The 2023-2024 NBA Season

[thunderc]

It’s true though.

Ham promised a big role to Christian Wood, the Lakers big man explains his mindset

The Lakers big man Christian Wood has spoken about his role with the team despite coach Ham saying he was going to have a prominent role in the team

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Good on him for seemingly staying positive

 

[Mecca]

Maybe... and maybe losing breeds malcontent, finger-pointing and blame-shifting.

Probably some of both.

Absolutely.

Ham has not been great.

Neither has Dlo…

Neither has Hayes….

Neither has Austin until recently….

Injuries, blah, blah, blah…

They had expectations after making the WCF.

Maybe those expectations weren’t realistic.

 

[bksballer89]

Christian Wood a malcontent? No, that couldn’t be true.

That's the problem with this 1 year prove it deals....Guys are going to get frustrated if minutes are limited of they are getting a lot of DNP-CD

 

[trojanfan12]

Players were promised stuff that ham isn’t living up to is what I got from that.

To be fair, outside of AD, Lebron and Reaves...most of them aren't exactly holding up their end of the bargain.

 

[bksballer89]

Absolutely.

Ham has not been great.

Neither has Dlo…

Neither has Hayes….

Neither has Austin until recently….

Injuries, blah, blah, blah…

They had expectations after making the WCF.

Maybe those expectations weren’t realistic.

Wasn't a lot of people saying they won the offseason? That's what make their struggles so weird considering James, AD, & AR been healthy

 

[bksballer89]

To be fair, outside of AD, Lebron and Reaves...most of them aren't exactly holding up their end of the bargain.

I agree but agents don't care about that lol

 

[Mecca]

Yeah... Christian Wood especially should have known what he was getting into when he signed with the Lakers, though.

Making sure a guy like him gets consistent minutes is and was always gonna be waaay down the list of considerations.

Maybe.

But he believed it.

I don’t think he would grumble if he wasn’t losing minutes to an absolute slug in Hayes.

 

[tlance]

OJ Mayo is another case of a kid being called the "Next Lebron" and he couldn't adjust when he wasn't the best player on the court by leaps and bounds.

He was horribly overrated in high school.

Watched him play AAU a couple times. Watched his team get run out of the gym by Tyreke Evans.

Mayo got rated so high because he was physically mature and skilled as a 15 year old.

When his peers caught up physically, Mayo wasn’t all that anymore.

 

[trojanfan12]

I agree but agents don't care about that lol

True.

 

[Mecca]

To be fair, outside of AD, Lebron and Reaves...most of them aren't exactly holding up their end of the bargain.

Prince.

That’s it.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

He was horribly overrated in high school.

Watched him play AAU a couple times. Watched his team get run out of the gym by Tyreke Evans.

Mayo got rated so high because he was physically mature and skilled as a 15 year old.

When his peers caught up physically, Mayo was let all that anymore.

probably why he kept switching schools

 

[tlance]

Yeah... Christian Wood especially should have known what he was getting into when he signed with the Lakers, though.

Making sure a guy like him gets consistent minutes is and was always gonna be waaay down the list of considerations.

Many of us said the Lakers would be a terrible fit for Wood before he signed.

Proving to be true.

 

[Stakesarehigh]

Prince.

That’s it.

yea they were loving some Cam for a second but dude is shooting sub 37

not 3s

total

 

[Mecca]

Wasn't a lot of people saying they won the offseason? That's what make their struggles so weird considering James, AD, & AR been healthy

Yup.

I was one of them.

It did look good on paper….lol

 

[bksballer89]

Yup.

I was one of them.

It did look good on paper….lol

Yeah they had a good defensive group & good depth on paper. The only thing I would have question in the summer would have been 3 pt shooting but everything else did look good

 

[Mecca]

Why do I keep hearing Rondo’s name mentioned as a Ham replacement?

 

[trojanfan12]

Wasn't a lot of people saying they won the offseason? That's what make their struggles so weird considering James, AD, & AR been healthy

The biggest issue has been injuries which has led to guys being put in positions and playing minutes that weren't intended for them.

Wood has mostly been fine offensively, but on defense, he's a sieve and Ham puts a lot of emphasis on defense. Hayes is the opposite. He's been fairly solid on defense (although he's a little light in the ass), but offensively isn't good for much more than a couple of alley oop dunks.

If they could make 1 player out of them, he'd be a perfect back up for AD. lol

 

[trojanfan12]

He was horribly overrated in high school.

Watched him play AAU a couple times. Watched his team get run out of the gym by Tyreke Evans.

Mayo got rated so high because he was physically mature and skilled as a 15 year old.

When his peers caught up physically, Mayo wasn’t all that anymore.

He was pretty disappointing at USC too. If memory serves, he was, at the time, the highest ranked recruit they had ever landed. But he never lived up to the hype.

I was surprised that he was drafted as high as he was.

 

[fightinfunbags]

He was horribly overrated in high school.

Watched him play AAU a couple times. Watched his team get run out of the gym by Tyreke Evans.

Mayo got rated so high because he was physically mature and skilled as a 15 year old.

When his peers caught up physically, Mayo wasn’t all that anymore.

Man, Tyreke Evans was a local kid from Chester PA. Got mixed up with drugs and really screwed himself. Tried a come back a few years back but couldn’t get it back. His brothers were crazy agent types when he was in high school and college. Meddled too much for him. Sad story all around.

 

[tlance]

He was pretty disappointing at USC too. If memory serves, he was, at the time, the highest ranked recruit they had ever landed. But he never lived up to the hype.

I was surprised that he was drafted as high as he was.

Yeah, that was kind of when it started becoming apparent that he wasn’t supremely athletic.

At least not on the level that his hype made him out to be.

He had pretty much the same body at 15.