[Highlight] Luka subs himself out one assist shy of a 50-point triple-double, Lakers announcer: “He’s not chasing numbers.”
Too fat and lazy to chase greatness. Bam would never do that
Jokes aside, Luka has never looked this consistently in shape in the reg season damn
I can tell you’ve only watch him the past 4-5 years. He looked similar but thinner his first 2 seasons.
Watched him since euroleague. Watched him every eurobasket. I’ll still maintain my opinion that I’ve never seen him look this good physically “consistently”.
The guys argument was basically “he was skinnier as a teenager”
Like, yeah? I was skinnier at 19 than when I was 22 as well some people take a while to grow into their frames.
This isnt hollywood or pop music where being skinnier is an advantage lmao
Oooooh a “I’ve been watching Luka longer jerk off!” Who’s gonna win?
Username check out 😂
whats up with ur username tho if ur a twolves fan tho lol
Deer fear wolves
Moved from Milwaukee to Minnesota
Typical MN WI rivalry
Tell Luka to hand bam a water
Nico did not thing wrong.
Yep. Luka can’t even get a 50 point triple-double. That’s weak.
Bam margera scored 83 points thats crazy
I’m alive brother but miss u too!
love you bam stay safe 💙😘
He might be alive physically but Bam Margera died a long time ago
Its awful
Id be the same way if I suddenly lost my best friend like that
I really hope one day before he passes hes truly better
He seems to be improving a lot tho
Terry almost turned him into wade boggs
Gotta wonder if this helps him get some respect back from Knoxville
Who cares what grizzle fans think
almost spit out my drink reading this LOL
Duuuude we just broke Kobe’s record for second most points in a game!
Ame’s gonna be so pissed!
Proof that drugs are good for you after all
“I’m Bam and this is the Statpadder”
Bam wouldn’t disrespect the game like this
Nearly 2 minutes left Lakers should foul to get him more time for an assist
Bam subbed out at about the same time?
1:08
r/nba told me he was unwatchable tho? Doncic has been a beast since the new year
Your first mistake was listening to anything r/nba has to say😂
… Telling someone not to listen to r/nba… While on r/nba…. For them to not listen to r/nba…
A paradoxical goomba fallacy
holy
A paradoxical GOONba fallacy
r/nbacirclejerk ?
Quite the conundrum
It’s paradoxical, and yet, it works
Wait so should I listen to r/nba, but if I listen then I shouldn’t listen, but then if I shouldn’t listen the-
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Exactly. It’s like they rotate between Luka, SGA, and joker. Like wtf man enjoy these generational talents. They can all be great, not everything needs to be so polarizing.
Guess i shouldn’t listen to this comment
NBA here is an echo chamber of whatever circlejerk ESPN is on
barely anybody watches games lmao
“He whines to refs every play unwatchable ” “Ant and Cade have surpassed him”
Average takes by clowns on here last month
I mean he does whine to refs every play
does he not whine to the refs though?
Did r/NBA tell you that? Or was it Zach Lowe, Brian Windhorst, Bill Simmons, Kendrick Perkins, and basically all national media relentlessly shitting on him for weeks on end and average fans adopting their talking points?
It’s crazy to me how so many people can’t form their own opinions. Windhorst is the reason so many morons think Luka’s defense cost the Mavs a championship.
Considering his December numbers being that way because of personal issues, there was a kind (a little) of a shift for Luka lol
They are third place in the West after Luka was called a bum whose career was winding down like two weeks ago. This isn’t even a good roster. Luka has done more with less than any of his peers and constantly gets shit on for not being a winner. The only time he’s missed the playoffs are his rookie year and the year they blew up the team to get Kyrie.
Look at Luka, man. So inspirational
The anti-Bam
WWBD
Bam scored 83 for my sins.
The most ethical basketball player
Seems like Luka was chasing the 50 piece. Subbed out right after he got it. Lmao. If you’re gonna bitch about Bam, then what about Luka? Call a spade a spade. Made sure to get his 50 even though they were already up double digits with under 2 mins.
