[Highlight] Luka banks it in from full court to end the first half
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One of those shots you can just feel its going in
Especially hilarious seeing how cold the team was from 3 in the first half
The radioactive banana court really makes this highlight
Someone at the NBA decided we’re gonna play a game on the surface of the fucking sun lmfao.
I haven’t watched the NBA in a few years; when did they start doing this? this looks absolutely awful
it’s for the nba cup games.
Luka’s gonna tell the NBA to fuck off with the court like last year again
As soon as he slowed his dribble and was content flicking it from there
Too bad we can’t see that in the clip
I have had this issue with buzzer beaters for years. If you are running at full speed, that is a guaranteed miss. You gotta slow down and measure the distance. Even then, he probably banked it because he was still moving forward a bit.
Shooting 4-23 from 3. We should be down 20 but miraculously down 7 after the 4th made miracle shot from Luka
Yeah, I’ve never seen all the players from the other team watch a half time heave before. The guy just demands attention because of his history of ridiculous shots.
Yeah this is the shot you’ll feel
Because you literally cant see wtf is this court
if i could see, I would be so mad rn
Anyone remember the neon Mountain Dew green court from the all star game that literally reflected off the players
This one is reflecting off players too lol
you should see it in person, I’m blind now
The Timberwolves had an NBA cup court like that as well it was insane.
I liked that court on the sole grounds that it was truly insane. Really fun decision to just ruin everyone’s night
Annoyingly we actually had 2 in back to back years
Right, that Wolves court was also super reflective.
“You know I can’t play on a green court; the Clinique lady said I have ‘witch undertones’.”
The SpongeBob court is burned into my retinas.
White Lakers damn near invisible out there.
I’m listening to this game rather than watching it. My eyes hurt from looking at the court for more than a minute.
This court is an abomination
If I could read, I would be so excited
I love the courts. The more disgusting to look at the better.
Androids in 20 years time are going to be like “beep boop baap boop” scanning this data, i swear.
These nba cup and the courts it comes with is the worst thing Adam Silver has ever done honestly.
Nah, the NBA cup is awesome. Makes teams care about October and November basketball more. The courts on the other hand are horrible.
Sixers fans agree to disagree
“Don’t you get it? I’m b-LIND!
yea, because it wasn’t full court.
That’s one of the most insane shots I’ve ever seen live.
Whats crazier is that everyone knew there was a good chance it was going in, and the blazers were defending it like a normal shot
And on top of that he flicked it up so casually
It takes quite a bit of strength to get the ball that high and to go so far. Pretty wild shot.
Not to mention with accuracy
And precision.
Luka is Superman confirmed?
I truly believe Luka is deceptively strong.
Well he clearly practices these types of shots. He’s a pro after all
“DO NOT let luka shoot a half court!!..just in case…aw shit…”
They were double teaming him beyond half court lmao
Cool cool, one of the greatest shots in the history of the game and no one will ever willingly replay it because of the puse court color.
Adam silver, wtf you dooooooooooing
very easy to swap that out digitally if it really is a problem long term
It was fucking awesome shot but can you explain why there are several comments like yours making out to be “one of the greatest shots ever”.. Like we see multiple shots from beyond the half court every season, no?
You should see Currys full court shot against Memphis in the 2015 finals. That one was crucial in a series where golden state was in trouble
That is the craziest shot I have seen. Doing that in the playoffs is genuinely insane
That shot was all net too. 100% pure. Insane
Doubled him on a full court heave lmao
Homie got double teamed at full court 😭
If the replay started a bit earlier you could see the Portland coaches animated and telling their guys to guard him
It’s actually a little crazier than that. We had Kessler running interference so Luka could get the space to shoot it. It’s something we do kind of often actually.
Bro thinks he’s on the team
one of the longest buzzer beaters of all time wtf
inside the other 3pt line LMFAO
Give him 6
imagine the NBA adding a 6 point shot from past half court. Las Vegas casinos would make a KILLING!
They should, except at 4th QTR / OT.
Wait… let him cook.
That would be such a cool idea.
Inside “your” 3 pt line, 4 pts. Inside “your” paint, 6.
