Lakers draft pick Cameron Carr on whom he’d rather guard, SGA or Anthony Edwards: “Yeah, I ain’t dealing with the flopping, Anthony Edwards”
If he’s wanting to guard anybody he’ll already be our 2nd best perimeter defender
The intention is all that matters lol, at least it will help with jj’s blood pressure, he might have a stroke if he has to see ayton not box out at the clip he was doing it last year
Lmao
Anyone know why Carr fell that far down despite the wingspan and shooting? Is it just that he’s old as dirt and weighs less than Chalamet after a ping pong marathon?
A few reasons why I think Cameron Carr fell
This draft is incredibly deep
Functional strength is now the drafting trend after having watched this NBA finals and the general drafting tendencies. Carr is a bit of a twig
previous teams have more important needs to address
Holy shit lmaooo
You got a baller
We shoulda just kept him.
I agree. I project him def higher than shamet who is a nice player. I wouldn’t bother paying mitch. I def would like Jose back, but it’s a tough call since we do have kolek (who is buried on the bench if Jose is here)
dang, that’s cool seeing the knicks w/ trophy flair
Nice I didn’t even see it until you mentioned it and I zoomed in
This is funny as hell 😭
Fuck PR, give me more of this.
Blows my mind that this isn’t “acceptable”
And reporters want the same boring answers to the same boring questions every game
Huh? Reporters obviously love answers like this. Why wouldn’t they want more interesting answers that drive clicks and views?
lol exactly. Most reporters are trying to get players to wild out. It’s the coaches and teams that are now coaching young, untrained guys how to respond better
Who is saying this isn’t acceptable?
Redditors say they love this kind of behavior but 99% of tbe time they actually fucking hate it
They usually start attacking the person who said it by something like “haha says the guy who couldn’t even achieve X” lmao
sports discourse in general is and probably always has been unbearable
When Shane Gillis did the “SGA is here, hell ya dude, givea round of applause for the mvp and now everyone around him is in foul trouble” at the ESPYs, the audience’s reached like he used a slur
You think they’d laugh at a slur? Cause they laughed in the clip you posted yourself btw.
Referring to actual or imagined events?
I see more comments around here over the past year slamming players for not giving smart PR answers. Craziness. I love the honesty.
Yeah, reporters want boring answers and not headlines.
A prime example of Reddit upvoting absolute nonsense comments.
ah yes hes screwing up his pr by agreeing with the most popular narrative among casual nba fans what a brave soul
It’s not about being brave, I just love the shit talking. He’s not a casual nba fan, so it’s just shit talking at the end of the day.
Still wild to be coming into the NBA firing strays at the reigning 2-time MVP
Very hahaha I love it. As long as it translates.
No one likes a shit talker that cant do shit lol
SGA bout to give this kid 50
From the free throw line /s
Hes fixing to get torched by SGA lmao
SGA gonna cook him then compliment him after the game too lol
Say some shit like “he’s a great kid”
Hang your hat, 0-0 mentality, etc.
Must be annoying to get beat by someone that’s so well adjusted and nice
I think it is worse to get beat by someone who is a prick tbh
Nah because you can hate the prick, but you can’t hate the saint. That just makes YOU the asshole, you know?
“I can tell he’s gonna do great things in the league” after dropping 45 on him
“Just keep getting better! 😁”
“Go home and be a family man”
He’s Canadien Guile
“The future is yours”
SGA going to make him pancakes after
Game. Okc blouses.
He’s gonna say some corny ass pun after dropping 50 on his dome
IG post after LA/OKC Christmas game
“only had to play in the first half
Carr playing D, trying not to laugh
young buck got next but still got no stops
my bag was shallow, ain’t even need flops.”
Everything he does is consistent
His welcome to the NBA moment by SGA will be rough
and Anthony Edwards. Picked him twice!
If there’s anything to take away from last year it’s that Denver should’ve never chosen to pick the Wolves in the first round
But he clearly doesn’t want the flop smoke. He already said he don’t want to guard him.
So is SGA gonna score 50 on him ethically? We’ll take that.
More likely 20 in the 2nd, leaves early in the third and doesn’t come back
hits him with the most generic polite response possible in the interview afterwards
“I take it as a sign of respect” said with the most calm and earnest facial expression while dressed like a neutral color tone furby
I can’t believe SGA already leaking his fits for next season
Maybe he’ll go with flaming pink as a hint of displeasure.
I’m pretty sure he succeeded in insulting both of them lol
Gonna drop 40 going 18⁄21 no flops out of spite. Prolly gets 29 fts in the game after tho
SGA gonna give him 20⁄20 FTs 🤣
Lakers series really made the SGA flopping narrative break containment
Despite Reaves putting on a flopping masterclass. Insane LA PR
Lol you don’t even need LA PR when 28 other teams would gladly do it for them.
Touche
It’s just cognitive bias. The switch up on the Spurs between the WCF and the Finals was hilarious.
Spurs were super physical and flopped a ton in both series but people didn’t care about it when they played OKC, but then against the Knicks they were the villains.
