JoeBiden2020FTW | Lakers

931 | 3 hours ago

For clarity, he left the Suns long before they got Ayton. He has no relationship with Ayton via the Suns.

Kball4177 | Mavericks

178 | 3 hours ago

Yup - I’m kind of tired of people mentioning that he worked in a front office. It was literally a lifetime ago and he was an “Assistant” Director for like 3 of the 6 years there, with 1 of the years being an intern and the other 2 being a Basketball Ops assistant.

No-Gift-2350 | Toronto Huskies

397 | 3 hours ago

That’s more front office experience than anyone in this sub lol.

guitarguywh89 | Suns

56 | an hour ago

Not true with KD lurkin around here somewhere

azizinator25 | NYK

5 | 36 minutes ago

I know KD has pressured teams to make personnel decisions, but he technically also has no front office experience

RequirementLeading12 | Lakers

72 | 3 hours ago

Jfc you guys get angry about the silliest crap. He formerly worked in the Suns front office why does him being labeled as such bother you?

Kball4177 | Mavericks

3 | 3 hours ago

Well in this case it is indicating that he had first hand experience with Ayton when he was on the Suns, but Amin departed the Suns 6 years before the Suns drafted Ayton. It’s totally misleading.

GrogRhodes | Heat

8 | 3 hours ago

Clown comment here.

msizzle344 | Heat

8 | 2 hours ago

It’s less credibility than having “1% top commenter” on this subreddit that’s for sure. Idk why we even post this when there’s about a dozen more solutions to tanking and all time lists we can debate instead

Nickk_Jones | Lakers

3 | 2 hours ago

Don’t forget whining about gambling and making the same 5 jokes over and over!

coldbru85

2 | an hour ago

you’re tired of him for having a job on his resume that allows him to offer insight?

barath_s | Lakers

3 | 2 hours ago

Also, it sure sounded to me that Ayton did not wish to be capela .

mixmasterADD | Lakers

3 | an hour ago

Well he’s not. Which sucks lol

DynaTox1989 | Knicks

257 | 3 hours ago

I’m not defending Ayton’s on-court effort but who TF cares about him sleeping on the floor because his mattress wasn’t delivered?

mrb4 | Suns

259 | 3 hours ago

The context for that was Ayton was complaining about it publicly as an excuse for his play several months after he has been in Portland. I think it was in like Feb or March of his first year. Using “not being able to get a mattress” for several months as an excuse for your play when you make $34m a year not exactly the sign of a guy who has his shit together.

lolimdivine | ATL

62 | 3 hours ago

yup this is it. i remember being mind boggled by this. i think he had a couple games of like 20 reb in a row and then he said this

WrittenByNick

7 | 39 minutes ago

To be fair, what was the guy going to do? It’s not like there are websites or stores that will physically deliver a mattress right to your house. That’s nonsense talk!

AKushWarrior | Warriors

3 | 35 minutes ago

I make WAY less than 34M and I was able to get a mattress in Portland in less than a week

WrittenByNick

1 | 32 minutes ago

30M? Sorry you’ve landed on tough times but glad you got a mattress.

Big-Pea-6074 | Cabo Verde

1 | 24 minutes ago

Yeah totally bro. I could be in the nba if only I had a mattress

LakersAreForever | Lakers

34 | 3 hours ago

Bro could have got a hotel with all those millions lol

Annual_Hamster9411

10 | 2 hours ago

It snowed it so he couldn’t get to the hotel

No-Ideal-8996

1 | 29 minutes ago

For months?

Annual_Hamster9411

1 | 26 minutes ago

You’re not following Portland weather, are you?

No-Ideal-8996

1 | 15 minutes ago

I live in Seattle, I know how the weather was down in Portland at the time and how it can get. But his claim he couldn’t get a mattress for months and that affected him is lazy and stupid. Now where he missed playing because of icy roads, that’s a legit thing.

