Ballers Wanna Ball, Rollers Wanna Roll, But We're Taking All--The Official 2017-2018 Lakers Thread

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Man Clarkson looking like he has no clue out there. He pounds the rock way too much. And once he makes one mistake it just compounds in to worse turnovers and horrible shots.

Ingram with two straight bad games. We need him to get it going offensively.

Luke is really jerking Lopez' minutes around.

Great game from Zo and Kuz.

Why can't we shoot free throws? Are they out of shape?
 
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Reid2Achieve said:
Man Clarkson looking like he has no clue out there. He pounds the rock way too much. And once he makes one mistake it just compounds in to worse turnovers and horrible shots.

Ingram with two straight bad games. We need him to get it going offensively.

Luke is really jerking Lopez' minutes around.

Great game from Zo and Kuz.

Why can't we shoot free throws? Are they out of shape?
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Yup

This is on Luke.. He played Randle waaayyyy too long. We did fine when Lopez was in.

I honestly think they're giving Randle minutes to shine for trade bait.
 
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O.T.I.S. said:
Yup

This is on Luke.. He played Randle waaayyyy too long. We did fine when Lopez was in.

I honestly think they're giving Randle minutes to shine for trade bait.
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Hope this is the case. Let him get extra minutes while Nance is out and hope there's a GM out there who thinks like @Dwight Howard and will give up a rotation wing, a pick or take Deng in the deal.
 
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One thing I'm beginning to LOVE about Ball is his defense

Especially 1v1

He's not as quick and athletic as some of the guys he's playing against and he does get blown by at times (especially on PnR) but he is so LONG that even if he is beat off the dribble he can still contest (or even block) the shots the smaller guards put up against him.

His defense has actually been a breath of fresh air at PG. I'm almost certain he leads all PG's in blocked shots as of now

Still a rookie too:wow:
 
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I have a list of things I want Lonzo to improve on but realistically that isn't happening in the midst of a season. So, I want him to max out at bout 10 shots a game and keep taking the 3s that he's hitting at a dedent clip at the around the middle and a bit left left of the three point arc and turn down the ones he has a terrible percentange making. Definitely no more corner 3s. He needs to continue going to the rim like he did today as well.

More concerning:

This team needs Lonzo on the floor and he's a rookie and the long season will be tougher on him down the stretch.

The whole team sunked during this road trip statistically. Lonzo and Kuzma pulled thmeselves out of it tonight.

The fact that this team does not have sharp shooter and shoots below average form the FT line is not going to help get them to .500.

Teams are also not letting Randle bully them in the paint anymore and sending numbers so it's hard for him to get up a shot or find an outlet.

The only pieces of the current squad I like for next season are: Lonzo, Ingram, Kuzma, Clarkson (soleley to score off the bench), Nance, Maybe KCP (not jackinjg up shots and being kept in check by a superstar). Hart needs to show more to be evena bench consideration.

If I was Magic I would try to go for just one super star because this team needs a lot of peices.
 
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O.T.I.S. said:
One thing I'm beginning to LOVE about Ball is his defense

Especially 1v1

He's not as quick and athletic as some of the guys he's playing against and he does get blown by at times (especially on PnR) but he is so LONG that even if he is beat off the dribble he can still contest (or even block) the shots the smaller guards put up against him.

His defense has actually been a breath of fresh air at PG. I'm almost certain he leads all PG's in blocked shots as of now

Still a rookie too:wow:
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2017-18 Regular Season NBA Player Stats and League Leaders - Blocks - National Basketball Association - ESPN right behind Wall, good company.
 
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