[Highlight] Reaves to Luka: “I currently have more dunks than you”. Luka dunks on his defense
AR interrupts a teammate’s interview, insults his lack of play, chucks an object at a fan, interrupts and shoves another teammate mid interview, all before running off.
Lakers chemistry be damned
all things you can’t do,,, damn,
Need to trade his punk arse /s
I hear AD might be available from Mavs.
Chaotic good
The Luka and Reaves friendship is a vibes force multiplier
Reminds me a lot of the Luka/Brunson vibes
Luka/Kyrie too he’s just a great teammate
Everyone seems to love him except the top brass at the Mavs apparently lol
Nico felt threatened, its okay when you have failed upwards your entire life and see a guy whos beloved, works hard and is great at what he does what else can you do apart from resenting him, firing all of his people and eventually trading him for your friend.
Yall ever think maybe Nico’s just racist? Like all this song and dance and rationalizing and maybe he just thinks white people aren’t as good at basketball. It really simplifies everything and would be consistent with his Jokic + Luka takes.
No, he’s just dumb
Well said
Locker room cancer according to close sources by Tim McMahon
Fuck MacMahon
*luKyrie
Lukai
Fuck Qyrie
No… That’s not true… THATS IMPOSSIBLE
Brunson could never.
Brunson could also never have more dunks than Luka. Ever.
Luke says they’re not friends
Luka also said Reaves doesnt play defense
Well that’s true, but Luka doesn’t either
He hasnt been bad at all this year, at worst hes average.
Don’t know what people are watching to say he’s been bad defensively this year. It’s not like he’s a complete traffic cone lol
hes averaging a high number of steals and gets 3-4 offensive calls called his way.
And out blocked Wemby in their last matchup
Yeah he is actually trying this year. He is aware of the critics it seems
He was top 10 in charges drawn last I checked.
Yeah but that’s actually just him trying to play defence but he doesn’t move (this is obviously a joke)
That’s Charolette and Alexa gimmick infringement.
Damn it I was going to say that. Bro stole the “We’re not friends” gimmick
I feel like it’s Reaves trying to be friends with Luka multiplier while Luka plays along with it.
No way Reaves leaves if the Lakers come correct.
We have so far and we tend to do that with ALL STARS so…
Yeah, I can’t see them letting a homegrown star walk.
They did with Caruso, who was also great vibes. But I think the new management should hopefully be smarter
Let’s be real tho, Reaves is much better player than Caruso. I love Caruso, and I will never forgive them for keeping THT over him, but Caruso was defense menace and vibes. Austin is an all-star level guard.
Caruso was good but he wasnt putting up 30+ point games lol
Surely that’s never happened with regards to a Thornton Hears a Who
Yeah but thats when it was a family business. Now its private equity who only care about numbers
Taking AR from Luka is like taking Yamamoto from Ohtani.
Taking AR from Luka would be like taking Brunson away from Luka.
Brunson wasnt taken from Luka tho, it was more like Luka was the hot girl that got in the club and Brunson is the ugly friend security told to get in the back of the line.
Bro, bouncer was definitely blind or high if he thinks Brunson isn’t smoking.
Brunson the girl that had their hair up in a ponytail and glasses. Hair down glasses off hot girl.
Brunson = Anne Hathaway pre Genovia
From their track record elsewhere, they aren’t idiots, and Jeanie is still around for a bit
Jeanie still has final say with that right now and she likes him on the squad
fuck jeanie for letting caruso walk
Not trying to be combative, but I’m not sure if you’ve paid attention to the group that now owns the Lakers. If you’re implying that they’re going to run it like a typical private equity firm and maximize profit at all cost, that couldn’t be further from the truth. Mark Davis has already shown us how he operates a team. His track record with the Dodgers has shown he absolutely will spend for the right guys. So much so in fact that other baseball owners are crying “they’re ruining baseball!”
The ones taking over though, family is very important to their environment.
Still better to sign him to a good deal and trade him later if anything
The family business that broke up a title team cause they were too poor to handle some luxury tax issues.
