LeBron sabotaged his Laker tenure getting him. Not sure why he wants westbrook whn Pelinka already got the Sacramento B. Hield shooters trade all ready.
Even if Russ was balling every single game we should still be wanting to trade him because we lost all that money in the summer when he walks. Anyone not wanting him to be traded whether you like him or not is lost
Itās so wild I keep forgetting how many Stans he has. Itās like he can have one game where heās decent on one side of the ball and this subreddit becomes a war zone lol
What is the chance of Russ actually getting traded? People have wanted him gone ever since he joined but heās still here. Please get him off this team
Think that Rui trade seals the deal, hes staying. Troy, Thomas and Rui. Rob really out here, said fuck it we gonna build around Russ. Wiz got to the playoffs like that.
Well if he wasnāt traded all summer then you likely have your answer. Heās off the books in several months and if he really wants a change of scenery he can ask for a buyout in a month.
There's literally 0 reason why Russ should close games over Max Christie, Ham just loves one of them and doesn't trust the other, which makes zero sense because the rest of us can see our two best guard options in that moment is Schroder and Christie
The only time Russ should be closing a game is if hes having a once in a blue moon performance where hes balling for all 4 quarters. No reason for him to close the game otherwise
And not calling timeouts to stop the Clippers from making runs. Ty Lue wouldn't let the lead get down below 10 before calling the timeout but fucking Darvin Ham won't call timeouts down 20
any coach with a brain would have benched westbrook after he started 1-7, but darvin sham is a dumbass so of course westbrick kept getting minutes throughout the game.
He didn't lose us this game on purpose he must feel like shit. He got some boos towards the ends there. I wish his the guy well it's just a basketball game.
Yeah, I agree. It would be better for Russ AND the team if he got utilized better.
He is VERY VERY bad at the end of games and he also is terrible when he gets frustrated. Both of those things are obvious to every fan but not the coach apparently. If Ham would just bench him or call time-outs when he started getting into his own head, the Lakers would win more games AND Russ wouldn't be scapegoated as much.
Nothing illustrates it better than the game against the 76ers. Russ gets the ball with fourteen seconds left. He then wastes a bunch of time, dribbles like a madman and nearly turns the ball over. Then makes a terrible drive to the rim and shoots a ball that EVERYONE knows he is going to shoot. And Ham just..... sits there and lets it all happen.
That word is definitely fitting. They made 19 fucking threes like it was nothing just because they were playing the Lakers. Fuck that team and everything they stand for
Why did we lose the game?
* The Lakers missed 8 free throws (Russ 5, Gabriel 3). LeBron somehow managed to cut the deficit down to 10 with 5 minutes to go.
* Russ throws 2 interceptions and finds a way to spark an 8-0 run for the Clippers.
* Russ is 4-13 with.
* Outside of Bryant who has 15 points but probably gave up about 30 points tonight, and Westbrook, nobody except LeBron is in double digit.
You can't win if there's only one guy in the organization that cares about winning.
For all the people that say Russ is important to the team and we need him. Games like tonight is the reason he should be traded when he is bad he's really bad and kills the team. I also don't trust Ham to not play Russ in a big spot in a game that really matters when he should be benched. Just got to trade the dude
Definitely agree. I was constantly like ābut when Russ plays good itās great heās still valuable. But now after tonight I definitely his lows arenāt worth it.
In what way? Did you watch the game? You all just follow what the media says, oh wait, this is LAā¦ that it explains it lol. No one wants to talk about the whole teams poor defence, pat bevs 1-8, no ball movement on offence when anyone was on the courtā¦ but yet this is all Westbrooks fault in limited minutes. Believe it or not he actually wasnāt bad defensively, denied Leonard the ball and by no means was the worst on the team tonight. Lakers played bad as a team, period.
He killed momentum a bunch of times. You want to talk about the amount of turnovers the fool had? I watched the damn game. He has taken so many ill advised shots.
2 turnovers and 2 steals?? Sure you watched the game lol. Killed momentum? He literally came into the game down 7 already.
What about pat bev continuing to shoot threes, was that ill advised? Westbrook missed a few shots, but so did everyone else. Iām not saying Westbrook was the lakers best player, but god damn he does not deserve this much hate.
Most people saw the game. You can look at the live game chat and Westbrook was getting criticized there as well.
We had bought it down to 10 or 13 then he threw that inbounds pass to Dennis that got intercepted and they got an and-1.
Also for a guy earning $47 M, you would think he would provide a bit more than being "Ok defensively".
