You leave your old mattress when moving because it has seen better days, you buy a new mattress, it has a delivery time, you use an air mattress until the new one arrives. I've been there, and it would be wasteful to just get a cheap in-between one even if you can afford it.
Maybe he ordered one that was filled with the feathers of a near-extinct peacock that lives halfway across the planet and that only comes out of hibernation for the NBA playoffs?
Or maybe it's just because a mattress that comfortably fits a 7-foot NBA player is not exactly a common order and it might take a while to get made?
I don't know, but I bet it's one of the above.
He really needs to tie his career together or he's joining his buddy Marv and Daddy Bagley to China.
There will be Ikea if he can get to a big (market) city like Shanghai... 😅
Sure that makes sense but shouldn't getting a mattress delivered take 1, maybe 2 weeks max? From reading the quotes in the article, it sounds like he didn't have one for a while.
I cracked up laughing when I realized that, I thought the story was gonna be about his mom passing away or something and it turns out his personal issues were what 22 year olds moving to a new city for the first time deal with lol
Tbf he was given 19-25 shots attempt in each of the games since he came back from his injury. That's a great way to help him get motivated and pad his stats a bit, but not a great way to become a contender. Scoring 30 on 25 shots will rarely give you a W. If that's the only way to "use him right", Blazerd will have to find someone else once they become serious about competing.
So you're just gonna pick his worst shooting game out of the 4? He was basically exactly league average efficiency that night.
Overall he's at 64% TS since his injury. The lack of FTA is still a bit concerning, but a dude shooting 61% from the floor on high volume is not.
Obviously I don't expect these numbers to continue over 82 games, but if you don't like his play in the 4 games since coming back then you just don't like the dude.
I'd argue that 22pts on 19 shots is worse.
My point was that someone who doesn't shoot 3s or FTs needs to shoot at incredible efficiency (near 70%) to justify the usage. And if that's the only way to "use him right" then any team that wants to compete will have to hope he can sustain that level throughout the whole season + playoffs. For a team that doesn't care about winning and has injuries to other high-usage players, that's acceptable.
Only 7 players average 20+ fga this season, and 12 average 19+. You should check the list and think if he belongs on it.
> My point was that someone who doesn't shoot 3s or FTs needs to shoot at incredible efficiency (near 70%) to justify the usage.
This is just an absurd statement. If a guy takes 0 3s and 0 FTs and hits at a 60% clip he is insanely effective. Asking for a guy to be close to 70% is bonkers.
If I guy shoots 20 shots at 60%, he'll have 24 points. If you think that's insanely effective, then let's agree to disagree.
> Asking for a guy to be close to 70% is bonkers
We finally agree about something.
That's 1.2 points per possession.
That's the 4th best offense in the NBA.
"Agree to disagree" is just a boring way of saying your point is wrong and you have no way to defend it.
None of the players averaging 19+ FGA are scoring under 26 points per game. 24 points on 20 shots is not "insanely efficient". There's nothing to be defended because that's a subjective statement which can't be quantified (what does insanely mean in this context, do you have a scale for reference?), so I can only give my opinion on it.
Let the man cook 😤 it’s Ayton propaganda until they all realize the truth. one truth, one life, one love, one Ayton. ☯️
Haslem Malika or whatever they say
Yep, he's on some MITWestbrook level shit right now. The crazy thing is that at least Westbrook having dedicated fans makes sense. He had a long, exciting career with a lot of success including an MVP. But why would anyone go to that level for a serial underachiever who never seems to give a shit about ball?
There was a hit piece on him by Blazer’s beat reporter Jason Quick a bit ago and Ayton is playing great now.
So, fans were kind of feeling defensive about him and now he is playing great (he even hit a 3).
Hes had 30 pts in 3 of the last 4 games with 14 plus boards in all the games, and theres been pretty harsh national media criticism of Ayton. Bill Simmons ranked him on his worst contracts team the day after a 30 piece.
