[McMenamin] Lakers star Luka Doncic is out today against the Kings with a left finger sprain and a lower leg contusion, sources told ESPN. A big blow for the Lakers, already without LeBron James and now missing the services of Doncic and his 46 points per game average in the early going

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1. Is this real ? wtf

2. Life is not fair

3. 🥺

4. Austin Reaves option 1 now

   Hope everyone can step up

   Luka and Ayton combo was nice

5. Most cursed team in the league since 2021..smh

6. Austin reaves 40 point game

7. That pretty much ruined my entire day and probably my whole week. We got the Kings tonight, Blazers tomorrow, the Wolves, the Grizzlies, then Miami and Portland back to back Assuming Luka misses all of these, we could very easily be 1-7 to start the season.

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9. Oh boy.
   Let me guess, Brons fault?

10. Wow wtf

11. I can’t believe he won’t win MVP again

12. This could get bad really fast

13. This only means we are fucked for the next couple of games but being healthy should always be top priority.

14. No excuse for Ayton to not get 25 shots up and get 25/10 at minimum 

15. https://preview.redd.it/ns8lzdccbixf1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=696cf79ae89aaa75f662e05773f8332619caea1c

16. At least we have our pick this year, but if Lebron and Luka are out for extended time, your season in the west can end quick.

17. This is absolutely brutal. 1-5 maybe 2-4 start.

18. Next man up

19. 3rd GM of the season hurt already

20. 

    Get well soon MVP

21. No Luka and Bron for 3 total weeks

22. another source said he out for one week and will be reevaluate after the week

23. When did the leg injury happen…?

24. Fuck, I was looking forward to watching the Lakers tonight. Kings are trash though, Reaves could win this on his own.

25. The finger I’m not super concerned about. I watched it happen early in the last game and he played through it (unless it’s something different).

    The lower leg thing might be the main concern here…

26. Fml

27. Disgusting, we can say next man up and that’s fine. Austin, Ayton, and Rui will be to be A+ for the next week.

28. This is the consequence of balls out effort being the primary strategy instead of organized effort.

29. WHAT THE FUCK

    https://preview.redd.it/nynmlem0cixf1.png?width=510&format=png&auto=webp&s=6d8059e8f018f6c2d50c66d682858dc888f82d8a

30. First option Reaves dropped 45, time for him to drop 50

31. Laker Sub on sucide watch now

32. Guess hes going to be out of MVP pretty quickly if he starts missing games early on

33. Damn

34. Rui with 24 point game incoming.

35. I just dropped to my knees at a Walmart. (Not really, I’m
    at home on a couch reading this)

36. Winless until he comes back lol, Reaves could average 28-30 and it won’t fucking matter lol. Missing 100 million of salary now. For those who don’t think our role players are complete garbage, get ready to have a change in opinion

37. Yeah he was grabbing his hand all night on Friday

38. We are cooked

39. That’s long for load management

40. Austin Reaves Masterclass incoming

41. Sigh….

42. AJ DYBANSTA YOU ARE A LAKER 😭😭😭

43. Man, buy tickets on the 3rd game of the year hoping everyone will be healthy, no luka or lebron. And gotta drive over donner pass both ways to even get there with chain restrictions lol

44. Fuck man reaves can handle the kings and Portland but wolves and Memphis won’t be ez

45. Need daltons offense this game

46. Season from hell potential…

47. NBA isn’t serious until after the all-star break.

48. People wanting Austin Reaves to be number 1.. Were fucked not watching these games

49. A sprain and a bruise took this guy out. Jesus i miss Kobe.

50. So he was healthy enough to stay in the last game and chase 50 points when everyone else subbed out, but now can’t play for a week with a sprained finger and a bruise?

    Nah this is bullshit, he should be playing. Can’t stand the “well health should always be the priority” talking point. These guys are professional athletes, play in the fucking games.