For the second season in a row, the Lakers have been eliminated in the first round. The Minnesota Timberwolves finish off Los Angeles in five games. - ThreadSky

theathletic.bsky.social • 28 days ago

For the second season in a row, the Lakers have been eliminated in the first round.

The Minnesota Timberwolves finish off Los Angeles in five games.

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thatphil.bsky.social•28 days ago

At least with Luka there they may be able to attract free agents. Nobody wanted a bar of it when it was Lebron and AD. 🤷🏻

hsdouglass.bsky.social•28 days ago

😂 👏

bansheeqween.bsky.social•28 days ago

tdyer89.bsky.social•28 days ago

Expected.

themaxpower76.bsky.social•28 days ago

Let’s not talk about how the wolves played like crap Gobert stepped up and was amazing

justin3aker.bsky.social•28 days ago

That’s the picture of a man who is not in shape

marcusjhu.bsky.social•28 days ago

Bye bye LA. Celtics repeat in progress.

3judochop.bsky.social•28 days ago

LeBron’s keyptonite is Ginger!!! Bounced off Donte!!?

mclouse.bsky.social•28 days ago

marley60.bsky.social•28 days ago

I’m so happy. The entite PRO Lakers USA NBA media must be in total mourning today. GSW will be next to be booted out of the playoffs.

stephbanatte.bsky.social•28 days ago

How about #Lakers guy going around claiming be billionaires take a paycut to allow GM Rob Pelinka fill out the roster -- How about that LeBron James?

King James came #LakersNation fill his pocket - not chip ...... He just got lucky in the bubble

#LALakers

ztepzek.bsky.social•28 days ago

Lakers were pathetic. They played no defense and appeared to have given up grabbing rebounds. The lack of rim protector excuses is BS for this performance. Even GM Rob shook his head on camera by how LAL let the wolves grab easy rebounds. Rob has work to do this summer. Nobody is untouchable

ztepzek.bsky.social•28 days ago

Even LeBron and Luka and JJ Reddick are not untouchable…

pwhustleprof.bsky.social•28 days ago

https://youtu.be/Ddqg_qocow8?si=IOBP9J-WGLP2y9p7

kwagnecht.bsky.social•28 days ago

The Athletic has to be in shambles after essentially calling game 1 a lucky win for MIN

mc-in-lbc.bsky.social•28 days ago

The podcaster's stunts didn't work. Lakers offense was ugly. Lakers lack of size was easy to exploit with playoff intensity.

Wolves are a great team.

Wild fucking season for the Lakers.

kjf2025.bsky.social•28 days ago

Meanwhile over at @espn.com

faketownns.bsky.social•28 days ago

thadryan.bsky.social•28 days ago

Maybe defense does win championships. I don’t hear any bad talking Nico now.

detpistons.com•28 days ago

Those BIG 3, BIG 2 line ups dont WORK in todays NBA. Its about drafting well, keeping your team intact and not trying to always BUY a Championship. Plus your NEW superstar can't be a defensive liability you traded for.

comeonyoureds.bsky.social•28 days ago

Paid for not having a big man. Goebert had free run of the glass.

geauxme.bsky.social•28 days ago

They’re a sorry team. Didn’t fight til the end. Down 6 with 30 secs left and you give up.

bumpyoldbag.bsky.social•28 days ago

Luka played Gobert off the floor...

bumpyoldbag.bsky.social•28 days ago

Gentlemen's sweep... FOR THE WOLVES!!!!

bballistic.bsky.social•28 days ago

This embarrassing all that movement with these damn trades and Laker still get their asses kicked smh 🤦🏿‍♀️

hawk-dude.bsky.social•28 days ago

scottm-sig-vet.bsky.social•28 days ago

And yet, somehow, @espn.com will still show LeBron highlights for the next month...even though they are eliminated

I am so tired of the tired ass Lakers

Enjoy the break, Flop City

kingyama.bsky.social•28 days ago

ESPN is failing, he is not better than any lakers legend. Wow is he still in the top 10. He was part coach/player, when you have a situation like that it's always a disaster. The whole company had them going to the chip and some had them winning it !

wh6785.bsky.social•28 days ago

ESPN is desperate for ratings, which is why they gave a boat load of money to Stephen A. and Pat McAfee. So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that they were openly rooting for the Lakers to win.

practicalfractal.bsky.social•27 days ago

If we are all being honest, ESPN has sucked for 40 years.

Should never broadcast another NCAA college hockey game as well.

wh6785.bsky.social•28 days ago

I felt that the team should have hired a veteran coach to handle things better. Instead in order to appease LeBron, they hired JJ Reddick, who did a good job early on. But his performance in these playoff games needs to be questioned.

wh6785.bsky.social•28 days ago

When the Lakers decided to go all in with him again, there was a price, and that price was the inclusion of his son. LeBron wasn’t going to sign unless his son was on the team. I always felt that was bad policy.

russ.imualab.co•28 days ago

LoL

powpowbets.bsky.social•28 days ago

The lakers need a center and luka needs to get healthy and in shape. Jj made some bad decisions this series I hope he learns from.

wh6785.bsky.social•28 days ago

I think that the Lakers should have embarked on a rebuild instead of trying to buy or trade for talent every year. The loss of Anthony Davis really hurt them, and Austin Reeves had to play starters minutes, and it left the bench short of help.

wh6785.bsky.social•28 days ago

Luka does need to get in shape, but it still will never justify the decision by the Mavericks to trade him. But what needs to be discussed is this.

tomcrain.bsky.social•28 days ago

Good.

kaninallsup.bsky.social•28 days ago

Who knew that not having a big man to protect the paint would be their final nail in the coffin. Gobert putting up AD numbers on them. The irony is not lost on us.

beastmoderocco.com•28 days ago

Even in a win, the headline still isn’t about Minnesota.

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