Lu Dort on his team option: “I want to stay here. This organization and this city have really shaped me as a person and as a player.”
Oh no. He doesn’t know.
They might fire him out of a cannon to his next team lol
a football team perhaps
He’s going to be in shambles when he receives three fouls in 5 minutes on a different team
So he’ll fit right in on the Raps
Exactly the type of home run Raptors free agency get. Demarre Carroll 2.0
Go to Warriors for vet min and learn from Draynond about how to keep the refs in line.
I wouldn’t mind him on the Pistons assuming the way OKC has shaped him can be undone as he would be one of the better 3pt shooters on our roster. By all means be a physical bully but not one that trips people on his 3pt attempts while also flopping.
Other team with refs’ whistle then i.e. Lakers.
Rotty doesn’t know.
Lu Dorsn’t Know
it’s gonna be a real awkward meeting in the offseason with him and Presti
Vibes will be unimmaculate when they realize Presti has 100 FRPs to replace them
I wonder if this is an indication that he’d sign on a much cheaper deal
That’s how I took it.
Nah, they are trading Dort for more picks down the road. Keep the war chest full.
Does he know??
Does he know?
I also wouldn’t want my boss to decline paying me 18 million dollars.
OKC declining his option is going to actually help him make more money in the long run because someone will inevitably give him a multiyear deal this offseason.
Are the Lakers that team? For all his flaws I think he’d help
dort and smart would be the all time floppingest back court since Dort and SGA
How does Luka dodge these convos lmao
Literally Luka and Reaves are some of the biggest floppers in the league, yet the Dort and Smart would be the Lakers flopping duo. Hmmm…
Lakers could have the two best offensive floppers and two best defensive floppers. They’d be unstoppable.
Might as well reinstate Donaghy for the season opener
Lakers would be Unfloppable.
That’s just how good Dort and Smart are
i think you need to learn the diffrence between flopping and baiting contact
because while luka is the biggest complainer in the league and up there with the biggest foul baiter… he doesnt actually straight up full on flop as much as some of these guys
That pump fake and jump into the defender isn’t flopping? Thats like the Luka special
yeah i actually don’t really think that is flopping, its foul baiting. Flopping (in my mind) is the dort flying around screens with his feet off the ground. Chet falling to the ground holding his face when he had his shoulder bumped etc. Flopping is when you make up contact that isnt there basically
Definitionally, no. Flopping is falling over intentionally after contact. Foul baiting is not always flopping, but it can be just as annoying
You know that flopping means faking/exaggerating contact right? Jumping into defenders isn’t a basketball play, but it also really isn’t a flop.
The distinction is narrow but people hate flopping more than foul baiting especially if you hit the shot. AR foul baits but hits the circus shot which is maddening but not as bad as flopping on an obvious shot never meant to go in
Drawing a foul and flopping are different.
To put it another way, SGA often plays to get to the line. Luka is always trying to make a shot, even if he’s looking for a foul too.
Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Getting them off their feet is smart offense. Diving out of your way to draw the foul after that ain’t.
Lol when Luka does it it’s smart offense, when Shai does it he’s a war criminal
https://np.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/1rxpk21/lowlight_luka_baits_a_foul_and_misses_all_3_free/
The person you’re responding to never said that Shai pump faking for a foul is a war crime. I can’t speak for them, but I call that foul baiting regardless of who does it, not flopping.
Reaves also does flop on defense, but on offense he’s mostly foul baiting, not flopping.
