If this isnât proof thereâs a lakers shooting tax then I donât know what is
thesqrrootof4is2
Are the Lakers justâŚcursed with this tax lmao
Spaghettibeach
do guys get here and just stop practicing? i donât understand it, how do you have Phil Handy on staff and your shooters canât shoot shit?
Nothappened
Maybe it’s that God awful offensive scheme we run, where LeBron holds the ball and nobody else does anything other than stand still, players need to touch the ball and move then they get in rhythm
arthur_dayne222
Is this lebron tax? I wonder if there is any data about players coming to lakers pre lebron.
myelrecsy
I guess, not on spotlight and not rediculed every game loosens those shooting hands.
randy88moss
Completely mind bogglingâŚ..like, these dudes were bricking WIDE ass open shots as lakersâŚ.like horribly miss. Now theyâre back to shooting like curry when they leave. Itâs been like this since Kobe/Shaq days
peezy2408
Bro what?! Troy Brown Jr with 17 tonight. Just wanted him to make one 3 with LA
Ima_hydra__bitch
In Los Angeles, these players get distracted. They are living the high life; they got restaurants, clubs, Disneyland, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Instagram hotties galore.
But then they go to these drab boring cities in the middle of the country like Minneapolis and Sacramento. There, these players got nothing to do except play basketball.
So that’s the LA tax. Live like a celebrity and shoot like a Laker, or be stuck in a gym in the middle of nowhere and shoot like Steph Curry.
Or to put it another way, it’s like the Lakers are Rocky moving to Los Angeles and getting soft and losing to Clubber Lang. But the ex-Lakers have gone to Siberia to train hard and beat up Drago.
danyyyel
Troy brown junior was the closer for the win against OKC yesterday.lol
FeminismIsTheBestIsm
I really want Steph Curry to become a Laker in his final year or something just to test this theory out. No way a Lakers jersey destroys the greatest shooter of all time
bigearmorfin
Props to Matt! Still amazes me how he went from delivering doordash to (now) delivering buckets!!!
Plusstwoo
The lights in Crypto real bright when the court gold
cobainstaley
FUCK! just saw malik monk hit a game winner against GSW tonight. i thought GSW had the game in the bag so i turned it off in the 4th.
happy for Monk too. he’s been killing it with the Kings.
thehanssassin
Maybe we need MDA.
theseustheminotaur
In other stadiums you can barely hear the crowd because of all the music they pump in game long. Maybe that factors into the laker shooting tax?
tkw00t
maybe it’s the light dimming
ArkGoc
The Lakers tax
Markel100
Only one on this list who shot good as a laker was lonnie walker at 36.5 problem was his defense
Dgwdum
as someone else mentioned here already, the “laker tax” is a combination of a couple of things.
1. its just the added pressure of playing for the most popular/hated franchise. 2. having to play on a minimum deal and being worried about your future(most guys we can afford are minimum type guys) 3. the city itself has alot of distractions
and 4. having a huge fanbase that has alot of idiots that will harass you and your family if you dont play well consistently or arent a fan favorite since the beginning.
every fanbase has idiots, but bc of the size of ours, we have way more. i imagine malik in milwaukee still has some haters, buts its probably a handful compared to last season when alot of fans were harassing him on IG on during a Bday party
KingNephew
Thereâs no Lakers tax, this team just collects mediocre to ok shooters and has some of the worst/non-existent schemes/movement in the league. Of course no one can hit shots when itâs just drive and kick.
Before people start crying. Caruso has a higher 3p% with the Lakers than he does with the bulls
Lonnie Walker shot better with the Lakers than he did the 2 years prior to joining
Malik Beasley shot the same percentage in 22/23 after getting traded as he did in Utah
It’s so early into the season , none of these averages are sustainable
bluelakers
Lonnie won us a playoff game, never forget.
LeFatigue
Oh god here come the idiots with the âlaker taxâ the lakers havenât had a coach that prioritizes 3 point shooting ever. Not one. MDA is the closest and he got Jodie Meeks a damn near 50 ball.
