Shams Wow: Ayton signs 2 year deal with Lakers

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Re: Shams Wow: Ayton signs 2 year deal with Lakers 

Post#361 » by Optms » Fri Jul 4, 2025 5:53 pm

Top 3 seed guaranteed.

Ayton has never played with gifted passers like Luka and Bron. He may legitimately make an all star game from all of the easy baskets. Box out and score. Thats his primary job.
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Re: Shams Wow: Ayton signs 2 year deal with Lakers 

Post#362 » by lonea » Fri Jul 4, 2025 6:09 pm

Optms wrote:Top 3 seed guaranteed.

Ayton has never played with gifted passers like Luka and Bron. He may legitimately make an all star game from all of the easy baskets. Box out and score. Thats his primary job.


LOL, you somehow chose to forget CP?
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Re: Shams Wow: Ayton signs 2 year deal with Lakers 

Post#363 » by Mr B » Fri Jul 4, 2025 6:16 pm

Optms wrote:Top 3 seed guaranteed.

Ayton has never played with gifted passers like Luka and Bron. He may legitimately make an all star game from all of the easy baskets. Box out and score. Thats his primary job.

Didn’t he play with Chris Paul in Phoenix?
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Re: Shams Wow: Ayton signs 2 year deal with Lakers 

Post#364 » by MavsDirk41 » Fri Jul 4, 2025 6:39 pm

Optms wrote:Top 3 seed guaranteed.

Ayton has never played with gifted passers like Luka and Bron. He may legitimately make an all star game from all of the easy baskets. Box out and score. Thats his primary job.



Lmao Chris Paul??? Maybe you have heard of that guy….did you also know that the most games Ayton has played is 71 and that was his rookie season? I think the loss of DFS is going to be felt more than the addition of Ayton. DFS was their best perimeter defender. Ayton can defend in space and isnt a great shot blocker.
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Re: Shams Wow: Ayton signs 2 year deal with Lakers 

Post#365 » by MavsDirk41 » Fri Jul 4, 2025 6:39 pm

Optms wrote:Top 3 seed guaranteed.

Ayton has never played with gifted passers like Luka and Bron. He may legitimately make an all star game from all of the easy baskets. Box out and score. Thats his primary job.


Cant defend in space
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Re: Shams Wow: Ayton signs 2 year deal with Lakers 

Post#366 » by -Spyda- » Fri Jul 4, 2025 6:57 pm

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Optms wrote:Top 3 seed guaranteed.

Ayton has never played with gifted passers like Luka and Bron. He may legitimately make an all star game from all of the easy baskets. Box out and score. Thats his primary job.

Didn’t he play with Chris Paul in Phoenix?

He played and looked great
Ayton he’s a top talent
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Re: Shams Wow: Ayton signs 2 year deal with Lakers 

Post#367 » by NO-KG-AI » Fri Jul 4, 2025 7:10 pm

MavsDirk41 wrote:
Optms wrote:Top 3 seed guaranteed.

Ayton has never played with gifted passers like Luka and Bron. He may legitimately make an all star game from all of the easy baskets. Box out and score. Thats his primary job.



Lmao Chris Paul??? Maybe you have heard of that guy….did you also know that the most games Ayton has played is 71 and that was his rookie season? I think the loss of DFS is going to be felt more than the addition of Ayton. DFS was their best perimeter defender. Ayton can defend in space and isnt a great shot blocker.



This was a bait post lol.

Ayton was bored with CP trying to feed him easy buckets all game. Ayton might actually love it in LA though, if there is one thing LeBron and Luka teams get to do, it’s stand around and do nothing for 20 seconds of the shot clock.
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Re: Shams Wow: Ayton signs 2 year deal with Lakers 

Post#368 » by MavsDirk41 » Fri Jul 4, 2025 7:16 pm

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MavsDirk41 wrote:
Optms wrote:Top 3 seed guaranteed.

Ayton has never played with gifted passers like Luka and Bron. He may legitimately make an all star game from all of the easy baskets. Box out and score. Thats his primary job.



Lmao Chris Paul??? Maybe you have heard of that guy….did you also know that the most games Ayton has played is 71 and that was his rookie season? I think the loss of DFS is going to be felt more than the addition of Ayton. DFS was their best perimeter defender. Ayton can defend in space and isnt a great shot blocker.



