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j_anthony611
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | Firelord_Rag wrote: | | LakerLand247 wrote: | | Nightwalker wrote: | | Rawr wrote: | | We need to hurry up and play Davis and Randle a ton of minutes. |
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Agree about Davis disagree with randle. He is too inexperienced and raw out there. |
And Davis has never played a ton of minutes so I don't think playing him a lot now would be a good idea. I love his defense, the Suns were short-arming everything in the paint in the 4th last night after a couple of Davis blocks. |
he's never played a lot of minutes because he's never had the opportunity to. he was busy riding the pine in memphis behind randolph and gasol. i think he could alongside randle, be a cornerstone for the future. it's funny how posters here want to draft cauley-stein in this years draft but we already have him in the form of ed davis. davis and randle have already shown good chemistry. it's only a matter of time before both of them are starting |
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He's a 12-6-1 (Max) kind of energy guy. Good player off the bench.
I'm sure some people here think he's a 20/10 type guy, but lets be realistic.
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venturalakersfan
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:00 am Post subject: |
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| j_anthony611 wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | Firelord_Rag wrote: | | LakerLand247 wrote: | | Nightwalker wrote: | | Rawr wrote: | | We need to hurry up and play Davis and Randle a ton of minutes. |
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Agree about Davis disagree with randle. He is too inexperienced and raw out there. |
And Davis has never played a ton of minutes so I don't think playing him a lot now would be a good idea. I love his defense, the Suns were short-arming everything in the paint in the 4th last night after a couple of Davis blocks. |
he's never played a lot of minutes because he's never had the opportunity to. he was busy riding the pine in memphis behind randolph and gasol. i think he could alongside randle, be a cornerstone for the future. it's funny how posters here want to draft cauley-stein in this years draft but we already have him in the form of ed davis. davis and randle have already shown good chemistry. it's only a matter of time before both of them are starting |
The Raptors had no one pushing him to the bench, he played about half the game for them. That is something I think we see this season as well, depending on injuries. As for Cauley-Stein, he is more talented offensively than Davis. He can put the ball on the floor and drive to the basket. Having Davis for his price is a great bargain, though. Manage him and Hill's minutes well and hopefully we will have both all season.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:05 am Post subject: |
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| Krispy Kreme wrote: | He's a 12-6-1 (Max) kind of energy guy. Good player off the bench.
I'm sure some people here think he's a 20/10 type guy, but lets be realistic. |
Davis is better than Hill right now. |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:12 am Post subject: |
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I wouldn't say that one is better than the other, but that they bring different things to the game. Hill can shoot better than Davis and is a better rebounder while Davis is the better defender and rim protector. That is why having them both is such a positive.
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GasolBynumKobe
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:15 am Post subject: |
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I want Davis to start but I love him off the bench with Randle. They seem like they work well together and a bench unit of Ronnie Price, Clarkson, Davis, Swaggy and Randle is just pure energy and a mixture of youth. Having Boozer come off the bench with that unit seems out of place.
Just keep Boozer in the starting lineup and bring Ed off the bench.
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razor
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I think Davis is fantastic, did you see him anticipate a guard driving and rotate to flyswat? Nobody does that anymore, he plays like an old school center.
Please start Davis and Randal, I love Randals stroke and aggressiveness to drive, he's going to be a beast, both guys give us young fast bigs...bring all the other junk off the bench. |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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| venturalakersfan wrote: | | I wouldn't say that one is better than the other, but that they bring different things to the game. Hill can shoot better than Davis and is a better rebounder while Davis is the better defender and rim protector. That is why having them both is such a positive. |
Agreed. So far Davis gets a D- from me for rebounding. If he had the rebounding of Jordan Hill, he'd be a $10M player. |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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| He could do what Hill does and not rotate and/or leave his man just sniff out a board. |
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| jonnybravo wrote: | | He could do what Hill does and not rotate and/or leave his man just sniff out a board. |
LOL, definitely this. |
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| razor wrote: | I think Davis is fantastic, did you see him anticipate a guard driving and rotate to flyswat? Nobody does that anymore, he plays like an old school center.
