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| Laker's Fan wrote: | Wes is a bit of fool's gold. He has elite athletic ability but his basketball IQ and skill level are severely lacking. Minimum level specialist at best. Baze and Henry can both handle, drive, defend and dish (a little). They actualy would compliment each other pretty well if you wanted a two guard front from your bench. They are both injury prone though.
Young and Meeks are better than the aforementioned offensively and Young is the most talented of the group. I would bring back Baze, Henry and Young, with Meeks a Young-alternative if the pricetag limits other options. Then try to get Brandon Rush on a minimum flyer (top 5 3-pt shooter in the league coming off an ACL year). That's pretty good SG/SF depth beyond Bryant hopefully keeping most of the cap room for other starter spots. |
Not sure if it's fair to call Baze injury prone yet.
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Reflexx wrote: | We have enough room to bring back a good portion of the roster.
The team had a good bunch of bench and role players last season. |
Thats what Ive been saying. All it would take would be at most 13 million to bring back like 5 or 6 of the players from last season. As starters, they're miserable. As a bench unit? A complete change-of-pace team who complement each other very well.
Build the bench on the cheap for multiple years then go get your starters. Having talent from top to bottom comes in handy. Being top heavy and then having stiffs from 5 to 12 doesnt always work.
They could sign their bench this year for multiple years + one solid starter.. then also be free agent players the next two years with 14+ million in cap space each year. |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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I would absolutely love to have a bench rotation that had most of the guys from last year on it.
starter? / Farmar / Marshall
Kobe / Xavier Henry
starter? / Kent Bazemore / Wesley Johnson
starter? / Ryan Kelly
starter? / Sacre
I'm assuming Nick Young and Jodie Meeks will accept bigger offers that the Lakers won't care to match.
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| yinoma2001 wrote: | | Runway8 wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | Tell X to stop running into people on offense. It's called a "charge." |
James Hardend and Manu beg the differ. |
Except they actually move away from the defender. |
Really? You buy all the calls they get? Well, Manu actually does a good job of moving away. I can't say the same for Harden. He'll put his knees in your chest and get the call. |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Runway8 wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | Runway8 wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | Tell X to stop running into people on offense. It's called a "charge." |
James Hardend and Manu beg the differ. |
Except they actually move away from the defender. |
Really? You buy all the calls they get? Well, Manu actually does a good job of moving away. I can't say the same for Harden. He'll put his knees in your chest and get the call. |
X doesn't have that Euro step. To Harden's credit he does (and I agree he gets way too many calls, but he has a Euro step move).
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| Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 1:18 pm Post subject: |
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| yinoma2001 wrote: | | Runway8 wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | Runway8 wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | Tell X to stop running into people on offense. It's called a "charge." |
James Hardend and Manu beg the differ. |
Except they actually move away from the defender. |
Really? You buy all the calls they get? Well, Manu actually does a good job of moving away. I can't say the same for Harden. He'll put his knees in your chest and get the call. |
X doesn't have that Euro step. To Harden's credit he does (and I agree he gets way too many calls, but he has a Euro step move). |
X doesnt have a Euro Step move? wow. i'd say 40% of his FG's this year were off Euro Step moves. 90% of his FG's in the paint at least ; and thats where he scores most of his points. |
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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| I still don't get why this is called Euro Step. |
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| cathy78 wrote: | | I still don't get why this is called Euro Step. |
| Quote: | | Developed in European basketball, the move is generally accepted to have been brought to the NBA by Lithuanian Šarūnas Marčiulionis, though there is footage of Elgin Baylor performing a similar move in an early-1960s game, possibly before Marčiulionis was born, as well as Julius Erving in a 1974 ABA playoff game, and Archie Clark in a 1972 ABA vs. NBA All-Star Game,[3] and was popularized in North America by Manu Ginóbili, an Argentine who arrived in the NBA from the Italian league. It has since been adopted by many American-born players, among them James Harden, Dwyane Wade and Rajon Rondo, as well as Slovenian point guard Goran Dragić. Noted college coach John Calipari is also known for teaching the move; among his former players who frequently use the move in the NBA are Tyreke Evans, Derrick Rose and John Wall.[1] It has become a popular move in streetball used by many notable blacktop players such as Alazar "The Czar" Moges among others. Xavier Henry of the Los Angeles Lakers is also a noted "euro stepper;" though many believe otherwise, it is estimated 40% of his field goals were off the Euro Step, with at least 90% of his paint scoring at minimum. |
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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Nicely done.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Hope we resign X!!! |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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| kobe_luver wrote: | | Hope we resign X!!! |
#MAMATWEETTHATMAN! |
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| KeepItRealOrElse wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | Runway8 wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | Runway8 wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | Tell X to stop running into people on offense. It's called a "charge." |
James Hardend and Manu beg the differ. |
Except they actually move away from the defender. |
Really? You buy all the calls they get? Well, Manu actually does a good job of moving away. I can't say the same for Harden. He'll put his knees in your chest and get the call. |
X doesn't have that Euro step. To Harden's credit he does (and I agree he gets way too many calls, but he has a Euro step move). |
X doesnt have a Euro Step move? wow. i'd say 40% of his FG's this year were off Euro Step moves. 90% of his FG's in the paint at least ; and thats where he scores most of his points. |
It's more of a Slow-ro step, cuz his euro step is slow.
More important than that, work on your mid range jumper, floater and defense. Then you won't have to worry about charging into folks. |
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Lakers can look to re-sign Xavier Henry - he wants to be back - they don't have much more than min to offer |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 12:19 am Post subject: |
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| KeepItRealOrElse wrote: | Eric Pincus @EricPincus 8h
Lakers can look to re-sign Xavier Henry - he wants to be back - they don't have much more than min to offer |
Sounds good |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 12:43 am Post subject: |
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| KeepItRealOrElse wrote: | Eric Pincus @EricPincus 8h
Lakers can look to re-sign Xavier Henry - he wants to be back - they don't have much more than min to offer |
That's good enough. |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 12:45 am Post subject: |
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I'm 85-90% sure X will be back. Book it.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2014 12:53 am Post subject: |
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| EchoZulu wrote: | | I'm 85-90% sure X will be back. Book it. |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:08 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | The Lakers have reached a one-year agreement to bring back Xavier Henry on a minimum contract, per league sources. |
https://twitter.com/mcten/status/490192231865651200
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| Quote: | | Henry also fielded some interest from MIA and IND, but preferred to stay in LA and build on what he established last season |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:12 am Post subject: |
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| 32 wrote: | @mcten
| Quote: | | The Lakers have reached a one-year agreement to bring back Xavier Henry on a minimum contract, per league sources. |
https://twitter.com/mcten/status/490192231865651200
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| Quote: | | Henry also fielded some interest from MIA and IND, but preferred to stay in LA and build on what he established last season |
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Oh sweet I think this kid has loads of potential and is a good character guy. X can develop into a very good player and he's a good defender with some toughness. |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:13 am Post subject: |
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| Yes!!!!! |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:19 am Post subject: |
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| I like that Xavier has fire in him! He'll throw down in someone's face when he gets the chance. |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:27 am Post subject: |
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probably was promised starting SF position.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:28 am Post subject: |
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| Poor X though, I think he deserves more than a minimum contract |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:44 am Post subject: |
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Only if he can stay healthy, pls X stay healthy and you can become a very good player in this league. His athleticism and fire is off the hook
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| Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:54 am Post subject: |
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Zav-E-Yay On-Ree!!
Starting SF? |
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