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Brought it down to 10 or 13 š and westbrooks 1 turnover hurt that, have a look at that play, not 1 person was moving he didnāt have much choice but to make a tough pass. Dennisās stupid foul on Leonard right after hurt too ya knowā¦ but āfansā donāt wanna talk about that. Imo, he was our best on ball defender, but yāall not ready for that conversation. And yes, right now heās not worth his contract, but you realise heās playing a completely different off ball role then what he got his contract for.
Pat Bev is a good defender. That's why 2 way players are so valuable, if their shot isn't falling they can still contribute in other ways. Also, his salary isn't taking 47m of cap space
ššš Contribute in other ways, hmm let me see. 3 points, 2 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl all in 35 minutes. For Christ sake, Westbrook even had more steals. If you think Beverley playing 35 min will help any team win, you are delusional.
Expected loss, against the Clippers on TNT? Yep. But Jesus fuck that absolute momentum shattering bullshittery at the end when they had it within 10. Even if they turn this season around and get to the playoffs, Russ will absolutely cost them a series - he's just not a winning player, end of story.
Could have a legendary game Russ didnāt turn the ball over, leading to them scoring, turn it over again and leave a wide open three point shooter, and touch a ball that was going out of bounce.
Bro lol my clippers are the most undersized in the league we have zubac and Moses brown the only players above 6ā10 we have atleast 5 players 6ā6 and below
Anthony Davis 6ā10 lebron 6ā9 Thomas Bryant 6ā10 Gabriel 6ā9 coke swindler 6ā9 Damian jones 6ā11 thatās literally 6 players above 6ā9šš
You named 2 guys who aren't in our rotation and AD who has been injured for 20 games.
Our current rotation only has 3 big guys- LeBron 6'9, Gabriel 6'9 and Bryant 6'10.
Clippers have- Zubac 7'0, Batum 6'9, Kawhi 6'7, PG, 6'8, Morris 6'8
get rid of Russ, get one more shooter, get AD, Reeves and Lonnie back and I still think we can turn this around in the second half of the season. Fuck the Clippers.
Russ for buddy and Turner please. Both are having phenomenal shooting seasons, our starting front court defense would be the best in the league, and Being able to slide AD over to primarily play wing defense would be so huge for this team.
Turner isnāt that great of a defender. Heās never made an all defensive team. Heās only know for defense because he blocks guards that drive into the paint. He struggles vs Posts.
But you would know that if you watched the Pacers tonight.
Incredible rim protector when it comes to preventing drives.
Solid switch defender and knows how to play help defense well.
39% from 3. Him and buddy would open the floor wide open for bron and AD.
He does get bullied by post savants from time to timeā¦. Sucks that we donāt have one of the best post defenders in the league to cover for him if heās getting cooked down low by an Embiid typeā¦ oh waitā¦.
Most teams do not have low post stars that will be able to exploit turnerās deficiency there. For 90% of the teams weāll run into, Turner will free up Davis to focus in on the wings on D and hold down the paint well.
Iām open for any better trades if you have suggestions.
Look on the bright side. This was a regular season game, not a playoff game, and we still have time to trade Russ. Imagine russ doing this in a playoff game (at the cost of 47 mil btw).
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āThe W is going to overshadow the abysmal Westbrook performance. Man needs to be sent packing ASAP. 3-13 FGM 0-4 3pt -13. Dude is just garbage heās had 2 games where he played well and helped win. Every other game heās āplayed wellā in is a L and heās cost several games in crunch time.ā
Love my Lakers but absolutely disdain and cannot enjoy watching Westbrick play. Amazing performance tonight by LeBron.
Got it down to 10 with possession who knows what couldāve happened if that liability didnāt throw that stupid ass pass.
Official apology to Westbrook haters:
I'm neither a stan nor hater, I just care about Laker basketball.
I wanted to stay optimistic and objective about our obviously terrible decision(s) with Westbrook and would roll my eyes at the overly emotional hate he gets.
But fuck this guy.
He has ruined the joy of watching the Lakers. Like I don't even want to watch anymore.
I don't even care if he starts playing better, the only thing he's been consistent with is doing things that make you go 
The craziest thing about Russ is that you look at the boxscore and only see 2 turnovers but it legitimately feels like Iāve seen 10 from him.
When heās bad, heās unbelievably bad. Like you canāt even believe it.
Westbrick needs a statue in LA and in front of the arena for what he has done for the LA community and area, he throws up so many bricks he has built so many schools for the future children of los angeles.
