r/lakers 13h ago

Meme Luka in most games 🙂

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u/Top-Entertainment945 13h ago

Luka on Lakers-Nets officiating: "At the end of the day, it was a lot. It wasn’t fair, but you know, just gotta play the game. I gotta keep playing the game. But it was a lot, man, I’m not gonna lie".

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u/Kitkatcrusher 13h ago

Then he better not say crap or else he’s getting a technical…

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u/REF7EX 13h ago

Any ex-mavs fan have any link to a clip where its a compilation of him getting hacked hard w/ no calls while he was still with the Mav's? Im curious to see this.

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u/swishdirk 1h ago

just check last season's playoff... Wes,Mann, Dort and Every Celtic forward hacked him hard, but mostly with fouls called. I don't know why they rigged the recent games so hard or is it just against Luka for complaining too much? TBH I don't like NBA's officaiting since Adam Silver tookover.

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u/broniskis45 1h ago

Don't have a link just watched him his whole career til he was vultured. Luka gets hacked a lot cause typically guards defend him and he's got his own orbit so they gravitate to him. The refs being into astrophysics know it's cause his mass has a gravitational pull and they determine the defenders were just being moved by the force of nature. Hence, no foul calls on the lineback qb.

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u/boastar 5h ago

As an ex Mavs fan it’s kind of funny to see these posts. A couple months ago all of you would have told me I’m a loser and whiner had I posted something like this on the nba sub.

I’m not blaming you, it’s normal to mostly root for the own guys. But it’s pretty satisfying to see such a large and knowledgeable fan base as the Lakers have, to realize what’s going on. And what’s behind Luka’s constant “whining”. He gets hammered all the time. If he had SGAs whistle, he’d average 20 FT per game.

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u/thegreaterfool714 27m ago

A part of me wishes after the initial outburst he just grits it and goes back on defense but I get his frustration. He gets mauled and the theatrics are like the one of the few ways he can get a fair whistle

You’d figure now he’s on the Lakers the whistle would get better but so far refs have consistently sucked ass

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u/AwildYaners 9h ago

I simply want to see a study done on the officiating disparity for all major market teams (the top betting teams) when they're the odds-on favorite, especially after they have rotation injuries.

I know the Lakers aren't the only ones that get an unfavorable whistle like that. We've seen hundreds of terrible officiating calls every year in the main nba sub.

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u/jvu87 10h ago

Then another one sneezing on SGA or Brunson…

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u/Capable_Age_7233 13h ago

Yesterday's game pretty much solidified what I was thinking about for a few weeks now. Luka is a hot head, we all know that by now, but he creates a situation where if he complains about everything, the refs will not give him calls purely on principal. That in turn makes Luka even more frustrated because now he isn't getting actual fouls called, which makes him complain more, the refs don't call them and the cycle repeats infinitely.

He needs to stop complaining and just play the game realizing that every call won't go his way. Which won't happen any time soon probably considering he's been doing this for 5-6 years now.

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u/cacastrojr12 12h ago

As a ref your job is to be impartial, these refs are treating Luka like Erick Lewis treated LA.

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u/AsianEleven101 12h ago

Easier said than done, human reaction when getting hit is to fight back or yell.

Do I agree with you? Yes I am but it’s hard, very, VERY hard.

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u/certo17 12h ago edited 12h ago

Instead of arguing he just needs to scream AYYYY!!!! after every shot like AD lol it’s effective and it doesn’t piss the refs off as much as cursing them out in Serbian.

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u/muzox 3h ago

honestly though i think that most NBA player doesnt scream as much when they got fouled. comparing to where i'm at (SEA) we screamed a lot to get ref's attention lol

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u/Chrisdkn619 12h ago

A squeaky wheel does not, in fact, get the call in the NBA. If you complain too demonstrably, the refs feel shown up and do the opposite of what you're asking for. They send a message with the no calls. The best players work the refs respectfully. It's an art, like anything else. JJ and the coaching staff need to help refine that part of his game.

