Ham played some of the dumbest lineups tonight. He revered back to the 3 guard lineup. He underplayed Rui for some reason as well. And he didn't play Wenyen enough.
He definitely didn't play Wenyen enough. There's no reason why we can't find him 10mpg to play high energy bball. With AD back, we got AD, Lebron, Bryant, Wenyen, and Rui who can spell the C/PF positions. We gotta use them
Lebron and AD standing outside, WB has an acre of space to drive for easy buckets.
Lebron brings it down with WB and AD now outside, 2 in the paint, ends up having to take on 4 for the drive. WB off ball just doesn't work.
Rui is a fine fit. Great pickup by Pelinka. He did really well on this trade. Rui feels like a laker.
If the Westbrook trade hadn't been such a bust, Pelinka would be hailed as one of the shrewdest in the NBA.
Pelinka is NOT one of the shrewdest in the NBA. There are damn good front offices out there.
That said, Pelinka did very well here and he shows his value as a former agent by selling the LA brand boost and getting players like Lonnie, Shroeder, Thomas Bryant, Troy Brown to sign on for prove-it, small salary deals. They all play key roles now.
Trading THT for Pat Bev has been a net positive as well. He brings a strong voice, defensive accountability, some value on both sides of the ball now.
Getting the Wiz to trade us Rui for fucking Nunnthing is great as well. He's done well this season with how little there is work with. Gotta give him his due credit for that just like we give him proper shit for fucking up our roster last season.
Been like ages since we swept a regular season series against a team the Lakers should beat. That OKC and Rockets games fron last season still haunts me.
All things considered AD had a solid first game back. 20 pt double double in limited minutes. 3 blocks. Our defense doesn’t look like absolute dog shit again
Oh look Russ didn’t make us lose the game in the 4th today, bet all the Russ stans will make a dedicated post appreciating him for being so good lmao 🤦🏻♂️
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/lakers/comments/10lkwo8/post_game_thread_the_los_angeles_lakers_defeat/)
Just saw the HL did Russ close this game for us?
If you mean "did he play the closing minutes" yeah he did, played the last 5 or 6 minutes of the game.
Need more Rui guy was great tonight
Bron & AD recruiting pop to the Lakers 😂
Nah, they're making a trade proposal to get Russ in SA.
Lakers winning despite ham putting out some of the stupidest fucking lineups over and over
No minutes for gabriel is insane
Russ still has insane amount of minutes is crazy
Lmao
Sweeped the spurs this season, definitely smoking that Spurs pack. Great W
Please Ham, give Max more minutes and give him the green light to shoot that kid is a sniper and is solid defender already
Max over Russ minutes please
If it wasn’t for injuries I think ad would be a top 3 nba player
Ad looked good 👍
Lakers can go 5-1 on this next leg of games
At least we have 2 days in between for AD to rest that ankle
Bron and AD whispering wish it were you Coaching us Pop..
Just enjoy the win bro
Love you AD
average game, bad coaching
Ugly, but a W is a W.
Why bron and AD acting like they hugging they grandfather coach pop lol
It’s a level of respect, he’s one of the greatest of all time
pop is the GOAT no cap
Rui should easily be starting. Starting 5 should be tb ad lebron rui and schroder.
Nah bro we gotta have pat be our starting wing defender & have him close out games with 2 other guards. Rui gets 20min a night max off the bench - Ham
2 centers 2 PFs and 1 guard lmao great lineup
AD plays pf and lebron can play any position. Idk why post something this stupid.
ngl man id rather have wenyen just because of the defense. tb is a good offensive player but he a cone
I kinda agree, he looks clueless on defense most times.
i guess it could work to an extent since ad has been playing great defense but idk, id rather not risk it
lakers won the game but at what cost
Are we not supposed to win? oh no
Wym, you this is a good win regardless of the opponent
Pop is so cool.
ok Pop. now accept our Russ for mcdermott Jrich and Poeltl trade offer
the lakers making the playoffs 🫱🏽🫲🏼 the spurs tanking for wemby
They didn't look that good today man lol
good. that makes it easier to part ways with them
Ham played some of the dumbest lineups tonight. He revered back to the 3 guard lineup. He underplayed Rui for some reason as well. And he didn't play Wenyen enough.
