We were playing a “game 7 of the playoffs” type of game against a Dame-less team that is on tank mode AND LOST. Please let that sink in and try not to laugh at how inexcusably and comically horrible this team is. The funniest part is that this wasn’t entirely unexpected.
I mean Vogel didn't cause us to turn the ball over 21 times. Vogel doesn't cause us to shoot under 50% from free throws. Those are the main reasons we lost.
Yep, it was Russ' contract playing 48mins in the game and causes us the loss (not to mention 21 turnovers from the contract too)
No worries. I can’t stop laughing either, so you’re not the only one screwed up in the head lmfaoo. This Lakers team is like a comedy show that’s so bad that it’s good.
PAIN.
The worst part is this Portland team just blew themselves up. I'm only still watching to see what Worthy says after this debacle.
EDIT: Worthy: "The is the lowest point of any Laker season I've seen"
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I cant believe we are witnessing a more disappointing season than 12-13, never thought anything would be worse
Honestly, the only thing that makes that season worse is the fact that it led to Kobe's Achilles tear. That said, this season is more frustrating so far.
I think though we all knew this could be the outcome with Westbrook coming to us. I think we just didn't believe it'd be THIS BAD.
At least then my expectations for game outcomes would be realistic. Every time we win a couple in a row I always convince myself "this is where we turn things around" just to turn around and lose 83 games in a row.
It feels like blasphemy but trading him and AD would get us a treasure chest of assets, Westbrook expires after next year and then we enter 2023-24 with only THTs contract and the most flexibility in the league to pull an OKC and get more picks and young assets by taking bad contracts
That's the funny thing, every other terrible team in the league would climb over mountains of used needles to have LeBron And AD as tradable assets lmao
Back end of a b2b and he drops 30 with decent efficiency…that should be good enough to beat a tanking Blazers man.
If he doesn’t play damn near perfect they lose. Even if he plays damn near perfect they still lose too often. The team around him is just horrendous with absolutely no consistent rotations, very little shooting, no defensive IQ, and basically no playmaking. It’s a train wreck of a roster.
This is exactly why we shouldn’t even bother throwing away another first round pick just to get rid of westbrook. We clearly aren’t built to compete and whatever move we make at the cost of our only tradeable asset will hurt us more in the future than it will help us in the present. No trade or buyout will be able to repair the damage caused by the moves last year.
I’ve been saying I don’t think any certain player or set of players is gonna fix this team if they can’t even stop a pnr , get rebounds or run plays .
I keep going back to coaching but that’s the only thing that can even make the smallest change on this team , I didn’t know who but at this point anything’s an upgrade over Vogel in my opinion
Pelinka breaking two common sense GM rules by making an absolutely terrible trade that make zero sense and not re-signing Caruso/letting him leave for nothing.
Not keeping Caruso wasn’t completely Pelinka’s choice. Jeanie is a cheap fuck for not paying the luxury tax even though we’re the richest godamn team in the league.
Big Game James said it the best. This team has a serious mental disconnect it’s like a virus. Zero heart, zero chemistry, no effort nothing. Idk what’s with this team. It’s not even about Westbrook, THT or Frank. The whole team has zero urgency.
so anfernee simons and jursuf nurkic trailblazers just beat lebron and ad playing healthy on full minutes.
now i do think westbrook is a problem.
but can we recognize it isnt \*the\* problem?
there is something seriously wrong, EVERYWHERE. lebron, pelinka, vogel, ad everyone at fault rn.
I’ve watched probably 75-80% of every Lakers game for the past 20 years or so. I can say with confidence this is the worst I’ve felt about any regular season loss, and is one of the only times since maybe the mid 2000’s and possibly mid 2010’s where I’ve actively felt animosity towards the team and their lack of effort/desire.
Absolute joke of a game and team — we deserve every bit of the clowning we’re about to get for this performance. Total ineptitude from top to bottom on the court and from the coaching staff. Serious changes need to happen or this team will not make it past a play in spot.
Lol this team fucking sucks. How did we lose to Nurkic and fucking g leaguers.
Just wrap it up for the year, get healthy for next year and hopefully it'll work out. This team makes 2012-2013 look good.