The duality of fans
Ok listen don’t make me defend fucking luka but theres a difference between pump, them jump into you, then you go up vs pump, they close out to your side, and you jump sideways into them and barely even get the shot up
Luka doesn’t really flop, he baits contact like SGA but flopping is different. Austin Reaves does flop, Luka just screams AAYYE then complains when he gets hit.
luka is so much bigger and stronger than the average guard that they kinda have to hit him… he’s not really flopping, he baits sometimes or is straight up absorbing contact which is annoying for him (no one likes getting whacked) - reaves does flop
i’ve always seen him as more of a whiner than just a flopper
he doesn’t really flop - he does whine but bc he’s constantly getting hit and i’m not saying he’s got a bad whistle or anything but keep in mind luka is about 30⁄40 lbs heavier (sometimes even heavier) than the average nba guard so they do foul the shit out of him just bc he’s bigger it doesn’t get called (same when caruso guards jokic - ur not calling a foul on a guy who weighs 205 if the other player is 280 and that logic applies to luka as well
8 moving screen calls per game
Only if plan A,B, and c don’t work out
So he’s a laker
POA defender/enforcer with spotty shooting who dabbles in flagrant 2s?
Welcome back Meta World Peace!
more a ron artest type imo
If they keep Reeves, Bron, and Rui could they still afford Dort?
I’m sorry it’s how much!? Yeah no way they pick it up
Bless his heart he’s going to be shooting corner threes off of Egor Demin kick outs in 5 months
Missing corner threes
Both can be true
Doubt it
Aww…he thinks he’s gonna be in OKC next year
He’s gonna be a maverick. They’re one of the few teams that can pick it up. Or Houston. A couple others. Teams looking for star support.
Nah don’t bring this NFL player to the Mavs please
You might not like this but every great team needs a bastard. Lu Dirt might be the bastard Cooper needs to get to the promised land. He might be your Draymond. Your Dennis Rodman.
Yeah no. Hard pass.
Houston would be a great fit. They should give him the max.
Dirty ass player lol
Will never forgive him for his play against Ja
He’s gonna be great in Memphis next year
Nah he’s gonna be a laker. Grizz have all 15 roster spots taken, very unlikely
I mean he wasn’t lying about the city shaping him as a player then
Did you see him run into Wemby under the rim last night? Looked like he tried to take his knees out. He’s extremely smooth with the dirty plays.
Imagine if he destroyed Wemby’s career. Adam Silver would have him in a black site somewhere for the rest of his days.
I don’t think the Nets have a front office vacancy atm
Goddamn lol
Yea based on his sneaky ways of trying to injure people, I’d say he’s a shit person. Terrible human being.
Once he’s shipped off to the Kings he’ll be irrelevant in the league
Shaped by Oklahoma lol
Explains everything, no notes.
BREAKING: The Houston Texans have agreed to a record 5-year, \(102 million deal with All-Pro linebacker Lu Dort, in a deal that shatters Roquan Smith's \)100 million deal signed with the Ravens in 2023.
can he play quarterback when we make the divisional round
good question, he did make threes at a higher percentage than cj stroud completed passes
god dammit this one got me, my sides are in pain
If the organization and city is what shaped him as a person and player, then that is a negative thing.
he didn’t get drafted after leaving as a freshman, was overlooked by practically everyone. He then went to OKC and developed into a major starter on a championship team.
It’s not really a negative thing at all lmao
So they are teaching their players to play dirty and flop then. got it
thunder fans would watch dort and caruso powerbomb someone through the play by play table and say thats good clean defense
Then bitch about an incidental foul and claim the refs are fucking on them.
Freudian slip from Dort
Well, yeah, it’s pretty clear that Mark Daigneault teaches that.. look how fast they got McCain on the program
Not as bad as Zion being shaped (literally) by NO (fat)
I’m sorry but I’d rather be an OKC fan than NOP, the takeaway from this is just karma farming at its worst.
Plus side is that you can get game day tickets for like $4 with fees and then when the game is over you still don’t live in Oklahoma lol
Poor guy doesn’t even know he’s a wizard yet
Dont wish that on us!
You will trade AD for Dort and picks and you will like it
I don’t like it 😔
You’re a wizard….Dort!
Owl is en route.
Flopping and playing dirty? Got it
He’s gonna be on your bench next year
Injuring shai next year?
I tried a Hauser for Dort trade on Spotrac during a trade machine binge, it went green and then I stared at it for a while a little scared.
