Rui Hachimura Injured Playing For Japan, What It Means For Lakers
Rui Hachimura has had to leave Japan’s team in the Olympics due to a calf injury. Trevor Lane takes a look at what this could mean for the Lakers…
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42 Comments
So we should have traded Rui Hachimura, the player one a incompetent Darwin Ham finally put in the line up, and dramatically improved the offense!? wtf!? 😳 I am a long time lakers fan! I think just all of this social media is the reason, It’s very hard to come to LA to join the lakers in recent years!! The cam for the heads of up and coming young stars! 14 pts GM 54 fg % 42.2 from 3 pt!! Yeah he’s the problem, after playing for an incompetent head coach. Lebron once said, I can play point guard with Rui on the floor” He had to tell phil Handy that, not the “ Head Coach Darwin Ham” This was doing a game! Get this through you Couch GMs Head” You kind of people are the reason, the Lakers through Josh Hart into a trade, because everyone was saying he cannot shoot the three” But he’s was doing everything else good, with exceptional defense!! Gave away in the AD deal!!!! wtf!? 😳
LMFAO of course. I’m so done with this franchise
Just leave Rui Hatchi in Japan one time…
He didn't do shit last year anyway
He is now totally WORTHLESS. Dump him while you can.
Season over before it started
He doesn’t want to play 😂 Imagine trying to go against USA with him being the only good player
SUM DING WONG
Hopefully it’s not a serious injury
COME ON DAWG, COME ON MANE 💜💛💜💛
Small Forward depth chart:
Rui Hachimura
Vanderbilt
Cam Reddish
2-Guard depth chart
Austin Reaves
Max Christie
Dalton Knecht (only 2-Guard with previous experience executing SET PLAYS FOR 3-POINTERS that require movement without the ball around off the ball screens for catch & shoot)
Rui Hachimura's poor athleticism and foot speed on defense got him demoted to the Power Forward position before the season started. You can't be serious putting him on the 1st Unit with a below-average 1-on-1 perimeter defender at BOTH GUARD SPOTS can you ?
"So… It begins". lebron or AD next
Trade for Denis he is unstoppable
It starts with the organization. Somebody needs a fire this guy. 😮please he’s always talking nonsense
bros in the akatsuki
This could be a warning sign. That we are dealing for another disappointing season again
Vando can replace him in the starting line up
Means he's off the trade block 😂😂
Training camp in 7 week? That’s a long time for a calf injury.
Rui has got some time to heal his injury
Go ahead and trade him for Zach lavine . LAKERS can't afford to start the season slow. If he cant begin season plus AD and lebron will start slow because they are playing fiba.
lol
JJJ Play significant minutes for Miami last year, why can’t Dalton play significant minutes for us? Other teams are cool with playing their rookies but not the Lakers? C’mon now.
Given that health is one of the "MANY" things that need to go right. This just shows you that not everything is going to go right. And that's why you need to improve this roster.
LeBALCO James is pathetic
That's a H O R R I B L E rotation. L O O K at the second string! Vincent, the same guy who doesn't play backing up the inconsistent DLO. Wood! as a replacement for AD! are you kidding! Then you got a rookie replacing Rui. An unproven Christie replacing a very shaky Reaves and Vando who can't play anymore replacing LeBron for 20-30 games. C O M E O N !! This sucks. The Lakers are done and the season hasn't even started..
Rui has been such a disappointment since he signed his extension. Didn’t play up to his potential last season. When are the Lakers front office and fans going to realize that they make some of the worst decisions. Rui, DLO etc should have been traded last season! Lebron and AD going to be shell shocked when coming back to play with such a mediocre team after playing with greatness. Lakers have no top role players currently. Everyone outside of Lebron and AD are mid/low level. Not good enough to compete in a stacked western conference even with a new coach. The talent just isn’t there!
Chill out that type of injury is 1-8 weeks it’s not going to leak into season
Why we traded Taurean Prince is beyond me
Welp….. can’t trade him now.
Hope it's just for precaution and not that severe. That loss to France actually eliminated them and sitting Rui was the best move forward.
It’s the off-season I’m not even worried one bit
Injury prone!!!
Physiotherapist here – this is a 3-4 week injury, would be very surprised if he’s not ready for camp
Rui will get better after playing in Olympics
wow we just cant win wow i hope it is not that bad
you’re literally rob pelinka for letting sean just walk. you don’t even hoop and you represent this yt page and honestly that’s nasty work.
sell/move on from the channel w your jeanie buss wanna be ass
It’s doesn’t means nothing any way hachimura sucks like the rest of lakers
He probably got wind that he was being traded lol.
Where is the Vandolorian? Last offseason, he was working on his shot.