AD is the best player Lakers got. Yes he is inconsistent but so is everyone else on that team and Lebron is too tired to be useful on a constant basis. The goal of every NBA team should be to get rings so I won't fault any team for doing that but destroying your organization is not the way to do it.
People have short memory. Especially Laker fans which is why I am happy they lost, even better they got swept.
The organization is wrecked, they don't have any serious young talent. Ingram and ball barely even got a chance. They went after Westbrook and what did that do for them? Constantly chasing talent is ruining team chemistry. You can't just throw pieces together because they were former MVP's. WHat is even the point of having Thompson there? There are waay more talented people in the NBA compared to the past. Lakers won't be winning squat anytime soon. They honestly shouldn't be thinking about trading AD, having someone like him can be the difference between a chip and no chip. What they need is a constant scorer and Lebron was never it.
The organization is wrecked, they don't have any serious young talent. Ingram and ball barely even got a chance. They went after Westbrook and what did that do for them? Constantly chasing talent is ruining team chemistry. You can't just throw pieces together because they were former MVP's. WHat is even the point of having Thompson there? There are waay more talented people in the NBA compared to the past. Lakers won't be winning squat anytime soon. They honestly shouldn't be thinking about trading AD, having someone like him can be the difference between a chip and no chip. What they need is a constant scorer and Lebron was never it.
he is in California though (Atherton, the wealthiest city in the US), a place very well known for the largest homeless population especially around the San Francisco area near where the Warriors play rn (NY is 2nd but by a very wide margin)
Without getting too deep into it as someone that's worked on research projects similar to this, there are a ton of rich ass people living there that are concerned about privacy issues but he's the only one so far that has publicly opposed upzoning/zoning restrictions, which basically prevents affordable housing w/o being able to curb/address the homelessness issues in California.
What I'm trying to say is more than anything, other than not getting himself into off-court issues like Ja Morant and literally existing as a popular name, he hasn't really done anything to actually promote or support social justice in the US (voting only does so much) and him winning this award especially compared to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is pure hypocrisy. At least last season's winner (Reggie Bullock) is an active advocate of LGBT+ rights and has been doing so for most of his career (aka people that are actually disadvantaged in the US)
Without getting too deep into it as someone that's worked on research projects similar to this, there are a ton of rich ass people living there that are concerned about privacy issues but he's the only one so far that has publicly opposed upzoning/zoning restrictions, which basically prevents affordable housing w/o being able to curb/address the homelessness issues in California.
What I'm trying to say is more than anything, other than not getting himself into off-court issues like Ja Morant and literally existing as a popular name, he hasn't really done anything to actually promote or support social justice in the US (voting only does so much) and him winning this award especially compared to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is pure hypocrisy. At least last season's winner (Reggie Bullock) is an active advocate of LGBT+ rights and has been doing so for most of his career (aka people that are actually disadvantaged in the US)