GhettoFob | Warriors

254 | an hour ago

Preoccupayton

Flames_Harden | Lakers

1 | 13 minutes ago

Not Concentrayton

OldOrder | Hawks

148 | an hour ago

Does he have ADHD? My wife will space out on questions like that some times if she is off her Vyvanse.

ejabno | Hornets

118 | an hour ago

He needs some medicAyton

AlpacaDC | Suns

11 | 41 minutes ago

He’s out of crank juice

Apart-Leadership1402 | Lakers

1 | 25 minutes ago

Nah, he’s just contemplAyton something

drjisftw | Pacers

34 | an hour ago

Someone speculated in another thread about a week ago that he’s got undiagnosed ADHD. Makes a lot of sense.

shit_eating_fan | 76ers

1 | 22 minutes ago

Yea they brought up the fact he slept on an air mattress in Portland.

Having millions of dollars and sleeping on an air mattress because you can’t be bothered to replace it sounds about right lol.

I’m not anywhere near a millionaire but I’ve moved a lot and had a lot of situations where I slept on an air mattress for a year+ because “why not, a normal mattress doesn’t really make that big a difference”

DontBanMe_IWasJoking | New Zealand

14 | an hour ago

AyDHDon

KarrotMovies | LAL

6 | 37 minutes ago

How do yall come up with these Ayton puns lol

RickThiCisbih

1 | 27 minutes ago

Come on, this one was low hanging fruit

GeriatricGamete67 | Nuggets

10 | 37 minutes ago

As someone with ADHD it kinda looks like it lol, that’s exactly what I do without my Vyvanse, it’s debilitating

playschoolatosu | CLE

3 | an hour ago

Weed brain

Either_Succotash945

1 | 28 minutes ago

There is a moron in that conversation but it’s the journalist who asked that mush mouth rambling question. Anyone who didn’t have that written out in front of them would have no clue what this guy who gets paid to ask questions is saying.

nbaistheworst

1 | 13 minutes ago

They all looked stoned

Main-Revolution-683

81 | an hour ago

“As one guy here whose been all the way to the finals… What did… Did the key of these next 8 games use it as… preparation for playoff run? With the group?”

The reporter took like 15 seconds to ask it and was stringing it together as he made it up. What is this shaming him for being dumb? Guys ask to repeat questions all the time.

Either_Succotash945

1 | 27 minutes ago

You and I might be the only ones here who watched that. The reporter asked a horrible question that anyone who didn’t have it in written format in front of them would need clarification on if they actually were listening and cared to answer.

MeBadNeedMoneyNow | Thunder

11 | 42 minutes ago

Yeah it was incoherent at best.

restless_vagabond | NBA

1 | 9 minutes ago

Reporters do this a lot.

They sometimes, and this is something that we need to think about, because the flow of information is important…such that questions sometimes…for whatever reason, sometimes because they haven’t thought of the right thing to say or are trying to combine questions on the fly…or in some cases context is important but the inevitable flow of information is…purposely or not…split across disjointed sentences or even more basic, dependent clauses get mixed up and inevitably…..

..wait, what was I saying?

Rich-Professional753

61 | an hour ago

Tiktok brain

GuerrillaApe | Lakers

19 | an hour ago

Reporter needs to have a screen attached to his chest playing Subway Surfers.

OrganicHunt952

26 | an hour ago

Ayton has been great after he the “looking in the mirrror and telling himself he’s not the guy” moment 😂😂. Dudes absolute comedy though, when locked in he can be great.

Grooviemann1 | Suns

1 | 26 minutes ago

Well, I’m sure he’s turned a new leaf this time.

Business_Number8979

10 | an hour ago

Gotta admit Ayton is meshing pretty well with the team rn fr

qqd12345

7 | an hour ago

ADHAyton

nhthelegend | Timberwolves

6 | an hour ago

ADHDeandre was right there lol

stevefest | Yacht Club

7 | 37 minutes ago

Sounds like someone has difficulty concentrAyton

Sweatytubesock

5 | an hour ago

The attention span of a puppy

MeBadNeedMoneyNow | Thunder

4 | an hour ago

Put him in charge of some important federal position

Sirtopofhat | Lakers

1 | 32 minutes ago

Gentlemen. A short view back to the past….

