White-Gravity | Raptors

267 | 11 hours ago

Damn ⁴⁄₅ laker starters gone. Only the 41 year old left

MainAd2728 | Washington Bullets

150 | 11 hours ago

Grandpa LeBron the lone soldier I’m crying

nhthelegend | Timberwolves

59 | 11 hours ago

LeLoneRanger

Frodounchainedd | Lakers

45 | 11 hours ago

Lakers gonna get sued for elder abuse

firstto21 | Lakers

8 | 10 hours ago

Better call Saul.

Matzeeh | Spurs

28 | 11 hours ago

Lukas been playing 37.5 mpg, was bound to get injured

aishacat | Knicks

30 | 11 hours ago

yeah regardless of how bad the rest of the Lakers are it’s very clear that JJ Redick has absolutely no clue how to manage his stars (among his many other issues as a coach…). He’s been running Luka and Reaves straight into the ground and now they’re both out

thewolverineton | DAL

17 | 11 hours ago

tbh i think part of it comes from luka’s preferred rotation (playing all of 1Q + 3Q, 36-40 minutes regularly)- at least, if it carried over from dallas to LA, i assume he prefers it

EutaxySpy | Celtics

17 | 10 hours ago

Luka and Reaves and 2nd and 3rd respectively for most minutes per games this season lol. Luka’s also on a career high in terms of MPG and played like 20 of the 24 total mins in the first half. He’s being worked to the bone by JJ Reddick

thewolverineton | DAL

5 | 10 hours ago

i’m surprised he’s at a career high in MPG if only because he had some crazy high minutes stretches in 23-24. ²⁰⁄₂₄ minutes for luka would’ve been normal then, albeit we were super injured for the worst of it.

no idea why lakers staff are rolling with it, playing 23-24 luka minutes probably leads to 23-24 luka injuries.

aishacat | Knicks

5 | 10 hours ago

if it was just this Reaves would not average 37 minutes a game too, and regardless of what Luka prefers when he’s playing poorly there’s no reason not to limit him to 30

segson9

4 | 7 hours ago

And it’s not just minutes. They basically handle the ball the entire time and have to create everything. Reaves was bad for a couple of games and then got injured. Luka similar story.

They were putting up big numbers, but this isn’t sustainable. JJ needs to trust role players more

aishacat | Knicks

2 | 2 hours ago

I’m sure some people will say it’s because the Lakers are missing multiple starters right now but this has been a trend all season. last year Thibs had the same issue with the Knicks. 5 extra minutes for a role player or a few possessions with someone who’s not Luka or Reaves will not and should not break the team especially if the stars are cold, which happens to everyone sometimes (and Luka has been in a major slump recently outside of the Jazz game, you can afford not to overuse him until he gets his head screwed on straight).

segson9

2 | an hour ago

Yeah it’s been happening all season. JJ just doesn’t trust some players and then they don’t get any minutes. Vando didn’t play for like 5 games. Dalton didn’t play in some games… as you said, they don’t have to play 15 minutes, just give them 3-5 minutes, so Luka and Reaves can rest a bit longer. Or just let Knecht, Smart, Gabe… bring the ball up a couple of times, so it’s not all on Reaves and Luka.

This is regular season, 82 games. Not every possesion is really that valuable. Even if the role players make a mistake sometimes, it’s still worth it long term.

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1 | 11 hours ago

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Possible_Evening_856

4 | 11 hours ago

“horrible in the clutch” while being like ⁹⁄₉ in clutch games is hilarious

AssGobblinSemonDemon | Heat

-7 | 11 hours ago

He is a podcaster larping as a coach

sponedaddie | Lakers

15 | 11 hours ago

You guys been waiting to comment this again.

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20 | 10 hours ago

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Unusual_Giraffe_6180

9 | 8 hours ago

The only star who played more is Maxey.

Laugh your dumbass off

Maxey 39.8 Luka 37.4 Reaves 36.9 Thompson 36.7 Cunningham 36.2 Sengun 36.2 Durant 36.1

All others sub 36, how tf is he the second one on this list with multiple injuries year after year? The Lakers isn’t doing right. He was banged up by playoff last two seasons

kingfosa13 | Washington Bullets

1 | 2 hours ago

they won’t understand till Reddick is playing the starters 40 minutes every single game in the playoff and if they make it out the first round they’re all out of gas going into the second round

BenSimmonsFor3 | Toronto Huskies

5 | 9 hours ago

I remember when stars would play 40+ and it was fine.

