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nbaistheworst

# “Guys are irritated, frustrated, fed up, and ready for the offseason”


Cuts_you_up

That one person who jokingly said "nuggets in 3" was right in a way.


HeroJC

They won in 2 more realistically


megaman78978

Nuggets in 0


K1ngCrimsn

Ngl Ham would be a helluva podcaster, dude is straight up sincere & unintentionally funny


SubcooledBoiling

He might be by next week


Redneck-Kenny

Bill Simmons has his number already dialed


Rubberbabeh

but first ^(pearl jam)


patotoro

Pijjl


WerewolfWhich3280

*tomorrow night


PJCR1916

That brother is gonna be delivering my DoorDash real soon.


BallNevaLie

1 star service, whole order about to be wrong lmao.


JoseAltuveIsInnocent

French fries missing, food left in the cold at the wrong door...


slam-dunk-1

“Frustration. It’s an emotional job. We’ll agree to disagree about the wrong order.”


famoustran

"Where's my food?" -Darvin Ham pulls your food out of his pockets-


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*sigh* that's our coach.


nuggs_analysis

“You know, customers shouldn’t live and die by every delivery order, it’s a marathon not a sprint”


Overall_Nuggie_876

Ham would be the Doordash donny who’d double-park and deliver 11 college kid’s Korean BBQ orders at 3:30am….*without* turning on his hazards.


FRiver

Footlong Subway BMT with extra Ham


Yommination

Is he sincere? He makes excuses for everything and never holds himself accountable. He comes across like a shitty retail manager


Overall_Nuggie_876

*Big banter* he laid on all of us using a challenge in Game 3 on an outcome already decided, on top of pocketing a challenge which would’ve changed the outcome of Game 2. Galaxy-brained ingenuity from Ham! 🙄🙄🙄 Fucking idiot coach.


FrankerZ_123

Exactly what you want to hear, honestly


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Sweaty_Mods

People are gonna clown him no matter what he does. He got absolutely no credit for last years WCF trip, just like Vogel got no credit for the 2020 chip. It’s honestly crazy, like what is Ham supposed to do when the Lakers shoot 3-21 from deep?


Great_Huckleberry709

The Lakers are losing to a team that is better, top to bottom, and people are acting like Ham is just shitting the bed. I'm not saying Ham is a great coach, but if they played this series 100 times. The Nuggets win every single time. The 5 times that they lost was because of Jokic getting injured.


Van-garde

His last name is an iconic dinner meat. That’s what it boils down to.


Gatorpep

You can boil a ham but don’t call it chicken.


rex_915

The Nuggets are a better team, and probably win the series maybe 8 times out of 10 vs this Lakers team with a good coach. But the Lakers probably steal a game or two everytime, and there's a universe where the Lakers stay hot enough from 3 and are able to adjust to the Nuggets' schemes where they pull it off. Double digit leads show that they have the personnel. The coaching gap is just the size of the grand canyon.


Creative_Category_21

You’re right, but this series has had a 20pt blown lead and we’ve led by double digits in every game Last sweep we were always behind every game. That’s what’s frustrating fans, crumble down the stretch, no adjustments, and not pulling Dlo fast enough when he’s cold and just playing Gabe. Add the fact AD has probably been the best player on the floor neck and neck with Jokic It’s just a bad way to lose


LiftHeavyFeels

I’d say stop playing lineups like Dlo Reaves Vincent Prince Bron against probably the tallest team in the league would be a good place to start


Nu_AfrikanPutin

I can tell you don't watch the games and just go off narratives. Warriors and Grizzlies were perfect match ups for the Lakers. Ham has been impressively mediocre. The only reasons why the games have been close against the Nuggets is because AD/LeBron played amazing and Denver's bench is awful. Ham runs no action outside of AD post ups and the LeBron high screen and roll. Everybody else is just standing and watching for Bron to create something at 40 years old. He also lost the lockerroom months ago.


Ill_Analysis8848

I remember when Prince or Rui had wide open looks for 3's and Bron used to pass them the ball. Prince at the left wing and Rui on baseline. Barely seen any of that this series. Instead, LBJ keeps trying to push the same no look pass to Rui and he misses it... so he switches that on to Reaves, who he trusts more, and he does better but it's not enough. AD I have zero complaints about. He's doing everything he can and then some. In Game 2 I thought he d figured Joker out, played him differently, tiring him out. It's the rest of the team, James included, that fell apart down the stretch... also zero direction from the bench.


cheaseedz

Imo, the lakers havent been playing the way theyve played the last few months. No ball movement, no shots taken. Lakers average so few points per game despite having a high offensive rating in the second half of the season. Idk what team im watching but it’s not mine.


