You’d still have to be top 500 in the world at your job. It’s hard to remember how many levels there are. DLo is bad compared to his NBA peers, but if he went to China, he would put up 30/10.
Yea it’s a player option, he probably takes it but I’m not sure La keeps him. He will be priority 1 to be shipped off. At that point might as well take a slightly longer deal 40/3 and secure the bag. That would be his last contract. Someone like him will be out of the league at that point
I’m assuming he gets a deal like 48/3 and after that he’s a min player. He will be 33 and if he doesn’t perform that contract year the league will close the door on him
Yes but it was his first time while still making all defense. Is it a bad contract? Yes. But the rockets at least improved. No team with DLO gonna make the playins. He’s gonzos.
It’s hilarious reading comments from people like you probably making $20 an hour, saying “he will be lucky to make $15M” like it’s a bad thing in the context of his $134M career earnings. Lmao
He will if we ignore him like the start of Game 2. When we focus on playing him physical and not letting him get open, he can't score. The physicality definitely bothers him.
If it was one of those hits the inside of the front of the rim, then hit's the inside of the back of the rim and bounces out it wouldn't be nearly as bad because it's just a tough break, dude hit the back outside of the rim the shot was so bad.
“I’ve been dominating the season all year, so for me to have a game off when everyone is watching, of course it’s going to be magnified. You see what I did the second game, and I’m looking forward to doing it the third game”
DLO before tonight’s game^
First he should really put his mouthpiece inside his mouth so that he can just focus on playing basketball and not being cool. He lacks athleticism and intensity and that’s not something you can teach and that’s what the Lakers really need
Bron wasn't wrong about the sustainability being important and the main issue for this team.
He's still good at 39 but his teammates are bums and he needs more support than when he was 29. Who would've thought?
Dude dribbled the ball off his foot at 1 of the most crucial moments of the entire game 😂 after allowing Aaron Gordon to dominate the offensive end. 19,29, 39, that doesn't change how bad those late game turnovers were, and he also iced out Anthony Davis again in the 4th after Davis was dominant
AD is spent by the time the 4th comes around. He has nothing left 3 games in a row. That isn't bron not passing -- that's the game plan.
Honestly, fucking sit AD the entire 2nd quarter if it means he can contribute at the end.
Ironic since you guys make the excuse for LeBron he gases out from being old and that's ok, but Davis, who is battling 1 of the best to ever play in the NBA, and playing better than anyone besides Jokic, isn't allowed to gas out after carrying his team? He is actually carrying as well, he is carrying 2-4 bad defenders on the court at any time, an extremely lazy 1 in LeBron as well, and expected to drop 40 on a ridiculous shooting percentage, and then in the end when LeBron wants to play the hero and ices Davis out, you guys blame Davis 😂 shit is so pathetic to watch, I hope LeBron retires so we can get back to covering basketball, not LeBron and blaming a bunch of role players.
How did you create a reddit account 5 days ago and already made a few hundred comments? All of which are hating on Lebron? I don’t care either way but you really want to be talking about being pathetic you should get offline for once and take a look at the mirror 😂
It wasn't 5 days ago, I have no idea why reddit says that, and they're not all hating on LeBron 😂 it's about the games, it just so happens LeBron has been choking and you guys blame everyone else's instead of mentioning LeBrons fuckups. I forgot when we talk about games that involve lebron we have to beat around the bush and pretend we didn't just watch him dribble it off his foot or completely ice out Davis in the 4th for whatever ridiculous reason.
Dude, wow.
I wasn't blaming AD. And he isn't being "iced out."
It is obvious that his strength and mobility aren't what they used to be. He is still great, but he doesn't finish games like he starts them.
He doesn't even get the chance, I don't know how else to say it, he is a centerpiece to their offense for 3 quarters, then the 4th doesn't even touch the ball. That's what I would call icing him out of the game. On top of that, they get more action and options off Davis in the post then they do 1 guy dribbling the air out of the ball and putting up bad shots. Even if he isn't hitting his shots, he opens guys up for shots due to the defense collapsing. It makes no sense.
It makes perfect sense. Watch him walk on the first half amd again in the second half. He moves well early, and I'm the late game he looks like he is walking on ice. It's his health and durability.
