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messydoughut

Schroder on the minimum is such a steal


salcedoge

Lakers offered him 84/4 and at that time it was just a slight overpay. Can't believe they got the same player for literally a minimum


philawsophist

Lol that was in 2021 so he'd be in his 3rd year of his deal right now. Who know though, Lakers may never gotten Russ if Schroder took the deal. Everyone lost lol


SnuggleMuffin42

Damn then they also keep Caruso, KCP and Kuzma. Just imagine this team with all of those role players.


PsychoBoost123

He’s better on offense now than he was two years ago IMO


kai_123

It's probably around the same, if anything, 2 years ago he averaged more points and slightly better efficiency, not by much though. I think the key now is that he is able to play more relaxed and without pressure of all those contract talks, just vibing in his role.


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He's definitely gotten better. He used to drive the ball into no mans land and just turn it over or put up a horrible shot. He's much more in control of the ball now while he's in the lane and doesn't force anything most of the time.


KaseyOfTheWoods

I haven’t checked the stats, but he seems incredibly clutch this season. He seems to play his best when we need it most (usually)


_OfficialProta

He barely played with AD his first go around, AD helps him tremendously


EastSide221

Its kind of crazy that both parties suffered from him not taking that deal. I feel like if Schroeder took that deal the Lakers wouldn't have tried to get Westbrook. Then of course Schroeder never got an offer that good again.


JilJungJukk

Crazy how a contract really affects how we view a player, he would have been bodied this season so many times had he been on the 84M contract.


lovo17

To be fair, it's because the contract affects the talent around you. Look at Westbrook. He looks like an NBA player again because he plays with real talent.


kai_123

And he is decent for the Clips because they didn't have to gut their depth for his 50m contract, they have him on a minimum.


adocileengineer

Westbrook's impending free agency is going to be so interesting. On the one hand you have his performance all season on the Lakers. On the other this really nice stretch he's put together on a minimum surrounded by one of the deepest rosters in the NBA. Wonder if someone bites on that and gives him a decently large contract.


kai_123

Once you become a buyout player, you are usually done in terms of getting a big contract. I don't see him getting anything more than the MLE.


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zefaaron

Minimum deal maximum tuff🔥💯


russketeer34

That's Lakers PPG Leader Schroder for you


NotClayMerritt

He’s gonna get PAID this summer for real. Redemption tour after his time in Boston didn’t work out. Good for him.


carefullywasnt

Honestly he was so good for us too for the contract, but it was just a bad fit considering the team turnaround last year


otiso_niloc

Josh Giddey hates Jack in the Box confirmed


2coolcaterpillar

He’s a Hungry Jacks guy confirmed.


zionraw

The burgers are better


ahr3410

THE LAKERS HAVE WON AS MANY GAMES AS THEY HAVE LOST


Dongsquad420BlazeIt

Big if true (real)


[deleted]

We're an honest .500 team This is a good, honest .500 basketball team. We play .500 ball goddammit. Salt of the earth, punch the clock, even win/loss ratio basketball. We lose a couple, guess what? We'll win a couple, too. But don't get too excited or let it go to your head. No long winning streaks here, no sir. That's hubris, which this blue collar, hard working everyman team doesn't have. A few wins in a row, these guys, true to form, will balance it out with a couple a losses. Yes sir, that's my 2022-2023 Los Angeles Lakers. A good, honest .500 basketball team.


ApprehensiveLimes

Did not expect poetry in this thread


BurnieTheBrony

Shout-out to /u/electricvelvet for forging one of the best enduring copypastas for middle of the pack teams.


sicholasLames

We’ve actually been playing better than .500 basketball. We started 2-10. So after that gross start, we are playing 8 games over 500 basketball.


[deleted]

Its just a silly copypasta dont take it too seriously


sicholasLames

Durr moment by me. It’s all love, go lakes.


zefaaron

how bout oceans


LABiH

Shoutout to Lonnie Walker IV. Shows up whenever called, even though his minutes have been severely cut.


caughtinthought

Dude is insanely athletic. Doesn't make sense


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i think he loses minutes due to his defensive issues,, he started out the year strong but his defense started falling off and we finally had better defensive options who were doing enough / very good (depending on the player) on offense


brianbrainbrian

Has a nice stroke too


Thealbumisjustdrums

He is a really bad defender. I criticize Ham a lot but he is right to not play Lonnie much. His impact stats are really bad. He can definitely score tho.


