Deandre Ayton after finding out the Lakers were matched with Houston — “How did you know this?… I didn’t get a chance to go look at it man, you spoiled the surprise bro.”
Its crazy that he seems legit annoyed about finding this out.
Lmao. Makes me think who DID he want to be matched up with?
I wouldn’t be surprised if Ayton didnt know a single correct seeding for western teams
Ayton thought he was going to play the Seattle Super Sonics or Buffalo Braves…safe bet DA could not name all the teams in the Western Conference
He’s a 2k addict, he definitely knows all the team in the league.
He’s probably going to get real familiar with the euroleague teams too real soon.
You can hate him all you want, but dude is a legit starter in nba, just not on a contender.
Dude is so physically gifted him just standing around is better than any g league center. Wish he took his career as seriously as LeBron.
Or literally more than half the league who care a little.
If he took his career as seriously as Bron he’d be Shaqesque
I think he’s legit ADHD. You can see it in the occasional games where he switches gears and focuses up and becomes like a different player.
Let my boy fuck around
It’s crazy, I’ve been sitting here for 2 or 3 minutes looking at all the center stats on espn and I don’t know if he’s even in the top 20 centers in the league at this point.
He’s probably getting closer to that Andre Drummond “guy who is a backup, but plays when our main guy gets hurt” level than a viable starter for a non-tanking team.
he’s going to inherit Shaq’s seat at the desk when he retires
Ernie’s going to have to keep reminding him to turn around and face the cameras.
He thought they were getting ready to take on the Texans.
Thought the selection committee did them dirty myself
He didn’t even know the playoffs started
Someone without a legit center
So Rudy Gobert? I dunno about that…
Ayton has annoyingly dominated Gobert in a lot of our games the last few years, so maybe.
Ayton actually has a deep bag but he barely uses it for some reason. He’s had moments where he’s keeping up with Jokic and then other games where he’s getting dominated. Dude is such an enigma
high ceiling, low floor.
Ayton lives in a one story house with no furniture because the floor is more than enough for him.
Motor, I saw him box out effectively on a reeves game winner that left ar open. Next game I saw him damned near walking up the floor in transition. If he wants to he can be a plus nba center, when he isn’t feeling it you’re better off rolling out caruso at center.
No dude, he does not have a deep bag whatsoever. He has a few things he does well, mainly short to mid range jumpers, where he is pretty elite. He is just ok at rebounding, mainly because he is 7’ so he better fucking well grab some rebs.
He has no inside presence, his handle is awful, his hands suck so he can’t catch passes all that well, his basketball IQ is rock bottom, he has no post moves, can’t create his own shot, hasn’t developed a 3 point shot, and comes back year after year as basically the same player he was when he got drafted.
All that and of course his biggest drawback is his terrible motor, which needs no explanation. I don’t know how long you’ve been a Suns fan but I watched nearly every game from when he got drafted to when he got traded. His physical tools keep him in the game and at times, especially in that ‘21 season, he can put up some serious stats when he feels engaged but the dude is like 60% of the player he should be, his mentals notwithstanding.
And he certainly does not have a “deep bag”.
probably the Wolves
seemed like that guy took a triple shot of crunk juice whenever we saw him. if he has a top up at halftime he’d swindle another team out of a lot of money
A team with no decent Center but he is the worst starting center in the playoffs in the west.
Probably the jazz
Not gonna lie, I would’ve loved to face the Jazz in the playoffs. They just barely missed the cut though.
The Wizards.
The team he did average the most minutes against this season was the Timberwolves and they won those games so maybe he likes the idea of playing them more from a personal perspective. He did only average 5.7 rebounds against the Rockets but 10 against the Wolves
Suns
I think he’s scared that Clint Capela has a chance to do the funniest thing ever.
Clint is gon’ post that they’re trying to make him out to be DeAndre Ayton… 🤣
honestly really hoping that Capella dunks on him off a screen and roll, and then tells him, “they wish you were me.”
Too bad there’s nobody on the rockets besides sengun that can actually make that pass
Clint just hit his first ever 3 pointer last game. He’s preparing to hit Ayton with the step back.
I don’t know how he finds the arena each day.
Sometimes he doesn’t.
Jokes aside this was a serious problem can’t blame him for it
Good morning champ…. he’s your toast with the words Dominayton burned across. Hope you had a great night. On the news today….. there’s no news… absolutely nothing in the TV and papers. So just eat your toast and then take your nap.
