Lakers News: Pundit Clowns Los Angeles For Latest Injury Report
After news dropped that Darvin Ham expects reserve Los Angeles Lakers center Mo Bamba to return to the hardwood in time for Game 4 tomorrow, absolutely no one in the world believed that Bamba's health would change the ultimate fate of LA in this series.
The Ringer's Kevin O'Connor, long a Bamba advocate despite Bamba continuing to disappoint through his first five NBA seasons, finally went all-in on some expert Bamba trolling, clowning the news on Twitter:
The Lakers are 0-3 in their ongoing Western Conference Finals series against the Denver Nuggets. Never in 149 prior such instances has a team rallied all the way back from that level of deficit in a best-of-seven series.
Mo Bamba isn't even part of LA's rotation when healthy. His return will not move the needle one inch in the Lakers' favor.
Bamba has been one of a few disappointing new Los Angeles additions in these playoffs, along with sharpshooter Malik Beasley (whose offense completely abandoned him) and, to a lesser extent, D'Angelo Russell. D-Lo has been a brutal disappointment in these Conference Finals, though he had been a key contributor in the prior two rounds of the playoffs.
Los Angeles has pricey team options on Bamba and Beasley that it appears very unlikely to pick up for 2023-24 after these playoffs. But they'll certainly need all hands on deck to at least avoid a Denver sweep on Monday.
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