His foot was on the arc of the opposite key. Like wtf
So, technically it was only a 2.
https://youtube.com/shorts/deLip7stICM?is=uD9QA9BIkg2XiPfp
and bank musta been closed that day 💅
I believe Baron Davis holds that accolade
https://youtu.be/ndmBCqds_gc
You linked a 14 minute video for a 3 second shot man. I scrubbed around and couldn’t find just the clip of the shot and that pissed me off so here is two <15s sources for anyone else who just wants to see the shot
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2739607906226132
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8HiuYqn7kc
“Hey thanks for the facebook link” - No one ever
I preferred it to the 14 minute video
It’s this or Lebron’s vs the Celtics that was like opponents free throw line I think
Lebron’s was 4th actually at 83ft and Magic has an 84ft damn
Norm Van Lier with an 84 foot 2 pointer back in the day will always be my number one
Oh I see you said “one of the” - I was too excited to share a Jon Bois classic
“But what you should know is that Baron said he called it, and I believe him”
Ahhhh a fellow person of culture i see
BEEFTANK is my dad
I watched that whole video thanks for sharing, never saw that before!
It has been tossed in from behind the line too (“missed” oop), but sadly that doesn’t count.
Where???
I love Jon and Pretty Good but that video bothered me when I saw it, like, almost a decade ago. I just remember him saying something about the ball hitting the roof and how that meant Baron Davis had to line drive it at the hoop or something and it’s like no dude, you’re just in a community gym with a low ceiling and he’s in an arena that can seat like 30k people with a way higher ceiling. Why I still remember that to this day is beyond me, though.
The above link didn’t work for me so here’s another one for anyone interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndmBCqds_gc
There’s also this one from Vince Carter
not as long but LeBron had a crazy one too
https://youtu.be/_c_d7vBY3zc?is=MCshzU5dDSUT9Oov
Am I missing a joke? Why is this thread a pair of non-existent links?
new reddit absolutely obliterates a lot of links for some inexplicable reason.
Here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c_d7vBY3zc
idk both work for me
Reddit is trying to make old.reddit not usable. Links from new reddit break in old reddit. If you switch the comment link to sh.reddit it works.
copy and drag this to your bookmark bar. It will automatically switch old to sh and sh to old.
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Now you can join the meme commenting too with pics/gifs in subs that allow them.
Wtf why was this video so good
Jon Bois is one of the greatest sports storytellers of this century.
he had a longer one in spain below the free throw line
And highest, that thing was a moonshot
The entire team was shooting horrible from three the entire half. And then he makes this lmao
4⁄23 only down 7. shots hopefully gonna fall. so many are just rimming out
I’ve seen 2 from Mamu and 1 from AR already go halfway in
AR specifically has the weirdest missed shots. They’re always a third or more down before they go out
Many short ones too
Yep. Rimming out😉
They were doing victory laps about him “only having 12 points” when the half wasn’t even over yet, pathetic stuff
The grimes shots weren’t close. Others were fine.
If we come back in the 2nd half and win, I’m gonna believe this was the turning point.
And this shot changed everything
IDC if he never wins mvp or a chip im always gonna love him for shit like this.
Gotta point out, Luka’s legit playing really good defense in this game also.
won’t show in the boxscore too. one extremely hard charging foul taken, one jump ball forced
His game stepped up from taking that charge forward - I think he had 15 at that point?
Two way player
Not exaggerating when I say he is one of the best defenders on the court right now
Righttt?? I’m not tripping right
Media and nephews asleep so they’ll come back tomorrow to push their agendas
He’s been doing it for a while now
got dropped by curry has lit something inside him
It’s such a stupid thing to hold against him too. Anyone who has played ball will tell you can’t get your ankles broken unless you’re playing defence. Same logic for getting put on a poster - only happens if you try to contest a dunk.
Not to mention it’s fucking Steph man he can drop most people
He’s been defending even before that happened. He wouldn’t trip if he wasn’t trying
foot was behind the 3 pt line, should only count as 2
Gimli says it only counts as 1.
10 minutes ago the whole sub called him the most unwatchable player in the league btw
Luka haters really want people to think that just cause he whines, he isnt one of the best offensive players of all time
Or he is really good but also he whines?
both are true, but this year it’s happening less. he’s “negotiating” with the refs more between plays now instead of during live ball. It’s been a nice change. Still has his moments, but he’s getting back on defense instead of complaining SIGNIFICANTLY more
Super impressed with his effort on Defense this season. He’s not amazing but definitely putting in the work. But god he needs some more help from his teammates lol
Bro… come on… he threw the ball at the ref and went and cried in the locker room before coming back and sulking on the bench. He is an amazing player but… hes a fuckwit
It’s really this simple
Wait, I didn’t see James Harden in this clip anywhere…
I mean what’s wrong with being annoyed by it? Most of his haters don’t hate his game, they hate the fact that he’s insufferable lol
Dude is completely controlled by his emotions
Nothing wrong with that on the court
Subjective, really
Nuance isn’t allowed in the 21st century.
Literally unwatchable!
because of the court. not Luka.
