LUKE KORNET WITH THE MASSIVE BLOCK
That’s nba champion Luke kornet to you
Hopefully soon to be 2x
As long as he stays with the Spurs he will continue to have 1 more title than Wemby.
Well Wemby needs something to strive for
Luke is an inspiration to us all.
This era’s next Robert Horry
This goes unsaid like his other achievements, like GOAT, peoples sexiest man, Walter Payton man of the year, and high school honor roll Luke Kornet
Also did really well on the ACT
Don’t forget his underrated ability to blend swagger with wit, turning everyday moments into legend.
Kind of guy mothers bring home to you to meet.
Now we’ll see him do well on the KAT
And God’s favorite
>Walter Payton man of the year
Fucking lmao
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Idk why you’re laughing
Luke holds the ncaa record for most 3s from a 7fter in a season.
Celtics Legend Luke Kornet
Championship player
Man’s been waiting his whole career for one ring, let him have this moment.
I’m super happy for him.
Kornet got a hand shoved in his face and still made the block.
Hate that he left Boston but love to see him getting continued success.
He left cause we didn’t pay him
We literally couldn’t afford him unless we traded multiple other players, or someone like Hauser. He made more than Garza and Queta combined.
But you’re not wrong, we didn’t pay him what others would.
I’d have been OK with Hauser leaving.
Same. In hindsight, especially, as we saw the continued improvement of Scheierman, Walsh, and Hugo.
Do you think Kornet is better than Queta?
I’d put them about equal but it’s an apples to oranges comparison.
Kornet was the backup C to one of the best centers in the league in Wemby and played a large portion of minutes with other bench players. Queta was primarily a starter and got a significant amount of minutes playing with Brown, White, Pritchard, etc. Queta is more physically dominant while Kornet is more of a finesse player who makes smart plays and is a good passer.
I would’ve preferred Kornet/Queta over Queta/Garza.
Word up
I think we absolutely could’ve sacrificed Hauser for Kornet. They probably thought Hauser was the better player, and with Tatum out we needed a starter there, but losing Al and Porzingis should’ve meant making sure Kornet was the plan at C.
We were never paying him $40m over 4 years.
All love. Couldn’t pay him and let him go get that bag. Hopefully he wins another chip
He got what he deserved and managed to go to a respectable team that gave us Derrick White. Top 5 most amicable departures of all time.
He left cause we COULDN’T pay him
Besides, majority of his extended family are there or not far their so it made sense to get paid WAY MORE to play b’ball WAY CLOSER to family and home
He earned it man I think everyone was happy for him. Celtics weren’t giving him that money. Probably could have signed him for a $5m AAV with more years early on but didn’t, that’s on the Celtics not Luke
I only said that I hate that he left not that I hate him for leaving. I’m still a huge Kornet fan.
Yea I understand what you meant. I’m just saying it’s not his fault for leaving. It’s the Cs
Make me smile every single time
The absolute epitome of efficiency in human movement.
How can you not root for the spurs? Not even through knicks or thunder hate. Just super easy to root for
They’re a fun team to watch!
No real basketball fan could hate on these playoffs, the spurs or the Knicks. They’re playing great basketball and the deserve to be in the spotlight with a chance to win it all.
And I wonder if there’s another fan base, like the Celtics, that is excited for former players’ success. We do this for Marcus, Luke, timelord, al and so many others.
Meanwhile, other fans hate on LeBron, melo or kd for leaving.
I can speak for the majority of our fanbase when I say w were stoked to see Derrick win a chip a couple years back. Buffalo will always be loved in San Antonio.
Thanks for paying it forward with Luke, I almost blew my voice out tonight after this block lmao.
Fuck NY
No real basketball fan could hate on these playoffs, the spurs or the Knicks.
I can absolutely hate on the Knicks. I’m an NBA fan but I’m a Celtics and Boston fan first, fuck all NY teams.
Knicks earned my respect this year. I do not want them to win, but they play some good ball.
Because they tanked and got the 1st, 2nd and 4th pick in a 4 year span and NBA has literally made rules to change this now
they weren’t really tanking after they got wemby. they just weren’t that good and wemby missed most of last year
Because they’re treating wemby like the goat already
I like people being excited about something in the NBA. If he becomes a GOAT level player, that’d be cool as hell.
Seeing how emotional he got today was great after seeing our boys shooting the shit with Embiid after game 7. Love to see him care like that
Too young to see Bird’s or Jordan’s ascension into GOAT talks, but just in time for Wemby’s.
My pop told me this reminded him of watching the Bird vs Magic rivalry, and how beating Magic meant to Bird.
Wemby might also be one of the youngest ever in the modern era, esp if he pulls off the win.
And the lottery was rigged for them. Nothing against them personally, but the league brought them back with a gift.
The nba lottery is not rigged. The number selection is videotaped, they just haven’t aired it live, because the 1st pick happens first so the drama can’t really build in the same way.
key play of the entire game
Agreed
Just missing the Luke hustling from center crt
Unironically
Absolutely comparable to LeBron’s block on Igodala.
Blocked by Kornettttt
basketball won tonight
AMEN
Probably the hardest I’ve ever rooted for an NBA team other than the Celtics and that block and Tirico’s call hit like a truck
BINGO
That’s my GOAT
Extremely relevant flair.
