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“World's Best Laker Fan,” host of the @FirstBallotPod and proprietor of the First Ballot Hall of Fame. Travis the Chimp forever.

Queens, NY
Joined August 2010
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He’ll come around.
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The best and greatest shooter to ever walk the planet. Look at this photo.
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Austin Reaves Stretch My Hands Pt.1
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LeBron really trying to erase all traces of Eddie Jones.
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Brad Beal on Kobe’s hiss, from the All the Smoke podcast.
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The NBA Champion Lakers turned Rondo into Schröder, Danny Green into Wes Matthews, Dwight into Trez and JaVale into Marc Gasol. Rob Pelinka's a wolf.
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Danny Hurley’s a killer. Kobe would’ve loved this answer.
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Lovely.
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LEAK: Photos of the Los Angeles Lakers new 2021 "Classic" jersey found their way to the Internet over the weekend #LALakers #Lakers #NBA #Nike More pics and details here:
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Had never seen this photo of Kobe Bryant.
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Wow. @KDTrey5 is exactly right. Hook shot going middle.
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This was a bucket, bean stance was too open and gave me a hook shot going middle. Miss you my boy!!! Lol
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Rewatched the '96 NBA Draft and some of these player evaluations are wild.
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Excited to see where this goes.
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HS LeBron wearing Kobes.
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If Dame can somehow force his way to the Lakers, then LeBron casting him in Space Jam 2 is the single Greatest Tamper in the History of Sports, bar none.
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Know who loved Beethoven and learned to play Moonlight Sonata?
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Here are all of Alex Caruso’s plays after hitting the side of the backboard late. He could have melted, but he battled every possession on both ends. Finished with 14/3/2/3/1 on 50/66% shooting.
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Lamar on Kobe. I love how slow and thoughtful LO is, and I love that Stack and Matt gave him that room.
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How many straight games Phoenix gonna lose?
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Rest In Peace to a Real One
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Dwight Howard seems to perfectly sum up the @Lakers vibe this year: “It’s great. All our guys are just happy, and just want to win. There’s no egos, there’s no pride. There’s nothing but pure joyful basketball.”
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I know it’s hard to take your eyes off Austin Rivers backpedaling, but watch Kuz. That’s some All League shit stirring right there.
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Why would you ever want to play for anyone other than the Lakers?
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This story reminds me of these videos. Elephants go hard.
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Elephant kills woman in India and returns to trample on her corpse at funeral after lifting her body from pyre as family performed last rites
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The brilliance of two high IQ players together: Reaves doesn’t throw it to LeBron, he throws it to where LeBron should be, and of course, LeBron understands it completely.
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How many championships do the Phoenix Suns have?
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I think this is Alex Caruso's PATENTED move. Nobody better at defending an inbounds pass, particularly after a made basket. Good allegory for @ACFresh21 's career: lies in wait, looking for any opportunity to turn momentum his way, then striking like a goddamn rattlesnake.
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I'm gonna post this once a week until I'm dead.
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Healthy Lakers smash these teams
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Do you remember this layup by Austin Reaves? I sure as fuck do.
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LeBron is this many years old.
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@KDTrey5 Just so everyone knows, he's exactly right. Hook shot middle.
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The best shooter to ever walk this planet.
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Austin Reaves closeouts matter
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Kobe died, then the NBA and Planet stopped because of pandemic the likes of which none of us have ever seen. Then the Lakers came back to us, and won the title. Perhaps the most meaningful championship in Laker history. Don’t you ever forget it. Lakers are World Champs.
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I know reading “body language” can be questionable, perhaps specious, but you can’t watch this and tell me these guys don’t love playing with each other. Completely different energy with this team. You can see it and feel it.
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You know who'd have loved playing with Caruso? Kobe.
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Gonna tweet this right now: I think Jayson Tatum eventually plays for the Lakers. I think the Kobe idol worship will matter.
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I want to say something about Kyle Kuzma: More than the 3-6 FG shooting and 2-5 from 3PT, he had some really nice defensive possessions tonight. He was a disaster on defense last year and worked his tail off to get here. That development cannot be understated.
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Man, the Lakers do not give a shit about Dennis Schröder.
