Jake LaRavia Discussion: Lah-Rave-E-Ya!

He looks f***ing awful out there. What is this s*** he's doing out there - game 2 almost cost the lakers the game by a weak a** pass that felt more like a handoff to the Rockets on the break. This game, instead of just lackadaisical passing, he was lackadaisical just even trying to hold onto the basketball.

I mean JJ had to play Bronny over him in the 4th it was that bad

 

Yeah,he's nowhere close to the worst player in the NBA. Up until the trade deadline he wasn't even the worst player in the top 10 on the Lakers.These people are dumb.

 

The playoffs are a different animal than the regular season. He's trying but it looked ugly for stretches.

 

He gets a pass from me this season. The effort is there. Gaining some valuable experience that will bode well next year. Keep playing him.

 

Yeah, maybe I was a bit too harsh last night.
I’ve been defending the kid all year, but last night he looked like he wanted to hide under a shell on offense- legit afraid to mess up.
He can probably overcome this and I really hope it doesn’t turn into a Ben Simmons situation with his mental state.

 

People are forgetting this is Jake’s first playoffs as well and he is younger than Knecht. These mins will go a long way and he jsut needs to get the monkey off his back.

 

he's a first-timer who hasn't seen this yet. see: a lot houston's guys (many of whom at least have one series under their belt).

i actually thought his reverse layup was awesome. they called him for a clear out, which was probably technically correct...except sengun does it on basically every shot attempt (and had done it a couple plays earlier and gotten a foul on ayton, iirc).

he's also gotten a couple rook-whistles on defense. but i feel like he's kept ballhandlers in front of him and bigs from just going through him, and those things have value.

 

This probably says much more about how badly he’s struggled and how low my expectations were, but he had some nice moments in the first half during our run to establish control of the game. It was his wide open 3 he made in the first quarter to go up 4 that made me first feel like we’d have a good shot of winning this game

 

He's very valuable for the team defense , this is why I can't hate on him .

 

If Jake can improve offensively next year, mainly a better shot and calmer when he has the ball, he is going to be a really good bench rotation player. The guy's only 23.

 

Jake LaRavia On Challenge Of Playing Thunder, Lakers Being Underdogs

 

Jake is not that bad, though lol

 

Time to move on: give theiro a shot. He's just not at the level of title contending roleplayer. His shot sucks, make dumb TO's, etc.

 

Time to move on: give theiro a shot. He's just not at the level of title contending roleplayer. His shot sucks, make dumb TO's, etc.

 

He's a net negative at this point.

 

Deer in headlights. Getting the experience is important to growth and knowing what he doesn't know, but it's time to give Bronny those minutes.

 

He's been a net negative since the freakin All star break but this forum loves him because he's hustle. An honest look is he's been the worse Laker whose gotten significant minutes this year outside of one Cardio Gabe

 

GOODBYE JAKE