DeAndre Ayton: “I’m trying to play every game like it’s my last. Hearing all the noise, especially after the first game. It just brought a lot of fumes to my fire. I just lock in on this defensive end and the other end I don’t worry about too much except setting screens and rolling.”

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1. Heard this before.

2. Thank you, Udonis Haslem

3. Contract coming up 🤣

4. solid game from him but hopefully he has that same energy for his former team tonight.

5. I don’t know if you want ‘fumes to your fire’. Doesn’t sound useful

6. I think he’s gonna get his shit together

7. The young man is maturing with age and experience, but some in here don’t think that’s possible, for some odd reason.

   I guess it’s not possible to regain that love for your job because your work environment improved. That never happens to normal people who hated their former job because the vibes sucked, and now they’re happy again after moving on.

   I hate the internet

8. Gonna have a monster game against his former team tonight 

9. Pay him.  Pay dat man his myoney. 

10. They will never make me hate you Ayton.
    💜💛

11. this is not a knock on ayton cause he’s been doing well for the lakers but i swear i see more from his post game comments than clips from him playing lmao

12. Playing in the finals probably should have lit a fire under him.

13. Austin singing Stand By Me in the background at the end 💀💀💀

14. Brother, we’ve been wanting you to just set screens and roll since you came in. You wanted to fadeaway turnaround, get 0 freethrows a game, and otherwise plod around the court until it came time for you get to paid.

15. Where has this energy been?

16. Laker sub, shits unbearable now lol. Should rename the sub to Laker Nation or some stupid shit

17. I wonder if anyone’s willing to give him more than $20-25m/year next season. He’s been great filling his role but I’d be surprised if he exceeds that. Would be amazing if we could keep him for less than that

18. He’s so frustrating. Dude clearly has the skill set to be a legit big man in the league. He’s just acted for so long like he couldn’t give less of a shit. I hope he stays locked in mentally so I can let his skills talk rather than his attitude.

19. Ayton is a weird dude ngl

20. This is such a simple equation. IF YOU ASK HIM TO be the No.1 guy, forget about it. but if you have him in this role now, also, forget about it

21. I was def in the doubting camp ahead of the season (and am not fully ready to leave it) but Ayton has been doing everything right to start out the year and it’s great to see. 

22. 27 years old is about the age where I started getting my shit together. Went back to grad school and got a nice job.

23. Lakers championship incoming.

24. He could be the steal of the summer – good for him – he was taking a lot of heat which was overblown

25. The Suns fan in me will always be so irritated by this player.

26. Another day, another dominAYTON quote worth comedy gold.