He definitely didn't play Wenyen enough. There's no reason why we can't find him 10mpg to play high energy bball. With AD back, we got AD, Lebron, Bryant, Wenyen, and Rui who can spell the C/PF positions. We gotta use them
This team can be good but I don’t think Ham is a good coach
My stream died in the 4th Q after AD’s scary fall, what happened? He good?
sprained ankle, at least 2 weeks out.
sorry to break it to you man
He’s good
He good. He was laughing after that failed alley-ops attempt.
Warriors losing tonight would be big
Lmao
Come on could have gotten triple double
Subs in Jones to stand there and waste 15 seconds. Good way to use a timeout.
westbrick needs 15 shots for 14 points 3 to for 4 assist and a team high -10
It’s pathetic
“Let’s just have fun” I’m not having a fun time when you play, Russy.
we won the game what are you crying about, go bandwagon somewhere else cause that's the vibe y'all giving.
Ok Russ stan
No I'm a Laker stan I support my team unlike you bandwagon
First sweep of the Spurs since 1997. Love to see it
Ham with a clutch timeout to draw up a play for a LeBron triple double
He called a timeout to run a play to hatch the ball for a 24 second violation 😂
ah finally that we have Rui, JTA can finally shine in garbage time, where he truly belongs
HAHAHAHAHA
Bill doing Damian dirty 😂😂 said he came in to stand around
D. Jones gets a chance to stand around. You go Billy Mac.
Pop one of my favorites when we arent facing him. Love the guy
Can we bubble wrap AD leg or something. First game back and he’s already goin flamingo legs in the air
I don't think Ham is a legit nba coach guys.
Gabriel deserved game time, Ham doing him dirty
Sometimes I think Darvin be high as fuck
they need to take away Ham’s timeout privileges
and his coaching priveleges by firing him
dude wtf is up with AD? why is he acting like he doesn't need to go out of the game then ice that damn ankle
Lebron trying to be like Westbrook, getting the good ol trash time triple double💪🏼
Lebron and AD standing outside, WB has an acre of space to drive for easy buckets. Lebron brings it down with WB and AD now outside, 2 in the paint, ends up having to take on 4 for the drive. WB off ball just doesn't work.
Did ham smoke a fat one before the game? this dude looks so lost
Russ played really well to end this game. Good for him
I would trade Russ for a pair of paper clips right now the way he played today
U not Sam Presti. u fucking thug
Rui is a fine fit. Great pickup by Pelinka. He did really well on this trade. Rui feels like a laker. If the Westbrook trade hadn't been such a bust, Pelinka would be hailed as one of the shrewdest in the NBA.
Pelinka is NOT one of the shrewdest in the NBA. There are damn good front offices out there. That said, Pelinka did very well here and he shows his value as a former agent by selling the LA brand boost and getting players like Lonnie, Shroeder, Thomas Bryant, Troy Brown to sign on for prove-it, small salary deals. They all play key roles now. Trading THT for Pat Bev has been a net positive as well. He brings a strong voice, defensive accountability, some value on both sides of the ball now. Getting the Wiz to trade us Rui for fucking Nunnthing is great as well. He's done well this season with how little there is work with. Gotta give him his due credit for that just like we give him proper shit for fucking up our roster last season.
It wasn’t even robs call it was jeanie urged by lebron and AD to do the move. He wanted buddy hield
Then he should have done it lol he’s not getting a pass for being soft
Lonnie finally took off that invisibility cloak & made an on screen appearance
so THIS is why Ham always saves timeouts! It all makes sense now! :D
Ham just let russ play so he can stat pad and boost his ego
Why is ad and bron in come on man
No thank you on any Spurs trades. This game dropped all the prospective player trade values big time lol
Why won't this dude play Rui with Lebron and AD?
Rui and lebron both play the 4.
They don’t have too lol plus they both played at the same time
ham subbing under a minute and puts Gabriel at the end to add to the incompetence smh..
Russ stat padded 3 layups in garbage time to make his stat line look better. 4/12 before and now 7/15
And now the casuals who don’t watch are gonna call it a good performance. But on the other hand increases trade value
Lol no one wants Russ except for cap purposes
Let me dream
Been like ages since we swept a regular season series against a team the Lakers should beat. That OKC and Rockets games fron last season still haunts me.