It’s not though, does no one remember the report that Shai fell twice as much as any other player.
That doesn’t really negate the fact that SA are egregious floppers. My favorite playoff memory this year will be Castle flopping to try and win G4. That shit was so funny and got overshadowed by OG’s dope ass play
he cocks his head back like he’s trying to bob for some apples at a fair, and i had to hear about how spurs are fucking “ethical basketball saviors” all year
That was my favorite pivot. It came after everyone claimed the Thunder all flopped and only won because FTs. Then when it was pointed out that we are below average in FTA, everyone was like “actually you have to look at fall percentage…”
I completely stopped engaging in or reading any NBA discussion/discourse for the rest of the playoffs after that shit. I felt like I was taking crazy pills. The OKC hysteria during the WCF was literally like people were living in a different reality.
Fall percentage still cracks me up when I remember it.
What were we doing?
And then the moment you were gone people seemingly SUDDENLY found a new villain and said the same things about them
We care more about hypothetical free throws than real ones that he does not get a a higher rate than other top scorers
It was not any other player, it was like 3 or 4 other players.
It’s like narratives have more to do with how many fans one team has than anything
Yeah. Pretty much. If this exact Thunder team players in LA, they wouldn’t get a quarter of a shit that they currently get
Right, nobody gives the Lakers shit…
You think they don’t talk about the shit that’s brought up on NBA social media shit, and occasionally saying dumb shit (even if it’s true, sometimes saying it’s out loud sounds dumb). These are still basically kids who spent 1-3 years in college hanging with friends and saying shit.
Some dude said something on Twitter about Kobe and the Colorado case when he was in high school or early college, then got drafted by the Lakers and had to apologize to Kobe in person. I want to say it was Mike Dunleavy, Jr, but I can’t remember.
I bet whomever gets drafted by Houston in 1st and 2nd round talked trash about KD’s burner shit somewhere, and maybe even did it on socials.
I think it was Larry Nance Jr who made that tweet lol
austin reaves was shit posting about MJ being the goat over lebron when he was a kid 😂
You like the word shit
4 shits in the first paragraph, 3 in the first sentence alone. Then no more til the last shit in the last sentence. Lol.
Sometimes that last bit of shit takes a while to finish the journey.
Not really, Lakers fans were actually pretty chill overall. They knew that OKC was going to stomp them so they weren’t toxic. The Spurs fans on the other hand were massive crybabies the whole time, and most other fanvases were rallying behind them attacking OKC as well.
Went to game 3 and had a swell time with laker fans. On the Metro ride home I checked Reddit and it was like everyone watched a completely different game lol
Real life is always different from the Internet. Glad you had no problems attending the game. Helps mor that your team won lol
I went to game 3 of the nuggets lakers series too when jokic won a chip. Lakers fans were chill that time too.
My wife was not, she was mad anxious about being around so many people (it’s the most crowded place we had been post Covid) and I stupidly told her to just get shitfaced beforehand and I will babysit her so she can have a good time.
Fast forward to the third quarter and I look over and she is (considerately) vomming all over herself. Had to use our free playoffs shirts to clean up the mess and had to leave smh
Because people here are pathetic. Real life fans are rarely at the level of commenters here.
Plus if you go to the game it means you actually like the sport and want to watch it
Reddit was cancer during that series
We’re also big Luka fans now and his game is based around shot fake free throw drawing too, so impossible to hate on SGA for his arsenal without hypocrisy
Doris Burke brought up the Free Throw Merchant nickname on the national broadcast during the 2025 Playoffs.
Mavs fans been saying it for years.
maybe if you think Reddit is the entire world
I’m sure nobody will overreact and make total judgements over this short video
This will be forgotten by Tuesday
I already forgot
sounds to me like he wants the smoke and im down with that
PR down the drain LOL
Our dumbass fanbase(including me) and the legion of okc haters will eat this up
Yeah I’d argue the opposite, this is legitimately great PR for him lol
Untill SGA lights him the fuck up for 40
With 25 FTA
He’s gonna do it anyways, at least this is funny
Will he be flopping while doing it though.
Hey real quick do you know who led the NBA in free throw attempts per game this year?
Doesn’t matter if he does/doesn’t, you’ve all decided no matter what that it’ll have happened.
“Why does he fall on the floor so much reeeeeee”
Finishes the game with like 6 FTA
I mean hating on shai just seems like free popularity points these days
Yooo this question is ridiculous. Instant bulletin board material for everybody he named
lamelo, ant, and sga are now all asking for the switch onto him to cook him
Tbf I dont think any of these players need bulletin board material to cook a rookie.
nvm the fact that all the top 4 said they model their games after him, pick 24 got something to say!
Oh shit, bro just put a target on himself.
SGA about to go for 85 vs us next season.
Wilt, SGA, Bam. In that order!
No, no, no, it is still Wilt, BAM, SGA
on 45 free throws
Shai’s scoring 120 with those FT numbers
The Bam stat line
SGA wouldn’t disrespect bam adebayo like that
85 free throw attempts?