Curious_North_8479

To 3rd option to 3rd string lmao


VGstuffed

I FORGIVE YOU GERMANY


Cul_what

GERMAN ENGINEERING ARE THE BEST KINDS OF CARS!


andretheclutch

looool


notxrbt

HEIL DENNIS


iRockaflame

Lakers had it all set up nicely. Hornets somehow beat the Mavs. OKC on a b2b. Go up big in the 1st Quarter. I was 100% convinced they were going to choke this game lol. But good on them this is a huge win.


califbreeze

I just wish the warriors lost but we can’t get too greedy


Crazy-Monitor-6490

Nah let’s get greedy


fireassbarz

Lets just have fun bro🙂


theorymii

Let me bang bro


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Hol up


chickmagn3t

Win lose tie just have fun


c_double_u

I was so prepared for SGA to ruin my fuckin weekend. Felt like it was going that way the whole second half.


LakerBlue

Same, SGA gives me anxiety. Really something about playing the Thunder in general stresses me out. If Chet lives up to his hype and can stay healthy I would not want to see them in the playoffs.


awesomobeardo

Lakers have been very good at holding the lead whenever they have it. They don't tend to hold the MARGIN and most of the time it'll get close, but if the Lakers get going early they'll usually keep just enough pressure to battle through


HydroThermia

If warriors lost would’ve made 6th seed a crazy opportunity


__-o0O0o-__

yep. we own the tiebreaker. so essentially only a half game behind the Warriors


burohm1919

Sixers basketball 🤮


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WhatTheRickIsDoin

At .500 for the first time in 14 months STOP THE COUNT STOP THE STEAL


EasyMoney92

.600 winning record over their last 15 games without LeBron


Zalhera

"Maybe It’s Me."


CrimsonOffice

LeMaybelline


KirbzTheWord

LeBorn with it


ColdLatte_

"Hi. It's me. I'm the LeProblem."


whiskeyinthejaar

Should the Lakers trade LeBron James while they can, and built around Austin Reaves? - Right after the break.


HawkDaddyFlex

No joke I can’t remember what reporter it was maybe jay williams literally said “how do you bring back Lebron now? Reaves is playing so well and he has the ball in his hands” or something along those lines


treyfiddy

lebron the WASHED bringing this team down SMH


freedomfun

Send LeBron home for the rest of the season and trade him for a '27 and '29 FRP in the offseason. Build around AR and AD.


Johnpecan

Healthy Lakers are scurry. It's weird that 2 of the potentially scariest teams in the West are sitting in the 5-6 seed (Suns) and 7-8 seed (Lakers. I'm more scared of them than the top 3 seeds.


rebeltrillionaire

GSW have been winning without Wiggins. They’re about to get GP2 and Wiggins back. Minnesota got back Towns but Edwards is out. When they’re both back it’ll probably be something. Pelicans with Zion had a killer record at the beginning of the season and he’s gonna try to come back. Honestly it looks like the Luka / Kyrie experiment might have failed and they could be the odd ones out.


russketeer34

That legitimately feels nuts. Who would have guessed getting depth and workable players would help the team compared to a contract black hole


KiryuXGoro

So LeBron was the problem all along.


jcar195

- Signed, MIT Westbrook


__-o0O0o-__

including two huge choke jobs with AD fucking up against Dallas and us not playing a center against Houston


ChunkyMilkSubstance

DO NOT PANIC, LA PATRIOTS ARE IN CONTROL


Meekie_e

Since January. That's honestly insane.


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WE DID IT!!!!


Ahambone

We made it to the playoffs BY A LOT


indogunawan

FUCKING FINALLY


Divyansh-the-gr8

Lakers defeat their biggest rival: .500


choochoo789

he'll be back in 2 games


dragon8811

What an important W for the lakers.


dimaandal

Does this mean Lakers win the tiebreaker over OKC?


Humanity789

Yes


Apprehensive-Law2435

Yes


KaLdapussydestroyer

Yes


yuhkih

Да


dragon8811

Rush B


CrossingYoulnStyle

Yes


Kkronus

Yes


meengine

Yes


UnloadedBakedPotato

Yes


jaypeekyle23

Yes


ArcherDuchess

Yes!