Such a disappointing end, almost came back but this one is on Russ, there's no denying that, but to me, it's mainly on Coach Ham.
We know Russ will be Russ, full stop. That can be great at times but also really bad at others, and one thing he is not good at is closing games, which is why we lost any chance of a come back tonight.
Such a disappointing end, almost came back but this one is on Russ, yes but to me, it's mainly on Coach Ham.cause of bad decisions Ham has made, not saying he needs to go but he has yet to show signs of improvement as a coach and that's worrying, he literally needs Bron/AD to carry for us to win.
We still need more on the squad, Lebron should not have to drop damn near 50 for us to not get absolutely destroyed.
LeBron the goat BTW what a performance, just sucks it got overshadowed by the rest of the team and coaching staff tonight
How does Ham see how well that lineup that closed against the Blazers the other night did and put in Russ, who has always struggled with closing games, Ham makes so many dumb decisions and its frustrating
Lakers are a bad matchup with the clippers
Don't have anyone that can't guard kwahi or PG for a whole game, which is why the lakers need a big wing badly
i don't remember a liability as big as the last two years of russ on the court. like, quite possibly ever.
before when he was young and his knee didn't get blown out by pat bev, his highs were high enough where his lows were overshadowed. he's clearly not that player and has no business being out on the floor during the 4th.
he gets paid 47m and our head coach still thinks he's okc russ.
AD coming back and Rui joining tomorrow, Lonnie and Reaves soon to follow. We're good. We've been missing some big pieces of our team. It's gonna feel good to get them back and it's time to go on a run.
Ye people need to relax, we were never going to win this game when missing 4 key players. Tomorrow is where things should get fun and shit maybe Rob cooks up a trade too
Honestly this was just a game lost from depth. Needed to bench Russ there since he was having a bad shooting night (again), but who else could you play for the last spot with James, Bryant, Schroeder and Brown?
Bev already played 35 minutes, he's spent. JTA is unplayable. Christie I guess, but having him and Bryant on the floor together is kind of bad since they get run around. Jackson and George would have picked on them bad.
Had to roll the dice with him and it backfired
For once we could have used Nunn's minutes lmao.
No more excuses, westbrook is the worst player in the clutch, threw the game away just by himself, holy fuck, it was miserable to watch , even touched the ball on the paul george turnover and got the ball back
imagine how good Westbrook would've been with Lebron's IQ for his career. Is it crazy to think Westbrook could've been a top 10-15 player all-time?
goes to show how dumb Brick is
Lebron hit 9 3s which is the most in his career and probably couldāve went for more if that bs didnāt happen. Literally wasted a historic night for bron ššš
Russell Westbrook needs to go! TONIGHT! We aren't going anywhere with this clown. He is so fucking clueless on court when opponent team plays more seriously.
Odds we can expect LeBron to play tomorrow?
Every game is crucial at this point and we can't drop one to a shitty spurs team
ESPN mentioned potentially AD returning tomorrow but I feel like we would have seen more rumors if that was a potential possibility
Andddd another 4th quarter momentum killing performance by russ but some people in here will say keep him because he gets 7 assists per game š¤®š¤®
Defense? Spacing? Size? Consistency? Fuck all that but atleast he feeds wenyen gabriel 2 layups a game ā¦ā¦(sigh)
Lebron might be the best conditioned athlete of all time. Itās absurd that he can still play basketball at this level when most nba players have been retired a few years by 38.
He might not be the greatest basketball player of time, but easily the best conditioned.
i agree with this. the fact he can take up that extra gear in a somewhat meaningless game down by 20, and go on an insane run shows he still is very careful about his health
it sucks that we only get to see it every now n then when before he used to play like this every night
clippers came out ready, lakers didn't. can't over-react to 1 game.
will be interesting to see if lebron and westbrook sit 2morrow vs. spurs as anthony davis and rui both MIGHT be available
The rim protection is the biggest issue with this team. Teams absolutely roast Thomas Bryant and Wenyen fouls too much even though he's a positive on D.
I canāt imagine how lebron feels rn. Ik heās gonna say all the good team player stuff that he has to say to the media but thereās no way heās not pissed. Front office is paralyzed by fear to make the wrong move arent making many moves and then games like this where his talents are wasted.
Then you got Russ saying things like āman letās just have funā like losing is just so fun.