SanestOnePieceFan | Celtics

1 | an hour ago

SEVERAL MONTHS? I thought it had to be referring to a day or two

_Wash | Timberwolves

169 | 3 hours ago

also the snowed-in thing is completely out of context. the entire neighborhood was iced over, he had people trying to get him out and they couldn’t.

plenty of reasons to not like the dude but these are whack

MindbenderGam1ng | Bucks

75 | 3 hours ago

I agree but that DNP message was legendary asf, I haven’t seen a funnier one since

Any-Question-3759

39 | 3 hours ago

DNP - Winter Wonderland

barath_s | Lakers

5 | 2 hours ago

DNP (ice)

No-Owl-6246 | Lakers

69 | 3 hours ago

I once saw someone on here seriously say that Kobe would never have let something like inadvisable weather stop him from playing in a game.

Traveling in inadvisable weather is what killed Kobe.

k4kobe

6 | 2 hours ago

As a huge Kobe fan… this!

Fight thru injuries and stuff all you want. Don’t go try and fight Mother Nature. Inclement weather are no jokes

bwrca

2 | an hour ago

Yeha nature doesn’t care how much of a dawg you are. It will cook you.

neonartifact

1 | an hour ago

Bro, fr… my ass got humbled by Mother Nature when that bitch manipulated gravity, forcing me hit my ribs on the ice at work, ergo my broken bones and sore back, now…

ubelmann | Timberwolves

1 | 44 minutes ago

Kobe would have driven nails through his shoes as studs and walked to the game! He would have strapped chef’s knives to his feet and skated to the game!

preptime | Trail Blazers

36 | 3 hours ago

Not one person who lives in Portland would give him flak for not being able to get to a game while being iced in.

SaxRohmer | Cavaliers

9 | 2 hours ago

i live in Seattle. it was crazy here and portland was somehow worse

Lacabloodclot9 | Grizzlies

29 | 3 hours ago

It’s wild how many people don’t understand how dangerous it is trying to drive on an icy road

Adorable-Bike-9689

10 | 3 hours ago

Like he doesn’t have the money to travel by horse carriage

commonguy001 | Trail Blazers

26 | 3 hours ago

Ice in Portland is not common but bad when it happens. I assume he was in the west hills and no way I’d try and drive without studded tires up there when it’s covered in ice.

almostcurly | Raptors

17 | 3 hours ago

They never said where he was but they did say he lived at the top of a hill, and they did try to send people out to pick him up and they couldn’t get up the hill. So it’s not like he just gave up and went back to bed like Amin seems to be implying

Ok_Hornet_714

7 | an hour ago

I recall seeing at the time what was reported as his address and it was up in the West Hills.

It also reminded me of when a truck driver crashed into Evan Turners backyard pool as it seemed like the exact same neighborhood

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21830431/semi-truck-crashes-swimming-pool-home-portland-trail-blazers-guard-evan-turner

greatestbird | Trail Blazers

15 | 3 hours ago

Clint Capela woulda blocked the cold front and prevented the icy conditions

hanzo615 | Heat

6 | an hour ago

Then outlet to Harden

dae5oty

4 | 3 hours ago

Kobe Capela would’ve seen this coming and got a sleigh and reindeer in preparation

k4kobe

3 | 2 hours ago

This. I don’t even like him but it’s so ridiculous to bring it up every frogging time. And it’s always people who have no idea what that road condition is like but think they know 🙄

neonartifact

2 | an hour ago

Every frogging time? Is that a new slang term? I like it. Shit had me croaked!

Any-Question-3759

7 | 3 hours ago

Jordan would never he would shit talk the floor until it turned into a mattress.

theytracemikey | Cavaliers

4 | 3 hours ago

He’d sleep standing up or craft a mattress himself out of household materials if he had that dawg in him

/s

pagny77 | Timberwolves

4 | 2 hours ago

Yeah there was literally a video of Steven Adams going around not too long ago where his bedroom was just a floor mattress, tv and Playstation and people loved him for it. Definitely the flirting vs harassment meme

Schmoova | Mikal Bridges

4 | 36 minutes ago

The difference is Steven Adams doesn’t go into post game pressers and blame his recent bad play on his mattress…

I’m not joking, DA literally did this on the Blazers.

ruckyruciano | Knicks

1 | an hour ago

HELLO HR

JKirbs14 | Raptors

1 | an hour ago

I feel like I’ve seen many videos/podcasts of NBA bigs and the problem with beds/mattresses has come up many times from multiple different people.

