From an old Bron to a tubby Don, welcome to washed camp: Your GOAT franchise Boss Angeles Lakers 2025 offseason Thread

[areohbee824]

my breh @areohbee824 spent bread to watch this shyt in person

Yeah Got to meet Mychal Thompson and ran into the drummer from the band Tool which was cool

 

[10bandz]

We got our asses handed to us and maybe this is a bit of a reality check too. A lot of people assumed because Luka dominated the T-Wolves last postseason that Minnesota was going to be a cakewalk, considering he's now playing with Bron and arguably a better team in general than last season's Mavs.

Sure, Minnesota may not be better than us, but at the same, they're very good when they want to be and last night was an example of that, and it's the same thing that sorta caught the Nuggets off guard last postseason.

Obviously, they hit a franchise playoff record 21 3s, but still, we had chances to win the game before it got out of hand; hopefully, for game 2, we tightened up on the perimeter and came out more focused; we seemed a bit sloppy, maybe from having that long week off.

Also, Vincent, DFS, Goodwin, Dalton, and Hayes, have gotta play better and attempt more shots. Gabe played 25 minutes and only took 3 shots, Finley-Smith played 33 mins and shot 1-5, Hayes playing 8 mins is too little.

I understand that come playoff time, the rotation changes a bit, but JJ gotta figure out a better way to utilize the team the same way he did during the regular season, too many guys were on the court playing big minutes but barely amounted to more than 15 shot attempts. It's hard to win when your supporting cast either isn't getting enough playing time or shooting the ball too little.

Definitely a reality check. Before yesterday brehs were acting like the Wolves would be a cake walk, nikkas were hoping and wishing we'd end up playing them. Now everybody is like oh we knew the whole time their size would be tough for us to deal with. Its always that flip flopping energy with Bron led squads.

 

[Codeine Bryant]

 

[cobra]

are we the only home seed that has lost so far

 

[HoldThisL]

Watching these other games makes me so mad, all these other teams brining playoff intensity while the Lakers was just cruising around

 

[Sinnerman]

At least we won't be the only home team that loses game one, lol

 

[seraphx]

Watching these other games makes me so mad, all these other teams brining playoff intensity while the Lakers was just cruising around

They really came out like it was a regular Wednesday night game smh.

 

[NotAHotep]

They really came out like it was a regular Wednesday night game smh.

That's on Luka. He's the leader.

 

[seraphx]

That's on Luka. He's the leader.

It's on the whole team. They all need to play at a high level to beat that team.

 

[L $ C]

weird matchup and I think a bad one for lakers, I think yall are in trouble. spec if naz has another game like that

 

[Sinnerman]

I wish game 2 was tomorrow

 

[Trojan 24]

That's on Luka. He's the leader.

The guy that came out and scored 16 in the first?

 

[Mars]

Lakers better win gm 2.......Lebron needs to come out as if this is an elimination game.

 

[bl2k8]

This is the price of having Stan bases come to the Lakers. I don’t give af what Luka did last year or Bron did in 2015 after a game 1 loss. It doesn’t matter in 2025 on a brand new team

 

[Trojan 24]

This is the price of having Stan bases come to the Lakers. I don’t give af what Luka did last year or Bron did in 2015 after a game 1 loss. It doesn’t matter in 2025 on a brand new team

Breh can't you see Luka lost to the Clippers without Kawhi in a away game with a completely different team and he wasn't worried? History always repeats itself