jimmybaseball11 | Hawks

164 | 3 hours ago

Pelinka finding out he actually has to work today

PianoJealous307

16 | 2 hours ago

r/antiwork in shambles

Frodounchainedd | Lakers

3 | an hour ago

The Ben Simmons post was top 5

los33ramos | Lakers

6 | 2 hours ago

I fuckin hate that guy

Tragedy_Boner | Warriors

1 | an hour ago

How? He got Luka.

los33ramos | Lakers

1 | 24 minutes ago

Did he or did Nico just gave him Luka. You can’t be serious

bigdonnie76 | Lakers

1 | 9 minutes ago

Nico also wanted Austin and he said no. The same guy that Luka demanded the lakers resign

theyoloGod | Tampa Bay Raptors

2 | 2 hours ago

Well that’s not very nice. Maybe he was hoping to plan out his July 4th

Looperstooper | Lakers

3 | 2 hours ago

Was still deciding on how many zippers should be on today’s jacket

Accomplished-Box8744 | Timberwolves

54 | 3 hours ago

The retirement home warriors

Omega-Toad-7017 | Bulls

29 | 2 hours ago

It would be so sick if the Warriors just got like all of the remaining 2010s guys. Bron, KD, Curry, Kawhi, Harden, Westbrook, etc.

Accomplished-Box8744 | Timberwolves

7 | 2 hours ago

That’d be insane

Russ and harden winning their first chips

Sadly it can’t happen unless they clear hella space to get harden and kawhi

ChaoticSenior | Supersonics

1 | an hour ago

Like a Dorito?

IMovedYourCheese | Warriors

6 | 2 hours ago

Most of them still want max contracts, so no

DuranchDressing | Timberwolves

1 | 34 minutes ago

Also, some are still on max contracts: Curry, Butler, KD, AD.

So no it’s not happening.

kvetoslavovo

1 | 26 minutes ago

Man thats like real madrid back in the day but everyone older but still damn

WordTimely8559 | Lakers

3 | 2 hours ago

The unction

FanaticsLiveRick

1 | 15 minutes ago

LeExpendables

Frequent-Leg-2347 | Thunder

28 | 3 hours ago

The Lakers are planning on talking to one of their free agents. More at 6

ChunkyMilkSubstance | Lakers

20 | 3 hours ago

Are they? Honestly can’t tell lol

kdorsey0718 | Magic

13 | 3 hours ago

Eh, this is kind of interesting news. He’s a high-value potential free agent and they haven’t had a conversation with him .. at all? Ever?

jldtsu | NBA

5 | 3 hours ago

exactly lol. look at some of the guys that are signing back with their teams. role players. a main piece should have gotten a phone call by now.

TonyHawktuah69

0 | 2 hours ago

This started last off season. Lebron and rich Paul tried to play hard ball and wanted another max extension. Lakers basically said nah and didn’t even try to negotiate a new deal.

It’s why LeBron entered the season visibly pouting. Klutch and LeBron were also hoping LeBron taking up 53 mil and sitting out would cause the team to crash and burn but instead Luka and AR were winning a lot which killed their leverage. That’s when rich Paul switched to going public to bitch that AR needs to be traded or AR isn’t a winning player.

Whole season Klutch has been drama back stage. Good luck to whatever team deals with the lebron retirement circus next year, the Bron Stan’s are rabid and angry and will blame everyone else if it fails to win a title

TaxLawKingGA

3 | 2 hours ago

AR isn’t a winning player and probably should be traded. So he’s not wrong.

I think Bron should leave because the Lakers aren’t winning a title anytime soon regardless, not with Luka and AR are your two best players.

Not sure that the Warriors are the right answer either.

I say Cleveland or NY.

TonyHawktuah69

-1 | an hour ago

“Not a winning player” yet he’s been a large part of the team winning the last 2 years since he broke out lol

When LeBron was having the worst shooting month of his career a year ago and playing like dog shit who was it that kept the team winning in December? Reaves. When LeBron sat out pouting to start the season hoping to force lakers to negotiate a max extension who stepped up as Luka’s second option and helped the team win? Reaves.

We’ve seen what old man LeBron teams are capable of the last several years without Luka. Play ins or missed playoffs. It wasn’t until Reaves became a focal point of the team that they started winning and securing top 4 seeds.

Several_Hour_347

1 | 22 minutes ago

You think sciatica was him pouting? No one is going to take you seriously if you talk like this lmao

greekyogurtmafia | United States

1 | 12 minutes ago

“Not a winning player” yet he’s been a large part of the team winning the last 2 years since he broke out lol

What winning have the Lakers done with Austin Reaves? They won a bunch of regular season games, good for them. Reaves was fucking awful in the playoffs last year against Minnesota, and the only postseason success they have had was with him not even playing when they beat the Rockets lmao (3-0 without him, 1-2 with him that series btw). And then we all saw how Ajay Mitchell was air frying him in the second round.

X_FlashPanther_X | LAC

3 | an hour ago

You’re exactly right and I’m surprised the Rich Paul comments wasn’t as big of a story as it was.