Please start Davis and Randal, I love Randals stroke and aggressiveness to drive, he's going to be a beast, both guys give us young fast bigs...bring all the other junk off the bench. |
I also saw some good rotations on perimeter players last night when the perimeter defenders were giving help on others. We won't ever see that from Hill.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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| ringfinger wrote: | | venturalakersfan wrote: | | I wouldn't say that one is better than the other, but that they bring different things to the game. Hill can shoot better than Davis and is a better rebounder while Davis is the better defender and rim protector. That is why having them both is such a positive. |
Agreed. So far Davis gets a D- from me for rebounding. If he had the rebounding of Jordan Hill, he'd be a $10M player. |
I think if he could average 6-7 in 24 minutes I would be happy. And I think that averaging 2 bpg in that amount of time is entirely possible as well.
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Very Impressive game by Davis.....  |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 6:21 am Post subject: |
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Ed Davis ended the preseason shooting 75% from the field (21-28).
THAT IS IMPRESSIVE!!  |
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Jameson Barrier
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| pio2u wrote: | Ed Davis ended the preseason shooting 75% from the field (21-28).
THAT IS IMPRESSIVE!! |
Starting:
Lin
Kobe
Johnson
Boozer
Hill
2nd:
Young
Clarkson
Davis
Randle
Price
3rd:
Ellington
Sacre
Kelly
Henry
Whoever we get for Nash |
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PhoenixForce
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Davis should definitely start. His rim protection and defensive rotations are necessary in that starting lineup.
IMO the starters should be:
Lin
Kobe
Wes
Boozer (will be Randle by mid season)
Davis |
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Rivershow
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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| PhoenixForce wrote: | Davis should definitely start. His rim protection and defensive rotations are necessary in that starting lineup.
IMO the starters should be:
Lin
Kobe
Wes
Boozer (will be Randle by mid season)
Davis |
This is the lineup Scott should be going with and I have been advocating it for a week now. We will see how bad a coach Scott is if he keeps Hill in the starting lineup over Davis. |
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PhoenixForce
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| Rivershow wrote: | | PhoenixForce wrote: | Davis should definitely start. His rim protection and defensive rotations are necessary in that starting lineup.
IMO the starters should be:
Lin
Kobe
Wes
Boozer (will be Randle by mid season)
Davis |
This is the lineup Scott should be going with and I have been advocating it for a week now. We will see how bad a coach Scott is if he keeps Hill in the starting lineup over Davis. |
Yeah and now that Price is hurt he's forced to start Lin who should have been starting since game 1 of preseason. Lin and Davis have a really good connection going they should be starting together. |
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And another stellar game by Ed......if Byron starts davis over hill, he should get coach of the year, but due to hills salary, that will never happen.
lin
kobe
davis
randle
????? - is wes the only sf we have that can do anything? I almost would put Clarkson in this spot just for the juice.
Pre-season is for coaches too, and i'd say Byron mismanaged two games for a loss, but its still good to see him on the sideline, seeing Kaman the other night reminded me of what a jerk mda was....its going to be an exciting year for the lakers who I predict will win more games than last year, whil i'm downgrading the clips to win less games this year. |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Davis should start over Boozer for defensive purposes. With Davis and Hill protecting the rim, Kobe and Lin creating on offense, we could get off to good starts. |
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watchME
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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PG.lin
SG.clarkson
SF.kobe
PF.hill
C.davis
i want to see this line up |
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Rawr
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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Ed Davis finished preseason averaging 8.6 pts, 5.4rb, 2blk, 73%fg, in just 20 minuters per game.
Per 36 minutes that is 15/9 with 3.5 blocks.
I say split the difference.
They should bump that up to 28mpg as a starter and bring Hill off the bench for 20mpg.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Rawr wrote: | Ed Davis finished preseason averaging 8.6 pts, 5.4rb, 2blk, 73%fg, in just 20 minuters per game.
Per 36 minutes that is 15/9 with 3.5 blocks.
I say split the difference.
They should bump that up to 28mpg as a starter and bring Hill off the bench for 20mpg. |
I've been tracking Ed since he was drafted (through fantasy leagues especially). He's always had an insane per 36 and ALWAYS performed way above average. For some reason though he got buried behind other more established players. Byron better not make the same mistake. |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| watchME wrote: | PG.lin
SG.clarkson
SF.kobe
PF.hill
C.davis
i want to see this line up |
Agreed. This is the best defensive and all-around lineup. |
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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| All_Star_Laker wrote: | | Davis should start over Boozer for defensive purposes. With Davis and Hill protecting the rim, Kobe and Lin creating on offense, we could get off to good starts. |
Completely agree |
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