That’s not to say that Ayton isn’t a lazy fella, but just to highlight that he’s not the only one to have this problem, though he definitely seemed to have made a mountain out of a molehill in his case.

Cote_Goat

0 | 3 hours ago

Amin is a hot take merchant, most of his takes are stolen by Nick Wright who has a bigger audience.

cardinalmidnight

222 | 3 hours ago

Yeah he’s been this for 3 teams now

CIark

44 | 3 hours ago

Another Pelinka masterclass 🙏🙏 lakers getting bounced in the first round but Rob will cook this summer for sure and fix the team!! 5th times the charm baby

breakfastburrito24 | Lakers

25 | 2 hours ago

Who else was he supposed to get?

standard_level | Trail Blazers

18 | an hour ago

Should have traded for Mark Williams instead of sending him back.

lalo1398 | Lakers Bandwagon

12 | an hour ago

That was the real mistake that led to us scrambling in the off season. He realized he overpaid and nixed the deal and now Dalton is just catching DNPs with no value

I_chortled | Lakers

0 | 34 minutes ago

This is a 100% factual statement, we might have been actual contenders for LeBron’s last year or two with the team if we made that move. It was bullshit to nix it the way we did

preptime | Trail Blazers

6 | 2 hours ago

If not Hayes, I’d probably rather just have some G-League guy out there than Ayton the energy vampire.

JinterIsComing | Celtics

3 | an hour ago

Horford and Kornet both left the Celtics in the offseason. Either would be a better fit culturally and gameplay wise for LA than Ayton right now.

GeorgeWashinghton | Nets

4 | 44 minutes ago

With what money

JinterIsComing | Celtics

5 | 36 minutes ago

Ayton costs the Lakers $8M per year right now on a two-year, $16M deal. Horford is on the Warriors on a two-year, $12M deal. So if you had to ask me, it’d be “you should have signed Al instead of Ayton and saved money.”

Kornet is on a four-year, $40M deal with the Spurs. More than Ayton, but the Lakers could have taken the extra hit and backloaded it a bit so the 2025 cap hit isn't bad. Bron probably comes off the books after this season, which frees up $52M in space to work with.

Legitimate_Reward913 | Lakers

4 | 33 minutes ago

Horford signed for 5.7M per year for 2 years, while Kornet is sitting at 10M per year for 4 years. Ayton signed for 8.1M per year for 2 years.

They’re all fairly comparable contracts, especially since Kornet is a fairly movable piece at 10M/year given that he’s 30 this year.

GeorgeWashinghton | Nets

1 | 26 minutes ago

Kornet has over performed.

Horford is old and the upside reward of Ayton, was well worth the 1 year guaranteed.

PuzzleheadedClue9837 | Supersonics

2 | 39 minutes ago

Ayton gets 8 million per year, Kornet & Horford are on similar deals, defninitely would have been doable.

KennySmithsKnees | LAC

2 | an hour ago

Paul reed

burrito_bonito | Wizards

1 | an hour ago

Robert Sacre

Kendertas

1 | 20 minutes ago

Am I crazy thinking there is a universe where this is the most talented Laker roster Luka has well he’s in LA. Not saying likely, but it feels possible. Sure its clear Luka, Lebron, and Reeves just don’t fit together, but even at 41 Lebron is a pretty massive talent hole to fill if he leaves this offseason. And if Giannis doesn’t go to LA what exactly are they going to do? Compete with the rest of the league to sign the 3 and D role players everyone wants/needs.

bsinbsinbs | Suns

6 | an hour ago

Don’t worry, the Lakers will fix him - every Lakers fan 5 months ago

Adventurous-Bee-5934 | Lakers

5 | 44 minutes ago

Actually the consensus was “well, he CAN’T be worse than Jaxon.”

