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hmph. i laughed at the guy being like "he's no poker player" as if it were some sort of soul-crushing dig. yeah, he doesn't gamble on card games for a living because he has 200 million dollars. you got him, bro!

the back story i want is why is jimmy butler doing a poker show if he's obviously not that interested in poker nor does he like/respect the people on the show.

the staged handout of money is lame, but the not eagerly talking to a 20 year old is not. if some random grown person wants some of your time, they're not entitled to it. lol at those guys acting like it was a crying 8 year old.

the person i'm most mad at right now is me for watching that and then commenting on it, though.

 

It's only one side of the story.

Apparently he went with Neymar (a football/soccer superstar) he's friends with plus some Brazilian buddies. He wanted to sit near them instead of Garcia (that social media boxer). He spent some of his off-season in Brazil and probably was rocking with them in this event.
On the money handout, it's also told that he gave it to a couple random girls and a brazilian YouTuber that was hanging out there.

It's too much soap opera for me to care.
I like Jimmy but I'm not surprised he's an a******. I don't really care lol

 

Free agent guard Patty Mills has agreed on a one-year, $3.3 million deal with the Utah Jazz, sources tell ESPN. Mills will reunite with coach Will Hardy for his 16th NBA season on a fully guaranteed deal.

 

Lakers have signed guard Quincy Olivari to an Exhibit-10 contract, sources tell
@LakersNation

Olivari spent the last season at Xavier University scoring 19.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.1 assists on average per match and setting the university record for the number of made three-pointer in one season.

Olivari was not selected on the draft 2024.
BROKE THE 3-POINT SINGLE SEASON SCHOOL RECORD: Season total of 106 3-pointers in 34 games broke the school record previously held by Trevon Bluiett (105 in 35 games in 2017-18).


NATIONAL AND BIG EAST AWARDS ... MADE HISTORY WITH THE 43-POINT GAME: Naismith Trophy and USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week honors in addition to BIG EAST Conference Player of the Week after averaging 33.0 points, and 8.5 rebounds in wins over St. John’s on Jan. 31 and at DePaul on Feb. 3 ... Collegiate career-high 43 points in the win at DePaul and completed the double-double with 10 rebounds; career-high seven 3-pointers ... 43 points are the most by a BIG EAST player this season and the most by a player in a BIG EAST game since DePaul’s Max Strus (Cleveland Cavaliers) had 43 against St. John’s on March 3, 2019

BIG EAST CONFERENCE WEEKLY HONOR FOUR TIMES THIS SEASON: In addition to the BIG EAST Player of the Week honor, he has made the BIG EAST Honor Roll three times ... On Dec. 27 after averaging 21.0 ppg. and 5.0 rpg. in XU’s games at St. John’s on Dec. 20 and vs. Seton Hall on Dec. 23 ... On Dec. 18 after his game-high 22-point effort vs. Winthrop on Dec. 16 ... On Dec. 11 for his efforts in games vs. Delaware on Dec. 5 and Cincinnati on Dec. 9, averaging 30.5 points ... 34 points vs. Delaware on Dec. 5 and 27 points vs. UC on Dec. 9.

Is he worse than Bronny ?And why he wasn't chosen at all
Asking for a friend

 

Is he a Big Man …. asking for Laker fans everywhere. Guards, guards and more guards.

 

Biyombo and especially Yabuseli not better than Castleton,Woods or Hayes . Thanks for this positionless bull s*** and GSW small ball there's no relevant bigs are left

 

this guy's a fan.

seems like a good dude.



here's the 43 point game highlights:



and other generic highlights:



looks like kind of a poor man's cameron thomas maybe?

 

Reserve the parade route woot woot!

 

Kylor Kelley Lakers new Big
Who is that?
He played for G League C Bags team
Via NBA G League on April 29: "Kylor Kelley displayed DOMINANT defense all season long for the @Maine C Bags ☘️

The league's leading shot blocker was a force in the paint, averaging 2.9 BPG and 6.4 REB. His rim protection continued throughout the Finals helping Kelley earn NBA G League All-Defense

 

On vacation again …. with a good beer buzz going on afternoon empty stomach ….. “seems to ME” that if Jaxson Hayes (languishing on page 2) and Christian Wood (OMG even further gone on page 3) …. are serious about their careers in the NBA going forward …. BOTH ought to be busting their a***s in the weight room all damn summer with all the legit protein they can handle, while maintaining …. even improving …. their respective particular skill / athletic assets to the league as players and put on 10 plus pounds smartly distributed to their frames. They’re not “that” old it can’t be done with hard work, if a young 7’4” twig like Wemby can be on that path. You could see the definition in his arms coming along already in some photos of him in action at the olympics. 10 plus pounds on both of them would go a long way.

 

Wood needs to lay off the marijuana more then anything based on what Cuban has previously said lol

 

Hadn’t read that but if true yeah, hard to do all that when you’re in a happy place feeling good. Like I said … if one or both of them really want to stay on the Lakers and be more than vet mins again they need to put some well proportioned meat on … at least for what this team needs between now and decision time at the trade deadline.

 

yeah, last year's "why did you give them a player option?!" could easily, through the art of anthony irwin, become "why didn't you sign them to a three-year deal?!"

see, it's the work around the margins (retroactive soothsaying)!

 

Why didn’t we supply him weed that doesn’t reduce his motivation to work out?

did I do that right?

 

NBA schedule is going to be release in 5 minutes

 

Very strange early road trip to East coast :Toronto, Cleveland and Detroit
And 3 games vs Phoenix in first month

 

https://www.nba.com/lakers/schedule?ls=nav_schedule

 

https://x.com/lakeshowonline/status...el-coopers-hot-take-on-mavericks-luka-doncic/

 

lol, he dings luka for his defense as part of a conversation about why he thinks lillard is better.