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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:17 pm    Post subject:

I hope we give him a shot and he makes the roster. High reward possibility with no risk. Just drop Karl who is worthless with no upside anyways.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:26 pm    Post subject:

He was on the Spurs for a cup of coffee. I heard Pop thought he was lazy.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:27 pm    Post subject:

Mike@LG wrote:
All he has to do is make simple passes, make 3 pointers, finish, and D up.


I remember the uproar that ensued here when the Lakers bypassed White for Farmar. Never was fascinated by the guy. All he could do was dunk and...that's about it.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:10 pm    Post subject:

Odom syndrome in a role player.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:12 pm    Post subject:

Lakersfield wrote:
Link to Lakers summer league roster.

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1 Cedric Bozeman G 6-6 220 UCLA
25 Pat Calathes F 6-10 210
15 Nik Caner-Medley F 6-8 240 Maryland
12 Joe Crawford G 6-5 207 Kentucky

26 Bryant Dunston F 6-9 250
20 Sharrod Ford F 6-9 235 Clemson
21 Taj Gray F 6-9 230
34 James Hughes C 6-11 225 Northern Illinois
23 Davon Jefferson F 6-7 215
2 Dontell Jefferson G 6-5 200 Arkansas
11 Coby Karl G 6-5 210 Boise State
4 Thomas Kelati G/F 6-5 210
9 Marcelus Kemp G 6-5 210
24 Sean Lampley F 6-8 230 California
22 Yi Li F 6-9 210
31 Lorenzo Mata-Real F 6-9 245
3 Dwayne Mitchell G 6-5 210 Louisana-Lafayette
5 Brian Roberts G 6-2 175
35 Michael Southhall C 6-10 260
6 Quinton Thomas G 6-3 185
10 James White G/F 6-6 195 Cincinnati

14 Martin Zeno G 6-5 200


A lot of good names.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:14 pm    Post subject:

I hope Li gets meaningful minutes tomorrow. Big fan of his game. Watch a couple of CBA games of him playing for a few years. Too bad his team let his talent rot last year.
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PostPosted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 9:49 pm    Post subject:

I want to increase the number of our athletic defensive backcourt players.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:19 am    Post subject:

Hmm, would also be interesting to see how Cedric Bozeman goes

Btw. Does anyone know why Dan Panaggio is taking over as Head Coach in the summer league.. if the Lakers want the young guys to learn the triangle, would'nt it be best to give Kurt and Brian the job to preach the offense again??
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:46 am    Post subject:

Glad that the Lakers are showing interest in him. Really thought we should have picked drafted him. Will be nice to see him play and hopefully if he dosent make the team he will play for the D-Fenders and we can see what he can do in the triangle.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:51 am    Post subject:

Mike@LG wrote:
Odom syndrome in a role player.


thats over exaggeration at its finest. Odom is a role player. so now what?

but a statement like this goes to show you how wrong a lot of people are about calling LO inconsistent. james white is inconsistent. but i recall that mike thought this guy was great. i knew he could jump out the gym Literally. But that was about it. sure he had other tools. but I could see in his play. couldn't dribble good enough. reminded me of devean george with the ball. and thats not good. jumper was EXTREMELY suspect, passing wasn't bad though.

So SUPER HIGH/Long jumper with speed/quickness, that isn't a Lockdown defender in college, No jumper, no dribbles, decent passing.

why did we think so highly of this guy? i guess because we had luke, and cook on the same team. we were tired of watching borderline non athletes play for us. as you said though mike. if james white can just learn how to play ...bAsketball. then hey he's a good pickup.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:00 am    Post subject:

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Mike@LG wrote:
Odom syndrome in a role player.


thats over exaggeration at its finest. Odom is a role player. so now what?

but a statement like this goes to show you how wrong a lot of people are about calling LO inconsistent. james white is inconsistent. but i recall that mike thought this guy was great. i knew he could jump out the gym Literally. But that was about it. sure he had other tools. but I could see in his play. couldn't dribble good enough. reminded me of devean george with the ball. and thats not good. jumper was EXTREMELY suspect, passing wasn't bad though.