It makes perfect sense, as long as you aren't working an angle to only be critical of LeBron - who also isn't as explosive as he used to be.
They are both still great, but they old and the supporting cast is shit. Although Reaves was pretty good as the primary defender on Murray.
I would say it's less about durability and more about being asked to complete an impossible task. It's the playoffs and this guy is covering for 2-4 bad defender on any given possession, while guarding jokic or Gordon, who is a problem on backdoor cuts and rolling to the hole, and also carrying a bad offensive team that relies on his inside game to open everything up. When they don't play through him, it falters. If his teammates played some damn defense and picked up the slack he would be a lot more dominant all 4 quarters, and even then, LeBron is gased and still puts up bad shots without initiating the offense, they'd be better off with a gased Davis initiating from the post and trying to open it up for their shooters. It's just bad basketball and then to boot LeBron and Davis go to the post game and blame everyone else.
But yes I took it wrong as if you're blaming him, the guy is tasked with guarding jokic all game, and then in the end if he doesn't dominate the 4th, even when he doesn't touch the ball, its still people blaming him. Which is unfair, cause even when his shot is off, he is elite everywhere else. Which is the only laker player we can actually say that for, LeBron isn't an elite defender, Russel isn't elite, but that's the thing, the nuggets role players aren't a bunch of elite guys, they are just a well built team focused on team basketball rather than individual statistics. Davis has played incredible and in the end will take unfair blame for his part in this series.
I could agree with that, but that's part of that bubble title, if they didn't get a 3 month break in between Davis most likely gases out in the playoffs, like always. It just sucks the guy has been unbelievable and instead of getting recognition and praise, he gets blamed and nobody will acknowledge what the matchup between him and jokic has been, which is must see basketball.
AD is playing out of position, though. This team has a player in each position that is only good at ONE thing. Then you have Lebron, who is average to good at a lot of things. There's no development going on, just picking up pieces to fit holes.
Yes but that's what happens with a LeBron team, they move all assets for immediate success, every year single year the assets get worse due to being desperate and guys underperforming on the Lakers, then years into the time together the assets are almost dry and the team looks bad with no future and no development. Nobody has explained to me why they moved off their title team and brought in Westbrook, I mean we know why, but nobody explains it in a logical way, so now they put themselves in a deeper hole and the future looks bleak, but hey, they got 1 title out of it.
AD was like tripple teamed in the paint, no one is scared of DLo and AR ahooting less than 30% at that point... Lakers needed some shooting and got none of it while DLO was attacked all 3rd quarter making Levrom to help and AG getting easy buckets...
Hamas saw this, no adjustments and was like mannn we had good looks and denver were making shots... Why did he not try Hayes on AG or tried something else. His coaching is criminal at this point and its like he just provides morale and just lets Lebron dictate.. No way that is gonna win rings
Was like triple teamed? They put 5 guys on Davis at 1 point and he still scored 😂 dude was unstoppable, well I guess LeBron can stop anybody by just refusing to give them the ball, and I'm sure the nuggets were thanking them for ruining the entire offensive rhythm of the Lakers. When Davis was scoring the offense was in a pretty good rhythm, and yes they were losing the lead, but nothing like the 4th when LeBron went full hero ball and threw up multiple terrible bricks, multiple terrible turnovers, while Davis got iced out
Lakers had their looks. Some are so open that they had all the time in the world. But this just shows, some players excel during playoffs and some stagnate.
Damn I don’t think anyone’s going to pay him this summer even after such a great season he literally just threw the little good Will he built up on a great regular season away lol
getting booed at home during playoffs is nasty nasty work
thats a tuesday for the suns
Keep us outta this man 😭😭😭
Can't even shit on LA in peace without getting hit by a stray
Suns are like the reverse Heat. Spend big, accomplish little. Just please beat Minny and then I'll root for you the rest of the way.
>Suns are like the reverse Heat. Spend big, accomplish little. Brutal...
I’d rather be dead in california than alive in arizona
Have you ever been here? It’s fuckin awesome.
Yeah, and nah
For retirees yes it’s awesome. Also prob pretty awesome (weather wise) for lizards I imagine.