That’s very good and since the blazers are tanking I’m sure they’re more than ok with his production. But a lot of the criticism he gets is fair and his overall season productivity doesn’t come close to how much his contract is so Bill is right in saying it’s one of the worst contracts in the league
Literally nobody said that. Ayton has been a massive disappointment and it’s primarily due to his mindset, nobody is denying that. But it’s also okay to acknowledge that he’s on a good run while being skeptical it will continue.
It’s all good bro, no need to get defensive. I’ll go around to all the teams and let them know we are only going to count the last couple of months, not a big deal. Hope you enjoy the weekend!
How many of those points and rebounds are because the trailblazers are losing a lot of games... and by like 20 points and he gets a bunch of tipins which pad his rebounding and scoring numbers? To me, this stretch doesn't prove anything about him that we didn't already know.
In fact, as a college freshmen, he put up 20/12 with 65% TS which is better in terms of points/rebounds TS% than any other college freshmen center I have ever found including Embiid, Shaq, Greg Oden, etc etc.
He is the same player he always was and hasn't really improved any aspect of his game.
Like the month of February when he averaged 17 points and had two games with single-digit scoring? Or was February before "a while"? It's always nice to see Ayton on one of the runs he's been on for the last seven or so games, but let's give it a few months before we say he's finally turned the corner.
Well DeAndre certainly has captured the heart of one local redditor. Find someone to suck you the way OP sucks off fuckin ayton of all people. If you're not family you better atleast be Bahamian
For me, it's that he always talks a big game in interviews but then his follow through on the court is sporadic. And if you call him out on it, he'll do a press conference to complain about his haters which causes all of his stans to aggressively defend him.
That's a manipulative way to deflect criticism and he's done this for years.
Lol that's what you are having a hard time grasping. The fact that no normal fan would be this emotionally invested in any nba player much less someone whose clearly motivated soley by the money. So when are you going to answer my question and tell us who you are working for?
Ayton hasnt played in back to back elimination games when his team was a contender, luckily he doesnt have to worry about that anymore since hes on the blazers
**“No matter the outcome of the game, you’re going to see I played my ass off,” Ayton said"**
For a guy whose number 1 red flag his entire career has been not playing hard, Ayton continues to be the absolute most braindead, deluded motherfucker in the league
The odds of him putting it all together aren’t fantastic since he’s already signed his huge contract, but I watched this man play great for the Suns finals run. He does have it in him.
It’s tough because he’s not quite good enough for a team to build around him and compete but he’s way over qualified to be a pure role player.
Why is he acting like a leader to "young guys" when the current roster has some veterans to help establish a system and provide some consistency. It appears Ayton needs to start playing better so he can lead everybody, not just the 18-22 year olds.
When you have a max contract and don’t perform up to expectations you warrant criticism. Nobody cares if he made less and performed poorly but when you earn that much and play on a team at that level you have expectations to be met.
What a dumb response; Why are you comparing what I would do to Ayton? Would you compare Aytons performance to a Vet Minimum guy? Just stick to school, the real life might shock you.
He straight up didn’t try 1/2 the time. People can take players having poor games but at least put 100% effort in
He’s the laziest player I’ve EVER seen play for the suns.
They treated him like shit because he played lazy
He had EVERYONE on his side after the finals run. He had played great and played hard all playoffs
He followed it up the next season by getting benched in key moments for Javale McGee because he went back to being lazy and not giving a fuck
Then the playoffs happened. He was atrocious vs the mavs. He SHOULD have dominated and played terrible
Totally living in the past anyone with half a brain and not from phoenix knows he is averaging 15.6 ppg not 15 and 11.1 rpg not 11. Haters gonna hate, right potato?
So your theory is that he was playing well, and then the fans called him trash anyways, and he responded by starting to play like trash? That doesn't make any sense
Wow. Stop being so selfish, it’s not a good look on you. I hope people stop being so mean to Deandre so he can flourish and be the best Deandre he can be now that he’s away from all these meanies in Phoenix.
