Sojiro | LAL

913 | 4 hours ago

I hope he aspires to do great things too

SpaceOhSpace

89 | 4 hours ago

He can’t wait to get on the Jumbotron

elonakamoto | NBA

34 | 4 hours ago

Fight for affordable housing in Rhode Island

mas1108 | LAL

1 | 3 hours ago

He will receive top notch benefits through Lockton Insurance

jamarcusaristotle

9 | 4 hours ago

Breaking through artificial ceilings that seek to limit and control

Life_Crossover | LAC

6 | 4 hours ago

boingo!

podfog | GSW

2 | 3 hours ago

This comment made me aspirate

NextGenRoyalty

3 | 4 hours ago

That should be the next phase of his career

No-Economics4128 | SAS

1 | 3 hours ago

It would have been copacetic if Kawhi was bothered to plant one fucking tree

No_Command_8477 | LAL

473 | 4 hours ago

This is multi-directional funny considering how Kawhi got paid and how CP3/Blake got shitted on

Also DeAndre Jordan was held hostage in his house to sign with the Clippers

BananaRepublic_BR | SAS

50 | 4 hours ago

It’s immensely funny.

pokemonbatman23

1 | 2 hours ago

And thats not even touching on Sterling’s racism yet

PeregrineFaulkner | GSW

497 | 4 hours ago

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

H_R_1 | GSW

1 | 2 hours ago

The audacity of this young man you almost have to respect it

JimmieMcnulty | WAS

107 | 4 hours ago

Funniest possible answer

GloryCloud | LAL

93 | 4 hours ago

Whether you’re interpreting this as how they screw over players like Chris Paul/Blake griffin or you are interpreting that they take ‘care’ of players like Kawhi it’s funny either way

encladd | LAC

2 | 4 hours ago

How’d they screw over Blake?

Gladweagreeonthsfact

28 | 4 hours ago

Big contract extension, promised to keep him until retirement as their marquee player, shipped him out expeditiously.

emeraldegg

6 | 4 hours ago

and then I think still never retired his jersey?

encladd | LAC

7 | 3 hours ago

The should but it’s funny the clips are down so bad to retire a jersey they have to give it to the guy that punched the equipment manager and broke his hand during the year where they had their best shot to win a title. That’s the guy with the best argument lol.

encladd | LAC

-5 | 3 hours ago

It wouldn’t have made sense to keep him as their marquee player so I don’t know why they would have promised that.

Exzibit21 | LAC

5 | 3 hours ago

We’re actually the only team in NBA history to trade a player without telling him beforehand

Independence527

17 | 3 hours ago

But only after comparing him to MLK.

Cheetah357 | TOR

1 | 3 hours ago

I thought that’s how it usually works. I swear I’ve seen multiple interviews by different players talking about how they found out they got traded by a tweet, news source or someone outside of the team

maiq--the--liar | NBA

-4 | 3 hours ago

I thought AD didn’t know he was traded?

twovles31

250 | 4 hours ago

Well not Chris Paul the 2nd time.

younghplus

114 | 4 hours ago

Or Blake griffin

CazOnReddit | TOR

67 | 4 hours ago

Or Deandre Jordan

Or Bob McAdoo but at least that one has been healed by time

FirstReaction_Shock | LAL

9 | 4 hours ago

What happened to Bob?

ThatBull_cj | PHI

4 | 4 hours ago

I mean they did give him a max he didn’t deserve and that was always gonna age poorly

whitedawg | DET

4 | 4 hours ago

When he signed that he was 27 yo and coming off a season averaging 22/8/5 and was the first homegrown superstar the Clippers had had basically ever. Unless they knew something about his long-term degenerative injuries, a max is totally reasonable in that situation.

ThatBull_cj | PHI

-1 | 3 hours ago

He also got hurt like 3 years in a row and his game was very dependent on athleticism. And above all else he wasn’t getting a Max from anywhere else. I gotta go back and check but I’m pretty sure no one had space in 2018.

And he probably would have wanted to get traded eventually anyway since the clippers wasn’t gonna be contenders.

Yea the Max was “reasonable” but it definitely was a better deal for Blake then the team at the time

catperson77789 | LAL

1 | 2 hours ago

He was playing absurdly better once he landee in detroit lol. Dude suddenly got a three ball

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | CHA

18 | 4 hours ago

Or Chris Paul the first time.

AshenSacrifice | LAC

0 | 4 hours ago

How

Vegetable-Tooth8463 | CHA

2 | 4 hours ago

They didn’t want to give him a contract extension right?

AshenSacrifice | LAC

1 | 3 hours ago

Nah they traded Blake and werent going to be competitive anymore

Difficult_Tackle9505

1 | 3 hours ago

He ran out of leeway

dimmyfarm | SEA

1 | 2 hours ago

Well they don’t call him CP1 or CP2…

happycola619

64 | 4 hours ago

RUI outjerking r/nbacirclejerk

setyourfacestofun174

58 | 4 hours ago

I had no idea Rui was this passionate on conservation efforts.

So inspiring!

CazOnReddit | TOR

14 | 4 hours ago

Aspirational, even!

Southern-Bluebird-13

16 | 4 hours ago

That’s a nice way of saying he doesn’t want to leave LA

VizualSnow | LAL

13 | 4 hours ago

Rui about to be under investigation lmao

mrb4 | PHX

11 | 4 hours ago

this is a ¹²⁄₁₀ quote, no notes.

