Deandre Ayton Discussion: This Is A Platform I Can't Run From

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  1. Kenzo

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    His "head" will make him a s*** backup player. If he opts in, he has to be traded.
     
    Kenzo, Mar 5, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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    I think he’d be better served playing in China.
     
    Weezy, Mar 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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    ^Yeah, well that isn't going to happen. He'll likely opt in.
     
    VladeD714, Mar 5, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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    Hayes not only did better then him the last 2 games but Hayes actually plays the part of high quality roleplayer now.

    Ayton maybe done
     
    Pioneer10, Mar 5, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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    quit on the team
     
    432J, Mar 6, 2026 at 10:40 AM
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    Wasn’t paying attention when whatever it was happened ….. boo boo he could have returned from or legit injury that might keep lesser mortal than a “tough” guy out of rest of the game?
     
    LTLakerFan, Mar 6, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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    Da hell is wrong with this dude...
     
    ZenMaster, Mar 6, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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    smart was sticking up for him post-game, i think. maybe that's just smart trying to be a good teammate, though.
     
    abeer3, Mar 6, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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    Ayton started off really well. But you can just see he is pouting at his role.

    It all started at that weird stretch when he was playing well but making weird comments. I remember two distinct interviews, one when he had a good game like 19/14 and made a comment (paraphrasing here) that a game like that was expected from him and normal and that he could do much more. The second interview was where JJ made a comment that Ayton had poor defense in the first half of a game but won it for us in the second with his defense. Ayton, perplexingly, said he didn’t play any good defense and had a weird response.

    Guy’s a fruitloop that probably suffers from some mental disorder, but the fact that he is 7 foot, mobile and athletic keeps him in the nba.
     
    svtzr, Mar 7, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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    Bum.
     
    FrontOfJersey22, Mar 7, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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    Probably should have moved him at the deadline for anything we could get if possible. Now his value is tanking, he’ll pick up his option, be considered a negative asset we have to attach stuff to to get rid of. Kind of a disturbing pattern of this same issue year after year, but not sure this one could really have been avoided as he was the best option available at the time. Probably need to stop going for these guys on their last chance, reclamation projects, at least without a better coaching staff, front office, team culture in place.
     
    Weezy, Mar 7, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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