Luka called out Charania “I wasn’t close to clearing. There was some stuff in the media that went out that wasn’t true. If I could be out there, I would be 100%.”
Yeah I can’t knock Luka for not being out there. He lives for these moments. I’m sure he’d play if he was even 75% ready
Yeah we all remember the luka smile, there is no way that man is ever ducking the playoffs, it’s just not in his DNA.
The 2024 Finals run shows he was willing to play through injuries.
next year we really need a Luka V Tatum rematch
Can you send Luka some role players please he needs them
I think you guys should just finish the job and supply the role players too.
What do you mean? They have first overall pick Deandre “David Robinson” Ayton.
‘Not clint capela’ ayton
Uh…they can have Hauser and White if they give us AR and a first
They…might take that actually…
Maybe you should throw in Pritchard if the salary can match. Though what use would you have for AR?
Yeah but he had a beer. Can’t have that #mambanicomentality
Dude was not injured that year. He had scrapes and bruises but was not injured nothing structurally wrong besides begging for attention looking like a mummy after games.
Isn’t this a violation of HIPAA since you were obviously Luka’s doctor?
Ok bud
He wasn’t. I watched every game. He scraped his knee sliding for a ball that’s why he had blood. It was a rug burn.
He was not injured.
Injured means structural damages.
Hurt means scrape up and sore.
Change your flair you bum
MFFL not Luka fan for life.
Found Dumont’s burner.
Gaaaawd.
Oof that must be rough
Glad you had access to all the medical documentation to make assertions with this level of confidence.
idiocracy wasn’t a movie, it was a documentary on people such as yourself.
Congrats my guy, you have defined “injured” completely wrong!
I’m right.
Nico?
He was getting injections every couple of games, ffs
He was not. Never any proof of that.
I would be ashamed to call myself mffl if I was you
Why?
Dude was dragging the team on bleeding knees. My man will play if he can
Yeah we have pretty clearly seen him play through injuries in the playoffs. And he told us the initial timeline given was 8 weeks. It hasn’t even been 6 yet
Grade 2 hammies are pretty much always 8 weeks. Never really see it quicker. They’re a bitch and you can’t risk a full tear so it’s realllllly critical for the partial tear to heal fully before getting in a game.
I rushed back for high school lacrosse because I was young and dumb… another partial tear like 4 months later… finally wised up.
It’s also really easy to reaggravate them, so maybe you get a quarter out of him then he would be down for another 6 weeks.
especially a sport like basketball where you’re running up and down the court and change of pace and need that explosive first step to the basket for scorers
Yeah it is the first step, the 1-100 acceleration that messes with a hammy. Like you can walk just fine on a bad one but when you try and move fast it’s gonna pull on it.
We’ve seen harden come back from hamstring tear for playoffs and tweak it twice more in the playoffs with a longer term impact.
Harden and luka have some very similar playstyles , elite deceleration, step back etc
You don’t want luka to experience the same issue
Why are we all defending him against something that nobody thinks???
A lot of people hoped he would return in the playoffs and as he said, some of the initial public wording wasn’t as clear
The disappointment is completely understandable and his situation 100% justifief But there’s still a disappointment
This is likely lbj’s last run with the lakers and you never had a decent opportunity with lbj, ar, luka and a halfway ok team to take a shot
That’s disappointment. But everyone is defending the idea that he was or wasn’t healthy enough to play. Nobody thinks Luka is healthy and just not playing.
Made the finals with half his body taped up and one of his legs being hobbled since the first round, including 11 playoff games against Dort/McDaniels defense, and people question his willingness to play
I think the people who follow the game know exactly the situation you said, and don’t question his desire to play
But there are a lot of people out there
He literally dragged a team to the finals a couple years ago, that doesn’t give the impression he’s trying to go on vacation.
He lives to ask referees for free throws
He is recruiting Giannis with their mutual hatred towards shams
giannis profits off of shams reporting bullshit trades though. he is a minority owner of kalshi
Not to mention Giannis’ camp is leaking at least some of what Shams reports right to him lol
Giannis camp 🤝 Trmp Mafia
Leaking trades for Kalshi insider trading 🤝 leaking Hormuz to kalshi for insider trading
lol is the word trmp with a U in the middle on the banned words list for this sub? Not mad about it, but curious what the final event/straw was? Whitehouse visiting discourse maybe?
I’d rather not increase the name for people’s algorithms if possible
“Don’t get worked into a shoot brother” ~Giannis “The Freakster” Antetokounmpo
He owns less than 1% lol he doesn’t make shit from Kalshi. Should’ve included KD, Steph, LeBron, Jokic etc who all work with betting companies
Fuck Kalshi, poly market and all those prediction market sites. It’s a plague to society.