Unusual_Giraffe_6180

3 | 8 hours ago

When was the last time you watched, 1960?

Due-Stock2774 | Lakers

3 | 8 hours ago

Our fans thought one weight loss summer was going to change his conditioning permanently

papadondon | DAL

3 | 7 hours ago

which is crazy cause he basically looks the same as last year. i wonder if he made the weight back after eurobasket

randomCAguy

1 | 11 hours ago

Yeah. Just because he’s not fat anymore, he’s been pushing his luck.

Zeke_Malvo

4 | 10 hours ago

Less fat.

Ok-Tree4365

9 | 11 hours ago

Well now ³⁄₅ of the Clippers starters are gone, too!

AyeYoYoYO

3 | 9 hours ago

NBA Christmas Day ratings might suffer.

xXEliteEater500Xx

1 | 11 hours ago

He’s clearly siphoning their health! Silver needs to investigate the real vampire!

tornait-hashu | Supersonics

1 | 10 hours ago

LeFt Alone

Greedy_Ad_1753 | Mavericks

1 | 2 hours ago

Ironically. AD is currently playing

Efficient_Art_1144 | Celtics

252 | 11 hours ago

“It’s Marcus Smart time” - Marcus Smart

Equal_Antelope_7596 | Pelicans

76 | 11 hours ago

¹⁄₉ shooting and like 7 attempted drawn charges. The true Marcus Smart experience

Efficient_Art_1144 | Celtics

22 | 11 hours ago

But also two ninja move steals

Pleasant_Internal679 | Lakers

26 | 11 hours ago

He’s marcus smarting all over the place

RepresentativeAd1965 | Nuggets

3 | 6 hours ago

Its Smartin time

Specific_Base508

3 | 11 hours ago

dude you made me spit out my coffee lol

Aracorn25

135 | 11 hours ago

I see so many thunder flairs LMAO

Asswad123 | LAL

67 | 11 hours ago

It’s honestly worse than after the Raptors won that one year.

sponedaddie | Lakers

29 | 11 hours ago

JJ got called a podcaster again, just waiting for the “this was Darvin Hams record” post and we’re done.

dismissivecrab | Lakers

4 | 9 hours ago

Time for more free throw discourse and then some comments about the bubble ring being fake.

LezbianaGrande | Knicks

9 | 10 hours ago

And worse than after the Suns reached the finals. Hvala za vse, Luka!

drkmani | Thunder

16 | 11 hours ago

Clippers at risk of winning is almost as big of a deal to us as Thunder losing

veve286 | Nuggets

6 | 11 hours ago

They have beefs with many teams’ fans. At this point, it is fair to say Thunder vs the league lol.

Zeeron1 | Thunder

4 | 10 hours ago

We are all memeing because of the Clips pick lol it’s not serious (other than the 1% of trolls)

CockroachForeign6419 | Lakers

84 | 11 hours ago

19-7 and now all our starters are dead… play ins nice to see yall again

HHHogana | Lakers

-12 | 10 hours ago

Let’s be honest. With how bad our defense is we would be lucky to get into the Conference Finals.

Awanderingleaf

-26 | 11 hours ago

This team wasn’t doing squat no matter who was in or out.

KarrotMovies | LAL

66 | 11 hours ago

Ok Bron. Turn the fucking clock back and comeback down 16 for us plz

Hapycapybara2112

44 | 11 hours ago

Wait, the clippers are up 16 in an actual nba team?

Possible_Evening_856

60 | 11 hours ago

Is 4 starters out with no depth a real NBA team?

OverallGeneral7129 | Cavaliers

29 | 11 hours ago

I mean the Lakers with only 41 year old LeBron isn’t an actual NBA team

Neto34 | Clippers

7 | 11 hours ago

We always go up double digits then choke it away in the second half

whythishaptome | Lakers

13 | 11 hours ago

Not this time, you guys came out hard and we have no good players left besides Lebron.

