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Crain & Cone

Ep. 6 - The Lakers are a One-Trick Pony

Crain & Cone

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4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

The Lakers are a one-trick pony, Covington dominates Masvidal, and UNC shocks Duke.

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0:00.0

Today on Cranon Company, the Lakers are one trick pony, Covington dominates Mosvedal

0:05.8

and UNC Shocks Duke and Coach Kays, final game at home.

0:22.9

We know LeBron James is on the Mount Rushmore of Basketball,

0:26.3

and his 56 point performance over the weekend only added to the legend as he continues to almost

0:31.8

single-handedly keep the Lakers in contention. But at some point, the supporting cast,

0:37.5

Westbrook Aides got to come back Malik Monk, they're going to have to start playing their role.

0:42.0

And right now, the Lakers are one trick pony. It's a hell of a trick, don't get me wrong,

0:46.7

but at LeBron's age, him having to go into overdrive the whole game is not a lasting formula

0:53.0

to put another championship on the mantle. We saw Kobe Bryant have to pull a similar

0:57.6

herculean feet in 2013 that eventually led to him rupturing his Achilles. At this current rate,

1:04.2

the team is nowhere near close to being a championship contender, even with LeBron taking over,

1:10.0

and the return of A.D. won't change that. Which really begs the question,

1:14.4

is it even worth it for LeBron at this point in Los Angeles? I'm going to bring in my co-host,

1:21.3

this tall drink of Water David Cone, my brother Blaine Crane as well. And guys,

1:25.2

to me, when I watch the Lakers and what LeBron is doing at this age, I mean, it's one step

1:30.7

away from Benjamin Button, I get it. But this isn't young LeBron and Cleveland. They can

1:37.1

overdrive it every night to get you to a championship. The more they're going to have to rely on him,

1:42.5

just being the guy every single night, not that it can't happen on a somewhat consistent basis.

1:48.8

But just having to rely on him to be the guy every night, it's not going to work if they want

1:54.0

to win a championship. They're struggling right now behind the clippers. They're right next to

1:58.4

the Pelicans who couldn't figure out a simple addition problem right now. Zion, I know, is coming back.

2:04.5

But to me, you have two options when this doesn't work because it's not going to work. Even when

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