Speaking as a Dodger fan, this is the best ownership in literal decades. If they run the Lakers like the Dodgers at all they are in good company
Bron’s 50m comes off the books. There should be no way we lose AR. I’m not joking - we have the Dodgers owners now. I refuse to believe they will mess anything up 👏
Lebrons contract this year is probably the key because if Lebron post lets say at worst 17-5-5 stat line this season I can see him talking that paycut just for Reaves.
They will sign AR first then see what cap space is left to sign Lebron and Ayton back. Unless they are targeting a big signing again? I haven’t kept up with trade rumors lol.
Lebron is 100% not taking a pay cut
If the Lakers win a championship this year or at the very least a deep playoff run, I could see Bron taking a pay cut to keep Reaves and strengthen the roster.
I don’t see him jumping to another team just for the money, unless it’s the Cavs and he announces next year will be his last season.
Edit: also, this is Bron’s 8th consecutive season with the Lakers, which is also his longest run staying on the same team. His first stint with the Cavs was 7 consecutive seasons.
8 years already, that was fast.
Lebron is never taking a pay cut willingly. He will extract max value whenever he can.
He literally took a pay cut in Miami dumbass.
The problem is your contracts are cooked if you want to sign Lebron, because Ayton will want more, if Smart is good he’ll want some more, Rui will ask for more. Idk the math but I think it becomes a sign Lebron or Ayton and someone else type thing
Yes, but they will get new guys who will come as free agents for close to the min contract, ala Ayton and Smart this year. Everybody wants to play with Luka, especially when they see the vibes of every team he is on
We finally have an owner willing to pay players
Bring out the brinks truck
Rob, LeBron, and now Luka have been grooming him for years and he’ll take another below market extension, just like he did in 2023.
I was happy when reaves said he would sacrifice for LA but if he’s playing like this all season/playoffs he genuinely deserves the 40-45 whatever max
He absolutely deserves it but he’ll agree to a below market extension to help the Lakers contend
Is planting trees also on the table? He would need lots of endorsements lol
Honestly, if Walter/the FO gets him memberships at EVERY LA golf course, they’re only outbidding themselves.
Another young prodigy groomed in LA 😥
I mean iirc he took the max that the lakers could offer given he was a restricted free agent.
The Lakers organization is not stupid like Mark Cuban who let Jalen Brunson walk away for nothing
Lakers have hinted many times that they would want to keep Reaves long term so he’s staying imo.
Come right*
The crazy part is Reaves is the one that’s going to voluntarily take a paycut to strengthen the team because he just wants to win. He’s already said that he isn’t looking for a ridiculous contract and he wants to be in LA. He couldn’t have made it any clearer to the front office. I’m pretty sure they already have something drawn up for him and there’s a soft agreement.
Thanks Magic
He already hinted he’s not looking for a max contract, I’m sure he’ll take it but he could definitely comeback on team friendly contract.
Vibes are immaculate
Second seed and sweep the Cup group
We have had the most hilariously weak groups in these 3 years of nba cups
Not last year, we had OKC
Just guys being dudes
“He don’t wanna play defense”
Luka Doncic, 2025
he fat too
Nico: Did somebody say defence?👀
No wonder Nico didn’t want him in the trade
Best backcourt in the league
Damn, I can’t believe it lol They each average 30 PTS!
Best exciting whites backcourt of all time
The best white Laker duo since Jerry West and Gail Goodrich averaging 26 ppg each in 1972.
Lakers fans are eating so much rn. I knew Reaves was good but didn’t know he’d reach this level already. He might be one of the best players who developed with Brons help and mentorship. In a similar way where Shai from Cp3’s mentorship catapulted his development.
Reed Blankenship and Cooper DeJean of the NBA
Yaoi Lakers is an unexpected but welcomed development
Hold up
Luka with 2 charges today
Two batteries
Get a room
But according to some Mavs fans on this sub, Luka is obviously depressed and unhappy on the Lakers.
This season Luka is definitely happier. Felt he definitely moved on from the drama of the trade.
Agree. He’s had an off-season and training camp to move on and build chemistry with the Lakers. He also seems to love living by the ocean and he’s been welcomed by the city.
