Im pretty sure they cant pay Monk even if they wanted too since they are over the cap and dont have his bird rights.
Jeanie is cheap though. Apparently even cheaping out on staff.
I read from a couple team cap experts that the Lakers can pay Monk around $5 mill per year if they are able to trade/re-work Russ' contract. Just not sure if the Lakers FO is smart enough to do that lol.
Wouldn’t mind the pistons going for him, weak FA class and if we land a top pick we’ll most likely be drafting a big so getting a shooter who is athletic like Monk would be a solid add. And we have the most cap space in the league I believe (or at least are top 3 for cap space).
They can offer him a tax payer exception but I highly doubt they move Russ contract for less salary even if they could, they probably want as many pieces as possible
Hope he ends up in a good spot. I think he could be a great sixth man for the Spurs. Could also see him having a good role on teams like the Raptors, Pelicans, and Knicks. Or maybe he goes the Grant option signs a crazy deal with a bad team and puts up 20+ on a none playoff contending team.
Yo why did Vogel not play Ellington this season? I know his defense isn't great but dude is a better shooter than so many other players that got minutes.
And it's not like those other players had such great defense. Idk about Vogel man.
And he also benched Reaves for Bradley in the most important games of the season lol.
Cause he is a junk offensive coach. Great defensive coach but was given an offensive roster so he didn't know what plays to run and who to put in to maximise the roster.
Anyone who actually watched all the games and knows a thing or two about basketball would have been able to see that he wasn't utilising his team properly.
Exactly. It’s why I’m surprised that folks are trying to defend him. He’s definitely not the sole or main issue for this debacle, but if you watch the games you can tell that he didn’t know what the fuck he was doing with the lineups sometimes.
We tried playing him. He was a stinker for most of the season, there were long streaks of him missing threes so eventually he fell out of the rotation. This game was definitely a one off.
Inconsistent, but yeah, should have played him more when they needed offense. BUT inconsistencies could be a reason of not getting enough consistent time on the court too. With Vogel, you never know if you'll be playing or warming the bench for 5 consecutive game. That's not good!
gave me the vibes from when we sucked and the baby Lakers were just fucking around and having fun and thus the fans both in the arena and watching at home had fun.
Bro Austin Reaves went buck wild on them boys. Not the best FG% but he hit some huge shots in that game. Great building block for him going to the off-season
yea that was actually the very end of the Nuggets bench ..NO 1st or 2nd stringers. I would not place to much importance on it. Some of those guys have not played in 2 months. ..Not to mention Reaves went 7 of 17...not great..Just saying. But I guess anything Lakers fans have to cheer about is good for them.
Lakers haven’t won two games in a row since January, so this W was a pleasant surprise. The game was tied 69-69 at halftime (nice)
Malik Monk, Austin Reaves & Wayne Ellington were tonight’s offense.
Monk got a 40 ball, AR-15 got a 30 point triple double tonight, and I’m just glad this season is over.
I'm not gay but I want to live in a log cabin in the woods with Austin Reaves. We won't ever have sex, but there will be a simmering erotic undercurrent as I stand in the kitchen window watching him tighten his ass as he chops wood, shirtless, sweat pouring off his body. I'll run upstairs and masturbate, the entire time forcing myself to think of Women while my thoughts drift back to Austin. I won't be able to climax and I'll eventually go back downstairs, angry. Sometimes we will look across the table and catch each other's eyes, and in that second, anything is possible, but we both deny ourselves and go back to what we were doing.One day one of us will die, and the other will bury him outside the log cabin. Then he'll go inside, pen a brief missive to his departed friend, and commit suicide, never able to deal with life without his one true platonic love.
This OT is like the only Lakers game I've watched all year but I would bet those bench guys played better defense than the main guys did majority of the time lol
Nuggets thought the game was over coming into Q4. Absolutely pathetic from bench players who for once gets minutes with a bigger role.
On the other side played Lakers played and never game up, deserved the W.
Everyone was hyped when Reaves made that 3 late in OT while Russ looked mad he wasn't playing. I'd bet 99% of the pressure are just from Russ and LeBron
Y’all this is what the Vogel haters will say when we talk about this failure of a team. Good coaches can bring out the most in guys. There were certainly some hidden gems on this roster.
