Your Lakers finish the 2023-2024 season with a record of 43-39 and bow out in the Western Conference Finals. Talk about all your offseason hopes and dreams here.
We could’ve lengthened the series but our superstars couldn’t close any 4th quarter. LeBron bricked the three in game 1 that could’ve tied it, then shot and missed 3 untimely threes in the 4th quarter of game 2 that doomed us. Then got blocked and bricked at the end of game 4. This fanbase doesn’t hold our superstars to the standard they should be held at.
Yeah what an insane game winner Tatum hit today 🙄
>This fanbase doesn’t hold our superstars to the standard they should be held at.
Considering you only complained about Lebron, neither do you apparently
Considering his post history it feels he really don't like Lebron and think him and AD are no good anymore and Lakers should rebuild.
Some people are dumb.
People in here underrating continuity. We don't need to ship everyone out and redo the roster because it didn't work this year. Teams get better the longer they play together. This team had like 15 meaningful games before the playoffs started and multiples guys were in and out.
Jimmy Butler has taken a nose dive as the series has gone on. Struggling on offense. Defense also hasn’t been as good.
I’m waiting for coverage to be tantamount to when Anthony Davis also struggled on offense as the series went on (while his defense still remained consistent). Hell even LeBron also got flak for his decreasing effectiveness as games
“Not a winning player with killer mentality.”
“Not an alpha. Just a beta male player”
“The biggest pussy/bitch in sports”
“Trade this guy for role players”
unrelated point: Another example of why lebron proves himself as the greatest ever. Jimmy butler had heat fans calling him better than lebron. And honestly, bro was playing like lebron, but no one but lebron can keep that up.
Just like the 2020 finals. The two games after Jimmy put up LeBron-like virtuosos, he wilted in the games after. LeBron performed at that same crazy high level with zero letdowns.
>Jimmy playing with fans
Ha, those "fans" were the only reason the Heat didn't get blown out by 30.
>did LeBron win anything without a superstar and an allstar on his team?
Who in the history of the NBA has won without help?
2018 eastern conference was garbage. Their 2018 opponent was Boston when JT was a rookie and kyrie and Hayward out lmao and they still took lebron to 7… jimmy forcing this Boston team, that’s matured and is way better, to 7 is way more impressive… plus bron had prime k love who is def better than bam still and korver and others who are better than gabe and duncan.
Let me know the game LeBron let his team down in 2018 like Jimmy just let his team down the past three games. And you can't compare the KD Warriors to the Bucks with an absent and injured Giannis. You sound like a delusional child. Go back to your sub, troll.
I mean more in this context. Just an example of why even players you think are having generational moves can’t do it. In this context lebron doesn’t have the added benefit of help defenders being illegal
If heat don’t win game 7, jimmy butler’s legacy is cooked. No one will remember him carrying them past Giannis and the bucks. He’ll just be known for going from himmy butler to shitty butterfingers butler
You think anyone cares now that we took out GSW and we failed to get the job finished?
Fans on the losing column have no right to look down on ANY team who's season is still alive.
> You think anyone cares now that we took out GSW
A lot of people still do because of Lebron and Curry's long rivalry. There's a lot more history behind that.
I’m not sure I understand your comment. Obviously we lost and sucked and nobody gives a shit about us. The same will be true for the heat soon if they don’t pull off a miracle to win game 7. Except it will be a 100x more embarrassing for the heat
What, they played good because they’re a better constructed team. They have people that can actually shoot, cut and defend while also doing little things. Lakers have f*cking Dloading and Schrodick, they weren’t winning no championships this year.
Nah fuck Mike Malone. That bitch ass loser has such a victim complex. Same w Murray. I like jokic though. I’m completely neutral for this finals if Celtics win. I’d only root for a team if the heat somehow get through
Shoeloverrrr. Been a while. Can’t believe I got banned twice for rooting for the Celtics last year. I wasn’t the only one doing it though. There were a couple others. I had a rational case for it though imo. What were your thoughts on the season/playoffs for us?