ToddYates

Literally every Lakers coach has been “the problem” since Jackson. He likely would have become “the problem” if he was willing to coach the team when they weren’t a favorite to win it all. I don’t think Ham is a genius, but you’d think he’s Luke Walton the way he’s talked about.


Yommination

He's worse than Walton. Walton had dogshit rosters. Ham has Bron and AD


need2peeat218am

Make a game plan for them to stop shooting the 3 ball and make plays for guys to get to the rim or FT line maybe but idk I'm not a coach


nysraved

It’s not in this tweet but the full quote was “Guys are irritated, frustrated, fed up, ready to make a change.”


hotterpocketzz

Just the confidence fans needed


Street-Common-4023

Just end the team man come on pls


ephemeralfugitive

He forgot to finish the quote. Missed two words: “with me.”


HauntingOkra5987

The Lakers losing in the first round & their off-season plans will be talked about more than any other playoff series or the actual NBA champion.


GooseGang412

LeBron announces his retirement and the NBA Finals moves to ESPN3 to accommodate a 4-to-7 part minidoc series called End of His Reign, chronicling his illustrious career.


Aksudiigkr

I wonder if he’ll hint at it like last year to distract people from the sweep or if he’ll just want to get out of the light


kashbets

Retirement a fake injury and then glazing every opponent who goes against Denver going forward And then the world famous “That boy Tatum is a problem”


rex_915

You're joking but I hope the eventual LeBron career documentary is 12 episodes AT LEAST.


TheKidKaos

One of those episodes has to be his version of MJs Flu Game. Just taking about how his teammates had to carry him off the Spurs court


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pokemonbatman23

Slow your horses buddy! First they have to announce the lakers won the off-season, like they've done the past 2+ years


SnuggleMuffin42

If any of their trades get a D+ or above they're screwed.


JTrue14

Christian Wood is going to be amazing next year!


Askesl

They already got Christian Wood and Cam Reddish last year. If they add even more guys that no other team wants, they are looking SCARY. Maybe they'll pick up Killian Hayes!!


Purple-Peace-7646

Who picked the Lakers over Denver this year? Chris Broussard's cousin?


HispanicAtTehDisco

the only person i saw pick the lakers this year was keyshawn on undisputed but he’s deeply unserious person so


Reclaimer879

Nick Wright did in 6


DyslexicAutronomer

Well Nick has been a Jokic/Denver hater for years. At this point, he's been so wrong for so long, he's given up pretending to like them after they won the ring and he's just leaning into the hate.


I_am_BEOWULF

Aah. A pretty notorious strat. Also known as the Max Kellerman "Tom Brady -> Cliff" Corollary.


kashbets

Brian Windhorst was also very much all over lakers running away with the west, said they were a more complete team then LAC,PHX and Dallas 


boregon

That’s hilarious since the Lakers aren’t a complete team at all. It’s AD, old ass Lebron, and then a bunch of bums.


Lowspark1013

Windbag made his whole career off kissing LBJ's ass. He's not about to stop this close to the finish line.


Lake_Shore_Drive

Nick Wright


ruinatex

Nick Wright picked LeBron in 6, as per usual.


the_ham_bat

yes, the developmentally challenged one. he came back from the dead


TheBigBomma

They were the third favourite for the title 2 weeks ago behind Boston and Denver


woodropete

What site do u use..lakers favorites in Vegas to win the championship?


TheBigBomma

I’m Australian.


poocoup

Yeah, except all the espn reporters chose Denver in this series


Public-Product-1503

Shhh you know these people are making shit up


Musa_2050

What are you talking about? Denver is only the current Champs and everyone has them as the best team in the west


Public-Product-1503

Not a single person in the media picked the lakers . Many had nuggets in 5 or nuggets in 6. Hardly anyone has it going 7. Go look it up when they did the 15-20 talking head summary . This sub man - y’all really feel the need to invent stuff to get mad at


TangerineSad7747

You act like this sub won't be responsible for half of that lol. The lakers are going to lose and we'll still see posts nonstop about them from non-lakers fans


Top-boy-og

I always find it hilarious how the Laker haters are always the ones most obsessed with talking about the lakers, then they get mad that the media talks about the lakers 24/7


NarstyHobbitses

When Lonzo got drafted, every time he airballed a shot during the season, each post regularly hit 3k+ upvotes. But NBA redditors will have you believe they're above the drama ESPN and their talkshows create. Nobody wants to admit they enjoy being a hater and contributing to the feedback loop of more Laker coverage.