No way he’d get the same whistle on the Celtics. Players only get that kind of whistle on big market teams like Oklahoma City
Just imagine him playing defense on SGA next season.
Two dolphins whaling about on the floor.
I’m good
Translation: I won’t be able to get a way with tackling players on another team and without it I will be out of a league before the end of the season on that team cause I’m not good enough to be an NBA player
People said the same thing about Dillon Brooks
Brooks has mostly cleaned up his act and is legitimately an impactful 2-way player. Dort sucks when he’s not pretending to be an NFL defensive end
Sure, but this sub said he wasn’t an NBA player like 3 years ago
This sub loves to jump on the hate trains. Go back and read the old post when Dort got paid and it was all praise about how hard he worked to get the contract. Fast forward a few years later and here we are. He still has some years left in him yet.
He can hang around the league, but he just had his worst season in the league all-around punctuated by a terrible WCF. His team option is overpriced and it’s probably cleaner for everyone to go separate ways. OKC should be developing young guys like Sorber or Topic or finding room for better wings.
I mean, that’s more of a testament to Brooks than anything
Not really lmao. Just last postseason brooks was bragging about going after Steph’s injured wrist
The narratives around this team have really brainwashed people into believing dort, among others, aren’t actually good point of attack defenders lol
Can’t wait to see him all of a sudden be a clean defender once he’s off the Thunder lol
Dirty player or not he is still one of the best defenders in the league. Will always be a good role player on a contender.
Translation: “if I play like this on any other team, I’ll foul out in the first quarter. I need refball or I’m going to be out of the league in three years”
Same reason Draymond will never leave golden state.
He’ll be on the Lakers and get a great whistle
Your team could have drafted luka
It wasn’t a bad thing, I definitely wasn’t ragging on u guys lol. It just seems like dort is the kind of 3&D type wing they’ll put around Luka and Reaves.
I swear man for having so much success you Lakers fans have the thinnest skin. Relax lil boy
i know you guys hate him an all, but he would be a good fit on the lakers
Yeah I could definitely see lakers FO chasing him if OKC don’t pick up his option. It would be so funny watching the lakers fans have to 180 on him after all the hate for the past 2 years.
it would be a no brainer for me if he is available. think the lakers would be a lot more competitive. in the non luka mins, you can run reaves and him. i dont expect the laker fans to shout Lu while he is hitting rainbow 3s though
If he’s on the Lakers he can’t injure Luka. Probably. Worth the risk.
just typing just to type
Dirtiest player in the league right now.
👀
Caruso trying his absolute hardest to take that title.
Now and forever, Dray’s the king.
Oddly enough I find Dray’s version of dirty less hateable than Caruso/Dort’s. Dray doesnt hide it, he does dogshit behavior wide open blatantly and takes ejections for it. Whereas Caruso and Dort play it off so slimy. They’d grab someone to an awkward landing and plead to the refs that it was not their fault.
Lu Dort, you are a Montreal Alouette
Does someone wanna tell him the bad news?
He’s a Laker wdym
he won’t be diving into Luka’s knees, we’ll get that going for us, which is nice.
If he doesn’t stay on the Thunder, he’d be perfect for the Pistons imo, especially his veteran leadership.
Defense isn’t their problem
he would genuinely improve the spacing which is just ridiculous
Don’t know if you trust him to do that. He had some great years, but he shot terribly this year and part of why he was so good is the Thunder were regularly playing 5 out and he was getting great looks. He’s not really a movement shooter or someone teams are going to really respect in terms of gravity.
It was more of a joke that the spacing is so horrific that a dude who might shoot 32% is an improvement
They’re saying the pistons shooting is so poor that Dort’s sub par shooting would actually be an improvement.
I gotta be honest that’s just a terrible take. The pistons need shooting and playmaking, their defense was great. He is perhaps the last person the pistons should go after.