TheAlmightyConch | Spurs

6 | 11 hours ago

Kawhi is actually playin well, Clippers lost Zubac too. He may be back i stopped watching tbh

Matzeeh | Spurs

47 | 11 hours ago

GG unless Boston LeBron shows up

CrazyChatter | Lakers

35 | 11 hours ago

Lmao, OKC fans have nothing else to do in their lives but hate on every other team and star player. Then, they act surprised when most fans in the NBA hate them.

laker_padres619

8 | 8 hours ago

I hear okc is just fields and shopping centers with the occasional bar. Can you blame them?

lilbl1cky | Thunder

-35 | 11 hours ago

there’s 3 OKC flairs out of 55 comments, 4 with me now, only 2 of them are negative, are you seeing things?

HenrikCrown | Pelicans

20 | 11 hours ago

40 year 355 day old LeBron with the thousand yard stare having to lead a Cavaliers esque group

chriskot123

17 | 10 hours ago

Man some of yall are fuckin haters lol

Traditional_Emu3598

13 | 11 hours ago

As a mad at Mavs + always will support Luka fan I think I’m done watching this game tonight

Specific_Base508

1 | 11 hours ago

same.

veve286 | Nuggets

11 | 11 hours ago

Luka had been playing heavy minutes every games. That would’ve affected him.

Lianafelice21

8 | 11 hours ago

So it begins?

Matzeeh | Spurs

27 | 11 hours ago

Luka was bound to get injured he was playing too much.

Zealousideal_Time894

39 | 11 hours ago

it’s a contusion, so basically it’s just an impact injury. a bruise. nothing muscular or strain related, he’ll be fine, if a bit sore

sponedaddie | Lakers

15 | 11 hours ago

Lakers are always coy with injuries, could be a bruise, could’ve lost the entire leg.

whythishaptome | Lakers

5 | 11 hours ago

Eh, that’s what they always say. They will probably upgrade it tomorrow.

Faux_null8834 | Mavericks

2 | 10 hours ago

nah he’s too fat - nico

Jec1027 | Warriors

3 | 11 hours ago

So it begins lol

azn_dude1 | Nuggets

1 | 9 hours ago

It’s a bruise lol

Ok-Tree4365

5 | 11 hours ago

Lakers can survive in the top 8 without Luka.

Clippers without Zubac have zero chance of winning any games outside of (maybe) this one.

Flaky_Ring | Bulls

5 | 11 hours ago

Was it bad? Didn’t watch the game

TCTCTCTCTCTC7

3 | 10 hours ago

“A bruise on the leg is a helluva long way from the heart.”

gaycatdetective | Thunder

3 | 11 hours ago

i’m watching this game and i can’t believe kawhi is still in this game and not luka. he’s hit the floor hard 2 or 3 times i thought for sure he wouldn’t be back after half time

Ornery-Assistance-28

6 | 10 hours ago

Nah, he’s got that, “uncle-dennis bagman, league investigation magnet, superstar surrounded by hush money” resiliency. No one else is playing through the pulse of their reputation out there.

dragonrider5555 | Celtics

2 | 10 hours ago

Vintage Marcus smart night . Grats LA you got a killer !

Main_Pop_7565

1 | 11 hours ago

Holy shit

AssGobblinSemonDemon | Heat

1 | 11 hours ago

Heartstring strained

No-Alternative2897

1 | 11 hours ago

Bronny minutes, or is he in G league

whythishaptome | Lakers

4 | 11 hours ago

G league, I’d actually love to see him out there in this game because wtf else do we have.

Substantial_Tax_9504

1 | 10 hours ago

That game was so fing awful It was like I couldn’t stop watching the nightmare unfold. Everybody out with bruises. Gosh damn.

Jec1027 | Warriors

-9 | 11 hours ago

If this is a strain Lakers are gonna have a rough month

Awanderingleaf

11 | 11 hours ago

They said it was a “contusion” or in other words a bruise. Nothing about it being a strain.