And, welp, here we are

bsinbsinbs | Suns

5 | 42 minutes ago

I saw plenty of “JJ and Bron won’t let him half ass it”

Here we are indeed. ☕️

phd2k1 | Suns

179 | 3 hours ago

Capella had 4 blocks last game. Ayton had 4 points last game.

outsidehere | Lakers

83 | 3 hours ago

2 points

phd2k1 | Suns

34 | 3 hours ago

Holy shit you’re right 😂

Y’all just need to start Jaxson Hayes at this point. At least he hustles.

outsidehere | Lakers

6 | 2 hours ago

Yep. I miss Trey Jemison III

bul1dog | LAL

3 | an hour ago

Laker fans since 2021: “We need a competent center and defensive wings”

Pelinka since 2021: “You’ll have Russell Westbrook, Kendrick Nunn, Lonnie Walker, Dlo, Melo, Gabe Vincent and you’ll like it. Also, I’m drafting a PG that can’t shoot and a wing that can’t defend.”

outsidehere | Lakers

2 | an hour ago

Yep. The formula for winning was literally there and they decided to move on from it.

the_wit | Trail Blazers

1 | an hour ago

Maybe you meant points like in hockey, where an assist counts as a point?

Oh hang on a second it’s still 2 pts

stephandkerrsuck

1 | 27 minutes ago

He about to destroy the Warriors tonight

Sherwood_RipCity | Trail Blazers

137 | 3 hours ago

This Capella slander from Ayton is crazy.

Clint Capella is fucking good and will continue to get jobs. I can’t say the same for Ayton unless he changes that attitude.

AstronomerDramatic36 | Rockets

45 | 3 hours ago

I get that its a simple playstyle and its not the type of role players wish for, but prime Clint was a beast. Current Clint isn’t too bad, either.

Sherwood_RipCity | Trail Blazers

16 | 2 hours ago

Yeah man, that Harden/Capella pnr was deadly. Rolling and rebounding are winning tools. Its why I am so freaking high on Donovan Clingan.

thedrcubed | Grizzlies

9 | 2 hours ago

It’s about centers being willing to do things centers have to do to win games. Protect the paint on defense, screen and rebound. The only time we’ve looked like a good team all year were the games Edey played because he does those things

Clerithifa | Canada

1 | 21 minutes ago

Yup, there’s a reason those Jazz teams won 50+ games with all those shitty defenders, they had Gobert back there to do the dirty work and take pride in it

Sherwood_RipCity | Trail Blazers

1 | an hour ago

Right? You are massive compared to guys who are already freaking big. Use your god given tools.

Ok_Hornet_714

7 | 2 hours ago

I get that it isn’t the most glamorous role, but I think that most players would love to have a Clint Capella-type career (be a productive starter for a decade+, be a key part of successful teams, make $130+ million).

There is a strong argument that the only players in his draft class with better careers are Jokic, Embiid and Julius Randle

Sherwood_RipCity | Trail Blazers

1 | 14 minutes ago

There is always room in the league for that archetype. Its not sexy by any means but you will get paid.

gmoss101 | Rockets

3 | an hour ago

I fuck with Clint so hard that he’s one of the former Rockets players that I hope gets a ring before Harden lol

AstronomerDramatic36 | Rockets

1 | an hour ago

Me, too, but only because Clint is back on the Rockets lol. I’ll always love both players.

Gramscifi | Warriors

2 | 33 minutes ago

I was hoping for years that the Warriors would somehow land Capela after the Harden Rockets blew up. He’s the perfect complementary player for a team stacked with shooters and offense that needs rebounding and rim defense.

pdpdpdpdpdpdpdpd | Raptors

1 | 11 minutes ago

Prime capela would be putting up an easy ¹⁵⁄₁₅ on this lakers team while anchoring the defense, ayton wishes lmao

SloshaPacana

32 | 3 hours ago

Ayton will 100% continue to get jobs too lmao

WWTFSD

4 | 3 hours ago

I mean him being a vibes vampire to any team he signs has him in a unique position to not get jobs despite his size.

Contenders and young teams alike, I wouldn’t want someone who puts in minimal effort on my roster.

Dangerous_Ad_6831

5 | 2 hours ago

I can fix him.

PanthalassaRo | Knicks

1 | an hour ago

Ayton would get money in any other country just because of his physical tools and pedigree of being a former #1 pick until he decides to retire.

datruerex

1 | 40 minutes ago

Thought it was a random stray turns out Capella fired back

laddder | Clippers

0 | 2 hours ago

You just know Aytons dumbass slander is all based on salary discrepancy with Capela.