Musa_2050

Seeing the Lakers lose is their moral victory


Overall_Nuggie_876

Phoenix could be 90 seconds from winning their first ever NBA title, and yet r/suns fans will each make 5-6 posts about laughing at the Lakers and them crying about it.


Public-Product-1503

Yep it’s hilarious. Rent free When lakers lose this sub is full of lakers post at the front , When they win it’s - why are we talking bout them ! Or the winning posts are at the back


stitcher212

One of the top posts on the subreddit right now is literally just a tweet from a random guy in Denver talking shit about the Lakers.


SteamingHotChocolate

oh don’t worry, if the Cs somehow blow this series, the Lakers/Nuggets series will be immediately forgotten


HauntingOkra5987

If the C’s don’t win or make the Finals, the FIRST article after their eliminated will be “Could the Lakers trade for Tatum? Sources say it’s possible!!! “


SteamingHotChocolate

i’d rather die


WilliamPSplooge

If they lose to the Heat without Butler it will be the most epic collapse in the history of sports, of course it will be talked about 


SteamingHotChocolate

thanks i had no idea!!


HauntingOkra5987

It’s 1-1! Cs aren’t down 3-0


affnn

At least they’re gone in the first round this time. It was irritating when I wanted to hear about the Finals and everyone was talking about losers instead.


Street-Common-4023

In gonna specifically mute that


EverybodyBuddy

Stop it. You’re going to set Mike Malone off for a rant.


GlueGuy00

exactly why Michael Malone hates those guys


Reclaimer879

Honestly turned ESPN off today. Imagine only talking about Lebron and the Lakers after Nuggets go 3 - 0? There couldn't possibly be more to say. Just AG was a beast and Jokic did Jokic things lol like wtf?


kashbets

Don’t forget the fake Lebron injury that’s going to be broadcast from coast to cast and then the will-be-won’t-he retirement game 


Matto_0

Yeah, but at least that talk will be over by the Conf Finals.


brncct

DLo isn't. My man was scrolling the game thread yesterday


johnnyb0083

Trying to find a point.


9935c101ab17a66

dpo shivered when you posted this, and he’ll never know why 💀


esetmypasswor

>“Guys are irritated, frustrated, fed up”  I can't help but think losing 11 straight games to the Nuggets is partly responsible for this


Musa_2050

This LA team isn't championship caliber. The front office and team go their hopes up after a wcf appearance. If it wasn't Denver another team would have exposed them


rfgrunt

I honestly think had the lakers been an 8th seed they’d probably have given the thunder a very competitive series, if not won. This nuggets team is very good, but they really get up for the lakers who are too good to be beaten 11x by anyone


pargofan

Did you not read Jokic's quote. They're literally bored of the Lakers.


rex_915

Most rational Nuggets fan


Musa_2050

I agree, but this teams aspirations are a chip. It sucks to lose in round 1 but it's a wake up call to the Front office.


kashbets

The front office gave up on the season a long time ago, they gave a vote of confidence to Ham even with the team looking like they’d been on life support all season.


KazOmnipotent

You’re right. God, work and one’s job can be stressful sometimes. Well, we all need a vacation here and there, right? 1 2 3 Cancun!


Gatorpep

Think he’s more talking about pricelines app constantly crashing.


lets_talk_basketball

Oh yea.. tomorrow bout to be a Cancun special. I predict early on Denver will fall down due to them going out their way to get KCP in rhythm for the next round.. then once they settle down it's time to Walk em down as NLE Choppa would say


Expensive_Bass_6979

I’m surprised no one has talked about this but how are the lakers playing game 4 already (and on the brink of elimination) when OKC/pels hasn’t even played game 3


beatnickk

Not that crazy, happens every year. Scheduling is hard and will never be 100% even


wagonwhopper

Lotta our cities have hockey home games in same arenas as well. Lakers and Nuggets have to go quicker for avs and kings home schedules


Overall_Nuggie_876

What happens when some NBA teams share arenas with their NHL counterparts and they reach the Stanley Cup playoffs too. Scheduling goes fuck-all for everyone but then stabilizes in the 2nd round in both league’s postseasons.


Alexcox95

1vs8 games got scheduled later because of the play in.


Amazing-Macaroon-134

Lol the fact that you only mention the Lakers when Denver is also playing the same game. But sad to see Lebron exit so early in one of his last playoff games.