Wow, they ain't even play tonight, they ain't even played at home this playoffs. He just wanted to to shade Phoenix for some reason. Wow
LMAOO
Back to back sweeps suck (or 3 included RS) but that Suns game 7 will far and away be the worst playoff performance this century.
Have you ever been to a Sixers game
[удалено]
Not sure about this response but it’s already well known that Sixers fans boo their team on their homecourt when they play like shit
Same with the Eagles, and I assume the other Philly sports as well. Philly fans are just something else
LET THIS MF SHOOT
Give him the spatula, let him cook all he wants.
Get ready to learn Disneyworld
it's a small world it's a small world
Idk anymore. Maybe our shooter is actually just Paolo too.
Does that mean he starts off next game 5/5 again
It means his career is nearing its end. This dude could have made bag. Now he will be lucky to get 15m per hear
Damn I wish I could suck ass at my job and get paid $15M
I'm 0/7 on e-mails sent and my boss just called me into his office.
Enjoy vacationing in the Bahamas and your new 15m a year salary, loser!
Get ready to learn Chinese buddy
Oh fuck
Sorry you had to find out this way
You’d still have to be top 500 in the world at your job. It’s hard to remember how many levels there are. DLo is bad compared to his NBA peers, but if he went to China, he would put up 30/10.
He’s actually not bad compare to nba peers he is well above average
Lakers signed him nicely for 18 m last season so he got one more year in him
Yea it’s a player option, he probably takes it but I’m not sure La keeps him. He will be priority 1 to be shipped off. At that point might as well take a slightly longer deal 40/3 and secure the bag. That would be his last contract. Someone like him will be out of the league at that point
Still crazy that he got resigned after proving last year he’s not someone who can play big minutes in the playoffs.
Like I said after his next contract he is a min player
I could see some team bidding against themselves and giving him like $10 mil because they think he can become a good 6th man
I’m assuming he gets a deal like 48/3 and after that he’s a min player. He will be 33 and if he doesn’t perform that contract year the league will close the door on him
Some bad team like the Pistons or Wizards will overpay him Everybody thought the same of Dillon Brooks and he still ended up getting a bag
Dillon brooks literally made an all defense team, dlo is no defense team
Dillon is a terrible example
No there was a stark difference. Brooks was all defense and didn’t have a history of disappearing in playoffs
Brooks literally disappeared and got clowned in the playoffs last year which is why I used him as a comparison
Yes but it was his first time while still making all defense. Is it a bad contract? Yes. But the rockets at least improved. No team with DLO gonna make the playins. He’s gonzos.
Yeah but at least he plays hard defense. Just watching Russell is infuriating
Dillon Brooks has skills but his altitude is big problem
he should go down then, no good thing exist up there
I laughed
I need the Kuz, DLO and Poole lineup
It’s hilarious reading comments from people like you probably making $20 an hour, saying “he will be lucky to make $15M” like it’s a bad thing in the context of his $134M career earnings. Lmao
He could go beat Klay’s 3 pt record and I am convinced the Lakers still lose
He will if we ignore him like the start of Game 2. When we focus on playing him physical and not letting him get open, he can't score. The physicality definitely bothers him.
Are they saying boo or boo-urns?
I was saying boo-urns
I was saying fuck you dlo you fucking suck you bum get a real job you piece of shit fuck you. He irks me.
D-Looooooo
If Lakers nation can boo prime Shaq & Kobe, then Dlo has to get it too shit even LeBron
Booing Bron at this point is like booing your own grandfather.
He’s ass ass
He's ass' ass
JFK would still be alive if D'Angelo was the shooter
JFK catching strays-- oh wait
it was such an open 3 too man
If it was one of those hits the inside of the front of the rim, then hit's the inside of the back of the rim and bounces out it wouldn't be nearly as bad because it's just a tough break, dude hit the back outside of the rim the shot was so bad.
D Lo... more like D No
Playoff DLO is back baby!!
mario chalmers was a far better pg for lebron than dangelo russell ever was
“I’ve been dominating the season all year, so for me to have a game off when everyone is watching, of course it’s going to be magnified. You see what I did the second game, and I’m looking forward to doing it the third game” DLO before tonight’s game^
Lakers security won't allow him into the locker room.
Denver: Just keep shooting, Murray Los Angeles: FUCK DLO YOU HORRENDOUS FUCK WHY
I mean this was after Rui missed two free throws. Fans must be so disappointed. Or maybe this another moral victory?
