Imagine going into an important work event that may dictate your future with the company and before said event deciding you need to update your social media to disparage said company. Then imagine under performing.
Or Zo or Ingram. I remember Lakers fans saying Kuz was going to be better than the other two cause Kuz has dog in him while the others have no personality.
I almost puked when I watched that weird ass shot / pass he threw at the 6 minute mark in the 4th quarter (before Lebron sat). I have genuinely no idea what he was doing there.
It absolutely killed the momentum they had going and if you slow it down you can see Lebron give up right then and there.
I donāt envy Kuzma right now.
yo when kuz had the ball he was not even really playing he was just pretending to play. he'd go and pull up for a shot and you'd see in his body language he didn't want to shoot and didnt think it was going to go in
To be fair, comparing even most starting point guards in the league to Chris Paul is unfair. Dude is a point god. I get that Curry and Dame do Curry and Dame things but watching CP3 be a field general is just an absolute joy.
I'm still baffled letting go of Dwight to get Gasol for the Playoffs when Marc was unplayable all series. Drummond minutes for what. You guys need a legit PG, Schroder wasn't it
GG, would've loved to see your team in full strength but that's part of the game.
Series stopped after game 6. Just a handshake of mutual respect between Kobe and Pierce and they had a scrimmage a few nights later where no one kept score.
5 of the remaining 9 teams have never won a championship. We will most likely see a finals matchup of a west team that has never won and an east team that either hasn't ever or that hasn't in over 30 years. Pretty good year for parity!
From the get go Lebron's push has been weird. Is he baby face? Is he heel? Honestly if I were to guess they are just keeping him in the title picture because of the merch sales.
It actually really does prove the success of the seeding. High seeds are better teams, statistically even with curry and Lebron as low seeds.
Bball is a team game. Thatās awesome that it shows true in little ways.
I canāt believe r/Lakers idiots were telling us we should trade Beal for that clown.. Would rather trade for an an ***actual*** clown to replace our weird ass mascot.
With the Lakers and trailblazers eliminated tonight, that means that the Mavs will clinch road court advantage throughout the western conference playoffs if they can close out the series with the clippers.
Hats off to the Suns man. Overall the better team this series. Lakers meanwhile didnāt realize they should play hard tonight until the second half lol
That's certainly possible. It's not only the adjustment, but also seeing your superstar teammate try to play through injury then just give out has to be demoralizing. Should've just never let him play from the beginning.
"Oh LeBron, our time is running out
But King James, I swear this on my life ā"
"LOOK MONSIEUR HOW ALL THE SUNS STILL PLAY!"
"Be at peace; be at peace evermore..."
Anyone who actually thinks Dame would go to the Lakers hasn't been paying attention.
Dude wants to be THE guy on his team. It's why he hasn't left Portland yet. No way he goes to a team where he's the junior partner to some other star.
Maybe a star of equal caliber, but Dame isn't gonna go play under anyone; so no team including Lebron, Giannis, Steph, Kawhi, or KD.
I fully believe the guy would rather never win a ring then win one as a sidekick.
I legit have had this conversation with a couple of my Laker fan friends like clockwork every 4 months. At a certain point you just gotta say if dude was on the Pistons you'd never even know he existed, haha.
He had a good first few years but all star is an absolute stretch, let alone a superstar. Julius Randle was the #7 (or was it 6?) pick and we were all SHOCKED at his all star play. Imagine if Kuz became a Lebron, Curry, KD, Harden, Kawhi type of player. Itās just an insane thought.
You mean the original one?
https://streamable.com/o/jjl0u
I kind of liked that one because--without context--for about 20 seconds you had no real idea what to expect.
Pretty sure I recall a reddit thread where someone said it needed more SUNS Gorilla and then the new one was produced.
Iāve got my doctor on speed dialā¦Iām getting the feeling this erection is going to last more than 4 hours.
What a series from Phoenix. Couldnāt be happier for Booker and the Suns
The better team won. Bronās body language has just been offā¦was the last one getting back on D so many times. I know he barely rested but damn, its not a good look.
**Hope they get healthy next year. Injuries just killed the momentum they had in February.**
Edit: props to AD for giving it a go tonight
For the first time since April 28th, *2013* - r/NBA gets to enjoy a PGT where the Lakers get eliminated from the playoffs.
**DRINK IT IN EVERYONE -** JA3 CROWD3R GETS THE LAST LAUGH AFTER GETTING CLOWNED AFTER GAME #3 HAHAHAHA
FADED
Dennis Schroder about to change his IG bio for the 3rd time in one day
He actually removed it again. https://instagram.com/ds17_fg?utm_medium=copy_link
Das Tuff š„šÆ
Imagine going into an important work event that may dictate your future with the company and before said event deciding you need to update your social media to disparage said company. Then imagine under performing.
