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I just realized the Cavs will be in Philly on Tuesday.... @jack walsh13
This dude caruso
Snickers beating the Mavs is shocking. Luka and KP both had good games.
Yeah, they can get back good in a hurry.
Yeah, they can get back good in a hurry.
Don't mind him, he just became a fan last year. We know every black person been loving the Lakeshow since we beat up on Bird and them CAC's in the 80's.
This dude out here looking like jeff van gundy
Im about to fly to LA and give this cat a cut man
Is cac caruso yammin on ninjas again?
KCP is really a bum ass player. Im still amazed by the contract he's been able to command from the Lakers. Smh. Highway robbery.
Man he went right down the lane and threw that shit down with authority lol
I didnt make the graph or come up with the results. And you just became a Laker fan AGAIN last year. Steph Curry, your favorite current player is a Warrior remember? The Lakers are hated cuz of Bron, dont play dumb. 2 years ago, the Cavs were most hated.
D Russell with a 50 piece and D Lillard with a 60 piece 
I didnt make the graph or come up with the results. And you just became a Laker fan AGAIN last year. Steph Curry, your favorite current player is a Warrior remember? The Lakers are hated cuz of Bron, dont play dumb. 2 years ago, the Cavs were most hated.
No beef. I have had a Laker sig or gif since I lurked in 1999 through the great crash of 04.
If you said Lebron was the most hated I'd understand.
For years Kobe was the most hated, now it's Brons turn. He's hated for a few reasons, most people hated Kobe for being a smug rapist jackass, Bron for other shit. If he wins a tittle in LA its pretty much game over for most haters. A few will give AD the credit, I just don't want him burned out by allstar game.
Damn I guess the front office don’t have much to say about this.....
LeBron James on load management: If I'm not hurt, I'm playing
LOS ANGELES -- Amid a renaissance start to the season for both the Los Angeles Lakers as a successful franchise and LeBron James as a dominant player, James says he has no plans to miss games due to load management in anticipation of a postseason run.
"If I'm hurt, I don't play. If not, I'm playing," James told ESPN as he knocked on the wooden façade of his locker after the Lakers' 95-80 win over the Miami Heat on Friday night. "That's what has always been my motto."
Load management is a hot topic in the NBA after James' Staples Center cohabitant, Kawhi Leonard of the LA Clippers, sat out a nationally televised game for the second consecutive week on Wednesday.
James, six years Leonard's senior and coming off the first major injury of his 17-year career last season when he suffered a torn groin, remains committed to suiting up whenever possible.
Both games that Leonard sat out were part of a back-to-back situation, with Leonard playing the other leg.
James did not want to address how his plan differs from that of Leonard, whom the league determined had a legitimate reason to sit out as he continues to manage an ongoing injury to the patella tendon in his left knee.
"LeBron's healthy, LeBron'll play. That's all I'll talk about," James said. "I don't talk about nobody else but me."
James had 25 points on 10-of-19 shooting, including 4-of-7 from 3-point range, with six assists and four rebounds in Friday's win.
The Lakers, off to a 7-1 start thanks in large part to James' influence, are scheduled for their first back-to-back next week.
"There's a back-to-back Tuesday-Wednesday? Phoenix, [then] back home against Golden State? I'll be ready to go," James said. "What do you mean, 'How am I going to handle it?'"
There has been internal discussion within the Lakers' coaching and training staff about how to find time to rest James, sources told ESPN. But James, who turns 35 next month, is loath to accept it.
"Talk to my coaches," James said. "You know how many times me and T-Lue (Tyronn Lue) got into it in Cleveland when he wanted to sit me and I wanted to play.
"I'm healthy, I play. I probably got a good 45 years to not play basketball."
Lakers coach Frank Vogel, who accepted the job after negotiations with Lue this summer broke down, said the team plans to protect James from overwork "every way we can."
"Whether it's off days in practice or minimize his minutes, minimize his load," Vogel said after practice Thursday. "There's some things built in scheme-wise that require him to do -- to pass some guys off at certain times. Every way we can."
