You can say what you want about the Lakers’ loss to the lowly Suns, which leaves the team having lost four of their last five, but if you happen to say something along the lines of “it was JaVale McGee’s fault that the Lakers lost,” then you’re wrong. Here’s the list of people and factors…
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JaVale McGee 21 Points/6 Dunks Full Highlights (2/10/2019)
Why do the Lakers keep bringing in replacements for JaVale McGee? First Tyson Chandler (who supposedly “defends” and “rebounds”, now Mike Muscala (who supposedly “shoots”). Here’s the deal: McGee doesn’t need a replacement. He’s a good, maybe even ideal, starting center for a team like the Lakers. And his whole asthma thing was blown way…
Read MoreJaVale McGee 18 Points Full Highlights (1/4/2019)
The Lakers lost most of their games while JaVale McGee was battling his ilness, whatever it was. Ivica Zubac had some good performances in his stead, but it’s hard to replace McGee’s spasticity on the court. There’s a certain energy with him that the other Lakers centers don’t have. Tyson Chandler still plays like he…
Read MoreJaVale McGee 19 Points/3 Blocks Full Highlights (12/15/2018)
This game was a never-ending highlight reel for the Lakers. An enterprising highlight compiler (which excludes me) would simply upload this game in its entirety (minus the free-throws) with a title like “SHOWTIME LAKERS FULL HIGHLIGHTS VS HORNETS! LEBRON AND ZO TRIP-DUBS!” and watch the views roll in. It seemed like the Lakers were scoring…
Read MoreJaVale McGee 20 Points Full Highlights (11/14/2018)
Whenever I think about JaVale McGee, I think fondly back to his days as a Nugget, when he was the preferred lob target of one Andre Miller. McGee had 175 dunks in the 2012-13 season, and, just eyeballing the list, it seems like about half of them were courtesy of old man Miller, and the…
Read MoreJaVale McGee 16 Points/6 Dunks Full Highlights (11/7/2018)
When I heard that Tyson Chandler was getting moved from the Suns to the Lakers, I had one thought and one thought only: under no circumstances should JaVale McGee’s minutes be reduced as a consequence of this new roster addition. For the first time in a long time, McGee has been getting the minutes that…
Read MoreJaVale McGee 16 Points/5 Blocks Full Highlights (10/31/2018)
The Lakers might not be doing nearly as well as their fans want (they’re 3-5 at the time of this writing and barely beat a bad Mavs squad), but, hey, JaVale McGee is putting up monster numbers so I’m totally cool with it. I couldn’t care less if the new-look Lakers led by Jabroni Lames…
Read MoreJaVale McGee 21 Points/4 Dunks Full Highlights (10/25/2018)
Steve Kerr status: EXPOSED. I feel like I might be overreacting to JaVale McGee’s run of good play to start the season, but then again, I don’t think it’s overreacting when you get hyped for a guy who’s averaging 17/6 on 62% shooting after spending the past couple seasons as an afterthought on the bench….
Read MoreJaVale McGee 20 Points/4 Blocks/1 Three Full Highlights (10/24/2018)
My hope is that I get to make a highlight video for every game JaVale McGee appears in this season, hopefully 82 of them. Then, at the end of the year, I can stitch together all the vids into one McGee MEGAMIX that contains everything he did in the whole season and goes for like…
Read MoreJaVale McGee 16 Points Full Highlights (10/22/2018)
The Lakers’ center rotation is so messed up right now. JaVale McGee is fine (back-to-back 16-burgers woooooo), but his asthmatic lungs limit his minutes. Ivica Zubac nearly fouled out in 5 minutes. Mo Wagner is injured, but even he wasn’t, how good could a rookie white Euro three-bomber be, really? Don’t even get me started…
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