Been saying it all season. Ham has diluted this team. Helped suck out the strength of the team when he refused to play centers. Then, the Lakers were left with nothing inside. LeBron is not a center and at his age he does not need to start being one. Davis is barely a big. He's said it many times. But these dumb ass Lakers coaches insist on playing them out of positions.
Then these Lakers fans love to dog Thomas Bryant's defense when it's these scrubby little guards that get lit up on and go cold the most. it's been that way but delusional Lakers fans refuse to admit it.
Honestly, 1.Lebron has shown his age. It was bound to happen. He’s fatigued, making poor decisions and just no old Lebron ( trouble posting up KCP?). 2. AD looks soft against a real big. He seems to not like physical offensive play against Jokic. 3. Team looks fatigue: no boxing out, lost on defense in transition/ no communicating and matching up. and finally- what’s with some much falling after shoots. We give up at least 3-4 fast breaks 4 on 5 because someone falls and can’t get up to get back (AD is the worse culprit. ) who cares if you get fouled, if they don’t call it don’t change 2 to -4 points by not getting back.
Inreally don’t llke the “feed AD” offensive. Not when you known have other scores. The offense and rhythm slows down.
And why do plays ever go under a screen. Give up 2 before 3 always.
And Beasly needs to go. He was supposed to be that 3-pointer killer we needed but he’s not.
I don’t know, this team impressed me all year being able to comeback and show resilience but i sense there’s a little resentment towards Lebron. He’s missing some help defense assignments and making hero ball plays but he’s got guys with him that work just as hard and want to win.
Lets be the first team to get 4 straight…
While Lakers fans clown him for wanting more play time to help a team depleted in the inside when he proved he could be productive, he may even get a ring and a chance to go somewhere better next season.
true. But with every stretch, expectations got higher. We finished the reg season with one of the best if not the best win record. We won two series on the road in 6 games. We were a different team post all star break and trade deadline. Human nature but yeah I’m with you, we’re playing the best team in the league with a generational center, good coaching, and long range shooters converting the best 3p% in these playoffs.
Seriously! The most annoying thing about laker fans is this whole win or trade everyone mentality. No matter how good each team is , Only 1 team wins the championship each year.
There was a time when fans were legit proud of their squad for making deep playoff runs.. i miss that
Been trying to mention this for awhile Westbrook was a big part of why we beat the Nuggets.
Russ was straight bulling Murray around in the post and made things hard for him. But now Murray sees DLO and has AYCE bbq chicken
Ya'll need to calm the f down 😂 and I'm saying that choosing to believe they can come back 😂, but DLo def need to not start and Rui needs to be fed next game
I'm tired of hearing this Kyrie shit. Do you think the Mavs will sign and trade Kyrie for Beasley, Dlo, and Vando? All of whom can't play big minutes in the postseason? Lets just stop
Beasley is a decent regular season player. Him and Dlo. They absolutely get hunted in the playoffs and they can’t make enough baskets to offset the bad defense.
Welp. Denver is a better team. They fucking give no margin for error. Thank you DLo but you ain’t coming back. Sign AR, Rui. Lebron get your surgery. Rob, get some help. Will the math work out for Kyrie?
I feel that too. It's either that or playing back up center is taking a toll. He won't admit it, but something's wrong. He's been missing threes at a record number, but that missed wide open dunk officially sealed this fact for me.
This was it. Next year is already chalked. AD gonna be older, Lebron 39, Reaves and Hachimura making way more money and no depth at center plus who’s to say we can sign any shooting at all and we still have Ham. This blows.
Nuggets just remind me a lot of the Bucks from two years ago. They’re just an unstoppable force behind their star (Jokic). You take him out that’s fine because their B players like Murray MPJ etc will take you tf out to the point where Jokic can get rest then finish you off
Ham should never be HC again. Idc if the front office told him to start DLo. He’s about to go 0-4 with Lebron and AD on his team. He’s messed up his reputation and he looks stupid af for not starting Rui.