Between Kornet and them being able to stop the Knicks from winning a championship, I think I might become a spurs fan the next few weeks
We share a hatred for the lakers anyway
LUKE KORNET HAS MADE THE FINALS EVERY 2 YEARS SINCE 2022
That’s my fucking guy. He bleeds green ☘️
Go for the chip Luke
That Kornet block prevented any OKC momentum. I miss him in Boston and am thrilled he’s continuing to find success.
Major moment
That won the game.
It was a crucial turning point for real
The Nuns had his back on that one 🙏
The mods deleted my post praising this dude (idk why they did) but I miss this man so much! That was the play of the game. Breaks my heart we couldn’t keep him…
didn’t want to pay him along with others and you see the result
Fuck man…sure he wasn’t our “star big” but fucking pay the dude. He was so crucial to our success. And he’s barely getting minutes with the Spurs, but that block just earned him millions should the Spurs win the championship.
They would’ve happily paid him if there was a little more flexibility at the time. It’s not that the Spurs offered him more money than we can afford for what would’ve been a starting center, it’s that at the time we couldn’t match that offer while guaranteeing we got under the aprons. Basically free agents leaving was the easiest way to shed salary so it made it very tricky to retain him and Al, when if we could’ve waited until the trade deadline to make the call we would’ve easily kept him.
And Wemby pulled out a transition kornet contest and acknowledged kornet
LUUUUUUUUUKE!
That’s our boy
Most impactful chase down block in a game 7 ever. I’ll be taking no questions.
👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
Need Kornet to get another championship, it’s only right
So cool to have a big memorable moment like that after a not so great series. Rewriting history in real time.
We’re living vicariously through Luke right now.
Thank the gods for Luke
LUKE SKYBLOCKER
USE THE FORCE LUKE
I heard it was the blessing, to make the block, that shifted the momentum, that won the game.
🥲
Luuuuuuuuuuke
LUKE!!!!!!
LUUUUUKE
That block was major
YUGE
Laptop highlight is crazy work
GOTTA MAKE THIS KARMA BABY
Celtics DNA ☘️
That changed the game….. he should have got the MVP trophy on that alone. ☘️
Damn Reddit will only let me upvote this once!
Those bastards!
Spurs fan here. Never comment in other subs but heard the love for Kornet. He’s been so great for us on the court and locker room. <3
Lukebron Korjames
I’ll name my first born this
He ate that.
Pivotal play!
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🤣🤣
Chip 2 loading, excited for Luke. He deserves success.
He’s another reason (besides beat the Knicks) I’m rooting for Spurs to win.
As a Spurs fan, play of the season. Thank you Boston for Luke! I love this man.
Korn-Dog!
That rivals Lebron’s honestly!
Luke is only 30???? Feels like he’s been in the league since Kobe
Tony Brothers would have called a foul on Luke.
Tony punching air right now
that block is pretty much what sealed the game. killed all momentum and was a huge 4 point swing.
So happy for Luke. Go get another chip. I hate the friggin Knicks.
Good job, Luke. 😭
I love Luke Kornet. Wish he was still a Celtic. But good for him, hope the Spurs take down the Knicks
Did he played for the Boston Celtics?
I live in SA and everyone has been surprised by Kornet, been telling him he’s been solid for years now
He’s amazing
Luke right now is better than all of our big men combined
Get that second ring baby
THAT’S THE CHAMP
Incredible, miss him 😭
Legitimately saw a post in the thunder sub complaining that this should have been a kornet foul
Let’s go Luke!
Miss him at the Celtics
so proud of him its crazy
I’m a Luke guy. Played for my Celtics. Good role player. Smart. But he’s been nigh unplayable this series I was saying to my buddy at halftime tonight. But as if to shut my yapper he makes arguably the play of the game with that block. Hartenstein was losing his grip on it but Luke hustling back prevented a dunk.
That was so sick 🤘 just a phenomenal play, I’m super happy for Luke, and my boy Stephon Castle (UConn homie) and Wemby of course, it’s fucking crazy to me the dude is only 22 years old! Goddamn! He is going to be so much fun to watch for literally another 2 decades 🙏 anyway, let’s go Spurs…..I hope they do the same in a game 7 with the Knicks in about a week and a half 👌 😝
KORNET KONTEST
A tear just rolled down Bobby Manning’s cheek.
That was goddamn tough. Big play.
Fuckin right!
Luke about to get his 2nd ring and be the saviour of new york.
A great block and then falling down like a bag of potatoes
Always liked him👍
We miss you so n Boston Luke
He saved Wemby from foul trouble
Yup!!! A fan favorite
Diehard Celtics fan but admit I enjoy watching the Spurs and hope they destroy the Knicks.
harpers like 😯lmao
Luke is a Dawg 👑
Murder Kornet
I loved when he was barking earlier and the announcers had no idea what was going on.
Play of the game! 💪🏽💯
Massive what!??
😂😂
Love that we have to watch this from our phones because the televised game didn’t show the replay
10 years after Lebron-Iguodala, basketball gods give us Kornet-Hartenstein. BLOCKED BY KORNET
Play. Of. The. Game.
I absolutely love how everyone is so enthusiastic for him and his success.
I get letting horford leave and trading KP.
But wish we made more of an effort to keep kornet. He would’ve made the world of difference for relatively cheap in our series against the sixers
Erased that shot like it was an Atlantic City Magic Night
The NBA is trash! The salary is the only difference between the NBA and the Harlem Globetrotters.