[Highlight] Luke Kennard hits the turnaround 3 off the spin move, over Reed Sheppard, giving him 10 points in the 1st quarter.
when tf did lakers get curry
Gabe Vincent died for this
Pelinka deserves his flowers
The king of fixing his own mistakes.
Westbrook was recruited by Lebron tbh. Pelinka wanted Buddy
It’s not just Westbrook lol. Paying Gabe Vincent is what I was referring to
Gabe literally came off the Finals and balled out lol. literally every Laker fan was calling that signing a win
not Pelinka’s fault that JJ isn’t as good a coach
Luke Kennard is the black Steph Curry.
Jimmy highroller dropped a vid this week and using advanced stats showed kennard was the best shooter in the nba this year (second time in steph’s career it was not him). The real question is why was he not playing more before now?
Because Reaves was killing it for a lot of the year and he’s on a team with 3 players that are at their best when they have high usage and the ball in their hands. Not really his fault but hes made the most of his opportunities
He’s asking why he hasnt played more in his career i think. Which is a good question. He can do a lot more than shoot. Which is interesting cause his shooting is the best in the league.
Luke has been a big part of the rotation since coming to the Lakers.
As a hawks fan who had him for a few months, he does NOT want to shoot at all. I think the pressure of LeBron, Luka, and JJ around him are giving him good looks and MAKING him shoot.
Let’s see the stats
His problem has always been volume and a lot of coaches couldn’t convince him to shoot more.
The reason why JJ has been able to is because JJ is the perfect coach for him being a former shooter and they also both went to Duke.
NBA players are just unbelievably good at this game. We shouldn’t be surprised anymore when someone gets an opportunity and shows that their game is way more expansive than we thought. Role players when no longer confined to a specific role (b/c another guy got hurt) get to show they got a bag.
He’s more than I could ever hope for. Insane
Who knew losing 2⁄3 of your top players would be the key to unlocking his true potential
“Master forgive me, but I’ll have to go all out … just this once”
Kennard hitting 360 no scopes I can’t believe my life
Master chief on the court Kennard 117
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Bro is genuinely playing with insane confidence they gotta feed him
Hahaha he is feeling like Curry out there
I have never seen him even a attempt a 3 like that
If the lakers don’t re-sign him it’ll be a mistake. He’s a top 5 role player in the league
Lakers are kinda cooked, they need to pay Reaves, LeBron is an FA
Unlikely they keep Kennard, even guys like Ayton and Rui will be gone
We have a ton of cap space and no good free agents. Only Peyton Watson would be worth dropping a big bag on.
You have cap space but these players can get better offers
Can go over cap with bird rights for Reaves. Sign everyone else. Then Reaves last. Money bags mark Walter’s our owner now. Bring out the checkbook papa.
Who has cap space in a city they would go to?
Have to wait and see who releases cap holds but right now only Memphis has significant cap space next year
Smart and Kennard are very likely to stay. Reaves cap hold is also very low so they can have like 65-70mil in cap space (if they dump Vando) before signing those 2.
There’s no shot they keep LeBron on at 50 mil, I would expect 20-30 max like he’s playing great but you have to be realistic about his age.
i was told by hawks fans that he’d only take uncontested open catch and shoot 3s
You can ask Pistons, Clippers, Grizzlies, and Hawks fans all the same thing and they’d give you the same answer. It’s good that he’s just slinging them now.
Can confirm, he’s always had the talent but lacked the confidence. I guess he found his confidence.
LeBron put his hand on Luke’s shoulder, looked him in the eyes, and gave him a single firm nod of the head.
So it is written, so it shall be done
“Yo Luke-uh, do some magic”
I wonder how much of it was him trying to protect his 3P% in a contract year
Yeah I’m tired of lakers fans being like “see, the other 4 teams were the problem”, congrats he’s working for you but we’ve all seen how he played before
for most of the szn he def didn’t have much of a trigger but looks like he ain’t holding back no more
Ask fans of any teams he’s been on and they’ll all tell you he didn’t shoot enough. I guess redick has his family hostage
He took fewer threes in LA with Luka/LeBron than he did in Atlanta lmao, yes they were right
We actually fixed him before sending him out. Basically had a team intervention and he was pretty great the month before we traded him out.
We want financial flexibility for next year apparently, no idea what for, it’s somewhere between ominous and exciting.
Are you just kidding, or is this real, did the Hawks have an intervention to get him to shoot more?
We did, there were a couple player only meetings where everyone held themselves accountable and Luke started to shoot more, but not like what he’s doing in LA.
Well yeah but he’s forced to shoot at a high clip now
Kennard going band for band with KD
Make a move cuh
I cant believe we traded gabe vncent for prime steph curry
This brother is CRAZY
That’s a Curry move lol
Lmao who he feelin like
This isn’t just the Hawks who need a refund on this trade the Grizzlies Clippers and Pistons need a refund too cause even with a gun pressed to his temple he wouldn’t even think of taking this shot for any of us
Had me thinking that was Luka out there for a sec.
Luka Nard
im starting to believe the whole luka nard thing isn’t a meme
M V P
ITS NARDIN’ TIME
He just knows how to play the game the right way.
They gave him the green light reddick said that’s what they gonna need
The lights are not too bright
I’ve seen Luka do this to Cam Johnson in that infamous Game 7. Seems like Kennard inherited his powers.
ESPN: Is Luka Doncic a system QB?
Averaging just over 9 points a quarter on 85% TS so far these playoffs.
I’m sure JJ Redick told him that the closer they’re playing him the more he has to take those shots. Everyone knows him as a safe shot taker but he’s always been capable of doing this, he just never did or got the chance to.
Never got the chance? When he was on the Clips they practically begged him to shoot more, but he was too scared.
Amen
Dude is more than just a shooter. Have good handles and can playmake. I guess, he’s never given as much opportunity to have control of the ball as much as he has this year
What’s up with the white boys in LA
Who needs Doncic when you have Kennard
I nearly spat my beer out
Kennard might be the second option if Luka comes back LOL…as reddick said i would rather him shoot 12 3s shooting 38% rather than 3s for 45 %….Imagine the spacing when Luka and Reaves return
Luka Kennard
Bro wtf
Luka Nard!
Jj redick unleashed him. Props.
“big like klay, shoots like steph”
How on earth did we get him for Gabe Vincent.
bro was feeling himself he hit that backpedal like it had already gone in
One thing’s for certain, Lebron’s gonna keep a cold white boy with him
This man is the dreams of all those YMCA old white dude hoopers personified. He’s balling outta his mind and everyone is like “who the fuck is this guy”
Lakers Lisan AlGaib. He flew from Atlanta to free them.(from Gabe Vincent)
Nuke Kennard
Wtf
Steezo
wait let him cook wtf
All the cold white boys are in LA