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

H.J.Duck

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Just so yall know. I'm gonna react almost the same way to Lonzo as @Regular_P did to DLo. I said weeks before the draft that I'm not sure about us drafting Lonzo.

I'll be fair though, to me rookies summer league games dont really matter & I hope he ends up being great for us.

But before the pre-season/regular season games start & before Lonzo shows me something in those games, I'm anti-Ball. Thank you. Carry on.
 

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His dad made a good point

He played like trash and they still went to OT.

In fact, if nikkas would move without the ball or run on breaks on the SL team (aside from Ingram) it probably would've been a better looking debut

But he looked like he hasn't played in a real game in a minute. Aside from a couple bad passes and missing shots he played ok
 

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I am not gonna talk about shooting but Lonzo desperately needs to learn some dribble moves. His halfcourt game looked really bad
 

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I am not gonna talk about shooting but Lonzo desperately needs to learn some dribble moves. His halfcourt game looked really bad
Yeah he looked hesitant to go to the paint. He not an ISO player but it looked like the team expected him to be that but even when he did go to the basket he got past his man just couldn't finish or passed it out
 

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I knew this over reaction would happen.
I'm squaring up with any idiot that comes at me overeacting about the god damn summer league :pacspit:

Pleasantly pleased with Ingram though. Hopefully he lights it up this year along with Randle
 

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Ball shot like shyt but the rest of his game looked pretty good to me. He has consistently shot well during his career. I fully expect them to start falling eventually.

Need to see him be more aggressive finishing in the paint.
 

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I am not gonna talk about shooting but Lonzo desperately needs to learn some dribble moves. His halfcourt game looked really bad
yea it wouldnt matter as much if we had a good offcourt 2 (russell lol)...but he's gonna have to create a bit more in the halfcourt to be a more dangerous passing threat. It does seem like Ingram is a guy that can get you a bucket in the halfcourt. And as much as yall hate Randle, he is a positive halfcourt player cause he draws fouls and bulldozes his way to the rim quite easliy. If Luke truly plans to use Brook as a stretch 5, than Randle is gonna average up to 17ppg. yall like to say Nance should start over randle, but really...im looking forward to the zo/randle PNR moreso than any other combo cause 1) Randle has good hands and knows when to expect passes and 2) can get to the rim whenever he wants or draw foul when he receives the pass. Randle's ability to handle the ball in transistion is gonna be a positive for Lonzo. I saw someone say today now that we had lonzo, they didnt want randle bringing the ball up court...but really, if Randle got a board, I have zero issue with him bringing it down the court with his speed, cause he is good at creating in transition and would open up some transition 3's for lonzo. Kinda like how Green does with Steph and Klay. Im hoping we make some move at SG in free agency, because im not sure Clarkson has the off-ball tendencies to thrive as a starting SG in Luke's system. we need a shooter badly. Josh Hart wont cut it either as a starter, neither would Nwaba.
 

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We're gonna lose more games than last year aren't we? :mjcry:


*le sign*
I dont really see us making the playoffs, without a competent 2 guard. a move must be made if thats the goal. Clarkson has the mindset of a iso scorer/combo guard. he really hasnt shown a willingness to play off ball right...but I suppose if Swaggy P can turn into an off-ball player, anyone can
 
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