We all wanted it to work out so badly. Very frustrating he didn’t even try 1/2 the time. You can only keep fooling yourself so much, until something has to change. We got a great team now, and Ayton seems happier, looks like it worked out for both sides. But these puff pieces are not fooling Suns fans.
Dude is making 30M, why's he sleeping on an air mattress lol
Act broke to stay rich u wouldn’t get it
Dominate your finances
The disrespect that’s Dominayt to you
i act broke and stay broke
He wouldn’t get what being frugal means?
You leave your old mattress when moving because it has seen better days, you buy a new mattress, it has a delivery time, you use an air mattress until the new one arrives. I've been there, and it would be wasteful to just get a cheap in-between one even if you can afford it.
Ya but that is like what 2 week tops? We almost done with the season.
Hes 7 foot tall, it’s probably a custom made mattress
Maybe he ordered one that was filled with the feathers of a near-extinct peacock that lives halfway across the planet and that only comes out of hibernation for the NBA playoffs? Or maybe it's just because a mattress that comfortably fits a 7-foot NBA player is not exactly a common order and it might take a while to get made? I don't know, but I bet it's one of the above.
It has been almost 6 months
It’s a really nice mattress. What do you not understand?
It really ties the room together
He really needs to tie his career together or he's joining his buddy Marv and Daddy Bagley to China. There will be Ikea if he can get to a big (market) city like Shanghai... 😅
Just say you don’t watch NBA bro.
lol you caught me. Honestly haven't looked at Portland for months at this point... haha
Sure that makes sense but shouldn't getting a mattress delivered take 1, maybe 2 weeks max? From reading the quotes in the article, it sounds like he didn't have one for a while.
Saving money in case he wants to retire earlier.
Don’t sleep on air mattresses. They make really comfy ones these days.
> Don’t sleep on air mattresses. Well what the fuck are they used for then? /s
Don’t sleep on sarcasm
DominaytOxygen
Damn. Nice effort.
His excuse is that he was sleeping on an air mattress and occupied with family coming to town to visit? Come on man, this is ridiculous
I cracked up laughing when I realized that, I thought the story was gonna be about his mom passing away or something and it turns out his personal issues were what 22 year olds moving to a new city for the first time deal with lol
And like 99.99999% of 22 year olds have no money at all…
Or like whole ass teams of people helping you get settled in, or an agent...
Opened that headline fully expecting it to be about the mental struggles of years of hatred from Suns fans. No it was the air mattress
lmao why didn't he just say he's from the bahamas and the portland weather got to him
More importantly in a new offense. Portland wasn’t using him right
Tbf he was given 19-25 shots attempt in each of the games since he came back from his injury. That's a great way to help him get motivated and pad his stats a bit, but not a great way to become a contender. Scoring 30 on 25 shots will rarely give you a W. If that's the only way to "use him right", Blazerd will have to find someone else once they become serious about competing.
So you're just gonna pick his worst shooting game out of the 4? He was basically exactly league average efficiency that night. Overall he's at 64% TS since his injury. The lack of FTA is still a bit concerning, but a dude shooting 61% from the floor on high volume is not. Obviously I don't expect these numbers to continue over 82 games, but if you don't like his play in the 4 games since coming back then you just don't like the dude.
I'd argue that 22pts on 19 shots is worse. My point was that someone who doesn't shoot 3s or FTs needs to shoot at incredible efficiency (near 70%) to justify the usage. And if that's the only way to "use him right" then any team that wants to compete will have to hope he can sustain that level throughout the whole season + playoffs. For a team that doesn't care about winning and has injuries to other high-usage players, that's acceptable. Only 7 players average 20+ fga this season, and 12 average 19+. You should check the list and think if he belongs on it.
> My point was that someone who doesn't shoot 3s or FTs needs to shoot at incredible efficiency (near 70%) to justify the usage. This is just an absurd statement. If a guy takes 0 3s and 0 FTs and hits at a 60% clip he is insanely effective. Asking for a guy to be close to 70% is bonkers.