Boston is lucky they playing in the weak east. The hawks, Philly chokers and now a bunch of g leaguers. They’d lose in the second round in the west easily
Monumental mistake. Probably ruined LeBron’s tenure here. Winning one more ring would help fix it, but it won’t be as good as it could have been. Wasted one season with Bron and AD and probably is why we got swept in the WCF (not enough time to gel with the new team, players we got back aren’t as good as what we gave up for Russ, etc).
Denver is gonna go absolutely cold for the first time this playoffs. Jokic will get his but everyone will cool off. Denver only smoked us because of the hatred against us for the bubble. Celtics really about to win the chip after going down 0-3. God damn
Naw they didn’t come all this way to lose, they’re the best team in these playoffs by far. Boston is struggling against a play-in team without one of their best players. Celtics fans about to see their team lose back to back finals.
I’m not even sure I care about who wins the finals anymore if Celtics win. I wanted jimmy, but he’s turned all of his greatness down the drain in one game
For me it’s the Nuggets but bittersweet either way. Celtics win, sucks but we get to laugh at Mike Malone’s bitter ass and hold that loss over Nuggets fans for a while. Nuggets win, great that means Boston fans watched back to back Finals losses.
Yup. Dude gets all in his feelings about not being on a top 20 player list, but he’s not this good all the time. Nuggets just had a fire to destroy us because of the bubble. Shit like that happens in sports. It’s like the 2014 spurs. They wanted absolute blood after choking to the heat and wiped the floor with them the next year.
Doesn’t matter we got swept and lost every single time in crunch time. Moral victories don’t matter. We got cooked because AD is so much worse than jokic. In the bubble it was the opposite. AD has regressed so much offensively
This season is an absolute failure for the lakers. Incompetentence led to lebrons injury, to now the consequence being a celtics 18 ring. Crazy. Fuck the Bus’s man
I could swear the time didn't start the moment m Smart caught the ball, this should have been reviewed or at least show a replay. 0.1 seconds shots and you're relying on humans to make the decision
also it didn't help that Bam played horribly since game 2. Today Bam couldn't even get a rebound multiple times. And couldn't score in the paint...
If one of the nuggets role players played horribly lakers would've won at least 1 game.
Mentality thing: Boston said they just need one and took the losses seriously, Lakers were too confident after that bad game 1 loss. There are more issues here and it isn’t a 1 to 1 comparison, but Boston overall had the right mindset more than the Lakers did. Some of the Lakers looked defeated down 0-3, even 0-2. Boston played so hard as a unit in game 4.
Don't care if the Celts didn't get swept lol they're a 2 seed team battling against the 8 seed team from the play-ins for a shot in the Finals, I just need them to lose and not get number 18.
Hate seeing the Heat choke like this. Wish they had sent the Celtics home already. If Boston ended up with the chip, it gonna hurt bad for Lakers Nation.
Hahahaha you think Jayson overrated Tatum and this Boston team who lose 3 Games agsinst this Heat team and lose 3 Games agsinst disfuncional Phila. Will beat MVP Jokic and Denver. Lmao
Celtics match up so well vs Denver.
have 3 way big depth.
then amazing guard depth to shut down Murray. Whites outplayed Murray by himself in a series before
Jokic is going to completely dismantle whatever team comes out of the East. No one can guard him, and no one can match his IQ. Jokic with this kind of team around him might just be a dynasty in the making.
Early on in the playoffs, I was kind of jealous of the Heat being a seed lower, getting as far as us and going beyond. Now...not so much. But maybe Jimmy will actually have a fire lit in Game 7.
The only good thing about this outcome is the Lakers may actually feel pressured to use their first round picks to seriously upgrade the roster rather than settle and run it back
You know what, if the Celtics win the chip, I won't even be mad. They got it, man. Lakers will surpass them some day, I swear it.
But uhh...nuggets in 6
We could have prob won any of the 4 games played but we didn't I'm still bitter and will be for a while looking forward to the improvements this off-season
Crazy that after all the great stuff Jimmy has done this could be how he is remembered
Ham is Him.
We could’ve lengthened the series but our superstars couldn’t close any 4th quarter. LeBron bricked the three in game 1 that could’ve tied it, then shot and missed 3 untimely threes in the 4th quarter of game 2 that doomed us. Then got blocked and bricked at the end of game 4. This fanbase doesn’t hold our superstars to the standard they should be held at.
