2025 NBA Season Thread aka Draymond's Annual Wealth Destruction Tour

#902
#902
Luka should be disgusted with himself man. That dude has no heart or pride when it comes to defense. We are in year 7, lose the 20 lbs and give a **** dude
 
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#905
#905
zjcvols said:
Luka should be disgusted with himself man. That dude has no heart or pride when it comes to defense. We are in year 7, lose the 20 lbs and give a **** dude
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Led his team in points, assists, and rebounds and the bench only scored 4 points. Still blows my mind JJ refuses to use Knecht. Nobody is playing defense on this team so might as well put a sniper on the floor.
 
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#906
#906
VolPack22 said:
Led his team in points, assists, and rebounds and the bench only scored 4 points. Still blows my mind JJ refuses to use Knecht. Nobody is playing defense on this team so might as well put a sniper on the floor.
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When freaking Rudy Gobert has 24 points and 21 rebounds you know nobody is playing defense...
 
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#908
#908
Not to mention Luka got his back bent backwards on that drive to basket earlier in the game. He was playing hurt and still led his team in all 3 major categories. Lakers knew what they were getting in Luka: all offensive playmaker and no defense. LeBron sucked big time in the 4th quarter the past two games. The Faux GOAT is suppose to step up in those situations and he was nowhere to be found. Rui showed up beside Luka but LeBron is done. He looks and plays like a 40 year old now and nobody is scared of him. Anthony Edwards punked him.
 
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#915
#915
VolPack22 said:
Lebron has until 6/29 to decide on his player option for next year. Hope he does everyone a favor and walks away or chooses another team to hold hostage. I could see him trying to jump back on the Cavs train and derail the good thing they have going on now.
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Do you hate the Lakers, LOL?
 
#916
#916
VolPack22 said:
Yep, if you want to blame anyone then blame LeBron. If he is as great as everyone says he is then he should be able to win more than 1 game vs this team.
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Lebron is 40. Luka is a top 3 player in his prime playing days. How is it still on Lebron?

Lakers didn't have a real center and they lost to a complete team with a superstar who outplayed Luka both ways. That's what happened.
 
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#917
#917
Wish media would shut the hell up about Luka losing 15 to 20 pounds. I don't care if Luka lost 30 pounds he still isn't going play a lot of Defense. People need to get the hell over it, James Harden waited 15+ years to play defense...
 
#920
#920
n_huffhines said:
Lebron is 40. Luka is a top 3 player in his prime playing days. How is it still on Lebron?

Lakers didn't have a real center and they lost to a complete team with a superstar who outplayed Luka both ways. That's what happened.
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I didn’t watch but, looking at the box score, LBJ nearly had the same stat line as Luka. Reaves looked to be the statistical problem.

Lakers were always going to go down on the lack of a center. And Wolves no longer have KAT shooting crazy playoff 3s.
 
#921
#921
VolPack22 said:
Not to mention Luka got his back bent backwards on that drive to basket earlier in the game. He was playing hurt and still led his team in all 3 major categories. Lakers knew what they were getting in Luka: all offensive playmaker and no defense. LeBron sucked big time in the 4th quarter the past two games. The Faux GOAT is suppose to step up in those situations and he was nowhere to be found. Rui showed up beside Luka but LeBron is done. He looks and plays like a 40 year old now and nobody is scared of him. Anthony Edwards punked him.
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Edwards punked LeBron in the 4Q? How so? He made 1 shot and ended up 5-19 and 0-11 from the field for the game.
 
#922
#922
knoxvol52 said:
Wish media would shut the hell up about Luka losing 15 to 20 pounds. I don't care if Luka lost 30 pounds he still isn't going play a lot of Defense. People need to get the hell over it, James Harden waited 15+ years to play defense...
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Luka will never be an All-Defense guy. We all know this.

But the reason he needs to lose 20 lbs is so he can at least give a consistent effort. He doesn’t right now because he’s overweight and has to save everything for offense. I’m not asking him to turn into Dyson Daniels, what I’m asking is to do what Steph Curry has done, which is get in awesome shape and give a ****. That at least helps negate some of the shortcomings on the defensive end. There is zero excuse for what he has put on the floor as a defender for his career.
 
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#925
#925
zjcvols said:
Luka will never be an All-Defense guy. We all know this.

But the reason he needs to lose 20 lbs is so he can at least give a consistent effort. He doesn’t right now because he’s overweight and has to save everything for offense. I’m not asking him to turn into Dyson Daniels, what I’m asking is to do what Steph Curry has done, which is get in awesome shape and give a ****. That at least helps negate some of the shortcomings on the defensive end. There is zero excuse for what he has put on the floor as a defender for his career.
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Even Jokic, who is nobody's idea of a physical specimen, has made himself passable on the defensive end....
 
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