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Free agent guard Kendrick Nunn has agreed to a two-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers, source tells ESPN. Deal includes a player option. Nunn turned down significantly more money to chase a title with the Lakers.
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It just occurred to me Darvin Ham is hiring Rasheed Wallace for Anthony Davis.
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Lakers fans (myself included) thought LAL’s biggest need was shooting, and LeBron thought it was having a secondary playmaker to relieve him and push the team when he sat. First off, I believe in LeBron, and second, why the hell do any of us think we know better than LeBron?
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This is what it takes to buy a gun in Japan. There’s something wrong with America.
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Blessed to be a Lakers fan.
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The Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA Championship and are NBA champs. Dont you forget that today.
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I think @KingJames is talking about this layup over KD in G1 of 2018 Finals.
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"We work on those, depending on the shot blocker." LeBron James breaks down why he decided to go high off glass at the end of regulation. #NBAPlayoffs presented by Google Pixel
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Truth is the Lakers stole this title with a plan B team. Kawhi did hurt them by waiting, and it didn’t matter. This year Rob’s got the juice and they’re stacked. The Champs gonna be obnoxious this year.
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I believe in Kyle Kuzma. I’d also like to point out the 9th man on the 2021 Lakers has a signature shoe deal and a national ad campaign. So, come to the Lakers if you want to be a star.
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The Lakers biggest problem is they don’t fear anyone.
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Listen to me loud and clear: whoever made the decision to let Alex Caruso leave the Lakers, when he was willing to take a sweetheart deal, does not understand basketball. It was a fireable offense, it still is, and someone should be held accountable. Unforgivable error.
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"Alex Caruso is a teammate's dream on the defensive end of the floor." This video will show you why 🔒 @ACFresh21
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Kobe slam dunked on Jaren Jackson Jr.'s dad.
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I have never been closer to death than I was on the first possession of overtime.
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This is how you win a Conference Championship. Anything else is for amateurs. Coldest Video of All-Time.
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Honestly, KCP - Hield - LeBron - AD - Ibaka would melt the NBA.
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If you hated LeBron and the bench clowning Crowder last night I completely get it. When Bron used to do that team photo thing before games in Cleveland, I used to lose my mind. But now he plays for my team, and it’s great. My recommendation: get a LeBron James in your life.
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Uncle Pau
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LeBron is Prometheus. He took fire from the gods and gave it to man. As insane as it is to say, how he's changed the basketball business may rival his actual playing career.
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If the Lakers get Wes Matthews to replace Danny Green to start the season, they’re getting the more well rested player because, if you remember, Milwaukee and Giannis got bounced early whereas the LA Lakers are NBA Champions.
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Holy shit
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This will go down in the long, LONG line of criminally underappreciated dunk contest dunks.
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This Kobe Bryant story from Iman Shumpert has my full attention. Just make more eggs.
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For every Laker fan who had to live through this.
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The Kobe tragedy changed the landscape for this Lakers team. Front office, LeBron and AD are super wary of shaking things up in the family, or messing with chemistry, because it’s a sensitive time. That makes them kind. If they make a move, it needs to be a can’t miss upgrade.
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I’m sorry, LeBron or AD would have to be in outer space for the Lakers to lose to the Jazz in the Playoffs.
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Klay Thompson is Filipino now. We’re drafting him.
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Lakers traded the 28th pick, but Rob is gonna buy a 2nd round pick and draft the guy someone should've taken at 18 anyways.
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@DragonflyJonez This is the perfect encapsulation of Paul Pierce.
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I want every player in the NBA to know that #KobeBryant Bryant is 100% watching and judging everything you do.
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Lakers are world champs and don’t you forget it
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If Paul George makes the Celtics lose all their assets, and then leaves them to play in LA, he's the Greatest Laker of All Time.
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Indiana and Boston are engaged in serious talks on a Paul George trade, league sources tell @TheVertical .
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I had never seen this Luka Doncic pass, and had to Kobe Detail this thing out of appreciation.
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Joey and Jesse Buss really did it with this one. Now Rob has him locked in at a good number, and he’ll get the Team USA development bump this Fall. Austin Reaves is a prayer answered.
