Shams Wow: Ayton signs 2 year deal with Lakers

[Shaka_Zulu]

The fact that the second season is a player option makes me think Ayton will play hard this season, feed of off Doncic on offense, and then trick some team next season into giving him a big contract extention.

He’ll be out every night getting it on with pornstar or getting coked up in town and flushing it out with diuretic

Atleast has one less excuse now. He won't have the excuse to say its too much snow/ice in my driveway, so I can't come to work and train/play the game.

[Mr Puddles]

The fact that the second season is a player option makes me think Ayton will play hard this season, feed of off Doncic on offense, and then trick some team next season into giving him a big contract extention.

He’ll be out every night getting it on with pornstar or getting coked up in town and flushing it out with diuretic

Atleast has one less excuse now. He won't have the excuse to say its too much snow/ice in my driveway, so I can't come to work and train/play the game.

There was a similar story with Ayton in the bubble as well, where he missed a daily corona test leading up to a crucial game. The Suns were in the race to make the playoffs for the first time in years (they missed due to the Blazers having an extra game, while the Suns held the tie-breaker).

You'd think that when your team has a legit chance of making the playoffs for the first time in your career, you'd set three alarms to make sure you don't miss a required test - instead Ayton had to do the test on the morning of the game and missed the first half due to it.

[Lalouie]

ayton will be lebron's greatest challenge

i leave out luka because lebron has been in the league for a 100 yrs and luka hasn't

[HMFFL]

It will be interesting to see how Ayton handles the LA lifestyle. The Ayton family have made it from the Bahamas to Los Angeles. Ayton needs to find his ceiling and stay focused. It's time for him to excel.

[Shaka_Zulu]

He’ll be out every night getting it on with pornstar or getting coked up in town and flushing it out with diuretic

Atleast has one less excuse now. He won't have the excuse to say its too much snow/ice in my driveway, so I can't come to work and train/play the game.

There was a similar story with Ayton in the bubble as well, where he missed a daily corona test leading up to a crucial game. The Suns were in the race to make the playoffs for the first time in years (they missed due to the Blazers having an extra game, while the Suns held the tie-breaker).

You'd think that when your team has a legit chance of making the playoffs for the first time in your career, you'd set three alarms to make sure you don't miss a required test - instead Ayton had to do the test on the morning of the game and missed the first half due to it.

Lol in nearest future, I expect him to go down the Ben Simmons route. The e-sports call of duty and cornstar gfs while making up reasons he can't play.

[lilfishi22]

Lakers finished 3rd in the west and did it without a center after the AD trade. All this talk about Ayton's career arc is kind of irrelevant from the Lakers' perspective.

At this point they know what they're getting and it's still a massive upgrade from what they had and didn't cost any assets. They essentially got their Mark Williams without giving up Knecht, a first and a pick swap. If Ayton can perform to Williams level then it was a great move. No one is expecting him to live up to his #1 draft status.

It says a lot when the Blazers knew what they were getting from Phoenix and still be disappointed

[Optms]

Lakers finished 3rd in the west and did it without a center after the AD trade. All this talk about Ayton's career arc is kind of irrelevant from the Lakers' perspective.

At this point they know what they're getting and it's still a massive upgrade from what they had and didn't cost any assets. They essentially got their Mark Williams without giving up Knecht, a first and a pick swap. If Ayton can perform to Williams level then it was a great move. No one is expecting him to live up to his #1 draft status.

Lakers in the drivers seat. Got a real center now and still have assets to make a move in case a disgruntled star demands out.

I don't think we can catch OKC or Houston in the standings but I'll predict another top 3 finish. Luka will be back in MVP form next year.

[Mr B]

Most laker fans seem pretty calm about the trade and are just happy that we don’t have to watch a center rotation of Hayes, Koloko and Jemeson. Y’all are the ones being weird about it all

Bro you have Lakers fans saying this signing guarantees them a title since Luka went to the finals with Dwight Powell.

Bro where

On Twitter. Tons of Lakers fans talking about Ayton like he’s the second coming of Hakeem Olajuwon.

[azcatz11]

Read on Twitter

Good luck.

Dude warned everyone.

NEW YORK -- Deandre Ayton was asked Wednesday to define what success in the NBA looks like to him.

"Definitely getting to my second contract; that's my success," Ayton said at media availability for top lottery picks.

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/23854252/deandre-ayton-nba-success-getting-second-deal

He's going to give you the least impactful 14 / 10 of your life.

Ayton is the only Arizona player I have ever rooted against

[Jedi32]

This is your savior Lakers fans?

Read on Twitter

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No one said anything about a savior. When you have Luka and Lebron and as your first and second best players you just need nba level rotational players after that, and ayton is definitely that.

ayton is not a rotational player, he's not even a role player. he's just an empty stats guy

if anything, Hachimura will get more touch than ayton

ayton will bring nothing to the game

Yeah ok sure bud

[kaansunman]

Winning cures all.

Just so.

It will be Kwame Brown vol 2.0 for the Lakers

No, that's violently inaccurate. Kwame had horrible hands and was a terrible lob threat, and he had trouble controlling the ball in the post. He also sucked at the line.

Ayton, on the other hand, is about a 76% shooter from the line on his career, is an EXCELLENT lob threat and synergizes very well with the main playmakers on the team. This is a horrible, horrible comparison. Kwame TOPPED OUT at 10.9 ppg, remember, because he was so limited and problematic.

To be more clear; I am not comparing their style of play or skills. Ayton is better than Kwame that is obvious. The story of the move is very similar. Both of them are disappointing #1 selections of the draft and their paths are crossed with the rebuilding Lakers. It is like a second chance for them to prove themselves, if not Lakers have nothing to lose anyhow. They traded Kwame after 2.5 years, the contract for Ayton is for 2 years.