Yeah what an insane game winner Tatum hit today 🙄 >This fanbase doesn’t hold our superstars to the standard they should be held at. Considering you only complained about Lebron, neither do you apparently
Considering his post history it feels he really don't like Lebron and think him and AD are no good anymore and Lakers should rebuild. Some people are dumb.
Ever since 2020, they either stay injured and when they aren’t, fall short in the playoffs. I don’t see that changing.
People in here underrating continuity. We don't need to ship everyone out and redo the roster because it didn't work this year. Teams get better the longer they play together. This team had like 15 meaningful games before the playoffs started and multiples guys were in and out.
LEBRON would never let this happen. Mf would drop 50 to close them out!!!
Mf just got swept!!!
Jimmy Butler has taken a nose dive as the series has gone on. Struggling on offense. Defense also hasn’t been as good. I’m waiting for coverage to be tantamount to when Anthony Davis also struggled on offense as the series went on (while his defense still remained consistent). Hell even LeBron also got flak for his decreasing effectiveness as games “Not a winning player with killer mentality.” “Not an alpha. Just a beta male player” “The biggest pussy/bitch in sports” “Trade this guy for role players”
At least he didn’t get swept. It’s not the same as losing 4-0.
Fuck the Celtics
Who has the best rookie coach, Boston or the Lakers?
Boston obviously💀 Our rookie coach sucks
Boston is the better team with younger superstars, Ham did a good job for a team newly put together at the trade deadline.
he was awful until the first 2 rounds of the playoffs, then was awful again. He’s not a winning play kind of coach
> he was awful until the first 2 rounds of the playoffs We had a great record post trade deadline so that makes no sense.
So how do the the nuggets matchup with celtics?
unrelated point: Another example of why lebron proves himself as the greatest ever. Jimmy butler had heat fans calling him better than lebron. And honestly, bro was playing like lebron, but no one but lebron can keep that up.
heat fans are ungrateful fucks imagine if bron did not go there stuck with 1 ring
Just like the 2020 finals. The two games after Jimmy put up LeBron-like virtuosos, he wilted in the games after. LeBron performed at that same crazy high level with zero letdowns.
>Jimmy butler had heat fans calling him better than lebron. I don't recall any Heat fan saying he's better than LeBron lmao.
>Jimmy butler had heat fans calling him better than lebron. Only post 2020 Heat fans
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>Jimmy playing with fans Ha, those "fans" were the only reason the Heat didn't get blown out by 30. >did LeBron win anything without a superstar and an allstar on his team? Who in the history of the NBA has won without help?
He made the finals in 2018 with a much worse supporting cast, so at the very least he made it out of the East..
2018 eastern conference was garbage. Their 2018 opponent was Boston when JT was a rookie and kyrie and Hayward out lmao and they still took lebron to 7… jimmy forcing this Boston team, that’s matured and is way better, to 7 is way more impressive… plus bron had prime k love who is def better than bam still and korver and others who are better than gabe and duncan.
Yes, "Prime K Love" who averaged 12.5 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists in 6 games before getting a concussion.
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Let me know the game LeBron let his team down in 2018 like Jimmy just let his team down the past three games. And you can't compare the KD Warriors to the Bucks with an absent and injured Giannis. You sound like a delusional child. Go back to your sub, troll.
Some of those "fans" are outplaying him lol
MJ? Bron might be the goat but he’s not the only superstar capable of having a consistent all time great postseason. Jimmy is just a fraud.
I mean more in this context. Just an example of why even players you think are having generational moves can’t do it. In this context lebron doesn’t have the added benefit of help defenders being illegal
I got a friend working rn and he's only scoreboard watching and he thought the heat had won for 5 minutes
Breaking news: Multiple heat fans on suicide watch
bro what the fuck are the heat doing
If heat don’t win game 7, jimmy butler’s legacy is cooked. No one will remember him carrying them past Giannis and the bucks. He’ll just be known for going from himmy butler to shitty butterfingers butler
heat aren’t winning gm7
Agreed. They’re cooked. The heat are feeling the heat.