FauxGenius | Suns

3 | an hour ago

Dude is the basketball version of Yogi Berra, but only one of them will ever be a HOF’er.

Haberdashery2000

3 | an hour ago

Very humanizing moment as a fellow ADHD brain, I’ve decided to start stanning this neurodivergent king.

geoduckSF | SAC

1 | 31 minutes ago

Gentlemen, a short view back to the past…

ransom760 | Lakers

1 | 42 minutes ago

I stopped caring about what these guys sound like in interviews. If you can put the ball in the hoop, cool.

Unless you’re a 100 million dollar QB you can be a window licker for all I care 🤷‍♂️

nfgrawker | Timberwolves

1 | 39 minutes ago

Luka has been to the finals tho.

shadowspock

1 | 19 minutes ago

LeBron has been to a “few” finals as well.

nfgrawker | Timberwolves

1 | 18 minutes ago

Who?

SHashbrowns1 | Lakers

1 | 31 minutes ago

They said “as one guy,” not “as the one guy”

nfgrawker | Timberwolves

1 | 24 minutes ago

You think I can read?

SHashbrowns1 | Lakers

1 | 15 minutes ago

I never assume someone on Reddit can read

nfgrawker | Timberwolves

1 | 15 minutes ago

Thank you for the correction good sir.

refreshing_yogurt

1 | 3 minutes ago

I think the reporter actually does say “As the one guy here”, but he’s referring to the only one out of Ayton, Reaves, and Hayes who are all being interviewed together at that moment. There wasn’t room in the title to include all that context so I actually did remove “the” from the quote, hoping to avoid confusion from people who don’t watch the video.

thecrunchcrew | SAS

1 | 24 minutes ago

He just like me fr

Drezzok-

1 | 5 minutes ago

Grade A Comedy! Bro even dropped a “Defense wins Championships” in there.

deelow_42 | Lakers

1 | 4 minutes ago

I ain’t reading all that

ositola | Lakers

0 | an hour ago

Classic ayton

secretsodapop

0 | 44 minutes ago

Not funny. Concerning.

SovereignAnt

-20 | an hour ago

Lakers fans all off-season were acting like THIS dude was the missing piece lol

SloshaPacana

49 | an hour ago

They pay him 8m to drop ¹²⁄₈ and if he doesn’t play well they bench his ass

He’s still better than just having Jaxson Hayes as your center and they’re 3rd seed

Harleytk24 | Lakers

27 | an hour ago

He’s been really solid during the winning streak we had.

SovereignAnt

-24 | an hour ago

Tbf I dont think he is a complete dogshit player, just doubt he will be a difference maker in the playoffs/long term. Ooooo here comes the downvotes for my nuanced opinion

whatshisface1892 | Lakers

17 | an hour ago

It’s…not nuanced at all? It’s one of the most generic and common takes of Ayton on this sub.

SovereignAnt

-26 | an hour ago

Yeah u right Ayton will win ya’ll the chip, my bad, I don’t know ball like Lakers fans do

MOODALI | Lakers

5 | an hour ago

HAHAHA you’re funny as hell man.

whatshisface1892 | Lakers

1 | 29 minutes ago

You complain about nuance but then act like there’s only two possible takes. Do you even know what nuance means?

thecubeportal | Timberwolves

5 | an hour ago

He’s a difference maker because he’s the weakest link. They need a passable centre and Ayton’s basically their only option.

zannet_t

1 | 27 minutes ago

Yeah. And it immediately turned Lakers from being pounded by the Wolves to what should be considered a favored match up if they end up facing each other. It’s not that deep. Lakers needed Ayton, and for 8m? Other than some lapses, he’s been a boon to them. And if he falls back to bad habits, he gets benched…

SpiritFantastic4835 | Lakers

4 | an hour ago

Longterm not the answer but for 8 million it’s a fine stopgap solution while they figure out the wing position in the summer

_Wash | Timberwolves

15 | an hour ago

lord forbid they were excited to have literally anybody to play center after hayes was completely untenable in the playoffs

he’s only making 8 mil a year i really don’t get the hate

Musa_2050 | Lakers

4 | an hour ago

Thank you. Also great centers are a rarity in today’s nba. We couldn’t afford anyone else and most starting bigs command a lot of money

justsomeguy254 | Trail Blazers

-1 | an hour ago

If he’d ever played for your team, you’d get it.