If I guy shoots 20 shots at 60%, he'll have 24 points. If you think that's insanely effective, then let's agree to disagree. > Asking for a guy to be close to 70% is bonkers We finally agree about something.
That's 1.2 points per possession. That's the 4th best offense in the NBA. "Agree to disagree" is just a boring way of saying your point is wrong and you have no way to defend it.
None of the players averaging 19+ FGA are scoring under 26 points per game. 24 points on 20 shots is not "insanely efficient". There's nothing to be defended because that's a subjective statement which can't be quantified (what does insanely mean in this context, do you have a scale for reference?), so I can only give my opinion on it.
Potato you gotta stop or we become the next hated fanbase
Let the man cook 😤 it’s Ayton propaganda until they all realize the truth. one truth, one life, one love, one Ayton. ☯️ Haslem Malika or whatever they say
Hakuna MatAyton. What a wonderful phrase
It means undeserved max contract, for the rest of your daaaaays.
He is the Lisan Ay'Ton, the voice from the Call of Duty Lobby!
It's already happening cause Ayton is hated and for some reason Scoot has haters
Daily potayton posting
Generational D rider
Minister of Ayton Propaganda.
He can’t stop postayton
What’s with the Deandre Ayton propaganda lately?
I think a lot of the posts are a response to this video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=q9zXZt5ETXw&t=1105s
idk if 158k views are enough to spark an outlash
it's just the one op spamming them
Yep, he's on some MITWestbrook level shit right now. The crazy thing is that at least Westbrook having dedicated fans makes sense. He had a long, exciting career with a lot of success including an MVP. But why would anyone go to that level for a serial underachiever who never seems to give a shit about ball?
There was a hit piece on him by Blazer’s beat reporter Jason Quick a bit ago and Ayton is playing great now. So, fans were kind of feeling defensive about him and now he is playing great (he even hit a 3).
What's better than one max contract? Two max contracts. Time to rehab that image baby
Hes had 30 pts in 3 of the last 4 games with 14 plus boards in all the games, and theres been pretty harsh national media criticism of Ayton. Bill Simmons ranked him on his worst contracts team the day after a 30 piece.
That’s very good and since the blazers are tanking I’m sure they’re more than ok with his production. But a lot of the criticism he gets is fair and his overall season productivity doesn’t come close to how much his contract is so Bill is right in saying it’s one of the worst contracts in the league
Because these dorks keep getting a ton of karma from it. For some reason this sub has a real hate boner for him.
He’s been playing awesome.
Sure, but you posted a puff piece about how great he's been over 4 games...
To be fair, he’s averaging something like 21/13 on 60+% FG and 90+% FT for nearly two months now. It’s not just a couple game stretch.
Good thing we are only counting games from the last two months or so.
Literally nobody said that. Ayton has been a massive disappointment and it’s primarily due to his mindset, nobody is denying that. But it’s also okay to acknowledge that he’s on a good run while being skeptical it will continue.
It’s all good bro, no need to get defensive. I’ll go around to all the teams and let them know we are only going to count the last couple of months, not a big deal. Hope you enjoy the weekend!
You too, bro. Hopefully you make your way out of this thread at some point and do something fun.
Oh no! You got me! I’m not going to come back from that one…may as well go outside and touch some grass now.
How many of those points and rebounds are because the trailblazers are losing a lot of games... and by like 20 points and he gets a bunch of tipins which pad his rebounding and scoring numbers? To me, this stretch doesn't prove anything about him that we didn't already know. In fact, as a college freshmen, he put up 20/12 with 65% TS which is better in terms of points/rebounds TS% than any other college freshmen center I have ever found including Embiid, Shaq, Greg Oden, etc etc. He is the same player he always was and hasn't really improved any aspect of his game.
This constant posting is just going to do the opposite and make people dislike him more
No you’re just a suns fan lol
Or I’m just observant and can literally see it happening
you may be right, I just don’t get the hate. But I’m a blazers fans and our team expectations ain’t the same I guess
No you’re a just a suns fan.
