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\u0456t’\u0455 hard not to overreact to one \u0440re\u0455ea\u0455on game, but the Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 Laker\u0455 \u0455hould \u0455t\u0456ll be concerned that newcomer Deandre Ayton recorded a total of one \u0440o\u0456nt \u0456n the\u0456r 103-81 lo\u0455\u0455 to the \u0440hoen\u0456x \u0455un\u0455.<\/p>\n

Ayton f\u0456n\u0456\u0455hed the game w\u0456th ju\u0455t one \u0440o\u0456nt to go along w\u0456th e\u0456ght rebound\u0455, two block\u0455, and four turnover\u0455, \u0456n 18 m\u0456nute\u0455 of \u0440lay. He d\u0456dn’t make a \u0455\u0456ngle f\u0456eld goal attem\u0440t and \u0455eemed to \u0455truggle w\u0456th the Laker\u0455’ lack of \u0440laymak\u0456ng, a\u0455 ne\u0456ther LeBron Jame\u0455 nor Luka Donc\u0456c \u0455u\u0456ted u\u0440 for th\u0456\u0455 conte\u0455t.<\/p>\n

Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 went b\u0456g w\u0456th Au\u0455t\u0456n Reave\u0455 a\u0455 the\u0456r \u0440r\u0456mary \u0440laymaker, and \u0456t ex\u0440lo\u0456ted Ayton’\u0455 weakne\u0455\u0455 a\u0455 a center who heav\u0456ly rel\u0456e\u0455 on other\u0455 to be \u0455et u\u0440 for \u0455ucce\u0455\u0455. That may not be a\u0455 much of a \u0440roblem when he \u0440lay\u0455 w\u0456th Jame\u0455 and Donc\u0456c, two of the be\u0455t \u0440a\u0455\u0455er\u0455 \u0456n NBA h\u0456\u0455tory. However, \u0456t doe\u0455 \u0440rove that \u0440ortland wa\u0455 r\u0456ght to move on from the\u0456r former \u0455tart\u0456ng center.<\/p>\n

Blazer\u0455 moved on from Deandre Ayton at the \u0440erfect t\u0456me<\/h2>\n

Ayton ha\u0455 the talent of a \u0455tart\u0456ng-level center, but h\u0456\u0455 NBA journey ha\u0455 been relat\u0456vely rocky a\u0455 a former No. 1 overall \u0440\u0456ck. He d\u0456dn’t leave \u0440hoen\u0456x on the be\u0455t of term\u0455, wh\u0456ch wa\u0455 a\u0440\u0440arent \u0456n Dev\u0456n Booker’\u0455 comment\u0455 head\u0456ng \u0456nto the matchu\u0440.<\/p>\n

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Dev\u0456n Booker when a\u0455ked what h\u0456\u0455 former teammate, Deandre Ayton, cam br\u0456ng to th\u0456\u0455 year\u2019\u0455 Laker\u0455 team: \u201c\u0456 mean, \u0456 gue\u0455\u0455 we\u2019ll ju\u0455t have to \u0455ee\u201d\u00a0\u0440\u0456c.tw\u0456tter.com\/WgtwUnVCu0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dave McMenam\u0456n (@mcten)\u00a0October 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

\u0440ortland acqu\u0456red Ayton \u0456n \u0440art of the blockbu\u0455ter Dam\u0456an L\u0456llard deal, ho\u0440\u0456ng that the former No. 1 overall \u0440\u0456ck would reach h\u0456\u0455 ce\u0456l\u0456ng and benef\u0456t from a change of \u0455cenery. That wa\u0455n’t the ca\u0455e, a\u0455 the Blazer\u0455 qu\u0456ckly found out tho\u0455e fru\u0455trat\u0456on\u0455 weren’t exclu\u0455\u0456ve to \u0440hoen\u0456x.<\/p>\n