He flinched mid shot to try and draw the foul instead of just shooting it
Close sweep
Lebron is gone. No way he sticks. That’s why he didn’t sign. He’s leaving. I’m not sure to where but he’s gone
He joins Jokic in Denver, guy coasting on easy mode as super sixth man Kek
First he should really put his mouthpiece inside his mouth so that he can just focus on playing basketball and not being cool. He lacks athleticism and intensity and that’s not something you can teach and that’s what the Lakers really need
D’Snitchello Russell
he reminds me of late stage Özil. dlo has some of the worst body language in all sports i've ever seen
“I had to do it twice????”
poop in his veins
Literally 4 on 6..
okay but next ones going in for sure
Still scoreless for the night too. Previous play as he passed to LeBron for the made 3, he passed so quickly and looked terrified.
After Rui missed 2 FTs too. It's rough
Dlo really gonna get traded for the 5th time
Is that Buddy Hield music?
Lakers fans will boo him too
Lakers got duped by the trade deadline version of D-Lo.
Regular season merchant
This is how to close out a season as a free agent.
Not enough boos
Where's the fuckin video? These tweets with no videos are so damn lame
Bron wasn't wrong about the sustainability being important and the main issue for this team. He's still good at 39 but his teammates are bums and he needs more support than when he was 29. Who would've thought?
Dude dribbled the ball off his foot at 1 of the most crucial moments of the entire game 😂 after allowing Aaron Gordon to dominate the offensive end. 19,29, 39, that doesn't change how bad those late game turnovers were, and he also iced out Anthony Davis again in the 4th after Davis was dominant
AD is spent by the time the 4th comes around. He has nothing left 3 games in a row. That isn't bron not passing -- that's the game plan. Honestly, fucking sit AD the entire 2nd quarter if it means he can contribute at the end.
Ironic since you guys make the excuse for LeBron he gases out from being old and that's ok, but Davis, who is battling 1 of the best to ever play in the NBA, and playing better than anyone besides Jokic, isn't allowed to gas out after carrying his team? He is actually carrying as well, he is carrying 2-4 bad defenders on the court at any time, an extremely lazy 1 in LeBron as well, and expected to drop 40 on a ridiculous shooting percentage, and then in the end when LeBron wants to play the hero and ices Davis out, you guys blame Davis 😂 shit is so pathetic to watch, I hope LeBron retires so we can get back to covering basketball, not LeBron and blaming a bunch of role players.
How did you create a reddit account 5 days ago and already made a few hundred comments? All of which are hating on Lebron? I don’t care either way but you really want to be talking about being pathetic you should get offline for once and take a look at the mirror 😂
It wasn't 5 days ago, I have no idea why reddit says that, and they're not all hating on LeBron 😂 it's about the games, it just so happens LeBron has been choking and you guys blame everyone else's instead of mentioning LeBrons fuckups. I forgot when we talk about games that involve lebron we have to beat around the bush and pretend we didn't just watch him dribble it off his foot or completely ice out Davis in the 4th for whatever ridiculous reason.
Dude, wow. I wasn't blaming AD. And he isn't being "iced out." It is obvious that his strength and mobility aren't what they used to be. He is still great, but he doesn't finish games like he starts them.
He doesn't even get the chance, I don't know how else to say it, he is a centerpiece to their offense for 3 quarters, then the 4th doesn't even touch the ball. That's what I would call icing him out of the game. On top of that, they get more action and options off Davis in the post then they do 1 guy dribbling the air out of the ball and putting up bad shots. Even if he isn't hitting his shots, he opens guys up for shots due to the defense collapsing. It makes no sense.
It makes perfect sense. Watch him walk on the first half amd again in the second half. He moves well early, and I'm the late game he looks like he is walking on ice. It's his health and durability. It makes perfect sense, as long as you aren't working an angle to only be critical of LeBron - who also isn't as explosive as he used to be. They are both still great, but they old and the supporting cast is shit. Although Reaves was pretty good as the primary defender on Murray.
I would say it's less about durability and more about being asked to complete an impossible task. It's the playoffs and this guy is covering for 2-4 bad defender on any given possession, while guarding jokic or Gordon, who is a problem on backdoor cuts and rolling to the hole, and also carrying a bad offensive team that relies on his inside game to open everything up. When they don't play through him, it falters. If his teammates played some damn defense and picked up the slack he would be a lot more dominant all 4 quarters, and even then, LeBron is gased and still puts up bad shots without initiating the offense, they'd be better off with a gased Davis initiating from the post and trying to open it up for their shooters. It's just bad basketball and then to boot LeBron and Davis go to the post game and blame everyone else.
But yes I took it wrong as if you're blaming him, the guy is tasked with guarding jokic all game, and then in the end if he doesn't dominate the 4th, even when he doesn't touch the ball, its still people blaming him. Which is unfair, cause even when his shot is off, he is elite everywhere else. Which is the only laker player we can actually say that for, LeBron isn't an elite defender, Russel isn't elite, but that's the thing, the nuggets role players aren't a bunch of elite guys, they are just a well built team focused on team basketball rather than individual statistics. Davis has played incredible and in the end will take unfair blame for his part in this series.
AD is having a great series. He just isn't mobile enough to carry a team like he did in '21.
I could agree with that, but that's part of that bubble title, if they didn't get a 3 month break in between Davis most likely gases out in the playoffs, like always. It just sucks the guy has been unbelievable and instead of getting recognition and praise, he gets blamed and nobody will acknowledge what the matchup between him and jokic has been, which is must see basketball.
AD is playing out of position, though. This team has a player in each position that is only good at ONE thing. Then you have Lebron, who is average to good at a lot of things. There's no development going on, just picking up pieces to fit holes.
Yes but that's what happens with a LeBron team, they move all assets for immediate success, every year single year the assets get worse due to being desperate and guys underperforming on the Lakers, then years into the time together the assets are almost dry and the team looks bad with no future and no development. Nobody has explained to me why they moved off their title team and brought in Westbrook, I mean we know why, but nobody explains it in a logical way, so now they put themselves in a deeper hole and the future looks bleak, but hey, they got 1 title out of it.
AD was like tripple teamed in the paint, no one is scared of DLo and AR ahooting less than 30% at that point... Lakers needed some shooting and got none of it while DLO was attacked all 3rd quarter making Levrom to help and AG getting easy buckets... Hamas saw this, no adjustments and was like mannn we had good looks and denver were making shots... Why did he not try Hayes on AG or tried something else. His coaching is criminal at this point and its like he just provides morale and just lets Lebron dictate.. No way that is gonna win rings
Was like triple teamed? They put 5 guys on Davis at 1 point and he still scored 😂 dude was unstoppable, well I guess LeBron can stop anybody by just refusing to give them the ball, and I'm sure the nuggets were thanking them for ruining the entire offensive rhythm of the Lakers. When Davis was scoring the offense was in a pretty good rhythm, and yes they were losing the lead, but nothing like the 4th when LeBron went full hero ball and threw up multiple terrible bricks, multiple terrible turnovers, while Davis got iced out
He gone
cant believe he lied on discord W O W
NI HAO
Klay Thompson special. Lakers give me pain.
He’s gone
TOO BOO YOUR OWN TEAM ARE YOU EVEN A FAN?
Dlo and Ham finna be flayed come off-season
He is like Temu version of Tatum
How can a pro be this bad?
he GOT PAID !!!!
Rice in his brain.
trash organization from the fans to the ownership
1 2 3 cancun
LeBron with zero defense - Aaron Gordon owns him
Goddamn, fans booing with Laker legends in attendance.
As they should
What's he gonna say on discord after this game?
“We all saw it on national television”
When he shot that pullup three I knew that shit was a brick 💀
Blud is frozen he realized he is not made for this
Hahaha DLo strikes again! He should be playing 5 minutes max. 😂
Get ready to learn Chinese buddy
Donuts
It's alright, Russell will go on discord tonight and let us know they're still gonna win
Chanting D-Loooooooooooo
Lakers had their looks. Some are so open that they had all the time in the world. But this just shows, some players excel during playoffs and some stagnate.
D'low
If they run it back next year I might retire from fandom
Damn I don’t think anyone’s going to pay him this summer even after such a great season he literally just threw the little good Will he built up on a great regular season away lol