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Soccer & NBA @FoxSports | Recovering Lakers blogger | 🇲🇽 🇸🇻 | christian.rivas @fox .com | Opinions my own

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Christian Rivas
3 years
Twitter is for jokes and trade rumors.
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50 waiting for his cue:
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Damian Lillard is putting up James Harden numbers, but it’s actually fun watching him.
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Jerry West told Kobe Bryant that he didn’t want him playing for Donald Sterling when Kobe told him he was going to sign with the Clippers. Jerry wasn’t employed by the Lakers at the time, he just really cared about Kobe like a son. That’s incredible.
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The “Lakers in 7” delusion is kicking in.
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I think about this tweet so often.
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NBA on ESPN
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The Lakers' depth is wild 👀 And that's not even their whole roster 😳
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I will never forgive them, man.
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Alex Caruso
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This is how I feel when I play MyCAREER
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Anthony Davis, Austin Reaves and LeBron James
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Poole’s ascent has made Curry’s contract a massive burden for the Warriors. The smartest thing for them long-term would be to trade Curry to the Lakers for Russ’s expiring contract.
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Dwight Howard said he bought a purple car because he was inspired by Thanos and the sacrifices he had to make to accomplish his goal. Man.
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The Lakers’ jerseys The Heats’ court
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Give Rui $15 million and lock him in a gym with Phil Handy this summer
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Dwight Howard on coming back to the Lakers via his Instagram Live: “This is my home, I just went on vacation.”
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4 years
This is Kyle Kuzma’s full quote on the Clippers:
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Kyle Kuzma says the Lakers didn’t get any joy out of watching the Clippers lose: “We weren’t focused on the Clippers. We never really were.”
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Kids after they watch Caruso’s dunk reel:
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The Suns after hearing LeBron wouldn’t be himself this series:
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Lakers in 1.
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6 years
The thought of wearing any form of pants while working from home is laughable. I renounce this article.
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The Wall Street Journal
6 years
No, you shouldn't be wearing sweatpants to work—even when you work from home
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Talen Horton-Tucker is low key built like Mike Wazowski.
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4 years
LeBron James is screaming in the #Lakers locker room and there is a bunch of celebrating going on. James comes out and says “we’re back on our bullshit!” Team is exploding. James is in bathroom and there is still screaming coming from locker room.
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Some team is going to give Caruso a two-year, $30 million contract this summer and I hope it's the Lakers.
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A healthy LeBron James and Anthony Davis is all I need to believe again. It’s really that simple.
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Devastated.
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The Lakers should not, under any circumstances, give up a first-round pick for John Wall.
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4 years
I asked Dwight Howard how surreal it's been for him to play with Rajon Rondo and LeBron James, two players he played in an All-Star game with almost a decade ago: "For us, it's like, 'man, we should have done this a lot sooner.'" 😂
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3 years
“The Lakers aren’t old; they’re WISE and EXPERIENCED.”
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5 years
Who’s stopping this duo?
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LeBron on why he's going to pick the best player available this year: "I'm looking at the roster, I don't see too many upcoming free agents." 😂
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LeBron James on whether or not he bought into the Battle of L.A. hype: "No." That was it. That was his entire answer.
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3 years
I will never forgive the Lakers for letting that 2007-08 Celtics team think they’re important.
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4 years
Dion Waiters has been taken off of the Lakers' injury report, which means he'll be available for Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
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I’m convinced the Lakers have team dinners at halftime. There’s no other explanation.
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4 years
Marc Gasol said Rob Pelinka and Frank Vogel made him feel like he could help the Lakers win a championship this year.
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4 years
The Clippers were eliminated by this man:
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2 years
Wow, this Bulls team clearly isn’t going anywhere. They should trade DeRozan and Lonzo for Russ’s expiring contract before it’s too late.
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4 years
AD when he gets Boogie alone at the top of the key:
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Shams Charania
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Free agent DeMarcus Cousins and the Houston Rockets are nearing a deal, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium .
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Anthony Davis said that, unlike LeBron James, he didn't really know who Talen Horton-Tucker was before the Lakers drafted him, but he thought he was a steal when he watched his highlights. 😂
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Christian Rivas
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Montrezl Harrell says the Lakers had a great first day together.
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Kyle Kuzma said Frank Vogel told him in his exit meeting that he wants him to shoot off-the-move more often, so Kuzma said he spent the short offseason just shooting a lot of 3-pointers.
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Christian Rivas
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Anthony Davis said he's learning a lot from Marc Gasol about passing as a big. AD is averaging the most assists of his career right now.
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Christian Rivas
2 years
LAFC won a championship in Los Angeles before the Clippers. Incredible.
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LeBron James: “Our road to back-to-back starts in about a week. Let’s get going.”
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2 years
Jarred Vanderbilt is under contract for $4.6 million next season. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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Christian Rivas
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In English, we don’t say “you’re beautiful,” we say “Girl, you’re thicker than a bowl of oatmeal.”
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Doc Rivers watching Frank Vogel make adjustments:
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I wouldn’t at all be surprised if this ended with Harrell and Kuzma on the Kings; Schröder, KCP and 22 on the Wizards; and Russ and Hield on the Lakers.
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Adrian Wojnarowski
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Discussions toward a completed deal are largely centered on the draft compensation that would return to Wizards in the trade — whether deal includes Lakers 22nd overall pick tonight or perhaps second-rounders, sources tell ESPN.
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Marc Gasol said the last time he was at Staples Center for a playoff game was Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals: "Great night. Rough morning, though."
