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kobe_luver Franchise Player
Joined: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 11644 Location: LA
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 10:21 pm Post subject: OFFICIAL LAKERS YOUTH MOVEMENT THREAD...A Place to Discuss Our Young Players (Not Swaggy P)!! |
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This is a thread for those of us looking forward to rooting for our young players this season!!!
I can't wait to see how they do in Summer League and then the progress they make by Training Camp and the start of the season. They are a great group of guys....talented and smart.
Looking forward to watching their leader on the floor....Russell.
It will be an exciting time for Laker fans!
Russell
Black
Clarkson
Randle
Brown
Nance
Brown
Upshaw (Hopefully)!
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lakerjoshua Franchise Player
Joined: 28 Nov 2007 Posts: 11277 Location: Bay Area
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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Count me in. |
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gumby Star Player
Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 2500 Location: Inland Empire
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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Seconded! Get these young guys going and make the other FAs regret joining in on the ground floor!
Bye. _________________ "This trophy removes the most odious sentence in the English Language. It can never be said again that 'the Lakers have never beaten the Celtics.'" -Dr. Jerry Buss (1985) R.I.P., 33 x M.V.O. |
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Iron Mamba Star Player
Joined: 01 Mar 2012 Posts: 2139
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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We already got our star players.
Lakers drafted them these last 2 seasons.
Free Agency shouldn't be about getting the biggest fish, it should be about trying to get solid players that we can build around D'Angelo Russell, Julius Randle, and Jordan Clarkson. _________________ Endgame
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Rivershow Star Player
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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Yes sir! Can't wait for summer league and for our rookies to pump some positivity back into the franchise. |
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anpherknee Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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Quote: | Julius Randle @J30_RANDLE 28m28 minutes ago
Be the flow ... |
Randle aint even trippin about free agency right now...its like he knows something everyone else doesn't |
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jdm43390 Star Player
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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Iron Mamba wrote: | We already got our star players.
Lakers drafted them these last 2 seasons.
Free Agency shouldn't be about getting the biggest fish, it should be about trying to get solid players that we can build around D'Angelo Russell, Julius Randle, and Jordan Clarkson. |
Exactly. |
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Lakers95 Franchise Player
Joined: 19 Dec 2011 Posts: 20880 Location: Southern California
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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gumby wrote: | Get these young guys going and make the other FAs regret joining in on the ground floor!
Bye. |
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DancingBarry Editor-in-Chief
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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Can't wait for summer league. |
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jonnybravo Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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I'm in! |
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kobe_luver Franchise Player
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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anpherknee wrote: | Quote: | Julius Randle @J30_RANDLE 28m28 minutes ago
Be the flow ... |
Randle aint even trippin about free agency right now...its like he knows something everyone else doesn't |
Cool!! |
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Lakers95 Franchise Player
Joined: 19 Dec 2011 Posts: 20880 Location: Southern California
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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DancingBarry wrote: | Can't wait for summer league. |
Me neither. We're going undefeated! It's going to be a good way to take our minds off of free agency |
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ainsley Starting Rotation
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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Can't wait to see our new guys in summer league
Russell, Black, Clarkson, Randle, Brown, and Nance are a great core to build around. I might be overly optimistic, but I have a great feeling about this group of guys. I feel like will all be rotation players for us on the next championship team.
Even Kelly has a chance of turning it around this season. Last year was just a mess in general, but he seems like a hard worker. Getting injured early on and having to play out of position at SF really seemed to mess with his rhythm, but he did turn out some pretty good games when he got to play the 4. Still gotta work on that rebounding though.
Go Lakers! |
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sonic the laker Star Player
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 11:11 pm Post subject: |
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Let's do this!! LAKERS!!!
ZOOM!!! |
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andree Starting Rotation
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Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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I'm in.
Even if we'll suck, I will be behind them. I want to see a line up of Russell-Clarkson- Brown/Nance- Julius - Upshaw/Balck play huge amount of minutes.
This will be their best chance to develop.
Go Babies. Run'n'gun! |
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UCSB616 Starting Rotation
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 5:46 am Post subject: |
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DancingBarry wrote: | Can't wait for summer league. |
Me too. We are the only team in the league that gets to put its whole team on the floor for summer league. It's like an extra preseason for the lakers. |
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Worthy42 Franchise Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 5:50 am Post subject: |
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Best thread on the main page. |
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fiendishoc Star Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 5:55 am Post subject: |
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We aren't going to win a ton of games next season if we don't get some more vets, but the core is promising and will be damn fun to watch. |
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Chronicle Retired Number
Joined: 21 Jul 2012 Posts: 31930 Location: Manhattan
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 5:58 am Post subject: |
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Something interesting brought up in the upshaw radio interview is that he will get to prove himself against the #1 and the #3 picks in the draft who are both centers.
No better time to show off what he can do _________________ Kobe |
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KobeShaqalliance Starting Rotation
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 5:59 am Post subject: |
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Good thread kobe_luvur. I'm in total agreement. Very excited to see Russell, Clarkson, Randle and the other young Lakers. If these guys can stay healthy, I think their talent will show.
In a few years free agents will want to play for the Lakers. Laker fans aren't use to patience, but it's going to take some time. Doing something foolish like trading the young guys for Cousins will leave the Lakers with even less talent. Who would Cousins have to play with? Lakers can't gut the team for him.
This Laker team is going to be young, energetic, and have a chip on their shoulder. Randle and Clarkson seem to have learned from Kobe, and are always in the gym working on their game. I expect Russell, Nance, and Brown will follow Kobe's lead and do the same. Next year the team will play hard every night whether they win or lose. I'm pumped. |
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LandsbergerRules Franchise Player
Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 11197 Location: The Other Perspective
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 6:01 am Post subject: |
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The next generation has begun. I'm on this war wagon. LET'S GO!!! _________________ "Chick lived and breathed Lakers basketball…but he was also fair and objective and called every game the way it was played."
-from Chick: His Unpublished Memoirs and the Memories of Those Who Knew Him |
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DrumR Star Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 6:02 am Post subject: |
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Summer League is going to be some of the best basketball Lakers fans see all season. I'm all in!!! |
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SaintStephen Starting Rotation
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 6:11 am Post subject: |
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I'm very excited for this season. I expect it to be really rough going at the start, but if we can stay healthy, maybe the young guys gel by the end of the season and play a month or two of solid basketball.
At least it will be guys with a future in the organization this season. Last year sucked to me because I knew most guys on the team would never play for the Lakers again. The guys I liked were the guys with a future in the organization like Clarkson and Black. This year a lot more guys who play should have a future. |
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Voices Star Player
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 6:13 am Post subject: |
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My concern is bigs, we drafted a pg and have not been able to sign a big. Is that going to haunt this team for years come? I love our pick, but Oak is a scorer for sure and is huge. _________________ .....
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ALTHOUGH HE STANDS 6 FEET 2 INCHES, JIM BUSS ATTENDED JOCKEY SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS 20. |
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thelakerfantroy Sixth Man
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Posted: Sat Jul 04, 2015 6:18 am Post subject: |
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I'm like this too. I don't mind this phase in the Laker spectrum, and I'm almost glad we didn't get any big names. I think it's exciting to see young players develop. I don't need to see a championship run every year. |
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