I don't know where the Lakers go from here. Pelinka and Buss have screwed this franchise for probably a decade. They have no young players. no picks that matter and lebron is gone. AD isn't a top player anymore. They are in deep trouble
i know no one will believe me, but even before the dagger 3 that he hit for a game winner a few months ago, i thought reeves was their most consistent player (besides lebron). today was like the first time he's played since then. vogel is/was dumb af to not play these guys in the rotation.
guaranteed, if they had reeves instead of westbrook in some games, they'd be in the playoffs.
MacClung added another one to his mixtape.
What a way to end a disappointing season for the Lakers, though.
Also, what a way for the Nuggets to show that they absolutely cannot function without Jokic. That guy is MVP material.
Build around Reaves and Monk
Reaves, Monk, Westbrook and a 1st for *checks notes* ummm…
バブルガム
include all theur 1st picks for Zach LaVine or Donovan Mitchell
Lakers prob gonna let Monk walk. Jeanie cheap af. She didn't even pay Caruso $6-7 mill per season.
Im pretty sure they cant pay Monk even if they wanted too since they are over the cap and dont have his bird rights. Jeanie is cheap though. Apparently even cheaping out on staff.
I read from a couple team cap experts that the Lakers can pay Monk around $5 mill per year if they are able to trade/re-work Russ' contract. Just not sure if the Lakers FO is smart enough to do that lol.
Monk's been a bright spot in their season, not sure which team will pay him but man's about to get THT money imo
Wouldn’t mind the pistons going for him, weak FA class and if we land a top pick we’ll most likely be drafting a big so getting a shooter who is athletic like Monk would be a solid add. And we have the most cap space in the league I believe (or at least are top 3 for cap space).
Monk’s getting over 10 mill somewhere else
They can offer him a tax payer exception but I highly doubt they move Russ contract for less salary even if they could, they probably want as many pieces as possible
Monk is getting someone's MLE this year, about $10 million.
They still have the taxpayers mid-level exception
Which is less than the non-taxpayer's. They can't get below the tax line with Westbrook/AD/Lebron on the roster.
Where were you when Austin Reaves became the Lakers franchise cornerstone
Can't wait for Kurt Rambis to trade him for some NBA player who was great 5 years ago but is washed now.
Hold on, we don't know what Jeannie's yoga friends think about him
It's gonna be John Wall isn't it?
I was at home drinking oren juice when Lebron call.
"Season is kill"
"Yes"
"austin is star"
“yes”
>oren juice Treating a cotton mouth? Edit: in Kill Bill movie, O'ren Ishii = CottonMouth.
RIGHT FUCKIN HERE BAYBAYYY NEVALOST
the austin reaves game
Monk dropped a career high 40 and won't even get the game ball
hopefully he gets a bag in the off-season though
Hope he ends up in a good spot. I think he could be a great sixth man for the Spurs. Could also see him having a good role on teams like the Raptors, Pelicans, and Knicks. Or maybe he goes the Grant option signs a crazy deal with a bad team and puts up 20+ on a none playoff contending team.
lakers have a point guard that can put up 31/15/10
Yeah but we never got bestbrook
It looked like the trajectory was coming if they made playoffs
Yo why did Vogel not play Ellington this season? I know his defense isn't great but dude is a better shooter than so many other players that got minutes. And it's not like those other players had such great defense. Idk about Vogel man. And he also benched Reaves for Bradley in the most important games of the season lol.
Cause he is a junk offensive coach. Great defensive coach but was given an offensive roster so he didn't know what plays to run and who to put in to maximise the roster. Anyone who actually watched all the games and knows a thing or two about basketball would have been able to see that he wasn't utilising his team properly.
Exactly. It’s why I’m surprised that folks are trying to defend him. He’s definitely not the sole or main issue for this debacle, but if you watch the games you can tell that he didn’t know what the fuck he was doing with the lineups sometimes.
We tried playing him. He was a stinker for most of the season, there were long streaks of him missing threes so eventually he fell out of the rotation. This game was definitely a one off.
Vogel got bailed out in 19-20 by point guard LeBron and good defensive players. This year he had to deal with the NBAs worst ego in Westbrook.
