[Highlights] Rui Hachimura hits the tough turnaround over Brandin Podziemski, who was all over him.Then he hits another jumper after Podziemski falls to the floor after contact with Isaiah Jackson.21 points for Rui
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I like the no call, Podz stayed straight up and didn’t move into Rui’s space. I hope it’s called like that consistently this year
One of the best midrange shotmakers in the game, easily top five. All those “Rui isn’t a second option” people are in for a rude awakening.
Are Lakers fans okay
I’m honestly just happy for Rui. He’s gonna have a career season. Always gonna root for him
I love Rui but I’m perfectly okay
Yeah dude really happy. He needed more opportunity and trust he can be a go to scorer. He wasn’t going to get that here
Yes, I’m so happy for Rui
Yes.
Our fanbase was begging for him to not be traded then wished him well when he walked for nothing, it’s so stupid we should have just traded him for picks or another player when we had the chance
thats not true half the sub wanted him gone “bad defender”
More than. Will always root for Rui and wish him only the best but he just wasn’t what we needed in our PF.
Beyond ok lol. He had games like this for us but ultimately he’s just too one dimensional. There’s a reason he makes what he does
The Lakers have no shortage of three-point shooting. Rui’s absence won’t make a big difference in my opinion.
More to basketball than shooting. He does all the PF things bad defensively.
Does that logic hold up if he’s still better than anyone the Lakers have at those things? If he were still on the team, he’d be the clear starter at the 4 and their best defensive option.
I think Laker fans are correct about Rui’s weaknesses but all the players they signed instead have clear weaknesses too.
Honestly good for Rui, he’s got the chance at a good runway to silence his detractors here
“Best defensive option” just say you don’t know who the lakers signed lmao
this such cope. If Lakers had better management they would have just let Rui ball out for half the season and trade him. This is someone shooting 40%+ in the regular season and turns up even more for playoffs.
I don’t care if he doesn’t fit the roster around Luka/AR, the current squad isn’t going anywhere and Lakers still need to dangle trade bait to fill out a competitive squad.
Pelinka is just doing what he does best, which is being short-sighted.
I don’t think it’s a pelinka issue. It’s a jj Reddick. He is not comfortable running mid range plays for this the Lakers. Either he doesn’t know how to or he sucks at them.
Learn basketball. His impact stats are dogshit because if he’s not shooting, he’s a negative out there
I’m not okay. And most fans won’t be either when he makes all star this year
Why Podz cut hair?
To inherit the Goblin Glider
He visited Europe during their worst summer heatwave this year.
Podz is so hated. Literally plays good defense in this clip and then runs into a moving screen that doesn’t get called.
Yeah. It’s amazing when people claim that everyone “blows past him”, yet you see his good defense here even though Rui still scored.
Why does it look like the lights are off ?
Rui Hachimura was shooting the lights outs.
Hopefully he has time to pay the light bill
Hey kawhi, clips are good on midrange. They got Kawaii
Rui might be the ultimate sleeper pick in fantasy
Love the lakers Copium, just be happy for the guy and move on man, no one wants to read essays on how he wasn’t that good
And then you look up in thread and you just see Lakers fans happy for him. Who really is smoking the copium
“More to basketball than shooting. He does all the PF things bad defensively.”
Maybe it’s the 10%, but lakers fans are notoriously critical of every damn player they’ve had
That’s in direct response to someone asking if we’re okay lol. He gave a response on why we are okay.
Do you want us to be crying over him instead?
It’s always justifying why mamu is better etc, anyway we shall see this upcoming season
Reading comprehension of a fish
Cry lakers fan 😥😥
Hellyeah Samurai! I’m glad my guy finally gets to do whatever he wants out there.
Warriors sub will tell you that Podz is a starter
Let the tanking start
Starter? They’ll tell you he’s going to be an AS this year lol
Noone thinks Podz is a starter except for Kerr. Even Warriors (Steph) fans don’t understand the Podz glaze.
reminder that Kuminga had a better 3P% and FT% than Podz in the Wolves playoff series
glad we don’t sign contracts based off a single playoff series where the team deviated entirely from their regular play style due to injuries
Warriors can’t sign anybody. why yall acting like anybody tryna go there lol
literally last team in the league to add a new player this offseason
Podz contract gonna be the nail in the coffin for the Curry era
Podz had a hand injury and had offseason surgery
then why was Kerr playing him so many minutes? dude was a liability but Kerr’s favorite son had to get a guaranteed 30+ minutes
With Curry injured, who else would be the ball handler?
Just came out from Thai prison. Is Rui the next Jordan?
Well he was already declared Japanese Jordan
His whole ‘bag’ consists of like 3-5 moves. If you’ve seen him play a handful of games, you’ve basically seen all he’s ever going to do. The only difference is whether he’s actually taking those shots and making them.
Rui “only 3-5 move bag” Hachimura
FG% / 3P% / FGA
Statline / Minutes
Last Season (68 GP)
51.4% / 44.3% / 8.8
11.5 / 3.3 / 0.8 / 28.3 mpg
Last Playoff Run (10 GP)
54.9% / 56.9% / 12.2
17.5 / 4.0 / 1.7 / 38.6 mpg
Career (405 GP)
49.9% / 39.4% / 9.9
12.6 / 4.6 / 1.2 / 27.8 mpg
The only difference is whether he’s actually taking those shots and making them.
Stupid statement because the answer is very clear.
In what way does being an efficient player disprove the idea that he only has 3 moves in his bag?
I’m not here to prove he has a bigger bag, I’m here to show you how absurd your criticism is.
> The only difference is whether he’s actually taking those shots and making them
implies he’s not a reliable scorer, but he is. And you just admitted it, so you’re just wasting everyone’s time.
Saying the difference is whether he takes and makes those shots isn’t the same as calling him unreliable. I never claimed that.
having “a bag” are for guys that struggle to score over defenders lmao
Why would Rui dribble the ball for 20 secs if all he needs is 1 dribble to pull up and shoot over anybody?
Is anyone claiming Hachimura has a huge bag? He’s good in his role.
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