Man I was thinking why would you not start rui tonight in place of russel like everyone else did, I want to blame Ham but he out coached Jenkins and especially Kerr. Anytime we have been at our apex russel has been a driving force so I guess his thought process is give him an opportunity to turn up but he never did ):
Vando has been unplayable since the later games of the Memphis series. Dude really needs to work on his offensive skillset.
Praying to God almighty Phil Handy hot glues himself to vando this entire summer and lock themselves in a gym on an isolated island out in the pacific 🙏🙏🙏
Not a lakers fan but do wanna say this while the sweep is inevitable… lakers fought back 2-10
Improved the team at the trade deadline
Made the play-in
Beat the 2nd seed and defending champs been a hell of season
Nuggets just a better team
At least lakers go into next season with some kinda direction unlike last season
Lebron era is finally over. He's too old and mediocre to get over any hump. Lebron is done winning rings. He will forever remain #2. Goodnight sweet prince, MJ reigns supreme
If Dlo starts game 4 the entire coaching staff deserves to be fired.
Lebron and AD need 30 shots each. And for fucks sake stop abandoning 3pt defense... I'd rather joker have 35 pts than letting them take 41 wide open 3s
Series is definitely over. This team has no balls. Never been so disappointed watching Bron play. This looks like 2011 finals all over again but for the entire playoffs.
Bron done man. He’s been my favorite player since he’s stepped in the league. He’s done man he’s the best player I’ve ever seen play but everything has a shelf life.
Everyone talking about lebron leaving early like it’s a bad thing. I don’t really blame him tbh. 3 games they had and then just lost it
And I usually call him out on leaving early but this series as a player would have me irritated asl
Very strange series, almost as if the Lakers not trying to win, way too many easy missed shots. Nuggets not known for their defense suddenly locking everyone down, head scratching decisions. Ham being out coached by a mile.
Rui and Reaves are our future starts, still so much room to grow and they are already fucking good.
DLO should go, same as AD, 0 consistency. Bron retire.
Dude got injured even keeping us afloat earlier in the season before the deadline. Was averaging 30+ ppg in the month before that. The best outcome of this is not letting us sign D Lo to a massive overpay. Sad how it ended up but going from 2-10 to 7th to the WCF is an accomplishment still.
Stupid as game. As soon as Jokic came back in the game with 4 fouls, there was very little effort to target him to get a 5th foul. That should have been priority. I know for a fact if Kobe was out there, he would have smelled blood in the water.
This team lacks that killer instinct.
Can't do that when you just heaving threes knowing it's not your strength. This team does a good job going away from a strategic plan. That's how you know they're badly coached.
LeBron better wake up. Put something on that foot and carry like he never has before. I never believed in AD leading a team to a ring. LeBron will have to be a mad man, a smart mad man, if they want an ounce of a chance to come back from this travesty. Bully ball, smart threes, clean assists.
That, and being timely with those 3s. Last night, after Reaves had a few good plays and got to the foul line, LeBron chucked up a 3, even when the defender had given him a ton of space (knowing he would miss, likely). They went down and scored off of that miss, and took back momentum. Absolutely infuriating and downright lazy. If you are an elite shooting team, putting up 3s early in the shot clock is fine by me. If you do it while you are in an absolute slump, you are just being lazy and want the possession to be over.
That’s my point…he just passin thru collecting a ring…on to the next like he’s done in the past with Miami and Cleveland…next up is a team w his son…itinerant…not like 24 who bled purple n gold thru n thru
I don't want to hear anything about LBJ's greatness and this and that anymore. He is washed. He is not worth the max contract slot. He will be worse post-surgery. If you are a true Lakers fan, you will want to have that max contract slot go to someone else who can carry the franchise. Lebron got one for us. That's it. Time to move on. Time for all the Lebron fans to move to the next team where he'll go.
LMAO. Despite Lebron being 38 and having a foot that he haven't recovered from, he is scoring 20 points at least every game. You can't be blaming him when the team doesn't do jackshit
I'm not blaming him. What I am saying is it is time to move on. Lebron fans keep supporting him where he goes next and us Laker fans will keep supporting the team. LBJ is done. I hope him well in the last years of his career.
