Luka Doncic & Austin Reaves Return Update, Lakers vs Rockets
The Lakers are trying to hang in their while Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves recover….
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45 Comments
Look our season is done. Let them heal, hire better training staff and pray BOSTON doesnt win. Anybody else but BOSTON
Luka should be on every peptide under the kitchen sink! Same for Austin..
What's the point of going to spain and expediting the healing "IF" that's is not safe to play when healed that way?
That's crazy those guys need to heal no rush bro. No good bro.
IDC if they not fully recovered juice them boys up and send them to the court we need them
Lakers won’t even get past the rockets in round 1 without 2 of their starters..
lets just not risk any injuries and just quit and 4fit fckit whocares
This year will be the same as last year, first round exits unfortunately. Relying heavily on a 41year old is unfair and unjust.
why didn’t Reeves go to spain for treatment as well?
This is why many top athletes bodies are fried by 35. Rushing back from injury and injections after their bodies already gave out from overuse. They should be shut down for the season. It's ridiculous
Should have signed CP3 and rest Luka and reeves
I think Bron can put them on his back for the 1st round only 😮
Rockets 🧹 them
The problem is that all of you never listen to me. So I’ll say it here yet again. LET LUKA & AR come back for Game 1 against OKC in the 2nd round. And Here’s how you beat Houston. Put Vanderbilt on KD, Marcus Smart on Amen and Ayton on Sengun. Post up down low LeBron and instead of going to ill-advised fade-away jumpers, drive to the middle and throw hook shots like Magic Johnson!! If dbl teamed, kick it out to Kennard and Rui. Post up Ayton for hook shots. Take care of the ball and play under control!!!
JJ Redick should be fired for continuing to play them in a game that became unwinnable down by 30. And come on bro, the Lakers might get swept in the first round.
Just do the best they can 🍀🤞😍🍀👏
They wont be 100 % anyway why let them get hurt again worse cant help team win he's out of sink
They will not, nor should they be back before the middle of the second round if we are being realistic. I wouldn’t risk the future!
gentlemans sweep – deja vu
They're not coming back they're already medically written off as ROS
Godspeed recoveries for both Luka & Austin ☝️🙏
Its literally a pick your poison type of scenario: have both Luka and AR back early and risk getting re-injured or have them sit out the series and risk losing in the first round…..
If i were luka i wont play this season anymore. Let Lebron play his last season along with his son. They don't want to give him the mvp no matter what he does anyway. He is being paid so if I were him I wouldn't play. Jj is a garbage coach and Luka not playing exposed him. Espn media did him dirty and lebron doesn't want luka to outshine him so he better rest and enjoy the money they paid him.
neither will play in the playoffs
HOU is looking to sweep to prevent both guys from coming back
Luka is so important for the Lakers. I would say though, that if Smart, Hachimura, Lebron, Kennard, Laravia, are all healthy, then Reaves missing can be covered for pretty easily.
Obviously, the Lakers would be best served to have an extended series so I think it's imperative that they be sure not to sweep the Rockets.
Actually for their health and well being I feel they shouldn't push it. Too much risk.
I understand why they want to be their for the team but honestly even with a healthy team they will still lose. They have supposed this theory several times
what is in Spain that america don't have regarding healing process
Bruh. A 9 minute video doesn’t need a prize picks ad read. Come on man there’s a limit.
No need in First Round
The hell with Luka for hogging the ball and overexerting. No need for a 4 for 14 3 point night. Rui shoots the ball better from outside. Ayton shoots the ball better from mid range. WTF? Lebron is better than Luka all around.
I think AR is done for the year. Luka probably game 3 or 4 of first round. But I would say if they want to give him maximum runway probably round 2 for Luka
At this point wait until second round we will beat Houston.
Sometimes you gotta throw in the towel. Just like Lakers should have done in the 2nd half against OKC down 30. They should have rested Luka, AR and LeBron.
Of course hindsight is 20-20. But now in this situation. we can say let’s not push it and have them come back early from an injury and get thrown into a playoff scenario ….. AND …. without proper ramp up as well.
Do NOT rush the recovery process. We’d need to be at full strength to beat OKC anyway.
You don't want to rush them back for the playoffs? But you put them in a game down 35 after both players needed medical clearance lakers are a joke of a franchise still, 2 playoffs with Luka and he hasn't been healthy for neither of them
A grade 2 hamstring strain is classified as a partial tear. We have no details of the treatment Luka got, but if it's PRP, Kobe's recovery time took more than 2 months, July to October, and his was for post-knee surgery.
Its the Playoffs bro! Play hurt! This is what you do it for! Idk would Kobe play? Hell yeah he would, i expect to see Luka Magic and AR15 game 1! GO LAKERS!🎉✨️💜💛🏆💛💜✨️🎉
Lakers season is toast and it was the moment Luka and AR got hurt.
At the end of the day NOBODY is beating OKC, not even Denver. 😂
He ain't said shit
lakers worked hard to get to where they are today. if luka and AR are healed enough to contribute, they should give it a go. lebron only has so many opportunities left, SGA can suffer a season ending injury in the playoffs, and who knows what the lakers team will be like next year. future opportunities are not guaranteed so make the most of the ones presented to you today.
i would not risk Luka or Reaves geting injured Lakers still pieces away from the championship team , lets do it next year
You have to bring them back if u can. As a player you wait all year for this moment. The regular season does not matter. Nobody is going to care if you miss October and November when you was needed in the playoffs. I say play them if they can!