Lakers @ Suns Sunday game thread 3-13-2022

[mjb21aztd]

Booker had 30 points, 10 assists, 4 steals and only 2 turnovers.

Kobe like num!!

 

[AzStevenCal]

I mean he’s at worst the 5th best player in the league.

Is that sarcasm? I hope so because most of the time he's choosing to not play defense and rumor has it there's two ends to the court. He's still a top 5 player on offense, but I'm not sure he's even top 20 all things considered.

 

[GatorAZ]

Is that sarcasm? I hope so because most of the time he's choosing to not play defense and rumor has it there's two ends to the court. He's still a top 5 player on offense, but I'm not sure he's even top 20 all things considered.

Nope he’s still an extreme positive. If you want to make the case he’s not top-5 and maybe in the top-7/8 range I’d buy that.

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[95pro]

Three games in a row? Doesn’t scare me at all. Blow out suns win this evening

 

[Finito]

Lakers 2-7 over there last 9

 

[Finito]

I mean he’s at worst the 5th best player in the league.

That’s great but that’s how he described the game to start

Suns Lakers tonight Lebron continues to play at a high level.

Not A word on how great the Suns are playing

 

[Chaplin]

I mean he’s at worst the 5th best player in the league.

Isn’t he the high scorer on the league right now? At 37?

That’s a pretty high level, his team is just so bad he doesn’t get any help.

 

[Chaplin]

Is that sarcasm? I hope so because most of the time he's choosing to not play defense and rumor has it there's two ends to the court. He's still a top 5 player on offense, but I'm not sure he's even top 20 all things considered.

But this isn’t about who the best is. It’s if he’s playing at a high level at age 37.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

I just wish I had sound

Lol. You didn’t miss anything. RJ and the other guy couldn’t even come up with stuff to talk about so they talked about having nothing to talk about.

 

[Ouchie-Z-Clown]

Really enjoyed seeing Ayton play big

 

[TJ]

I love Richard Jefferson. Don't bag on my boy

 

[Mainstreet]

Lol. You didn’t miss anything. RJ and the other guy couldn’t even come up with stuff to talk about so they talked about having nothing to talk about.

I was watching Bally Sports Arizona but moments of silence is not a bad thing.

It's nice to hear the sound of a basketball game once in awhile.

 

[Mainstreet]

Is it me? Or dose Lebron make us Laker haters hate them more. Go Suns

I'm not sure if it's all Lebron. For me it's more the constant adoration he gets from the media and his fans.

 

[Mainstreet]

Devin Booker talking about: "If if was a fifth, we'd all be drunk. ... "

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[Mainstreet]

Deandre Ayton felt disrespected when the Lakers came out small.

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[Cheesebeef]

Nice to see Craig get untracked a bit!

 

[Mainstreet]

Nice to see Craig get untracked a bit!

Agree. Craig adds some versatility at forward and small ball center when he shoots well enough to stay on the court.

 

[Phrazbit]

My favorite moment of the game was when LeBron drove the lane and Crowder just flat out ripped the ball out of his hands, just flat out bullied him.

We own this trash ass Laker team.

 

[JCSunsfan]

My favorite moment of the game was when LeBron drove the lane and Crowder just flat out ripped the ball out of his hands, just flat out bullied him.

We own this trash ass Laker team.

That was a remarkable steal. It looked like LeBron got Crowder up off of his feet and then Crowder just ripped it out of LeBron's hands while turning sideways in the air.

 

[Drop_D]

Congratulations to LeBron for hitting 10k career assists to be the first with 30k points and 10k assists. Savor that career victory. Book honored the occasion by scoring 30 pts and getting 10 assists!

 

[Chaplin]

He won't win it, but Book should be top 5 in the MVP discussion now.

 

[Ronin]

Lakers 2-7 over there last 9

So let us talk some more about the Lakers.

National media probably.

 

[AzStevenCal]

Nope he’s still an extreme positive. If you want to make the case he’s not top-5 and maybe in the top-7/8 range I’d buy that.

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He's a master at racking up the counting stats but the point is to win the game and that's not happening. And he's a big part of why. He's teaching his co-workers to not play defense by frequently not playing defense. And I don't mean he occasionally plays bad defense, I mean he absolutely avoids playing defense (often).

Several times in every game I've watched since Davis went down, he's failed to run the court (or even walk it) to get back on defense and when he does get back instead of actually guarding someone or blocking someone out, he frequently takes a position out of the flow of the game and waits for the missed shot. He is not playing like a top 5 player right now despite the fact that he's clearly still capable of playing like a top 3 player when he chooses to do so.

If ESPN's RPM shows him as a top 5 player, it's a very flawed system.

 

[Ronin]

Shannon "Skip they lost by 100"

 

[zett]

magic number 7 with 14 to go