James entered Friday's game averaging 26.1 points, a league-best 11.1 assists and 8.3 rebounds. He had three-straight triple-doubles on the Lakers' 3-0 road trip to tie the longest triple-double streak of his career.
Moreover, his defensive effort has helped the Lakers leap to the top of the league in defensive efficiency in the early going.
"The guy is incredible," Vogel said Friday after James and the Lakers held the Heat to only 34 points in the second half. "He's giving it all to this team and really impacting both ends of the floor. The biggest impact probably is how he is setting a tone. He's setting a tone for our group with how hard he is playing on defense, how willing he is to pass the basketball offensively and obviously he's got the ability to make big shots in the clutch. So, the guy is just incredible."
Friday's win earned James and the rest of his team off from Saturday's scheduled practice -- that's one way to build in time off his feet.
And the win provided a platform to explain the "washed king" hashtag James has embraced on social media, as he has leaned into those who doubted his place in the game heading into this season.
"It's just my personal motivation," James said. "I'm extra motivated to put myself into the position where I know I belong.
"So, it's my personal motivation every single night I step on the floor to be great. I know the summer that I had. I know the rehab that I had with my groin."
James pointed to his experience shooting "Space Jam 2" this summer to explain his commitment to the Lakers.
"I shot 'Space Jam' for three months all summer. My call time every morning was at 6:30 in the morning and I was in the gym at like 3:30, 4 o'clock in the morning before shooting for 12, 13, 14 hours," James said. "So, I just know how much I put into my craft, I know what the main thing is. Even when I was shooting the movie, I know what was most important. And that's me getting ready for the fall, and I always had that in the front of my mind. So it's just my personal pressure that I'm putting on myself. Which is, I don't really believe in pressure much, but I believe in myself and I know what I'm capable of."
James was then asked how much of his motivation was drawn directly from others using the actual term "washed" to describe him in his mid-30s.
"Well, I don't know, man," James said. "Meet me at the cleaners."
LeBron James on load management: If I'm not hurt, I'm playing
LOS ANGELES -- Amid a renaissance start to the season for both the Los Angeles Lakers as a successful franchise and LeBron James as a dominant player, James says he has no plans to miss games due to load management in anticipation of a postseason run.
"If I'm hurt, I don't play. If not, I'm playing," James told ESPN as he knocked on the wooden façade of his locker after the Lakers' 95-80 win over the Miami Heat on Friday night. "That's what has always been my motto."
Load management is a hot topic in the NBA after James' Staples Center cohabitant, Kawhi Leonard of the LA Clippers, sat out a nationally televised game for the second consecutive week on Wednesday.
James, six years Leonard's senior and coming off the first major injury of his 17-year career last season when he suffered a torn groin, remains committed to suiting up whenever possible.
Both games that Leonard sat out were part of a back-to-back situation, with Leonard playing the other leg.
James did not want to address how his plan differs from that of Leonard, whom the league determined had a legitimate reason to sit out as he continues to manage an ongoing injury to the patella tendon in his left knee.
"LeBron's healthy, LeBron'll play. That's all I'll talk about," James said. "I don't talk about nobody else but me."
James had 25 points on 10-of-19 shooting, including 4-of-7 from 3-point range, with six assists and four rebounds in Friday's win.
The Lakers, off to a 7-1 start thanks in large part to James' influence, are scheduled for their first back-to-back next week.
"There's a back-to-back Tuesday-Wednesday? Phoenix, [then] back home against Golden State? I'll be ready to go," James said. "What do you mean, 'How am I going to handle it?'"
There has been internal discussion within the Lakers' coaching and training staff about how to find time to rest James, sources told ESPN. But James, who turns 35 next month, is loath to accept it.
"Talk to my coaches," James said. "You know how many times me and T-Lue (Tyronn Lue) got into it in Cleveland when he wanted to sit me and I wanted to play.
"I'm healthy, I play. I probably got a good 45 years to not play basketball."
Lakers coach Frank Vogel, who accepted the job after negotiations with Lue this summer broke down, said the team plans to protect James from overwork "every way we can."
