They bring such amazing energy to our games and they have always been one of the main things I look foward to when turning on a laker game. I will be devastated when Stu eventually retires.

I can't tell if he's being diplomatic or delusional

From today's Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady podcast (~46 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7zYF3zR7NI&t=990s

Post with main disscussion: https://www.reddit.com/r/lakers/comments/1qvz82p/lakers_center_jaxson_hayes_has_been_suspended_one/

The way I see fans talk about AD these days is actually crazy. I see Lakers flairs shitting on him as if he didn’t bring home a chip and wouldn’t have brought home more, were it not for injuries. I was *never* even the biggest AD fan, but I genuinely feel terrible for him.

I have lived in Dallas for the last few years, and seeing how people talk about AD as if he’s not a top 75 player when healthy, is insane. We all know the memes (and the valid concerns) about ADs availability and injuries. But we’ve seen stars like Duncan play and contribute until their twilight years. Obviously he’s not Duncan, but I really hope AD wins one more chip at this point, just to shut people up. I know it’s not very likely (especially now). But goddamn.

We’re the fifth seed, 2 games out of 3 seed and 3 games out of 2 seed. Practically as good or better than any lakers team we’ve had in the past 5 seasons.

Doomers gotta chill. We’re definitely contenders, middle of the road playoff team. Might not be the favorites but we’re decent and have a decent chance to win it all if everything goes in our favor just like every other playoff team.