He’s just sad he found out he has to play more basketball.
As someone who watches a lot of lakers postgame - Ayton has been giving a bit of attitude to McMenamin ever since his hit piece a couple months ago. It’s noticeable the switch up answering questions for other journalists vs how he responds to McMenamin. Doesn’t matter what his question is.
Oh damn if theres a backstreet for him being this defensive thats even better lol. Thanks for the info I had no idea
So was the rockets game still being played and their opponent yet to be determined. Cause this is the only way I can rationalize Ayton’s reply. Like he was thinking after these interviews I’m gonna be done and jump on my phone and see who won the game and who are opponent is? Sort of like in the past how people would say “don’t tell me the score I have the game recorded and gonna watch it when I get home.”
Like when you got the game recording at home, then someone just blurts out “well they blew the game again!”
Maybe he just wanted a selection sunday type show where they show the player reactions.
He looks like he just woke up
Who doesn’t hate spoilers?
Oh man I’d taped that one to watch later!
The interviewer doing this is the same one as the Clint capella comments, hes probably annoyed that its that guy asking him about the rockets
I don’t think he’s a big fan of McMenamin tbh. Also, I think people take him way too serious when he’s goofing around.
Its like hes a kid who just wants to play with toys and videogames all day but unfortunately ended up being 7 foot tall with a 40 inch vert
that literally is him though lmao
He is the perfect example of the dudes Alvarado mentioned today. The guy who is just blessed by being born for basketball, bot not loving the game one bit.
its always very funny to me people have this reaction, because sure its basketball at the end of the day but most people dont love their jobs. they do it to get paid and live a life they enjoy. i really do not hold it against any of these guys for viewing it as a clock in clock out thing.
For regular ass jobs I don’t even particularly like, I still at least try to be good at them, and that’s not even for generational wealth. I don’t understand how these guys can’t lock in for at least a couple contracts.
A lot of them make generational wealth whether or not they’re locked in. If you were so good at your job that you didn’t need to try in order to be one of the best in the world are you sure you’d try?
I guess Ayton really is an example of it working out. Homie’s been paid an insane amount, but there’s so many players that wash out of the league (or even G League) and don’t even make it past their rookie contract. They’re the real offenders.
I think he’s also physically gifted enough to stay in the league off that alone. He’s not even a bad player either, just not as good as he realistically could be
Yeah, he’s a frustrating player not a bad player. He’s somewhere around the 20th best center, which is fine, but he has the tools and shows occasional flashes that he could be a top 5ish center.
thats very noble of you but most people clock in and clock out, they dont care about being good at them or something lol
i care to be good enough to stay employed at a good job. Ayton is ticking that box tbh and already got his big payday.
You don’t think Ayton tries to be good at basketball? He’s averaged 16-8 for almost a decade in the league, that doesn’t happen without effort no matter how genetically blessed you are.
How much Ayton have you watched?
He probably loved the game as a kid but later just saw it as a way to an easy life with his physical gifts
What I think of as the Andrew Bynum situation.
That man was born to be a bowler, he went bowling until his knee cartilage failed.
This a very reddit take.
40 inch vert? Calling cap 🧢
https://www.azdesertswarm.com/basketball/2017/9/25/16364876/arizona-wildcats-deandre-ayton-vertical-measurements-recruiting-2017-roster-depth-chart-nba-draft
Measured at 43.5 inches in college, there’s a video in the linked article. If anything that’s more of an indictment though, that he’s that physically gifted and still finds a way to be ass.
He could’ve been next gen Patrick Ewing. Instead he’s closer to next gen Kandi Man.
Pre-draft he was getting David Robinson comps
that makes his max touch 12’10.5 JFC
He did have a 40” vert at the combine but he hasn’t displayed anything close to that in an NBA game.
That’d require too much effort.
It may be less now, but his max vert was measured at 43” at the draft combine
The dude has made 170+ million dollars playing basketball. He will be okay.
At 8 million a year!
I remember when he was suspended on the suns he was on 2k 2v2s and my team cooked him😭. His homie was the only one talking but the funny part was we came back like hours later and this dude was still on lol
Its his first time living too 🥹
I need Capela and Ayton 1v1 at the top of the key for the game winner
Oh no somehow we both lose
Let’s make hitory. First ever NBA draw.