Its funny cuz you know damn well if he was playing for their team theyd love him like no other
No it’s not the “whole sub”. Superstar players have a lot of fanboys and haters and they will come to the comment section whenever they can sell their agenda. Most people in r/nba probably love Luka.
Most people in r/nba probably love Luka.
Two years ago sure, now idk about that
Two years ago you were oblivious to the haters and now you are ultra sensitive to them. Luka’s still very much loved in r/nba
More Laker haters than maverick haters for sure tho so he’s probably right too.
It felt like the narrative this year is “he is one of the best to ever do it, but he complains all the time/is a foul baiter”. Case in point: Bill Simmons recent quote about him that was popular on the sub.
I don’t remember seeing much of that in prior years. A little the here and there. Maybe it is due to the noise around a possible MVP run.
Lakers fans make up like 50% of the sub, so it’s probably still accurate.
A few years back the Path of Exile subreddit was on fire and some guy made a substantive post with data on the negative posts/comments. It turned out that it was basically 10-20 users that were responsible for something like 95% of the negativity. Of course the PoE subreddit is not as big as NBA but still +1mil users.
It really is crazy just how much a relatively small group of people can skew the perception of how you view a much larger community.
I actually did the polling, it was the whole sub. Including BritzBeef, which is kind of fucked up imo, to be playing both sides like this
have you read this place at all the last few years?!
I’m a Luka fan it’s almost one in the morning here. I turned off the game cause we were losing an I have to wake up for 5 in the morning. As soon as I touch bed I see this shit.
Those who can’t appreciate him and can’t understand what caliber of player he is don’t understand basketball in general. They only think basketball is tomahawk and windmill dunks.
Rather watch him despite the bitching and moaning over Shai flopping and contorting to draw fouls. No brainer.
The whole sub? All 2 million people?! Wow that’s crazy.
not the whole sub.
I was logged off Reddit at the time.
You can be both good at scoring and insufferable to the refs
he’s beautiful to watch play but the constant whining and complaining is annoying to hear. i think most people can admit that
He’s complained maybe twice tonight lol, I’ve never seen a player’s every move so monitored
The Blazers kinda complained more this game tbh
obviously there’s gonna be days he complains more and days he complains less. i’m not speaking to any specific game, just the in general that he does it often.
the big one for me is when a player complains while the balls still live and they’ve got a chance to make another play on it. luka does that does more than most guys
Well 10 minutes ago he was (literally) throwing a temper tantrum so I mean…two things can be true?
After Scoot is hacking the shit out of him right in front of the refs
People are just gonna ignore the Portland defenders grabbing and reaching in on every try without a call
Oh so Luka is allowed to throw a temper tantrum when refs miss a call lol gotcha
Nah bro he’s just supposed to take it and not “whine”.
A temper tantrum is him immediately apologizing after he realized he threw it too hard? You guys are insufferable lmao get a life
No the temper tantrum is the part before the apology and then throwing his hands up and sulking as he walks to the bench lol
That was…after the call you dumbass
Luka “haters”: he’s an awesome player but his constant arguing and bad attitude make him a bit hard to watch
Luka stans: I can feel his cum in my tummy
Prude
I wish he went anywhere else, Lakers fans don’t deserve him.
Nobody denies his talent… he’s just an insufferable whiny baby
Gtfo Bill Simmons. Switch to your big screen instead. I wish your car was no-hit on the highway the way Luka is being hacked. And he still scores 20.
Then don’t watch
People actually try to say hes not fun to watch
Bill Simmons is so full of shit.
Bill Simmons was Luka’s biggest fan boy until they played Boston in the Finals, lol. He committed the cardinal sin for Bill of playing Boston then joining LA. Dude has behaved the same way since Day 1. Love it or hate it; it’s up to you, but the switch up is madness.
You literally cannot trust a word Bill Simmons says when talking about any players from the Lakers or the Bills for that matter. The guy just cannot stay unbiased when discussing Boston’s rival/division teams
I miss when he was just writing
Is his daughter’s boyfriend full of shit too?
You leave Hank out of this. He’s a good boy.
He said Luka is great, he just said Luka complains a lot he doesn’t enjoy watching.
But that’s just his Celtics BS also.
Luka did get T’d up already. That might come to matter in the 4th qtr
He’s 100% right. Luka is fun to watch but it’s ruined by the fact he’s a whiny entitled baby.
Then don’t watch? People are really taking time out of their day to get themselves mad (optional)
He’s awesome. Fuck the lakers, but no one can make me hate Luka.
I hope wemby and luka can both keep this up would be a fun mvp race
Saying this about the most entertaining player since Steph has to be the dumbest thing ever.
