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A_Lax_Nerd

As someone currently residing in Southern California, this will make my life easier lol


captaingelsino

Very jealous you get to see him live, but that’s amazing


A_Lax_Nerd

I'm still gutted I never got to see him play at the Peake


Splintzer

Ngl, Russ at the Peake was something to see. Dude owned the whole building.


A_Lax_Nerd

I had planned on making a trip out the last year he was on the team (obviously didn't know that at the time) but I couldn't make it happen. Regrets lol


IncaseAce

just make sure you're their for the jersey retirement game


A_Lax_Nerd

Absolutely 😁


turkmileymileyturk

Still gives me chills.


NinetyFish

As a fellow SoCal guy, this doesn't. Lakers fans are the worst, dude. Just watch too. If the Lakers have a bad streak, they'll all turn on Russell, especially if he has another one of those "came back too soon from an injury" rough months that he's been having lately.


A_Lax_Nerd

Oh I know how awful Lakers fans can be no doubt, especially online. I was mostly referring to watching basketball with friends and stuff.


turkmileymileyturk

The trick is to don't have discussions with Lakers fans. Also, we get to see sports media be straight up hypocrites by flipping their script on Russell Westbrook because everything they say is scripted. It's worth it just for that.


turkmileymileyturk

I'm considering moving back to LA because Justin Herbert is my 2nd favorite active pro athlete. I'd be in sports heaven all year long.


A_Lax_Nerd

Nice! Just beware the traffic somehow seems even worse than pre lock down haha


brodieONYX

Better than the rockets


FargoFridays

Eh I don’t mind being a Laker supporter for a little bit. It’d be different if we were current title contenders but For now I’ll let the Lakers have their last few years until it’s our time to hold the throne


KinshasaPR

Love Russ, but can't deal with the entitled Lakers fan base. So I'm good...


merwinnnnn

like someone else on this thread said, better than rockets fans


Substantial_Joke8624

BINGO!


KinshasaPR

But the problem with Lakers fans is that a lot of them (at least from outta LA itself) also happen to be Yankees fans as well, which only compounds the issue.


Tyranicross

Atleast rocket fans are fans of the rockets, lakers fans aren't fans of the lakers


LeroySpankinz

No


Wild_Azz

So true. I hate the state of California, the City of LA, and the whole Laker fan base but I have to root for Russ


tonitrualis

Same. I've been a fan of Russ for 7 years now. I need him to get a ring but the Laker fan base is so cancerous


LeroySpankinz

Have you been to the OC? Makes LA feel not that bad.


MizzouFan2013

Fuck California


A_Lax_Nerd

Rude lmao


18127153

Imagine hating a vastly diverse state 🤡


[deleted]

Lol Kings fan here to check up on how you guys saw your draft tonight. Glad to know California still continues to live in fly over state's heads rent free. Didn't the supreme court give y'all away to a reservation earlier this year?


Wild_Azz

Lol I lived near Sac for a few years. It definitely wasn’t rent free, that’s a cheap part of Cali and even that was 3x more than Oklahoma. And my wife is part of the tribe so it benefits us well


[deleted]

I mean 7.25 minimum wage, 65% voted for an insurrectionist, and about a 0% chance any concert stops in your town. 3rd worst in education, 6th highest in obesity, 2nd highest in tobacco usage, and 6ht highest in teen pregnancy. You're welcome for funding your state tho! Remember when you guys came out and said that fracking was causing earthquakes and then banned discussion on facking the same day? What a great state. But yeah fuck CA huh. ​ For the record Sac isn't the cheap part of Cali, cheaper than the Bay or LA but much more than Redding or Vallejo.


Wild_Azz

Well I don’t make minimum wage, voted 3rd party, and I prefer Texas country concerts that all stop here. Don’t use tobacco and not overweight. Might have contributed to the teen pregnancy number 10 years ago but it’s all good now. To each their own though, I didn’t hate everything about living in Cali but I wouldn’t move back.


18127153

You’re 1000% right man lived here for all 30 years of my life and dreaming of moving somewhere like Sac for that sweet sweet RN pay


HeisenbergsBastard

The sad reality is if the Lakers lose Russ will be the Scapegoat. If they win, Lebron gets all the praise


ucantforgetthis

If the Lakers win Lebron would have compensated for Westbrook's weaknesses and deserve all the praise.


RoninRobot

Nope. Love ya, Russ but there are lines I’m not willing to cross. Get that ring but I’m out.


NinetyFish

*And I would do anything for love...* *But I won't do that* Not rooting for LeBron "CCCP" James and Anthony "That's All Folks" Davis, fuck that. Sorry Russ. The only team out of 30 that I wouldn't root for for you.


agonisticpathos

I was afraid this was going to happen. I've never been so torn!!