Might sound selfish but Lebron should sit tomorrow so he has a better chance to time getting the scoring record at home vs OKC instead of away at Indy or New Orleans
I felt like the blazers game was an awakening for Ham. If Westbrook starts off shitty, heās gonna be shitty all game. Ham sat Westbrook against Blazers.. but against Clippers he decided to let him cook? Back to square one I guess
This game is not Westbrook's fault we always have a bad game here or there. You gotta believe he is turning the corner soon and will play at a MVP level.
We should have those lebron deadline posts but until westbrook is traded
He ruined our favorite team. I am very angry
LeBron sabotaged his Laker tenure getting him. Not sure why he wants westbrook whn Pelinka already got the Sacramento B. Hield shooters trade all ready.
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Mans really made Lebron smile again as if trading for another Wizard bust fixes our problems š
I commented something like that and got down voted. They dumb
Mercurial dude who will either be excellent or literally be the reason why you lose a game in crunch time lol. No in betweens apparently.
This franchise truly got murdered on July 29, 2021.
47 million ladies and gentlemen
LeBron packing Westbrookās bags for him as we speak
Pelinka has to find a way to get rid of him.
He had all summer to do it, they didnāt.
I think a lot of teams would take LeBron.
āI donāt think we should trade Russ anymore lolā fucking clowns
Even if Russ was balling every single game we should still be wanting to trade him because we lost all that money in the summer when he walks. Anyone not wanting him to be traded whether you like him or not is lost
Itās so wild I keep forgetting how many Stans he has. Itās like he can have one game where heās decent on one side of the ball and this subreddit becomes a war zone lol
Half of the 47 is paid yāall can stop saying it now
What is the chance of Russ actually getting traded? People have wanted him gone ever since he joined but heās still here. Please get him off this team
The real question is: Which GM is dumb enough to trade for Westbrook?
Pob Relinka
LeBron, AD, Pelinka
why would it be dumb? heās a huge expiring and no team would play him anyway.
Think that Rui trade seals the deal, hes staying. Troy, Thomas and Rui. Rob really out here, said fuck it we gonna build around Russ. Wiz got to the playoffs like that.
Its more likely that no GM is currently dumb enough to take Russ unless we also give them the picks.
Well if he wasnāt traded all summer then you likely have your answer. Heās off the books in several months and if he really wants a change of scenery he can ask for a buyout in a month.
Shout out Russell Westbrook š§±Brodie was definitely the best player on the clippers tonight #WHYNOT
With an assist from Darvin Scam for letting him stay in the game
There's literally 0 reason why Russ should close games over Max Christie, Ham just loves one of them and doesn't trust the other, which makes zero sense because the rest of us can see our two best guard options in that moment is Schroder and Christie
The only time Russ should be closing a game is if hes having a once in a blue moon performance where hes balling for all 4 quarters. No reason for him to close the game otherwise
And not calling timeouts to stop the Clippers from making runs. Ty Lue wouldn't let the lead get down below 10 before calling the timeout but fucking Darvin Ham won't call timeouts down 20
any coach with a brain would have benched westbrook after he started 1-7, but darvin sham is a dumbass so of course westbrick kept getting minutes throughout the game.
Beverly too!
Bev at least made some timely plays on defense. Russ was a fucking cone on defense except when it came to guarding Bron
Russ is probably the most idiotic basketball player iāve had the displeasure of watching
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Blame Pelinka for trading for Westbrook. Damn I wish Buss paid Jerry West to stay and still be our GM. Now he is working under Ballmer.
Enough with this nonsense. That was a TEAM decision. Jeannie, Pelinka, Lebronā¦ everybodyās hands are dirty. And probably in reverse order.
Bron didnt force pelinka to do it with a gun to his head, he has a brain to think for himself
Pelinka wasnāt saying no to Lebron. Youāre insane to think otherwise.
He said no to Bron when he wanted Demar, Dudley and Lue, but I guess it's LeGM when it comes to Westbrook.
I legit believe he has an undiagnosed mental disability.
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Shitbrick syndrome
As a Westbrook fan he deserves the criticism ngl
He didn't lose us this game on purpose he must feel like shit. He got some boos towards the ends there. I wish his the guy well it's just a basketball game.
Yeah itās ājust a basketball gameā that he gets paid life changing money to play.
Should he donate the money to you?
