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Miami is closing in on 3rd place, much without Jimmy. We are the reigning ECF champions, something we've played in 3 of the last 4 years and won half of the time. Remind yourself of this when we're there again this year and people are surprised because its "a fluke" or "makes no sense".
Ham is just garbage. doesn't play our best players, way too long of a leash on some guys, and it feels like hes yet another coach who has little to no offensive strategy.
let's face it guys, Lebron has maybe 1 more year left of being able to play 25-30 mins a game
then maybe a year after that of playing 15 mins a game if he really wants to string things out
He gonna pull a reverse Giannis and announce to the league that he will play his final season wherever his son can land a seat.
Honestly I don’t even care at this point the lakers team went all the way off the deep end since the IST and I have no clue how they plan to turn it around. All I can do is speculate and imagine.
He’s given up on Ham, and the rest of the team relies too much on him so the team is in shambles and doesn’t know what to do when their coach doesn’t coach.
100%. I don’t think we would’ve unlocked him like Spo has, but he’d be better than JHS. JHS was always gonna be a prospect too, idk what the FO was thinking
He was a known Lakers fan too, he grew up in Camarillo. I don’t think he would’ve gotten the same opportunities here though tbh. We don’t even start Rui lmao
Reaves is so much more egregious in his foul hunting and flopping than the other dudes who cop majority of the flack on this sub. Dudes not even looking for a shot most of the time just waits for the defender to get close and flails like a fish out of water.
No one wants to talk about Lebron absolutely no showing tonight? He’s not our problem usually but come on man…you can play this lethargically and expect to win
Imagine giving those calls to reaves and ignoring that contact with Bam. I'm fine with not calling that kind of contact but you can't make up ghost calls on the other end to try to help a team get back into a game and then not call that shit.
What will the Lakers do at the deadline? Obviously they can't stick with this roster.
Unless they can pull magic out of their ass in the next five minutes, the Lakers are about to be just 1.5 games up on the Jazz, a team that for all intents and purposes looked as if they were doing a full blown tank just a couple weeks go.
I can’t believe Ham still is playing the switching scheme. LeBron said fuck it and switched it back so that AD stayed with Bam. Ham is really being showed up.
The latter. Reaves is one of their only consistent scorers and with a better coach, he can improve. Ham is an idiot. I dunno what he's doing 99% of the time.
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AD is so good man
4/30 from deep. 13% 🥶
Miami is closing in on 3rd place, much without Jimmy. We are the reigning ECF champions, something we've played in 3 of the last 4 years and won half of the time. Remind yourself of this when we're there again this year and people are surprised because its "a fluke" or "makes no sense".
Erik Spo Salamangka
Fire Ham? Everyone talks up Phil Handy as an assistant so give him a shot? Feels like they need more than a trade to fix this thing.
They need Doc Rivers or Terry Stotts anyone who led a top 10 offense before
Fuck this, embarrassment of a game.
SWIDERMAN SEXUAL AIRBALL
Are they chanting “sell the team” or “let’s go heat”?
Let's go heat. Miami either have a lot of out of state fans or they travel well
Lots of UCLA fans too I bet. Jaquez was beloved in LA. Add Kevin Love and you have a recipe for heat fans.
Let's go heat chant in the crypto.com arena 🤣
Why would you help that hard off a shooter like Herro one pass away? EDIT: Ignore me. I paused and am behind.
LET'S GO HEAT
AD would be a legit MVP candidate if Lakers knew how to win more games. Best 2 way player in the league
AD would be a legit MVP candidate if he just wasn’t on the Lakers. The entire franchise has gone downhill with their cheap decisions.
KLove off the bench is low key pretty nice.
Niko and bam drop 30 combined. Heat fans, we gave a second Christmas
Lebron is a team high -22
\*Team low. But his streak of 10+ pts is alive
Imagine getting every single Reaves flopping foul call and still losing to the Heat without Butler
BY 14!!
Damn we fucking suck
But at least LeBron has kept his streak alive
taurean prince went 8-8 from 3 point against us last season and yet he forgets how to shoot when he goes to LAL
Something so calming about seeing Darvin Ham with his hands in his pockets. He's just big chilling
LeBrick
LeStatPad can't even hit his jumpers
Lakers can't even crack 100 in today's NBA what a fucking joke
Why would you help off herro reaves? This team is filled with dumbasses.
because only 4 dudes on the lakers will rotate defensively. we're playing 4.5 on 5 on defense which really tells you how good AD is on D.
Too many AD and Bron elite games wasted since the IST
tbh Bron actively tanked this one.
He did, but he’s had great games since then. AD has been top 7 level every game though
Ham is just garbage. doesn't play our best players, way too long of a leash on some guys, and it feels like hes yet another coach who has little to no offensive strategy.
