Lakers 2016 Season Thread

[wildturkey]

honestly if you youtube balls open court passing, offense, you just cant pass him up. Hes amazing for 19. I dont give 2 shits about college but this kid is gonna be an all star sooner than later.

Eh...he's overhyped (mostly because his dad never shuts up and he plays at UCLA). He's not some surefire point gawd. If you drill down on his stats, he's actually somewhat pedestrian and more in line with your typical PG lottery prospect from year to year. His passes are often to already open shooters from the offense, not that he's anticipating moves and making them open that you see from truly elite prospects. That's rare anyway for someone this young but that's the point, it's hype to say he has it when its not really the case. His defensive skills are mediocre but could be promising given his size with some work (Fultz is better). His shot mechanics are funky and could be an issue in the NBA where fractions of a second are the difference between buckets and blocks. He hasn't shown the ability to be a natural scorer like Fultz and Smith have, which is a growing necessity out of all guards in the modern NBA. The days of "we can teach him to shoot later" are waning and given that he shoots in the 60s from the FT (a good indicator of natural shooting ability), he'll need some work.

Now none of that is to say he's a garbage prospect. He's a worthy lottery pick, top 5 , etc. It's just that he's a lot closer to the rest of the pack than some make it out to be.

 

[Inimical]

Eh...he's overhyped (mostly because his dad never shuts up and he plays at UCLA). He's not some surefire point gawd. If you drill down on his stats, he's actually somewhat pedestrian and more in line with your typical PG lottery prospect from year to year. His passes are often to already open shooters from the offense, not that he's anticipating moves and making them open that you see from truly elite prospects. That's rare anyway for someone this young but that's the point, it's hype to say he has it when its not really the case. His defensive skills are mediocre but could be promising given his size with some work (Fultz is better). His shot mechanics are funky and could be an issue in the NBA where fractions of a second are the difference between buckets and blocks. He hasn't shown the ability to be a natural scorer like Fultz and Smith have, which is a growing necessity out of all guards in the modern NBA. The days of "we can teach him to shoot later" are waning and given that he shoots in the 60s from the FT (a good indicator of natural shooting ability), he'll need some work.

Now none of that is to say he's a garbage prospect. He's a worthy lottery pick, top 5 , etc. It's just that he's a lot closer to the rest of the pack than some make it out to be.

thats a bit critical but okay. Hes good though.

 

[wildturkey]

thats a bit critical but okay. Hes good though.

Never said he wasn't good, said he was overhyped and he's not the god level PG he's portrayed as by some (especially over the last month). You listen to them talk and you'd think he's a better prospect than Anthony Davis, KAT or even Lebron James. He's not. If those guys are A+ prospects, Fultz is like an A prospect with Ball an A-. What's unique about this draft is you can go about six or seven deep with A- prospects. Most years you get two or three tops.

 

[wildturkey]

Bah. Clarkson done messed around and we're gonna beat the T-Wolves. Now the Suns are within .5 a game of 2nd most ping pong balls. The team needs to watch that Suns/Celts game from tonight to see how you entertain while still tanking

 

[trojanfan12]

Bah. Clarkson done messed around and we're gonna beat the T-Wolves. Now the Suns are within .5 a game of 2nd most ping pong balls. The team needs to watch that Suns/Celts game from tonight to see how you entertain while still tanking

Yeah, I really enjoyed watching that win last night until I saw the standings this morning.

He scores 35 and the Lakers win. Meanwhile, Booker scores 70 and the Suns still manage to lose.

The Lakers should just outright release Clarkson for that shit he pulled last night. lol

 

[Retroram52]

Too funny TJF12!

 

[Retroram52]

We are down by 18 in the third against the Blazers. Team tank is in good order this evening.

 

[tomodach10]

four more loses clinches the second worst record.

 

[wildturkey]

four more loses clinches the second worst record.

"YES WE CAN! YES WE CAN!"

 

[wildturkey]

Now THAT is how you tank in style. Win for most of the game, lose it in the 4th quarter

 

[tomodach10]

Now THAT is how you tank in style. Win for most of the game, lose it in the 4th quarter

Yep lol 3 more to clinch 3rd. Phoenix is seriously tanking. 9 straight losses. I think we catch and pass them.

 

[trojanfan12]

Now THAT is how you tank in style. Win for most of the game, lose it in the 4th quarter

Both the Cavs loss and last night were textbook on how to properly tank.

 

[tomodach10]

Yep that's how you do it. Looking at Phoenix's schedule, looks like they won't win another game.

 

[tomodach10]

Good game. Bad time to win. Russell cut it out lol

 

[Retroram52]

We may end up with the third amount of chances to get the top three pick. We just may have reduced the amount of chances to get a better position with today's win. Phoenix is really taking team tank to a whole other level but I am sure Magic and company are confident they will continue to improve no matter what.

 

[wildturkey]

In "I'm just saying there's a chance" news, Brooklyn keeps miraculously winning games of late and now the Lakers are within 3 games of the worst record in the league with 5 games left for LA and 4 games left for the Nets

 

[tomodach10]

In "I'm just saying there's a chance" news, Brooklyn keeps miraculously winning games of late and now the Lakers are within 3 games of the worst record in the league with 5 games left for LA and 4 games left for the Nets

Could have been two if they had lost to the grizzlies

 

[wildturkey]

Could have been two if they had lost to the grizzlies

Irrelevant now. LA beat the Spurs tonight which will pretty much lock them into 3rd worst barring the Suns pulling off a string of upsets in the next week

 

[Retroram52]

Sonabeech. We have picked the worst time to win two-in-a-row. I guess everyone figures that we take our chances with the third place number of chances to get a top three pick. Maybe we are just tired of losing but everyone that plays is playing very well.

 

[tomodach10]

Suns are going to finish 0-16. You can't tank better then that lol