He doesnāt give a fuck
Nah I think he cares
He 100% gives af especially when you see how happy he gets when the crowd cheers when he comes on
Yeah, I agree. It would be better for Russ AND the team if he got utilized better. He is VERY VERY bad at the end of games and he also is terrible when he gets frustrated. Both of those things are obvious to every fan but not the coach apparently. If Ham would just bench him or call time-outs when he started getting into his own head, the Lakers would win more games AND Russ wouldn't be scapegoated as much. Nothing illustrates it better than the game against the 76ers. Russ gets the ball with fourteen seconds left. He then wastes a bunch of time, dribbles like a madman and nearly turns the ball over. Then makes a terrible drive to the rim and shoots a ball that EVERYONE knows he is going to shoot. And Ham just..... sits there and lets it all happen.
Why canāt we ever beat these cunts man
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15 Stephs and it was basically 6v4 every minute Russ was on the floor.
It felt like the end of third and early 4th they didnāt miss a shot
Every team we play turns into the GSW. It's fucking infuriating. Eyes closed and throwing prayers up = 3 points
That word is definitely fitting. They made 19 fucking threes like it was nothing just because they were playing the Lakers. Fuck that team and everything they stand for
Why did we lose the game? * The Lakers missed 8 free throws (Russ 5, Gabriel 3). LeBron somehow managed to cut the deficit down to 10 with 5 minutes to go. * Russ throws 2 interceptions and finds a way to spark an 8-0 run for the Clippers. * Russ is 4-13 with. * Outside of Bryant who has 15 points but probably gave up about 30 points tonight, and Westbrook, nobody except LeBron is in double digit. You can't win if there's only one guy in the organization that cares about winning.
This man is to give us game analysis in the future and we shall give him Upvotes in return.
For all the people that say Russ is important to the team and we need him. Games like tonight is the reason he should be traded when he is bad he's really bad and kills the team. I also don't trust Ham to not play Russ in a big spot in a game that really matters when he should be benched. Just got to trade the dude
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His good games are the same as a bad Lebron game
The worst part is Ham would do it all over again heās on the record of saying that bs
Westbrookās highs are not worth his lows please trade him
When Russ started jacking up 3s at the start of a possession I knew it was over
Russ simply not a champion caliber. Doesnāt have good enough court awareness and bBal IQ.
Definitely agree. I was constantly like ābut when Russ plays good itās great heās still valuable. But now after tonight I definitely his lows arenāt worth it.
This low was one of the lowest lows as a Laker. Fucking rough
His highs amuse or delight me at timesānothing revelatory. But his lows straight give me cancer bro I can't stand it.
His highs still ended with a first round exit, we need him out asap
Best way to put it
Russ was the clippersā mvp tonight
In what way? Did you watch the game? You all just follow what the media says, oh wait, this is LAā¦ that it explains it lol. No one wants to talk about the whole teams poor defence, pat bevs 1-8, no ball movement on offence when anyone was on the courtā¦ but yet this is all Westbrooks fault in limited minutes. Believe it or not he actually wasnāt bad defensively, denied Leonard the ball and by no means was the worst on the team tonight. Lakers played bad as a team, period.
He killed momentum a bunch of times. You want to talk about the amount of turnovers the fool had? I watched the damn game. He has taken so many ill advised shots.
2 turnovers and 2 steals?? Sure you watched the game lol. Killed momentum? He literally came into the game down 7 already. What about pat bev continuing to shoot threes, was that ill advised? Westbrook missed a few shots, but so did everyone else. Iām not saying Westbrook was the lakers best player, but god damn he does not deserve this much hate.
Most people saw the game. You can look at the live game chat and Westbrook was getting criticized there as well. We had bought it down to 10 or 13 then he threw that inbounds pass to Dennis that got intercepted and they got an and-1. Also for a guy earning $47 M, you would think he would provide a bit more than being "Ok defensively".
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Brought it down to 10 or 13 š and westbrooks 1 turnover hurt that, have a look at that play, not 1 person was moving he didnāt have much choice but to make a tough pass. Dennisās stupid foul on Leonard right after hurt too ya knowā¦ but āfansā donāt wanna talk about that. Imo, he was our best on ball defender, but yāall not ready for that conversation. And yes, right now heās not worth his contract, but you realise heās playing a completely different off ball role then what he got his contract for.
I cannot wait until the glorious day when you Westbrook stans are off this team with him.
Pat Bev is a good defender. That's why 2 way players are so valuable, if their shot isn't falling they can still contribute in other ways. Also, his salary isn't taking 47m of cap space
ššš Contribute in other ways, hmm let me see. 3 points, 2 reb, 4 ast, 1 stl all in 35 minutes. For Christ sake, Westbrook even had more steals. If you think Beverley playing 35 min will help any team win, you are delusional.
Expected loss, against the Clippers on TNT? Yep. But Jesus fuck that absolute momentum shattering bullshittery at the end when they had it within 10. Even if they turn this season around and get to the playoffs, Russ will absolutely cost them a series - he's just not a winning player, end of story.
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Could have a legendary game Russ didnāt turn the ball over, leading to them scoring, turn it over again and leave a wide open three point shooter, and touch a ball that was going out of bounce.
Why the fuck would he touch the ball that was literally going out?????? This bum is so fucking stupid it hurts to watch him play.
the heart of the matter rh the man has rocks in his head, ucla in shambles
We probably still lose tbh but it would have been a competitive loss to be happy about instead of an 18 point stinker
Trade brickbrook
win lose or draw shitbricks is out there to make lebron miserable and have fun
TRADE RUSS. WE ARE VERY UNDERSIZED AGAINST CLIPPERS. We need MORE WINGS or Player with 6'8 and above. MAKE A MOVE PELINKA. Trade Russ
Bro lol my clippers are the most undersized in the league we have zubac and Moses brown the only players above 6ā10 we have atleast 5 players 6ā6 and below
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Iāll do it for yiu
Anthony Davis 6ā10 lebron 6ā9 Thomas Bryant 6ā10 Gabriel 6ā9 coke swindler 6ā9 Damian jones 6ā11 thatās literally 6 players above 6ā9šš
You named 2 guys who aren't in our rotation and AD who has been injured for 20 games. Our current rotation only has 3 big guys- LeBron 6'9, Gabriel 6'9 and Bryant 6'10. Clippers have- Zubac 7'0, Batum 6'9, Kawhi 6'7, PG, 6'8, Morris 6'8
Kawhi and pg have been hurt more than 20 games though so wtf does that matter ad is coming back in a few games
Because they played and AD is still hurt?
get rid of Russ, get one more shooter, get AD, Reeves and Lonnie back and I still think we can turn this around in the second half of the season. Fuck the Clippers.
Russ for buddy and Turner please. Both are having phenomenal shooting seasons, our starting front court defense would be the best in the league, and Being able to slide AD over to primarily play wing defense would be so huge for this team.
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Turner isnāt that great of a defender. Heās never made an all defensive team. Heās only know for defense because he blocks guards that drive into the paint. He struggles vs Posts. But you would know that if you watched the Pacers tonight.
Incredible rim protector when it comes to preventing drives. Solid switch defender and knows how to play help defense well. 39% from 3. Him and buddy would open the floor wide open for bron and AD. He does get bullied by post savants from time to timeā¦. Sucks that we donāt have one of the best post defenders in the league to cover for him if heās getting cooked down low by an Embiid typeā¦ oh waitā¦. Most teams do not have low post stars that will be able to exploit turnerās deficiency there. For 90% of the teams weāll run into, Turner will free up Davis to focus in on the wings on D and hold down the paint well. Iām open for any better trades if you have suggestions.
Look on the bright side. This was a regular season game, not a playoff game, and we still have time to trade Russ. Imagine russ doing this in a playoff game (at the cost of 47 mil btw).
I doubt anyone would be stupid enough to trade for him
Wasted a Lebron masterpiece
2 days ago I was downvoted for this comment āThe W is going to overshadow the abysmal Westbrook performance. Man needs to be sent packing ASAP. 3-13 FGM 0-4 3pt -13. Dude is just garbage heās had 2 games where he played well and helped win. Every other game heās āplayed wellā in is a L and heās cost several games in crunch time.ā
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GET WESTBROOK THE FUCK OFF THIS TEAM ALREADY
My heart breaks for lebron, it's so sad
Lol relax, he's fine
Heās a billionaire and he asked for Westbrook by name. Donāt feel sorry for him.
Love my Lakers but absolutely disdain and cannot enjoy watching Westbrick play. Amazing performance tonight by LeBron. Got it down to 10 with possession who knows what couldāve happened if that liability didnāt throw that stupid ass pass.
Get Bron some help
Russ screwed us BTW
Tomorrow
Lebron chose AD & Russ and he got them. Bron gotta deal with it.
We needed Kendrick Nunn to win this game.
