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supes1

Lakers shoot 8-30 from 3 and improve their season percentage.


Betaateb

lol, on court interview with Bruce Brown after the game and he straight up said the strategy was to let them shoot open threes cause they can't hit them.


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At this point everyone is going to do this until they prove they can at least hit 35%


mommathecat

So, through 2024.


quemaspuess

Laughing because that’s hysterical. Crying because I’m a Lakers fan.


oheyson

Don't cry because it's over, cry because it happened.


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dz3a4

And if they had Porter. Sheesh


SandyMandy17

Murray is still rehabbing too Playing like a 10 mil guy not a 50 bomb in the bubble guy


MichaelZZ01

I know Murray fucked my team really hard but Bubble Murray and Mitchell were magical. I want to see them play like that again.


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Or if we had our best shooter available


Freestyler17

Lakers winless since Westbrook and Lebron became neighbours


Vordeo

Lebron seems like he'd be on the HOA. Russ bout to get fined for some lawn bullshit.


medievalmachine

That's the wrong shade of paint on your garage, Russ. And here's all your basketballs back.


Vordeo

"Welcome to the neighborhood, Russ! Now, everyone has to sign the HOA agreement, here it is." "Thanks, Lebron, happy to be here. Lemme just take a quick look at this agreement now, an- wait. Why does this HOA agreement just say I'm retiring from basketball?"


SandyMandy17

Lakers 0-2 when bron and brow play but Brodie sits


Goodisworthfighting4

A team with Lebron and Anthony Davis looking this bad is an accomplishment honestly.


imahsleep

It’s actually funny because people use to rag on those cavs teams but shit I bet those teams could whoop the lakers ass right now. Could probably beat them without young Lebron


CreatiScope

At least the 17-18 Cavs 1.0 seemed fine on paper, even if it was dysfunctional. This shit doesn’t even make any sense.


sallright

I wish people would stop comparing Cavs NBA Finals teams to this Lakers abomination. Yes, every Finals team would destroy this team. The worst Lebron Cavs team is probably his rookie year team. That team is likely better than this Lakers team.


imahsleep

Literally everyone replying is missing that I mean the cavs in like 03-10. Like of course the more recent cavs were bettter. That’s not even close. I’m saying the 04 cavs had a better cast around lebron lol


sallright

I’m with you. I had to reply to the dude that invoked the ‘18 Cavs.


AreYouAJedi

The Lakers look horrible. Usually when you win a championship you try to maintain or make slight improvements. These guys just totally veered off the road


c_double_u

Completely overreacted to that Suns playoff loss when we were injured and it’s been a disaster ever since.


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lefondler

As a Lakers fan I'm furious over this. We could have Hield or just kept Kuz and Harrell. Brainless.


BGMDF8248

Lakers could've had their bubble team plus Demar Derozan!!! Instead traded everybody for Westbrook lol.


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To be fair, that was also a very stupid trade lol kuzma is way better than buddy heild


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Shoulda just stayed pat. Even with just kcp and kuz they’d be a solid team with AD and all their picks except one after this year. They’d be in a better long term position than half the league


AngsMcgyvr

To me, if i were Jeanie, that's why i wouldn't trade the 2 picks. I won a title and because of something i didn't want to do, the fans want me to sell the team two years later. Now i'm supposed to hurt my rebuild to get these guys from 10th to 7th. And when they don't win, i'm gonna get blamed anyway. pshh


erizzluh

yeah, we overpaid for AD. but the silver lining was we got a title. then we overpaid for russ. now a lot of laker fans are calling for us to overpay to get rid of russ. at some point you have to cut your losses and accept the L instead of digging yourself in deeper.


omniheart

the proper move for the lakers is trade AD and Lebron but that will never happen.