Jec1027 | Warriors

0 | 11 hours ago

Makes sense

whythishaptome | Lakers

4 | 11 hours ago

They will probably upgrade it tomorrow though

Matzeeh | Spurs

6 | 11 hours ago

He was playing for a while with it so lets hope not

armandocalvinisius | Mavericks

-9 | 11 hours ago

Another long list of LEFT LEG injury

Weight loss helps but wont address whole problem, tweak your playstyle a bit, call jimmy butler in offseason

Good luck for the guy, because that LEFT LEG still time ticking bomb

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-10 | 11 hours ago

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Old_Supermarket_7575

-17 | 11 hours ago

Always starts limping when he’s sucking

Specific_Base508

14 | 11 hours ago

odd how he only sucks when hes hurting. wonder what causes that

Old_Supermarket_7575

-8 | 10 hours ago

Sucks first then fake limps

Tale as old as time

Everyone on twitter started counting down the minutes till he was gonna fake limp bc of missed shots

Display714 | Lakers

6 | 10 hours ago

Yeah cuz he leaves games early all the time right? Get your dumb ass on bro

Old_Supermarket_7575

-8 | 10 hours ago

This was the worst game I’ve ever seen in my life

I’d had found an excuse to leave too

I actually think JJ benched him and used this as a way to not embarrass him publicly

Display714 | Lakers

2 | 10 hours ago

I actually think he had an allergic reaction to some shell fish he had last night and it was inducing hallucinations, but I’m just throwing out bull shit conjecture based solely on the interpretation of a fuckin mouth breather.

Awanderingleaf

-20 | 11 hours ago

Christ sake modern NBA players are so soft. Really, a “contusion” is side lining him? It’s literally a fancy way of saying he has a bruise.

joaolouro1967 | Lakers

12 | 11 hours ago

He was limping the whole second quarter, he was clearly not ok

Jec1027 | Warriors

-6 | 11 hours ago

He allways limping tbh

joaolouro1967 | Lakers

12 | 11 hours ago

Nah, this was actual hurt limping, not the usual Luka one

RFFF1996 | Thunder

11 | 11 hours ago

Chat, is it soft to be careful playing through a injury in december?

Awanderingleaf

-6 | 11 hours ago

When you’re getting paid $50mill a year to play basketball and fans are dropping money to go watch you play, yeah it’s fucking soft to bail on a game because of a bruise of all things. Almost any other job would tell you to stop your bitching, suck it up and get back to work, it’s just a bruise. He didn’t tear a ligament or break a bone for Christ sake.

918tb | Thunder

-26 | 11 hours ago

contusion rofl, that boy always get a bruise when he looking a fool out there.

Otherwise-Radio-8787

-27 | 11 hours ago

Lmao bro loves to give up on his team when he’s playing like ass

Matzeeh | Spurs

12 | 11 hours ago

Hes playing 37.5 MPG he was bound to get injured

Awanderingleaf

1 | 11 hours ago

He got a fucking bruise, that is literally all that a contusion is for Christ sake.

Otherwise-Radio-8787

-10 | 11 hours ago

When did it even happen?

mickeyj623 | Celtics

-8 | 11 hours ago

Like clockwork

918tb | Thunder

-16 | 11 hours ago

Bingo

chef_iblocka | Thunder

-30 | 11 hours ago

⁴⁄₁₃ from the field, ¹⁄₆ from three and 5 turnovers. Looks like he’s doing his team a favor.

Livid-Cardiologist94

12 | 11 hours ago

i only ever see you on this sub hating on luka. do you have anything better to do lol

Thommywidmer | MIL

8 | 10 hours ago

Brothers got narratives to push. Basketball makes some people go online and share their dumbass oppinions like their working in a yugoslabian bot farm for some reason

chef_iblocka | Thunder

-4 | 10 hours ago

Lmfao you’re a 1% commenter. Don’t act like you aren’t right beside me in this bot farm working your ass off too lil bro

whythishaptome | Lakers

7 | 11 hours ago

Down the stretch of the game he normally picks up 30 points on a bad night so I would say not really.

qotsabama | DAL

1 | 9 hours ago

Given the margin of defeat rapidly increased after he stopped playing…you might just be a dumbass

LiamHundley | Thunder

-26 | 11 hours ago

Luka stinker and hooked

electricalserge | Australia

3 | 11 hours ago

Thunder unchallenged now.

AssGobblinSemonDemon | Heat

-3 | 11 hours ago

Lights too bright

[Haynes] Los Angeles Lakers say Luka Dončić (left leg contusion) will not return to tonight’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers.