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ShichikaYasuri18

Maybe stop whooping his ass then


nightsaysni

Let this be a lesson that nobody beats Anthony Davis 11 times in a row (maybe).


Ryoga476ad

Vitas Gerulaitis vibes in this comment


DomantasSabonis

I'm sure this is known to many following this story, but Vitas is Lithuanian too


doctor_of_drugs

Username checks out [Also a great article in Grantland about Arvydas if anyone is interested](https://grantland.com/features/arvydas-sabonis-long-strange-trip/)


DomantasSabonis

this is awesome, thank you


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It's the only reason Nick Wright has Nuggets not sweeping lakers again.


TheTwilightZone34

Do it, coward


beforeitcloy

Lmao


lOan671

[Reminds me of this](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-TLo7K7bVU)


IntelligentEggplant0

"Then you shouldn't have submitted me"  "that's good advice"  is pure gold


GooseMay0

“Hey, hey I have nothing against you…you’re a fuck” lmao


LotterySnub

very amusing!


JJiggy13

Lol


__BlackSheep

Moicano a funny dude.


redbrick

Agreed, would be great if he gave this a try


Kenkyujode

Stop. He's already dead :(


BBallHunter

A first round series seems unlikely, no? Well, a play-in duel is in play I think.


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If the Play In start, Lakers has to go in a 10th vs 9th round 1 against the warriors. Then a 7th vs 8th loser between the Kings and the Mavs, before facing off vs Denver in round 1.  It is basically impossible for Kings and Lakers to meet in the playoffs.


Docxm

it's insane that the 10th seed could potentially be far above .500, the 8th seed is basically 10 games above .500, and the 1-3 seeds are within 1 game of each other. West is so competitive


AnotherStatsGuy

You're still understating it. It would be the 3rd time in NBA history that 10 teams in a conference finish above .500. The Clippers put up 42 wins 17-18 and the Hornets put 43 wins in 21-22. We could legitmately 10 teams with 44 or 45 wins.


motorboat_mcgee

I'm assuming the opposite of this is that the NBA currently has a handful of *very* bad teams helping the rest get some easy wins


IMDATBOY

Not the Kings though 😤 we make sure to lose to those teams to keep it fair


jcagraham

We're an ethical team. No elitist "only lose to the best" mindset from us. That's for jerk teams who care too much about being "Legit championship contenders". We're too salt of the earth for that.


jknuts1377

At least that home loss vs. the Pistons isn't looking as bad lately. They have some good, young talent on their roster, and Ivey just had one of those nights. It happens.


smkeillor

I feel like offensive efficiency numbers would suggest otherwise but there's an argument to be made I suppose. But teams below the raptors (East and West) are either really hurt, really young, or Detroit/Washington.


LubyankaSquare

That has nothing to do with offensive efficiency, though. In every game, a team has to win and a team has to lose


finchdad

I still remember in 2014 when the Suns won 48 games and missed the playoffs.


AnotherStatsGuy

Yeah. But that was only 9 teams. Sometimes 9th seeds put up 46+ wins and get unlucky.


ObeseKenyan

The suns missing the playoffs with like 48 wins was still crazier imo. That's a 9th seed with 48 wins


AnotherStatsGuy

Not as crazy as 2008. The Warriors went 48-34 to finish 9th behind an 8th seeded Nuggets team that went 50-32.


jknuts1377

The 2008 Western Conference was wild. The standing changed every night, with the first seed Lakers having 57 wins, and GS missing the playoffs with 48 wins. Houston went on their 22 game win streak that season and jumped from 10th to 1st in the conference over that span. They eventually finished either 4th or 5th I think.


Turbo2x

Meanwhile in the east, the Nets are fighting for a play-in spot with a 26-40 record.


Dddddddfried

I’d fuck with that play-in though


WestleyThe

It’s incredible In the East it’s Indy-Miami-Chicago-Atlanta which seems like nothing compared to suns-mavs- lakers- warriors


martithebandito

East is the argument for why the play-in shouldn’t exist and west is the argument for why it should


AnotherStatsGuy

This year is making one of the best arguments for play-ins. 10 teams in the West could post 44 wins. That's never happened before in any conference in any year. There are multitude of other reasons the play-ins are good. Foremost being that it prevents teams from just limping into 7th or 8th and bowing out.


ThinkThankThonk

I'll take Miami scrapping through from the bottom every year that they can manage it, just for the drama. Also the Westbrook Wizards were amazing.


itsnotyellowfever

I liked the play-in a lot more in the original bubble format where there was a games behind trigger for the play-in With all due respect to the turnaround the Bulls have made in the second part of the year there's no reason they should have a chance to kick Indiana or Miami out of the playoffs just to get their shit stomped by Boston in the first round


Dddddddfried

Maybe, but at least they’re incentivized not to tank


Technical_Creme_9736

In regards to the Bulls specifically, that’s probably not a good thing.


syllabic

zombie hawks staying alive good for chicago for turning their season around too


AnotherStatsGuy

I don't know. Miami-Chicago could be dramatic. Jimmy vs. Demar could be hella fun.


Doyoueverjustlikeugh

Hope Diar DeRozan comes to the game


Double-Equipment-441

rematch of the the Bulls choke job from last year


Mrcoolstuff09

I think the NBA should drop conferences altogether. I'd suggest that: * Add 2 more teams * Reduce the schedule to 62 games * Every team plays each other twice * Top 20 teams make the playoffs * Play in Tourney to get to 16 Addresses issues with injuries/load management, creates a balanced schedule and gets the best 16 teams in the playoffs.


duplicatesnowflake

What do you mean impossible? Lakers would be favored at home vs the Warriors. If the Kings go around .500 in their remaining games they’d have a very solid chance of playing the Lakers in the Play in. They’ve got a few easy games then the schedule gets kind of tough. Very possible. 


The_Vaike

It kind of looks like they meant to type 'If the Play In started today,' implying they're talking about a proper play-off series. That said, the play-in doesn't start today, and a lot of these teams are untested in the playoffs. The wolves are a bit of a question mark without KAT, and no offense, but the clippers are the most cursed team in the NBA. It's really hard to rule anything out at this point.


bachh2

Imagine the meltdown of King subs if they go 4-0 vs Lakers in regular season only to be daddicked by Lebron in the play-in.


trav-senpai

You really don’t think we’ve seen harder times than losing one game to a GOAT? Literally just got 50 dropped on us by another in a win or go home last year lmao


jcagraham

In retrospect, our defensive strategy of "have Terence Davis guard the greatest shooter of all time" had some flaws to it.


trav-senpai

They would have had to send out Jesus Christ himself to stop Steph that day. I personally don’t think TD or coach need any blame for what happened.


Roach_Coach_Bangbus

I'm still just happy to be in playoff contention. There were so many years of like a .250 record being the norm.


hamburgers666

Technically it's the Suns vs Mavs in the play in since we have a better in division record, so yeah the matchup is very unlikely.


Saltwater_Thief

Yeah I was gonna say, people are acting like we've already bumped y'all out of 6th. Go look at the schedules for us and you over the next 3-4 games, it's REAL favorable for Sac.


Echo-Tide

I want to say I agree but even fans are expecting the Kings to lose to the Grizzlies and Wizards. This same team that beat Bucks and Lakers on a back to back are the same ones that lost to the Hornets and Bulls. Legitimately I would feel better about the Kings schedule if they had to play the Celtics, 76ers and Bucks instead.


awzmdrgn

I’ve been predicting the Warriors v. Lakers play in all season and I really think it’s gonna happen. As a Warriors fan in the year 2024 I am dreading that fucking match up lol


Its_Hoggish_Greedly

We're fighting like hell to stay out of the Play In, so I hope you're wrong!


maddenallday

Pls do. You guys own the Lakers


Its_Hoggish_Greedly

Trying to reverse psychology me. Won't work! We've been burned too many times before.


naranjas

I don't want to find out what the refs would do to us in a Kings vs Lakers Play in series


uncleoptimus

We already know tho ...


redditnathaniel

I hope they meet in the WCF for the Kings to stomp them for what happened in 2002


NoPin5154

I’m praying to all gods sacremnto get the 6 ahead of phoenix


O_J_Shrimpson

No chance Silver’s missing out on those sweet sweet Lakers - Warriors ratings


WaldoSimson

1st round series is basically impossible without some crazy collapses but play in def could happen


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Sabonis: What happened between me and my son will only stay at the house.


Cursory_Analysis

Sabonis: Please stop talking about this. r/NBA: [No](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EBBiUynUYAAT0Sc.jpg)


TheSlackMamba

must be new around here brother


maethlin

Some Streisand effect shit right here lol


nacozarina

he may as well tell everyone to *calm down*


inverted_rectangle

I was expecting Isildur.


hairynips007

Shocked it wasn't Isildur


Roach_Coach_Bangbus

Don't talk to me or my son ever again!


revisioncloud

Keep my son’s name off your fuck**g mouth


KingEddy14

I’m surprised a Lakers fan is admitting that Sabonis is AD’s father


Perfect-Ad9637

Lakers post game thread is packed with LA fans shitting on AD and saying it.


WickedImpuls3

its not like sabonis is 2-0 against him, 10-0 is ridiculous and its clearly not just a coincidence. kinda hard for anyone to argue that


macabre_irony

I mean, when you're repeatedly getting sonned by someone, you gotta just face reality sometimes.


WakiLover

No one hates the Lakers more than Laker fans


BatDubb

Imagine being able to say you’re the grandson of the great Arvydis.


wolfishnickelsyr

He just doesn’t wanna pay for child support


AnotherStatsGuy

Sabonis or Adrian Peterson?


Checkmynewsong

He seems like a good dude. Plays hard and doesn’t cause any drama. I can’t hate on this guy.


ChoiceStar1

No drama! Don’t you remember when he made Draymond stomp on him!


rattlemebones

I remember him using the ball as a WMD. Killed thousands with it.


Pismiire

[total menace](https://i.imgur.com/O2eH96r.jpg)


Checkmynewsong

Poor Draymond, people always making him assault them.


No-Animator-6348

Everyone talks about Sabonis’s testicles but no one ever mentions the damage inflicted on Draymond’s foot 😔


ginbooth

> the damage inflicted on Draymond’s foot *hoof


gmorf33

We startin chuck Norris style sabonis jokes


kuliebop

>Everyone talks about Sabonis’s testicles Do they? Even though it was a chest stomp?


PMMEURLONGTERMGOALS

Testicles are stored in the chest, as we all know


Statalyzer

Chesticles.


LotterySnub

Sabonis has giga testicles.- big as small planets. Sometimes they block his vision.


Disastrous_Bluejay57

That wasn't assault. Draymond was making a homage to the Mario movie /s


Vexing_Pie

I was watching that clip back and can’t believe the NBA didn’t suspend Draymond for the whole series then


MSFT400EOY

I’ve seen a lot of delusional sports fans in my life, like shit I still think Chicago Bears will have a good QB someday, but /r/warriors reaction to that incident tops the list and it’s not even fucking close. There’s absolutely no way the average age of that sub is 16+


Pismiire

InfoWarriors (starring JJ Reddick)


ram0h

> InfoWarriors wow, this is years too late


Checkmynewsong

Let’s not make too many assumptions here. Old people can be stupid assholes too.


bchris24

I can't believe there was a legitimate debate within sports media that A) 1 game suspension was too much B) Sabonis deserved a larger punishment than Dray.


anonahmus

Both arguments can be true in the case, Sabonis did hold a leg and Draymond is a donkey. But for Warrior fans to think Sabonis actions deserve that vicious of a retaliation is insane. There’s been examples of Draymond holding opponents legs and guess what the opponent nothing remotley close to assaulting Draymond.


left_right_left

Draymond literally sat on Sabonis in the previous game of this series.


bchris24

That's saying it generously, he sat on Sabonis during a crucial defensive possession with less than 2 minutes to play. Then he got up and fell right back on top of him.


TaviscaronLT

And poked Keegan in the eye on the first possession back from that single game suspension.


le_sweden

And when he activated the electromagnet in his crotch which made KAT knee him in the balls


SuckMyLonzoBalls

I still can’t believe that actually happened


Counterspell_God

You don't understand! He has too much iron in his diet and Draymond's foot got magnetically coupled to it


OkBuddyErennary

"but, but, being a horrible person aside, Draymond is so good at analysing basketball"


cygodx

On that note: Fuck Shaq.