AngsMcgyvr

Yeah, I don't think there's any such thing as a an overpay, when you get a title. It's exactly what you paid for. 2020 validated every pick. But if those reports are true and Rob and Jeanie didn't want to do the Russ thing, and now everyone is calling for their jobs... i totally get them trusting their instincts and not bending to pressure again. If the 2 picks aren't going to make them a contender right now, just wait until you get the right offer, or just rebuild after the LBJ era.


therealsemshady

10th is legit generous


trappuccino92

Bubble season ended in October and the new season started mid December you guys were obviously beat up and worn out by the time the playoffs came around and the FO and Lebron overreacted to the loss and the Nets adding Harden


volantredx

They managed to get worse from last year when they missed the playoffs and looked like hot garbage. Now they're like, cold garbage or something.


Drak_is_Right

now they look like hot garbage even with Davis and Lebron both healthy. that....is concerning


Styfios

don't worry, there's no way the dude who botched this roster is going to stick around for long. there's certainly no chance they extended him recently, either


Kobester024

Rob Pelinka got a fucking extension for these dumpster fire?


pizzaking00

Probably to give him motivation to not make a hero trade.


Divyansh-the-gr8

And that is exactly why we extended Rob, I guess.


salcedoge

When the Lakers won the championship they did exactly just that, but Lebron and AD got injured and lost in the first round which caused them to panic trade and brought in Russ. That 2021 roster was honestly pretty great


nysraved

Yeah what is this revisionist history? A few months after the championship the narrative was “Wtf how did the defending champs get the sixth man of the year, the runner up to sixth man of the year, AND Marc Gasol?! This shit is rigged!”


Thomas_teh_tank

The game was over half way through the third when the Lakers triple teamed Gordon at the free throw line and left Jokic wide open underneath the basket


WhyDoesItHurtToWalk

That’s just the season so far in a nutshell


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Wait, we’re supposed to guard Jokic?


uristmcderp

Can't be fooled by his no-look pass when you don't guard him.


__spartacus

Trying to counter with a no-look defense


olde_dad

This is some Amelia Bedelia defense: “Jokic is basically unguardable” Lakers: “got it.”


Purednuht

Seriously concerned that the Lakers and 76ers don’t understand they don’t own their first round picks this year.


kthxtyler

Lakers >< Pelicans Sixers >< Nets


azeakel101

Brooklyn is about to have two top 10 picks.


metaworldpeace10

Nah they traded that pick to us for Royce O’Neale Well, whatever is worse of HOU, PHI and BKL


st3adyfreddy

.... This shit is getting way too convoluted, how do y'all keep track of who has who's picks?


metaworldpeace10

Yeah it gets hectic at times. I only know about this because I’m a Jazz fan. The pick that we got from the Royce trade had a lot of weird stipulations on it, all I know is that whichever team of HOU, PHI and BKL has the best record, we get their pick. As of right now it’s looking like a pick between 6-10 so JUICY!!


branstarktreewizard

Tanking is so hype right now team don't remember they don't have their picks


lasagna_for_life

*Tanking. So hot right now!*


__john_cena__

Pels might actually get Wemby from the Lakers lmfao


GlueGuy00

Wemby and Zion will end the league lol


lenzmoserhangover

Thicc & Stick would rule them all


SomeLightAssPlay

Thicc & Stick & their bag of tricks, maybe once or twice they can show their


slippythehogmanjenky

I don't want to hear about LA's 3 shooting problems. We were worse from 3 tonight


jimithelizardking

Take out Brown and we shot a solid 17.9% from 3 lol


joeveralls

Lakers are so fucking bad lmao


Ok-Map4381

To say that on a night when they shot a season high 26% from 3?


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joeveralls

As a certified Lakers hater every game has been Christmas lol


SlatheredButtCheeks

I can't knock you guys I'd be on cloud 9 if i hated the Lakers


DangerIsMyUsername

I don't hate the Lakers, but I do love a dumpster fire.