Might as well, neither of us has a chance in hell at the WCF
Lakers/Rockets Superteam vs OKC
OKC in 2
Capela hitting a fadeaway three over ayton to seal the series will be perfect for this funky ass nasty season from the league
Absolute cinema
capela would dunk over soft ass ayton. not like ayton would be engaged anyways late in a playoff game
fate of the universe on the line, martians have the death beam pointed at Earth…
Capela with his 2nd career three pointer for the win?
It tracks this dude is one of the folks who thinks you can “spoil” real life/the news.
Ayton basketball IQ is in the negatives
You didn’t need to add the basketball part.
Who’s your sources? The ‘nba standings’? hm…I’ll have to do my own research
Same dude that complains about spoiling movies from 20 years ago
Nah, that’s weak. It’s not hard not to spoil something for someone. You just… Don’t say spoilers. Obviously things like the sixth sense are so culturally ingrained that it’s almost impossible not to know, but someone whose 16 now might not know. Why would you want to ruin that for someone? Just because it came out 20 years ago didn’t been everybody saw it then. There’s plenty of movies from well before my time with twists that I would have been mad if someone should before I saw them. Again, it’s just not very hard to avoid spilling things for others and there’s never really a reason to. Even reddit has spoiler tags.
First he has to Google “is batman real?” and “how far is Gotham City from my house”
bruce willis was actually in a hair piece the whole time!
This is legitimate. How can you expect everyone to have seen every movie ever just because it’s reached a particular age threshold? If I’m watching an obscure film from the 40s and you spoil the ending, you’re just a prick.
Yea I didn’t know there was like a reveal party for this
Have you ever heard the phrase “spoil the surprise?”
You can spoil real life weirdo
A lot of people here wouldn’t socialize at all if Reddit didn’t exist. Cut em some slack 😂
I’d hardly consider NBA seeding ‘the news’
Ayton is a dingus, but let’s not act like other planned events like marriage proposals or surprise parties don’t get spoiled on the daily.
Finding out who your playoff match-up shouldn’t be seen as a treat/surprise tho 😂
If he was planning on watching spurs nuggets at his house the next day or that night after the lakers won, i understand it honestly. It is being spoiled. Now of course with these things you cant hate the person for spoiling you. You cant expect not to be spoiled but can hope.
Basketball was his only option lmfao
Volleyball players are quite tall. They don’t need to get rebounds.
and they might make 1% of an nba player if they’re the best in the world….
he said his motivation was not to be TFN, tall for nothin.
Lights are on, but no ones home…
yeah but hes 7 ft 250 lbs, grabs basketball and dunks it in hoop so he’s generationally wealthy
He can’t even really grab a basketball.
Bro took an IQ test and the results came back negative.
Not the sharpest crayon in the box
The Klay Thompson torch has been passed.
The reminds me of the “WE LANDED ON THE MOON!” scene from Dumb & Dumber
‘No way. That’s great!’ I always wondered if he adlibbed that
Commonly cited as an improvised scene, yes
Lmao I’m dying that’s exactly how this comes across
Rocket fans should wave signs of ice and snowflakes so he gets scared
I’m just gonna say that Texans using ice to scare a black man kinda sounds crazy
It’s only being 25 mins since you posted this but I hate how under appreciated your joke is
I wish I was half as funny as people thought I was broski
People who say this are so ignorant about ice. You don’t fuck with ice. Portland literally had an ice storm. It was icy as fuck. Even the team tried to send someone to get Ayton, but they couldn’t get to him because of ice. Ice will fuck you up. You can’t just drive on ice.
and I don’t know portland quite well enough, but whenever I’m there I get the impression I’d live in a very hilly, super windy part of town if I had the money to
Wait until you realize how god awful Texans are at driving in .000000001 inch of snow.
Bro has such round features and face its crazy.
Reminds me of when Donald Glover was playing Teddy Perkins in Atlanta 😂
He is made of a bunch of circles, huh lol
He looks like he’s easy to draw fs
Good shout, gotta go rewatch that episode now lmao. I miss Atlanta.
I swear he used to have more of rectangle face when he was with the Suns
This guy so dumb bro.