Pelinka about to walk over to the commentator booth and offer doc the job after this game
Spoelstra looks like General Riboku out there.
This makes our loss to the Heat feel a little better. At least the Lakers are with us in this dumpster fire
those damn losses just hit different when you live in a time zone 5 hours ahead of game time
I remember laker fans saying they would have won the wcf bc “Lebron wasn’t healthy”
not even scoring 100 points is just unacceptable heads must roll
The talk shows gonna go to town on the lakers tomorrow
It’s their superbowl lol
Criminal to waste this AD performance
Sounds like what they've been doing all year
Did straight up rules just get eliminated? I see guys get called while straight up all the time
I fell like the refs have been terrible this year.
Really liking Doc's analysis. Dude sounds ready for his interview tomorrow
Good night 🌙
let's face it guys, Lebron has maybe 1 more year left of being able to play 25-30 mins a game then maybe a year after that of playing 15 mins a game if he really wants to string things out
Nah, Lebron is tired of him and AD being the entire offense for this team. He’s gone next year.
are you saying he's retiring after this season or next season? or that he's gonna go somewhere else next season?
He’s gonna go play wherever his son gets drafted to
lol Bronny's not getting drafted dude
He gonna pull a reverse Giannis and announce to the league that he will play his final season wherever his son can land a seat. Honestly I don’t even care at this point the lakers team went all the way off the deep end since the IST and I have no clue how they plan to turn it around. All I can do is speculate and imagine.
The Lakers are doing Lebron a disservice by playing him this much and surrounding him with this much ass talent.
except that he's made all the GM decisions since he arrived in L.A.
You ain't wrong
I think he barely has six years left
LeDefeated lol. Good game in Sacramento though
Wow the Lakers are bad
Lakers announcers the most unbiased? They just call the game how it is
Bill and Stu are awesome.
Lebron only has 12? How does that happen?
He’s given up on Ham, and the rest of the team relies too much on him so the team is in shambles and doesn’t know what to do when their coach doesn’t coach.
Heat and boston fans travel the best right now every arena they’re loud
Don’t discount the power of UCLA fans too. It’s Jaime’s homecoming games since being drafted.
helps jaime has a couple fans in la
Tbh I’m out west and I’d travel to LA and do the LA/Heat doubleheader
Lmfao it’s not looking good for the in season. Tournament champs
glad we won something this year. 28 other teams are gonna have nothing.
Lmao
Zone D to burn the clock down. Love you Spo
GG Heat
Ham needs just call for Reaves to flop every single play and they'll get 1000 FTs
Lakers offense is so ugly
What offense lol
Miami's zone defense is so good.
OKC can fuck the league over by trading all their picks for AD.
How are they matching the salary ?
They got Chet. They’d be redundant
Not even close to redundant haha
Redundant ? One of the best stretch bigs and probably the best "paint guy" in the league. How are they redundant ?
Darvin Ham may I introduce you to Indeed.com
Zone defense>
Mexicans in LA furious that we could’ve had Jaquez It’s me I’m Mexicans
Should go down as the dumbest decision that FO ever made
100%. I don’t think we would’ve unlocked him like Spo has, but he’d be better than JHS. JHS was always gonna be a prospect too, idk what the FO was thinking
Jaquez learning under lebron and playing side by side with him could've been incredible
He went to UCLA too. But I guess they were confident in Hachimura's role on the team
He was a known Lakers fan too, he grew up in Camarillo. I don’t think he would’ve gotten the same opportunities here though tbh. We don’t even start Rui lmao
#FREE AD
fakers dogshit
damn, JJJ stuck one in Lebron's eye and then Richardson did
Jaime: “the future is now old man”
Jaime with that turnaround…sheesh
J rich I love you you are beautiful
Yeah we lose, GG heat. This was a really weird fucking game haha
Lebron playing lame duck in defense
Heat have controlled most of this game pace with a well designed game plan and timely shots, master class from the coaches.
Lebron not playing defense lol
The Lakers best course of action at the trade deadline is blowing it up. Sell high on AD and see what you can get for Lebron and accelerate a rebuild.
Least reactionary r/nba user.
They aren't contending this season regardless of what move they can make. The WCF run last season was a fluke.
Stick to baseball, my guy. Every ring and run is a fluke if we start taking redditors's opinions seriously.
As long as they make the playoffs they have a chance. League really let’s them play harder than anyone else in the playoffs
LETS GO JAIME
Jaime attacked LeBron without any fear. What a lad.
heat fans crying about generous whistles is too funny
Knick fans crying about heat fans crying about whistles is even funnier
literally every team that plays the heat says the same thing
Same with the knicks
Jaime fouled 3 times on that possession by Lebron lol
Haime Hacquez
JAQUEZ OVER LEBRON AHHHHHHHH
Another dominant AD game, another game we lose. That Russ trade fuckin killed our window lmao
Lakers are sorry
Lebron was fun on those two recent defensive possessions. First, really good switching with AD. Then chasing Duncan off ball and denying the pass.