The âlakers taxâ is the inability of this franchise to adapt to the modern game.
newperson77777777
have any of these players acknowledged why their shooting is better now?
goatnxtinline
on how many attempts…
coolnasir139
This post shows exactly why players do better off the lakers. Toxic ass fans. Still throwing shade at these guys even once they are gone. No big free agent wants to play for the lakers for a reason. Too much media and fan scrutiny. If you want to go to LA big agents are now choosing the clippers
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The laker 3pt % tax is real
If this isnât proof thereâs a lakers shooting tax then I donât know what is
Are the Lakers justâŚcursed with this tax lmao
do guys get here and just stop practicing? i donât understand it, how do you have Phil Handy on staff and your shooters canât shoot shit?
Maybe it’s that God awful offensive scheme we run, where LeBron holds the ball and nobody else does anything other than stand still, players need to touch the ball and move then they get in rhythm
Is this lebron tax? I wonder if there is any data about players coming to lakers pre lebron.
I guess, not on spotlight and not rediculed every game loosens those shooting hands.
Completely mind bogglingâŚ..like, these dudes were bricking WIDE ass open shots as lakersâŚ.like horribly miss. Now theyâre back to shooting like curry when they leave. Itâs been like this since Kobe/Shaq days
Bro what?! Troy Brown Jr with 17 tonight. Just wanted him to make one 3 with LA
In Los Angeles, these players get distracted. They are living the high life; they got restaurants, clubs, Disneyland, Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Instagram hotties galore.
But then they go to these drab boring cities in the middle of the country like Minneapolis and Sacramento. There, these players got nothing to do except play basketball.
So that’s the LA tax. Live like a celebrity and shoot like a Laker, or be stuck in a gym in the middle of nowhere and shoot like Steph Curry.
Or to put it another way, it’s like the Lakers are Rocky moving to Los Angeles and getting soft and losing to Clubber Lang. But the ex-Lakers have gone to Siberia to train hard and beat up Drago.
Troy brown junior was the closer for the win against OKC yesterday.lol
I really want Steph Curry to become a Laker in his final year or something just to test this theory out. No way a Lakers jersey destroys the greatest shooter of all time
Props to Matt! Still amazes me how he went from delivering doordash to (now) delivering buckets!!!
The lights in Crypto real bright when the court gold
FUCK! just saw malik monk hit a game winner against GSW tonight. i thought GSW had the game in the bag so i turned it off in the 4th.
happy for Monk too. he’s been killing it with the Kings.
Maybe we need MDA.
In other stadiums you can barely hear the crowd because of all the music they pump in game long. Maybe that factors into the laker shooting tax?
maybe it’s the light dimming
The Lakers tax
Only one on this list who shot good as a laker was lonnie walker at 36.5 problem was his defense
as someone else mentioned here already, the “laker tax” is a combination of a couple of things.
1. its just the added pressure of playing for the most popular/hated franchise.
2. having to play on a minimum deal and being worried about your future(most guys we can afford are minimum type guys)
3. the city itself has alot of distractions
and 4. having a huge fanbase that has alot of idiots that will harass you and your family if you dont play well consistently or arent a fan favorite since the beginning.
every fanbase has idiots, but bc of the size of ours, we have way more. i imagine malik in milwaukee still has some haters, buts its probably a handful compared to last season when alot of fans were harassing him on IG on during a Bday party
Thereâs no Lakers tax, this team just collects mediocre to ok shooters and has some of the worst/non-existent schemes/movement in the league. Of course no one can hit shots when itâs just drive and kick.
How bad do you really miss Malik Beasley though? [This bad?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-F2-j9J-4E)
Before people start crying. Caruso has a higher 3p% with the Lakers than he does with the bulls
Lonnie Walker shot better with the Lakers than he did the 2 years prior to joining
Malik Beasley shot the same percentage in 22/23 after getting traded as he did in Utah
It’s so early into the season , none of these averages are sustainable
Lonnie won us a playoff game, never forget.
Oh god here come the idiots with the âlaker taxâ the lakers havenât had a coach that prioritizes 3 point shooting ever. Not one. MDA is the closest and he got Jodie Meeks a damn near 50 ball.
The âlakers taxâ is the inability of this franchise to adapt to the modern game.
have any of these players acknowledged why their shooting is better now?
on how many attempts…
This post shows exactly why players do better off the lakers. Toxic ass fans. Still throwing shade at these guys even once they are gone. No big free agent wants to play for the lakers for a reason. Too much media and fan scrutiny. If you want to go to LA big agents are now choosing the clippers