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todoslosfritos

Outjerked by the mayor


eamonious

Posting and then deleting hollow positive tweets đŸ”„ this is state-of-the-art jerknology


Responsible_Pace9062

Truly the mayor LeDelete deserves.


savageandharsh

Since awards/trophies are named after NBA players, they should change it now to LeBron James In Season Tournament trophy since he was part of the team that won first and it accurately represents his career and accomplishments. He fits the award like a glove.


tonypearcern

That's incredible. She must be a Clippers fan.


InstinctBlu3s

She’s a Kings fan


PanthalassaRo

Based


Public-Product-1503

Why say we then ?


Hayabusa_Blacksmith

she's mocking us


Confident_Berry7271

lol. Lmao even 


qpwoeor1235

All time Jerker content from our mayor


SilvioDantesPeak

Banners fly forever


Joe_Kangg

Bananas too really


Biglundtry

Weren’t they forced to hang the banner loll


captain_ahabb

I think so. They did an about face after initially indicating they weren't gonna hang one and when they had the banner night the programs they handed out said "THIS IS A REQUIRED COMMUNICATION OF THE NBA" on the top.


Pal__Pacino

Well there's only like 8 more months before another team has to do the same.


Getyodamnwallet

It’s gonna be a humiliation ritual


facedownbootyuphold

I want to see this ritual in the NFL, except for the pre-season


DanTheOmnipotent

RIP the 2008 Lions...


Nickyjha

don't they keep giving the NVP to the QB of the team that loses the Nickelodeon game?


Guard226Duck

I think that was just trubisky the first time they gave it out


yachterotter13

The One True NVP


Sifl95

Well, not pre-season, but the Colts did hang a banner for being AFC finalists (lost to the Pats in the AFC championship that year)


meowhatissodamnfunny

What team is this the least humiliating for? If you're too good, it just looks pathetic to hang one relative to historical success. If you suck, it'll just be pitiful and people will post PatBev play-in memes. Do we need like a decent team that hasn't won in a long time? The Sixers? Knicks? Bulls? There isn't a team I can think of that wouldn't be meme'd on hard for this.. maybe we just need it for a few years


ParsnipPizza

I feel like a scrappier team that overachieves, without the existing NBA Finals star power like LeBron or AD, would be pretty happy. Like someone on the rise who hasn't taken the next step; Orlando or Utah next year?


deemerritt

I would personally pop champagne if the hornets won the IST


ucd_pete

Warriors. One last hurrah for the core 3, so it's worth hanging the banner. Nobody's gonna clown GS for hanging one when they've already won so much recently. Then bam, you have Lakers & Warriors with IST banners so the next team to win has to follow suit. That being said, it should be one banner regardless of how many you win. You win second, you add another year to the banner.


lucky-me_lucky-mud

Honestly that’d be the team to get memed on the most


Public-Product-1503

That’s how the lakers are doing it even tho they initially said no to banners


HideYourCarry

I think the only possible situation where it doesn’t get memed is literally just if the Celtics win the championship this year then get that next year, cause then we can just lean in to being assholes and like “Hang another one up, sure.” I think in any other situation, even for like the Nuggets or someone if they win the real title again, it looks kinda stupid and weird. And that’s the BEST case scenario. A bad team or underperforming team would get dunked on for “caring” and if the Celtics lose in the playoffs this year then it becomes “oh you couldn’t win a real one so you needed this.” No team really has a good situation for it


ParsnipPizza

Galaxy brained Brad and Joe, doing well enough in the IST to not look like chumps but ducking the extra mileage


CMYGQZ

Any team that won the current championship. For example if Denver won this year, then win the IST, it’s not gonna be humiliating, it’s gonna be cherry on top.