As Amin alluded to this mf is lucky there was someone willing to offer the max and another dumbass to match it.

kringiskhan

73 | 3 hours ago

A guy that slept on the floor because his mattress wasn’t delivered

I’m all for hating on the dude but i don’t see how this is relevant at all

mrb4 | Suns

128 | 3 hours ago

The thing about that was Ayton was complaining about it after he had already been in Portland for a couple months.

I think not being able to procure a mattress within a couple months when you make $34m a year is probably a sign that you may not have your shit together.

tieyourtimbsandnikes | Celtics

41 | 3 hours ago

Was waiting for that Mattress Firm President’s Day Sale

One_Consequence3861

28 | 3 hours ago

lol that is totally fair lol

3mds | Trail Blazers

16 | 3 hours ago

Epitome of a skill issue tbh

AKAkorm

2 | 2 hours ago

Wait he was sleeping on the floor for months?

livelaughloaft | Raptors

1 | 2 hours ago

Quick, was he ever out for back issues during that stretch of time??

refreshing_yogurt

25 | 3 hours ago

It wasn’t like for one day. He said he didn’t have a bed for “some time” and attributed his poor start to that season to lack of a bed and improvement post All Star break to being more settled. So he slept on an air mattress for months.

Stephen2014 | Rockets

13 | 3 hours ago

It’s bad professionalism on Ayton’s part. Pro athletes have to maintain their bodies. It’s their only asset they bring to the job. On one end you have Tom Brady who was insane about his diet and training and then you have a guy who couldn’t be bothered to get a proper mattress to get the best recovery.

He could have texted his agent to do it for him and he would have had a mattress in his home that same day but he never saw it as important because he’s not a very bright athlete that sees the importance of getting the best version of his body.

No_Character2289

6 | 3 hours ago

Imagine if we had a person at are beck and call to get whatever we need. This shouldn’t have been an issue. He could’ve literally purchased any type of bed online and paid for them to set it up.

El_Tormentito | Hornets

5 | 3 hours ago

I think it’s easier than that. I think you just tell the guys that meet you off the plane to get you a furnished apartment while you shop for a house. Surely there is someone in the org that sets up living situations for new guys coming in. Ask a team vet if there’s an assistant that can set you up. Something. It costs money, but you have it.

XboxSeriesCancelled

3 | 2 hours ago

He literally could have asked/paid a skinny 4th grader to go to the store themselves and hand deliver it to him, and they would have at the very least made moves to try and get it done.

Forget waiting a bit to get a mattress… it actually cannot be understated how lazy and fucking stupid you have to be as a multimillionaire athlete to not just have a bed waiting for you when you move in. Even if youre 19 and never matured past the 2nd grade like a lot of athletes are when they enter the league, that’s what your agent is for.

There is literally no excuse.

Stephen2014 | Rockets

4 | 2 hours ago

I think he could have asked someone in a Cod lobby to do it for him and paid them.

gmoss101 | Rockets

1 | an hour ago

If Chris Paul had asked me to get him a mattress when he got to Houston, I’d have sprinted to Mattress Mack with the quickness

AKAkorm

1 | 2 hours ago

I moved to a new city a few years back while in the middle of a tough project at work. I hired someone basically took care of all of the work for me, from picking out furniture and making sure it fit my living spaces and my tastes, to ordering and coordinating delivery on my behalf so I had to do nothing. It cost me around $1k.

So yea Ayton could have easily managed this or asked for help if he couldn’t.

Worldly_Cap_6440

8 | 2 hours ago

It’s relevant bc Ayton blamed that for his poor play for like a month 😂 all that money and he couldn’t expedite something that affects his play by his own words?

2nd2last | Rockets

5 | 3 hours ago

Should have slept on the ceiling.

Bim_Jeann | Cavaliers

3 | 3 hours ago

Should’ve just slept while standing

chakrablocker | Thunder

3 | 3 hours ago

that man has add, and is an asshole. but the bed thing is totally add

XboxSeriesCancelled

3 | 2 hours ago

If you are making anything over 60k a year you could buy multiple good mattresses cash money on the same day at multiple different stores and not ruin your life.

This guy was making 34 MILLION at the time and has multiple assistants on his personal payroll.