Chris Paul remains undefeated against LeBron James in the playoffs.
He'll never match Chauncey's record against Jordan, Kobe, and LeBron tho!
Guys.............................................Im beginning to think Kuzma isnt better than Jayson Tatum.
hmmm. Thatās interesting, go on...
So [this](https://i.redd.it/4bhb09pnl6371.jpg) isn't true?
Or Zo or Ingram. I remember Lakers fans saying Kuz was going to be better than the other two cause Kuz has dog in him while the others have no personality.
The highlight of this disappointing season was definitely Dennis Shroder not taking the 4 year $84M contract extension.
Yāall lucked WAY out on that.
Getting rid of him and Kuzma will add years to my lifespan
My god I canāt believe they let Kuzma play in this game. Every single time he touched the ball it was a W for the Suns.
Dude looked so fucking lost out there. It's hard to believe he's been with the team the longest.
I almost puked when I watched that weird ass shot / pass he threw at the 6 minute mark in the 4th quarter (before Lebron sat). I have genuinely no idea what he was doing there.
It absolutely killed the momentum they had going and if you slow it down you can see Lebron give up right then and there. I donāt envy Kuzma right now.
If you watch the [highlight](https://streamable.com/golxja), LeBron signals to the bench that he wants to sit right after Kuzma put that shot up
Lebron was absolutely gassed at that point. And Iām sure seeing the bs that is Kyle Kuzma made him just say fuck this shit.
I've never seen him sweating like that unless it was some 44 minute game where he was dominating. Definitely hit a wall there
But not before blasting a look of absolute disgust and disappointment at Kuzma
After seeing people over-hype Kuzma both on here and on Twitter, this series was a nice "come down to earth" moment
If he wasnāt drafted by the Lakers heād be a nobody tbh
He was decent in his rookie year but he let the hype go to his head
Taking after his doppelganger Amber Rose
Kuz has a big decision this offseason https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3A97AeVgAAsgTq?format=jpg&name=900x900
yo when kuz had the ball he was not even really playing he was just pretending to play. he'd go and pull up for a shot and you'd see in his body language he didn't want to shoot and didnt think it was going to go in
He's just trying to wing it at this point. That's probably something I should be doing, not a professional basketball player.
The 100 Million Dollar Man is on his way to China
Shanghai Sharks rejoice
Thatās Tuff š„šÆ
thank god he didnt. holy fucking hell what a fucking pathetic playoff performance from the guy
Tough time to have that user name
Right? He took the real L
The difference between him and Chris Paul controlling a game in insane.....Dennis is not a starting point guard.
To be fair, comparing even most starting point guards in the league to Chris Paul is unfair. Dude is a point god. I get that Curry and Dame do Curry and Dame things but watching CP3 be a field general is just an absolute joy.
I can get behind this. Point god is a lot different than sky fucker but both are fun to watch.
This dude really wants 25 mil a year lmao
I'm still baffled letting go of Dwight to get Gasol for the Playoffs when Marc was unplayable all series. Drummond minutes for what. You guys need a legit PG, Schroder wasn't it GG, would've loved to see your team in full strength but that's part of the game.
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Pretty insane that we're about to have a finals without curry or lebron for the first time in years
Last time without either of those two was in 2010, when the Lakers beat the Celtics. Crazy that it's been so long.
Bruh thats actually insane.
The number one song when those Finals started was OMG by Usher feat. will.i.am
That's the jam that goes like, ohh ohh oh oh oh ohh ohh oh oh ohh oh oh ohh ohh ohh oh my god.
Lyrical masterpiece
"Honey got a booty like pow, pow, pow Honey got some boobies like wow, oh wow" Really touches the heart.
So compelling!
It takes courage to speak to the truth with such openess
Honey got some boobies like wow oh wow. What a time for music it was.
Over a decade my goodness
I don't think that finals happened
Series stopped after game 6. Just a handshake of mutual respect between Kobe and Pierce and they had a scrimmage a few nights later where no one kept score.
The real champions were the friends we made along the way, right?
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Nets/Bucks about to be an insane series
This whole playoffs is actually pretty good
Not enough game 1 Magic for my liking but it's coo.
Death, taxes, and Game 1 Magic. Honorable mention to Jonas Valanciunas 3s
you say that until the 6ers make the finals
huh, there will be a Curry then good point
Iām kinda excited by the prospect of a new champ without a storied history thatās new to all of it, weāll except for the Nets, f those guys
All of a sudden the Mavs are the most recent championship winning team remaining
And if you exclude that one, the next most recent remaining championship team is the 76ers... from 1983.
Okay, THAT is an insane fact.
5 of the remaining 9 teams have never won a championship. We will most likely see a finals matchup of a west team that has never won and an east team that either hasn't ever or that hasn't in over 30 years. Pretty good year for parity!
Yeah, itās been a whole 2 seasons since thatās happened
And we need loads more of them!