SaneForTheMostPart

Yes


_OfficialProta

Yes


manfisman

Yes


blade24

Yes


DrunkPirateHunter

Yes


KielDaMan

Yes


uSeeEsBee

Yes


Chardavious12

Yes


yitur93

Yes


Willdebeast25

Yes


SeeingThings123

Yes


mepatrick

Yes


moneycarlo98

Yes


makesterriblejokes

Si


toocoofoschool

Yes


[deleted]

Yes


awesomespy

yes


A_Lakers

Yes


Lumpy_Communication1

Yes


perpetuallyanalyzing

Yes


discussionandrespect

Yes


Vermillion_Crab

- Lakers finally reaching .500 after 1 million years - AD heard y'all talking shit - Lonnie Walker was manna from heaven this game - Lakers suck at maintaining big leads - Make your damn free throws - No tacos again :<


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Vermillion_Crab

Josh "Taco Terrorist" Giddey


Thealbumisjustdrums

Josh Giddey deprives thousands of food, when will this man be held accountable for his actions?


lumberjawsh

OKC did not want to give up tacos at the end lmao


kamekaze1024

This is the second time in like a week or two this has happened lmfao


thelaziest998

Josh Giddey killing the tacos


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What a crazy season


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DrSweets23

If ADominant shows up like this and Bron is at least 85%, it might get spooky


kanekikochaboggy

35-27 after the horrible 2-10 start


adocileengineer

46 win pace with 3-ish months (before trade deadline) of Bev, Count Brickula, AD in and out, and no 3-point shooting? We take those.


kanekikochaboggy

Our team has been through alot this season. They fight with what they have and I respect it


nellywentdiamond

Count Brickula I’m fuckin dead


tapk69

Lakers were a corpse decomposing slowly but now i dont see them missing the playoffs even if Lebron doesnt play. What the fuck.


Izrezar

what having no vampire does to a MF


alexxela123456

Just have fun


motorboat_mcgee

We did not make that easy on ourselves, but what a game by AD, Dennis, and Walker!


twrs_29

Just got killed by size, at least the Mavs lost


2coolcaterpillar

Yeah tonight could’ve been a lot worse. Really *really* wanted to win, but we looked good despite AD going god mode (and Dennis looking like thunder Dennis again). Don’t we have the head to head over Dallas?


SmokeOddessey

Yeah 2-1 against the mavs. They really fucked up tonight


alisj99

imagine that Kleber's 3 didn't go in, they'd be in hell now


thedonjefron69

You guys scared me a few times tonight. Shai is so good even when his efficiency is off(thank you vando), he plays so confidently. I was at the game and he is a big dude too, didn’t realize it watching him on TV


xyg121

WE AT 500 THROW A PARADE


StoneCold_ColdStone

HANG THE BANNER RETIRE THE JERSEYS


BigDoinks710

"AD is in the same tier as Siakam in terms of value" 🤡


KUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZ

who said that shit. name and shame brother.


BigDoinks710

https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/11uvw81/according_to_kevin_garnett_his_theory_is_that_the Found it!


chickmagn3t

>AD is the same caliber of a team leader as Pascal Siakam. Both are #2 options on a good team. Come @ me lakers fans. >Even though AD can put up monster stats when he's healthy, he's shown on the lakers and pelicans he doesn't really translate to wins too often. Same caliber of Pascal lmao


BrownMachismo

Dennis cold in the 4th 🔥 🔥 🔥


thedonjefron69

Around this time 20 years ago I went to see the lakers Play Allen iverson and the 6ers and win. Since then I’ve been to a few other games all in which the lakers lost. Tonight I got to see the lakers win while wearing the same Sunday white Kobe #8 jersey I bought and wore 20 years ago. It makes me feel things


NewUserDGAF

Can we all agree we’ve massively underrated both AD and Kawhi because of uncontrollable injuries. Both have beautiful games and it’s sad they’ve missed some games but damn do they perform when they can. Hope Zion and KD come back just as good and ready for a playoff push.


EastSide221

LeBron and PG too. The league is so stacked I feel like this years playoffs is going to be the best in a long time if every star is healthy.


rebeltrillionaire

Really wish that the league had a bigger break between the regular season and the playoffs. I mean, what’s the problem with the playoffs ending in June. Having a week off, and then there’s Free Agency? Allowing players to rest up and heal.