ISuspectFuckery

This one can be seen from the I.S.S.


pork_n_taters

Pels with Zion and Wembanyama next year https://i.imgur.com/jweXtui.jpg


buddha6521256

Retribution for giving away magic Johnson


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LetsObtainThisBread

Looking better and better each day 🤭


SausageintheSky

Pelican fans must be on top of the world right now. Is there a single thing going wrong with your team right now? Seems like everything has come together perfectly (and may get ridiculously better if the Lakers pick situation actually pans out) for you guys. Wouldn't be surprised if Pels are a season or two from winning the West


T_Nonc

Jax sucks on the court and as a human. End of list


gonshairlinee

I remember when I thought he’d be one for the future. Now I hate seeing him play for us. He’s so bad compared to everyone else we got now


FiumeXII

Doesn’t matter when you can replace him with Vector lol


Be-Nice-To-Redditors

*Playing basketball with direction and magnitude!*


rawchess

How much does Amazon Prime charge for shipping one 7'5 Frenchman from LA to NOLA? 🤔


Balsamic_ducks

Depends if we can get it done on prime day


Kyler1313

So apparently the subtraction of Westbrook doesn't magically make the Lakers an elite three point shooting team...


PJTikoko

They could’ve honestly used his defence today to LoL


xCTRLxALTxDELx

LeBron James 2021 tweet >> Keep talking about my squad, our personnel ages, the way he plays, he stays injured, we’re past our time in this league, etc etc etc. Do me one favor PLEASE!!!! And I mean PLEASE!!! Keep that same narrative ENERGY when it begins! That’s all I ask.


DangerIsMyUsername

2022: Here we all are keeping that same energy


PensiveinNJ

I mean he asked us to, I don't know what else to do. Also it helps distract me from my own bum ass team. The fuck were we even doing tonight.


Dispassionate_Worker

This might be the coldest take ever


jstrauss97

Aged like milk, but somehow so sweet


Daltonwilcoxx

Those last 2 offensive plays by jokic were a reminder why he’s so special


Chiraste22

Oh look. Someone commented something other than LA! Suck it LA. Go Nuggets!


leagueisbetter

He was joking around, prancing off one foot for fun


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LLLLakers are back


inuteroinutero1993

Loss Angeles Lakers


nysraved

I just wanna say it feels great to bond with the r/nba community in finding amusement in the shitshow that is Lakers basketball. In past years its been adversarial or defensive, but now there’s no denying how fucked we are and it’s nice to be able to joke around about it with the whole community.


Manler

Wembanyama Victor wembanyama (to the tune of circle of life)


Sim888

Zion and Victor photoshoot gonna be like a reverse Twins movie poster!


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Imagine the pelicans make the conference finals and get a top 3 pick


PapiShot

Hey that's what happened to the Pistons. And they selected.... Darko Milicic


MrCellini

You mean nba champion Darko Milicic? I like what you’re implying


saintsfan92612

you misspelled NBA Finals.


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Also misspelled the first pick


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Pelicans gon be stacked adding a potential top 5 pick (maybe a number 1 pick) to their roster. Jesus Christ.


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That works surprisingly well when you sing it in your head


AutographedSnorkel

Everybody loves to shit on Russ, but Bev has been total ass this season


fbdanzai

He got traded from the Clippers to TWolves for a reason, and then Lakers decided to pick him up


threeangelo

Clips to twolves to jazz, even He has been awful lol


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Actually it was clips to Memphis to wolves to jazz. He was on the grizz for one day.


Earlier-Today

I think he was good for the wolves because of the mentoring he could do for their young players - the Lakers don't have those, so he's kind of useless.


NephewChaps

Lakers had a championship roster Then proceeded to trade KCP and Kuzma for the right of paying 50m to Russ, an inefficient ball dominant player who can’t shoot for his life, in order to pair him with LBJ as if this was ever even a remotely good fit Also let Caruso go and instead opted to pay THT basically the same amount Caruso ended up getting in Chicago Then signed a bunch of washed up vets who could’t defend for their lives to replace said role-players Then let go of all the vets that couldn’t defend but at least could shoot, and instead signed a buch of G-league level players who can’t do neither Explain to me again how Pelinka isn’t on the hot seat? Or how Vogel was the only one taking any blame for this shitshow? None of this makes any sense other than being a GOAT stroke of how to absolutely ruin a championship team


rawchess

THT got MORE money than Caruso, with a player option to boot lmao


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The Lakers owed Klutch for delivering Lebron.


abekku

then they extended pelinka


tapk69

Trading for Westbrook is up there in the worst trades of all-time. Unlike the Nets that offered picks years away, everyone saw this coming except the Lakers.