This discourse is already becoming tiring. If no one “chased numbers” then no records would ever be broken 🙄
Hey man don’t you know breaking records is unethical
Lmao you right man, I completely forgot, shame on me.
It’s sad, ain’t it SMFH People can’t even enjoy sports anymore without bitching
Fr what is this broke ass mentality rn
Like what are we doing. If I have a chance of breaking nba records, I’ve helped my team secure the win, AND my coach is giving me the green light to do it? Your damn right I’m going for 83 points.
These players say all the time that Records are meant to be broken, but suddenly it’s unethical to chase history when it clearly becomes attainable. End of the day, just sounds like a bunch of grown men upset that he passed Kobe.
Completely agree. People have no ambition or desire to be number 1. What’s the point then
He should’ve got his assist.
Rui missed that wide open jumper damn
Story of Luka. He can easily average 12 assist a game if only his teammates can shoot wide open shots.
Common complaint when he was with Mavs (still hurts damn)
Heck yeah he should have got it. The announcers sound dumb to me. The fans would have been way more hype if he had got it or at least tried. Every laker fan knew he needed one assist.
My God, I can’t believe people are so butthurt for a meaningless record.
Its Lakers fans bro, and specifically Kobe fans
Its really like a cult
They feel like their God was insulted because Bam surpassed his holy record of 81
They need to get the fuck over it, it was bound to happen, doesn’t matter who passed him and how
i feel like this is a reddit thing. acting like the only people who are disgusted by that performance are “kobe stans”🤣🤣
Kobe stans, Lakers fans, and media personalities who need outrage to sell their shows.
“The integrity of the game!” - as if the product the Wizards put on the floor is in any way related to the integrity of the game. The wizards owner has spent 40 years doing the bare minimum they can in order to turn a profit, happily taking the money of all the fans and viewers while providing a dogshit product, and yet Bam putting on a show for the people who paid to be there is the problem.
Not a single person in attendance was disgusted by what they were seeing. They weren’t sitting there wishing they were getting to see the scrubs shoot airballs and turn the ball over. They weren’t praying to see one team roll over and play dead in order to get a better draft pick. Bam and the Heat put on a show. I fucking hate the Heat, but respect where it’s due, they saw an opportunity to do something special that people would remember and they took it.
I think that’s a fantastic take right there.
People who are super mad about it should really be mad at the WIZARDS!
Honestly i think that’s who i blame the most for that. The Wizards bent over and let themselves get drilled up the poop chute over and over and over all the way until they made the history books😂😅😅
Anyone that follows basketball media or social media can see this isn’t a Kobe/Laker Stan only thing.
That isn’t even the actual record! It’s only 2nd best!
This. I’m tired of people referring to it as a record
It’s the worst part of all this. They were both 17 and 19 pts off the actual record.
Classy, plays the game the right way
First one in, last one out. Hard worker. The type of guy you bring home to mom and dad.
Absolutely, I agree he’d be down for a threesome with mom and dad
A guys guy. Someone bill simmons says is sneaky underrated. The glue guy,
Unlike thuggish Bam
It’s the thuggish ruggish Bam
Bam is a true freak of nature, just an unstoppable juggernaut of pure physical talent
Luka plays the game in a much more cerebral way, always two steps ahead of his opponent
Sneaky Athletic. Team player.
White.
Fuck that lol.
Yes, priority one should be winning.
After that do wtv you want. Make history and break records. That immortalizes you and helps you get that bag.
You know who else plays the game the right way. A certain team that never tanks even when they start the season 10-32. Even when they make the finals as an 8th seed nobody gives a fuck because they didn’t win. So then a reasonable person can conclude there’s no wrong and “right way” in basketball, there’s only records and rings.
Fr. Idk what bro is yapping about.
/r/whoosh
It had to be sarcasm, right?
I, someday, hope, Luka can eclipse 83 points. If anyone can, its gotta be Luka.
I mean he had 73 on like 70% shooting a couple years ago lol and that was with like 30 less free throws than Bam. He coulda had 100 that game if he got 43 free throws lol
If Lukas hitting threes he’s missing free throws, so the 43ft wouldn’t have helped him much.