Jaxon Hayes is more a lob threat than Ayton, he is going to be more use for spreading the floor with his jumpers. At least they have two 7 footers at the center position.

[durden_tyler]

As a Lakers hater, we all wanted to see this


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[og15]

How exactly was his Phoenix stint a failure? - because they failed to win it all? You do realize that their inability to breakthrough wasn't all on Ayton right? He was drafted into a **** of an organization that only turned things around after Rubio's addition in the bubble season and then CP3 coming on board.

Friendly reminder he was still the starting center for a Phoenix team that a pretty successful 3 year run:
2021: won 51 games as the 2nd seed made a run to the Finals in 2021 (5th in ORTG & 9th DRTG)
2022: won a franchise record 64 games where they finished 1st (4th in ORTG, 3rd in DRTG)
2023: an overall weird campaign highlighted by the trade for KD to go 45-37 (14th in ORTG & 7th in DRTG)

It's not like he was featured offensively with both Book and CP3 commanding the offense and then lateron KD.

Bruh... what you said is acceptable if he was like a late 1st round pick or something.

The problem isn't that he wasn't featured offensively, he doesn't have the tool and never improved himself to be the guy.

1st OVERALL pick and the best he can come up with is his "dominayton" meme?

Give me a break.

Where he was drafted is irrelevant. You've spewed nonsense into this thread talking about how he isn't worth an ~8m salary despite that being much less than starting center money in today's game. To put it into context for next year, he's going to be the ~195th highest paid player sandwiched between the likes of Vasilije Micic and KJ Martin who aren't even rotation players.

The only reason why I brought up the offense comment is because that is why he became disinterested in his role in Phoenix. Despite all that, they were successful with as an integral part on both ends of the floor.

The funny thing about it is that Ayton had his best per minute ppg of his career in 21-22 and 22-23, the situation helped him to be more efficient and score more points while having not too far off FGA/G.

Ayton is a great deal at $8M, obviously he's only that cheap because he was bought out and is making money from that. If people don't think he would have gotten / sought larger offers if he was a regular free agent, they haven't followed the NBA long enough.

Ayton should be fine on all the offensive things, great touch, athletic, finishes well, solid roll man, has a mid-range game. His motor will still be questionable, and his defensive impact will be undetermined, but he has the physical tools and potential to be a solid back line defender, it's of course the focus on motor aspects that are a factor. He will still be allergic to contact on both ends, and he's not as durable in the regular season as one would expect. His poor sleep habits as long as those continue will impact all those negative aspects even if he wants to be better.

[tsherkin]

To be more clear; I am not comparing their style of play or skills. Ayton is better than Kwame that is obvious. The story of the move is very similar. Both of them are disappointing #1 selections of the draft and their paths are crossed with the rebuilding Lakers. It is like a second chance for them to prove themselves, if not Lakers have nothing to lose anyhow. They traded Kwame after 2.5 years, the contract for Ayton is for 2 years.

Jaxon Hayes is more a lob threat than Ayton, he is going to be more use for spreading the floor with his jumpers. At least they have two 7 footers at the center position.

Ayton is a very good PnR player. The main thrust of the point here is that he will have good synergy with Luka. This is essentially a given, based on Ayton's skillset and history.

[enigmatics]

He's going to give you the least impactful 14 / 10 of your life.

Ayton is the only Arizona player I have ever rooted against

Ha! Same!

[Michael Lucky]

So from all indications Ayton isn't the smartest person. Got it....

[levon]

Lakers finished 3rd in the west and did it without a center after the AD trade. All this talk about Ayton's career arc is kind of irrelevant from the Lakers' perspective.

At this point they know what they're getting and it's still a massive upgrade from what they had and didn't cost any assets. They essentially got their Mark Williams without giving up Knecht, a first and a pick swap. If Ayton can perform to Williams level then it was a great move. No one is expecting him to live up to his #1 draft status.

It says a lot when the Blazers knew what they were getting from Phoenix and still be disappointed

The Blazers are on autopilot.

[levon]

Winning cures all.

Just so.

It will be Kwame Brown vol 2.0 for the Lakers

No, that's violently inaccurate. Kwame had horrible hands and was a terrible lob threat, and he had trouble controlling the ball in the post. He also sucked at the line.

Ayton, on the other hand, is about a 76% shooter from the line on his career, is an EXCELLENT lob threat and synergizes very well with the main playmakers on the team. This is a horrible, horrible comparison. Kwame TOPPED OUT at 10.9 ppg, remember, because he was so limited and problematic.

To be more clear; I am not comparing their style of play or skills. Ayton is better than Kwame that is obvious. The story of the move is very similar. Both of them are disappointing #1 selections of the draft and their paths are crossed with the rebuilding Lakers. It is like a second chance for them to prove themselves, if not Lakers have nothing to lose anyhow. They traded Kwame after 2.5 years, the contract for Ayton is for 2 years.

Jaxon Hayes is more a lob threat than Ayton, he is going to be more use for spreading the floor with his jumpers. At least they have two 7 footers at the center position.

Ayton is more like Bynum than Kwame.

[enigmatics]

This much I do know ....

God is certainly not a Suns fan with Ayton ending up playing with Luka on the Lakers (of all teams).

No, I'm not saying God favors teams - just trying to paint the picture that in a fate sort of way it's cruel after what Suns fans went thru between the lead up to Ayton's drafting and the years that ensued as both players careers evolved.

[enigmatics]

So from all indications Ayton isn't the smartest person. Got it....

For lack of a better descriptor he's the hot bimbo with a uber soft touch and top shelf short roll, but beyond that if you don't keep him involved he mentally checks out on everything else needed to play winning basketball.

We have literally seen dude in a game attempt to set three picks in a 5 second sequence but not touch a single defender.