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I can see a scenario where the Lakers fail to sign a single big-name free agent this offseason.

I could see a scenario where they don't sign a single big-name free agent this offseason. I really can't.

Partially correct. They missed out on Kawhi Leonard (their top target), but they successfully traded for Anthony Davis (a big name, though not a free agent signing) and filled the roster with role players like Danny Green.
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No elite head coach will want to take the Lakers job

No really good coach is going to want to go there [Lakers], though. Jason Kidd's like the top of the list that you can get. And he's not good.

While elite candidates like Monty Williams did avoid them, they eventually hired Frank Vogel, who led them to a championship in 2020.
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Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James will fake a season-ending injury if the Lakers miss the playoffs

As soon as it becomes like this is a realistic thing [missing the playoffs], [LeBron James] will definitely be like, oh, my hamstring hurts because too much sheesh. All the sheesh has added weight to my groin.

The Lakers missed the playoffs, and LeBron was officially shut down for the final 6 games of the season on March 30, 2019, to allow his groin injury to fully heal.
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The Cavaliers will be the best team in the East by May

Replay that for us in, like, May when the Cavaliers are by far and away the best team in the East.

The Cavs won the Eastern Conference and made the NBA Finals in 2018, making this prediction correct.
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Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James is going to leave Cleveland a second time

Well, I also saw on SportsCenter today people were saying they were using the phrase like this was almost as bad as LeBron the first time he left Cleveland... So would that imply there's a second time? Huh. Huh. We're just connecting the dots, people.

LeBron James did indeed leave Cleveland a second time in 2018 to join the Lakers.
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Big CatBig Cat

LeBron James will eventually sign with the Lakers

I'm going to be really sad when it's over, when he finally signs with the Lakers and we have to stop doing [the LeBron James free agency update].

LeBron James signed with the Lakers on July 1, 2018.
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LeBron James will sign his 2016 contract before another Hillary Clinton email is leaked

LeBron James will sign before another [Hillary Clinton] email gets released. [Obama] is gonna fire a nuke up a horse's butt so that Putin can't leak any more of Clinton's emails.

Incorrect. WikiLeaks and other sources continued leaking emails (like the Podesta emails) through October, while LeBron signed his deal with the Cavs on August 12, 2016. The leaks continued well after his signing.

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