A few words from the Godfather

A few words from the Godfather

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Plenty of blame to go around after that embarrassing Laker series loss to T-Wolves
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Plenty of blame to go around after that embarrassing Laker series loss to T-Wolves

Sure, blame Luka -- LeBron isn't ever at fault... but trying to play without a center?

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Dwight Jaynes
May 01, 2025
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You will hear a lot of Luka Doncic criticism this morning. Of course he will be the fall guy for the Lakers’ five-game, first-round loss at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Nobody is going to blame LeBron James — that never happens. Even though he was his usual invisible-man self in the fourth quarter of these games and finished up Game 5 as a mines-14, the worst of anyone in the game.

That’s not uncommon for him, as we will discuss in a moment.

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