I could see the Lakers or Jazz making a play for him, they need better perimeter defense. And with Dort you hope his 3ball returns to form and that this year was a outlier
They need more ball handlers and just better shooters though right? Idk though
We have fine leadership with Tobias and Cade. We’re looking for guys who can dribble and shoot.
Bad Boys Pistons reboot? They’ve rebooted everything else.
Lu Doubt
LuGone
He ain’t staying for his \(18M team option. If he’s willing to take \)3.5M then likely he can keep his roster spot.
He has to stay. Over half the league hates his ass lol.
Dirty POS player. Going for other guys knees. Their livelihood. He deserves rot in hell.
Please you guys just keep him. If you really got to move him just send him to the nets or something. Send him somewhere he doesnt have a chance to hurt someone in the playoffs
Watch how quickly the Thunder fans turn on him the moment he pulls his usual bullshit against them
I think him signing with Klutch Group all but confirms he’s not coming back. That agency has a rep for squeezing as much money as possible for their clients and you know, I get it.
But if Lu Dort starts asking for 25M-30M then no thanks we good, Cason Wallace is here.
Bro gonna be playing in Memphis
I know Lu gets painted as dirty and villain but man he was here during some of the darkest days and was a big part of getting us out of it. I know he probably played his last game for the Thunder but he’ll always be cool with me
“Painted as a dirty player” man it’s amazing what some people overlook when a player is on their team
Maybe if he put more effort into his jumpshot and scoring instead of taking players out at the knees, he’d still be in OKC next year.
Bro really doesn’t do anything other than fouling and flopping
You mean shaped you into an injury causing dickhead?
Don’t teach dirty flopping like that everywhere
No chance they keep him tbh.
what else can he say?
HE GONE
Got banned from the Thunder Reddit for simply saying that Lou Dort sucks. Bunch of betas run the account 😂
On a cheap contract sure team friendly
The very first day OKC can officially announce the decision, he’s out of there.
I wonder what kind of reshape he’s talking about. Is it about being dorty player, foul baiter or all of the above?
They really taught him how to try to injure every opposing player he faces.
So he is saying OKC did him dirty
Why OKC would pick up the team option:
Why OKC won’t pick up the team option:
I’m guessing OKC pick up the option and eventually trades Dort in December or by the 2027 trade deadline.
“Does he know?” Meme is obligatory here. Or the Mr. Grabs “How do we tell him?”
I’m ready for the fans of wherever he ends up to suddenly think he’s an upstanding guy who is just hated on unfairly
Some of the takes here are hilarious. He knows damn well he just played his last game with the Thunder.
If Presti declines an $18M team option on prime Lu Dort, that is straight up malpractice lol. Elite POA defense on a contender at that number is a bargain, especially with the cap jumping. Worst case you pick up the option and trade him later, you do not just let that walk to save Clay Bennett a tax check.
So the city shaped him into being a cheap dirty player?
Checks out. I met a lot of shit heads in OKC.
Dude inadvertently issued a massive indictment against OKC 😅😅.
Also half the league has a star player who he tripped….and he’s not Draymond.
Either presti will say fuck it and sign him to a new contract or he’ll opt in and then he’ll be traded. But in under no circumstance is he going to walk with OKC getting nothing.
Ship him off
He gone
Lu dirt is done
how much would you pay him on the open market. think before the season started it would probably be upwards of 20 mill. Right now around 15-20 seems fine. thanks for game 5 Lu
You missed a decimal point there
He’s gone. Caso is starting now.
Feels like sign and trade would be viable for him, but idk if that’s an option given salary cap stuff
he knows he won’t be able to get away with his BS on another team lol
why does he have an iron cross on his beanie lmao
He’s gone.
No problem. You’ll just be included in the trade package
NI HAO
Insert who is going to tell him meme
He gone.
Yeah. Stay your ass there. Fr.
How do we tell em
Dort: “This city made me a dirty player”
Chet does not deserve that money.
I bet it has Lu…. I bet it has.
m pi lol