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street heat said:
he really needs to find something to do with his time
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He's found it. All that trolling he's been doing has lead him to some money

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King Biko said:
Also the Lakers made a mistake in trading russell. He looks completely different in Brooklyns offense. Looks more like he did st ohio state
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This is why I honestly think the problem is the Lakers coaching/staff.

Russell, Clarkson, Randle, Ingram, etc. are all young talents who have shown a ton of potential. Why no improvement?

I called it before, but they'd all be better on other teams unless the coaching staff figures it out. Put them on a contender and they'd all be a key piece/contributor.

How Lonzo plays will be a good indicator whether it's the players or the staff.
 
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Probably doesn't warrant a thread -
“I think Steph is at his absolute peak right now, physically and emotionally. This is probably as good as he's ever going to be. I think he's better now than he was last year or the year before. And that's saying something.

“He is the most impactful offensive player, in terms of what he does to the defense, maybe ever. There's guys, obviously Michael Jordan impacted things, but the way Steph plays puts the fear of God into defenses like no one I've ever seen. Nobody has been able to shoot off the dribble from 35 feet in a normal setting. But he does that, which changes the entire game. So everything we do revolves around Steph.

“You can talk about where he stands in terms of the best players in the league. He's obviously one of the best, by that standard he's the best. If you want to just say: ‘Who affects the game the most offensively?' Steph is the best player in the NBA. But there's different ways of measuring that stuff. From a two-way standpoint, if you like the two-way guys, maybe it's Kawhi Leonard or (Kevin Durant) or LeBron because they're bigger or stronger and can protect the rim.

“Steph is an excellent defender though. He does not get the credit he deserves. There's a lot of guys in the playoffs who are great one-way guys. Steph, he's a two-way player. He gets his hands on passes, deflects the ball. All you have to do is look at the impact he makes every time he's on the floor for us to know that everything we do, everything we run offensively, the other guy's ability to make plays — Shaun (Livingston), Andre, Draymond (Green) — it all starts with Steph's gravity.

“And what's amazing about Steph, what continues to add to all that is his personal character, his unselfishness, the way he approaches the game. His usage rate is maybe 30th in the league. He could easily be like, ‘Hey, why don't I have the ball? I'm the best offensive player in the history of the game?' We could run high pick-and-roll every time.

“But he understands the power of the group. He understands that Shaun and Andre and Zaza and Draymond and David (West) are all great passers and, as a group, we are a better team when we are sharing. I've said it many times. He reminds me so much of Tim Duncan in that he has this incredible package of skill, arrogance and humility. It's a weird combination and the result is this powerful force that drives our entire organization.”

- Steve Kerr
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Yikes. Sounds like there's tension between Steph and KD if Kerr has to go out of his way to stroke Curry's ego by saying he has value like that. Curry finding out about the harsh realities of handing over the team to a player better than him in exchange for rings. :huhldup:
 
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