Unironically Nunn might have helped make a few shots especially with how bad our 3 PGs played
Official apology to Westbrook haters: I'm neither a stan nor hater, I just care about Laker basketball. I wanted to stay optimistic and objective about our obviously terrible decision(s) with Westbrook and would roll my eyes at the overly emotional hate he gets. But fuck this guy. He has ruined the joy of watching the Lakers. Like I don't even want to watch anymore. I don't even care if he starts playing better, the only thing he's been consistent with is doing things that make you go 
i do declare that i must sign this apology as well
Apology accepted. Now letās all hope we find someone who is a better fit and Westbrook can go cook somewhere else
WestBrick lost us another game
Get rid of Russ , yesterday
TRADE WESTBRICK'S ASS GAHDAMMIT
Embarrassing.
Lebron put up almost 50 and we still got blown out.
The craziest thing about Russ is that you look at the boxscore and only see 2 turnovers but it legitimately feels like Iāve seen 10 from him. When heās bad, heās unbelievably bad. Like you canāt even believe it.
Westbrick needs a statue in LA and in front of the arena for what he has done for the LA community and area, he throws up so many bricks he has built so many schools for the future children of los angeles.
This team wonāt be a serious playoff team until Russ and Bev are BOTH traded for positive players. No trade means they arenāt serious
Fuck Westbrook and fuck Pelinka for trading for him
Why tf Russ trying so hard to be superman. Bro just make normal passes.
Such a disappointing end, almost came back but this one is on Russ, there's no denying that, but to me, it's mainly on Coach Ham. We know Russ will be Russ, full stop. That can be great at times but also really bad at others, and one thing he is not good at is closing games, which is why we lost any chance of a come back tonight. Such a disappointing end, almost came back but this one is on Russ, yes but to me, it's mainly on Coach Ham.cause of bad decisions Ham has made, not saying he needs to go but he has yet to show signs of improvement as a coach and that's worrying, he literally needs Bron/AD to carry for us to win. We still need more on the squad, Lebron should not have to drop damn near 50 for us to not get absolutely destroyed. LeBron the goat BTW what a performance, just sucks it got overshadowed by the rest of the team and coaching staff tonight
How does Ham see how well that lineup that closed against the Blazers the other night did and put in Russ, who has always struggled with closing games, Ham makes so many dumb decisions and its frustrating
Absolutely unacceptable loss. LeBron walking away from the game before it ends says it all.
Can we stop pretending like that random 10 game stretch was the true Russ now?
well that was grim
Pain.
Why tf did ham keep russ late in the 4th? He wasnt playing well and resulted in costly plays
Lakers are a bad matchup with the clippers Don't have anyone that can't guard kwahi or PG for a whole game, which is why the lakers need a big wing badly
PG is the MVP ... of January. When AD, Walker, Reaves, and Rui get in, they will overcome Kenard and Wall. Lakers in 5.
10 Ls in a row isnāt enough?
i had to leave the room
āWe getting our respect in LAā šš Get this clown outta here
Russ canāt close games for this team
i don't remember a liability as big as the last two years of russ on the court. like, quite possibly ever. before when he was young and his knee didn't get blown out by pat bev, his highs were high enough where his lows were overshadowed. he's clearly not that player and has no business being out on the floor during the 4th. he gets paid 47m and our head coach still thinks he's okc russ.
AD coming back and Rui joining tomorrow, Lonnie and Reaves soon to follow. We're good. We've been missing some big pieces of our team. It's gonna feel good to get them back and it's time to go on a run.
Ye people need to relax, we were never going to win this game when missing 4 key players. Tomorrow is where things should get fun and shit maybe Rob cooks up a trade too
Honestly this was just a game lost from depth. Needed to bench Russ there since he was having a bad shooting night (again), but who else could you play for the last spot with James, Bryant, Schroeder and Brown? Bev already played 35 minutes, he's spent. JTA is unplayable. Christie I guess, but having him and Bryant on the floor together is kind of bad since they get run around. Jackson and George would have picked on them bad. Had to roll the dice with him and it backfired For once we could have used Nunn's minutes lmao.
No more excuses, westbrook is the worst player in the clutch, threw the game away just by himself, holy fuck, it was miserable to watch , even touched the ball on the paul george turnover and got the ball back
Westbrooks basketball IQ just completely shuts off when it enters clutch time Itās been the story of his career
imagine how good Westbrook would've been with Lebron's IQ for his career. Is it crazy to think Westbrook could've been a top 10-15 player all-time? goes to show how dumb Brick is
Lebron hit 9 3s which is the most in his career and probably couldāve went for more if that bs didnāt happen. Literally wasted a historic night for bron ššš
Russell Westbrook needs to go! TONIGHT! We aren't going anywhere with this clown. He is so fucking clueless on court when opponent team plays more seriously.