He was loyal to an unloyal 6. Now, he’s with a 10 that treats him like a king. Of course he’s much happier now.
Huh? Who are the unloyal (disloyal) 6?
The Mavs. Now he’s with a 10 tho.
Huh? Who are the 10?
The Lakers. He was with a 6 tho.
Ok but who’s number 12??
Wait who’s the 6?
He’s basically comparing it to someone being in relationship and loyal to someone who is a 6⁄10 (looks or whatever - Mavs), that 6 wasn’t loyal but he still ended up with someone that looks even better - 10⁄10.
Took a me a bit of time to understand what you were saying but now I do, excuse the slowness lol
i mean luka lost like $116,000,000.00 and is subject to higher tax now, meaning hes going to lose another hundred million over his career.
so yeah i think anyone would be a bit depressed when one dude may have cost them a quarter billion dollars.
I’m almost sure Lakers will offer him a max contract when it’s time. Also being in a big market like LA and the Lakers leads to increased endorsements and other opportunities.
As Luka pulls up to the game driving his new Bugatti…
When you reach that amount of money, it’s more important to be able to spend it the right way than earn a bit more. And I think LA will give him a lot more opportunities to spend it in the best way and even invest it to make more than he would have in Texas anyways
Them dudes are delusional. Luka is never going back to play for the Mavs.
Our boy was sad last season. We have seen him grow up, so we kinda have an inkling. This season he has finally accepted things and happy again, and hence we are happy too
Besties
No wonder Nico didn’t want Reaves.
Nico’s flaw is thinking excellence has to look tired and serious instead of easy and joyful. Same flaw corporate has.
nico didn’t want Reaves because he is racist, makes sense considering his Luka and Jokic takes as well
Luka chuckling after the word defense was pretty funny
Vibes through the roof
Reaves acting like a total tsundere
this duo is fire
The Don, Allstar Reaves, King James, Dominayton, Ooey-Acha-Mooey. It’s the Lake Show !
If the mavs were competent, this would still be Brunson & Luka.
You don’t play no damn defense either -Nico
The circle jerk is too extreme
If the Lakers are only getting two all-stars, I’d honestly rather have it be Reaves than LeBron
Lebron is honorary by default. He’s given way too much to the game and face of the league for too long for them to ignore it.
The NBA will not punish the Clips. And then Bron will take a huge paycut and get that tree planting bag.
ESPN: A rift has been brewing between the Lakers’ top backcourt players
LukAR 😍
i feel so fucking bad for the mavs fans man damn
This is the most fun the Lakers have been in years.
Immaculate vibes.
This is such a great help to keep Luka motivated to keep the weight off, and get into even better shape.
I hate that I like the lakers.
I’m sorry Mavs fans.
He’s been on our team for less than a year, and if anyone traded him I’d take their mother out to a nice seafood restaurant, and then never call her again!
I can’t imagine how y’all feel.
My brain still can’t accept the fact that Reaves is one of the best scorers in the NBA.
Dude came out of nowhere.
VIBES?!?!
Don’t know if it was on TV, but after his dunk he looked right at Luka and held up the number 2 all the way until Luka reached the huddle
I feel like AR and Luka are meant to play together man. Nico must’ve been visited by the fates to force him to do that trade.
For wrestling fans, this bromance is basically Ambrollins.
hitler called stalin evil
Luka’s hairline ain’t playing defense either
“He don’t want to play defense.” Wait, Luka, this is you wanting to play defense?
cringe
Thunder fans alwaya ensuring why the state ranks lowest in education. Why the need to shittalk when it was just a wholesome banter between friends
Leave it to an OKC fan to cringe it up smh
You have any more Internet slangs you can throw in there?
sybau
Retweettttt
Okay grandpa
I’ve noticed Thunder fans have this weird insecurity about Luka lol
Shai vs Luka debates really heated up after last season
About everyone that isn’t Shai that’s in the top 10 in Mvp voting, just look at any post for one of those players and right there will be some thunder fan throwing a little shade