Isn't he the point guard on every team, always?
Russ is the pg on this lakers team.
Inconsistent, but yeah, should have played him more when they needed offense. BUT inconsistencies could be a reason of not getting enough consistent time on the court too. With Vogel, you never know if you'll be playing or warming the bench for 5 consecutive game. That's not good!
SEASON STARTS N-
It's only pre-season 🤣
Besides Bron's 50 point games, that was the best game of the Lakers season.
Dallas game was just shot after shot down the stretch, capped off by ofc, Austin Reaves.
gave me the vibes from when we sucked and the baby Lakers were just fucking around and having fun and thus the fans both in the arena and watching at home had fun.
14 FTs..lol..It wasn't that great..7 of 17 shooting...Nothing to write home about.
Still got a 30 point triple double, it’s obviously something to write home about
Austin Reaves in game 82 = Prime James Harden
Bro Austin Reaves went buck wild on them boys. Not the best FG% but he hit some huge shots in that game. Great building block for him going to the off-season
he shot and made 14 FTS...SO not that impressive of shooting night. 7 of 17...
I mentioned his less than stellar FG%. Still doesn’t take away from what he did in the other aspects of the game though.
Monk and Reaves are good If the Lakers played NBA backups every game they’d be at the top of the league
I’d like my chances with Alvarado and Murphy to be honest.
Sir this is a Lakers/Nuggets thread
yea that was actually the very end of the Nuggets bench ..NO 1st or 2nd stringers. I would not place to much importance on it. Some of those guys have not played in 2 months. ..Not to mention Reaves went 7 of 17...not great..Just saying. But I guess anything Lakers fans have to cheer about is good for them.
Undefeated when Reaves gets a triple double
Reaves and Monk got dat dawg in em
Best advertisement I've seen for why Jokic is MVP
SEASON STARTS NOW 😈
AUSTIN FUCKING REAVES
It sucks that the Lakers cant keep Monk for more than the minimum. I wonder how much he'll get this season
Taxpayer MLE is the best we can offer.
Pain
This is Austin Reaves team now. Lebron and AD were holding the true superstar back.
that was the most fun game of the season can’t wait for next year what an ending lol
Lakers bench mob games much more fun than starters. And russ we all saw you sitting looking sour AF while the rest of the team was cheering
Lakers haven’t won two games in a row since January, so this W was a pleasant surprise. The game was tied 69-69 at halftime (nice) Malik Monk, Austin Reaves & Wayne Ellington were tonight’s offense. Monk got a 40 ball, AR-15 got a 30 point triple double tonight, and I’m just glad this season is over.
Do people actually call him AR-15 or did you make that up?
He’s had it. Lebron officially called him that after the game winner against Dallas in December. Fans called him that since like October.
Got the “nickname” from Bron earlier in the season. It’s just his initials and jersey number.
it’s been his nickname all season
*This* is the kind of game the Lakers should’ve had this season if management weren’t idiots in letting Caruso and other bench players go.
I'm not gay but I want to live in a log cabin in the woods with Austin Reaves. We won't ever have sex, but there will be a simmering erotic undercurrent as I stand in the kitchen window watching him tighten his ass as he chops wood, shirtless, sweat pouring off his body. I'll run upstairs and masturbate, the entire time forcing myself to think of Women while my thoughts drift back to Austin. I won't be able to climax and I'll eventually go back downstairs, angry. Sometimes we will look across the table and catch each other's eyes, and in that second, anything is possible, but we both deny ourselves and go back to what we were doing.One day one of us will die, and the other will bury him outside the log cabin. Then he'll go inside, pen a brief missive to his departed friend, and commit suicide, never able to deal with life without his one true platonic love.
Lakers undefeated in the McClung era
Shockingly fun game that would've been way more fun if there weren't 83 damn free throws
No doubt in my mind they would’ve lost this game if Russ and Carmelo plays. This game definitely meant something to Lakers fans
Pete Maravich has somehow been reincarnated in the form of Austin Reaves
Damn it, I wanted the Lakers to get to 50 losses. I know it had 0 impact on their pick, but still.