And like Giannis and everyone else, they use the media to get out what they want and then pretend the media are lying.
Luka and the Lakers were happy to let the narrative of him being back any second now be out there as long as it was helpful to them, and then the second it wasn’t they “correct” the record and pretend like it wasn’t them that seeded the story in the first place. Everyone does this constantly and it’s so obvious.
Luka, Giannis, and LeBron is certainly a starting line up. Giannis at F/PF/C is head, shoulders knees and toes better than Ayton, good god.
Luka is the only heavily ball dominant playmaker I could actually see pairing well with a non-shooter like Giannis. Giannis needs too much room to operate, and it makes me wonder what teams can actually adapt their current roster to that style of play.
For instance, I think the wolves probably don’t improve the W/L category by much, if at all, just by swapping Donte and Julius for him.
Jaden would be our second best shooter, and that just doesn’t cut it.
the hornets imo.
I guess that’s true, but for some reason I just can’t see him in Charlotte
Except this isn’t a call out of Shams at all. All I ever heard him say was that Luka was not particularly close to returning.
Will bucks take ‘hatred of shams’ in a trade , pretty please ?
You ain’t speaking it into existence lol
shams is a liar
I repeat shams is a liar
he talked about giannis trade daily for two week before the deadline just for nothing to happen only to miss everything else - Young - AD - Mccain - Porzingis - JJJ - Zubac only things he got right was that the bulls were selling (which was pretty obvious) & the james harden trade which he only first mentioned 1 day prior to it happening
give me woj back
I’m with you on everything, except “give me Woj back”. These “insiders” provide nothing of real value
Same. All Woj and Shams do is give fans breaking trades, maybe 5-15 minutes before the rest of the world knows.
The cost for them getting that info a few minutes early, is Woj/Shams spending the rest of the year being shadow mouthpieces for their sources.
They also ruin the draft
Fr. They do way more damage with their mouth-piecing than any actual valued reporting. They “break” stories that all eventually have to break lol
that’s honestly the wildest part to me. breaking a story 3 minutes before someone else being such a major skill. lol
Coming from a huge NFL fan, Adam Shefter is so fucking annoying.
i’ve never liked him, but his “per me” schtick REALLY grinds my gears
Yeah I don’t get how these “insiders” have fans, all they do is just repeat information they’re told as if the world wasn’t gonna find out about it 10-15 minutes later. Teams report things themselves after anyway.
It makes me wonder if Shams main connection was actually just one person close to Woj who was basically leaking everything Woj was getting.
So Shams would get info from that person, and then it was just a race to verify it between him and Woj, which is how Shams often beat him to the punch publicly.
Now that Woj is gone, the info from his guy has dried up, and Shams has nothing. He’s useless, aside from making shit up or mouthing out things that teams want put out there.
Shams is a hoe I want that known
I can see why someone would kick him in the nuts
He looks like a snake somehow
Sham’s report by the way
“it’s gonna be a slow path to return. They’re evaluating him on a week by week basis. He’s doing more and more on the court but still not full fledge running or full contact workouts”
Luka wasn’t talking about Shams here. Yall will believe anything if it’s in a Reddit post title. Kinda sad
This is so funny to me 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Apparently there’s also a post Shams deleted that said Luka wouldn’t play in the second round according to a post in this sub.
If that post is actually trustworthy. Shams seemed to understand the timeline and got implored not fully reveal it before the OKC series started.
It’s hilarious lol
wouldn’t be surprised if it’s racism
And I’ll never be a part of the organisation he’s a part of ever again
But do you want to say it again?
Shams is a liar
[Charania] Luka Doncic ducked playoff series - “I… was… 100%”
What reporter from ESPN isn’t at this point? The only one I trust is Diana Russini. Anyone who sleeps with her sources is reliable imo!
To quote a Turd Sandwich…
“My opponent is a lair and he cannot be trusted”
Woj would never
How about stop D riding lame NBA reporters
That return timeline never made sense for a “seeking treatment in Europe” level hamstring tear. That’s a three monther plus conditioning, at best. And you don’t “play through” a hammy.
Yeah i don’t understand people saying he was coming back anytime soon. Doubt any of these guys have actually had a hamstring pull/tear. You don’t just come back from that 😂 people tryna equate it to ant but ant’s injury is more pain tolerance than being gimped (even though he’s obviously gimped too)
It’s also an entirely different level of gimped. Ants legs are still in working condition/not torn they’re just not working correctly so he’s gimped.
Lukas hamstring is literally torn and not whole.
For real. Scoot missed like 50 games this year.
Tell ric flair this
Yes I feel if anything Luka has been too eager to play through some injuries he didn’t need to so I am actually glad he didn’t rush back.
