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  1. Wino

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    Sorry, Luka is the heart and soul of this team. We are nothing without him. He is 40%-50% of our total.
     
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    League won't rescind it if it becomes a he-said, she-said sorta situation.

    I feel like the Lakers are in such a good spot right now that they have to continue winning just to keep that confidence going into the Playoffs. Even without Cade, beating the Pistons without Luka will be a good task for the Lakers.

    Keep the streak going and ride it until the playoffs.
     
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    Isiah Crazy Stewart is out too with a calf strain :)
     
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    Bitadze, who understands the language, simply repeated the same phrase.

    «If he thinks I said something superfluous or crossed the line, I apologize as a man. I can take responsibility, but I said nothing more than what he said. What he said, I don't think it's true. I know this is not true», – said Bitadze.


    He also added: «I have a lot of respect for Luka and everything he has achieved. And I have a lot of respect for everyone's families. Where I come from, it's sacred, and we respect each other's families, and I would never say that directly. He just said inappropriate things in Serbian. I played in Serbia, I understand. I don't know if he knew I understood what he said. So I just repeated it

    Silver ,let them play
    Luka on historic run .
    They already apologized to each other
     
  5. Kobeluka99

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    This was for a couple of stretches during a game. Not for starting in other games over players. Lakers would do this with guys like Lue. You can try a younger guy on one of these players to throw a guy off. It’s not uncommon. Sometimes you want to give other teams different looks and get physical with them.
     
  6. KuzmoBall17

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    Yay
    Today Los Angeles Lakers star Luka Dončić will be back in action Monday night after the NBA rescinded his 16th technical foul of the season,
     
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    This is good news for Luka. I’m a Luka guy. Yall know it. But he’s gotta calm down and go easy on some of those technicals and jawing with players. We need him out there. I’m all for trash talk and I know it fuels him. But not for saying stuff that can get him kicked out of games. Cause I guarantee you coaches are telling their players say stuff to him crazy try to get him kicked out.
     
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    Bronny James never belongs in an NBA game. There isn't a logical explanation or discussion, ever.
     
  9. Kobeluka99

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    At this point we are getting playoff scrimmages to mimic the talent we will see in playoffs and magnitude of games. We want everybody’s best because teams are trying to get playoff position now. At least the teams were playing.
     
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    then why’s he’s on the roster? This isn’t a charity case. Guys on that roster need to contribute to this team winning basketball games.
     
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    What did I just say?! Zip it. I don't want to read it again.
     

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