So SUPER HIGH/Long jumper with speed/quickness, that isn't a Lockdown defender in college, No jumper, no dribbles, decent passing.

why did we think so highly of this guy? i guess because we had luke, and cook on the same team. we were tired of watching borderline non athletes play for us. as you said though mike. if james white can just learn how to play ...bAsketball. then hey he's a good pickup.


I think that you are reading Mike's comments incorrectly. What I believe he is saying is that James White is a role player who has Lamar Odom syndrome....which is probably not a good combination to have if you're trying to make a roster. It is also why Pops may have inferred that he was lazy.

Just my opinion.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:16 am    Post subject:

James White = Von Wafer in that he intrigues a lot of teams with his athleticism, until they find out there is nothing else there and never will be
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:17 am    Post subject: NBA SUMMER LEAGUE: Lakers trim around edges in Vegas

Interetsing short read.

NBA SUMMER LEAGUE: Lakers trim around edges in Vegas

Like last season, NBA finalists use event to examine fringe players

By STEVE CARP
REVIEW-JOURNAL
NBA Summer League
It would be a nice tribute to the NBA Summer League to say it played a part in helping the Los Angeles Lakers reach the NBA Finals this past season.

But general manager Mitch Kupchak wasn't ready to make that leap. He said the summer league's role in his team's run to the Finals was negligible at best. Mostly, the Lakers used the Las Vegas event to populate the far end of their bench.

"I don't want to overdramatize the impact the summer league had on us," Kupchak said, referring to the Lakers' 2-3 record here last year. "Jordan Farmar had a really good summer league and it helped his confidence. Coby Karl added some chemistry to our roster, but frankly, the majority of the players who were with us in the summer league last year weren't around to help us for the most part."

The Lakers, who open summer league play at 5 p.m. today against Detroit at Cox Pavilion, will barely need 10 days in Las Vegas to out fill their roster. The Western Conference champions have 10 guaranteed contracts and could also retain restricted free agents Sasha Vujacic and Ronny Turiaf if they decide to match both players' offer sheets.


http://www.lvrj.com/sports/24445024.html
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:30 am    Post subject:

Kinda harsh, although true.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:38 am    Post subject:

targetman wrote:
James White = Von Wafer in that he intrigues a lot of teams with his athleticism, until they find out there is nothing else there and never will be


Von Wafer, Smush Parker, Kwame Brown. Great athletes, poor ballers.

White spent 5 years in college and 2 in and out of the NBA. If he still does not have a jumper or handles, he is a bust officially at this time. Considering his considerable ahtletic abilities, he must just not be able to "get it" when it comes to playing ball.
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 5:54 pm    Post subject:

Dr. Funkbot wrote:
targetman wrote:
James White = Von Wafer in that he intrigues a lot of teams with his athleticism, until they find out there is nothing else there and never will be


Von Wafer, Smush Parker, Kwame Brown. Great athletes, poor ballers.

White spent 5 years in college and 2 in and out of the NBA. If he still does not have a jumper or handles, he is a bust officially at this time. Considering his considerable ahtletic abilities, he must just not be able to "get it" when it comes to playing ball.



he is what gerald green would've been had green gone to college

if white came straight out of high school he would've been a first round pick imo
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:05 pm    Post subject:

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I think that you are reading Mike's comments incorrectly. What I believe he is saying is that James White is a role player who has Lamar Odom syndrome....which is probably not a good combination to have if you're trying to make a roster. It is also why Pops may have inferred that he was lazy.

Just my opinion.


Exactly what I meant.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 8:00 am    Post subject:

Just an observation, but White has terrible body language during the games.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 9:00 am    Post subject:

It's incredable to me that this guy is wasting all that natural athletic ability. The guy is still skinny as a stick figure.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 10:32 am    Post subject:

LakersMD wrote:
Just an observation, but White has terrible body language during the games.


He should've never left University of Florida.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 12:36 pm    Post subject:

Out of curiosity, did this actually happen?

I know he's on the summer league team, but you don't need a contract to be on the squad - or at least its a different contract than the kind you need to be on the training camp roster right?

If he was signed, is there a link to an official announcement?
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:56 am    Post subject:

How's White? Will he have a chance to stick around?
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:49 am    Post subject:

Cool Blog Mike.....nice work
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