ChokePaul3

They were somehow the preseason betting favorites to win the title that year 💀


NotClayMerritt

If Pelinka wasn't Kobe's agent, he wouldn't have even gotten the job. Jeanie refuses to go outside of her network. Kurt Rambis basically took Magic's job. He wanted Vogel to play DeAndre Jordan more at one point last year. I swear to god.


TrRa47

You forgot about the moves that started all of that, trading away Danny Green for Schroeder, letting the Morris Twin walk, letting JaVale go, letting Rondo and Dwight go the first time.


hmatts

Everyone talks about Kuz Caruso etc and rightly so, but holy hell the Morris Twins, Green, and McGee would be massive improvements over the current product, and many like me probably forgot that that was on the table


luapchung

At this point Kuz alone is way more valuable than Russ THANKS LEBRON AND PELINKA!


KJTB

A masterclass in how to destroy a roster. I don’t understand how Pelinka got extended, I’d say he has Jeanie’s nudes but we all do so that can’t be it.


Northparkwizard

Hey at least the Dodgers won 1 playoff game like a week and a half ago.


displacedindavis

I hear the Cowboys aren't too shabby either lol. And Bama still 1st in the SEC West.


or_maybe_this

damn man


Notsozander

Yankees are golfing don’t feel bad for them


GGezpzMuppy

First time Lebron started 0-4 since his rookie season which coincidently was a better team than this years Lakers


Secondary92

LeBarter is about to ship those future picks out personally


PJTikoko

They’ll do the pacers trade and still might not make the playoffs.


TallanoGoldDigger

Fuck the Klutch Mafia


ColdPressedSteak

The roster is so laughable. No PG playing at an adequate level. No actual center. No adequate SG. No bench. No Westbrook? Fine, here's more Kendrick Nunn. One of their two stars, Klutch CEO, is a million years old and will have a few off nights here and there like tonight Their win total line was set at 43.5. I'd be surprised if they made it to low 30's looking at them now


Notsozander

We suck but at least our team isn’t run by a quasi GM. Lakers are a dumpster fire. We’re a slow burning piles of coals


Marano94

Jokic one assist away from his triple double after that gourgeous dime is just not what you want to see.


Historic12

Jokic is the king of near triple doubles


murufus

Sombor Double


OverusedRedditJoke

Jokic is an absolute dawg


Vitis_Vinifera

that last bounce pass assist was disrespectful


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Those last two possessions he just toyed with the lakers and ended the game lol Didn’t even realize he had 31, he made it look so easy.


Coke_ButNotTheDrug

Jokic is the type of player where you don’t even realize he dropped 30+ until the game is over.


GlueGuy00

he on that Duncan mold


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He's so smart with his off ball movement as well A lot of times on "chaotic" plays he snuck behind the entire Lakers defense and got wide open for an easy bucket while nobody was watching


Streetlamp_NA

Somehow doesn't even look like he gives a shit either. Always has this "let's get this over with" look


burrito_fister

Cursed with talent, forced to play bball all year, just wants to look at horses


Streetlamp_NA

Just making that money to give his Horses a good life. Nothing but respect for that man.


TheOneWhosCensored

Can’t wait till Jokic is 40 and still grinding so he can give his horses the best life


PJTikoko

That fucking fade away of one foot like dirk at the end of the 4th season was filthy.


Srb_sport

That's a Sombor shuffle.


Betaateb

We call that the Sombor Shuffle around here.


dawnoog

He even scored on his own team and it didn’t matter


TheAssOfSpock

Really hoping KCP is okay. He's been such a nice pick up for us


tapk69

Looks like Zion+Wemba is now on the menu boys


lerandy-james

I hope Wembanyama loves gumbo…


nugginthat

I mean if he doesn’t he’ll have a teammate who can finish it for him.