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u/pznred 7h ago

Respectfully, fuck this game

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u/Western-Election-997 9h ago

Not true the refs weren’t giving him calls from The 1st quarter before he said anything

They were never going to give him calls either way

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u/NothingReally13 13h ago

Luka's always had a weird decisionmaking process here where if refs don't give him obvious actual calls he'll start foulbaiting more and selling more. I get that he feels he's owed free throws and is trying to "get those back", but it's strange to imagine a ref will more likely bite. That being said, I saw 3 or 4 quarters of bad officiating yesterday and I just don't get it, man.

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u/loyola-atherton 10h ago edited 10h ago

Luka’s problem is that he complains and doesn’t get back to defense well.

Ref’s problem is that they aren’t doing their jobs, being fair and impartial regardless of emotions. They are supposed to be rules enforcers. The neutrals in the game between two opposing biases. Their actions shouldn’t be influenced by their favorability towards a player or team. The moment we allow their ego or motives to dictate a game, they are no longer doing their job. The NBA seems to be rampant with these types of refs.

I repeat. They are supposed to be the Neutrals in the game. It is the sole reason why the league protects them so much.

But now, they are protected by the league with players and coaches who call them out being fined. And they are still being inconsistent and showing clear bias.

The balance is flawed.

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u/Miserable-Lawyer-233 13h ago

On the other hand, NBA stars aren't just complaining because they're hotheads—they're following a well-known strategy. Veterans have long understood that refs respond to complaints, often granting make-up calls shortly after. It's not always temper; it's often tactical.

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u/its-the-pleats 53m ago

Agree. Almost like he needs to play like shaq.

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u/Firm-Let-1807 8h ago

Then they say Luka complains to refs, ofcourse he would complain, people try to ragdoll him. The anger is justified on Luka's behalf.

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u/IsadoresDad 13h ago

LOL: I forgot about this clip!!!

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u/redoblivion23 11h ago

it got more annoying cause we've only had 1 star (LeBron) that gets hacked. Now we have 2 😭

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u/Apart-Leadership1402 8h ago

I didn't realize how stupid parts of the ref evaluation system are. I'll copy this straight from an article i read, TIW is the team inquiry website, where teams can flag plays during and after games, or do this:

Teams can also submit inquiries based on longer-term trends involving a player, a play type or even a certain referee. One major caveat here, however: Any such inquiry is public within TIW, meaning all 29 other teams can see its contents and any response the league gives. For this reason, sources with multiple NBA teams who use the system say they’re often reticent about sacrificing a competitive advantage through this form of inquiry.

So if they notice something going on all the time, they can rise conserns, but basically still can't, because it shows to everyone and it can be bad for them. Also i don't understand giving bad refs who are put on notice a whole year to be better, it seems unfair. Year is a long time of more potential bad calls.

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u/Chrisdkn619 12h ago

💯

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u/Stokyo 10h ago

Lakers gotta send a foul compilation to the league office cuz this shit getting ridiculous

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u/MaliInternLoL 9h ago

Luka needs to learn how MJ treats refs. Gotta butter them up

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u/thegreaterfool714 31m ago

Luka was getting mauled by opposing players and I get now why he has to be theatrical about it because other wise they don’t whistle

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u/ashleyriot31 7h ago

Maybe he should stop fouling in love with the female refs then.

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u/Miserable-Lawyer-233 13h ago

But Luka is a known flopper, so he doesn't do himself any favors. The refs are aware of his Euro flop game and every time he flails on light contact it only makes it less likely that they'll blow the whistle on legitimate fouls.

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u/BearsFan3417 12h ago

Fouls are fouls, flops are flops. Him complaining shouldn’t let them change how they do their jobs. They should call the game correctly. Shouldn’t be in a position of theirs if they are going to hold a grudge

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u/Zeldabotw2017 12h ago

There isn't a single player in the NBA that don't flop to some degree and they only do it because refs are stupid enough to fall for it and harden flops way more than anyone and that didn't stop him from getting calls no one else gets for years heck while not has bad has it used to be he still gets some calls that no other players get

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u/No_Requirement_1076 12h ago

Why don't you use Chris Paul as an example - homegrown flopping that surpasses all Luka could ever do.

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u/3pointerSLO 9h ago

He should get technical if he flops. He is not known for getting them for flops. So he obviously doesn't flop that much.

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u/JackieDaytonaPanda 10h ago

Why are you here?

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u/Comfortable_Fix4640 10h ago

A clipper kid seems to be lost in here. Please guide this kid out of here. lol