TonyHawktuah69

0 | an hour ago

Lebron Stan’s in lakers sub have switched to saying “Rich Paul is his own man, he doesn’t speak for LeBron” so it’s largely been hand waved away. Like nah Paul is literally lebrons mouth piece and does nothing without lebrons approval or say so.

People love to use players representation as a scapegoat goat for a players diva tendencies. Like people still blame “uncle Dennis” instead of Kawhi.

brinkv | Trail Blazers

21 | 2 hours ago

I’ve never rooted for LeBron but if this warriors team happens I want them to win it all lmao

SuqonMuhdeek | United States

4 | an hour ago

^ This

jldtsu | NBA

12 | 3 hours ago

not a good sign if he’s supposed to be going back to LA. Not even a conversation?

IMovedYourCheese | Warriors

9 | an hour ago

The chances that is true are zero. They have obviously spoken, probably throughout all of last year, and weren’t able to come to an agreement.

jldtsu | NBA

-1 | an hour ago

Haynes and LeBron are pretty close. If you’re right then LeBron is lying.

IMovedYourCheese | Warriors

0 | an hour ago

Them being close is exactly why this is a lie. Most sports journalists are mouthpieces for players/teams. They push favorable narratives in exchange for inside scoops.

Acrobatic_Parking164

9 | 3 hours ago

Finishing his career on the Warriors is so wack

Tocoolforyall720 | Knicks

13 | 3 hours ago

Not as wack as finishing his career with the Spurs

greekyogurtmafia | United States

1 | 10 minutes ago

Why are people pressed about him joining the Spurs? Is it because he actually fills a position of need for that team and would make them the best team?

Acrobatic_Parking164

1 | 3 hours ago

Definitely better than him ring chasing like that but I still think it’s weird to join the biggest rival of your career for your final season. His legacy is already cemented so why not just go back home for one last ride

Several_Hour_347

1 | 19 minutes ago

Are the warriors his biggest rival? Celtics have to be up there

indogunawan | Lakers

-5 | 2 hours ago

That’s what I’m saying. Dude is running to his biggest rival to maybe contend. It’s like if Kobe signed with his biggest rival, the Spurs, to win #6. But unlike the Warriors, Spurs at the time actually had a shot.

GenerallyJam

5 | 2 hours ago

Warriors def have a shot if they get ad idgaf if they’re all old

GfunkWarrior28 | Warriors

-1 | 2 hours ago

Let them get 10th spot play-in… they’d have a good chance.

GenerallyJam

2 | 2 hours ago

Unironically

ImjustANewSneaker | LAL

2 | 2 hours ago

That team is a shell of itself that is not the team LeBron was rivals with.

Millies_ButtersMilk | Timberwolves

1 | 2 hours ago

That’s why I think it’s unlikely bc even though he is 41 it’s like dude that has been your rivial for years why would you join them for that team to still stink like it would just be weird ash for him to retire a warrior so that’s why I think it has no chance of happening.

Terrible_Shelter_345

1 | an hour ago

Just to go out for two first round exits in a row on the retirement home warriors is pretty sad but oh well. Still the GOAT to me.

I liked the Cleveland idea the most for LeBron.

He’d slot in at the 4 amazingly and he at 60 years old still has the guts to show up and drive a team in the playoffs unlike Harden who is half his age.

Kimi7 | Lakers

0 | 2 hours ago

Yes, I don’t give a fuck about him leaving but going to the Warriors will be lame end to his career

LeGodLeKingLeGend

3 | an hour ago

Is getting destroyed next to Harden really better?

Spartan-24 | Suns

-1 | 2 hours ago

His career is going to be so wack in a retrospect. More than likley “Lebron spent more years on the lakers consecutively than any other team” is going to be one of those trivia questions you forgot or had no idea in 20 years

IMovedYourCheese | Warriors

5 | 2 hours ago

Considering free agency starts tomorrow I don’t know how much I believe the “yet to have a conversation regarding his future” part.

Probably more like - Lakers have offered contracts and LeBron has rejected them.

sixpackabs592 | Bucks

2 | an hour ago

Maybe he’s like Aaron rogers and only answers face time calls

Frustratedtx | Spurs

4 | an hour ago

I don’t understand why there isn’t more smoke about San Antonio? If Lebron wants to start, play 25 minutes a game, go to bed at 8pm, drink wine, and still be an integral piece on a real contender that’s the play.

Hopeful_Adonis

1 | 25 minutes ago

I could be wrong but maybe it’s more to do with his personal situation, if his family are settled and plan on staying in LA the warriors may make more sense but I could be way off on that

Frustratedtx | Spurs

1 | 21 minutes ago

100% San Antonio is great for a basketball perspective, not great from a family standpoint. So if being near his family during the regular season is a top priority it makes way more sense to stay in LA or take a quick flight to the Bay Area instead of the 4 hour flight to San Antonio.

Tocoolforyall720 | Knicks

3 | 3 hours ago

To me this reads like one team wants him far more than the other team does

SurlyWet

2 | 3 hours ago

Maneuvering where teammates can maybe help get you a title. GOAT

Yellow_Evan | Lakers

1 | 2 hours ago

Bye.