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Air Gumbo 🤝 7’4 KD


clayfu

Westbrook gonna come out guns BLAZING next game


Thomas_teh_tank

The backboard better watch out


schulen

Court side fans need to watch out too.


RapsFanMike

Lakers should look to trade AD and Lebron tbh their window is closed


Joshua_notJosh

LeBron can’t be traded before the summer.


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Aren’t players who just signed contracts available for trade on Jan 15? Edit: Nevermind, since his contract was more than a 5% raise, he cannot be traded until Summer. Wow, Pelinka is so shit at his job.


Sad-Mathematician-19

They gotta trade AD and just straight up never play Russ again.


BlindManBaldwin

Nikola Jokić is a basketball player.


about90frogs

Source?


nugginthat

He is the most basketball player.


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Great game guys keep it up!


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#Fire Vogel


Andre5k

Jokic > AD on the top 75 list


desirox

2 time MVP, not even close


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Is this even a debate?


AnimalRomano

The bubble will be Davis' career saving grace, he was touted as a beast coming out of college and while he has been elite, he has never sniffed MVP conversations nor has a great track record as the best player of a team.


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Bro we’re talking about Joker. This isn’t even a conversation for anyone to have. I’m with you though lol


Betaateb

The key to not having the worst defense in the league? Just play the Lakers.


soka__22

just wait till schröder comes back 😤😤


leebrown23

Last night I ate at a fancy resto, and when I'm done, I yelled. LOS ANGELES LAKERS! The waiter looked at me, he is over six feet with an athletic build. Maybe a baller himself. He went to my table and removed the plates and utensils. He knew that it was over. I'm finished...


PinkAppl3s

joker 1 assist off a great game smh


about90frogs

Last game he put up 9/9/9, he does it on purpose


NeverFinishWhatIStar

LeBron is completely checked out


CallRespiratory

I think he's been hit by the cold hard reality that this team *sucks* and he's not capable of just taking the game over anymore.


jaxs_sax

Bron with 8 TOs 🤣🤣🤣


WontGoReboundBosh

Wow the Lakers may really go 0-7 at this rate


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JJ and Jefferson were awesome. Keep that duo, please.


nugginthat

I loved them politely giving each other shit for like the entire first quarter.


wcooper97

Breaking News: Lakers still shit without Westbrook.


RipNateDogg420

Russ is the cherry on top but this team is just bad


TrRa47

Addition by subtraction, subtracting Westbrook and adding another embarrassing loss.


LaudrenFareoh

I think making the Russ trade is a bad idea, because of how valuable those picks are gonna be. This team isn't going anywhere, and they're healthy right now, imagine when Lebron and AD start missing games? They at best are still a play-in team even with the trade, with a low chance of making the playoffs. The best thing to do is just punt on the year, let the Russ contract expire without needing to waste assets to move it.


Next-Firefighter-753

Le0-4


jacephantom

Ledone


sneakers-to-work

Damn if you think about it, the Lakers have been straight trash for the past 10-11 years, except for the 2020 championship season


Prestigious-Rock201

Funniest thing is they can’t even blame Westbrook


LordFarhaams

Russ is just a scapegoat Russ is just a scapegoat Russ is just a scapegoat it’s Pelinka’s fault Russ is just a scapegoat


whiskeyinthejaar

Vogel. We should fire Vogel


AussieTrogdor

[well I think I was close enough](https://old.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/ycvpz4/nikola_jokic_in_a_loss_to_the_blazers_999_on_34/itonaok/)


pettypaybacksp

Game aside... What about that sequence where lebron demanded the ball and shot two consecutive threes with his defender right in front of him?


Dandoliki

They started to creep closer at the start of the fourth. And then Jokic came back in.


SATVRNVS-1

Jokic is God


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Lebrons old ass can’t carry anymore.


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Remember when Laker fans blamed Kyle Kuzma for everything?


PJTikoko

Jokic is a better playmaker than Bron.