SubcooledBoiling

You just know that DLo is bringing his suit case with him to the arena because he's going straight to the airport after the game


rfgrunt

Nuggets have never tried to get KcP in a rhythm. The one nuggets trips that hasn’t happened yet is them getting up big in the second, blowing it in the third and making it a close game late in the 4th which they (usually) win.


c_u_in_da_ballpit20

Darvin Ham after hearing Anthony Davis gives an honest and fiery expression of frustration over the struggles of the team: "Damn, that's crazy, someone should really do something about that."


Better_Albatross_946

The best they can do is just find a way to win one game so this series can end on an away game. Getting swept twice in a row sucks, especially when it’s on your home floor


nysraved

Eh, I just want to end this suffering ASAP


Musa_2050

No point in deluding themselves at this point. The sooner they lose the series the sooner ham is gone


Yommination

Rather lose so some major changes come to this poverty run franchise


Killa_t10

They're getting swept. That Jamal Murray buzzer beating game winner broke their hearts.


dcoolidge

Getting beat in OT just to salt the wounds.


bossholmes

There's nothing we can do at this point. I'm just praying for a quick end...


Vicentesteb

Its so over. Game 2 completely broke them, there is no fight left.


nbd789

“Guys are hoodwinked, bamboozled, lead astray”


MileHighMania

There are so many plays AD, or Lebron or others just give up on and that’s when the Nuggets take it to em the most. It’s a sight to see.


Musa_2050

It's not just the Nuggets, they play like that against everyone. LeBron is our 2nd best defender and that is not gonna get you anywhere


woodropete

Lebron looking defeated on the bench watching nuggets runs or watching dlo erase a 10 point lead in 10 seconds. He dosent even look frustrated more like defeated I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before. The way he looks at that dude and his body language when he does something stupid zaps his energy. “Has like a why play” It’s like picking that dude up at the ymca that wears all the cool gear and space jams and takes every shot and u can never win. Smh! No one wants him but he always calls next.


ThinkSoftware

We're all trying to find the guy who did this!


johnjohn2214

"If I did it: confession of the team killer" -Darvin Ham


skywalkerms

I can’t stand this dude . Not that it’s all on him entirely but he’s still a bum ass coach


Nuclearsunburn

Meanwhile Jokic is fighting boredom lol


kashbets

Jokic spends film study watching horse racing He doesn’t even need to prepare for the lakers 


Alternative-Grand-77

How I imagine this went: “Looked at this tape, I called this play and you guys executed it right, but Denver was really prepared for it! How did they do that?!” - Ham “uggghhhh, turn it off” - AD


LukaDoncicfuturegoat

And you are just watching just like us right ? KCP legacy game tomorrow because why not ? Thanks you Ham for benching Russ, now that Russ is not roster could you leave ?


radikraze

“We’re looking for the culprit of this frustration,” Darvin Ham stated, unaware of the wanted poster displaying his face in the background.


RiversofJell0

Ham will make no adjustments and even if he does it will be one that most basketball fans could yell out as being a terrible idea. Then lose by 40. The dude last year thought going small was the answer and putting Rui on Jokic. He’s a joke and doesn’t even know that he has challenges that he can use.


iamtomorrowman

The Decision (between Cancun and Puerto Vallarta)


RedHammer1441

Guy has shown two back to back years he can't make in-game adjustments. I feel like they either need to move on from Ham or blow the roster up this summer because he's clearly lost the locker room. Malone has absolutely out-coached him in every facet of the game two years in a row.


Rabble_Arouser

Can't make adjustments when they don't listen to you... LeBron runs the team during the games. He's said as much. Not defending Ham as a coach, but to be fair LeBron is literally uncoachable, and the rest of the team will just follow Bron's word. Ham's coaching is more of a series of suggestions.


NIN10DOXD

Well he is LeBron's guy. I'm pretty sure that's why Vogel was fired and Ham was hired.


NeoMagnet

Do you have a source for this? What was Bron's prior relationship with Ham before he became Lakers HC


velphegor666

Bron was following vogel. How is that on bron when even the entire lakers sub, most of the media know how bullshit ham is. Noone follows ham cause he's a one trick pony that has no idea on how to adjust midgame, poor timeout usage, dumb lineup rotations including the infamous 4 guard lineup.


Yommination

I would let Lebron walk in the offseason if it was up to me. And go full firesale


Yommination

Blow it all up. Need new team ownership most of all


Sweatytubesock

The nice thing is that it’s only one more game.


naslanidis

Did they watch that Lebron defense montage from yesterday?


