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dao Star Player
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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venturalakersfan wrote: | dao wrote: | Kuzma's steals/blocks numbers are microscopic. 0.4 steals per game, 0.1 blocks per game. |
Offense is his calling card, and we need that now. | I'm not criticizing his overall play. He's been great, particularly for a rookie. And his defense seems pretty solid. The low steals and blocks just sort of jump off the stat sheet a bit. |
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AFireInside619 Franchise Player
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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Lakers Nation needs a Kuzma walk off 3 in the near future.... |
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NBALakerLegends Star Player
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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dao wrote: | venturalakersfan wrote: | dao wrote: | Kuzma's steals/blocks numbers are microscopic. 0.4 steals per game, 0.1 blocks per game. |
Offense is his calling card, and we need that now. | I'm not criticizing his overall play. He's been great, particularly for a rookie. And his defense seems pretty solid. The low steals and blocks just sort of jump off the stat sheet a bit. |
He doesn’t gamble on defense. I’ve noticed he always tries to stay in front of his man and never reaches. He plays positional defense well but gets pushed around by bigger 4s. Once he gets more acclimated I would like to see him go for the steal a bit more and start jumping to block shots vs taking the charge. |
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LakesGnrLake Star Player
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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My only problem with Kuzma is his hands might be too small to throw down monster dunks on people. 0/2 this season. Please prove me wrong. |
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DGodRussell Sixth Man
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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Jordan-esque wrote: | http://kwese.espn.com/nba/game?gameId=400974965
Quote: | Sixers Coach Brett Brown: "The Lakers were sort of on a similar path that we were on, trying to identify keepers, trying to identify franchise-type players. Those two guys (Kuzma and Ingram) I thought are just excellent." |
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WTF why didn't he include 'generational talent, better than Steph Curry' Lonzo Big Baller?? |
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DGodRussell Sixth Man
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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LakesGnrLake wrote: | My only problem with Kuzma is his hands might be too small to throw down monster dunks on people. 0/2 this season. Please prove me wrong. |
Tbf on one of those he tried to dunk on Embiid from behind the dotted line and damn near finished it . The fact that he has the nuts to even attempt that leads me to believe he'll be putting plenty of people on posters in the future. |
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Texas_Pete Franchise Player
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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Kuz deserves to be our #1 option, even as a rookie. |
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Lakesh0wtime Star Player
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 2:17 pm Post subject: |
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Would love to run some BI/Kuz pick and rolls. |
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Texas_Pete Franchise Player
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27 Star Player
Joined: 26 Sep 2010 Posts: 4459 Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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Kuzma has been incredible, and anything attached to the #27 normally is =P .. I hope he can continue to progress and play like this. I hope Lonzo can adjust and still turn into what we all want so bad. If we can add Lonzo to the studs of Ingram and Kuz, we will be a very desired destination. |
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LonzoLegend2 Starting Rotation
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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Ben Simmons with a shot but w/out the handles. Let's hope Kuz can lock up the starting PF spot permanently during LNJr's downtime. |
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tox Franchise Player
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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dao wrote: | Kuzma's steals/blocks numbers are microscopic. 0.4 steals per game, 0.1 blocks per game. |
Everyone else might be dismissing you, but I'd like to see those numbers rise as well. |
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Christopher Walken Starting Rotation
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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kuz and Nance at #27, we seem to be good at finding steals but:
Dlo over porzingis
ingram over jalen brown(guy is balling now)
zo over tatum
like, do our scouts find the late round gems and the gm's make the top picks?
why are we seemingly so good at late picks only? |
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Car54 Franchise Player
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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Christopher Walken wrote: | kuz and Nance at #27, we seem to be good at finding steals but:
Dlo over porzingis
ingram over jalen brown(guy is balling now)
zo over tatum
like, do our scouts find the late round gems and the gm's make the top picks?
why are we seemingly so good at late picks only? |
Stop it Ingram is playing great right now and Dlo is playing well also _________________ Coach Vogel, Kidd, Hollins
Max slot : Kawhi |
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Sago Star Player
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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Christopher Walken wrote: | kuz and Nance at #27, we seem to be good at finding steals but:
Dlo over porzingis
ingram over jalen brown(guy is balling now)
zo over tatum
like, do our scouts find the late round gems and the gm's make the top picks?