So him voluntarily telling the media that he went longer than 2 business days to get a mattress in his house tells me he’s A) a bold faced liar B) one of the dumbest human beings I am personally aware of C) the worst boss/hirer ever, or D) some unholy combination of A-C

T2ThaSki

1 | 3 hours ago

Yeah there are enough completely objective reasons to shit talk this guys game and attitude.

LakersAreForever | Lakers

1 | 3 hours ago

How hard is it to get a mattress in the same week. Literally rent a U-Haul or even go sleep at a hotel.

Just weak excuses from a weak minded person

Wyden_long | Suns

1 | 2 hours ago

I did this last Saturday.

Hcdx | Cavaliers

1 | an hour ago

Its just further fuel on the fire of him being a lazy idiot.

The ice thing in Portland is legit, though. I live 10 minutes away from my job, and over the years I’ve had to call off a handful of times because I literally could not drive up the very slight hill my house is on because of the ice. Don’t fuck with icy conditions.

Professor_Thug | Trail Blazers

66 | 3 hours ago

People underestimate how bad the ice was in Portland, like people got really hurt. I don’t think any Blazers fans hold that against him. We hold everything else against him tho.

1850ChoochGator | Trail Blazers

1 | 17 minutes ago

We sent staff to his house to help and they couldn’t even get there

freegreedypayme

35 | 3 hours ago

Look I agree but the snow example is so stupid. Bro had people trying to get him out and they couldn’t, literally what could he have done. The media is a whole bunch of vultures, just piling in whenever they get the chance to garner a bunch of clicks

iRockaflame | NBA

21 | 3 hours ago

Didn’t the Trailblazers literally send staff to try to get him and they couldn’t even reach him?

And iirc Portland fans even said the area he lives in was so hilly and icy that it made sense he got stuck lol

_Wash | Timberwolves

12 | 3 hours ago

Didn’t the Trailblazers literally send staff to try to get him and they couldn’t even reach him?

yes lol. it was so icy it was legitimately dangerous to try and use the roads

Ok_Daikon_7726 | Lakers

8 | 3 hours ago

Yeah I’m sick of ayton cuz he’s shit at basketball and I have to admit the Suns/Blazers were right, no need to make up bullshit when there’s plenty of real stuff to blame him for

HatReasonable3457

8 | 3 hours ago

Yeah and what does sleeping on the floor cause his mattress didn’t come show?

marxxxs

6 | 3 hours ago

He was making millions of dollars and couldn’t figure out how to get a mattress. It’s an example that he’s too lazy or just doesn’t care to fix the problems in his life so he just shrugs his shoulders and doesn’t put effort into bettering his situation.

Kball4177 | Mavericks

34 | 3 hours ago

Amin is not wrong - but can we please stop referring to him as “Former Suns front office” - he hasn’t been in an nba front office in like 15 years and wasn’t there in the in the Ayton years. At best - Amin is a “former Espn commentator”.

AbroadTiny7226

13 | 3 hours ago

As someone that finds him hilarious, Amin is just a gasbag that knows ball (but is terrible at actually playing it)

Joshstradaymus | Wizards

3 | 2 hours ago

Wait til you hear about most analysts.

ChipsOtherShoe | 76ers

1 | an hour ago

(but is terrible at actually playing it)

Another victim of viral decontextualization

GCIV414

2 | 3 hours ago

Both would be correct

jbrunsonfan

19 | 3 hours ago

Ayton is disappointing but the snow thing wasn’t his fault, the mattress thing is ridiculous, and I wasn’t aware that tigers change jungles.

Annual_Hamster9411

3 | 2 hours ago

Elephants also change jungles! I learned that in school.

Its_priced_in

1 | 24 minutes ago

Luka 🐘

SyntaxError_1024

22 | 3 hours ago

Wizard bound.

Joshstradaymus | Wizards

12 | 2 hours ago

What’d you say “fuck me” for?

youblewwit

1 | 2 hours ago

Follow the Bagley. Grizzly in 2-3 years

MisterShitty | Hawks

1 | an hour ago

Wizards are trying to be good next year though

wellggs | Heat

20 | 3 hours ago

Amino Acid

lolimdivine | ATL

10 | 3 hours ago

him not sleeping on a mattress for MONTHS when he went to portland is still crazy

CHEVIEWER1

9 | 3 hours ago

Hey…Dude moved around the basket twinkle toed - Like he has legos inside his sneakers NOBODY is ever going to change his style it is what it is

fwoompf | Pistons

7 | 3 hours ago

Why are 70% of the posts on this sub about a mid role player? Is it because he’s a laker?