He isn’t when he’s not playing defense and constantly whining to the refs but he’s always fun to watch on offense
He seems to play defense to me, just took a full ass charge a couple minutes to go. Although I do wish he would knock off the complaining and getting back occasionally.
man what the hell is even that
Daddy chill
I believe it’s a second long shot, which is good if it goes.
This thread is so bipolar, just enjoy the talent
Why doesn’t he shoot that shot every possession, is he stupid?
2000 IQ move to use that shot sparingly, otherwise opponents are going to start fu court pressing him from the get go. Every possession.
/s
My buddy tried the theory one game. Even if he was all the way in the back.of the court he would just launch at the basket ever time he got his hands on the ball. He was at half court and launched it to the hoop and almost threw out his shoulder lol
Galaxy brain move
pls no, it took effort to make luka quit his “if i make 2 in a row i deserve a horse shot” mentality. If he was allowed, half his shots would be like that
Seriously. It would allow the defense to be set for 100% of his minutes if he took this shot every possession making the team immune to transition offense. How do NBA coaches not realize this?
Slightly unrelated but this court is so hard to see on. Like Holy shit, why is it a bright yellow?
The better to pee you with my dear
Looooooool fuck off man
We’re shooting 4-23 from 3 and he makes that lmao
craziest shot ive seen in my whole life
crazier than the jokic shot on AD
Wilt had a crazier shot in the 100 pt game imo i dont have a clip but trust me
Man, I wish footage existed of that game
Bum hitting 83 proved Wilt would ezpz 100+ vs those milkmen and plumbers
Crazier than Jokic’s turn around one arm full court buzzer, from the right side of Denver’s 3pt line?
and he got fouled on that shot too, thats a 4 point play
FUCK ON MAN!!
And the ridiculous thing for him he hits those multiple times per season others may never do that in a career
wrong
https://youtu.be/2fAsO0q7p2E?is=pFnGcqAzlNDBzJpe
I just wanna highlight that Luka has been phenomenal on defense tonight, legitimately carrying the team both sides of the floor
That’s the type of shot that brings the mental of your team all the way back
And it did! Kinda. But enough.
SO BORING BILLSIMMMONS. I AHTE WATCHING IT. WORST BASKBETBALL EVER
Lmao that take was such a Simmons thing to say.
lol it would be strange if Simmons didn’t say that though.
Everything from Simmons is from the pov of an 80s Celtics fan. He hates the lakers
Would be funny if these guys didnt vote.
How we wind up with Marcus smart dpoy trophies
To be fair this is actually unwatchable because this court is so shit
What the actual fuck, that was so casual from Luka
Made me sit up on my couch smiling like an idiot… that was awesome
I love these kinda shots because you can watch the clip like 50+ times and pick a different person to pay attention their reaction each time. Idk why, but it’s strangely fun to do.
One example: The guy in the white long sleeved hoodie/jacket just to the right of the Lakers bench players about five rows up raised his arms up at supersonic speeds. Those things almost flew straight off.
that’s my favorite thing to do too lol
Lmao I love doing this too
Is there a record combing distance and height on a shot?!?
“Currently 12 points on 4-12 shooting, well below his usual output. Now he’s throwing fits to the refs.
Look what an easy schedule does to a mfer.”
u/Objective-Product361
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/HSoCDgNkkm
lotta ya’ll on that post look like some fucking clowns lmao
People who declare a player shit after a slower start than usual are some of the dumbest people here and that’s saying a lot
Covid ruined Reddit. It was going downhill before, but Covid drove so much traffic here it became a waste of time. I say this as someone who used to comment every day and has 2.5million karma.
I feel like the average age of the users got cut in half after 2020.
Most of my conversations on here were with certified ball knowers, even if we didn’t agree, it was people who actually watched the game for the game, and knew the history of it.
Now it’s a bunch of teenagers who pretend they’re 50 for clout.
It’s so weird. By the time I made my Reddit account I had already went to college and deployed to Afghanistan. And I felt like I was surrounded by peers. Reddit skewing younger and younger isn’t a bad thing, it’s just different than it was. I respect a lot of the kids who came here for actual discussion from different platforms because they’re all ass, but at the same time I feel like it’s been dragging down the discussion down.
You can see it by the types of questions getting asked. In Wemby’s first year in the league someone posted in here asking “If Michael Jordan got a hundred chances do you think he could get a dunk on Wemby”
Every all time defender can and will be dunked on several times in their career, and only someone who has watched basketball for three months would ask this question
Hey, it still beats the alternatives.