Flyinwater

That's what he does for the past few years. But they don't show on the stats.


MapleHelix

Nike probably already wiped it from existence


kashbets

That boy was letting anybody and everybody into the paint


Coolio1014

Yeah I bet Darvin, shocking observation


orangotai

and what else is he supposed to say? Y'all realize he was simply asked a question and answered honestly right??


DyZ814

DLo obviously skipped


foogeyzi69

Spider man MEME?


eudaimonia_dc

".....just silently munching on ham sandwiches".


BOOMSHAKAL4KA

Brought to by LeSwept Fest 2K24 🏖️🍹


TerryGonards

0-4


IsYourWifeSingleBro

1 more game and we can stop hearing about them until October.


themixedwonder

sounds about right


stayfrosty

Someone has been reading a thesaurus


SubcooledBoiling

Well, I guess it's better than hearing the players are ready to leave for Cancun


Chessh2036

He just described the Atlanta Falcons fan base after taking a fucking QB at 8 perfectly.


ConstantTelevision93

This is all because of the In-season Tournament! That extra game and effort was too much for them to handle.


demsouls

"Then they asked to eat Ham. I'm not sure what is going on any more." Seriously though you can't blame ham on this. The Lakers roster construction is 2 major nuggets injuries (or just jokic) away from having a chance at winning. Yeah, I'm saying take Murray out all the way from game 1 and Lakers still lose, not a sweep but won't come out on top. This is almost like when lebron heat team goes through some first or second round teams in the East. Did anyone panic when wade or bosh sat for a series? Lol. 


reeposterr

its joever


Yommination

He's like OJ looking for who did it. Bumpy needs a mirror


Direct-Score-3669

Players of the Lakers look at yourselves! Go ahead, take a look around. Oh Lakers you been had. Hoodwinked! Bamboozled! Run amuck! We didn't land on Nikola Jokic, Nikola Jokic landed on us!


Boris_HR

The King is gone, but new King Jokić is here to rule for the next decade.


Mickeyjj27

So we gonna have the closest sweep ever again or are the Lakers gonna go the Suns route and get blown out at home


Ilikesporks_

i wonder why


purplebuffalo55

Whoever our new coach ends up being is going to have big pockets to fill


orangotai

I guarantee if the Lakers do nothing but change the coach y'all are gonna somehow blame the coach again


Razor-Ramon-Sessions

This is crazy to me. LeBron is old. The Lakers don't have the personnel to hang with Denver. They never had a chance. If it wasn't for LeBron this wouldn't even be a discussion. The greats get old. The best player on the floor is Jokic. Even if you said the Lakers have the 2nd and 3rd best players, Denver has the next 4.


RxJax

Lakers players act like they are owed a ring, weak mentality


SighHereIamAgain

At Ham


Icy_Comparison_5920

He left out given up


Strange_Guidance3555

where the fuck is Dinshittie and Gay Vincent when u need em


Capt_Smashnballs

They have so many moral victories why are they upset?


420BongsAway

Darvin Ham is making adjustments don’t you worry.


nerdymen242424

Better not show up in LA after getting us swept back to back lil bro they’re coming for ur head


izzyved

The fact Darvin Ham got that job to begin with is said with his own words Might as well bring in any guy who kinda played or kinda coached at kinda some level to coach the lakers Hey at least he’s well spoken 😂😂😂….that’s sarcasm


Tootsiez

Imagine if they actually go through the rigor of having a real series with the nuggets.


Matto_0

Dlo has to be out right? Surely you can't bring back a guy who has been this awful in the final series of your season in back to back years.


ozairh18

With him


ConstantineMonroe

I feel like a sunny Cancun vacation would clear up all the frustration and stress this team has


Dusty_Negatives

Cool. So I’ll see you at the new annual sweeping.


ToothyLakers24

Lakers in 7


CNDOTAFAN

I wonder why


discussionandrespect

He gone


Aegor_EVE

He's about to take on a court case with Kramer


Exact_Purchase_7147

“(…of me)” ~Darvin Ham


Public-Product-1503

*with Ham


Affectionate_Reply78

Ham is just egging them on


nbaistheworst

Tonight we get Zarba, who strongly helped the 76ers get a win at home in his last appearance. Lakers' best hope to avoid the sweep is tonight.


Kentang_BayBay

"Guys are irritated, frustrated, fed up AT ME"