The #7 pick

[Shaqdaddy11]

We wouldn't be able to afford both Pau and Rondo.

 

[Retroram52]

That is true Shaqdaddy and I am not a big Rondo fan either. I think neither will be on the roster come opening day.

 

[Shaqdaddy11]

Lakers Rumors: Team High On Bazemore, Likely To Bring Him Back | Lakers Nation

Bazemore will probably be back. Good news.

 

[LALakersboy24.7]

Keeping Bazemore is a must.

 

[Retroram52]

Bazemore is a definite. Henry, Young, and possibly Farmar are the same.

 

[Black Adam]

Bazemore is a definite. Henry, Young, and possibly Farmar are the same.

not so sure about Xavier. nothing against him, but if we keep Bazemore he becomes something of a redundancy in my mind...

 

[wlk3]

not so sure about Xavier. nothing against him, but if we keep Bazemore he becomes something of a redundancy in my mind...

And Bazemore is a batter shooter...

 

[LALakersboy24.7]

not so sure about Xavier. nothing against him, but if we keep Bazemore he becomes something of a redundancy in my mind...

Yea Xavier, could be the odd man out, I like the guy, but who know's what Lakers management will do ?

 

[Retroram52]

LALakersboy, I see you, CL67, and TJF12 all doing battle with the Heat Haters Club thread. I get a kick out reading the post by the three of you getting Heat fans' jimmies in a wad. Well the fun starts tonight.

 

[LALakersboy24.7]

LALakersboy, I see you, CL67, and TJF12 all doing battle with the Heat Haters Club thread. I get a kick out reading the post by the three of you getting Heat fans' jimmies in a wad. Well the fun starts tonight.

You know it,

 

[Black Adam]

LALakersboy, I see you, CL67, and TJF12 all doing battle with the Heat Haters Club thread. I get a kick out reading the post by the three of you getting Heat fans' jimmies in a wad. Well the fun starts tonight.

hehe...

it's my job...

 

[trojanfan12]

Well, the Lakers worked out 12 potential draft picks at their facility yesterday. Included in the group were: Doug McDermott, Aaron Gordon, Noah Vonleh, Marcus Smart, Tyler Ennis, Zach LaVine, Gary Harris and James Young. Rodney Hood and Nik Stauskas were expected to work out, but were scratched.


Best quotes came from Aaron Gordon: When he saw the championship trophies he asked a Lakers staffer: "Are those real?" He said the staffer told him: "Yeah, everything around here is real." Also, the chance to play with Kobe (you know, the guy that NO ONE wants to play with) carried major appeal for most of the players. Especially Gordon who said: "Kobe's psychotic about basketball and I am too. That would just be absolutely incredible, just learning from a great, you know."


Mitch said that the Lakers are not limiting themselves to a player who can start right away, although that would be nice.

Some of the talent is young and goes out a couple of years. If you remember, 18 years ago, we drafted Kobe and Kobe played limited minutes his first year. In fact, he was frustrated his first year because he didn't play as much as he wanted.

Mitch also said only having 4 guys under contract means that the Lakers could go in a lot of different directions with the pick.

We need help everywhere. I think we'd be in a position to take the best player at almost any position. And even the position we do have covered, he's been around 18 years so we have to look beyond that position as well.

 

[Retroram52]

There was an article from Yahoo Sports this morning raving about the jumping ability of LaVine from UCLA I believe it was. The dude has a 46 on verticle and they had a picture of him skying. Alot of talent in that group you mentioned TJF12.

 

[lakersrule]

It's funny TF12 how many people have said that there is no more appeal to going to the Lakers. That players don't care about the history. That players don't want to play with Kobe. This was all based on one player, Dwight Howard. A down season or two and all of sudden the Lakers franchise has lost its appeal? Simply not case.

 

[lakersrule]

There was an article from Yahoo Sports this morning raving about the jumping ability of LaVine from UCLA I believe it was. The dude has a 46 on verticle and they had a picture of him skying. Alot of talent in that group you mentioned TJF12.

He had a step or two for this vertical jump test. It wasn't from a stand still. Obviously still incredible. LaVine has sick athleticism.

Sounds like Mitch would like to get another 1st rounder. No real assets other than the 7th pick. Not sure how he can do it.

 

[HizzleRocker]

He had a step or two for this vertical jump test. It wasn't from a stand still. Obviously still incredible. LaVine has sick athleticism.

Sounds like Mitch would like to get another 1st rounder. No real assets other than the 7th pick. Not sure how he can do it.

Guess our only real suitor would have to be Phoenix. They hold 3 first rounders, (14, 18, and 27). The numbers match up for the 14th and 27th picks for our 7th. Is this a good deal?

Option A: Keep the 7th and get Vonleh/Smart;

Option B: Trade and get Stauskas/Ennis and Napier/Grant/Hairston.

Personally, I would rather have both Stauskas and Napier than just Vonleh or Smart.

 

[trojanfan12]

It's funny TF12 how many people have said that there is no more appeal to going to the Lakers. That players don't care about the history. That players don't want to play with Kobe. This was all based on one player, Dwight Howard. A down season or two and all of sudden the Lakers franchise has lost its appeal? Simply not case.

I just chalk most of that up to hope. These are fans of teams whose heads have been getting kicked in by the Lakers for decades. Now, with the Lakers in a rough patch, they want it to last as long as possible.

Of course, many of these are the same fans who think that all Lakers fans are bandwagon fans, no matter how long they've followed the Lakers, because they haven't had to deal with years and years of losing.

 

[Retroram52]

Spoken from a guy who has spent a lot of time dealing with Heat fans. Battle-tested and have heard all of the remarks, eh TJF12?

 

[trojanfan12]

Spoken from a guy who has spent a lot of time dealing with Heat fans. Battle-tested and have heard all of the remarks, eh TJF12?

Little bit.

 

[lakersrule]

Guess our only real suitor would have to be Phoenix. They hold 3 first rounders, (14, 18, and 27). The numbers match up for the 14th and 27th picks for our 7th. Is this a good deal?

Option A: Keep the 7th and get Vonleh/Smart;

Option B: Trade and get Stauskas/Ennis and Napier/Grant/Hairston.

Personally, I would rather have both Stauskas and Napier than just Vonleh or Smart.

Unless it's the 14th and 18th, no way. That seems like the Lakers are giving up way too much value at #7. I don't know enough about the college players to have that insightful of an opinion though. I do know that I'd have a much different life if I had a 47" vertical to go with my height/length!!