The holy land of Cancun

The promised land of Memphis

it’s Crunk Ayton Time

if he gets it done I’ll get a tattoo of his face on my dong and show proof

Grade 2 strains are typically 4-6 weeks so it’s almost certain that he’ll miss at least the first round of the playoffs

I’ve never seen anyone return from a hamstring injury fully ready for playoff basketball.

Even if Luka returns in playoffs, he’ll be 60-70% Luka.

If this isn’t a case for load management, IDK what is. I’d take 4th / 5th seed Lakers in playoffs with healthy Luka over a 3rd seed Lakers without healthy Luca any day.

Indefinitely is usually code for 4-6 weeks. It sounds like this is a grade 2 strain, otherwise they’d say he is out 1-2 weeks. So earliest he could return is likely round 2

Without Luka, we’re defo getting assblasted by the Wolves, Rockets, or Denver.

That was an ass blast that we can put in the dictionary definition for what an ass blast is. That’s for damn sure and it was fucking painful to watch.

Anyways, fuck OKC. I will pray to the gods for their downfall and will cheer on all ass blasts they incur moving forward for the rest of time. Wemby going to smack OKC back to earth. I pray to Allah and Buddha and the some of Christs people for this to happen.

Denver could quite realistically pass the Lakers for 3rd though now that Luka is out especially if OKC/Spurs are resting guys by their final week meetings 

Wouldn’t say that the 6 seed is a guaranteed way to get the Lakers 

Theres a good chance the lakers drop to the 4 seed and the nuggets get the third seed. The wolves are better off aiming for the 5 seed.

Nah, minny should try to win out the rest, lakers def dropping to 4 or 5

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Reminded me of Zion in the play in game against the Lakers.

Why would he want to fake that in the first place?

That guy was trash. Seems like the trashiest fans always sit closest to the court.

Some trashy fan is exactly what it was, the fanbase as a whole aren’t cheering for a Luka injury. Fuck that guy. Most real fans cant afford court side seats

Not defending JJ, but I’m assuming Luka himself wanted to play this game considering the MVP comments he made.

His frustration was showing on his face when he finally got subbed out

what

ANd you’re making sure this talking point exists forever. You’re one half of the circle .

You wouldn’t need surgery for grade 2 muscle belly tears - muscle bellies have rich blood supplies, and heal very well without assistance

Surgeons operate on tendons because they have far less blood supply to facilitate natural healing/scarring

I did that to my meniscus playing softball and had to do 10 weeks of PT. Can’t imagine trying to be back on a professional basketball court after that

Thanks Google!

So he’s missing the playoffs then

Until somebody can get his usage down, he’s not winning a title/staying consistently healthy

Guy is unreal but relying on a guy as much as the Mavs and now lakers did to go on grueling title runs is not realistic no matter how otherworldly he is

He also for sure does so many step backs and change of direction moves.

This isn’t a situation where Luka needs to “learn how to be effective without these historic usage rates”

This is a situation where he’s clearly the only clutch weapon they have. AR is great and obviously Lebron is Lebron but he’s 41

It reminds me of Embiid in Philly. Poor management decision making leading to overuse and then injury

So a few minutes into the second quarter

GET HIM!!!!

Because the league has the sense of a wildlife smuggler caught in an airport, brought to you by DraftKings

Just curious, how does the grievance work? Obviously I understand that witnessing the birth of your child is huge and an acceptable reason to be away from the team, but then does this extend to other personal circumstances as well? I just feel like it would be kind of tricky figuring out how to rule what is and isn’t a valid reason but I also know nothing about the process

Yes, if he had stuck with demon hunter/keeper of the grove combo he might have avoided injury altogether

LeBron couldn’t see the arrow coming from fog, what can you do 🥹

Shadows! Take us!

Threes, rain down upon mine enemy!

Imagine lakers with true shot aura

Someone needs to place some sentry wards around the court

Literally my /r/ life. From Dota 2 to the NBA. Glad I have company.

It’s tough because JJ doesn’t really have too many other reliable pieces but it feels like sometimes he’s just running the main guys into the ground.

Hachimura Kennard Laravia and Hayes aren’t making any 6MOTY ballots but they’re not bums

Hope so. I liked the rule originally but Luka not making All-NBA first team after this season would be a fucking travesty to the sport.

Siakam I think might be eligible too

That would be hilarious given our season.

The 65 game rule is good, IDGAF. Make stars play

True, it’s probably a grade 2. Would mean he’d be really pushing it to come back game ⁶⁄₇ of the first round and even then he won’t be 100%

3-6 weeks before he can return. He won’t be fully recovered for a few months and it’ll absolutely be noticeable if he returns this season

Yeah it fucking pissed me off because you clearly see him grabbing at it time and time again in the first half.

I was really hoping they considered sitting Luka. The second he pulled up and lost the ball you just knew what it was. I realize no NBA team is going to just quit in the 2nd quarter, but I was hoping Luka would atleast rest out of precaution.

You dont know when luka will be hurt. You know that AD will be hurt and can plan accordingly. 200 iq

Shit yeah lowkey those mfers have owned us the last few seasons

Everyone who watched the game in the arena knew that was real, you’d actually have to be a fucking idiot to think he faked it. Crowd got silent fast.