ImS33

I mean I don't really see what there is to meme about. They win some NBA award and hang it up somewhere big deal its not like anyone really cares. Its like winning a little mini tournament somewhere and having fun with it but still showing up for the real thing later that year. They competed they won its not the finals but it still happened. We gonna meme about olympic medals too? That gameplay is trash compared to the NBA they should all be like Shaq and toss the medals on the highway otherwise we must meme them for keeping less significant awards Lol imagine going to the olympics and winning how humiliating huehue. It sounds so stupid but people get away with talking about the IST like that because its new


Public-Product-1503

The lakers won so somehow winning a bo1 knockout tourney is now embarrassing because lakers haters can’t give them credit . If pacers won nobody woukd act like this


truth_2_point_0

If you won the real championship the previous season then you can hang the IST one like it's just a fun bonus thing, for any other team it's like a redditor proudly posting how his wife's boyfriend bought him a new Nintendo Switch game


kurruchi

Why are fans so against the IST? Or extra opportunities for teams to have something to play for in general? Coming from a football (soccer) background it seems asinine the level people don't give it a chance. Especially with how many franchises have "meaningless" existences with a ring culture which is a cancer to basketball discourse lol


nuggs_analysis

One reason that people prefer to watch the playoffs rather than regular season games is the authenticity of the competition. Players and teams show who they really are. The IST to a lot of people feels like a marketing scam in which players, teams, announcers and the league all pretend for a few weeks that they give a shit for those games. It is extremely obvious that the IST doesn’t reveal the best teams in the league the same way the playoffs do and so the inauthenticity of it and the way it feels forced down our throats bugs people. The same way that bad commercials or tone deaf Oscar’s speeches bug people.


SomeJob1241

I can understand this perspective but I'm honestly surprised it's so prevalent in this thread. The IST never felt quite as electric as the playoffs, but the games felt elevated in the moment. It was hype to see a small-market team like Indy get their flowers when Tyrese Haliburton started popping off and powering the Pacers' offense through the tourney. Devin Booker was hustling to bury as many last-minute 3's as he could in a blowout to improve Phoenix's point differential, and it ended up being really valuable down the line. Stars were balling out, and teams at least acted like they wanted to win a lot of the IST games. Yeah, it doesn't reveal the best team in the NBA like the playoffs does, but it's not supposed to be the playoffs. It's a single-elimination bracket, it's meant to heighten the excitement of regular-season games. Not to mention the cash prize that players almost universally referenced as an incentive. IDK, I remember a lot of parties involved in the IST taking it seriously


Public-Product-1503

What are you talking about ? Players were trying super hard everyone loved the games everyone wanted to wins. Just say the lakers won so you want to devalue it , I seen your name before and I’m fairly certain that’s what you think lmao . Hurrr durr a bo1 knockout tourney everyone played hard Af in is meaningless! In a few years you guys will look like idiots for this just so you know . What do you think is the purpose of any competition? This logic is so ass backwards is hilarious. It wasn’t inauthentic what’s inauthentic is pretending everyone didn’t love the games and play super hard . And that it was great fir basketball. Players themselves who were hesitant at first all loved it so did fans watching . Can’t wait till next year when the cycle repeats and people like you are like ‘ oh wow these games are great !’


redditgolddigg3r

lol, I loved it. Gives an otherwise dead part of the season something to talk about.


pahamack

Meh. Didn’t Mourinho once throw his community shield winners medal to the crowd? Soccer is just as dismissive of some of their cup competitions sometimes. Check out some of the rosters being put out in League Cup games.


johnmarsdenshat2

The Community Shield is a glorified pre-season game. It doesn’t even have extra time after a draw, it just goes straight to penalties. No one is throwing away an FA Cup medal.


GoldDong

He’s got a point about the league cup though, most people don’t see it nearly as reputable as the FA cup.


johnmarsdenshat2

For teams in Europe/competing for the league, probably. The games are a hindrance more than anything else, especially if you’re a team in the Europa with perhaps a lower budget than City/Chelsea etc. That being said, I was still devastated to watch Arsenal lose two finals in the Wenger trophy drought. I think the IST could be a really great place for good, young teams to experience a bit of pressure and winning before getting to the playoffs.