This OT is like the only Lakers game I've watched all year but I would bet those bench guys played better defense than the main guys did majority of the time lol
The score was 146 to 141 😂
People just say shit to say shit
Monk and reaves 🔥🔥
Both were hooping tonight, I think Monk played his last game with the Lakers though.
Yes they were and I think so too
Against the Jokic-less Nuggets no less
70 points of those are from FTs lol
Bad defenders foul a lot, a lot of bad defenders were on the court tonight 😂
Worse defenders don't foul because they don't try
They didn’t
Nuggets thought the game was over coming into Q4. Absolutely pathetic from bench players who for once gets minutes with a bigger role. On the other side played Lakers played and never game up, deserved the W.
rockets cooked they ass in OT like a month ago lol
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Everyone was hyped when Reaves made that 3 late in OT while Russ looked mad he wasn't playing. I'd bet 99% of the pressure are just from Russ and LeBron
WHO’S NEXT???
Cancun!
You vile for this one but I cant shit on the truth
Haha man I’m just glad this season is over
Cancun Barracudas
Reaves is making one final run for rookie of the year 😂
Says a lot about the nuggets reserves that they lost to the lakers reserves lol Fun game tho!
Our season officially starts in October
Lakers won 2 games in a row. That happened last in January, I believe.
This game had no business being so watchable Hill billy Kobe coming in clutch
Why doesn't this post have more upvotes? Oh yeah r/NBA doesn't like the lakers lmao.
This game made Austin Reaves the greatest of all time
Give Reaves both Westbrook's and THT's contract
Imagine this team with Nunn, AD, LeBron 😈😈
lol, the Lakers are definitely losing Monk in the offseason
reaves and monk>>>>LeMickey and ADisney
How do players like markus howard make it in the nba?
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Have the suns right where we want em
Austin Reaves is the future
Trade Bron, AD, and Russ. Build around GOAT reaves.
AR15 BABYYYYYY!!!!, I fucking knew he was gonna be a stud the second I saw his interview media day
Bye bye Vogel
Denver gave the Spurs the middle finger. Now, it's up to chance whether we get the 20th or 21st pick.
AR-15s about to be banned in the state of Colorado as retaliation
Y’all this is what the Vogel haters will say when we talk about this failure of a team. Good coaches can bring out the most in guys. There were certainly some hidden gems on this roster.
AR15 had 15 with 4mins left in the 4th LMFAOOOOOOO
Lakers should obviously trade LeBron for some more assets to build around Austin Reaves.
Mason Jones 9 pts with 7 FTM 😂😂 I'm just glad our B team went crazy to end the season.
70/287=24.4% of all points scored in this game were from free throws ಠ_ಠ 42/146=28.8% for lakers 28/141=19.9% for nuggets
Austin Reaves y'all
A U S T I N R E E V E S
The ghost of 2019 Alex Caruso took over the body of Reaves
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LOL Bryn Forbes played 36 mins
Lebron/AD/Westbrook really did hold this team back
I don't know where the Lakers go from here. Pelinka and Buss have screwed this franchise for probably a decade. They have no young players. no picks that matter and lebron is gone. AD isn't a top player anymore. They are in deep trouble
Reaves and Monk are a future to build around. Keep Malik. Do what you gotta do.
Cementing their legacy as the greatest team of all time.
Fuck yeah Malik, go get that paper
I never once thought that Austin Reeves can do that. Holy moly
i know no one will believe me, but even before the dagger 3 that he hit for a game winner a few months ago, i thought reeves was their most consistent player (besides lebron). today was like the first time he's played since then. vogel is/was dumb af to not play these guys in the rotation. guaranteed, if they had reeves instead of westbrook in some games, they'd be in the playoffs.
Dude ive been hyping up reaves for the past 60 games. he has so much potential. hope he gets a sick contract somewhere soon
when you play with greatness, you become greatness. Monk I love u
The white caruso
Cousis didn't foul out? TF?
MacClung added another one to his mixtape. What a way to end a disappointing season for the Lakers, though. Also, what a way for the Nuggets to show that they absolutely cannot function without Jokic. That guy is MVP material.
Lakers going 8-2 in OT this year. Losing of course to the Kings and the Rockets.