Jay B
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@1of1kei @HedgehogDogs @Purpl3andGold My logic is this roster isn’t complete and free agency is not yet over. When it is and the smoke clears then we can talk
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@Real_Talk_JB @HedgehogDogs @Purpl3andGold If we're by logic giving all cap to a back 5 Mamu who doesn't guard wings, grimes sexton who will never have the ball when it matter
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Wow..Rui was awesome in the playoffs 😢
Are the Lakers even in a position to make this decision? They don’t even have a freaking starting power forward.
Disappointed how the FO has treated Rui and Smart.
Lakers All Day Everyday@LADEig
The Lakers have informed Rui Hachimura that they will not be bringing him back, a source tells me. End of an era 🥲
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@WordSm7th @WorldwideLakers Exactly. He was a great fit with AD roaming on the backside as a help defender but with Luka/AR as our two best players he doesn’t fit the full need at his position
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@WorldwideLakers He's an INCREDIBLE shooter. That said, we'll have ZERO problems scoring the ball. He plays ZERO defense and is not the sharpest tool in the shed. We need a more athletic and defensive-minded player. Appreciate Rui, but I'm happy he's gone.
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I think this is a huge mistake after what he did in the playoffs
Polymarket Hoops@PolymarketHoops
The Lakers have informed Rui Hachimura that they will NOT be bringing him back, per @LADEig. End of an era.
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@HedgehogDogs @1of1kei @Purpl3andGold This is what all of these accounts are not factoring. Rui fit wise doesn’t make sense with Luka and AR as your two best players. He’s a layover from the AD/Bron pairing.
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@1of1kei @Purpl3andGold Naw, the Lakers are executing a particular vision. And to this outsider it looks like they're trying to recreate the 2024 Mavericks.
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@CanWeTalkLakers Yes Tari Eason whose shot fell off a cliff the 2nd half of last season. Would love to see what these LA fans like you would do the minute he starts to stink it up
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Rich Paul was claiming “dozens” of teams were after his garbage washed client and he’s getting rejected by the whole league
Underdog NBA@UnderdogNBA
Warriors don't necessarily believe they're at the top of LeBron James' short list, per @anthonyVslater.
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@FergieRegen @OVOLakeShow How anyone though building a full championship roster in one offseason after openly acknowledging all last season how much work the roster needed is ridiculous
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@OVOLakeShow This happens every year man … half the fanbase doombaits and the other half overhypes and we always end up somewhere in the middle. This squad will win 50+ games, be the 4-6 seed and potentially make the second round.
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@worldofao @OVOLakeShow I do believe Smart just wanted to go. I don’t know what that is so hard for some to understand. Rob could’ve offered him the world but if he wants to be in Texas it would not matter
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@OVOLakeShow Letting Smart go was confusing and the wrong decision.
But we weren’t going to build a true contender/favorite this year in any permutation.
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"The lakers actually aren't a bad team" literally shut the fuck up and look at the depth chart and tell me to my face this team's a contender
Christian Rivas@RadRivas
the lakers are two players away from their roster making any sense and they’re all out of money and assets
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@robinsonxxxj @josh111520 @SportsWithJay0 Long season. Lonzo, BI all got hurt as well. You never know though you’re right
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@Real_Talk_JB @josh111520 @SportsWithJay0 Nah they would have stayed up there. The warriors was trending backwards
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Nick Wright talking about how LeBron James saved the Lakers:
“The Lakers missed the playoffs 5 years straight before LeBron got there. They were the worst team in the league, had the worst record in the league for the half decade before he got there. Then by year 2 they are champions.”
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I wish yall would stop getting on here bitching some people just don’t wanna play for the lakers the lights be bright , them player options are to entice people to sign and secure their own future stop getting on here acting dumb. The lakers tax is still the lakers tax.
Lakers Insiders@LALInsiders
$2M less than we offered Sexton. No player option. Have no idea why we didn’t do this. He would fit in to our team like a damn glove. Instead we’ve got nobody at the starting 3/4.
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@josh111520 @SportsWithJay0 Context. Before LeBrons groin injury Christmas Day that season Lakers were the 4th seed. More than likely still would have fallen below that before the end of the season but they were playing fairly well
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@SportsWithJay0 Lakers also missed the playoffs LeBrons first season there.
AD saved them if we are being honest
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@cooly_bobby @F1C8P93 @DamienPetersNBA And he isn’t anymore for a reason!!! Yall are infuriating man. If dude was here yall kill him for not being able to hit a free throw. Gtfoh
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@F1C8P93 @DamienPetersNBA He was a starting center for many years before the best centers
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You can make a case every Center listed below is better than Walker Kessler:
- Karl Anthony-Towns
- Victor Wembanyama
- Chet Holmgren
- Isiah Hartenstein
- Kristaps Porzingis
- Ivicia Zubac
- Nikola Jokic
- Rudy Gobert
- Joel Embiid
- Alperen Sengun
- Bam Adebayo
- Jalen Duren
- Jarrett Allen
- Domantas Sabonis
- Mitchell Robinson
- Naz Reid
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@Lolatheweirdo @thepopdart @dontasktolink No one is immune but it’s not “inevitable”. That would mean every person on this planet will eventually get cancer. Death is inevitable
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@thepopdart @dontasktolink No matter how good you live your life and how clean you eat and how much money you have it still can fall on you . No one is immune to it
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Crazy that Nara Smith literally cooks meals from scratch and her kid still is diagnosed with cancer. SMH, such is life.
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@twnkiehuntr @MediJo20 You a Laker fan now or what? Bron not on the team no more man. No need to be concerned over here. We good.
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This is a staggering overpay by the Lakers, like just a terrifying price at least in terms of the draft capital sent out.. like it just feels like the Jazz walked away with gold. Luka will be in year 13 and 15 respectively in '31 and '33 btw
the on court fit is nice though. Kessler gives them elite, elite rim protection. Putting a true 7 footer who can anchor a defense next to their core completely changes the Lakers' defensive geometry. In 2025 he actually did fairly well on a per poss basis against some of the best bigs in the league
I just can't get over the price and what the Lakers have given up, just wow
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
BREAKING: The Los Angeles Lakers are acquiring Walker Kessler from the Utah Jazz for unprotected first-round picks in 2031 and 2033 and first-round swaps in 2028 and 2030, sources tell ESPN. Kessler will sign a massive four-year, $130 million deal with the Lakers.
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Not even a paragraph or an actual IG Post
Bet bro bet
LakersMuse@LALMuse
Austin Reaves posted a thank you message to LeBron on IG with photos of them throughout the years 🥹
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@twnkiehuntr Bro don’t do that. You can love Lebron. Dont hate on Luka to do it. He’s gone off the Lakers and hope he does well in his next stop
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Not sure who you think that man is
Never been a 2 seed. Never been a 1 seed. Never even got a 3 seed till he got LeBron 😂 good luck
O’Shea Jackson Jr@OsheaJacksonJr
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@BLACKSBEANSTALK @koapaden He averaged 7FGA w/ Toronto last season. 5th highest on the team
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@koapaden He ain’t doin all this shit with Luka and ar on his team is what you dumb mfs don’t realize 🤣 you really think he gone be out there tryna mix it up and fire off a million shots with them two on the team? No fuckin chance dumb ass
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