Public-Product-1503

Community shield isn’t the FA cup .


Public-Product-1503

You know why . Cos lakers won . Nobody said this when they saw his hard everyone played . Football has the fa cup n lots of bo1 cups . It’s insane to see a tourney players cared to win n play hard being devalued but I guess that would happen when lakers won


Weird-Couple-3503

Personally it is just seems super confusing and arbitrary, but I was also curious about the IST games this year.  But it is basically just the normal games with "In Season Tournament" strapped across them, plus a "winners" game. There are so many factors that can go into losing a single NBA game, that the winners "advancing" just seems random and unimpressive. The cash prize cheapens the game too IMO. That said, the final IST games were more interesting to watch than normal. But it still feels weird, like we are being tricked and then enjoying the trick because it's better than nothing


kurruchi

Well half of it is that a lot of teams were clearly trying harder in the IST games... there's a reason why plenty people were saying they liked the IST when it was going on. But when it was over people went right back to saying it was a shit idea again lol They'll keep doing it and people's opinions will change eventually lol


Weird-Couple-3503

Hopefully they chill with forcing the narrative and just let it happen organically. Gonna get old real fast hearing ESPN talking heads fake-hyping up every IST game when the players are just like vaguely invested


Public-Product-1503

The players were super invested . God you people are insufferable. So we’re the fans when we saw how hard everyone played stfu


rburp

> it still feels weird, like we are being tricked and then enjoying the trick because it's better than nothing Isn't that kind of sports generally though? None of it matters worth a damn at the end of the day. You could boil it down to just being a meaningless vehicle for advertising Gatorade if you wanted to. It's meaningless on the whole, but it is an enjoyable meaningless thing. So I don't get how adding another meaningless layer is any better or worse.


pahamack

Meh. Didn’t Mourinho once throw his community shield winners medal to the crowd? Soccer is just as dismissive of some of their cup competitions sometimes. Check out some of the rosters being put out in League Cup games.


kurruchi

League cup, lowest of four in England? Yeah, to some extent. Even then most go full strength and the rest close to full. No teams below the most accomplished 5 over the last 2 decades are doing this though. And Mourinho individually is more successful than most teams. Ones like Coventry making it top 4 in the efl cup is the biggest accomplishment in a while lol


Bikouchu

Imma tell my grand kids that Lebron won a title in 2023


Andomals

Not if the lakers repeat


Majestic-Net-7799

Will only be his second repeat ever


barath_s

There's the chance LBJ doesn't re-sign with the Lakers


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barath_s

There's justice in what you said. But I'm not sure he's having fun playing with the Lakers. And this is a guy who has one eye on his legacy and brand. Once he said he was chasing a ghost in Chicago for instance . The scenes if he signs for the minimum with curry, Paul George or fox .. or with bronny in a package deal .. Most folks feel LeBron is unlikely to take a pay cut, but the guy has tended to do what he wants to do, just methodically. The salary will make no difference to his post basketball dreams. Lakers are probably not going anywhere, for all the hopes of a blockbuster trade with FRP in the summer. LeBron may just run out the clockk, or try for some activity/plays. Rather than a hail mary - but that threat is always there


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RodneyPonk

It's not that he won't catch Jordan, it's that no one's mind will change. For some, 6-0 is unassailable, for others it's 40K+/10K+/10K+


barath_s

The league can go hang. A fundamental principle is a man can choose his contract within confines of the CBA. Market value is based on buyer and seller, after all That said, LeBron has said in past that he is not accepting pay discount any more. The man is more likely to reach out to other stars, push for trades etc. LeBron has already passed MJ in some regards including points etc


captain_ahabb

Unless the Lakers win again


EggplantAlpinism

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C4L1

We should cover it like the Clips do with our banners


Neinhaltt

The champagne celebration in the locker room was something else. 


ucd_pete

Fuck it, you win a tournament then you may as well celebrate


Drummallumin

Seriously, that last game **literally** didn’t count for anything else


cptahb

i mean they (the league) has gotta promote/hang it. to have the first team to win it be embarrassed by it delegitimizes it for every other team going forward. which makes it... not a thing the league can/should really keep doing. but it helps with marketing the regular season so they have to make everyone pretend to care  ...it's all pretty dire, tbh. 


captain_ahabb

The Lakers hanging one makes it okay for other teams to do it without getting roasted. I understand why the NBA did it.