You think anyone cares now that we took out GSW and we failed to get the job finished? Fans on the losing column have no right to look down on ANY team who's season is still alive.
> You think anyone cares now that we took out GSW A lot of people still do because of Lebron and Curry's long rivalry. There's a lot more history behind that.
I’m not sure I understand your comment. Obviously we lost and sucked and nobody gives a shit about us. The same will be true for the heat soon if they don’t pull off a miracle to win game 7. Except it will be a 100x more embarrassing for the heat
No way y’all think Boston beating Denver 😹😹😹
boston is easily the best matchup for the nuggets. Heat would’ve got bitched. Sixers would’ve, bucks wouldve
Nah bucks were the best matchup with the nuggets. Giannis has the motor to punish Jokic inside.
Such a huge bummer they had been beaten by the fraud Miami Heat
They will. It’ll be a perfect ending for the script writers and the most painful ending for lakers fans.
Nuggets winning this in 5 at most
I’d like to believe that but also feel nuggets only played that good against us because of hatred for losing in the bubble. We’ll see though
What, they played good because they’re a better constructed team. They have people that can actually shoot, cut and defend while also doing little things. Lakers have f*cking Dloading and Schrodick, they weren’t winning no championships this year.
we must pray that our two dads (jokic and mikey malone) destroy the celt gods
Nah fuck Mike Malone. That bitch ass loser has such a victim complex. Same w Murray. I like jokic though. I’m completely neutral for this finals if Celtics win. I’d only root for a team if the heat somehow get through
You a Lebron fan or something? A Laker fan not caring if Boston passes us up in championships is some clown shit
A LeBron fan not hating on Boston is not a true LeBron fan. LeBron himself hates Boston lmao.
Yeah he is you should have seen him last year during the finals lmao.
Shoeloverrrr. Been a while. Can’t believe I got banned twice for rooting for the Celtics last year. I wasn’t the only one doing it though. There were a couple others. I had a rational case for it though imo. What were your thoughts on the season/playoffs for us?
You got it. +1 in your detective skills
Boston is lucky they playing in the weak east. The hawks, Philly chokers and now a bunch of g leaguers. They’d lose in the second round in the west easily
what happened to the dog in butler - why didn't the dog didn't box out ?!
the “dog” ain’t the issue. He’s all talk and motivation but no skill. Can’t shoot the 3, relies on FTs too much.
if you’re watching, jimmy was nowhere near him
Because he went from himmy butler to shitty butterfingers butler
Jokic and Murray please cook whatever comes out of the East
It is so annoying that FO decided to throw a championship team away. for trading for Russ.
Monumental mistake. Probably ruined LeBron’s tenure here. Winning one more ring would help fix it, but it won’t be as good as it could have been. Wasted one season with Bron and AD and probably is why we got swept in the WCF (not enough time to gel with the new team, players we got back aren’t as good as what we gave up for Russ, etc).
damn homie it's time to move on
no one ever should. Arguably the worst thing to happen to this franchise since like magic got like aids or shaq leaving
Cp3 veto is like 10 times worse but ok
true, i didn’t say worse though i just said since,
Can the NBA season just end right now?
Middle aged white guys’ dream finals is Denver vs Boston
Funny cuz miami has more white players on the roster than either of those 2
For a season we overachieved, what has happened the last two weeks has to be the most excruciating turn of events
Miami is cooked, a legendary choke is in progress
Man these pressers are about to be entertaining. I’m watching every single one
Heat are frauds bruh
man fuck solomon hill i swear that mf altered the timeline a lot
Solomon Hill caused WW2 and the Great Depression. Fuck that Neanderthal looking mf.
Nevermind I watched the replay, it started exactly after Smart caught the ball. Insane finish, but still both teams can win it
Best buzzer beater since Derrick Fisher. Man a game.what a series.
Nah Ron Artest vs the suns was better
Please Miami win Monday
Is it Sunday or Monday?
Monday
Homie thought it was over and didn't try to box out. Amateur mistake. Game ain't over til it's over.
He was way out of position who do you want to box out?
No, he definitely had a chance to box out.