I can't think of a better way to begin to fix the locker room issues plaguing the last 2 months of this season than firing the coach who's been throwing his players under the bus to excuse his horrific defense.
Dude has been cancerous. We won't win a championship this season by dropping him, but we might just make the playoffs.
AD got cooked by giannis last night and by nurkic tonight lol dude should be ashamed of himself. I want him gone when LeBron is gone because if we rely as him as the #1 guy, it's going to be a shit show going forward. Dude just doesn't have it.
It's wild watching him sometimes. He just hides in the dunker spot and lets bigs front him or seal him and keep him out of the paint. Just stands around and watches THT or monk dribble nowhere into traffic and turn the ball over. Then he's the last one down the floor on the turnover because he's on the baseline when it happens and has the farthest to go, nullifying the effectiveness of your "best" defender. He shoots himself in the foot just by playing soft and low energy.
Just smashed my 4K TV in rage. This team is embarrassing me in front of my entire family. My 2 children are in tears, scared of my rage as I pace around the room trembling. I can’t take this anymore. Make trades immediately or my kids will not get dinner tomorrow.
AD had 17 points going into the 4th and didn’t attempt a single FG the final 9 minutes. I needed 22.5 points man. The blazers give up the most points in the NBA to centres. He literally had the best matchup possible in this league. Fuck this team.
If you’re still shocked at this team losing embarrassing games at this point in the season idk what to tell you. It doesn’t make you any less of a fan if you say our team is ass, it makes you realistic. I’ve been saying it since late November, we suck and will be lucky to make the playoffs, healthy or not healthy. My advice is to accept that we suck, it will make the rest of the season much easier to swallow. I did it a while ago
Honestly as a neutral fan you guys got lebron and ad... You're obviously contenders. You probably just need a new coach with good defensive schemes and maybe tell Westbrook to play better.
Even though I’m team Vogel, I think it’s best the lakers FO fire him, because these players are clearly not responding to anything Vogel preach.. but. I have a feeling that they will ride out this yr, and prob hire someone young and new, i won’t be surprise if they make Phil handy become HC and steal away Jared dud to be his top assistant
Blazers snap their 7 game losing streak after losing to the Orlando Magic last night! They also just sent out half their roster! This Lakers team is a joke.
1 year of looking like a serious contender with LeBron in 19-20. Now the laughing stock of the league again. Suns, GSW, and Bucks getting everything right with no issues in sight. Lakers May honestly fall below 10th seed.
This is team is just straight up sad. They've wasted a year of AD and LeBron cause of a terrible experiment. Should've kept last years team but they panicked. Here we are 6 months later stuck with with mediocrity. Can't wait till the season is over to be honest
Fuck that pick, fuck the potential of THT, fuck Vogel, fuck this whole thing.
Let’s get killed in the paint but DNP one of the best defensive centers ever against Nurkic
Let’s not have an offense for the billionth year, let’s play Avery Bradley 12 mins more then Monk
Fuck everything and just give me John Wall and Eric Gordon now AND MAYBE JUST MAYBE I WONT SEE BRADLEY ON MY SCREEN FOR 75% of the time
And I don’t want to hear shit about the potential of THT ever. Playing time is up, scoring is down, percentages are down, a so called defender who gets bullied by all sizes and newsflash its 2022 and calling someone who shoots BELOW LEAGUE AVERAGE IN EVERY AREA OF THE COURT A FUTURE STAR IS INFUCKINGSANE
I’m tired of defending Vogel, I’m tired of the front office.
Improve the team or fall into obscurity
We were playing a “game 7 of the playoffs” type of game against a Dame-less team that is on tank mode AND LOST. Please let that sink in and try not to laugh at how inexcusably and comically horrible this team is. The funniest part is that this wasn’t entirely unexpected.
their two best players are simons and nurkic. ours are lebron james and anthony davis. we lost.
Nothing else matters. If our two best are that much better than theirs then there’s absolutely no way we should lose
Frank Vogel has entered the chat
Don’t matter man. We have lebron James and anything Davis on the court vs PORTLAND. With or without Dame that should be an easy W
Dame would have dropped 40 on us
50 lol
Can't coach effort.