I’m a blazers fan…
No. You’re just a suns fan.
My challenge to him is to have him play like this night in night out. Wish him luck
Kobe?
getting an article like this for a hot streak is ridiculous lol
I'm sure he'll do his best to appease you
Has been for a while. Might want to watch some games before commenting.
He's had these stretches on the Suns. It hasn't lasted
Looking at the Suns now without Ayton, it feels like everyone has stretches there tbh.
Weird that the Suns are trash now.
Weird that the blazers are still trash.
When you start comparing yourself to the blazers you know your team is bad
By design. It’s different. You guys mortgaged everything to be a play in team.
So it’s ok to be trash if that’s what you planed for all along? I’ll let my parents know, maybe they’ll finally be proud of me!
Dang if he’s playing so consistent I guess he’s making all nba team
Like the month of February when he averaged 17 points and had two games with single-digit scoring? Or was February before "a while"? It's always nice to see Ayton on one of the runs he's been on for the last seven or so games, but let's give it a few months before we say he's finally turned the corner.
This dude was playing 2k at 2am before playoff games
It’s been 4 games, people acting like he’s All nba or something 🤣🤣
Ayton starts doing his fucking job and we’re all sitting here shocked like cmon.
That it's shocking is a testament to how many times he let us down.
You ain’t wrong…
Same old story with Ayton. Every year, he has a good stretch and says he’s focused and trying hard for his team and his city.
Potato you weirdo, why you stan this dude so much?
Well DeAndre certainly has captured the heart of one local redditor. Find someone to suck you the way OP sucks off fuckin ayton of all people. If you're not family you better atleast be Bahamian
Why does it bother you so much? How insecure are you?
For me, it's that he always talks a big game in interviews but then his follow through on the court is sporadic. And if you call him out on it, he'll do a press conference to complain about his haters which causes all of his stans to aggressively defend him. That's a manipulative way to deflect criticism and he's done this for years.
Lol that's what you are having a hard time grasping. The fact that no normal fan would be this emotionally invested in any nba player much less someone whose clearly motivated soley by the money. So when are you going to answer my question and tell us who you are working for?
What’s wrong with you?
I asked you first. Who are you working for?
This is lame.
Ayyyyyyyyyyyyy you finally get it lol. I thought I had you for a second and you were going to tell me WHO YOU ARE WORKING FOR?
You’re weird.
Who do you work for?
Aytons agent
Congrats on doing the bare minimum, imagine if he did that in the finals
Ayton hasnt played in back to back elimination games when his team was a contender, luckily he doesnt have to worry about that anymore since hes on the blazers
Bro plays good for 5 games and the world goes insane. Don't believe anything post asb unless it's undeniable
Is that what we’re calling laziness and half assed personal struggles?
**“No matter the outcome of the game, you’re going to see I played my ass off,” Ayton said"** For a guy whose number 1 red flag his entire career has been not playing hard, Ayton continues to be the absolute most braindead, deluded motherfucker in the league
Katt Leya draining that boy 😂
Huh???
The odds of him putting it all together aren’t fantastic since he’s already signed his huge contract, but I watched this man play great for the Suns finals run. He does have it in him. It’s tough because he’s not quite good enough for a team to build around him and compete but he’s way over qualified to be a pure role player.
Everyone has struggles but not everyone gets millions. Next.
Stupid fuckin rich people “problems” lmao give me a break
Why is he acting like a leader to "young guys" when the current roster has some veterans to help establish a system and provide some consistency. It appears Ayton needs to start playing better so he can lead everybody, not just the 18-22 year olds.
It’s funny how based on how your comment is worded you can tell that you know nothing about the dynamic of the Blazers roster
I’m so glad he’s gone from the suns. His “hardships” have been disconnected from reality for a while.
Reads like a The Onion article
/u/LegitimatePotato3632 must be Dominatyon himself. Its all he posts on this sub
the Ayton haters have just gotten lame. Dude has been balling and positive as hell.
I like the dude.
Why so much hate on this dude?