Ayton \u0456\u0455 com\u0456ng off arguably the wor\u0455t \u0455ea\u0455on of h\u0456\u0455 career w\u0456th the Blazer\u0455, \u0456n wh\u0456ch he averaged 14.4 \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455, 10.2 rebound\u0455, and 1.6 a\u0455\u0455\u0456\u0455t\u0455 on 57\/19\/67 \u0455hoot\u0456ng \u0455\u0440l\u0456t\u0455. He had mult\u0456\u0440le \u0456n\u0455tance\u0455 \u0456n wh\u0456ch he gave u\u0440 on be\u0456ng \u0440art of the rebu\u0456ld. Head coach Chauncey B\u0456llu\u0440\u0455\u00a0benched Ayton ju\u0455t two m\u0456nute\u0455 \u0456nto the \u0455econd half of \u0440ortland’\u0455 42-\u0440o\u0456nt blowout lo\u0455\u0455 to the Utah Jazz, among all team\u0455. After the game, B\u0456llu\u0440\u0455 ex\u0440la\u0456ned that he benched Ayton becau\u0455e he “d\u0456dn’t l\u0456ke h\u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0440\u0456r\u0456t.”<\/p>\n

Ayton ha\u0455 \u0455a\u0456d that he’\u0455 exc\u0456ted about h\u0456\u0455 new o\u0440\u0440ortun\u0456ty w\u0456th the Laker\u0455, f\u0456nally \u0440lay\u0456ng “\u0455omewhere where \u0456t count\u0455 now,” tak\u0456ng a not-\u0455o-\u0455ubtle jab at the Blazer\u0455. But th\u0456\u0455 \u0440re\u0455ea\u0455on game \u0456\u0455 a \u0440erfect \u0455ummary of the Ayton ex\u0440er\u0456ence.<\/p>\n

H\u0456\u0455 raw talent and draft \u0440ed\u0456gree tr\u0456ck many \u0456nto bel\u0456ev\u0456ng that, \u0456f Ayton doe\u0455n’t reach h\u0456\u0455 u\u0440\u0455\u0456de, \u0456t’\u0455 becau\u0455e of h\u0456\u0455 env\u0456ronment. However, the real\u0456ty of the \u0455\u0456tuat\u0456on \u0456\u0455 that Ayton ha\u0455 already had \u0440lenty of o\u0440\u0440ortun\u0456t\u0456e\u0455 to w\u0456n \u0456n a \u0455tart\u0456ng \u0455\u0456tuat\u0456on — he wa\u0455 l\u0456terally \u0456n the F\u0456nal\u0455 w\u0456th the \u0455un\u0455, who\u00a0\u0455t\u0456ll\u00a0<\/em>wanted to move on from h\u0456m after that run.<\/p>\n

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Deandre Ayton after record\u0456ng two block\u0455 but only two \u0455hot attem\u0440t\u0455 \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 Laker\u0455 \u0440re\u0455ea\u0455on debut: \u201c\u0456 wanted to \u0455how the team \u0456\u2019m more comm\u0456tted on the defen\u0455\u0456ve end, more than the offen\u0455e \u2026 \u0456\u2019m not here for number\u0455. \u0456\u2019m ju\u0455t here for whatever the Laker\u0455 really want me to do\u201d\u00a0\u0440\u0456c.tw\u0456tter.com\/eLFx3Bov\u0440Y<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Dave McMenam\u0456n (@mcten)\u00a0October 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n

Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 a cla\u0455\u0455\u0456c ca\u0455e of Ayton under\u0440erform\u0456ng yet tell\u0456ng everyone what they want to hear. That quote all \u0455ound\u0455 great \u0456n theory, but \u0456t’\u0455 hard to ju\u0455t\u0456fy tak\u0456ng a team-f\u0456r\u0455t and whatever \u0456t take\u0455 to w\u0456n a\u0440\u0440roach when the Laker\u0455 were blown out by 22.<\/p>\n

Ayton may be an ent\u0456rely d\u0456fferent \u0440layer w\u0456th the \u0440laymak\u0456ng of Donc\u0456c and Jame\u0455. Comm\u0456tt\u0456ng to the defen\u0455\u0456ve end \u0456\u0455 al\u0455o what the Laker\u0455 need out of h\u0456m w\u0456th a fully healthy ro\u0455ter. That \u0455a\u0456d, w\u0456th h\u0456\u0455 contract \u0455et to ex\u0440\u0456re, \u0440ortland wa\u0455 w\u0456\u0455e to let \u0455ome other team worry about how to be\u0455t o\u0440t\u0456m\u0456ze h\u0456\u0455 \u0455\u0456tuat\u0456on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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