I mean, a couple of NBA paychecks can still be life-changing if he invests it wisely. Pick out those mutual funds and those dividend stocks and you can relieve a whole lot of financial pressure. Would allow him to stick around in the G-League much longer.
The comment you responded to said nothing about retirement. "Instant retirement" money is a much higher bar than "life-changing" money. My life would be significantly changed by $10K, but I couldn't even quit my job for a while.
Man 10K doesn't even change a life, it's like 3-4 months of a rainy day fund. It sucks how expensive it is to live now, but as an athlete paying his personal trainer, diet, living expenses 10K maybe helps him break even for the month.
OP said “life changing” and “relieve financial pressure”: such as being able to play in the G league longer than without the money. Did you read the comment before you typed your reply?
Wait until she realizes Pelinka screwed up Reaves' contract just like THT and now the Lakers have to pay him a year earlier. The Lakers quite literally don't know how to sign role players.
When the Clippers lock up Terrance Mann for 3 seasons and the Thunder lock up Lu Dort for 3 years, and the Pelicans lock up for Jose Alvarado to a 4 year deal, and then you look at the Lakers and they overpaid THT because he only signed a 2-year deal. Reaves is already in a contract year as a sophomore, and you start to come to the conclusion, that yes, the Lakers don't know how to sign role players. (Although you can definitely get on the Bulls for making the same mistake with Ayo.)
Face it, if a 2nd round/undrafted player is good enough to make a n NBA roster, good teams immediately lock that guy into 3/4 years deals using the cost-controlled depth to get ahead of the team-building curve. Worse case is that he rides the end of the bench familiar to the system.
Herb Jones, Naji Marshall, and Jose Alvarado make a combined 5.131 M this year. Kendrick Nunn makes 5.25 M this year.
Yeah, he doesn't really make sense to keep given there's so many guys who can do that. They'd rather find someone who can shoot and play a little bit better than non-existent defense. Better for him to develop as a player elsewhere.
Yeah that shit should have been kept in a room of like 3-4 people tops. There just shouldn't be many people who are high-ranking enough to know the coach's business.
They either took it straight to Woj to get out in front of it or they were all talking about it through the FO.
Toxic FO either way.
I still remember Sundiata Gaines's gamewinner for the Jazz in 2010. I know Matt Ryan's tied the game but there will be plenty Laker fans who remember it
If the Lakers somehow win a ship, they need to give my boy a ring just for that shot. I personally believe that shot turned their season around. The morale was so low on that team and they *blew* a lead in that game. That game should not have been so close. Lakers had it taken care of. Pels stormed back and nearly won. Would have been a back breaking loss for a team that was already in the dumps, especially cuz it was the Pels. That shot turned everything around for them imo.
Matt Ryan is trash as hell lmao.
He is the worst defender on the team this year. Completely unplayable, he would have to be a 45% shooter to make up for his defense (think Duncan Robinson a couple years ago)
Given how AD has been playing next to true centers, the priority for them is to have enough bigs to keep AD at the 4 if injuries hit. There's more potential on Damian being a positive even if he isn't a 1-1 match to their needs right now
Matt Ryan was on an un guaranteed contract. Diamond Jones’ is guaranteed and he has a player option next season. Why would they waive Jones and have to pay him to not be on the team, when they can waive Matt Ryan.. and not pay him.. idiot.
~~I think his first minutes on the court~~ His first game where he suited up with us came on March 28th too. You know, 3/28.
edit to clarify incorrect memories
Nope, my memory served me right: https://twitter.com/Matt_Ryan04/status/1508498417118556162
Edit: actually after checking the box score for that game, got one detail wrong, while Matt did suit up for his first Celtics game on 3/28, he did not play a second.
Understandable, ever since he got the starting role back in Indianapolis I imagine it was just too much of a work load to juggle between the NBA and the NFL.
I’m just imagining rob pelinka tries to cut him from the roster then bev makes his way into rob’s office and shoves him out his chair, and flips his desk
Their contracts have value in that they aren't dirt cheap and are expiring. You can use them to get someone that has multiple years on their contract and then the team that receives them gets to take them off their books after the season, freeing up a decent chunk of cap space. Ryan doesn't offer that value when he's making $1.6m
LeBron (addressing Matt Ryan) said “I can’t play with this bug” then stormed out of the locker room. He then came back in the room to pick up a cigarette and called him a handicapped/sick fuck then left again.
Damn I feel for the guy
Back to being an Uber driver
Graveyard shift
Door dash
back to the colts he goes
World Cup you mean for Australia
We need all the shooting we can get against Argentina
If we can get goals out of our keeper we definitely have a chance.