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Hey @Yg_Trece , Marc Stein reports that Kawhi tried to recruit Jimmy Butler, then tried to recruit an injured Durant, before finally calling you. I guess that makes you his third option. Well, unless he called someone else we don’t know about. Hm. Weird. Well, good luck, Paul!
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Frank Vogel: I'm good at coaching defense! Lakers: Fucking prove it.
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TNT was on one that night.
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One thing with Dwight and JaVale: they knew exactly what their role was, and neither complained when benched. Frank gotta define roles, LeBron has to get buy-in, and the new guys have to stay in their lanes.
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“Lamarcus, how do you feel about guarding Anthony Davis in the Playoffs?”
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The best ring night I've ever seen was 2010. Having the players introduce each other was simple brilliance. Lamar Odom's stands out as particularly personal and lovely. The Lakers understand the moment and the show.
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“Where you from?” “Serbia” “Shit sound wack”
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Listen to me loud and clear: I don’t care about this at all. I only care about that banner. With LAKERS on it. Ya’ll can discuss it however you want. I just want to spend 30 bucks on the championship t-shirt.
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Laker fans should be rooting for the Clippers to win. Getting a chip in a season where both the Bucks & Clippers were knocked out in the second round in the bubble is a bad look.
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The moment at :20 where instincts take over and Mike slips to set up the right hook, and the trainer isn’t sure if he’s actually throw it.
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If the Clippers lose G7, Dept of Homeland Security will have no choice but to designate #LakersTwitter a domestic terrorist organization.
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The Toronto Raptors have as many titles as the Celtics over the last 35 years.
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@damanr that's interesting. i didnt take it to mean he doesnt care about basketball, i took it as "i dont care about all this shit." i mean, what do i know? nothing. but i think he doesnt care about western culture, and the definition of success here.
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I want to say something, and it sounds silly, but it it’s not silly: I’m so proud of Alex Caruso. He’s not the token white dude, or an inside joke, or even just a fan favorite. He’s a solid, consistent rotation player in the NBA. The odds were hugely against him, but he matters.
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He made this. That’s hysterical.
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The ‘01 Lakers can beat any team that’s ever existed in a 7-game series and I will go to my grave knowing that.
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2001 Lakers > 2017 Warriors IMO🤷🏽‍♂️
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The Bubble was too much for a lot of guys. I get it. The isolation, the fear, being forced to concentrate only on the game. Not everyone can be the 2020 NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers. In fact, no one can. Just the Lakers. The most important title of my lifetime for sure.
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Giannis Antetokounmpo reveals he almost retired in 2020 “In 2020, I was ready to walk away from the game. I had that conversation – yes – with the front office.” (Via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)
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Anthony Davis is the best defender in the league. He’s not always healthy, and sometimes he can be disengaged, but there’s nobody better at defense in the league, and this is not up for debate.
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Svi robs Lonzo of a rebound, and the Lakers bench loses their minds. Zo still finished with a 16/10/10/5 triple double.
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@damanr are you being serious? curious what your issue is.
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If you're not old enough to have seen Michael Jordan, it's hard to explain how standard this was. And it's not the number of points. It's the ease. Put it this way: MJ was so good, Jack Nicholson went to a Clippers game.
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OTD (1996) Michael Jordan was having "TOO MUCH" fun in Los Angeles.
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This wasn’t in @kylekuzma ’s defensive reel from last night, but it should be. Looked clean on first sight, but assumed I missed something. On rewatch, Kawhi isn’t fouled on his pivot, Kuz doesn’t touch Kawhi’s elbow, and Kawhi doesn’t land on Kuz after shot. Clean play. Great D.
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LeBron James is, without question, the most hyped athlete I’ve ever witnessed. And he surpassed every conceivable lofty expectation of him. It is truly one of the more remarkable sports feats anyone has ever witnessed.
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LeBron’s documentary in 20 years is gonna go crazy
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11 years ago today, the Lakers traded for Pau Gasol.
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Kobe and Pau courtside to watch this team would've been a blast.
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No way to verify if any of this is real, but if enjoy rumors like I do, and aren’t afraid of your emotions being shattered... #KawhiWatch
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Look at this very not photoshopped picture of Shaquille O’Neal. I mean Jesus Christ. You’ll see another Michael Jordan before you see another Shaq.
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