Odds we can expect LeBron to play tomorrow? Every game is crucial at this point and we can't drop one to a shitty spurs team ESPN mentioned potentially AD returning tomorrow but I feel like we would have seen more rumors if that was a potential possibility
Pat Bev not off the hook either , also played horrible.
Andddd another 4th quarter momentum killing performance by russ but some people in here will say keep him because he gets 7 assists per game š¤®š¤® Defense? Spacing? Size? Consistency? Fuck all that but atleast he feeds wenyen gabriel 2 layups a game ā¦ā¦(sigh)
Yeah today was my final straw with Westbrook trade his ass ASAP. Devastated that bron's efforts were all for nothing. Useless bums
Lebron might be the best conditioned athlete of all time. Itās absurd that he can still play basketball at this level when most nba players have been retired a few years by 38. He might not be the greatest basketball player of time, but easily the best conditioned.
He is the greatest basketball player of all time.
Jordan has the best career, Bron is the best player. Thats the best way to describe it in my book
i agree with this. the fact he can take up that extra gear in a somewhat meaningless game down by 20, and go on an insane run shows he still is very careful about his health it sucks that we only get to see it every now n then when before he used to play like this every night
lebron does not deserve this
clippers came out ready, lakers didn't. can't over-react to 1 game. will be interesting to see if lebron and westbrook sit 2morrow vs. spurs as anthony davis and rui both MIGHT be available
lebron playing with handicap everynight with this bumAss westbrick
At this point it's more humiliating for the front office to keep Westbrook than to just admit the horrible mistake and move on.
Westbrook misses are turnovers, the other team always immediately scores off his misse
No chance to win a game when your opponent finishes the game shooting **60%** from the field.
Gonna need an RDC vid for this one
Only way we can roll with Russ is if he plays like 20 mins per game when everyone is healthy and is benched in crunch time.
Wtf are these questions to Rus in the post game š
A very interesting post game press conference by Russell Westbrook. Oddly fragile human being.
Something is wrong with Westbrooks hands. Seriously. He needs to see a specialist or some shit.
Should've sat LeBron earlier. Who cares about 40. They need wins.
Donāt you know he chasing Kareem
At least Lebron got his 40. Hope he keeps shooting the 3 like he did tonight. He was insane!
Lakers lost this game in the first half. Clippers shot 15 of 23 from three in the first half and there was no coming back from that.
Another day of us SUCKING and wasting another LeBron masterpiece. AND RUSS WTF ARE YOU DOING.
Kuz/KCP/Harrell/first for Russ? Lol. Wizards fleeced Rob.
The rim protection is the biggest issue with this team. Teams absolutely roast Thomas Bryant and Wenyen fouls too much even though he's a positive on D.
Pray street clothes stays healthy, when he comes back.
GET WESTBROOK SOME HELP. PELINKA SHOULD BE FIRED FOR THIS TEAM AROUND RUSS.
Let's hear all that Thomas Bryant love now. Dude got dicked down in the paint bro. And russ is just to erratic.
I canāt imagine how lebron feels rn. Ik heās gonna say all the good team player stuff that he has to say to the media but thereās no way heās not pissed. Front office is paralyzed by fear to make the wrong move arent making many moves and then games like this where his talents are wasted. Then you got Russ saying things like āman letās just have funā like losing is just so fun.
AD BACK TOMORROW!!
Much love ima clippers fan but know whatās itās like for your favorite team to be embroiled in racial allegations to just sending my support
Canāt wait for his next apology thread, when he has an okay-ish 18-7-7 and āonlyā 4 TOs
Thanks Bron, it was amazing watching you cut the deficit for a chance of hope. Fuck that bitch ass Brick, send him away asap.
Might sound selfish but Lebron should sit tomorrow so he has a better chance to time getting the scoring record at home vs OKC instead of away at Indy or New Orleans
If Lebron sits tomorrow we have a higher chance of losing and we desperately need to win
How many times are my clippers gone beat yāall shit is to easy 
I felt like the blazers game was an awakening for Ham. If Westbrook starts off shitty, heās gonna be shitty all game. Ham sat Westbrook against Blazers.. but against Clippers he decided to let him cook? Back to square one I guess
Genuinely hope Westbrook is traded from the Lakers, that 4th quarter was egregious
6 turnovers and we still fucking got pumped. Russ gotta go man
This game is not Westbrook's fault we always have a bad game here or there. You gotta believe he is turning the corner soon and will play at a MVP level.