"Whether it's off days in practice or minimize his minutes, minimize his load," Vogel said after practice Thursday. "There's some things built in scheme-wise that require him to do -- to pass some guys off at certain times. Every way we can."
James entered Friday's game averaging 26.1 points, a league-best 11.1 assists and 8.3 rebounds. He had three-straight triple-doubles on the Lakers' 3-0 road trip to tie the longest triple-double streak of his career.
Moreover, his defensive effort has helped the Lakers leap to the top of the league in defensive efficiency in the early going.
"The guy is incredible," Vogel said Friday after James and the Lakers held the Heat to only 34 points in the second half. "He's giving it all to this team and really impacting both ends of the floor. The biggest impact probably is how he is setting a tone. He's setting a tone for our group with how hard he is playing on defense, how willing he is to pass the basketball offensively and obviously he's got the ability to make big shots in the clutch. So, the guy is just incredible."
Friday's win earned James and the rest of his team off from Saturday's scheduled practice -- that's one way to build in time off his feet.
And the win provided a platform to explain the "washed king" hashtag James has embraced on social media, as he has leaned into those who doubted his place in the game heading into this season.
"It's just my personal motivation," James said. "I'm extra motivated to put myself into the position where I know I belong.
"So, it's my personal motivation every single night I step on the floor to be great. I know the summer that I had. I know the rehab that I had with my groin."
James pointed to his experience shooting "Space Jam 2" this summer to explain his commitment to the Lakers.
"I shot 'Space Jam' for three months all summer. My call time every morning was at 6:30 in the morning and I was in the gym at like 3:30, 4 o'clock in the morning before shooting for 12, 13, 14 hours," James said. "So, I just know how much I put into my craft, I know what the main thing is. Even when I was shooting the movie, I know what was most important. And that's me getting ready for the fall, and I always had that in the front of my mind. So it's just my personal pressure that I'm putting on myself. Which is, I don't really believe in pressure much, but I believe in myself and I know what I'm capable of."
James was then asked how much of his motivation was drawn directly from others using the actual term "washed" to describe him in his mid-30s.
"Well, I don't know, man," James said. "Meet me at the cleaners."
Ive heard this every time before he wins a chip and it never happens because Bron hate isnt based on winning and losing. Its based on him being seen as a threat to the establishment (changing NCAA, creating his own sports agency, media platform, telling Morey to stay in his lane, being better than coon MJ, etc). Nobody in NBA history has had this much juice. Yall always ignore or downplay the racial element to that so you dont feel guilty for hating on him too. But its there and aint goin nowhere til hes no longer active.
Kawhi plays half a season with days off every week, shitted on Pop, and has cornrows in his hair, but to CAC sports fans he's less "threatening" cuz he just shuts up and plays ball. If there was no LeBron, Kawhi would be the most hated and demonized nigga in sports just off his looks and aloof demeanor. But with Bron there, CACs would still rather deal with him because he doesnt inspire others on a business level nor does he speak on social issues.
No amount of wins or chips will make a large portion of white sports fans and sports media "like" LeBron. They dont just hate him though, they hate all you niggas and athletes that his era represents that make a lot of money and aint conformed enough to their liking.
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Yup. Simmons won't be in that game with his shoulder injury.
He should be back when we play yall again in December..
Ive only seen a little bit of dude but he seems like a decent all around player. He made some nice passes last night
It's that deep and it ain't that deep. I know brothers that hated Kobe before the rape cause they felt he was rat faced privileged punk.
Ali was almost universally loved my melanated people world wide and he took on the United States and gave up everything.
Sometimes it's a personality thing. Dudes of a certain generation idolize Tupac and AI.
Of course the white media puts a spotlight on him and the right wing echo chamber uses him as a poster boy for spoiled athletes but it ain't just that.
Wtf is wrong with dion waiters
This dude really od'd on gummies on the team plane?
Does he not want to be in the nba?
This dude really od'd on gummies on the team plane?
Does he not want to be in the nba?
What did he do?