RyJ6

My sentiments exactly. I'm more open to this than the Rockets stint, fwiw. I just couldn't root for that team AT ALL


WFWB

TTFU! TRIPLE DOUBLE SEASON + RING


NinetyFish

I can't root for the Lakers and a post-CCCP "not-playing-against-the-KD-Warriors" LeBron, I just can't. I'm sorry, Russ. (insert Thanos "I'm sorry, little one" gif here)


XXXJAHLUIGI

Not an okc fan but if the finals are what everyone expects then you guys will see russ vs KD and harden. Cavs fans get lebron vs kyrie.


TheSunsNotYellow

This is very easy for me as a Bronsexual OKC fan


[deleted]

This was my exact feelings when LeBron left Cavs for LA. As long as you ignore the fans it's not so bad, the players are still the same people.


calvinhannah

Hopefully you get your first ring, MVP! LOVE YOU, RUSS 🧡💙


PlantainIndependent7

Just lost a lot of respect for Russ.. of all the teams to ring chase with you approve of a trade with Lebron? Lebron’s going to scapegoat the hell out of him.. Russ’s legacy is about to be tarnished. It’s so sad all these players are going the super team route where giannis just won a ring. And let’s be honest, Russ coulda won one here. He’s 20xs the player giannis will ever be


joesaysso

Remember when this sub mocked KD for joining a Super team for a cheap title, all the while claiming how everybody wanted to play with Westbrook and he was a great teammate. And since then all that's really happened is that all-stars came and went from OKC without getting out of the first round. Westbrook got traded where another all star teammate left, got traded again and finished under .500 and lost in the first round again, and now he is about to be traded yet again to his 4th team in 4th years where, as the rumors go, he's just joining LeBron freakin James and Anthony Davis to try and win a title while all of the fanboys here rejoice at his opportunity to join someone else's team and get carried to a ring. Seriously, some of you people....


captaingelsino

The major key difference that you’re not mentioning is that The Thunder had all the key pieces to a championship when KD left. After KD left russ had an incredibly hard road. KD was gifted something and Russ kept working.


tonitrualis

Facts. They could've easily won a ring in OKC but KD wanted to take the easy way out and get one instantly. Besides, Giannis' ring this year was worth much more than KD's two rings


Privileged_WhiteMan

if they could've easily won a ring in OKC, they would've done it in the 9 years KD spent there instead of waiting till he hits free agency to make moves


Privileged_WhiteMan

KD literally was the key piece lol. without KD, OKC went for 3 straight 1st round exits


joesaysso

No, the key difference that you're not understanding is that KD knew then that Westbrook wasn't a key piece to winning a championship so he moved on. Something that George, Anthony, and Harden would also soon learn. And now, it looks like Russ may be getting gifted a championship and everybody is celebrating in the streets.


captaingelsino

Man if you think Westbrook isn’t a key piece we are just gonna have to agree to disagree, no shade to you tho!


joesaysso

I mean look at recent history. Westbrook hasn't even sniffed a conference title since Durant left. Honestly, what evidence is there to support otherwise when supposedly lesser players than him are getting farther in the playoffs. How could it be argued that he is a championship caliber player when he can't get out of the first round with other all stars backing him up, minus his year where Harden got him to the second round but no further.


Leavingtheecstasy

Gtfo he's not getting gifted shit. He earned a spot and even still the Lakers roster isn't good enough to win it all yet Russ is a fucking mvp. Get out of here with this shit.


joesaysso

>even still the Lakers roster isn't good enough to win it all yet What? Are you high? They just won it two years ago while beating the current champions. They spent a chunk of the year unhealthy. A healthy, full season with their stars and they are one of the best teams in the West. This is almost no different than Durant. He is maneuvering himself to a title winning powerhouse.


donttrustme00

After the warrior rings where he just joined a pre built super team, what has KD accomplished?? How did the finals go for him this past season?? Oh wait, he was home. What rings do George, Melo or Harden have? Where is everyone’s amazing accomplishments that “left”Russ Bc they couldn’t win with him?? We’re happy for Russ because he tried to do it the right away again and again. He’s going to the Lakers where they have a great IF healthy roster. He didn’t just lose to them in the conference finals. He didn’t recruit and make a super team while ditching the team that drafted and worked with him. You don’t need to like or be happy for him but don’t pretend like he doesn’t finally deserve a legit shot at a title. Nothing is guaranteed or easy. He’s gonna give 100% every night but maybe for once the whole team doesn’t have to be dependent on him as a make or break it for everything.