In a perfect world, OKC would trade for this guy and put his locker next to SGA just to watch him sweat.
Trade for him, first month doesn’t touch the court just getting cooked day after day in practice.
G league , draft and stash just because okc could sit on him and laugh at the league and him at the same time.
Evil I know but one of the few teams that could do it because our needs are so few.
taking shots and daring Ant and SGA to go at you before you even play an NBA game is definitely a bold decision
Sounds like my type of player. Everyone loves hearing this when it’s a top 3 pick. Why not him?
It’s not like he chose the questions dude chill.
relax. what is sga gonna do, stab him?
Ant would give you 50 bro
I charitably interpreted him choosing Ant as “I’d rather play the actual game of basketball even if I’m getting 50 on my head”
Yeah lol, i dont think he took any actual basketball into consideration
He originally chose Edwards over Lamelo, which is insanity. I’m well under 6’, slow and out of shape, so I know I’m not guarding anybody in the NBA. But if you’re making me choose between those 2, I am definitely choosing the guy who might fuck around a bit and miss over the guy who would put me on my ass lol.
I think you’re misunderstanding the question/answer process there. Carr is saying he wants ANT because he’s the tougher challenge relative to Melo.
SGA will give you 38 and an early exit from the game
Send da video
You will have more time to dwell upon the 30 SGA will give you after spending half a quarter watching him shoot free throws
Shai would give him 55
The fwnbase with Austin Reaves and Luka complaining about flopping will always be funny to me
And Bron. And Smart. Lol
It’s funny to me and I’m a Lakers fan lol
don’t worry buddy, you’ll get plenty of exposure practicing against Luka and Reaves next year.
Crazy they drafted a dude with a tiktok education 😭
Where’s the lie
The part where Cameron Carr puts any effort on defense
I like him already
Yeah, fuck pr
Shai giving him 40 and 15 on 90% next season confirmed
love him already
Doesn’t want to deal with flopping. Gets drafted to the Lakers 😂
How is this post the highest upvoted on draft night?
Because okc and sga hate pays the bills (literally)
This whole thing reminds me of what haliburton said about media casuals using narratives because they can’t talk about basketball
Okc is amazing and doesn’t deserve this much shit but they were also clearly unethical lol
You are going to hate the whole Lakers roster then my friend 😂
Hasn’t played an NBA game and already taking shots at the MVP. I’m willing to bet this had something to do with him falling that far
Damn we took the no IQ dude, did we not at least talk with him beforehand?
I hate our drafting lol
A: Can’t understand a simple question
B: Antagonizes the 2-time MVP
Yeah, kid’s a winner lol
To be fair, 90% of these guys are stupid, they’re there to hoop, not impress you with their book skills
BBIQ not real IQ lol
lol yeah… I would love this if it was any other team’s player
Instead I’m just like “come on bro”
Thunder fans taking emotional damage from that.
The SGA hate is fucking insane man
Lmfaooooooo he went to a fanbase that hates sga too that’s wild
Which fanbase DOESN’T nowadays?
I like this guy already.
This guy will hate Reaves then
Based
Man I don’t like sga but cmon bruh you just got a target on your back
generationally bad PR, tears of joy man
Lmao those three gonna be gunning for him for years to come
Not even nba rookies have respect for fta. Lmao.
Dybantsa literally praises SGA consistently
All 4 of the top picks have said they admire Shai’s game lol
that’s why they are better players than bro in this video
Gonna hate his teammate Luka then
SGA getting the IG caption written as we speak
The Flopper Stopper
this dude is gonna have multiple “welcome to the NBA” moments after this lmao
Lmao this is too 🤣
Ant is easier to guard overall
IM A FAN
He getting his welcome to the league moment from SGA himself
Ain’t this the kids that quit on his team mid season
One of us
Well that helps explain one reason why he dropped tonight.
He definitely posts on this sub
Yeah we don’t care pal. You’re guarding SGA.
TUH, 50 piece incoming
Instant reditt legend
I hope players don’t get delusional 😂😂😂They gon trick themselves into shai scoring career highs
As a Wolves fan, I know what he meant so it doesnt really feel like a diss but with that being said, Ant is gonna dunk on this dudes head now lol
Lmao I can’t wait for Shai to fucking cook this kid.
Gg lakers. Your draft pick guaranteed another thunder sweep in the playoffs.
people say it’s old heads ruining the nba talking shit about it, nah it’s everyone who disrespects today’s game.
it’s a garbage product
Find this guy’s Reddit account, he must be a regular
Waiting for SGA to bust his sorry ass.
It’s so funny to me seeing draftees every year with the social media takes. Like, I just know they are all fellow nephews on this sub while coming up. I wonder if they stick around once they make the big leagues, or our stupidity gets to be too much and they quit it.
How long before this dude is out the league
Who in their right mind thinks guarding Ant over Lamelo is gonna be easier? Dude ain’t bright.
Love to see it… that said, SGA is gonna hang 44 on his head with only 4 FTs, probably sitting out most of the fourth quarter.
Carr just gave Anthony Edwards free motivation for the entire season.