TangerineStrong3781 | PHI

11 | 4 hours ago

That was like a scene from the office

Life_Crossover | LAC

9 | 4 hours ago

I don’t blame him . Who doesn’t want an owner to go out his way to pay his players more than it is contract

pmurt007 | LAL

17 | 4 hours ago

They take care of them too well some would say. Gonna miss Rui but he’s going to see that playing for the Clippers and the Lakers is not the same thing lol

HumbleLet5178

3 | 3 hours ago

Corner shooter in lakers

He will more offensive role in clippers

catperson77789 | LAL

0 | 2 hours ago

Let’s not act like its the lakers limiting his role. Dude doesn’t even know how to move around screens to get open. He literally can only shoot spot up 3s. Even our rookie knows how to do curls to get open from 3

Relevant_Elk_9176 | CHI

8 | 4 hours ago

There are 30 million things he could’ve said, and he picked that.

RaisinDetre | PHX

8 | 4 hours ago

read the room Rui

MrBuckBuck | POR

7 | 4 hours ago

It’s a shame I cannot find the live media day of the Clippers.

It’s like they got punished for that too.

Life_Crossover | LAC

3 | 4 hours ago

The real crime is next 5 media day cancel

latruce

7 | 4 hours ago

This goes up there with Zubac’s “if you want to see real basketball, watch the Clippers”. This was as opposed to the Lakers and before they lost the 3-1 lead

LDRedditBeforeU

13 | 4 hours ago

My dude is trying to get that bonsai money. Welcome to the other side of LA.

Key_Change_6635 | ORL

6 | 4 hours ago

How do you say “plant those trees” in Japanese?

🇯🇵

AfroManHighGuy

8 | 4 hours ago

I AM JAPANEEEEEEEEESEEEEEE!!!

jefe_hook

5 | 4 hours ago

Rui is being too honest lol

Alexcox95 | MIA

5 | 4 hours ago

He really meant that he didn’t have to move

legless_chair | LAL

5 | 4 hours ago

Kawhilaugh.gif

Dreamlion_Inc | WAS

4 | 4 hours ago

God I miss this man so much

FlyingPig_Grip | POR

4 | 4 hours ago

Rui, blink twice if you’re in danger

dragoniteftw33 | WAS

4 | 4 hours ago

Between him, Conley in Boston and Splitter as the coach in Chicago…. I might have just become a NBA casual overnight.

_sendbob

4 | 4 hours ago

Rui aspires to be well taken care of by the team hence leaving the Lakers

Ready2Rapture | NYK

2 | 4 hours ago

He has aspirations

Justafanofnbadrama | LAC

4 | 4 hours ago

I like him…. he can stay

YourAsianBuddy | NYK

4 | 4 hours ago

outjerked by Rui

mrcanoehead2

4 | 4 hours ago

Come to the clippers. We have of the books salary bonuses.

Dopeeitsd | TOR

4 | 4 hours ago

Next Pablo investigation

notwhomyouthunk | SEA

4 | 3 hours ago

Rui got jokes now?

TywinRightfullyLann

13 | 4 hours ago

read the fucking room lol

TiredMillennialDad | ORL

9 | 4 hours ago

He is

DaBusDriva2 | LAL

3 | 4 hours ago

Somewhere the Rui Hachimura Nation Forrest sign just went up

Easy_Money_40 | CLE

3 | 4 hours ago

Good shit haha

BatSniper | POR

4 | 4 hours ago

He saw that opposing team locker room and said “sign me up!”

I bet it’s nice going from the lakers to clippers, laker fans expect so much, clippers fans don’t exist

EXEmegaman

3 | 4 hours ago

Opposite day came late this year.

Jabidailsom | LAL

3 | 3 hours ago

you can´t write jokes like that, ppl will say it´s too obvious LMFAO

JoJonesy | BOS

3 | 3 hours ago

hm

jantoxdetox | LAL

5 | 4 hours ago

It’s not bad to be an environmentalist

Thehelloman0 | SAS

4 | 4 hours ago

I mean ignoring the under the table payments, the clippers are generally said to have some of the best facilities in the league

jimmylamstudio

2 | 4 hours ago

Rui getting his jersey retired

EvanImmobley

2 | 4 hours ago

Up there with Ghandi

siberianunderlord | BOS

2 | 4 hours ago

This title sounds like he signed with them in the middle of media day lol

Professional_Fix4663 | NBA

2 | 4 hours ago

The Lakers didn’t want him anymore and he wanted to stay in LA.

Coyote-king8647

2 | 4 hours ago

Hahaha

kakejordan

2 | 4 hours ago

Check all endorsements immediately

AccomplishedBake8351

2 | 4 hours ago

True for kawhi

DoubleConscious4065

2 | 4 hours ago

11.5 a game on 61.9% true shooting last season. and he’s the guy lebron found for the buzzer beater in toronto in december, the night lebron’s double-digit streak ended at 1,297

outsidehere | LAL

2 | 3 hours ago

Man loves LA

theymenace

1 | 2 hours ago

Given the recent developments, good to their players take on an entirely different meaning

Rui Hachimura on why he joined the Clippers during media day today: “One thing everyone says about the Clippers is how well they take care of players.”