasons on the Nets. The reasons range from season-ending shoulder surgery in 2020 to an unexplained two-week sabbatical in 2021 and a personal protest against COVID-19 vaccines that limited him to 29 games last season. Even when healthy and presumably engaged, he disappeared over the final three games of a sweeping first-round playoff loss to the Celtics.
— wanted fired. No one on the roster can be sure anyone will see the season through in Brooklyn, and the first sign of adversity could set in motion the toppling dominoes.At least the Lakers altered course from the coach whose voice no longer reached his superstars. The Lakers' depth is paltry by comparison to Brooklyn. Russell Westbrook's best years are distant in the rearview mirror. The team spent the offseason trying to trade him, and he conceded as much on media day, when he said, "We all have jobs that sometimes people at our jobs don't like us or don't want us there."
The addition of Patrick Beverley gives the Lakers a 3-and-D option at point guard outside of Westbrook. He is a willing culture-setter. Kendrick Nunn's healthy return as a player developed in the Heat's everything-is-earned system is better than no Nunn at all. Bets on Damian Jones, Thomas Bryant, Troy Brown Jr.
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