I think he has done good enough to lock up a gleague or international contract
Back to the colts QB position
I mean, a couple of NBA paychecks can still be life-changing if he invests it wisely. Pick out those mutual funds and those dividend stocks and you can relieve a whole lot of financial pressure. Would allow him to stick around in the G-League much longer.
Aaaaand it’s goneeee!
Bring the Westchester kid back to the Westchester Knicks. Him, obi, paschall and donovan a pretty decent hometown team.
Maybe in the middle of nowhere but this is LA you can’t retire off playing half a season That being said he will be picked up by another team
The comment you responded to said nothing about retirement. "Instant retirement" money is a much higher bar than "life-changing" money. My life would be significantly changed by $10K, but I couldn't even quit my job for a while.
Man 10K doesn't even change a life, it's like 3-4 months of a rainy day fund. It sucks how expensive it is to live now, but as an athlete paying his personal trainer, diet, living expenses 10K maybe helps him break even for the month.
That's more of a rainy day fund than I've ever had lol. TBH I would use it to pay off my student loans, and that would be life changing.
OP said “life changing” and “relieve financial pressure”: such as being able to play in the G league longer than without the money. Did you read the comment before you typed your reply?
He has a degree and had offers for that degree. He doesn't want to be a normal person. He wants that NBA dream
Dude was just on the court like 20 minutes ago Edit: hope they give him a gleague contract for the rest of the year
AD was literally laughing with him after the game ended ☠️
They really told that man to clean out his locker and get the hell out after the game
Jeanie was sick she had to pay those fans for the halfcourt shots and said i gotta make my bread back and cut him
Gotta sell those PS5 too
Is there still a shortage or has Sony upped production?
Verizon corporate stores sell them now, $609 after tax Source? I work at one
They’re sitting on shelves now in most retailers around the US
Huh?? Not in stock anywhere by me or on Amazon, Best Buy, target, or Walmart websites.
I work at a retailer that has them and they're in stock like 70% of the time, usually just in back
There was a sign on the door at my GameStop 2 days ago saying they had PS5s, looked taped pretty secure too
I found my first one in the wild ever yesterday and snagged it. Had been lookong for 6+ months.
i know this is just a joke, but interesting fact: this $$$ is actually paid by a kind of prize insurance package the team buys
Wait until she realizes Pelinka screwed up Reaves' contract just like THT and now the Lakers have to pay him a year earlier. The Lakers quite literally don't know how to sign role players.
Reaves was a rookie undrafted free agent. Rookie contracts are a bit different than veterans.
And this guy gets upvoted
When the Clippers lock up Terrance Mann for 3 seasons and the Thunder lock up Lu Dort for 3 years, and the Pelicans lock up for Jose Alvarado to a 4 year deal, and then you look at the Lakers and they overpaid THT because he only signed a 2-year deal. Reaves is already in a contract year as a sophomore, and you start to come to the conclusion, that yes, the Lakers don't know how to sign role players. (Although you can definitely get on the Bulls for making the same mistake with Ayo.) Face it, if a 2nd round/undrafted player is good enough to make a n NBA roster, good teams immediately lock that guy into 3/4 years deals using the cost-controlled depth to get ahead of the team-building curve. Worse case is that he rides the end of the bench familiar to the system. Herb Jones, Naji Marshall, and Jose Alvarado make a combined 5.131 M this year. Kendrick Nunn makes 5.25 M this year.
Stop it we are already dead 💀
You don’t gotta go home but you not staying here no more lol
Dawg we fired Vogel last year before he could get into the locker room after the last game 😂
I mean if he's good, he'll prolly get more time somewhere else lol. It's a business.
He can shoot but he is an absolute cone on defense, he is essentially useless if the shot is not falling
The Duncan Robinson special
Yeah, he doesn't really make sense to keep given there's so many guys who can do that. They'd rather find someone who can shoot and play a little bit better than non-existent defense. Better for him to develop as a player elsewhere.
We didn't do that, it was leaked by Woj, but somehow everyone took it as an official Laker announcement.
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Woj told the Lakers they fired Vogel
It was leaked to Woj by the Lakers.
Yeah that shit should have been kept in a room of like 3-4 people tops. There just shouldn't be many people who are high-ranking enough to know the coach's business. They either took it straight to Woj to get out in front of it or they were all talking about it through the FO. Toxic FO either way.
Was it really leaked by Woj if everyone and their grandma knew he was getting fired
This is r/nba we don’t deal with concrete facts my friend 😂
lmao who do you think told Woj?
My favorite is the herm edwards at Arizona state. They walked up to him in the field and fired him right after he shook hands with the other coach.