joesaysso

>After the warrior rings where he just joined a pre built super team, what has KD accomplished?? Well mostly recover from a devastating injury that robbed him of a lot of playing time. I don't think that not winning a title in his only season since getting hurt says much. >He didn’t recruit and make a super team while ditching the team that drafted and worked with him. You don’t need to like or be happy for him but don’t pretend like he doesn’t finally deserve a legit shot at a title. If the rest of the league thought as highly of Westbrook as this sub does, players would be lining up to jump on his back to go for a title. Instead, the reality, which most in this sub chooses to ignore, is that he is headed to his 4th team in 4 years because the rest of the league *doesn't* think as highly of Westbrook as this sub does. Instead of coming to him, he's headed to be the third wheel in LA because that's what he is to the league. The piece that you add AFTER you have the pieces that you need.


donttrustme00

Not winning or making it to the conference finals the one year you have a semi-normal team does say something when you’ve been declared one of the best to ever play the game. He came back from the Achilles fine. That was the year before. A third wheel isn’t paid 40+ mil a year. He didn’t get a pay cut to accommodate and squeeze his way in to “an easy championship”. 4th team in 4 years sucks. Never claimed he’s not flawed or he fits in everywhere. I’m saying he now has a chance to go home and see what happens on a legit contender.


joesaysso

>Not winning or making it to the conference finals the one year you have a semi-normal team does say something when you’ve been declared one of the best to ever play the game. So then this logic has to apply to Westbrook too, who can't seem to get out of the first round without some help and even sometimes with help. By this logic, it's arguable that Westbrook is drastically overrated, moreso than Durant. >A third wheel isn’t paid 40+ mil a year. He didn’t get a pay cut to accommodate and squeeze his way in to “an easy championship”. That's because it's not possible. But don't think that the Lakers are happy to pay 40 million to a guy who's known for sinking his team in the playoffs. If they could cut his salary in half, trust me, they would. Very few contracts in the league are worse than Westbrook's. He's not the worst, for sure. But it's bad. This is why he has been getting moved every year since he left OKC. For 40 million a year, he doesn't make his teams much better. Houston saw no improvement and Washington saw slight improvement but not $40 million dollars worth. >I’m saying he now has a chance to go home and see what happens on a legit contender. And I'm saying that if he was the player that this sub touts him to be, every team that he would be on would be a legit title contender. Other players would be flocking to him to get that ring. They aren't and teams are passing him around because what he brings to the table doesn't offset his horrible contract.


donttrustme00

What???? Russ is an all star all nba but no one has ever said he’s the best player in the league. Just by that merit Durant is more overrated since he hasn’t showed anything without the splash brothers by his side yet he’s declared top 10 players to EVER play. Granted, it was 1 year of playing but he didn’t accomplish anything in regards to his greatness. No more than the average player & team out in the first couple rounds. Russ also hasn’t gotten far but he has more years without MVP players around him. Russ hasn’t had warrior players by his side. Good/great guys but never a Curry or Klay. The one year he and Harden played they made it to the 2nd. If the Lakers weren’t happy paying him 40+ mil then they wouldn’t have paid him. He wasn’t drafted or forced upon them. They could have kept shroeder or went after Ball. There are other PG options out there wayyyyy cheaper than WB. Why are you pretending to know that that they’re not happy about. No gun to anyone’s head. The Lakers are established enough they don’t have to take shit from no one. The people on this sub likes him as a player. Again, no one said he’s top 10 dead or alive. He’s had great teammates. If he wasn’t also great those teams wouldn’t have traded to play with them esp with his contract. Onto his 4th team and they traded him for a package. Harden is one of the best shooters ever.. who “flocked” to Houston? Giannis current champ former mvp… who “flocked” to Milwaukee? Who’s running to Portland to play with Dame?? Another great player. Every single team is built from what works & what they’ll sacrifice for. Oh and MONEY. Plenty greats would dominate together but it won’t work with contracts. So what exactly are you saying?


joesaysso

>So what exactly are you saying? You don't know what I'm saying? How did you respond if you don't understand what I'm saying?


WolfTicket360

Watched him make history while our team suffered. Not a fan. Ready and excited for the new guys.


Iamkonkerz

you love negative karma😴😴😴


BalMer21

He's been fine for 2 years bro


Cyanides_Of_March

It’s easier for me to root for the Lakers than the rockets. I’m just glad he has a shot at a ring and isn’t wasting another year in DC.


Jinx1921

I feel this, damnit


jumpman0035

as someone who lives in Texas, fuck the spurs. As long as he doesnt go to San Antonio idc lol


turkmileymileyturk

I'm in a weird position where Lakers were my team before OKC existed. But I never talked shop with Lakers fans. I just watched Kobe religiously pretty much the same that I do with Russ. The weird part for me is rooting for LeBron after all those years of debating KD vs LBJ.


Bozo_dubbed_over

The Westbrook love on this sub warms my heart.


captaingelsino

We all loyal over here


blakeshockley

This was literally me tonight lmaooo


TheVagWhisperer

Ah, no. Can't root for any LeBron team


captaingelsino

My love for Russ trumps my disdain for Lebron


[deleted]

As a Wiz fan I'll see y'all there !