LFH_Jolly

7 | 3 hours ago

Yes

snowdude11 | Trail Blazers

8 | 2 hours ago

“My body wasn’t just my body,” he said. “People forget the humane difference of me adjusting to everything.”
“Just being comfortable in waking up,” he said. “I didn’t have a bed for quite some time. I was on an air mattress. Just trying to figure this out.”

The mattress story is a PERFECT example of this man’s laziness and unwillingness to do the most basic amount of work. and how he constantly victimizes himself.

The idea that a millionaire can’t get a proper mattress within 24 hours is laughable.

LINK

Flaky_Scar_8388 | Rockets

6 | 2 hours ago

Capela was available in free agency. The Lakers went with Ayton instead. Enough said.

whereismyeffinchant

4 | 3 hours ago

This is the guy that made fun of a wrestler’s autistic son. Fuck him.

Methamine | Knicks

6 | 2 hours ago

Capela is better than Ayton has ever been.

Clint capela was the starting center for really good teams. Multiple rockets playoff runs with harden and then that 2021 hawks ECF run

A straight up lob threat with a good PG and solid defense and rebounding. Thats ALL YOU WANT from a center

koplowpieuwu

4 | an hour ago

I’m sorry but all this Ayton crap is so dumb. The dude is on a minimum and he replaced the extremely talented and great center that was… Alex Len? Christian Koloko?

The Lakers had nobody else to sign at C because they are in cap hell, and we all lnow who’s to blame for that. Ayton was as good as it gets. The few good games he had this year are already above expectation and him being a great scapegoat to keep the heat off LeBron James and Luka Doncic is a nice bonus for a front office that doesn’t want fans pissed off at their superstar or at the aged superstar with a monster agent

Individual-Echo6076

3 | 40 minutes ago

Hes not on a minimum he’s on 8 million and he’s also being paid 34 million by the Blazers at the same time.

koplowpieuwu

0 | 38 minutes ago

Meh sure. Doesn’t change my argument much

EggsAndRice7171 | Pacers

3 | 3 hours ago

I will say the team sent people to try to get him out during the snow storm and they couldn’t get to him so that one wasn’t entirely him. Everything else was though

TheRealPdGaming | Mavericks

2 | 2 hours ago

A guy that slept on the floor because his mattress wasn’t delivered

What a weird thing to shit on him about lol

YoungFlexibleShawty | Charlotte Bobcats

1 | 19 minutes ago

Lakers really bailed on Mark Williams for this bum

meetbestbrook

1 | 3 hours ago

Is that Dave dameshek?

daneabernardo

1 | 3 hours ago

New addition to Meadowlark after Billy Gil left, and filling in this week with Dan out

SJCitizen | 76ers

1 | 3 hours ago

I personally wouldn’t pay millions to someone who needs DA’s crunk juice to play well but that’s cause I’m built different

KillerCh33z | Lakers

1 | 3 hours ago

yeah im tired of him

Adorable-Bike-9689

1 | 3 hours ago

Is he soft for sleeping on the floor?

Strong_Bumblebee5495 | Raptors

1 | 3 hours ago

Suns are my bet for “Franchise most likely to go a full century with no Chip”

The_Skyro

1 | 3 hours ago

Last year the suns were given a hard time for telling Beal to play like jrue. That was dumb because he is nothing like jrue. Ayton has never played anything like carpella. Isn’t it dumb for the lakers to try to get him to do that too?

enrickue | Rockets

1 | 3 hours ago

The lion does not wipe

kj114 | Hawks

1 | 3 hours ago

This tiger will be at home in China

superbakedziti | Suns

1 | 3 hours ago

Gonna have to cancel my hims with all this Ayton slander

Nunc_Coepi17

1 | 2 hours ago

Is it slander or factual?

garynevilleisared | Raptors

1 | 3 hours ago

Marvin Bagley catching strays for no reason lol

Wrayven77

1 | 2 hours ago

I would rather have Clint Capela than ProcrastiAyton. Capela at least tries to play hard. Deandre is FrustrAyton.