He should just ask to take his free throws from the three point line. Problem solved
He got 73, and then when Atlanta started double and triple teaming him he passed to open teammates instead of driving for FTs.
From memory given the team at the time, they then missed all those open shots which was what kept the game close…
And denied him a 73 point triple double.
Luka single handedly won that game for the mavs. they were ass that game.
Yall always act like free throws are just something you get at a vending machine
Math checks out. Can’t believe the refs didn’t gift him 30 extra free throws.
Yall are still acting like they were gifted yes he would’ve but he also wouldn’t have drove in like bam so that’s a stupid moot point
nowhere near bam’s endurance
he aint bamonte
If anyone can it’s gotta be Bam
if he had hit 70pts with 9:00 left he wouldve chased numbers. anyone that says they wouldnt is a liar
The guy with the most efficient 60+ point game let alone the most efficient 70 point game that was making all the right plays and forcing zero shots in that game? He’s got so many games being 1 or 2 rebound/assist shy of a triple double and doesn’t care.
This is actually pretty true. So many games ended with the number 9 on the board.
He is also incapable of stat padding… when he tries it is so unserious it is comical
he won’t lmao. luka is like the worst stat padder out there. that 73 points he had? It wasn’t artificial. it was absolutely necessary to win as it was a close game vs the hawks.
73 of the freshest and most ethical points
Luka was getting doubled a ton in the 4th quarter of his 73-point game, and he just accepted the 4v3’s instead of barreling into guys hoping for FTs.
Bam was triple teamed, also my favourite player scored more than yours, also my dad would beat up your dad.
The problem isn’t he broke the record it’s how. There would be no discussion if bam was just out there making shots in the 4th.
There’s no problem whatsoever. There never was a problem and there never will be a problem.
That’s not a problem
I guess we’ll never know 🎤
Bam had 62 by the end of the third. Luka a bum
Luka is not a Bam.
i mean he def chased that 50, no shame in that though
It’s fine he saw AR got 50 before him, we let it slide 😂
He played 37 minutes and the game was close lol
People have completely changed what the debate about bams game was lol no one (except that idiot on that athletic) is saying not to chase numbers. Kobe’s last game was the closest comparison I can remember watching to Bams game. At mo point in Kobe’s last game did the rest of the lakers start missing free throws on purpose or intentionally fouling the Jazz to get Kobe more shots. That would’ve been crazy lol
Not Kobe’s game, but that’s what happened in Wilt’s 100.
And that’s why bams game is the greatest thing to happen to wilts 100 game lol no one can doubt it happened now when we saw this shit live on tv
kobe’s last game was poetic fr
Nah I don’t think he did, game was barely 10 point with 2 minutes left.
he immediately fouled after he got it lmao
That’s Bill Mac, the man behind the iconic “and an 81 point game” voice. You know what Bam did the other night was something to him.
looking for weird drama dude where it doesn’t exist
No, Bill absolutely meant it that way
It’s not weird drama at all lol
who gives a shit?
Oh brother….
Watching all the Lakers fans being salty and pretending that they’re not bothered by Bam 83 points,is amazingly satisfying
No reason to pretend he didn’t have 31+ FGA lol
And that is why its Wilt.Bam.Kobe.
Ok, Ive been a Luka hater, but hes been ballin’ lately. Im impressed. He should of went for the stats!
Lately? lmao what did you watch the last four years
Classic, star has a bad stretch of a couple games. Media blows up narrative -> fan follows narrative and hops on it -> star gets back to form -> everyone silent.
Wasn’t even a bad stretch, he was averaging like 30/8/8 in his “slump” lmfao
Luka been balling since his second year
first year*
His resume even before the NBA was impressive
*before being in the NBA
Look, I know Luka bitches so much, and it’s incredibly annoying at times, but this dude has been doing stupid shit for an incredibly long time. He’s an amazingly talented basketball player.
This ☝️
He’s been all nba 1st team every season he’s been eligible outside of his rookie season. And he’s going to again this season.
Ain’t no lately.
Bam almost had a triple double the other day. 83 points 9 rebounds 7 assist. He could’ve gone for it, but he didn’t.