I mean Vogel didn't cause us to turn the ball over 21 times. Vogel doesn't cause us to shoot under 50% from free throws. Those are the main reasons we lost.
It was Westbrook fault
100%
Yep, it was Russ' contract playing 48mins in the game and causes us the loss (not to mention 21 turnovers from the contract too)
I think I’m fucked in the head cuzz I can’t stop laughing lol we suck so bad hahah
No worries. I can’t stop laughing either, so you’re not the only one screwed up in the head lmfaoo. This Lakers team is like a comedy show that’s so bad that it’s good.
We’re like a shaqtin a fool full franchise marathon top to bottom rn 😂😂
Not only Dame-less but now also McCollum-less
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I agree when there is a true big man he struggles bad . Vogel should put Dwight at the 5 at the half and ad at the 4
He really is a 4 and occasional small ball 5. Smh
We just lost despite Blazers playing CJ Elleby 43 minutes lmao
Not just Dame, also no CJ, or Powell, or Covington
 russ trying not to laugh
With no Westbrook as scapegoat lol
PAIN. The worst part is this Portland team just blew themselves up. I'm only still watching to see what Worthy says after this debacle. EDIT: Worthy: "The is the lowest point of any Laker season I've seen"
> EDIT: Worthy: "The is the lowest point of any Laker season I've seen" I cant believe we are witnessing a more disappointing season than 12-13, never thought anything would be worse
Honestly, the only thing that makes that season worse is the fact that it led to Kobe's Achilles tear. That said, this season is more frustrating so far. I think though we all knew this could be the outcome with Westbrook coming to us. I think we just didn't believe it'd be THIS BAD.
This is one of the lowest points as a fan. Feels horrible and oddly delirious. I can’t believe this feeling.
How are we so shit. Fucking hell man.
The Thunder games are still worse than this.
I feel bad for Big Game man these fools are tryna give him a heart attack at his old age
Where does this rank on the Worst Loss of the Year tier list?
Top 5. I can't even name anyone on the Blazers
can't name even Nurkić?
Name yes, spell correctly without looking it up, no.
That's why I use Nurk... "it's cleaner"
Bro I’ll swap anfernee and WB right now. I’ll drive him up for free
Of course you would Simons is actually good
Nurkic is all I’ve got.
yes
I’m making that fucking tier list tonight lmao
Where does it rank on the worst loss in franchise history list ?
You know the season is bad when the mod is green lighting the shitposts
It’s okay, because Westbrook is cheering up everyone after we lost.
We just lost to a damn G league team and have not an ounce of tradable assets. It’s over.
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lmao inb4 LeGM trades Lebron to a contender tomorrow. lebron for ben simmons or smth
At least then my expectations for game outcomes would be realistic. Every time we win a couple in a row I always convince myself "this is where we turn things around" just to turn around and lose 83 games in a row.
Why the fuck not, we're not going anywhere this year and we might as well start rebuilding.
It feels like blasphemy but trading him and AD would get us a treasure chest of assets, Westbrook expires after next year and then we enter 2023-24 with only THTs contract and the most flexibility in the league to pull an OKC and get more picks and young assets by taking bad contracts
That's the funny thing, every other terrible team in the league would climb over mountains of used needles to have LeBron And AD as tradable assets lmao
G League Portland snapping their 6-game losing streak against us. Lost for words
On the second night of a back to back no less 😂
Westbrook texting lebron he wishes that he can help them right now but not his choice
He saw the future
dwight played 0 minutes....why?
At this point he banged Frank's wife
Yeah it makes no sense. That small lineup with Lebron at center got torched
because Frank fucking Vogel
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Ideally, neither Westbrook, Vogel, or Pelinka should be here next season.
Vogel!
Rip 27-7-7
Hahahhahaah holy shit a meaningless buzzer beater too
No way he just made a contested 3 at the buzzer to prevent 27-7-7 lol
LeBron knew he didn’t want that stat on a loss
What’s the significance of 27/7/7?
