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The Los Angeles Lakers agreed to sign 34-year-old free agent forward Jared Dudley to a one-year $2.6 million deal.
Dudley averaged a whopping 4.9 points and 2.6 rebounds on 42.3 percent shooting for the Brooklyn Nets a season ago, but the Lakers organization is more interested in acquiring veteran locker room guys to one-year deals than flashy ‘me first’ guys….like the freest of agents Carmelo Anthony.
Royce White, who was the 16th pick in the 2012 Draft and kinda sorta played in the NBA before mental health issues derailed his career, was so irate with LeBron and the Lakers for choosing Dudley over Melo that he busted out into a full WWE promo.
“LeBron is walking around like he’s the face & voice of the players. How is he letting his banana boat brother hang out there in the wings & they go sign Jared Dudley? If anybody thinks Dudley can hold Carmelo’s jockstrap, I’ll slap them.”
"LeBron is walking around like he's the face & voice of the players. How is he letting his banana boat brother hang out there in the wings & they go sign Jared Dudley? If anybody thinks Dudley can hold Carmelo's jockstrap, I'll slap them." – Royce Whitepic.twitter.com/Cy3sEx5slb
— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) August 20, 2019
I laughed out loud at some of these reactions.
https://twitter.com/SayyyGoDJ/status/1163835501637509121?s=20
https://twitter.com/KushLitThoughts/status/1163839115021946881?s=20
Melo’s reaction when he heard Jared Dudley got signed by the Lakers pic.twitter.com/H4183aFy9Z
— JERM (@Jeremyforyou) August 20, 2019
Y’all didn’t see the extended Royce White interview about Jared Dudley… pic.twitter.com/RngbECn9Ud
— KaminaMEDIA (@kaminamedia) August 20, 2019
LeBron to Jared Dudley: pic.twitter.com/W3WLTHfmxE
— MattGPT (@MattDeebs) August 16, 2019
Someone has to sign Dudley’s song, and this dude may have a point.
https://twitter.com/RealChrisPotts/status/1163829477119598592?s=20
Sadly, it’s the truth. There is no way Carmelo has the mental facilities to morph into a team-first player. It’s just not in his DNA. And the last thing the Lakers need is for a 35-year-old Melo to start going iso while LeBron and AD spread the floor with their thumbs up their asses.