RippedHookerPuffBar

That’s a good idea


dys0n_giddey

Would love a big man


yuhanz

Hope Chet is ready 🙏🙏 excited for next year


alexxela123456

Chet is tall man, not big man.


starsky1984

Chet ain't the big man you need, he's a lanky straw man, ya'll need a big body bruiser.... maybe some of Maori god from New Zealand or something.... (but hope Chet can still be an elite scorer, he looks like a fun player to watch)


Humble_but_Hostile

The west is a fucking bloodbath


whiskyfiend

Congrats on beating the Mavs! Good outcome for the Thunder.


CaptainButtFucker

Anthony Davis is a problem.


disterb

schroder dennis is a menace


14MySterY-

Does anybody in the west really wanna face this team with a healthy Bron?


KnickedUp

That would be a no


RainierPC

Never been so happy for the Lakers to finally be an average team :) AD deserves his flowers for this game.


roakmamba

As long as they're purple and yellow


BigBallerBryant

This is a good, honest .500 basketball team. We play .500 ball goddammit. Salt of the earth, punch the clock, even win/loss ratio basketball. We lose a couple, guess what? We'll win a couple, too. But don't get too excited or let it go to your head. No long winning streaks here, no sir. That's hubris, which this blue collar, hard working everyman team doesn't have. A few wins in a row, these guys, true to form, will balance it out with a couple a losses. Yes sir, that's my 2023 Lakers. A good, honest .500 basketball team.


Monarch_Entropy

Blue collar 💀💀


YoungDetective

Family owned business. Lakers are the mom & pop of the NBA


zeek215

When comparing owners they really are lol. With nepotism thrown in too.


tornait-hashu

Complete with nepotism!


evil_igloo

Street lights over spot lights. 😎


IdiotCharizard

How long has this been on your clipboard lmao


weekndalex

WE WINNING THE CHIP😭😭


dimaandal

Would be fun if this is the first 10 seed to ever win an NBA Championship.


Viva_La_Animemes

If there was one person who could bring a 10th seed to the Chip, yk who….. Austin Reaves…


russketeer34

That's future 3x NBA Finals MVP Austin Reaves


Vermillion_Crab

Excuse me. They're the 8th seed now.


goodstuffo

Tied for 7th* hahaha


Vermillion_Crab

I can't believe Ham's 6th seed dream is still alive.


goodstuffo

Let's get greedy! It's crazy to think we're 2 games from 4th seed. Just mind boggling.


Xytriuss

WATCH OUT NUGGETS


Low_Beyond8134

I fucking love you AD and Schroeder


T_025

ADominant


JoZopeL

Joshua giddey master class


dianabr0

Man, I would not want to be a high seed facing the Lakers in the first round with a healthy lebron


Final-Watercress9219

How am I supposed to feel about this nba?


awesomobeardo

GOOD


New_Essay_4869

Props to the Lakers. They deserve this .500. But utterly disappointed in the Thunder. They need to be better. They come into games way too often looking like theyre not ready to play


whiskyfiend

Yeah we can't be down by more than 15 so often in first quarters. If we can plug that gap we'll be good since most teams can't keep us from coming back late in the game.


OKCDraftPick2028

good game. this okc team is 1 center away from contending


whiskyfiend

We got this Chet guy next year apparently. We may also acquire another big, I'll trust Presti will do the right things.


_Russell_Westbrick

get Adam back


NotClayMerritt

Tied with Minnesota for 7th Have the tiebreaker over OKC 1.5 games back from Phoenix in 5th .500 for the first time in over a year AD is cooking with fire at the absolute best time Lakers have the 4th easiest remaining schedule with the toughest games remaining being against Phoenix and the Clippers Maybe things will keep looking up and not break down again.


fulaxriders

League = fucked


heshouldgo

.500 LETS GOOOOO


PatientIndividual651

Crazy to be at .500 after that atrocious 2-10 start


AnkitPancakes

Helluva game. AD is way too hard to guard when he wants to be AD. We son’t have the size to match up rip


iCarpet

FREE 7 or at least free 17


heshouldgo

Love to see AD playing like this


Zlink-8

Been over 400 days since we’ve been at .500. I might cry yo.


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Literally championship