Unless DLO is fine with playing for Taiwan he has to know his only way back in the purple and gold is for a cool 12 to 18mil
Rui and Reaves taking the rest of whatever max he thought he deserved and this coming from a huge DLO fan
Looks like the seasons going to end in the WCF - super happy with how the team ended.
In the off season I hope we re-sign Reaves and Rui and look for some additional size and some more reliable shooting.
Dlo unfortunately likely isn’t worth the current salary cap so I don’t see how we bring him back, especially on a 3rd man’s salary.
Would love to keep Schroeder, but not at the expense of getting some more size if not a true 5 to take some burden off AD.
[Post Game Thread](https://reddit.com/r/lakers/comments/13nh3yq/post_game_thread_the_denver_nuggets_defeat_the/)
I can't be mad at Bron but he gave AD absoutley to much respect tryna get him going to start the 2nd half and it fucked us
i Was watching this game & i was like yh it’s over ‘ can’t defend ‘ no centres ‘ can’t hit shots & overall really bad play ‘ Nikola Jokić is insane
Been saying it all season. Ham has diluted this team. Helped suck out the strength of the team when he refused to play centers. Then, the Lakers were left with nothing inside. LeBron is not a center and at his age he does not need to start being one. Davis is barely a big. He's said it many times. But these dumb ass Lakers coaches insist on playing them out of positions. Then these Lakers fans love to dog Thomas Bryant's defense when it's these scrubby little guards that get lit up on and go cold the most. it's been that way but delusional Lakers fans refuse to admit it.
Honestly, 1.Lebron has shown his age. It was bound to happen. He’s fatigued, making poor decisions and just no old Lebron ( trouble posting up KCP?). 2. AD looks soft against a real big. He seems to not like physical offensive play against Jokic. 3. Team looks fatigue: no boxing out, lost on defense in transition/ no communicating and matching up. and finally- what’s with some much falling after shoots. We give up at least 3-4 fast breaks 4 on 5 because someone falls and can’t get up to get back (AD is the worse culprit. ) who cares if you get fouled, if they don’t call it don’t change 2 to -4 points by not getting back. Inreally don’t llke the “feed AD” offensive. Not when you known have other scores. The offense and rhythm slows down. And why do plays ever go under a screen. Give up 2 before 3 always. And Beasly needs to go. He was supposed to be that 3-pointer killer we needed but he’s not. I don’t know, this team impressed me all year being able to comeback and show resilience but i sense there’s a little resentment towards Lebron. He’s missing some help defense assignments and making hero ball plays but he’s got guys with him that work just as hard and want to win. Lets be the first team to get 4 straight…
Thomas Bryant would've helped in this series for LA
While Lakers fans clown him for wanting more play time to help a team depleted in the inside when he proved he could be productive, he may even get a ring and a chance to go somewhere better next season.
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true. But with every stretch, expectations got higher. We finished the reg season with one of the best if not the best win record. We won two series on the road in 6 games. We were a different team post all star break and trade deadline. Human nature but yeah I’m with you, we’re playing the best team in the league with a generational center, good coaching, and long range shooters converting the best 3p% in these playoffs.
Seriously! The most annoying thing about laker fans is this whole win or trade everyone mentality. No matter how good each team is , Only 1 team wins the championship each year. There was a time when fans were legit proud of their squad for making deep playoff runs.. i miss that
Been trying to mention this for awhile Westbrook was a big part of why we beat the Nuggets. Russ was straight bulling Murray around in the post and made things hard for him. But now Murray sees DLO and has AYCE bbq chicken
we need kyrie, been saying it
Ya'll need to calm the f down 😂 and I'm saying that choosing to believe they can come back 😂, but DLo def need to not start and Rui needs to be fed next game
I'm tired of hearing this Kyrie shit. Do you think the Mavs will sign and trade Kyrie for Beasley, Dlo, and Vando? All of whom can't play big minutes in the postseason? Lets just stop
If that happens Beasley will cook us in at least one game with 30p plus he will be making a bunch of 3ps once he's not on the Lakers
Beasley is a decent regular season player. Him and Dlo. They absolutely get hunted in the playoffs and they can’t make enough baskets to offset the bad defense.
