chosenvengeance | Iran

23 | a day ago

that banana jersey is so ugly

CartoonsAndAppleJack

12 | a day ago

They really need to bring back the early 2000s jerseys. They’re the purple and gold, not purple and banana 😭

DrPuzzle

20 | a day ago

I hope he’s right because they put a lot of money into him and he’s not going to really have to do a whole lot when you’ve got Luka

All he needs to do is catch some rebounds and lobs. Ideally play a little defense. If the big man can do that that’s all Luka needs

Evening_Classic_4947 | GSW

15 | a day ago

expensive for that role, M Rob can do that and he just went for a fraction of the price. he needs to be in the DPOY conversation for this trade to be worth it

nice_nik | LAL

20 | a day ago

M Rob can do that for like 12 30-minute games a season

Evening_Classic_4947 | GSW

-3 | a day ago

fair but Kessler doesn’t have any longer of a track record of availability

SwizzGod | LAL

2 | a day ago

M Rob who gets played off the court because he can’t hit a free throw? Silly statement

thendnchieftain

9 | a day ago

They gave up 4 picks and allocated $100M+ to a guy with no accolades, no playoff berths, and has missed almost as many games as he’s played.

They’re gonna need more than “play a little defense and catch some rebounds”

Aggressive-Law-9305

7 | a day ago

2 of those picks are swaps which may or may not convey

thendnchieftain

-11 | a day ago

Why anyone would give up any FRP in general for Walker Kessler eludes me

MaskedBirder | PHI

14 | a day ago

I think he’ll be fantastic. I agree wholeheartedly that he’ll transform both the offense and defense. I just don’t have a lot of faith in their ability to guard wings and the perimeter as a whole. There are some elite guards and wings in the western conference.

JollyGraduate95 | LAL

3 | a day ago

Not as much wings, as compared to guards and bigs.

Wings dominate the Eastern conference

heat_fan_ | TOR

1 | a day ago

Kessler is great his biggest issue is his health, hopefully he stays healthy

CartoonsAndAppleJack

25 | a day ago

Health isn’t an issue at all if you looked at why he missed most of his games (it was tanking)

pacifismisevil | MEM

1 | a day ago

Apparently he was threatening to sign a qualifying offer and then leave as a free agent next season, if so then they got a great deal. 2 FRP and 2 swaps. Luka is gonna be a white elephant by 2031 so it could be 2 top 10 and 2 top 5 picks for a team that might be a nascent dynasty by then.

thendnchieftain

5 | a day ago

You can’t attribute “tanking” as the main reason why a guy has missed 33% of all his career games lol. He’s genuinely injury prone

CartoonsAndAppleJack

7 | a day ago

You literally can lol 😂😂😂 people just be telling on themselves. If there’s any player ever that you can attribute the vast majority of their absences to tanking it’s Walker Kessler

EatsCatShit | LAL

4 | a day ago

You’re a moron that’s just regurgitating the same tired take as all the other morons on r/nba. Here’s a list of his entire injury history:

Oct–Nov 2022 — Illness: Missed 3 games
March 2023 — Illness: Missed 1 game
April 2023 — Concussion: Missed 4 games
Nov 2023 — Left elbow UCL sprain: Missed 7 games
Dec 2023 — Right foot soreness: Missed 1 game
Feb–March 2024 — Right foot sprain: Missed 4 games
April 2024 — Nasal fracture: Missed 6 games
Nov 2024 — Right hip bursitis: Missed 6 games
Jan 2025 — Left shoulder contusion: Missed 2 games
Feb 2025 — Left shoulder contusion: Missed 1 game
Feb 2025 — Thumb sprain: Missed 1 game
Feb 2025 — Illness: Missed 1 game
March 2025 — Illness: Missed 1 game
April 2025 — Nasal fracture/concussion: Missed 5 games
2025–26 — Left shoulder labral tear: Surgery; missed the final 77 games

Before the shoulder surgery, most of his injury absences were relatively short. The labral tear and subsequent surgery were by far the longest absence of his career.

CtrlAltDelightfull | LAL

6 | a day ago

I don’t think his health is as big of an issue as people are letting on. The shoulder issue was something he’s had since college and he’s played his whole career with it, but he and the jazz decided he should get the surgery last season since they were tanking and didn’t want him to play anyway.

SnooWords5344

1 | a day ago

Why does he look fatter here than he did a couple weeks ago in Slovenia? There must be more calories in American air or something

OmfgHaxx | NBA

8 | a day ago

Yellow is an extremely unflattering color for white people. I’m not joking I’m white and I refuse to wear yellow.

mywoffles | LAL

1 | a day ago

Gotta be built like the X-Men to rock yellow as a pasty fella

AshenSacrifice | LAC

1 | a day ago

The biggening: Part 6

Evening_Classic_4947 | GSW

5 | a day ago

kessler has played less than 16 games against Doncic teams but go off king

onefootback | TOR

3 | a day ago

i must’ve missed the offensive improvement from kessler