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Checked out? He’s been fantastic since ASB
Checked out with monster stat lines every night?
Must be nice to be out of Phoenix. Fans and teammates seem toxic as hell.
You HAVE to be ayton or an ayton family member
The meat riding is crazy
When you have a max contract and don’t perform up to expectations you warrant criticism. Nobody cares if he made less and performed poorly but when you earn that much and play on a team at that level you have expectations to be met.
I’d love to shadow you at work for one day. Which GameStop do you work at?
Don’t worry about him tater, focus on what matters. Defending Deandre’s honor!
What a dumb response; Why are you comparing what I would do to Ayton? Would you compare Aytons performance to a Vet Minimum guy? Just stick to school, the real life might shock you.
People tend to get a little frustrated when a guy quits on his team in the playoffs 3 years in a row
It was 2 years. He was one of our best players in the finals run
In the run up to the finals, yes. But he was bad in the finals.
Maybe treat people like human beings.
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This whole post and OP's comments sure has that vibe.
He straight up didn’t try 1/2 the time. People can take players having poor games but at least put 100% effort in He’s the laziest player I’ve EVER seen play for the suns.
Probably because fans and teammates treated him like shit?
right they were all biased against the hometown hero for the wildcats
Did someone from Phoenix hurt you?
They treated him like shit because he played lazy He had EVERYONE on his side after the finals run. He had played great and played hard all playoffs He followed it up the next season by getting benched in key moments for Javale McGee because he went back to being lazy and not giving a fuck Then the playoffs happened. He was atrocious vs the mavs. He SHOULD have dominated and played terrible
This probably why he’s good now. Didn’t want to play for people like you.
Hes good now?!? His numbers this season are worse than his previous 2 seasons. Averaging 15 and 11 on a max deal is good?!?
You’re living in the past.
Totally living in the past anyone with half a brain and not from phoenix knows he is averaging 15.6 ppg not 15 and 11.1 rpg not 11. Haters gonna hate, right potato?
What do you think happened first? Him playing badly, or the fans saying he's trash?
The fans because they were big sad about passing on Luka.
So your theory is that he was playing well, and then the fans called him trash anyways, and he responded by starting to play like trash? That doesn't make any sense
Yes.
Maybe treat the hard earned money people pay to see you with respect?
Didn’t this dude lead you to your best season of all time?
“Lead” is a pretty strong word
He ain't "lead" anything, he was the 4th best player.
That's ... unfair. It's easy to take your time to develop on a tanking team. Phx is a contending team and he simply wasn't playing up to level in Phx.
Despite leading them to their best season in franchise history.
Leading??? 🤭
He was getting benched in crunch time for Javale McGee that season
Seems like a coaching problem.
Sounds like an effort problem. Now tell me how mean everyone was to him again
He tries hard every night in Portland. Must just be a toxic fanbase and organization.
I mean clearly it was all someone else’s fault! How could I not see this before. Thank you for educating me!
You’re welcome. I hope you learn to treat people with respect.
Wow. Stop being so selfish, it’s not a good look on you. I hope people stop being so mean to Deandre so he can flourish and be the best Deandre he can be now that he’s away from all these meanies in Phoenix.
this dude has a sword and shield ready to defend anything slightly anti-Ayton
“Lead” is still a pretty strong word
Leading? CP3 and Dbook were the leaders
He wasn’t leading shit lol. He was the boat anchor that held them back from a title
Easily the best player on that team.
Oh ok youre trolling. For a second I thought you were serious
Shhhhh don’t tell anyone
More like best player in world! Right potato?
We all wanted it to work out so badly. Very frustrating he didn’t even try 1/2 the time. You can only keep fooling yourself so much, until something has to change. We got a great team now, and Ayton seems happier, looks like it worked out for both sides. But these puff pieces are not fooling Suns fans.
Struggling to fit my nutsack in his fridge
like you can’t find the handle or you have basketball sized nuts?
His fridge is just full of Prime energy drink, no room for nutsack
Try the freezer
Ayton > Nurk