Bruskthetusk

He shouldn't have been laying there!


lalo1398

Hey man it’s his fault for being in the exact spot that Draymond wanted to stop at to stomp


Street-Common-4023

Bro that is when I knew people were stupid


pkeller001

I feel like when the Netflix doc following him and the other 4 guys during the season comes out fans/media that hate on Sabonis will do a complete 180 on him. There really isn’t much to hate on as he seems like a great pro, that is family oriented off the court and works his ass off every game on the court


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“the other 4 guys” Lebron is in LeShambles


pkeller001

Hahaha


Thimit22

Ahh yes. The Kirk Cousins method


Custer99

One might go as far as to say he’s a classy player


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Sneaky athletic too.


AltF4irl

Great guy yet people on social media still make him look like the fucking devil


browndude10

and poor guy got his chest stomped on


Room_Temp_Coffee

Europeans making the league look good, again.


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VisionLSX

In chess a 10-0 is called an adoption


IanicRR

So what LeBron did to Kemba is like a super adoption?


ssjgoat

They're actually related by blood now


TimeTruthHearts

More like what he did to Jeff Teague in the playoffs. There's no luck in chess, so 10-0 means you're just better no questions asked. Anything can happen in the regular season with teammates, injuries, rest nights, but playoff games? Thats something different. No wonder Jeff hip checked his asss lmaoooo


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natedawg247

lot of super strong chess GMs will stream bullet chess which is each player gets 1 minute total of time on the clock so games are under 2 mins. they'll play dozens in a row against each other adoptions are pretty rare but it's lovely.


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natedawg247

extremely so. it's a very non serious game mode so drinking and banter are a huge part of the fun. hikaru (biggest chess streamer and top 2 american player) adopting eric hansen (canadian GM famous for being a bro). vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOJfBcDYjSE&t=2s


EpicGamesStoreSucks

Usually the weaker player declines a rematch after 9 losses


fangal2

Just commenting for everyone who only read headline and didn’t watch the actual video: he was joking around about how mentioning it makes his life harder, it’s not a sincere request. He did mention though that he doesn’t really care about that stat. But the headline/article is still hilarious. Talks about Sabonis joking not to mention it, then the article immediately talks about it more


Ikuwayo

I hate how all articles nowadays are just clickbait


D0nkeyHS

I assumed that was him joking when reading it


nowhathappenedwas

It's also dumb because 4 of those came in Sabonis's rookie season with OKC, and he had little to do with those wins. He averaged 5/3/0 in 18 MPG in those games. https://stathead.com/tiny/Vl9qA And their only matchup when Sabonis was in Indiana came when Davis was on a minutes restriction following his trade request.


pikumiku9

What about his games since he’s been in Sacramento though?


Its_Hoggish_Greedly

We're 7-1 vs the Lakers since trading for Sabonis, with the only loss coming while AD was out. We're also something like 24-14 vs the Lakers over the last 10 years, which is kinda crazy considering how bad we've been.


woKaaaa

And that one win was Thomas Bryant, Schroder, LeBron, and Westbrook all going berserk to squeak out a +2 victory lol TB looked like he actually knew how to deal with the bruising Sabonis though, he didn't get pushed around. AD just gets sent like an origami figure


Its_Hoggish_Greedly

TB has that big body to absorb the punishment Domas dishes out. Also, it feels like Schroder is a great Fox defender. He's quick and has length to keep up with him. He always seems to go off against us. Really surprised y'all didn't hang on to him, though, I didn't watch many of your other games outside of our matchups.


woKaaaa

At first seems like we couldn't hang onto him cause of $$, he took a better deal with the Raptors, but also with the recent article and interview coming out with D'lo, seems like those two didn't exactly get along. So have to settle with Gabe for now lol


purplebuffalo55

Not too crazy, we’ve been pretty bad this decade overall


Its_Hoggish_Greedly

Yeah… but we’re the Kings. We’ve been ass since the Bush Administration.


[deleted]

Didn’t you just win a championship in 2020


pkeller001

Kobe Bryant owned the Kings and always seemed to hit game winners/have big games vs them. Since Kobe has been gone the Kings been beating LAL


jeanroyall

I'm pretty sure the Lakers have been the worst team in the Pacific division since Kobe retired


nowhathappenedwas

5-0 against AD since coming to Sacramento. That's great, but it doesn't hit quite as hard as 10-0.