why are we seemingly so good at late picks only? |
Do you actually watch Jaylen Brown or just look at the box scores? |
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Rhazz Starting Rotation
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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NBALakerLegends wrote: | dao wrote: | venturalakersfan wrote: | dao wrote: | Kuzma's steals/blocks numbers are microscopic. 0.4 steals per game, 0.1 blocks per game. |
Offense is his calling card, and we need that now. | I'm not criticizing his overall play. He's been great, particularly for a rookie. And his defense seems pretty solid. The low steals and blocks just sort of jump off the stat sheet a bit. |
He doesn’t gamble on defense. I’ve noticed he always tries to stay in front of his man and never reaches. He plays positional defense well but gets pushed around by bigger 4s. Once he gets more acclimated I would like to see him go for the steal a bit more and start jumping to block shots vs taking the charge. |
Exactly, he seems to be more focused on playing solid positional defense rather than gamble. He would be inclined to gamble more I think if he had a shot eraser behind him like Gobert. |
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pio2u Retired Number
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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Rhazz wrote: | NBALakerLegends wrote: | dao wrote: | venturalakersfan wrote: | dao wrote: | Kuzma's steals/blocks numbers are microscopic. 0.4 steals per game, 0.1 blocks per game. |
Offense is his calling card, and we need that now. | I'm not criticizing his overall play. He's been great, particularly for a rookie. And his defense seems pretty solid. The low steals and blocks just sort of jump off the stat sheet a bit. |
He doesn’t gamble on defense. I’ve noticed he always tries to stay in front of his man and never reaches. He plays positional defense well but gets pushed around by bigger 4s. Once he gets more acclimated I would like to see him go for the steal a bit more and start jumping to block shots vs taking the charge. |
Exactly, he seems to be more focused on playing solid positional defense rather than gamble. He would be inclined to gamble more I think if he had a shot eraser behind him like Gobert. |
Most rookies struggle defensively; IMO Kuzma is playing smart defense. |
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Lakesh0wtime Star Player
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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Christopher Walken wrote: | kuz and Nance at #27, we seem to be good at finding steals but:
Dlo over porzingis
ingram over jalen brown(guy is balling now)
zo over tatum
like, do our scouts find the late round gems and the gm's make the top picks?
why are we seemingly so good at late picks only? |
Porzingis
Ingram
Zo
If I had to redraft. And I LOVE Dangelo and Tatum. |
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Rashomon Starting Rotation
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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There's more freedom to draft in the later picks than in the beginning, where there's an expectation to draft according to the consensus. |
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non-player zealot Franchise Player
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IBWriter Starting Rotation
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Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 5:09 am Post subject: |
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Lakesh0wtime wrote: | Christopher Walken wrote: | kuz and Nance at #27, we seem to be good at finding steals but:
Dlo over porzingis
ingram over jalen brown(guy is balling now)
zo over tatum
like, do our scouts find the late round gems and the gm's make the top picks?
why are we seemingly so good at late picks only? |
Porzingis
Ingram
Zo
If I had to redraft. And I LOVE Dangelo and Tatum. |
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PayasoLoco Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 5:49 am Post subject: |
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Car54 wrote: | Christopher Walken wrote: | kuz and Nance at #27, we seem to be good at finding steals but:
Dlo over porzingis
ingram over jalen brown(guy is balling now)
zo over tatum
like, do our scouts find the late round gems and the gm's make the top picks?
why are we seemingly so good at late picks only? |
Stop it Ingram is playing great right now and Dlo is playing well also |
Put Ingram on Boston with that team and coaching staff and we’d be talking about how even philly may have blown it taking Simmons over him |
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parsons777 Star Player
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Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:45 am Post subject: |
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In November:
Pts 16.9, Reb 8.4. Good for 9th in PF Scoring and 5th in Rebounding.
Not bad |
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yinoma2001 Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:49 am Post subject: |
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Christopher Walken wrote: | kuz and Nance at #27, we seem to be good at finding steals but:
Dlo over porzingis
ingram over jalen brown(guy is balling now)
zo over tatum
like, do our scouts find the late round gems and the gm's make the top picks?
why are we seemingly so good at late picks only? |
I don't think we have issues selecting players.
I think our issues lie with developing them. Our player development infrastructure sucks IMO.
Put DLO/Ingram/Lonzo on Boston and I think they're killing it. _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals |
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kikanga Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:56 am Post subject: |
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yinoma2001 wrote: | Christopher Walken wrote: | kuz and Nance at #27, we seem to be good at finding steals but:
Dlo over porzingis
ingram over jalen brown(guy is balling now)
zo over tatum
like, do our scouts find the late round gems and the gm's make the top picks?
why are we seemingly so good at late picks only? |
I don't think we have issues selecting players.
I think our issues lie with developing them. Our player development infrastructure sucks IMO.
Put DLO/Ingram/Lonzo on Boston and I think they're killing it. |
I've read a similar sentiment to this in the Luke thread.
But when you think about the best coaches who are the best at developing young talent. They sit their asses on the pine their rookie year. Something most Laker fans would be up in arms about.
Phil, Pop, and even the recent golden child Stevens. None of them start rookies. Jaylen Brown didn't start last year. And if Hayward didn't get hurt, Tatum would be getting far less minutes as well. _________________ "Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better” |
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