Dude’s unintentionally funny, it’s crazy that he’s so oblivious to it too
Mans got himbo golden retriever energy, too funny. too bad he sucks 😭
This is an insult to golden retrievers
he seems legit pissed, like he’s not even playing
He probably had fantasies of being useful against Gobert but he has to face his mortal enemy Capela instead
Guys, lay off him. Hes just a little grumpy after not getting his crunk juice this morning
Accidentally drank the crank juice instead
That boy terrified of Clint lmao!
dude must have had the script wtf how did he know
He must have been very offline for a while now as Timberwolves essentially locked themselves into the 6 seed several games back
Well he was online, just only in 2K.
What does the reporter even mean the league announced it?
Isn’t it just math? W/L #5 plays #4. 3 and 6. 2 and 7. 1 and 8.
It’s not like hunger games or UFC where there is choice or some media market decision (unless you want to talk about rigging games then sure), but the bracket is literally maths.
The league is not choosing. This could have been known even before the end of the season.
Am I taking crazy pills in these comments?
There’s no way he didn’t know. Guys check the schedule, they know what’s coming up. I find it hard to believe no one in the locker room mentioned the Rockets were locked into the 5 seed so depending on the results the Lakers had 2 possible opponents: Rockets or Wolves
Even if you want to say he wasn’t looking at his phone all weekend or didn’t talk to anyone who brought this up or they weren’t looking ahead, you know what teams are good or what’s going on around the league.
Guys know when they’re chasing a record in the middle of a game because they’re told or are checking stats. You mean to tell me this guy didn’t check the standings at all on his off-day?
Old video this happened last day of the season so he had no way to know if Denver or spurs won
he’s a very strange person
This was in the locker room right after the Lakers game and the Nuggets Spurs game ended a little after theirs. Nick Smith Jr. was also being told who they would be playing as Nuggets game was ending during his radio interview. It’s still a funny reaction though
Bro did NOT want to have go face to face with Clint after those comments 😂
That’s my Domintayton!
It’s so funny everytime I hear his Michael Cera voice 🤣🤣
“Dang, I gotta go against THE Clint Capela”
Deandre ‘Not Locked In’ Ayton
Doesn’t every player in the NBA know who they’re gonna be matched up with
EquivocAyton
Bro looks 50 lol, and he’s simple af.
Love how locked in he is.
He wanted it in a scratch and sniff picture book.
The fuck he means “how you know that?”
he’ll still be surprised when Capela catches a pass lol
A normal response for the reporter, even if it’s a reasonable question to have asked, is to say sorry.
How do you know this? Oh I’m a reporter. It’s my job uncovering news. Then I ask questions and report answers. Don’t burn yourself out trying to figure out the science behind it. might hurt yourself.
everyone hate spoilers bro
Match of the Capellas
Spoiler alert in the title please, how would I know the Lakers were playing the Rockets?
He look like a big ass kid in the face with a 70s beard.
Brother, anyone vaguely following the playoff race knew this…he’s so stupid
Bruh…this dude lol
Yeah he ain’t locked in
Idk what it is but i cant stand this guy lol
No one can make me hate him. D’ontbehAyton.
Man who wants to be surprised, is mad when surprised by the surprise. More at 10.
People that pretend to not care are so annoying.
Kids do this a lot to be cool or to cope with losing but a lot of them grow out of it. Ayton though.. He’s still on that bullshit. He clearly cares less but he definitely exaggerates how much he doesnt care.
Does he think there’s an NBA Playoff Lottery? lol
The NBA would increase its fanbase if players were banned from being recorded. No access to them. You only get to see them play in games. Boom problem solved.
I shouldn’t know the Western Conference seeding better than someone who’s actually participating in the playoffs.
He acts like someone opened his Christmas present
Dude looks homeless
Lmao
I’m starting to think DA’s crunk juice isn’t just gatorade
Jesus
DA hates spoilers
Not the sharpest tool in the shed
The guy is so unserious about Basketball.
What a dumbass player
lol
Alejandro isn’t going to be happy
Ayton had really high hopes for the Plumlee-Jokic matchup.
Bro looking a little puffy
Aint never seen someone say spoilers to sports before lmaoo
Lebron could guard him easily lmao
Must be hard having a son smarter than his dad.
Meanwhile LeBron already knows the plays and seeding of every team in both conferences…
dude is so lucky he made it to the league… 😂
It always surprises me what offends people in this subreddit. This isn’t a weird or unprofessional moment at all
I think he’s gotta be joking right? No way that was never discussed by the team