I know they are tired because I’m tired from a flight of stairs, but come onnnnn 😭
Celtics better give Derrick white the max
Denver is gonna go absolutely cold for the first time this playoffs. Jokic will get his but everyone will cool off. Denver only smoked us because of the hatred against us for the bubble. Celtics really about to win the chip after going down 0-3. God damn
Bushy pubes better be hitting every fucking shot if they are facing boston
Bushy pubes lmao. Is that Murray?
Yeah his sex tape got leaked
the CJ troll lol
Ayo lmao
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Yeah that too. Fucking heat man. I wanted jimmy to have a historic run. Ruined it all in the most embarrassing fashion
Naw they didn’t come all this way to lose, they’re the best team in these playoffs by far. Boston is struggling against a play-in team without one of their best players. Celtics fans about to see their team lose back to back finals.
I’m not even sure I care about who wins the finals anymore if Celtics win. I wanted jimmy, but he’s turned all of his greatness down the drain in one game
For me it’s the Nuggets but bittersweet either way. Celtics win, sucks but we get to laugh at Mike Malone’s bitter ass and hold that loss over Nuggets fans for a while. Nuggets win, great that means Boston fans watched back to back Finals losses.
Yeah I think that best summarizes my feelings too
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Yup. Dude gets all in his feelings about not being on a top 20 player list, but he’s not this good all the time. Nuggets just had a fire to destroy us because of the bubble. Shit like that happens in sports. It’s like the 2014 spurs. They wanted absolute blood after choking to the heat and wiped the floor with them the next year.
> destroy us lakers were in every single game the heat were completely outmatched and emotionally drained that year
Doesn’t matter we got swept and lost every single time in crunch time. Moral victories don’t matter. We got cooked because AD is so much worse than jokic. In the bubble it was the opposite. AD has regressed so much offensively
Negative energy be gone!
Nuggets are taking a week to rest up and practice for finals while if the Celtics win they only have a day. They are gonna get stomped in the finals.
lol
This season is an absolute failure for the lakers. Incompetentence led to lebrons injury, to now the consequence being a celtics 18 ring. Crazy. Fuck the Bus’s man
Yup. Script writers figured out the worst outcome for us. I guess no warriors is a positive
Just imagine... if they traded Westbrick to start the season, Lebron probably doesn't get an overuse injury and we would be in the finals
Fuck Boston and pls Miami try to rebound next time
FUCK BOSTON FOREVER
I could swear the time didn't start the moment m Smart caught the ball, this should have been reviewed or at least show a replay. 0.1 seconds shots and you're relying on humans to make the decision
Kind of pissed the Celtics pushed this to game 7 we can't even get a fucking win.
also it didn't help that Bam played horribly since game 2. Today Bam couldn't even get a rebound multiple times. And couldn't score in the paint... If one of the nuggets role players played horribly lakers would've won at least 1 game.
Mentality thing: Boston said they just need one and took the losses seriously, Lakers were too confident after that bad game 1 loss. There are more issues here and it isn’t a 1 to 1 comparison, but Boston overall had the right mindset more than the Lakers did. Some of the Lakers looked defeated down 0-3, even 0-2. Boston played so hard as a unit in game 4.
It's really because the Celtics have Smart as their #3 and we have Dlo
Nuggets and Jokic please deprive their 18th
Duncan Robinson sold this game. Dumbass should’ve let jimmy take the shot
Jimmy played ass all game
He did but he was at least making clutch buckets down the stretch. Duncan cooled off
Dude rushed a three lmfao
Duncan Robinson with that dumbass 3 with 18 seconds left...
Lakers must be salty watching the Celts not get swept lol
We are lol but as long as they don’t get #18 before us it’s cool
Don't care if the Celts didn't get swept lol they're a 2 seed team battling against the 8 seed team from the play-ins for a shot in the Finals, I just need them to lose and not get number 18.
I’m salty you idiots couldn’t beat the warriors last year
Fuck Boston
Sure, but fuck the warriors too
Hate seeing the Heat choke like this. Wish they had sent the Celtics home already. If Boston ended up with the chip, it gonna hurt bad for Lakers Nation.