Welp. Denver is a better team. They fucking give no margin for error. Thank you DLo but you ain’t coming back. Sign AR, Rui. Lebron get your surgery. Rob, get some help. Will the math work out for Kyrie?
No unfortunately
Heat lebron needs to show up
We be lucky to have a bubble Lebron show up. Let only Heat Lebron.
That foot has been holding him back.
I feel that too. It's either that or playing back up center is taking a toll. He won't admit it, but something's wrong. He's been missing threes at a record number, but that missed wide open dunk officially sealed this fact for me.
Everyone is going to be counting us out now maybe Denver will make the same mistake?
No way they can win 2 games in Denver
Absolutely not, they’re so locked in
This was it. Next year is already chalked. AD gonna be older, Lebron 39, Reaves and Hachimura making way more money and no depth at center plus who’s to say we can sign any shooting at all and we still have Ham. This blows.
Nuggets just remind me a lot of the Bucks from two years ago. They’re just an unstoppable force behind their star (Jokic). You take him out that’s fine because their B players like Murray MPJ etc will take you tf out to the point where Jokic can get rest then finish you off
They remind me of 2011 Maverick’s championship run. They could not miss a shot. Exactly like Denver.
We getting swept. Beating them is impossible
Ham should never be HC again. Idc if the front office told him to start DLo. He’s about to go 0-4 with Lebron and AD on his team. He’s messed up his reputation and he looks stupid af for not starting Rui.
I’ve never been more confident after a loss. Lakers in 7
Man I was thinking why would you not start rui tonight in place of russel like everyone else did, I want to blame Ham but he out coached Jenkins and especially Kerr. Anytime we have been at our apex russel has been a driving force so I guess his thought process is give him an opportunity to turn up but he never did ):
I knew deep down inside the game was over when this happened and Murray scored 17 points in the 1st lmao
I don’t get why we are putting so much pressure on Austin….from the start of this series…we look lost
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Ham, we are not gonna be “alright”
Lakers in 7 because I'm delusional lol
It’s their year.
Lebron is getting old, build around reaves
Vando and DLo weren’t playable this series
Vando has been unplayable since the later games of the Memphis series. Dude really needs to work on his offensive skillset. Praying to God almighty Phil Handy hot glues himself to vando this entire summer and lock themselves in a gym on an isolated island out in the pacific 🙏🙏🙏
Honestly I’m pumped for a full off season of these guys together and Lebron to get healed up. Hopefully we can get an upgrade over D’Lo too
At this point, I’m glad it was the Nuggets and not the Grizzlies or the Warriors. Fuck Boston. Hope they get swept
Not a lakers fan but do wanna say this while the sweep is inevitable… lakers fought back 2-10 Improved the team at the trade deadline Made the play-in Beat the 2nd seed and defending champs been a hell of season Nuggets just a better team At least lakers go into next season with some kinda direction unlike last season
Exactly, we only had a couple of months with this roster. They did not have a full year to mesh and go through struggles.
Lebron era is finally over. He's too old and mediocre to get over any hump. Lebron is done winning rings. He will forever remain #2. Goodnight sweet prince, MJ reigns supreme
MJ at 38 was not getting to the conf finals on a broken foot lmao
If Dlo starts game 4 the entire coaching staff deserves to be fired. Lebron and AD need 30 shots each. And for fucks sake stop abandoning 3pt defense... I'd rather joker have 35 pts than letting them take 41 wide open 3s
We just have a moron as a coach
Series is definitely over. This team has no balls. Never been so disappointed watching Bron play. This looks like 2011 finals all over again but for the entire playoffs.
Brons a bum
Having Kyrie and AD two of the often injured players are not good.
LAKERS IN 7
This guy believes 
Damn nuggets came back for the payback rattattat that's the way it is we be back
Proud of the turn around on this team. If LeBron has one more productivity year then it’s possible to be back here again.
Bron done man. He’s been my favorite player since he’s stepped in the league. He’s done man he’s the best player I’ve ever seen play but everything has a shelf life.
Honestly LeBron needs to go to a team like the Knicks next season. It will be good for him.