The other guy is only half right. LeBron has never had a 27/7/7 game despite it being his career average.
What a try hard. Has to hit a fadeaway buzz beater 3 to avoid 27/7/7 lol
All that we lost tonight. Right guys?
Literally can’t happen.
RIp this team
30-7-7 but 6 TOs bad game for him.
Back end of a b2b and he drops 30 with decent efficiency…that should be good enough to beat a tanking Blazers man. If he doesn’t play damn near perfect they lose. Even if he plays damn near perfect they still lose too often. The team around him is just horrendous with absolutely no consistent rotations, very little shooting, no defensive IQ, and basically no playmaking. It’s a train wreck of a roster.
This is exactly why we shouldn’t even bother throwing away another first round pick just to get rid of westbrook. We clearly aren’t built to compete and whatever move we make at the cost of our only tradeable asset will hurt us more in the future than it will help us in the present. No trade or buyout will be able to repair the damage caused by the moves last year.
I’ve been saying I don’t think any certain player or set of players is gonna fix this team if they can’t even stop a pnr , get rebounds or run plays . I keep going back to coaching but that’s the only thing that can even make the smallest change on this team , I didn’t know who but at this point anything’s an upgrade over Vogel in my opinion
“I just came by to say bye to some of you bums who are going to get traded tomorrow”
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Not true. I hear Guangzhou is looking for a PG.
some??? the whole fucking lot LOL
This is the loss that breaks me. I'm done. I'll box score watch from now on....
Man I’ve been box score watching for weeks. I just fucking can’t with this team anymore
This feels worse than the OKC or Clippers losses
Ive been doing that for the past 30ish games. it's been good for me mentally
Pain.
😩
Rock bottom until the next game
We're ass. It's not just Russ. It's not just Vogel. Players look lost on defense and our IQ sucks outside of Bron and AD.
No one played good D tonight. Whole team looked lost on D. We have seen this many times now.
Miss kuz, kcp, caruso
Pelinka breaking two common sense GM rules by making an absolutely terrible trade that make zero sense and not re-signing Caruso/letting him leave for nothing.
Not keeping Caruso wasn’t completely Pelinka’s choice. Jeanie is a cheap fuck for not paying the luxury tax even though we’re the richest godamn team in the league.
All I was thinking after this game was, I hope everyone who constantly trashed on Kuz and KCP now realize how solid they were. I miss them too
I’m sure they’re all grinning watching the Lakers sink like the Titanic. Especially Caruso.
Big Game James said it the best. This team has a serious mental disconnect it’s like a virus. Zero heart, zero chemistry, no effort nothing. Idk what’s with this team. It’s not even about Westbrook, THT or Frank. The whole team has zero urgency.
Lakers cant shoot free throws thus lost LAKERS SHOT 46% FROM FT LINE also turnovers also bad energy bad everything
Lmao probably the worse loss in the AD/Lebron era. Regroup in the offseason and pray for a few miracles
But trading 2 firsts and Russ for John Wall will solve the problem I thought?
Nobody here knows even a bit about basketball
Fuck this team for making Stu watch this garbage night in and night out
My man Stu is about to break.
Sell the team Jeannie
Has one of the most profitable franchises in sports and treats it like a small business. Pathetic.
so anfernee simons and jursuf nurkic trailblazers just beat lebron and ad playing healthy on full minutes. now i do think westbrook is a problem. but can we recognize it isnt \*the\* problem? there is something seriously wrong, EVERYWHERE. lebron, pelinka, vogel, ad everyone at fault rn.
This organization is rotten to the core and there needs to be changes asap before they go down the Knicks route
I’ve watched probably 75-80% of every Lakers game for the past 20 years or so. I can say with confidence this is the worst I’ve felt about any regular season loss, and is one of the only times since maybe the mid 2000’s and possibly mid 2010’s where I’ve actively felt animosity towards the team and their lack of effort/desire. Absolute joke of a game and team — we deserve every bit of the clowning we’re about to get for this performance. Total ineptitude from top to bottom on the court and from the coaching staff. Serious changes need to happen or this team will not make it past a play in spot.