It’s almost as if a 50-point tripple double isn’t as prestigious as scoring the 2nd most points of all time in an MNBA game.
The Mens NBA?
I love how salty the Lakers fans are about bam dropping 83 lmao
Bros just lazy
Why are the Lakers people so stupidly salty about it? Absolute small time whining, embarrassing themselves.
Makes me wonder what Wilts 100 point game “looked like”. How do we know it wasn’t the same chasing numbers situation in the 4th quarter like Bam?
It’s literally exactly what happened in the Bam game.
The entire team strategy was to chuck it to Wilt every play, the Knicks intentionally ran down time and fouled players other than Wilt, and the warriors started fouling the Knicks to get the ball back to Wilt. The Warriors literally subbed out their bench to get more fouls and give it back to Wilt.
it literally was that and more.
We literally know it was just like Bam.
the followers of the teachings of the book of mamba mentality had lost their minds.
Yeah, it’s easy for him cause he will have numerous occasions to do it again; Bam had a one in a lifetime game and rightly made most of it.
Nothing has been as hilarious as watching the Kobe stans lose their shit cause Kobe got surpassed. It’s been a great example of just how shitty and annoying the Kobe stan has been over the years.
Stay mad. 83
Luka doesn’t do much chasing in general
If he was the first person in nba history to have a 50 pt triple double he’s not coming out of that game.
Started watching basketball because of Luka trade, haven’t missed a Lakers game since!
Bam>luca idcidcidc
technically he was chasing the triple double with one possession but rui missed a wide open 3
Is passing out of a triple team “chasing a triple double” lol
he only subbed himself out because he didnt believe his teammates wouldve hit the net even if no one was at sight…
/s but not really
They are up by 13 with less than two minutes left, why is he even in there if he wasn’t chasing it before then?
Lakers fans deeeeeep in their feels over Kobe dropping to #3 in all time points scored in a single game; you love to see it.
Lakers announcing this? Typical. Stay mad Lakers and Kobe fans. Yall are the only ones bitching
I’m sorry but he literally stayed in to get 50 when Bulls had checked out their starters for mins
Bam would have played the full 1:40 remaining
Bam checked out with almost 1:30 remaining.
He checked out at 45 seconds
U mean like Kobe did when he scored 81?
Lol, why couldn’t he just score 84?
Why do we need to demean others to appreciate someone
Crazy Laker fans have been drooling at the thought of Pelinka going after Bam but now that he scored 83 and bumped Bryant down they hate him.
Imagine quitting with time on the clock. Real players play until the final buzzer
A month of basketball has never harmed a players image more than December did for luka. He was fucking horrible but people genuinely think jaylen brown Cade are better than him. He had somehow found himself in Brunson talks
Hope Kobe Stans realize they’ve made their guy look like a fool these last 2 days.
So stupid. Records are meant to be broken. Just because Kobe is dead doesn’t mean his records are sacrosanct.
These motherfuckers need to get off of their high horses. Especially Luka and the Lakers.
Supreme haters
Cringe. Lakers are way too salty about Bam.
No lies detected.
Every Luka narrative is either wrong or overblown
seen enough, give him full custody
he went for 50, not chasing numbers lol what??
Eehhh, go for an extra assist, it’s the whiney foul chasing that he should sub himself out for.
LUKA THE DON 🔥🔥
Bron would never
Lmao I knew this was gonna get clipped.
The Bulls subbed in their bench about 4 Lakers possessions before he scored 51.
JJ had a handful of chances to pull him but left him in to hit 50 (not complaining, I thought he should have played it out for the triple double)
*It was like 2 minutes of the clock, if that.
U hear that BAM
Your girlfriend sucks to as a person btw from the shit she spews in front of a mike
you can’t buy class. rub it in. i hope some laker legends chime in.
LOL lakers fans soooooooooooo assmad
That’s why Spo is the best coach in the NBA and J.J. is a washed up Abercrombie model.
He subbed out with a minute and 41 seconds left 😂😂😂😂😂 brother the game is over
Stupid. Like he’s some sort of hero. Blah.