If Dlo showed up and Ham made better decisions maybe we would not get swept then maybe I could take miami choking a 3-0 lead better.
Celtics really gonna make history then win chip 18 fuck this timeline
Hahahaha you think Jayson overrated Tatum and this Boston team who lose 3 Games agsinst this Heat team and lose 3 Games agsinst disfuncional Phila. Will beat MVP Jokic and Denver. Lmao
Bro… Denver is so much better, and they’ve had rest.
Celtics match up so well vs Denver. have 3 way big depth. then amazing guard depth to shut down Murray. Whites outplayed Murray by himself in a series before
Jokic is going to completely dismantle whatever team comes out of the East. No one can guard him, and no one can match his IQ. Jokic with this kind of team around him might just be a dynasty in the making.
Denver gonna kill Boston. Max 6 probable 5. Boston er bad and Tatum is overrated. Not close to Jokic. 2differents league
Bam Adebayo should be traded. He's been absolutely horrendous since 2021 playoffs. Can't go fucking grab a rebound or score lmao.
And people want to trade AD for him...
He just fucking stood there on the last play. If he pursued the board they would've gone to the finals.
Nuggets better smoke the Celtics.
Of course Celtics winning the chip lol. When I root for them to beat the warriors, they lose. When I root against them, they win. Just inverse me guys
Why did you root for them to beat the warriors in the first place
Bron stan
Well at least you’re honest 😂
Lakers are pathetic
Early on in the playoffs, I was kind of jealous of the Heat being a seed lower, getting as far as us and going beyond. Now...not so much. But maybe Jimmy will actually have a fire lit in Game 7.
Oh well, Horford isn’t going to know what to do with Jokic. Maybe a few years ago, but not at 36
Lakers are pathetic
Multiple heat fans escorted out of the arena in stretchers after passing out in shock. Lmfao
game 7 gonna be a blowout W for the celts denver going DOWN
Denver is working either one of these teams.
Can't tell me there's not a script
The only good thing about this outcome is the Lakers may actually feel pressured to use their first round picks to seriously upgrade the roster rather than settle and run it back
Feels like the basketball gods want celtics this year. Lucky ass shit.
I went from taking solace that we got swept by the better team to irrationally angry that the Celtics even have a chance to make it to the Finals. smh
Imagine losing to Derrick White. 😂
You know what, if the Celtics win the chip, I won't even be mad. They got it, man. Lakers will surpass them some day, I swear it. But uhh...nuggets in 6
Fucking knew it dude
What the fuck lmao that’s insane
IDK how you let a team come back from a 3-0 series deficit. That's a demoralizing situation. Go Nuggets. Fuck the Celtics if ever they advance
Unreal
y'all seen the fake comeback, now y'all seen the fake 3-0 lead
Given the magnitude of the moment, that’s the craziest game I’ve ever seen
I’m stunned and I’m not even a heat fan in the building.. can’t imagine how they feel
Jimmy still choked hard, played like shit all game and was relying on the refs to bail him out which they almost did
Damn that’s heart breaking
just more salt in the getting swept wounds
Derrick White lmao wtf
Holy shit did that just fucking happened
Nuggets better win the chip. I don't want to see either of these teams win, especially not these leprechaun fucks
ANTICLIMACTIC
Lol, they got Ron Artest’d
This is so shitty lmao
The fact it didn't start immediately after Smart caught the ball doomed them
Crazy shit honestly I give the man credit
Don’t let that last minute fool you .. jimmy wasn’t aggressive enough to deserve this win
Jokic better be making those bullshit shots against Boston too.
Duuude imagine being a heat fan i’d break down and start sobbing
If it was the Lakers, the hospital would be full of heart attacks. That is upsetting.
Max Strus had to box out the inbounder and bro couldnt do that to put them away smh
thats a big rip, adam is not letting boston lose in game 7
Holy shit….Heat really boutta be the first
So the celtics about to win 4 in a row and we couldn't even get 1 game disgusting
Starting small in game 1 probably doomed us.
We could have prob won any of the 4 games played but we didn't I'm still bitter and will be for a while looking forward to the improvements this off-season
Heats fans in absolute shambles. Someone definitely had a heart attack