moby323 | 76ers

106 | 6 hours ago

Why won’t the basketball gods let us see it for like 25 straight games, that’s all I’m asking, before the season ends.

This might be it for the man. I’m just saying.

FunTailor794

29 | 5 hours ago

Especially with our new 3pt sniper who actually has a way more complete game than people were giving him credit for. I think this could be a pretty successful team with potential playoff implications.

But I just want to see them all on the court together + Luka steering clear of the referees and just playing the game

mas1108 | Lakers

-5 | 5 hours ago

It’s not. You really think he doesn’t want an extravagant farewell tour? Thankfully it will be in Cleveland.

carlonia | Lakers

19 | 5 hours ago

No way he actually moves to Cleveland at 41 years old to be away from his family even if it’s for 1 year. He’ll take a pay cut to stay in LA

mas1108 | Lakers

-1 | 5 hours ago

Not sure the distinction of his farewell tour while trying to build a championship team and team chemistry is something the team wants to go through.

YaBoiiAsthma

6 | 3 hours ago

Harden certainly won’t care about anything else but the chance to win a ring with LeBron, that would be the single best thing that could happen to his career, being viewed as the ultimate old player 1b for one last ride into the sunset with the arguable GOAT. I think that’s an easy narrative to pitch a lot of the guys

Ok-Salad-7799

13 | 5 hours ago

~~Lakers fans~~ Kobe stans are insufferable

mas1108 | Lakers

-9 | 5 hours ago

As are LeBron stans. Just want them out of the Lakers sub honestly.

Ok-Salad-7799

8 | 5 hours ago

And you shouldn’t be going out of r/lakers, man

mas1108 | Lakers

-7 | 5 hours ago

Lol, brother this is a platform that’s sole purpose is to post opinions and muster engagement. I’m sorry your feelings are hurt.

Longjumping_Club_115

3 | an hour ago

how does it feel being on your knees for a dead rapist

moby323 | 76ers

1 | 5 hours ago

I think he may want to just do a mic drop. A farewell tour can be kind of cheesy and get old after months and months.

mas1108 | Lakers

-5 | 4 hours ago

Nah, this guy held an hour segment on TV to announce his free agent decision and forced his team to draft his son for the antics. He 100% wants a farewell tour.

moby323 | 76ers

8 | 4 hours ago

That TV announcement was a way to raise money for charity btw. He did it in exchange for ESPN donating a bunch of money to charities

Longjumping_Club_115

2 | an hour ago

pls God let him leave this bumass lakers

brandoi | Lakers

74 | 6 hours ago

Lucky in a sense that they’ve staggered injuries. Unlucky in that they’ve yet to play more than like 4 games consecutively together.

moby323 | 76ers

32 | 6 hours ago

Yeah that’s a good point. Them being staggered means they can keep the season going but on the other hand

DontFollowMyAdvices

22 | 6 hours ago

Yeah it’s interesting how the Lakers are at the same record as last year’s despite being plagued with injuries this year. Hopefully the second half we will see more action from the 3 together.

Jelques_Kallis | Lakers

1 | an hour ago

It helps that they got Ayton, Smart and Kannard now. Hayes has also been playing better recently and so has Vando and Kleber

BrothersCup | LAL

43 | 6 hours ago

And that includes the games where Lebron was ramping up, along with multiple where Austin or Luka were on minutes restrictions or didn’t finish the game. Like the Houston game and the recent Philly one.

Jarxzz | United States

3 | an hour ago

While I don’t think this current iteration of the lakers are true contenders I’m realize now how little grace they’ve gotten regarding injuries

Austin who is their 2nd best player missing half the season feels like it hasn’t been discussed much or used as an excuse where as usually if a team isn’t doing amazing all people will bring up is injuries

Hendo8888 | IND

31 | 6 hours ago

Those 10 games were:

Vs Utah (W by 14)

@ Utah (W by 2)

Vs Clippers (W by 17)

Vs Dallas (W by 10)

Vs Phoenix (L by 17)

@ Philly (W by 4)

Vs Spurs (L by 13)

Vs Houston (L by 23)

@ Brooklyn (W by 16)

Vs Philly (W by 4)

abc4357 | Lakers

24 | 5 hours ago

Also AR only played 15 minutes in that rockets game and Luka only 16 against the sixers cause they went out with injuries in the 1st half.