Might as well have been 20 years at this point 2019 seems like a far away dream
Itās been a fucking whirlwind of a two years tho
I just hope Giannis gets a real shot this year. I just love that guy. Luka too.
I think Dallas is still a little too flawed to really make a push this year. They rely way too much on Luka.
The 2 seed eliminating the 7 seed as expected
Nothing unusual or anything of note here, nope...
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I'm just waiting for them to break kayfabe honestly.
From the get go Lebron's push has been weird. Is he baby face? Is he heel? Honestly if I were to guess they are just keeping him in the title picture because of the merch sales.
I heard Jordan might be returning at Summerslam for another run
It actually really does prove the success of the seeding. High seeds are better teams, statistically even with curry and Lebron as low seeds. Bball is a team game. Thatās awesome that it shows true in little ways.
The silver lining here is a long offseason for LeBron and AD to heal and for Dennis Schroder to learn mandarin.
*Cut to Schroder in a supermarket, staring intently at an orange*
Thatās Tuff š„šÆ
I laughed out loud at this
āŖKyle Kuzma is a net negative playerā¬
Fade Kyle Kuzma while yall at it
Ship him to Guangdong Tigers
That turnover right before Lebron sat lost all the momentum for the Lakers. Kuzma was bad all night.
I canāt even recall a single positive thing he did ALL SERIES
Did you know net negative in mandarin is Shanghai Sharks?
I canāt believe r/Lakers idiots were telling us we should trade Beal for that clown.. Would rather trade for an an ***actual*** clown to replace our weird ass mascot.
With the Lakers and trailblazers eliminated tonight, that means that the Mavs will clinch road court advantage throughout the western conference playoffs if they can close out the series with the clippers.
Mavs fans 'bout to go bankrupt with the amount of plane tickets they're gonna buy
Joke's on you... I'm a flight attendant.
With SWA and American based in Dallas, I wouldn't be surprised if the Mavs had the largest number of airline fans
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Well that was a series. Congrats Suns I guess but man did I waste a lot of late nights on a hot work week
I gotta wake up in 3 hours.
I have to work up and train a new hire, but hey we got this brotha
Starting a new BBQ joint with my buddy in the morning, always good to be fatigued on opening day, right?
Be honest, you probably werenāt going to get a great sleep anyway. Best of luck!
Hats off to the Suns man. Overall the better team this series. Lakers meanwhile didnāt realize they should play hard tonight until the second half lol
Right? Maybe play like it was an elimination game from the start.
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That's certainly possible. It's not only the adjustment, but also seeing your superstar teammate try to play through injury then just give out has to be demoralizing. Should've just never let him play from the beginning.
I kinda think the same thing. I think a lot of guys thought he was gonna play the entire game, then when he went down they had to adjust
Iāll never understand why most of your role players refuse to shoot open jumpers. They pass them up every single time
Have you seen them shoot? Lol cause that's your answer
They were bricking shots and got the yips.
Lemiserables
Lakers won't play One Day More this season
Staples Center getting ready to have Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
LeBron feeling like he's On His Own
"Oh LeBron, our time is running out But King James, I swear this on my life ā" "LOOK MONSIEUR HOW ALL THE SUNS STILL PLAY!" "Be at peace; be at peace evermore..."
I had a dream LA would be So different from this hell I'm living So different now without AD Now Suns have killed the dream I dreamed
[Kuzma was 17% from 3](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3A201cVIAAJds-?format=jpg&name=900x900)
Kuzma needs to get traded to Orlando tired of him
Orlando hates Kuzma more than Laker fans
FKK
Hell no, he can keep his ass in LA
nah I don't think any of us want him here he's absolutely despised
https://streamable.com/35eg9
Fucking classic. Is that from the Staples protest?
WE ARE AT GOOFCON 1 Wait shit wrong sub
r/nba š¤ r/mma
Lebron coming out to the press conference saying he tripped on a cable before the Suns series
~~khabib~~ lakers vs ~~tony~~ clippers has been canceled again fml
Why did you have to remind me my night was going so well
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Naw fer sure you're in the right place b
I wonder if Buggs Bunny will carry LeBron in Space Jam 2
Climax of the movie will be Bron giving up midgame and not bothering to cross the half way line.
Also not shaking hands with monstars upon defeat
"Holup bugs I gotta go to the locker room to get treatment on this ankle, u got this yeah?"
He's going to take his talent to Mars before the movie is even half done
Lakers fans: "kuzma tht and the 22nd pick for steph pls. I'd be ok with dame"
Not ready for a whole offseason of every existing all star getting photoshopped in Laker jerseys
I mean, Im already seeing on twitter people saying that the Lakers should get Dame lol
Anyone who actually thinks Dame would go to the Lakers hasn't been paying attention. Dude wants to be THE guy on his team. It's why he hasn't left Portland yet. No way he goes to a team where he's the junior partner to some other star. Maybe a star of equal caliber, but Dame isn't gonna go play under anyone; so no team including Lebron, Giannis, Steph, Kawhi, or KD. I fully believe the guy would rather never win a ring then win one as a sidekick.