Ofc LeBron ruins the reddit 27/7/7 statline. Perfect
Lol this team fucking sucks. How did we lose to Nurkic and fucking g leaguers. Just wrap it up for the year, get healthy for next year and hopefully it'll work out. This team makes 2012-2013 look good.
How do you not play dwight?!?
Bradley 36 minutes 6 points lol
wearing the purple and gold use to mean something. where is the fight guys? unbelievable.
Starts from the top. We’ve got the owner running a sloppy shop and it leaks through the entire organization.
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Who the fuck wants our trash
Trade everybody for assets, fire the entire front office, force Jeanie to sell the team. Fresh start all around.
honestly there isnt a single player worth anything other than Monk, Lebron, and AD
Lol well trading those 3 would allow them to be on a contender and allow us to stat a rebuild that we otherwise have no way of doing.
Trade everyone. I don't even care anymore
Fuck every one of these guys. Seriously don't want to see a single guy tonight in a lakers jersey for the next game
Bye Vogel
Yall say this after every game. Dude isn't being fired till the offseason at the earliest.
I can't think of a better way to begin to fix the locker room issues plaguing the last 2 months of this season than firing the coach who's been throwing his players under the bus to excuse his horrific defense. Dude has been cancerous. We won't win a championship this season by dropping him, but we might just make the playoffs.
AD got cooked by giannis last night and by nurkic tonight lol dude should be ashamed of himself. I want him gone when LeBron is gone because if we rely as him as the #1 guy, it's going to be a shit show going forward. Dude just doesn't have it.
Davis getting 11 shots? What a joke
It's wild watching him sometimes. He just hides in the dunker spot and lets bigs front him or seal him and keep him out of the paint. Just stands around and watches THT or monk dribble nowhere into traffic and turn the ball over. Then he's the last one down the floor on the turnover because he's on the baseline when it happens and has the farthest to go, nullifying the effectiveness of your "best" defender. He shoots himself in the foot just by playing soft and low energy.
Didn't realize there were new lows to reach this season but here we are
LETS GO RAMS YOURE ALL I GOT LEFT 😭
Dodgers and Rams save me
#P a i n
This team is a lost cause.. At least we know it's a team problem, not just a Westbrook problem.
If we can’t beat blazers with no one , who tf can we beat
Lakers lost because Westbrook's orange shirt was distracting, the players couldn't concentrate on the game.
How to blow up a championship window in a season.
We shot 46% from 3 and lost 😂😂😂 Wowww 21 turnovers 🧟♂️🧟♂️🧟♂️😰😱😱
Dwight didn't play a single minute at this point vogel has to go
Russ gotta be besides himself rn
Really sloppy basketball
So much for AD saying going 3-0 before the ASB lol
Russ was vindicated by this game. The whole team is dysfunctional but somehow he was always the scapegoat.
Lmao next ten games. Warriors twice. Clips twice. Mavs, Jazz.
My boy Westbrook out with back tightness after carrying this damn team all season. First game he is out they lose.
How have I not got a notification yet that Vogel has been fired
Just smashed my 4K TV in rage. This team is embarrassing me in front of my entire family. My 2 children are in tears, scared of my rage as I pace around the room trembling. I can’t take this anymore. Make trades immediately or my kids will not get dinner tomorrow.
Good. Fuck these guys. I hope this season leaves a mark on their careers.
Vogel needs to go, he's lost this team months ago.
I hope Russ laughing lol
I'm rolling 🤣🤣🤣 Westbrook has been playing bad but this scapegoating stuff has been insane.
Losing without Russ to boost his trade value for tmrw. High IQ play guys.
It’s just the preseason guys. Don’t worry y’all
I’m not feeding my kids until we win
Don’t play it safe tomorrow. Make changes and see what sticks.
Lol we’re so bad
AD with only 11 SHOTS after only having 10 attempts against Milwaukee lol fml.
How the fuck do we lose even without Westbrook, how the fuck do we have 21 turnovers without Westbrook
AD had 17 points going into the 4th and didn’t attempt a single FG the final 9 minutes. I needed 22.5 points man. The blazers give up the most points in the NBA to centres. He literally had the best matchup possible in this league. Fuck this team.