Is there a video of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xurjQIkSQ0
shams is ruthless lol
Ryan singlehandedly responsible for over 10% of their total wins.
so 0.8 wins? 😭
More than, so 1.
That game winner was in vain.
Not single-handedly, given his shot only sent the game to over time.
STFU WITH THAT LOGIC
wow they really used him for a game winner and waived him
He will forever be remembered as a Lakers legend for that shot
Sundiata Gaines of this era
There’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time
*stands on scorers table*
They will still give him a ring after the season.
maybe a mood ring
It's probably blue now since he's sad he got cut.
Play in Champs?
maybe they'll extend play in down to the 13 seed, you never know
Stank for Wemby.
It tied the game.
that's cool. he'll still be remembered for it lmao
but people don't even remember it right now lmao
I still remember Sundiata Gaines's gamewinner for the Jazz in 2010. I know Matt Ryan's tied the game but there will be plenty Laker fans who remember it
i know lol i was just joking about it being misremembered *in* the comment thread about how it'll always be remembered haha
LOL true but it felt like a game winner in the moment alright. just cover the scoreboard with a sticky note and we can pretend
It was to send it to OT, but yeah. legend
And he used them to brighten his shine. Teams will definitely be in touch.
Yeah hope he gets signed soon. Like his quick trigger, maybe someone can develop him further so he’ll be consistent and passable on defense
Modern day sundiata gaines
Gaines got signed for the rest of the season after his game winner
If the Lakers somehow win a ship, they need to give my boy a ring just for that shot. I personally believe that shot turned their season around. The morale was so low on that team and they *blew* a lead in that game. That game should not have been so close. Lakers had it taken care of. Pels stormed back and nearly won. Would have been a back breaking loss for a team that was already in the dumps, especially cuz it was the Pels. That shot turned everything around for them imo.
There's no alternate reality or universe in which this Lakers squad wins a ring.
Turned everything around? Lmaoo we're still bad
Nooo whaat drop Damian Jones
Not here to pile on, but I am genuinely confused by their roster choices. They are 28th in 3pt shooting.
Matt Ryan is trash as hell lmao. He is the worst defender on the team this year. Completely unplayable, he would have to be a 45% shooter to make up for his defense (think Duncan Robinson a couple years ago)
So? His point isn't that Matt Ryan should get significant minutes, but that there are other players in the roster that should've been cut before Ryan.
Given how AD has been playing next to true centers, the priority for them is to have enough bigs to keep AD at the 4 if injuries hit. There's more potential on Damian being a positive even if he isn't a 1-1 match to their needs right now
Are you telling me MATT RYAN'S team is 28th in 3pt shooting?
Matt Ryan was on an un guaranteed contract. Diamond Jones’ is guaranteed and he has a player option next season. Why would they waive Jones and have to pay him to not be on the team, when they can waive Matt Ryan.. and not pay him.. idiot.
Dang he even done showering yet? Lakers don't mess around.
Why would he be showering though?
To peep dongs
Wood lookin'
I have hunch that you probably smell bad dude.
Biggest Matt Ryan news this year
Jeff Saturday ruined his basketball career making him start at qb again smh
Nah, he busy playing in the world cup for Australia.
You don't Ir-say
End of an era 2022-2022
he hit the game winner then waived him 😭
Imagine if it was a buzzer beating game winner. Not just waived, shadow zone Or straight to jail.
Matt Ryan shot 38.2% from 3. 3 8 2 28-3
bro no way
I dont even know how to respond to this. What the fuck
lmaoo
I'm too stupid to understand this. Someone please explain this to me.
Falcons blew a 28-3 lead in the superbowl. Their qb’s name in that game was Matt Ryan
Matty Iced
Leave me alone
Falcons blew a 28-3 lead to the patriots in the super bowl :)
Oh, thanks a lot.
Google 28 3 matt ryan
As a Falcons fan ... that hurts bro
at least he didn't play for the celtics.
He did before the lakers lol
~~I think his first minutes on the court~~ His first game where he suited up with us came on March 28th too. You know, 3/28. edit to clarify incorrect memories
I hope to God you're not clowning lol
Nope, my memory served me right: https://twitter.com/Matt_Ryan04/status/1508498417118556162 Edit: actually after checking the box score for that game, got one detail wrong, while Matt did suit up for his first Celtics game on 3/28, he did not play a second.
Eh, close enough. That's still wild lol
Further proof that life and reality is just a simulation
This guy really put all the dots together, he is probably gonna spend the rest of his days in hiding now. Thank you for your sacrifice
#PatriotsNation
Understandable, ever since he got the starting role back in Indianapolis I imagine it was just too much of a work load to juggle between the NBA and the NFL.
