Dwight Howard
Superstar
You don't bet on negatives especially when the trend is upwards
Ballers Wanna Ball, Rollers Wanna Roll, But We're Taking All--The Official 2017-2018 Lakers Thread
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MustafaSTL
Achievement In Every Field of Human Endeavor
And if he falls off this year, his value decreases as well.
Mic-Nificent
I didn't eat nobody
Unless D'Lo became an All Star next year Magic was going to get rid of him anyway. It was never a question about D'lo's talent, Magic thought D'Lo was immature an lazy. He met with the kid multiple times, tried to mentor him, warned him repeatedly, and the behavior didn't change quickly enough for Magic's liking.
The fact that Lonzo is on deck and Ingram is seen as a superstar in waiting made D'Angelo even more expendable. Problem is his trade value was incredibly low, and it wasn't just because of his play, that shyt with Nick Young had more of an impact than people are willing to admit.
The fact that Lonzo is on deck and Ingram is seen as a superstar in waiting made D'Angelo even more expendable. Problem is his trade value was incredibly low, and it wasn't just because of his play, that shyt with Nick Young had more of an impact than people are willing to admit.
Is there any any real reasons other than serious injury why this would happen?
And if that's the case we might as well trade all our young players right now because there's a chance they might fall off or get hurt. As a matter of fact, why even try if there's a chance someone doesnt develop or falls off
MustafaSTL
Achievement In Every Field of Human Endeavor
Scroll up. My original post was that if they decided to trade him and no longer wanted to have him on the squad, and the response they got from teams was that they could not even get a lottery pick for him, and a late first was the best they could do, then why do they have to wait. He responded by saying Russ could get better and his value could increase, and my response is that it could decrease as well. So all that other stuff you said doesn't really relate to my original point.
His first and second year numbers are basically identical besides an extra 1.5 assists. That's a plateau, not an upwards trend.
DGodRussell
peace and positivity
Mitch wouldn't have gone out like this
Captain Crunch
Veteran
Players typically start to shine in their 3rd or 4th years(Kahwi; Harden, Giannis, Butler).
Dwight Howard
Superstar
We fukked up. I wanna be optimistic and give the new FO the benefit of the doubt but this is bad, real bad, Michael jackson
SMH IF U DONT REALIZE THIS IS A MOVE THAT WILL SET UP A BIG SPLASH
I AM WARHOL
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Let's be 100. You're hate of D'lo has nothing to do with basketball and i respect that. Out of all the D'lo haters I respect you the most because your consistent and it's all apart of the overarching OSU Michigan beef
. But trying to use the numbers to justify trading D'lo isn't gonna work
. For his age, position, and minutes on court, he was an above average prospect by any stat or metric. Maybe not a superstar but he was no bust
Reid2Achieve
Superstar
Agreed. @Regular_P wants to use numbers now and cite minor knee injuries. Well we could use Ingram as an example of a player who was objectively bad in his rookie year. There is little to no precedent for a player who's stats were as bad as his rookie season stats were to turn in to a star. Not to mention he has already missed games for knee issues as well. But he's untouchable... and I don't disagree.Let's be 100. You're hate of D'lo has nothing to do with basketball and i respect that. Out of all the D'lo haters I respect you the most because your consistent and it's all apart of the overarching OSU Michigan beef
But half of the fan base and half of the organization seemingly never liked Russell for intangible reasons like he is "aloof" or "immature" - or because he wasn't Okafor. That's pretty much the organization's only justification. It can't be production. He was the best player on the team, production wise. One of the best PG prospects in the last 5 years. And was only 21 in his second year.
They Lakers gave up on him and sold low because they didn't like his personality
Bilz
Superstar
He was already missing games because of chronic knee pain. He got PRP injections at 21, who has ever done that?
I don't see how people saw Russell as a potential star. He's not a great athlete and he's not elite at anything.
DGodRussell
peace and positivity
So are we sure we are taking Lonzo? Does our front office think he fits our culture?
There is a lot of leaks and smoke around him as well. Conditioning and effort in workouts, getting outplayed by Fox in the tourney, off-court distractions, etc.
We sure have heard a lot of raving feedback about Fultz, Jackson, Smith and Fox workouts. Nothing positive about Lonzo's....
Last week we tried to move up to take Fultz.
And last night we tried to move back...
Everyone close to the Lakers are saying there's still a good chance we take Lonzo but the fact that we haven't given him a guarantee and seeing shyt like this makes me think