He’s super athletic and has has great skills.

The problem is that he doesn’t give a shit. At all.

He missed a game when he was on the Blazers because it snowed that day.

He simply cannot be counted on.

FreshMctendies | Lakers

2 | an hour ago

Cars were sliding off the road because the ice was bad. Why are you pushing this false media narrative as a Blazer fan?

justsomeguy254 | Trail Blazers

2 | 44 minutes ago

Yes, we have winter in Oregon.

Every other player, coach, staff member and fan made it that night.

More than 17,000 fans, in fact, based on a quick Google search.

_Wash | Timberwolves

2 | 39 minutes ago

quick google search would also tell you that blazers sent staffers to try and help Ayton and they couldn’t get him out

you think the staffers lied or what?

so completely disingenuous from you lol

justsomeguy254 | Trail Blazers

1 | 35 minutes ago

That’s called PR, homie.

The fact that you believe that obvious spin is tremendously naive.

Like the storm that hit the entire state was actually hyper focused on his block? That’s what you really believe?

They wrote “DNP: Ice” because “DNP: complete pussy who lacks the ability to call a car service” would have reflected poorly on him.

_Wash | Timberwolves

1 | 32 minutes ago

‘if it doesn’t fit the narrative i’ve created then it has to be PR and a lie’

it’s embarrassing for you tbh. the ice storm had a death count, don’t know why you feel it’s necessary to downplay it.

I grew up in Minnesota, I know that ice can be dangerous as fuck. Especially in the hilly ass neighborhood he allegedly lived in.

justsomeguy254 | Trail Blazers

1 | 18 minutes ago

Dude, you are wildly misrepresenting the storm. Did some people tragically lose their lives? Yes. They did, and it was awful.

NONE of them died in traffic related incidents.

Several people were electrocuted by fallen lines. Some were people who froze or had trees fall on their camp because they were living on the street. Which is a significant issue with my state independent of weather.

It is you that is being disingenuous.

I was literally here for the storm.

Like in Minnesota, when our people are killed unnecessarily, we really fucking care. People were mad about the deaths.

But to pretend that the millionaire class was affected by this storm is ludicrous.

zannet_t

15 | an hour ago

If you don’t watch any basketball you really don’t need to out yourself like this lol

ynomeye | Warriors

-2 | an hour ago

Yeah I’m sure Portland waived him cause they were feeling generous

zannet_t

6 | an hour ago

I don’t know what that has to do with the clear contributions he’s been making to the Lakers’ run over the last month. Do you?

SovereignAnt

-5 | an hour ago

Right now that he plays for the Lakers Ayton is suddenly good and a winner and anyone who disagrees doesnt watch basketball lol

zannet_t

1 | 31 minutes ago

You’re so oddly butthurt, negative, and passive-aggressive responding to everyone in this thread. He’s been good for the Lakers lately. It’s really not that deep.

I hope you’re ok and find peace with yourself, your fandom, etc., because feeling this much about a guy Lakers are paying 8m to is not healthy.

CapriciousManchild | Lakers

13 | an hour ago

From what was available in the center market we got someone who can get you ¹²⁄₈ a night . It’s not like we had a pick of all centers in the league. Centers don’t grow on trees man.

kamekaze1024

4 | an hour ago

A serviceable center for $8m after a full camp with Luka and Lebron is pretty good and I don’t get the hate behind the signing.

There wasn’t gonna be a single move that made them better than OKC but they needed a center and got one. Bonus points that Hayes has gotten better and more chemistry with Luka.

outsidehere | Lakers

3 | an hour ago

Lakers fans can never get excited for anything

SovereignAnt

-4 | an hour ago

It must be so hard being a fan of the most popular team. Poor Lakers fans can’t have shit smh

JayQuips | LAL

1 | an hour ago

League just uses us as punching bags for media talking heads 😢

MeBadNeedMoneyNow | Thunder

1 | an hour ago

Lol

Bronny about to get 40+ minutes per game in round 1

WalrusInMySheets | LAL

1 | 22 minutes ago

People really finding the dumbest reasons to hate

Reporter to Ayton at practice: “As one guy here who’s been to all the way to the Finals, what’s the key for these next 8 games as preparation for a playoff run, with the group?” Ayton pauses, then says, “That question was so long. You’re going to have to repeat it. I zoned out.”