GIVE A TEAM A RING N FEED EM 4 A YEAR, GIVE EM A DYNASTY N FEED EM 4 A LIFETIME: 2021 LAKERS THREAD

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Sit AD for 5 games

Yeah, I really don't see the downside of this. Playing on an injury or trying to favor a leg can easily lead to another, much worse injury.

I still wonder to this day if blowing my knee out on a non-contact move didn't have something to do with the pulled muscle in my lower back that had been fukking with me and I was trying to play through.
 

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I need a stat on 15-20pt leads over the last 10 years vs the previous 20 years before that. I remember being a kid and it was all but certain u would lose/win if hit that 20pt mark. But these damn teams treat them shyts like a 5pt lead in today’s game lol
 

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I just remembered this @Rhakim reply to me in October when I said I was 50/50 on giving up Kuz + DG for Oladipo

Not one GM in NBA history would hesitate to give up Kuz/DG for Oladiopo breh. :facepalm:

Dipo isn't a perfect fit for this year's team, but you have to look at LBJ wearing down and realize that he can't hold his primary duties for much longer. And Rondo ain't a long-term solution. Getting a great two-way guard who can take some of that burden off Bron would be huge.

Oladipo doesn't need to be the primary ballhandler. In 2018, Darren Collison averaged 4.8 seconds/possession for the Pacers, Cory Joseph averaged 4.4 seconds/possession, Oladipo averaged 4.1 seconds/possession, and Stephenson averaged 4.0 seconds/possession. That year Collison averaged 12 points and 5.3 assists, Oladipo averaged 23 points and 4.3 assists, Cory Joseph averaged 8 points and 3.2 assists, and Stephenson averaged 9 points and 2.9 assists.

So Oladipo has clearly proven that he can play alongside other ballhandlers.

So far as 3pt shooting he shot 36% in 2017, 37% in 2018, and 35% in 2019 before he got hurt. And a lot of those shots were fairly high degree of difficulty. In the few games after he came back he wasn't shooting well, so the hope/assumption is that he just has to recover fully. He's an adequate 3pt shooter in that teams definitely have to know where he is and D him up, so he spreads the floor and keeps things open for AD and LBJ just fine.

In Oladipo you'd have a guy who can shoot, create his own shot, create shots for others, and play elite defense. That doesn't come along very often. You'd give up any and all of the role players other than KCP to get him, and the only reason I'd hold back KCP is if you weren't 100% sure that Olapido had recovered from injury.

https://www.thecoli.com/posts/39234932/

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