This was a bait post lol.

Ayton was bored with CP trying to feed him easy buckets all game. Ayton might actually love it in LA though, if there is one thing LeBron and Luka teams get to do, it’s stand around and do nothing for 20 seconds of the shot clock.



Lol yea no doubt! With James, Luka, and Reaves, how many touches a game do you think Ayton will get? 10 at the most? If that. I cant see him being happy with having a primary role of rebounder and defender while doing nothing offensively other than setting screens and catching lobs.
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Re: Shams Wow: Ayton signs 2 year deal with Lakers 

Post#369 » by enigmatics » Fri Jul 4, 2025 8:41 pm

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Mr B wrote:
Optms wrote:Top 3 seed guaranteed.

Ayton has never played with gifted passers like Luka and Bron. He may legitimately make an all star game from all of the easy baskets. Box out and score. Thats his primary job.

Didn’t he play with Chris Paul in Phoenix?

He played and looked great
Ayton he’s a top talent


And "Top Talent" always has teams paying them NOT to play for them right?
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Re: Shams Wow: Ayton signs 2 year deal with Lakers 

Post#370 » by enigmatics » Fri Jul 4, 2025 8:48 pm

MavsDirk41 wrote:Lol yea no doubt! With James, Luka, and Reaves, how many touches a game do you think Ayton will get? 10 at the most? If that. I cant see him being happy with having a primary role of rebounder and defender while doing nothing offensively other than setting screens and catching lobs.


Due to new surroundings and playing for WC competitor he'll try a little harder to play thru it, set some barely serviceable screens, etc in the early stretch.

As the year wears on though it'll be a whole different story. If he thinks the criticisms were bad in PHX just wait until the LA media and fans start to sniff out his lack of efforting.
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Re: Shams Wow: Ayton signs 2 year deal with Lakers 

Post#371 » by Shaka_Zulu » Fri Jul 4, 2025 11:14 pm

MavsDirk41 wrote:
NO-KG-AI wrote:
MavsDirk41 wrote:

Lmao Chris Paul??? Maybe you have heard of that guy….did you also know that the most games Ayton has played is 71 and that was his rookie season? I think the loss of DFS is going to be felt more than the addition of Ayton. DFS was their best perimeter defender. Ayton can defend in space and isnt a great shot blocker.



This was a bait post lol.

Ayton was bored with CP trying to feed him easy buckets all game. Ayton might actually love it in LA though, if there is one thing LeBron and Luka teams get to do, it’s stand around and do nothing for 20 seconds of the shot clock.



Lol yea no doubt! With James, Luka, and Reaves, how many touches a game do you think Ayton will get? 10 at the most? If that. I cant see him being happy with having a primary role of rebounder and defender while doing nothing offensively other than setting screens and catching lobs.



Lol Lakers fans will have a hoot when they see the kinda revolutionary no contact screens Ayton sets :lol: :lol:


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Re: Shams Wow: Ayton signs 2 year deal with Lakers 

Post#372 » by MavsDirk41 » Fri Jul 4, 2025 11:34 pm

enigmatics wrote:
MavsDirk41 wrote:Lol yea no doubt! With James, Luka, and Reaves, how many touches a game do you think Ayton will get? 10 at the most? If that. I cant see him being happy with having a primary role of rebounder and defender while doing nothing offensively other than setting screens and catching lobs.


Due to new surroundings and playing for WC competitor he'll try a little harder to play thru it, set some barely serviceable screens, etc in the early stretch.

As the year wears on though it'll be a whole different story. If he thinks the criticisms were bad in PHX just wait until the LA media and fans start to sniff out his lack of efforting.



At one point i was hopping he would land in Dallas but after reading about his lack of effort and locker room issues i think we lucked out with Gafford and Lively.
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Re: Shams Wow: Ayton signs 2 year deal with Lakers 

Post#373 » by -Spyda- » Sat Jul 5, 2025 1:36 am

enigmatics wrote:
-Spyda- wrote:
Mr B wrote:Didn’t he play with Chris Paul in Phoenix?

He played and looked great
Ayton he’s a top talent


And "Top Talent" always has teams paying them NOT to play for them right?



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