By Karin Abcarians (@KarinAbcarians)
On this week’s episode of The Outlet Forum, Chris Camello and Chaez Pearson talked about the current and future fate of the Los Angeles Lakers, who were officially knocked out of any sort of playoff hopes.
Should LeBron James and Anthony Davis shut it down for the season? (James is out for the rest of the season because of his ankle injury, the Lakers officially announced).
Camello brought up an interesting thought, if LeBron would play these last few games to secure the scoring title, would fans turn on him for that?
There was also talk about the leadership on the team. Did LeBron, AD or Russell Westbrook show any sort of leadership throughout the season?
There are also reports that head coach Frank Vogel will indeed get fired when the season is over. Who would be his replacement? Pearson would like the Lakers to make a run at current Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse.
The guys also talked about Magic Johnson’s recent guest appearances on ESPN shows that mentioned what happened with losing out on DeMar DeRozan.
(Courtesy of ESPN)
Pearson and Camello had their most spirited conversation yet, talking about if LeBron was to retire, would and should the Lakers retire his jersey.
Other NBA talk included the Milwaukee Bucks, and if they are being overlooked and are the Philadelphia 76ers heading towards a disappointing playoff run? Pearson says the team everyone should look out for in the Brooklyn Nets and that the East will be a dogfight. Camello thinks the West is going to be really competitive and that the teams coming out of the Play-In Tournament will make it very interesting.
The guys also had another conversation about the HBO series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, and its latest episodes.
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