Dreamlion_Inc | Wizards

1 | 2 hours ago

Ayton’s next stop after this is out of the league

You’re an underwhelming big with off the court problems? Yeah nice run

mixmasterADD | Lakers

1 | an hour ago

His next stop is probably Washington

The_Blue_Rooster | Trail Blazers

1 | 2 hours ago

Man that fucking mattress shit I remember thinking Oh that is why he has been playing like shit, I guess that is underst- hold up motherfucker you’ve been in Portland for months now!

mixmasterADD | Lakers

1 | an hour ago

Surely this will light a fire under him and ignite an MVP effort, right guys???

BreedinBacksnatch | Heat

1 | an hour ago

Holy crap Le Batard with Stugotz still exists? Where the hell is Dan, and why is Dave Dameshek and a blob of putty there?

Ciscokid45 | Heat

1 | 31 minutes ago

Eh that kinda thing

theomegachrist | Knicks

1 | an hour ago

Why is the mattress thing a bad sign? I agree though

DemonsReturns7 | 76ers

1 | an hour ago

First name Domin last name is…..

JeffFromTheBible

1 | 35 minutes ago

Amin is one of the most negative people in basketball media. I’m not sure he likes NBA basketball and relies on a very old resume entry to have credibility

FBgreatness | Magic

1 | 34 minutes ago

He’s absolutely right about everything he said here.

Samwise7776372

1 | 34 minutes ago

As a Knicks fan I saw prime Clint Capella dominate us in the playoff series, and then Trey Young got all the flowers for it.

He was just shoving Mitchell Robinson around like he was nothing, snagging a ton of boards and playing crazy good defense. Hustle, heart, determination, and willingness to do the dirty work. I have never seen that from DeAndre Ayton

IMO DeAndre Ayton is a big confused narcissist he doesn’t understand his role in the league. He’s a 7 ft monster of a man who doesn’t understand he needs to protect the rim, and grab boards and that’s his main thing anything else he does is an additive. As a person with a competitor nature, and had childhood dreams of playing in the NBA, I cringe every time I see him watch people throw up easy layups or dunks right him… And he’s not even trying (or doesn’t know what happened? Idk which is worse tbh). Clint Capella was never that much of a big goof out there

He generally needs to stop gossiping and worry about other people, and learn his position. I genuinely believe a guy like Isaiah Hartenstein would be better for the Lakers despite his lack of talent (in comparison to DeAndre) and he would know his role grab boards and defend the rim.

sgtemerario888 | Nuggets

1 | 24 minutes ago

nothing wrong w sleeping on the floor mane

EssentIYO

1 | 4 minutes ago

That’s what I’m trying to understand 😂.

Cautious-Ad-9554

1 | 24 minutes ago

“He slept on the floor bc his mattress wasn’t delivered” what did this weirdo expect him to do???

firstbreathOOC | Knicks

1 | 21 minutes ago

Clint Capela reading all of these articles like 😏

Qlix0504 | Suns

1 | 19 minutes ago

lol

ScorePsychological39 | Rockets

1 | 14 minutes ago

the guy is already a red flag to me when he said he only sleep 3 to 4 hours a day from playing Call of Duty etc.

Extension_Most_2245

-1 | 3 hours ago

Wow bro cooked ngl 😭😭😭

xFOEx

0 | 3 hours ago

When did tigers ever change jungles?

mixmasterADD | Lakers

1 | an hour ago

You never heard of the great tiger gentrification of 1982?

WaltJay | Lakers

0 | 2 hours ago

Did Ayton steal his girl? JFC…

I’m not defending Ayton’s play but this is petty and personal. Like, calm down.

helgestrichen | Mavericks

-2 | 3 hours ago

What the hell ist that tiger metaphor, lol

BarrathBeyond | West

8 | 3 hours ago

used to be a common metaphor

Formal_Meat_4891

7 | 3 hours ago

I feel like I’ve actually heard this a lot before.

Former Suns front office Amin Elhassan on Ayton: “You wish you were Capella, and the Lakers wish you were too. The tiger doesn’t change his stripes, he just changes jungles. Guys are who they are, particularly if they’ve always been rewarded for who they are”