Cameron Payne has no love lost for the Lakers, and its clear the feeling is mutual. After a chippy first-round playoff series win over Los Angeles last postseason, Payne and the purple and gold went back and forth again during the 2021 preseason, when LeBron James told Payne repeatedly to “stay humble” as the reserve guard was talking trash to the bench when the Suns were up big.
But it’s been the Lakers who have been humbled this season. Just 26-30 and in ninth place in the Western Conference after their latest humiliating loss, much of the basketball world is reveling in their failure.