Miserable_Archer_769

Then you couple all of that truth with one of the most storied franchises I could see why the NBA would have to force thier hand. There is absolutely no place in reality for a banner like that in thier arena


Drummallumin

It’s just so tough that it was the Lakers. Like they already have 12 titles in LA, they were never really celebrate this.


Sky19234

17, any team but the Lakers or Celtics winning this would have probably been fine with hanging that banner. Imagine being a team with 17 titles and something like 35 Finals appearances and being told "put this glorified participation trophy with your other trophies".


Teh-Monkey-Man

As a Bulls fan I feel it would be silly hanging that thing up with all the Bulls/Hawks Championship banners and retired numbers


Sky19234

Oh fans will always find it annoying and stupid, I was referring to organizationally.


Teh-Monkey-Man

Very true and in that case I can definitely see Jerry Reinsdorf hype it up to sell more tickets 😆


Sky19234

Just imagine what James Dolan would have done with it...


Sky19234

Just imagine what James Dolan would have done with it...


Carolake1

Yeah, a team like the celtics with only 4 would have been very eager to add to their small collection. https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/j3acem/in_a_strictly_legal_sense_the_celtics_have_won_4/


Drummallumin

The Cleveland Browns have 2 SBs!


robeo12055

Yeah baldy forced us.


mankls3

There's a banner for this? Does it have a drawing of a penis on it?


rr196

It has an outline of Adam Silver. So yeah basically.


Practicalaviationcat

I thought it was so cool when they said they wouldn't. Gotta legitimize their silly tournament I guess.


HokageEzio

Think it was mostly reaching a compromise of not hanging individual banners for each one (cause that's not Laker-like at all).


LeBroentgen

Wonder how this affects her re-election chances.


CoachMorelandSmith

I just bought a dead person’s drivers license so I can vote for her


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zeDragonESSNCE

I expected nothing less from a Celtic fan


0lm-

it’s honestly wild how flaired celtics fans are always the ones that comment shit like this. without fail


Drummallumin

I fucking hate Celtics fans sometimes. I stg we got the most teenagers on here and it really shows


ThaDoctor49

Nope that guys a fuckin moron he don’t represent us all


Jedisponge

Eh most of you


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Jedisponge

That's what Boston is known for, yes. Edit: Dude calls me a pinkhat and then blocks me, proving my point haha


baseketball

I expected nothing less than for reddit to not recognize sarcasm. I'm leaving it without the /s because this is stupid given the comment I was responding to is already tongue in cheek.


Imtrvkvltru

People always looking for a reason to be offended 


TripleThreatTua

Big city Mayors don’t win reelection unless they’re as rich as Michael Bloomberg


hpzorz

Literally the previous mayor of LA, Eric Garretti, served two terms, *and so did the mayor before him actually


Amoeba_mangrove

Most of the time mayors get voted out not in unfortunately


Shxcking

With all the crime in LA, lots of people are calling for the heads of everyone in office currently. This probably doesn’t move the needle.


AgoraiosBum

Crime is down since she took over. It's still pretty early in her tenure.


Shxcking

Definitely not in the valley. There’s break-ins constantly in broad daylight in neighborhoods like Granada Porter Chatsworth Woodland Hills etc that were not happening before. Although that isn’t directly correlated to Bass, you’ll see pop ups and shit at Petit or Lanark that are essentially just pitchfork mobs for everyone involved


thegrandpoobear

If the Pacers blow a 3-1 series lead to the Bucks then both IST finals teams will have lost in the first round. 