I wish Devin Booker and Suns personnel could see this post. Bro pulls his hammy then they rush him back for like, a regular season game against the Hornets.
The Lakers allowing Luka to go back out there in the second half, when they were down like 30 points and Luka was already visibly hurt during the first half in a relatively meaningless game against OKC with 2 weeks left in the season was and still is borderline malpractice.
Absolutely ruined any potential they had for a deep run.
I saw that it was bound to happen since it was a non-contact injury, so it was only a matter of time before Luka got injured unless they decided to hold him out for the remainder of the season back then.
Right like this could have happened in any game we rode Luka most the season. Clearly he Bron and AR needed rest atp in the season and we couldn’t find a way to do it. I really hate hindsight thoughts like this cause even at the time it was questioned how many mins them 3 were getting nightly.
Literally the game before they got hurt Luka sat because they had a huge lead, and in the end they needed him back out for like 2 minutes to win them the game because the rest of the starters (Lebron included) completely fumbled a double digit lead. He could not get any rest in the regular season.
It is still malpractice, but it’s more the minutes and usage they piled onto him prior to that.
Woo 65 game rule is great though (at halftime he needed a few more minutes in that game for it to count).
I mean, maybe they should have forced him to sit. But I don’t think there’s any way Luka voluntarily sits that game. He was still trying for MVP and probably had that game circled for months.
Same thing with Reaves in that same game. He obviously returned to play in the playoffs, but that was partially due to the Rockets just floundering around in round 1
I know the lakers just got swept, but I would have paid money to see OKC vs Rockets (with or without KD) after seeing how the lakers series went down lol
They also would have gotten swept
I agree, I just think it would have been alot more brutal lol. Lakers mostly kept it close for half a game and then lost it.
That’s what I’m saying.. in this era of load management, Lakers dropped the ball on this one.
His usage this year was ridiculous. JJ is a good coach and he’s exceeded expectations but part of having such a good season was overusing Luka. I’m sure they’d trade 5 wins in order to have a healthy Luka for the playoffs. Hopefully they learn from that next season.
anyone trying to shame luka into further injury is delusional. if you watched and followed his career, luka clearly is someone who would play if he could
Wait, wtf is this title? How could he be referencing shams here when shams said Luka was pretty far from returning? “ It’s still a slow path on Doncic’s recovery. He’s doing more and more on the court, but right now, he’s still not full-fledged running or full-contact workouts” — shams before the series started.
https://bsky.app/profile/shamsbot.bsky.social/post/3mkxvjxybey2j
you’re right
OP is a salty Bucks fan
When did shams say he was close? He kept reporting the opposite,
it was Slovenian reporters trying to make it look like they Had personal connections with him saying he was only a week or two away lol
Yeah wtf? Blatant misinformation and editorialization by the OP. Luka doesn’t mention Shams at all; and the “reports” he was referencing weren’t from Shams either.
This post should honestly be deleted for that blatant misinformation; and yet all the commenters are eating it up. Wtf. Embarrassing that people are more interested in dunking on Shams than even checking if the post is true…
Yep. But Reddit doesn’t like that shams reports stuff they don’t like
u/BeloAve called out OP “Shams never reported he was close. He kept reporting the opposite. There was some stuff on Reddit that wasn’t true. If Slovenian reporters could do anything to make them look like they’re in Luka’s inner circle, they would (and did).”
yeah that’s not true… actually the news from slovenian reporters were opposite and were blocked like wemby was playing defense
Why doesn’t anybody add some sources??
Here is Shams saying before the 2nd round that Luka probably wasn’t going to make it back for the second round. Source
Please show me examples where he was implying Luka would come back.
He first said he would be out for the second round and then he clarified that he will be out “to start” the series. That pretty heavily implies that he is close to returning and would play at some point in the second round
yeah got no clue what these’s guy are talking about. the only one that i saw that didn’t at least float the idea that he might make it back was windhorst who was very adamant he wasn’t making it.
It’s becoming more and more evident that Charania is a sham reporter and this subreddit continues to eat his shit up. That dude releases public release scoops that companies release to every reporter, or just makes up shit whenever he fucking feels like it, while half this subreddit hangs on his every word because they’re still projecting Woge’s authenticity onto this scam artist.
Ok but you realize that Shams didn’t say Luka was close to being back tho right?
Idiot. Luka isn’t talking about Shams here
what? this sub despises shams and shits on him at any opportunity, they do not “eat his shit up”. he also never said/implied that Luka was healthy enough to play, he consistently reported that Luka wouldn’t be back in time for the secondround
I’m a little confused. Didn’t Shams say that Luka is probably out all of round 2 anyways? I know he took the tweet down but I assumed it was cause the lakers didn’t want that info out
Luka is a competitor he would play if he could, kinda crazy no media guys had his return at 8 weeks when Luka himself said that was the case later in the process
Luka was literally bleeding from his knees every single game for the last two series when the Mavs made the Finals. He picked up so many injuries that run and was basically a shell of himself by the time they made the Finals.