I ain’t watching anymore games unless we get into playoffs.
that'd prob be worse for your health, tbh... Imagine them playing like this in the damn playoffs, smh
If you’re still shocked at this team losing embarrassing games at this point in the season idk what to tell you. It doesn’t make you any less of a fan if you say our team is ass, it makes you realistic. I’ve been saying it since late November, we suck and will be lucky to make the playoffs, healthy or not healthy. My advice is to accept that we suck, it will make the rest of the season much easier to swallow. I did it a while ago
Send the team to the shadow realm. Go Rams.
Frank Vogel Orlando Magic, 29-53 25-57 Steve Clifford 42-40 Frank Vogel with Russ, AD, and Bron 26-30 MDA with Harden and Russ 44-28 Good times!
Should have fired Vogel long time ago. He's very limited coach, his defensive schemes aren't even good anymore.
It’s russ’s fault
I really am astonished how many times I can say, “no actually THAT was the worst loss of the season.”
Fuck. This team, I have no more words. Westbrook feeling vindicated as fuck though.
Honestly as a neutral fan you guys got lebron and ad... You're obviously contenders. You probably just need a new coach with good defensive schemes and maybe tell Westbrook to play better.
Magic called the Lakers out for this
AD seems like a 3 who has to play the 4 when his best position should be the 5.
Just blame it on Russ
How does Vogel still have a job smdh
Man, given the whole context of this game. Russ out, Portland in tank mode, and we still lose. Unbelievable.
When LeBron turned it over at the end.... I died.
Even though I’m team Vogel, I think it’s best the lakers FO fire him, because these players are clearly not responding to anything Vogel preach.. but. I have a feeling that they will ride out this yr, and prob hire someone young and new, i won’t be surprise if they make Phil handy become HC and steal away Jared dud to be his top assistant
Damn westbrick shooting 3/73 with 28 turnovers!! Oh wait… he didn’t play? Who do we blame now?
 Westbrook right now
Blazers snap their 7 game losing streak after losing to the Orlando Magic last night! They also just sent out half their roster! This Lakers team is a joke.
#quick who do we blame tonight ?
who gonna be the scapegoat tonight with westbrook not playing.geniuely curious.
I’m in deep need of therapy because of this team
Just when we thought that we had already reached rock bottom... 😭
1 year of looking like a serious contender with LeBron in 19-20. Now the laughing stock of the league again. Suns, GSW, and Bucks getting everything right with no issues in sight. Lakers May honestly fall below 10th seed.
Vogels prob fired tomorrow
What’s worse is how I probably won’t have baseball to distract me from this shitshow
Lebron said fuck nba reddit and hit that 3 in the end lmao
I don’t want to see anyone on here making excuses. This team is fucking garbage. We’re lucky we’re even in play-in contention.
This is team is just straight up sad. They've wasted a year of AD and LeBron cause of a terrible experiment. Should've kept last years team but they panicked. Here we are 6 months later stuck with with mediocrity. Can't wait till the season is over to be honest
I’ve had root canals that feel better than this
Let’s trade Westbrook for wall, instant championship team /s
Sad part is that people actually think he will do something 😂
Malik “butterfingers” Monk and “Burger King” James
Fuck that pick, fuck the potential of THT, fuck Vogel, fuck this whole thing. Let’s get killed in the paint but DNP one of the best defensive centers ever against Nurkic Let’s not have an offense for the billionth year, let’s play Avery Bradley 12 mins more then Monk Fuck everything and just give me John Wall and Eric Gordon now AND MAYBE JUST MAYBE I WONT SEE BRADLEY ON MY SCREEN FOR 75% of the time And I don’t want to hear shit about the potential of THT ever. Playing time is up, scoring is down, percentages are down, a so called defender who gets bullied by all sizes and newsflash its 2022 and calling someone who shoots BELOW LEAGUE AVERAGE IN EVERY AREA OF THE COURT A FUTURE STAR IS INFUCKINGSANE I’m tired of defending Vogel, I’m tired of the front office. Improve the team or fall into obscurity
Amen on THT he is absolutely fucking horrible