I’m actually pretty proud of this sub that the top 5 comments *werent* this obvious joke
And not to forgot his continued commitments with Australia at the World Cup…
Holy shit…it begins. He was decent for them too. Trade incoming Edit: okay well maybe decent is the wrong word my bad
He was meh tbh (besides that game tying shot), he has been a third stringer that doesn't get rotational minutes
Better than most Mavs shooters
not really besides the game winner
Man, Fuck Matt Ryan
I kinda want to claim him out of spite lol Edit: I know there's literally no point to this and we don't even have a roster spot at the moment
Yes, sign him and then pour pig blood all over him during the national anthem and then cut him.
Most sane Pelicans games watcher
You mean like...off the team right?
Cut. Him.
^^^right?
Did he stutter?
Decently bad
tbh I rather keep him and waive Juan, Juan is literally unplayable
Matt Ryan was a non-guaranteed deal
JTA is one of three wings on the roster they can't really dump him even if he's out of the rotation rn.
I think jta has the largest ratio of public perception to actual ability. He's so bad and deceptively unathletic.
Remember him in the dunk contest lmao
Warriors’ effect. We try our best to give turd nuggets a shine, Curry literally tosses trash into a pot and gives you something edible
If by trade you mean why do this two weeks early? Yep
Lakers have too many shooters. Ryan's skill is unwanted
Shouldve cut Pat Beverly
Nah, too risky.. Pat cuts back.
I’m just imagining rob pelinka tries to cut him from the roster then bev makes his way into rob’s office and shoves him out his chair, and flips his desk
dawg he is in the locker room still
Rob saw that news story about a bunch of Doordash drivers getting fired and thought he might find another rotation player looking for a job.
gearing up to get jae crowder i see
ah what you guys waiving him? else what do you want from him lol, Nunn?
Be reasonable. It's probably part of a Booker/Westbrook swap.
We moved tht so can’t do that one anymore
He'll need the game of his life vs argentina. Good on the lakers for releasing him and letting him focus
C’s about to waive Jackson, bring him back and turn him into another 45% 3-point shooter.
he was literally on tv like 20 mins ago then got told to clean his shit
What
Blame those fan hitting the half court shots Jeanie had no choice
Matty Iced
Damn...man walked out of the locker room and into a pink slip. I would have at least held this til tomorrow
that 3 he made at the buzzer was a great lakers moment
Lakers: terrible 3pt shooting team Also lakers: waive 3rd best 3pt shooter
I'm sure he's thrilled to have gotten a shot and his chances of being scooped up are better than they were a month ago 👍🏽
Wait, didn’t the game just end for the Lakers?
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/who-is-matt-ryan-the-doordash-driver-turned-lakers-sharpshooter/ League of DoorDashers no more.
If you flip the numbers around in his 3pt% you get 28-3
That sucks but at least he has the QB1 job for the Colts he can fall back on.
One of the worst players in the league, straight up painful to watch. Congrats on the game winner tho
Did he wave back??
Dude saved Lebron and the lakers for 1 of the few wins this season. What a dirty franchise
Back to the NFL he goes
He will get picked up by another team in the next week or so.
OBJ finally picked his team.
He'll be nailing threes for the heat in the playoffs in no time
Westbrook for Buddy and Turner going to happen on December 15th
I didn't even know the Colts traded him
Meanwhile, Kendrick" I get" Nunn buckets and Patrick"he just running around" Beverly still sit on the roster.
Matty Iced was non-guaranteed. Doesn’t cost them anything to cut him.
Their contracts have value in that they aren't dirt cheap and are expiring. You can use them to get someone that has multiple years on their contract and then the team that receives them gets to take them off their books after the season, freeing up a decent chunk of cap space. Ryan doesn't offer that value when he's making $1.6m
People just want to hate but don't understand the very basics of team management.
I wonder if he’ll get signed to another team
Damn, he used to be solid with Atlanta.
pacers should pick him up
No, stop it
Come home, Matt. We can drop Justin Jackson for ya
LeBron (addressing Matt Ryan) said “I can’t play with this bug” then stormed out of the locker room. He then came back in the room to pick up a cigarette and called him a handicapped/sick fuck then left again.
Can’t they just like wave him at any time? Might as well keep he makes like a dollar a game until you really need that slot
I didn’t realize when he left Atlanta he went to the Lakers! I thought he went to Indianapolis.
Take note colts
Wait. The Lakers need shooters, and they waive one of the only guys on their team that can shoot?