‘Andre Drummond will be the difference in Lakers winning or losing title’: Shannon Sharpe highlights how LeBron James can win 5th NBA Title

Tonoy Sengupta | 13/04/2021
'Andre Drummond will be the difference in Lakers winning or losing title': Shannon Sharpe highlights how LeBron James can win 5th NBA Title

Shannon Sharpe heaps praise onto Los Angeles Lakers star Andre Drummond saying he could be the final piece the franchise needed

The LA Lakers have hardly been the luckiest team in the NBA this season. After a hot start, Anthony Davis and LeBron James both found themselves out with serious injuries. This affected the franchise massively at first. But, with the team winning 6 of its last 10 games, it seems that they have started to acclimatize. And a large reason for this has been the Lakers’ new acquisition in Andre Drummond.

After the player succumbed to injury in his first game for the franchise, many expected him to be sidelined for a long time as well. However, the star has since come back and is leading the team to a respectable win ratio, even without their big two.

Due to these performances, Shannon Sharpe made some interesting comments on what he could do for the LA Lakers. Let’s get into it.

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“He’s the difference in the Lakers winning or losing the title”: Shannon Sharpe emphasized on Andre Drummond’s importance to the LA Lakers

Shannon Sharpe is a co-host on the show ‘Undisputed’, where he discusses sports with fellow infamous analyst Skip Bayless.

On the most recent episode of Undisputed, Sharpe was asked who he believed to be the better signing. And he had to pick between Rajon Rondo for the Clippers, or Andre Drummond for the Lakers.

Speaking passionately on the topic, this is what he had to say.

Whether or not this can really be called a hot take is anybody’s guess. But this statement is almost guaranteed to cause a ruckus in the NBA community.

But, no matter which side of the fence you fall on, nothing is decided just yet. Only time will tell which player is able to contribute to their team more in the 2021 NBA playoffs.

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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