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Marc Gasol said he knows the Lakers and the city of Los Angeles pretty well because of Pau.
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My fondest memory of Cook in a Lakers uniform. I’m glad they got one for him and his dad.
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Joey Ramirez
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Gotta love Quinn Cook rapping along to Lil Wayne's Kobe Bryant during last night's warmups.
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Earth-1610 Miles Earth-42 Miles
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JaVale McGee said it was J.R. Smith — not LeBron James — that brought the hats the Lakers wore yesterday.
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Anthony Davis on how the Lakers have played without him and LeBron James: "This team has done more than we can ask for — each player — to make sure that we stay in the fight."
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KCP says he was pleasantly surprised with the way the Lakers built a contender in a span of three years. He said he's never seen that from a team.
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Anthony Davis says Markieff Morris has hyped him up before every game by telling him he’s “the best player in the world.”
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Danny Green says this has been the most difficult championship run for him, personally: "It's been one of my toughest years mentally and emotionally. I'm going through it."
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LeBron James reiterated something that the Lakers have been saying all season: they take the COVID protocols really seriously. The last they want is a few missed games to derail their chemistry.
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What the league thinks happened to Alex Caruso:
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the Lakers aren’t trading Russ. Like, I’m sure they’d love to, but it’s not going to happen.
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Christian Rivas
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made a dodgers meme
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Frank Vogel said Alex Caruso has to be considered for an All-Defensive team.
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When you leave a championship team to sign with the second-best team in L.A.
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This is the worst game Anthony Davis has played in a Lakers uniform.
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Friendly reminder that you can hype up Brandon Ingram without disparaging Anthony Davis.
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I saw a championship team beat themselves in the summer of 2021.
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Darvin Ham: “Shit, it’s tough. A championship team isn’t going to beat itself.”
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The difference two years and two superstars can make.
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League sources tell me that the Lakers will use their No. 17 pick to draft Jalen Hood-Schifino a second time
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Christian Rivas
3 years
Call Anthony Davis and ask how rewarding it was for him.
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Yahoo Sports
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"I don’t know how rewarding it would feel for me at this point if I won somewhere else." @ChrisBHaynes goes inside Damian Lillard's offseason, including a meeting with LeBron and AD in LA, and the Blazers superstar's decision to stay in Portland ⤵️
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Alex Caruso was stunned to learn that Kentavious Caldwell-Pope made seven 3-pointers: "He MADE seven?"
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Damian Jones is who casuals think Rudy Gobert is.
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I need Woj to tweet that the Lakers have traded DeAndre Jordan and a second to the Kings for Damian Jones.
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“Dad, tell me about Game 4 Lonnie Walker.”
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Marc Gasol was asked how he can bring a championship mentality to the Lakers. Marc smiled and said "I think they already have that mentality."
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Gasol Frank trying to make Drummond work
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Anthony Davis said the Lakers need to play with a sense of desperation: "We're not in a play-in spot but we're close to it."
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AD says he's happy that Kuzma isn't going to have to deal with "contract anxiety" this season. He thinks getting this extension out of the way will allow Kuzma to focus on his game.
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Christian Rivas
3 years
100% agree. We should all respect Dame’s decision to force a trade to the Lakers.
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C.J. Toledano 💩
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Listen, no matter where Dame decides he wants to go, let's all just agree right now that it should be to the Lakers.
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Frank Vogel is a good coach. He’ll have another job in the NBA sooner rather than later.
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Kyle Kuzma on how different things would be if he was traded last summer: “I could have been home, enjoying myself right now.” 😂
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Christian Rivas
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It the Lakers sign Stanley Johnson to another 10-day contract on Wednesday, it will expire on Jan. 15, the day after THT becomes trade eligible.
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Christian Rivas
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Imagine if the Warriors overreacted to the 2020-21 season and traded all of their depth for a big name player on a bad contract.
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Anthony Davis reiterated something Kyle Kuzma said yesterday about the Clippers being eliminated early: "There was no letdown for us ... we weren't worried about the Clippers or the Battle of L.A."
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Preparing myself to see Brandon Ingram and Kyle Kuzma on a different team next year:
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Lakers fans on Twitter vs. Lakers fans at the protest:
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Alex Caruso says he's never been more confident in his shot than he is right now. Caruso's shot 40% from 3-point range in the Finals.
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I think losing AC will always hurt because they could have kept him. Like, with guys like Lonzo, Hart and Ingram, you can justify the cost, but there’s no good excuse for what happened with Caruso. Zero.
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Someone please buy the Lakers.
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We’ll always have 2020.
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Kuz + Trezz for Hield 👍🏼 Kuz + Trezz + 22 for Hield 👎🏼
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Dillon Brooks has the confidence of Kobe Bryant but the skill of Dillon Brooks
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Christian Rivas
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It’s probably worth noting that the Clippers are closer to the No. 7 seed than the Lakers are to the No. 2 seed.
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Farbod Esnaashari
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The Clippers are now back to the 2 seed again. Both LA teams take the top two spots.
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Christian Rivas
2 years
If the Lakers whiff on Kyrie AND miss the opportunity to capitalize on the fallout of this Ayton deal, Rob's seat should be engulfed in flames.
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Christian Rivas
4 years
Frank Vogel says everyone was a full participant in practice today.
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Christian Rivas
3 years
I may be in the minority here, but I think the Lakers are better off going for broke this summer than trading LeBron and AD for assets. If LeBron walks in 2024, that’s fine: at least you have AD, another star, maybe another championship and a shit ton of cap space.
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Dwight when the Lakers and Clippers go to Game 7.
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