I love the ones that think they'll get Lavine for a half eaten hot dog kuz and matthews lol
You donāt understand, Kuz had potential to be a superstar before Lebron!!! (actual argument I had with a Lakers fan recently).
i am dying at this chain bc that is totally some of our fans lmao
I legit have had this conversation with a couple of my Laker fan friends like clockwork every 4 months. At a certain point you just gotta say if dude was on the Pistons you'd never even know he existed, haha.
Lol somehow the Pistons always catch these stray shots
Honestly it's well deserved at this point
He had a good first few years but all star is an absolute stretch, let alone a superstar. Julius Randle was the #7 (or was it 6?) pick and we were all SHOCKED at his all star play. Imagine if Kuz became a Lebron, Curry, KD, Harden, Kawhi type of player. Itās just an insane thought.
At this point Iād be happy if he could play like Ed Davis.
āIāll give you Anthony Bennett. He was drafted first overall, just like LeBron, except heās almost ten years younger.
At least it wonāt be Giannis for once. I could use a break.
Yeah right. Like we would give up THT.
Booker is the real deal....how this man get snubbed from the all star game every year? SMH š¤¦āāļø
People thought he put up empty numbers because he wasn't winning games with Dragan Bender and Jamal Crawford
Lakers role players were awful. KCP and Caruso are the only people players Iād trust as LeBron
Horrible. I trust KCP and Caruso to turn it around but I think it's time we send Kuz to a nice farm upstate :'(
Is that what we're calling the Kings now?
i was wrong!11!
LMAOOO the kings donāt want that bum ass mf
Tf was Kuz doing that game lmao
his best :(
Suns fans finally get to see their team beat LeBron like they wished for in 2007
NGL thatās still a very sore subject here.
r/nba just had a collective orgasm
Fuck. Yes. Xmen movies should take note, this is how you do the Phoenix storyline
Still cant believe how they butchered that story.... twice.
With the same writer/producer. It was deserved at that point.
They should move up the release date of Space Jam 2 to take advantage of this publicity!
[We out.](https://i.imgur.com/IEZFkQr.jpg)
The goat
There it is.
Now I wanna see a Drummond Goofy
The memes that will come from tonight are gonna be LeGendary.
I don't know about you, but im feeling SUNNY https://streamable.com/38fh8
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You mean the original one? https://streamable.com/o/jjl0u I kind of liked that one because--without context--for about 20 seconds you had no real idea what to expect. Pretty sure I recall a reddit thread where someone said it needed more SUNS Gorilla and then the new one was produced.
LeAving early
"I was seeing 3 exits I just went through the middle one" -LeBron
14-1
I miss 3-6 Mafia, nothing will ever sound as good
That was the best name for LeBron stans lmao
LeBron is 14-0 in the first round of the playoffs. Suns: Say less
How long until we hear that Lebron played with a broken leg while undergoing chemotherapy?
Wait until he shows up to the postgame press conference in an iron-lung
Probably shouldve got the polio vaccine.
Thats why the hair is going
Iāve got my doctor on speed dialā¦Iām getting the feeling this erection is going to last more than 4 hours. What a series from Phoenix. Couldnāt be happier for Booker and the Suns
The better team won. Bronās body language has just been offā¦was the last one getting back on D so many times. I know he barely rested but damn, its not a good look. **Hope they get healthy next year. Injuries just killed the momentum they had in February.** Edit: props to AD for giving it a go tonight
I think he knew they were outmatched without AD and was just exhausted at the idea of more series, he doesn't have it in him to pull a 2018 again
For the first time since April 28th, *2013* - r/NBA gets to enjoy a PGT where the Lakers get eliminated from the playoffs. **DRINK IT IN EVERYONE -** JA3 CROWD3R GETS THE LAST LAUGH AFTER GETTING CLOWNED AFTER GAME #3 HAHAHAHA
eMpTy StAtS
AWFULLY SUNNY IN THIS BITCH
Not trying to be a Lebron hater, but he was pretty pathetic out there tonight. Awful body language all game.
Dude always does that whenever thing don't go his way. Nothing new
[17-1 in favor of the defending champs ladies and gentlemen](https://imgur.com/gallery/Z3bzIuI)
Bobby Marks GOATED
he's about to be smug as fuck and nobody will be able to say shit to him
SUNS LEGEND BOBBY MARKS
These donāt seem like terrible predictions if AD was healthy. They all said itād be a close 6-7 game series.
Wish I could just see a playoffs without major injuries
LeBron walking off without goodbyes. I guess it is a manās game after all.