So I’ll never doubt that if Luka could play that he would play. Even if he was 50% he would have absolutely been out there for the Lakers.
He plays injured a lot of the time, so thinking he wouldn’t want to be out there is nuts
Sports news is fake news.
anybody who thinks otherwise is dumb. luka lives for playoff basketball that man loves to hoop
he literally played into the finals with leaking bleeding knees two years ago. you think he wouldn’t be out there?
Shams is a sham confirmed
the man is hurt let him be my god…dude is sitting on a soft cushion. Let dude heal then he comes back we talk shit.
When and where did Shams say that Luka was close? Where does Luka say that Shams said this? Redditors are weird.
I believe him. Like other have said, he lives for the big moments. He loves winning and beating others. He plays if he can.
Shams has literally been saying all along that Luka wasn’t going to come back. You all are smoking crack.
Nico
Does this mean Ric Flair lied too?!
To put that shit out in the media for clicks is dangerous.
Was it for Shams or that pig Windhorst?
Why didn’t they put him out there? He said if they did that, he’d be 100% /s
We weren’t going to beat OKC with an injured Luka anyway, glad he got to rest. Now Reaves needs to too because he rushed back.
Has anyone recovered sufficiently from a hamstring tear in under a month?
It wouldn’t have saved them.
That would’ve been a competitive series if he was healthy
Regardless, Luka wasn’t the difference in a 4-0 series sweep. He gets them 1, maaaybe 2 vs the Thunder.
We really got cheated out of what would have been an epic series.
Injuries suck.
No sense rushing back, just to get run over by OKC
is he gonna gain sixty pounds in the offseason again?
Hey buddy u/dry-razzmatazz1239 just wanted to get your thoughts on this?
WHHHAAAATT?
Cardboard McHairpiece peddling bad info? Thats so crazy.
“bad info” he was completely right and stated that Luka would NOT be back for the second round
Wow, the self obsessed weirdo lied. Shocking
MAVS REJECT! you dont have balls my man just look at reaves.
I do not know why Charania still has a job. I’ve been saying that dude is unreliable. His source is only accurate right before it breaks literally
I miss Woj
Shams was told this by who? Obviously it came from his but buddy Rich Paul to make Luka look bad. How is the bullshit shams put out any different then Russini?
/doubt
Why do people listen to people like Shams anyway? Dude is annoying af
such a sham. Woj bomb > Charania
Man, I was about to type: nobody would notice you being 100% out there on the defensive side. But of course they would, that’s the weak spot
windy vindicated
Wouldn’t have mattered maybe not a sweep though
I miss Woj, Shams is weak sauce
Is Shams a Bitch?
Luka in game 5
Soft
Shams has been given the keys to the castle when Woj retired and he is doing such a shit job of it.
Making shit up like people won’t find out.
Shams has been given the keys to the castle when Woj retired and he is doing such a shit job of it. Making shit up like people won’t find out.
Meanwhile Shams over 8 days ago
The Shams hate is hilarious
It’s so strange. I’m sure there’s stuff where he pushes the issue and he’s a mouthpiece for certain teams and agents but he’s just doing a job. If it wasn’t him it would be someone else. It’s just a job.
After he said Luka was returning
He said he was returning or they were hopeful he’d return?
2 weeks ago Shams
“It is a slow path on the recovery path. He’s starting to do more court movement but he’s not at the point where he’s progressing workouts when it comes to 1 on 1 and truly pushing it on a movement front”
You lot can’t comprehend what he’s saying then get mad at him for your misunderstanding. The Lakers never ruled him out for the playoffs, that means of course they’re hopeful maybe a game 7 round 2 or maybe round 3 he’d be able to do something. Luka even said himself he’s a week away from contact basketball. But once you hear he’s not had any contact basketball and not even sprinting it’s on you if you think he’s gonna play the next game
Nope, you’re an idiot or lying.
There’s zero chance he was talking about shams here, shams never said Luka was close to returning. OP is just a shams hater trying to work him into something completely unrelated.
Journos who live and die based on their accuracy don’t just lie for the sake of it, I don’t take Shams to be an idiot.
Probably just had an unreliable source and didn’t confirm with enough people.
He was golfing in OKC..so he wasn’t wheelchair bound..
I mean but that’s different from playing 30+ minutes on a basketball court lol
Ok. So what did I say that was false?
What did you say that was relevant?