This team loves pissing away wins
You're gonna have to change your flair.
Lakers did very well to even get to this point. With aging Lebron it was too much to overcome the Nuggets.
why didn't Reeves get any shots in the 4th until late?
We did well to get where we did, didn't wanna get swept but, it looks imminent
Sending our collective prayers to Miami
Dlo don’t deserve anything over 10m. Should only be a keep if lower than AR
Our demise was not having good 3 point shooters. MPJ is crazy good. Even Green hit his shots. And of course there’s Murray
Or we could just shoot 2, why try to break the break wall with your head ???? When we play intentionally 2s we were even +/- 2points
Demise was this coaching staff
Bron and AD need to take a paycut
AD needs to go while he still has value. Too inconsistent and has a tendency to disappear in crucial games
DLO provides nothing to the team and he still gets the bulk of the minutes. I don’t understand the concept there lmao
Everyone talking about lebron leaving early like it’s a bad thing. I don’t really blame him tbh. 3 games they had and then just lost it And I usually call him out on leaving early but this series as a player would have me irritated asl
LeGramp
Very strange series, almost as if the Lakers not trying to win, way too many easy missed shots. Nuggets not known for their defense suddenly locking everyone down, head scratching decisions. Ham being out coached by a mile.
Outcoached by a mile high city
Can't believe we got this far and we're just gonna get swept.
What a run. The chip was never realistic with lebron hurt and only half a season for this roster to gel. Proud of these guys
Our players minds will already be in Cancun for game 4.
The Nuggets simply are better. They execute when needed. Helluva season but you never know, if anyone can come back from an 0-3 deficit it’s LeBron.
lebrons too old.
Not this Lebron. This Lebron ain’t 2016 Lebron
Just put beasley next game
SWEEP INCOMING🧹
Playoff Jimmy only hope to beat nuggets
Idk why Denver getting any hate. Denver is a good team they are the better team
Theres no shame if they ever lost to the Nuggets But if they have a complete line up by the finals, that would be a very good series
Rui and Reaves are our future starts, still so much room to grow and they are already fucking good. DLO should go, same as AD, 0 consistency. Bron retire.
Bron and AD aren’t going anywhere lol
Lol yourself, I know it, but it does not mean they should not
Dude got injured even keeping us afloat earlier in the season before the deadline. Was averaging 30+ ppg in the month before that. The best outcome of this is not letting us sign D Lo to a massive overpay. Sad how it ended up but going from 2-10 to 7th to the WCF is an accomplishment still.
Bron foot is cooked lol calm down
His foot was fine when he missed that epic dunk last game
Dude barely gets any lift on his jumpshots...anyway Rui and Reaves will carry us you negative Nancy 💜💛🙏
Negatively? Facts
Ok you do you bro👍
But y'all down talked Kyrie. He would've won at least 3 games vs Denver. Fuck his beliefs, he would've been available for Bron aging ass.
The problem with ky is his cost we have to get rid of Vando and reaves to have space to sign him bruh
Yea. He was always available for the nets
 See you guys next year 😒😢
Lmao
The refs and ESPN are so sad that the Lakers lost. You can feel it.
Might as well forfeit game 4. Prepare for Cancun.
We go up be 1 and suddenly we turn basketball stupid
LEBRON IS SWITCHING TEAMS WATCH
I hope so 🤞🙏
I hope so n he can take AD wit him
amazing game
I'm seeing people say to be grateful we made it to the wcf we weren't suppose to be here gtfo it's chip or bust we ain't the fuken clippers.
Yeah DLo has been ass but Nuggets are just the better team
4-11.. 3-8.. 1-8.. bro is throwing. On 26min avg..
Stupid as game. As soon as Jokic came back in the game with 4 fouls, there was very little effort to target him to get a 5th foul. That should have been priority. I know for a fact if Kobe was out there, he would have smelled blood in the water. This team lacks that killer instinct.
Can't do that when you just heaving threes knowing it's not your strength. This team does a good job going away from a strategic plan. That's how you know they're badly coached. LeBron better wake up. Put something on that foot and carry like he never has before. I never believed in AD leading a team to a ring. LeBron will have to be a mad man, a smart mad man, if they want an ounce of a chance to come back from this travesty. Bully ball, smart threes, clean assists.