If you think Reddit NBA discourse is bad you should look at the comments on any NBA related Instagram post. You’ll see some of the dumbest motherfuckers alive.
I only got reddit to discuss the nba because Instagram was full of idiotit takes. This sub isn’t perfect but I always realise how much better it is whenever I look at Instagram comments.
I was on Twitter yesterday just to look at some artists for commission for smth and was trapped on my timeline. Fuckin idiots bro
Actually a good point. This goes for the vast majority of, if not all, sports. You see straight up conspiracy theories and rabid hate in F1 Instagram discourse for instance
NBA & 2k commenters are a different breed of stupid.
On the other hand, people who brag about reddit karma at all have been ruining reddit for as long as possible. And I say this as someone who finds it enjoyable having my prostate stimulated through my butthole.
It’s like how after one game some people were saying, “oh maybe Wemby can’t be a #1 on offense”. Everyone has been so reactionary and stuck in the present, all that matters is the last game. Part of it is how the media talking heads cover the NBA
It was against OKC! A team with a historic defense! “Well he hasn’t figured it out against an elite team in the first game of year 4 so I guess he never will”
Don’t go to nfl game threads
Buncha Ted Cruz-voting Nissan Altima-driving vape-and-Bitcoin bros.
LMAO he deleted the comment
nahhh couldn’t be me. I woulda edited it to somethin snarky
The fact that people doubt if Luka is actually good like he’s a 2nd year player on a hot streak lol
😭 right we are talking about a 6x first team all nba player
He should probably act like it then. Crybaby bitch. Lakers fans are insufferable
How ironic
It’s his personality bro. Online gamer trash talk when he’s winning and bitchin when he’s losing. I find it hilarious and fun to watch. Not like most of the other top players that are boring as shit
Most ppg since he entered the league
He could have 2 bad months in a row let alone 2 bad quarters and its still such a moronic thing to do, to shit on a player with such a resume as if he just started plyaing basketball.
Let’s see if this Luka kid can keep up this scoring streak. I’ll bet you he doesn’t have a 30+ ppg season in him
lol he put up 45 against the same team few games ago
Lol u/Objective-Product361 you got made to look like a little dumbass bitch so bad that you deleted your comment like a pussy. Go cry. Pussy.
I’m creating a taskforce to find that son of a gun and locate his whereabouts. You are to lead the taskforce and bring him to me at once!
Literal sub 80 IQs post trash all day
Clowns they are.
Lmfao go get those clowns, dumb bitches on this sub prefer pushing stupid agendas instead of actually watching basketball
Russian bots out in force tonight boys
You crane out of here.
This shit is aging like milk. Eat shit.
They are literally throwing everything they can at him and Reaves isn’t making any shots and STILL it’s only barely working.
Lmao even dumber now
Aged like stale shit
He does weirdly function better under chaos… give em the ball down 10 with 3 seconds left…..half court….F’n money!!!!!
Absolutely ridiculous shot
Without Luka they’d be sunk awful job from rest of team today
Also go check how many uncalled fouls on Luka this half, he should have 22 FT like Wemby did the other game
There was one time down the floor where Scoot just kept grabbing his arm repeatedly and the refs finally called it like the 5th time he did it.
Shit if I were a ref I’d probably do the same thing. Half of them are probably thinking “I’ll give you something to complain about bro”
Tied for worst shooting start from 3PT in franchise history lmao
Tied with when cause I swear I’ve never seen the lakers start that bad
Nearly tied the record
Record is 0-16, but they went 0-15 before Jake made his
I thought they said one more would’ve broken the record.
I hate when replays are cut before the crowd reaction
This whole clip is garbage. Starts right when he shoots with zero lead up, a total lack of aftermath.
This guy is a cheat code for real
it’s bad enough that most people don’t post the full play, but can we at least see the full shooting motion and idk like a second of hearing the crowd and announcers react?
https://youtu.be/1AdSXjJdH4g?is=T3JTiy_hZ_CJH89_
Agreed. It’s also a 3⁄4 court shot, not full court. OP is trash!
Thanks man, scrolled down for something better than that trash 3 second clip
Much better! Thanks for the better link
Knew it soon as he shot it
You prob think that for a lot of shots that dont go in huh
This shot confirmed to me that confirmation bias IS NOT REAL
Steph flair so unlikely statistically
If he thinks every 3 steph is going in is gonna go in (which honestly is how it feels), he’d be wrong more often than not
yeah, but not by much
Luka is a menace
Counts as a 2 cause he was over the line right?
Mr Buck would have cut it to show a few seconds before and after the shot
3⁄4 court but just as impressive