Lmao1903 | NBA

-4 | 5 hours ago

Seems like they didn’t really have a great win. Clippers, Dallas, Philly (2x) would be better wins now but at the time I don’t think they were winning a lot of games. Obviously they could make the excuse that all 3 were not 100% in most of those games, but they weren’t playing great basketball together aside from that either. The defense looked awful, and their only move was Kennard. Onl argument I could make for them would have been “if they add a proper 2 way player with great defense…” but they didn’t do that

Aggrokid

13 | 6 hours ago

Funny enough, all 3 of them on court at once didn’t look great to me. What’s helping them win is JJ staggering the minutes so they always have at least one star masking their low bench production.

AccomplishedStyle600 | Knicks

6 | 5 hours ago

Big 3 on the court together is a defensive train wreck. They can make it work offensively probably, but there’s really no magic to get that lineup into working defensively. They’ll obviously stagger minutes mostly, but wonder how the rotation will look like

Floor	Minutes	ORtg	DRtg
Luka, LBJ, AR ON (2025-26)	136	111.7	124.4
Luka, LBJ, AR ON (2024-25)	402	121.9	121.6
Luka, LBJ, AR ON (2024-25 PO)	134	115.9	122.5
2 of Big 3 ON (2025-26)	901	120.8	117.0
2 of Big 3 ON (2024-25)	1557	118.1	112.7
2 of Big 3 ON (2024-25 PO)	91	106.1	121.0

LovetheNBA23 | Lakers

6 | 4 hours ago

When the three played together Bron was still ramping up and looked bad. Rui was the 5th starter too. I think Smart ends up being the fifth starter lost all star break which at least slots everyone in their correct defensive positions.

NoRip651 | Lakers

1 | an hour ago

A big part of this was LeBron missing the start of the season. They had to reshuffle everything on the fly, and the early lineup adjustments were rough. The Luka/LeBron pairing didn’t click at first either. But once AR went out, they were kind of forced to figure it out and honestly, they’ve developed a pretty solid feel since then.

The bigger issue was the lineup combinations. We kept playing Rui alongside Luka/AR/LeBron, which pushed Rui into awkward defensive assignments. Both LeBron and Rui are more natural PFs, so Rui was basically playing out of position in those groups.

Ayton hasn’t helped either. He’s just not a clean fit with Luka, and sometimes not even with LeBron. It’s less about talent and more about motor and feel. JJ might have figured out the theoretical “optimal” lineup when all three play together, but we just don’t have the right personnel to support it.

Luka/AR/Bron/Ayton + Smart or Jake gives you more defensive balance, but then you sacrifice shooting because Smart and Jake are streaky. Swap in Rui and Kennard and you get spacing, but now Rui is out of position again and Kennard isn’t a defender. Ayton’s motor has been the biggest issue. Hayes, honestly, fits better in terms of energy and vertical spacing, but you can’t fully trust him as a full-time starter yet, even with the improvements. Hopefully no more injuries going forward.

No-Alternative2897

9 | 5 hours ago

Most of those games, one of them gets injured or in minute restrictions.

How many games did they truly play healthy?

Gristle__McThornbody | Lakers

6 | 5 hours ago

I’m surprise their record is that good cause Lebron looked completely washed when he returned.

CDSWDH

5 | 6 hours ago

The Lakers hype gonna start again just like last season 😂😂

Ok_Turn6757 | Lakers

14 | 5 hours ago

Hey man let us hope

mas1108 | Lakers

5 | 5 hours ago

What hype? No one, including us Laker fans think we have a chance against OKC or Spurs.

gratitudeisbs | Lakers

3 | 3 hours ago

Speak for yourself doomer

OpinionDude5000

1 | 5 hours ago

Injuries suck

SebastianC1

1 | 5 hours ago

They’ve finished 6 games lol

SwizzGod | Lakers

1 | 4 hours ago

Yea I know 🤦🏿‍♂️

Fun_Mind1494

0 | 5 hours ago

What’s their point differential?

GGezpzMuppy | Spurs

-1 | 5 hours ago

Bc m

Luka, Austin, and LeBron have only played 10 games together this season. Their record is 7-3.