JJ Redick about how he can manage Luka’s competitive fire when it comes to officiating: “I would much rather have someone who is trying to go out every night and kill than someone you have to revive with a defibrillator every other
“I’d much rather have Luka Doncic than Deandre Ayton”
I’d rather have Clint Capela than Deandre Ayton.
As an aside, it feels like the rim running rebounder isn’t as prevalent as even 9 years ago. Like, 2018 had Drummond, Capela, Jordan, Gobert (who’s a better defender than all these) and it just feels like the 15⁄12 guy who can catch anything Luka (I’d harden at the time) throws up isn’t around
You have Gafford/Lively/Gobert/Queta/Ayton/Missi/Mark Williams/Kessler and kinda Duren (it’s his main role but he can also create) nowadays.
Robert Williams has 84 dunks in 733 minutes this season. I’d include him in the list. He’s out there to dunk the ball.
Hell, even an undersized, barely-in-the-league player in Jericho Sims has 50 dunks in 800 minutes for us this season lmao - true 7 footer Ayton only having 90 dunks in 1,500 minutes with an amazing lobber like Luka really says it all
Timelord used to jump out the gym.. will have to watch him again
He still got it. Just plays limited minutes to keep the knees feeling good.
Mitchell Robinson
How cruel it is that a large chunk of that list is playing on teams without a legitimate starting level playmaking PG
Teams just dont like playing guys who can’t space the court now.
But would you rather have Luka Doncic than Clint Capela?
I’m not Nico Harrison
Or Tyson Chandler
“Not me” - Robert Sarver
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#DefibrillAyton
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So we all just Immediately knew he was talking about ayton
*assumed
The thing that blows my mind on the internet is people treating their assumptions as facts. And someone had the nerve to downvote you.
Reddit psychologists run rampant in this sub
I mean everyone does it. Different people have different bars for when it’s okay to do that.
Like nobody read the Epstein files before they were released but everyone had strong assumptions about certain people being in them.
And if someone calls you out that they have no facts and only assumptions, that’s no reason to be upset. Same with all this guilt by association bs. Is it questionable that two people have a relationship? Is it proof that 1 person is guilty of everything committed by the second person? No.
Every time someone is accused of anything, everyone is 100% sure they are guilty, no matter what it is. At least people online. Like what’s even the point of courts if everyone is just guilty and you can just be so sure of your opinions like they are facts.
I completely agree. I’m just saying it’s one of those lines that I feel everyone places differently but will ultimately be willing to cross for something.
I also think it is right to call it out.
We men
99% likely correct assumption lol
Ayton catching strays again
no stray here lol
Yea that was a direct shot
He wouldn’t be able to catch them.
I’m a casual and I thought DA. This as direct as it gets lol
Like a certain Aeandre Dyton
But would he rather someone trying to kill or someone who is DominAyton?
That podcast mic feel like putting on an old glove for him
‘I’d rather have someone who can kill, rather than some you have to revive with a defib all the time’
I’m getting the vibe that JJ, Luke and Ayto have been playing Trios on Arc Raiders in their spare time.
hey battlefield used to use defibs too I think
Ayton pisses me off so much. Such phisical speciment. Such talent and such a!! It’s your job to.play ball! You get payed millions to put a ball in a fck basket! You absolute wan*!
Defibrillayton, perhaps?
Shots fired directly at Ayton 🤣
We need a crash cart! Ran out of Crunk Juice!
i get that lukas whining is annoying but this is correct. i like when players on my team show they give a shit.
JJ playing too much Arc Raiders
…DeAndre Ayton has not entered the chat…
Deandre “defibrillator” Ayton
A pretty wild version of the quote. But you hear coaches all the time say they’d much rather have someone they need to reign in, than someone they need to pump up.
He said it without saying it
But we all know who he talking about 👀
Damn attacking LeGeriatric
JJ Medic
Uhh…. There a middle point between the two
Confirmed, Luka’s whining is killing them.
JJ a gamer
Luka= pvp Ayron=pve
Nothing says “going out every game to kill” like constant bitching and poor defensive effort.
That’s not an answer to the question.
He’s saying he’s not going to check Luka, he prefers that
Lucky JJ has both!
A shot at Ayton?
It’s not “competitive fire” - He’s just a cry baby. He’s entitled and has zero emotional maturity. Plenty of players are deeply competitive without constantly whining.
You see why. They ask his head coach about it and Reddick’s response it to throw another player under the bus.
Luka will always be able to drop 34/10/10. His six turnovers and blowing off his assignment to argue will never be truly addressed by his coaches when his start lines look that way
It’s weird to complain about Luka turnovers now when he’s kept them down consistently for weeks except for one game against Denver
Luca showing lebron what killer instinct looks like
Whining is a sign of being competitive? I don’t know about that.
Not to say Luka isn’t competive because he is!
How about someone who kills 100% of the time and not the 5% killing and 95% whining? Be more like Jokic, Shai and Kawhi..
Lol Jokic whines a lot too and he flops egregiously too.
He does about 3% of Luka’s whining and he does it by winning games too. Notably against the Lakers every single time.
so crying to the refs is competitiveness?
Luka’s arguing isn’t over the competitiveness of the game though. It’s bickering with the refs…. There was a solid point in the Lakers Collective pod just recently that Luka used to have a competitiveness and trash talking opponents that now has transitioned into just arguing with the refs
He still trash talks opponents lol. What a stupid narrative you’re pushing
Jason Timpf’s “The Herd” takes that bled into his lakers analysis and made him lose the plot. He made it about 20 games before his national coverage started warping his lakers coverage lol
That isn’t a solid point. It’s degeneracy developed from being chronically online. He literally is a collin cowherd guy who blows whichever way the pop NBA media narratives take him. His Lakers analysis has fallen off a cliff since the earlier part of the season. Jovan is the only one who really knows his stuff (TL is good right after he does film review on a game, but he gets lost in the narratives apart from that)
Has JJ watched Luka on defense since December? LOL (Or during his entire Mavs run?)
His defence has been fine lately. Stop regurgitating shit you read and watch the games
His defence has been fine lately
There has never been a time when Luka stans didn’t say this and there never been a time when it was true.
someone who doesnt watch the games, luka is not good on defense but he is not even close to as bad as people would have you think
Stop trying to call a turd roses. No. Luka is probably the WORST defender in the league
Lmfao analysts have already done this to death. He’s literally a league average defender. Like practically right at 50th percentile.
It’s obvious that you don’t know ball.
You mean when he can be bothered to run back up the floor and actually try? Lmao
He’s literally a league average defender.
YMCA league average.
Telling on yourself lol
Lying to yourself lol
As always, people who don’t watch games and only the cherry picked highlights.