If he made the news for the well-deserved withdrawal of his jersey in Boston on the night of Sunday to Monday, Kevin Garnett is never the last to give his opinion on just about everything. And when it came time to talk about the Lakers, in big trouble this season, the Big Ticket surprised…
One more. Destroyed to historic proportions by Phoenix last night the Lakers added another humiliation to their season collection. With a record of 29 wins for 38 losses, LeBron James and his clique seem condemned to this poor 9th place, synonymous with play-in tournament and the need to win 2 games without losing any to join the playoffs.
There is no guarantee at this stage, of course, that the Angelinos will indeed be in the game, they who should cross swords with the Wolves or Clippers – two teams which have already corrected them during the regular season. However, and although a large part of the fanbase has given up, the Lakers can count on the support of… Kevin Garnett.
Kevin Garnett ignites on the Lakers
Yet a great rival of the purples and golds through its affiliation with Boston and the heavy liabilities between the two franchises, KG refused to bury the Lakers. Better, or worse, he considers that Frank Vogel’s men scare the competition for the playoffs. Here is his remarks at the microphone of his friend Kendrick Perkins:
Nobody wants to see LeBron James in 7th or 8th place. The Western teams, everyone is talking about, but when the playoffs come it’s all over. The regular season is over. Do you know how you can make up for a failed season? The fucking playoffs. If the Lakers wake up and make fucking playoffs, everyone will forget about the rest. Look well. You don’t want to be in a best-of-7 series with an injured animal…
LeBron will appreciate the benevolence, but how can you really believe what the Hall of Famer says? Any time the Lakers play against a top-tier team, with the exception of the game against the Warriors, they’re usually on the mend. As for the supposed fear? Yesterday, the Suns had absolutely none against LA, Devin Booker even allowing himself a hard tackle after the game.
Dying defensively, without a collective identity and carried by a King who seems above all to ensure his 30 points per evening in his race for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record, the Lakers would achieve a real miracle by beating a team from top of the West in the first round. Sure, the LeBron James card could be a last hope, but can the Akron native still carry a team to the playoffs at 37 against the crème de la crème on both sides of the court? Not so sure.
Kevin Garnett seems to ignore it, but there’s a 95% chance his opinion will come back in his face like a boomerang in a few weeks. Until then, Lakers fans will be hanging on to what they can…