Legitimate-Elk8595

1 | 43 minutes ago

He’s 100% going back to the Lakers. His camp is just floating this out there to try and create more leverage

ZohranM

1 | 40 minutes ago

He’s not

NerdLawyer55 | Thunder

1 | 22 minutes ago

Le-Gone

nowhathappenedwas | NBA

0 | 3 hours ago

Would be funny if this is all an elaborate ploy by Dray/Klutch to get the Lakers to pony up for LeBron.

Horror_Response_1991 | Magic

-1 | 2 hours ago

If LeBron just wants money Cleveland would have paid him

nowhathappenedwas | NBA

3 | 2 hours ago

The Cavs can’t offer him that much.

RazorAvocado

0 | 2 hours ago

There are ways but it’s a rough

CautiousCottager | Celtics

2 | 2 hours ago

Do the Cavs even have cap space to pay him?

Pogoba

0 | 2 hours ago

Lebron is using Dray as leverage against the Lakers. He probably is looking for $30-40m. Goodbye Rui.

Id be shocked if the Warriors gave AD or Jimmy an extention that both are probably seeking.

Ultimately Dray will be in a position to sign a 2 yr deal to keep Zinger and to add another $15m player. Or somehow make that $15m be Klay Thompson and keeps Jimmy.

Chris Haynes being Rich Paul and Lebrons PR machine

JayDeeLA

5 | 2 hours ago

LeChessplayer James

philthy_funk

0 | an hour ago

Ask yourself what the Lakers want? Winning is the best leverage

CupCharming4931 | Knicks

-1 | 37 minutes ago

Lmao I can’t believe this might be real. The warriors are a fucking nursing home

abc4357 | Lakers

-2 | 3 hours ago

Damn I didn’t think he would leave

sportsinaround | Hornets

13 | 2 hours ago

Really, why not? Some of it was his own doing but they failed to put an appropriate roster around him for years. They’ve pivoted to golden boy Luka, he took a backseat, and then carried the team with Luka/Reaves out still producing like an All-NBA player.

Then by all the reports have obviously hesitated on offering him the max and have let it linger signaling that they want him to take a pay cut or move on so they can prioritize building around Luka. I get it but if they wanted him to stay despite the cost they would have been more aggressive with communicating a deal. I imagine he feels slighted by that. Non-communication speaks volumes.

captain_ahabb | Lakers

-2 | 2 hours ago

I just don’t see how they can maximize this off-season without renouncing his cap hold

WestSixtyFifth | Cavaliers

4 | 2 hours ago

The best move the Lakers can make it signing LeBron James.

captain_ahabb | Lakers

1 | 2 hours ago

I don’t think so. They need to use the space on someone who can play 4-6 years with Luka

WestSixtyFifth | Cavaliers

4 | an hour ago

4-6 years is a lifetime in the NBA, no team is making moves with that many seasons in mind. Luka might be out of the league by then.

captain_ahabb | Lakers

0 | an hour ago

Are you pretending to be dumb because LeBron is your guy or what

WestSixtyFifth | Cavaliers

4 | an hour ago

At least one of us is pretending

captain_ahabb | Lakers

0 | an hour ago

You cannot possibly believe Luka will be out of the league in 4 years

WestSixtyFifth | Cavaliers

2 | an hour ago

He will be 34 is 6 years and has been vocal about his plan to retire early.

captain_ahabb | Lakers

1 | 16 minutes ago

I have no recollection of him talking about retiring early

YouSmugMotherFucka | Lakers

-1 | 2 hours ago

This

The writing was on the wall last off season and fans weren’t paying attention

The narrative of him waiting to see what the lakers do to build and he’d take what’s leftover was just dumb as fuck

As it wouldn’t explain why his agent immediately shit on the team and teammates after option wasn’t offered

I don’t know how fans couldn’t see it

It’s clear as fuck he has his agency speak for
him but somehow some fans really can’t believe it

IcyElement

-2 | 2 hours ago

Holy fuck dude if they get LeBron in a GSW jersey that would be insane… halfway through the season there could be a lineup of Steph, Dray, AD, LeBron and Jimmy. What complete craziness that would be.

rocket_beer | Celtics

-3 | 2 hours ago

Literally no one in LA buys the LeBron shoe

It’s Luka’s team so just move to Golden State

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-8 | 3 hours ago

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Omega-Toad-7017 | Bulls

19 | 2 hours ago

LeBron’s gotta be the only guy ever that can join a 10 seed and get it called ring chasing

GenerallyJam

6 | 2 hours ago

Oh brother

IrohTheUncle | Lakers

3 | 2 hours ago

Ah yes, because what the media reports all forgot to mention is that he is joining the 2017 Warriors.

That’s how thoroughly he beat Father Time, he is now capable of traveling to the past.

[Haynes]: LeBron James and Los Angeles Lakers still have yet to have a conversation regarding his future but that’s expected to change in light of Golden State Warriors’ strategic maneuvering to position themselves as a landing spot, sources tell me.