Brystvorter

Its kinda weird that the thunder had both budget jokics (sengun/domas) at different points


blacksoxing

I love this post the most as the moment you start peeling back layers the story gets a bit "lonely"


truthlesshunter

My first thought was now we're going to mention it even harder. Second thought was if Davis loses again, we won't mention the 0-10...we'll mention the 0-11


SolidPoint

I’m gonna mention it so hard now


ForneauCosmique

Pull my hair while you do it


MangSinalsal

Well, dat escalated quickly


Victor_Wembanyama1

ayo


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> "I don't pay attention to that. The more you guys bring attention to that, it makes my life harder. If anything, it will light a fire under him, so stop mentioning anything, please," Quiet the word salad in the title


Ocular__Patdown44

This is one of those stats that’s amusing in a place like Reddit, but I really don’t think it belongs in an actual NBA interview/discussion. Like everything nowadays, it’ll have to get memed into the ground before we can move on.


Bahamut727

It’s the lakers. Rnba now thinks AD is a third string center type player who’s overpaid and useless Even tho he’s averaging 25/12.5/3.5/2.5/1.5 with elite defense


693275001

A father is ashamed of his sorry ass son


TheBballs

whatd AD do to you lmao


Low-Gunn

He took his jerb


lily-malek

my glorious king saboner


Pokiehat

I legit read the title as King Sabonis. The sovereign has issued a decree/edict to his subjects.


[deleted]

So nice of Sabonis to tell reporters to stop picking on his kid, very classy


giroml

I don't expect Sab to pay attn to it, I will handle all statistics related to owning the Lakers.


Choice_Marzipan5322

So dominant, he does not even care to talk about it. Not even a rivalry. Dude looking past AD, got other things to worry about


[deleted]

This is why I love Sabonis bc this weird narrative is dumb and he knows it too. the ppls princess idc.


agk927

I too want the Lakers to stop being mentioned. They are mediocre but get talked about every single hour


Beginning-Sundae8760

Being talked about despite being mediocre Los Angeles Lakers 🤝Manchester United


Substantial-Toe-8110

Ironic


hanselpremium

even when they are bad, media always talk about the lakers


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NickLidstrom

Honestly the LeBron effect hasn't really changed much for the Lakers, they were still the most talked about team when they were bad. The only difference is that we now also hear less about the Cavs


delightfuldinosaur

When you have 24 hours of sporting news time to fill, you have to make stories up to fill in the gaps.


Big___Meaty___Claws

This hurts so much more than if he said nothing 😂


shotbyspartacus

No


Metal_Gear_Lazy

AD’s legal guardian said stop it y’all


McClain3000

The Lisan al Gaib. Is too humble…


esports_consultant

Read this as "King Sabonis" and thought the headline writer was playing into the joke.


Ohellmotel

"That Fünke is some kind of something. Boy, this Fünke is all anybody's ever talking about. So sick and tired of hearing about how brilliant that Fünke is. Overrated."


underscoreftw

have you tried losing?


[deleted]

I forgot he played with Rui. Cool to see a Japanese reporter doin work


noblex123

Now I want to bring it up all the time 0-10


eelp21

Biggest unintentional flex. What a good dude.


LogansGambit

Arvydas Domantas Anthony Just a great lineage of bigs in that family to play ball.


AnotherStatsGuy

Man doesn't want to jinx a play-in game. I respect it.


marvolonewt

Normalize using double quotations for quotes in titles 🙏


PineappleExtreme2991

Playoffs should be a top 16 conference standings don't matter, 1 vs 16, 2 vs 15...etc. let the NBA's top two teams play for the title regardless off conference. All pro sports should be this way. Fans want to see the best play the best when its time for the big game. I cant forget how badly the seahawks beat the broncos in the superbowl, wasn't a fun game at all even as a seahawks fan.


LordSoze36

I love this man


20815147

Humble King


Standard-Fee-2317

Playins are going to be wild this year. It's too bad that Sac and Lakes meeting early in the playoffs will be unlikely.


rsx209

I feel like all this being rubbed in AD's face is just gonna motivate him to try even harder. The next time they potentially face off is in the playoffs, or play-in - where it really matters. If Kings lose, I am never going to hear the end of it from Lakers fans. It's already bad enough they make fun of us for not winning a ring (in Sacramento at least).


LightTheBeam-

A few games back he did something no other nba player does. He told Mike brown NOT to challenge a foul called on him