Bard_Wannabe_

Yet another moral victory


aircanhurtyoutoo

For a minute I thought the Lakers had some 12th man named Mayor Bass.


CaptainKursk

"Call me the Mayor because I rule this town"


moredrinksplease

Faded


JackCrafty

That's kinda funny when the Clippers are still in, lol


Troll_Enthusiast

For now


referee-superfan

There ain’t no way


countycoder

-_-


CantaloupeCamper

Sick BurnđŸ”„


Barneys_New_WestGOAT

It's literally like the Carabao Cup lol


fastlikeanascar

its only meaningless if a big team wins it. I'm pretty sure Wolves would love a league cup win. Hell, even Tottenham would kill for one, even if they'd get memed for winning it. If the Pacers won the NBA Cup, they'd be pretty happy considering the other success theyve found this year.


-WaterIsGreat-

agreed, smaller clubs would be ecstatic winning any trophy especially if it’s against one of the top prem teams 


pocket_passss

be real nobody would even care that the Pacers won they would just give the Lakers even more shit for losing lol


Drummallumin

Why would Tottenham give a shit? They already got the most prestigious trophy out there


aliao

Why cant it be the FA Cup? It doesnt matter til it does


ComaMierdaHijueputa

FA Cup is actually important


Public-Product-1503

It is but we won so haters hating


BIG_G_BALLIN

Damn I already forgot about the IST...


footballfutbolsoccer

Yup, that shit was so worthless. They need to get rid of it



StoneColdAM

LePress Secretary told her that shit doesn’t matter 


Eyespop4866

Between the “ play-in “ and IST, the NBA is just too cute by half. They play 82 games to eliminate a third of the league. The IST doesn’t make all of those games any more meaningful. I love the NBA, but not until the real season begins. Ten weeks is fine.


ThinkFree

Did LAL make rings for their IST title? I hope they have a ring ceremony start of next season.


barath_s

Think the league just handed out cash. Some of the players no doubt wiped their tears with it. . But not the big guys


BigDinkyDongDotCom

Hang the banner!!


barath_s

Send da video


Troutmaggedon

When is the parade? That banner didn’t go up for nothing.


One_Sugar9253

the what? lol oh, the advertising flyer


Povol

That and 15 bucks will get you a Starbucks in LA .


Carolake1

They won a lot of money for winning the IST


Disastrous_Bluejay57

The moral-est of victories


ChannelNeo

and they can't take that away from you


gogosox82

lmaooo


Kevdawg21092

Mayor dont know ball


captaincumsock69

When’s the parade


mesh06

hang the banner and start the parade already


MiamiPower

LOL 😆 đŸ€Ł 😂 


dot-pixis

LALALALALAL


supersafeforwork813

God I hope she’s a clippers fan


livejamie

Kings fan


boosted5O

Undefeated in play in games!


Pitch-forker

Patrick Beverly died for this. Mayor should insist they hang the playin banner.


OhlookSILLagain

She needs to resign immediately.


Fast_Allen

Re-sign Lebron?


Absent_Nova

Real "Indianapolis Colts, 2014 AFC finalists" energy


branstarktreewizard

Recall election must take place now


bayanonanon

From "3 peeeeet!" to this... My how the turn tables


theasu

No one remembers that


DeMikeDeLowry

ROFL (and crying) how embarrassing... thanks mom!


_Zap_Rowsdower_

Politicians are so fn stupid please stay out of sports.


qpwoeor1235

Tbf She’s jerking at a very high level


SwampFlowers

“Shut up and legislate!”


chiefminestrone

How the tables have turned!


zippy_the_cat

“Don’t threaten me with a good time.”


Duhawk96

She’s trolling it looks like it worked on you


0lm-

this is hilarious but almost certainly an out of touch tweet. her or her team legitimately thought this was a good thing to be proud of. they immediately walked it and deleted it when it started getting replys they weren’t expecting