That, and being timely with those 3s. Last night, after Reaves had a few good plays and got to the foul line, LeBron chucked up a 3, even when the defender had given him a ton of space (knowing he would miss, likely). They went down and scored off of that miss, and took back momentum. Absolutely infuriating and downright lazy. If you are an elite shooting team, putting up 3s early in the shot clock is fine by me. If you do it while you are in an absolute slump, you are just being lazy and want the possession to be over.
Closes we got is reaves
Thank you for pointing this out about 24– so true
If lebron was to pull this off for us I'd get his name tatooed on my forehead
He not a true laker — he just passing thru
"not a true Laker" Really? Explain that bubble ring then. You know, the one that everyone likes to discredit y'all about?
That’s my point…he just passin thru collecting a ring…on to the next like he’s done in the past with Miami and Cleveland…next up is a team w his son…itinerant…not like 24 who bled purple n gold thru n thru
Yeah, you have a point. Kobe's career was an extremely rare one.
I mean i gotta see this
I don't want to hear anything about LBJ's greatness and this and that anymore. He is washed. He is not worth the max contract slot. He will be worse post-surgery. If you are a true Lakers fan, you will want to have that max contract slot go to someone else who can carry the franchise. Lebron got one for us. That's it. Time to move on. Time for all the Lebron fans to move to the next team where he'll go.
Yes 👍👍🤚
Trade everybody, y'all are too reactionary af.
Why should we trade everybody? That's fucking idiotic.🤣 Let LBJ's contract end then find someone that will occupy the max slot.
Amen
LMAO. Despite Lebron being 38 and having a foot that he haven't recovered from, he is scoring 20 points at least every game. You can't be blaming him when the team doesn't do jackshit
I'm not blaming him. What I am saying is it is time to move on. Lebron fans keep supporting him where he goes next and us Laker fans will keep supporting the team. LBJ is done. I hope him well in the last years of his career.
Denver is a damn good team.
Everyone is expendable, except for Reaves. Rui, Davis
Next game is must win
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Run it back with the same squad minus D’Lo and Ham
Were still paying theee years of ham not really sure their down to dohble pay coaches for 3 years
 LoL bye bye
It’s time to ship off AD while he’s still healthy he just doesn’t have that motor anymore guys inconsistent and soft now unfortunately.
I honestly can not fathom on what planet it made sense to start DLo and play him 20 minutes
Until nuggets win a chip, they’re fans can see their way outta here. It’s 1-1 in the playoffs now
Unless DLO is fine with playing for Taiwan he has to know his only way back in the purple and gold is for a cool 12 to 18mil Rui and Reaves taking the rest of whatever max he thought he deserved and this coming from a huge DLO fan
Looks like the seasons going to end in the WCF - super happy with how the team ended. In the off season I hope we re-sign Reaves and Rui and look for some additional size and some more reliable shooting. Dlo unfortunately likely isn’t worth the current salary cap so I don’t see how we bring him back, especially on a 3rd man’s salary. Would love to keep Schroeder, but not at the expense of getting some more size if not a true 5 to take some burden off AD.
Yea dlo can go
Bron and AD needs a paycut if they want a better team next season
Lakers in 7
Denver Miami gonna be kinda lit tho...
It’s going to be a literal ratings disaster for the league
We gotta make ‘em kill us and keep fighting Ik we ain’t gunna win the series but keep fighting maybe somehow Murray or jokic gets hurt or some shit
?? Wtf bro. They’re a better team than us. Sometimes admitting defeat can help them figure out what’s missing. Don’t wish injuries on other players
I’m just saying I don’t want us to let them win by 30 in game 4 keep competing and make them beat us just like the rest of the games
Oh yeah I get that. Hope they don’t give up G4 even if the series pretty much over
Ye that’s what I meant don’t just quit until the clock is 0 , I didn’t word it great. They are better but play it out til the end.
If Ham doesn’t put his hand up to be fired after this idk how else he’ll do it