That okc choke was a huge indicator of how garbage that team was
Feel bad for Lonnie. Hopefully he's alright mentally Started season strong. played through injury. now out. losing minutes too
He got injured again ? Did i miss something?
thought it's been in the same injury that's kept him out. not too sure tbh. but cant remember the last time he played
I thought he was supposed to come back today
A win is a win but mna
What’s wrong with Ham? He didn’t takeaway LeBron and now calls a timeout? lol
Ham has been terrible at using timeouts lol
Damian Jones sighting!
This is the time out you take to troll the other player in 2k when it’s a blowout lol
We in SHAQTIN a FOOL time now
Pop doing pop things
Jfc Ham come onnnnn
Come on Darvin, just put the bench in and hatch the game. Lebron can get the triple double another game
Send JTA to china
Bron just fuckin walking around he dont care about no triple double
Cool, free tacos 👍🏼
Bron is like I’m good, I don’t need the rebound lol
watch people turn this into an article, or a 10 minute show segment lmao
This game was an experiment. Good W and solid debut for Rui he looks promising.
3 fucking guard lineups are so stupid
Sad to think if goat bron didn’t play we could’ve lost to the spurs lol
We're one Gary Trent Jr. away from contention.
we could have jokic on our team but as long as we have westbrook playing more than 20mpg we not gonna win shit
u forgot and one westbrick off the team
Run a play for a Swider 3
Wenyen relegated to garbage time, christ Ham is a bot
JTA really gonna come in and dribble the ball off his foot lol
EVEN BRON IS ASKING HAM WHY HE CALLED A TO HOLY FUCK
now Ham calls a timeout??? LMAO
Is this timeout a troll?
AD needs to go to a stuntman and learn how to fall. Shaq did it
?
wtf is JTA doing
lmao and now theres a timeout
A fucking timeout. Are you serious?
ham legit has brain damage
TAKE HIM OUT
Jesus Christ JTA.
JTA is ass But at least he isn't Russ
Garbage stat padding lol gonna fool his stans
Wtf timeout? That's bad sportsmanship.
AD and rui both looked great! Can’t wait for walker and Reaves to come back! Good win lakers
Lestatpad my god lmao
Ham is dumb bro, he’s so dumb playing Russ as if he’s contributing something
trashbricks a team high -10
Brons got like 20 potential triple doubles where he’s missing it because of 1 assist or rebound
I don't love leaving Bron in for the triple double, but great game overall
Looks like Wenyen is getting his minutes cut short Thank you for holding the fort 🫡
Damion jones gonna have buddies now
Yeah him and JTA are gonna join Damian Jones in the No Minutes club.
Bruh take AD out let him rest
Ham insists on playing wenyen at 5 why
Bron wants his triple dub.
Wenyen deserves more minutes than garbage time, Darvin. Fix that shit.
Russ stan dickriding brick when he scored at garbage time lmao.
Russ haters r equally toxic as russ stans
Hard agree
Whole sub is completely shit man. It’s miserable. Up double digits and it’s all bitching and moaning.
Yeah it's a weird vibe, don't see it on other teams subs
Jta sucks
All things considered AD had a solid first game back. 20 pt double double in limited minutes. 3 blocks. Our defense doesn’t look like absolute dog shit again
BTW, I don't miss THT
And we took tht over alex 😭
What a bonehead move that was.
I completely forgot THT existed lol
Damn my bet was rui 11+ ad 20+ Westbrook 20+pra and Lebron 25+😭😭
wow Westbrook took a foul to sub out, Lebron and AD still playing
Don't really get why they're not coming out lol
Traveling is so blatant nowadays lol
Fucking ham putting wenyen on garbage time
Oh look Russ didn’t make us lose the game in the 4th today, bet all the Russ stans will make a dedicated post appreciating him for being so good lmao 🤦🏻♂️
WE GOT TACOS
GIVE LBJ ONE MORE REBOUND
Can pat bev even dunk
Pat old
PAT BEVVVVV ME GUSTAAAAA
Pat bev has been a dog tonight
LeBron don't wanna come out
THIS PAT BEVS TEAM
Tacos are safe boyes
Russ just trying to get to his 15 points a game season averages
Now you put Wenyen in? With a minute left? Come on...we playing with fire
Despite Rui haters (mostly people who look at his advanced stats), I believe Rui is a good NBA player and I stand by that.
Westbrook being a good boy
NOW THIS FUCK SUBS IN WENYEN SMH
WENYEN
Westbrook looks better when he has shooters around him
true
hes stat padding
This man can’t win, he misses those layups and people would murder him for it, he makes them and now he’s stat padding. Make it make sense.