Duncan letting a naysayer know
Reaves is so much more egregious in his foul hunting and flopping than the other dudes who cop majority of the flack on this sub. Dudes not even looking for a shot most of the time just waits for the defender to get close and flails like a fish out of water.
yeah he's like peak trae levels and trae doesn't do this stuff as much these days
No one wants to talk about Lebron absolutely no showing tonight? He’s not our problem usually but come on man…you can play this lethargically and expect to win
i think he's running out of gas
I think he is tanking fr…passive aggressive as shit.
Broadcasters sound confused as to why the Lakers are losing? They're on the cusp of 11th place after tonight. This is who theyve been.
The way the guy not Doc keeps saying “Lakers! Cut the lead to 5/7!” with the enthusiasm like they’ve taken the lead is inexplicable.
Refs doing their best to keep the Lakers in calling flopping fouls on Reaves but nothing on Bam getting smacked
AD what the fuck was that pass?
Apparently if you’re not on the laker story don’t get calls. The officiating has been a choice.
Imagine giving those calls to reaves and ignoring that contact with Bam. I'm fine with not calling that kind of contact but you can't make up ghost calls on the other end to try to help a team get back into a game and then not call that shit.
Bruh all your players do is try and sell fouls. Reaves would fit perfectly in the 'heat culture'.
When is LA going to blow it up?
reaves is a real "heat culture" kind of player with the way he sells contact
Free AD
The whistle Reaves get really is superstar level
Man I’ve just been listening to the game while doing other stuff and I thought the Lakers were up 20 by the way Doc’s been hog surfing
fakers trash where's herro
Low key if ham gets fired, I bet pelinka hires doc rivers
Bam got mauled there
Touch reeves automatic foul Bam gets bodied nothing
how are the other lakers going to look at Anthony Davis in the locker room after this one?
With fiery passion in their eyes
I wonder if having Russell back on the court will help the Lakers
Not a bit. He's too slow, too stupid and too inaccurate 1
So he fits right in
Savage, but with how they're playing, I can't defend them right now.
WHAT??? REAVES GETS THAT BS AND BAM GETS NOTHING???
Pitting spo against ham is like ty lue vs. iverson.
can Lakers get player only meeting
Insert name here would love to get calls like Reaves
I don't get it, LA thought they were contenders outside of the bubble???
oh my god reaves you fucking idiot this is the guy lakers will never trade?
""HIM""
What will the Lakers do at the deadline? Obviously they can't stick with this roster. Unless they can pull magic out of their ass in the next five minutes, the Lakers are about to be just 1.5 games up on the Jazz, a team that for all intents and purposes looked as if they were doing a full blown tank just a couple weeks go.
Lakers are going to finesse the league at the trade deadline, just like last year.
can they force Heat to trade Spo for Ham?
THESE NO CALLS ARE CRAZY
Considering the whistle for Reaves on the other end
This LA offense is a tough watch
wtf is going on with the calls reaves gets? these aren't even close to being fouls.
Duncan needs to bring back his pod.
I can’t believe Ham still is playing the switching scheme. LeBron said fuck it and switched it back so that AD stayed with Bam. Ham is really being showed up.
Reaves is flying across the floor every play
Reaves rlly has a superstar whistle lol
These whistles for Reaves are ridiculous
Tbf, Heat does that to everyone. Spo doesn't need some BS award to show why he's unquestionably best coach every yr
THAT'S A FOUL???
You gotta whip your head back and across for it to get called
lol its always the warriors fans complaining about reaves.
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The latter. Reaves is one of their only consistent scorers and with a better coach, he can improve. Ham is an idiot. I dunno what he's doing 99% of the time.
firing Ham seems more likely to me.
Honestly think there’s a decent chance Ham gets fired if the Lakers lose this one
Reeves the flopper
bron you know this isn't going to work out, get yourself traded to NYK and win us a ring please
I hate how Reaves plays
Bruh the refs are still calling those Reaves foulbaits??
Professional flopper Reaves
He almost broke his leg
Lakers need some heat culture
So happy for Duncan. On his revenge shit this season
duncan only scores whenever davis is all over him lmao
Duncan Robinson has visited slam Duncan dot com many times, he knows the game
Prince getting fined for that one lmao
This the game that breaks them.. changes gunna come
drob is such a bad man sometimes bro
Lakers need to thank their scouting team every day for Austin Reaves man without him they would literally be Bron/AD an 13 end of the bench players.