Ultimate potential of our young core (BUMP)

LA_Lakers_Rule · Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2016 9:33 am Post subject:

I think some voters are not understanding the question, imho.

The question is what will ultimately be "this team's collective peak" as posted by the OP, which translates to what will these youngsters who most if not all are all extremely young and close to the same age will be at when they reach their career peak years (presumably ages 25-30) which for most iS 5-6 years off before they even start to approach these years.

With this in mind considering we have two #2 picks and a boat load of overall talented players what would be the reasonable expectations at their respective "PEAK" career years as a group?

So what to expect at PEAK years:
2016- Ingram #2 2016 - potential all-star
2015 - D'Angelo Russell #2 - potential all-star
2014 - Randle #7 - based on performance when healthy would go higher - nothing less than very solid starting forward, perhaps possible all-star

Then we have
Jordan Clarkson - no worse than very solid starting guard (good shot at even borderline all-star)
Zubac - a great find, clearly a solid all-around starting center (maybe even better than people imagine)
Nance - developing into at the very minimum a very good 6th man

These six players developing together easily have the potential of providing titles at peak career years, imho.

Anytime you have minimally 2 all-stars (DLO, Ingram) and even a third and/or possibly fourth border-line all-star (Randle/JC) along with a handful of others that are minimally very solid starters you have the potential of garnering championships at some point in this respective rosters careers together.

Which is why I think some voters are simply not understanding the question, it applies to peak career years assuming the players are retained, stay healthy and develop together and of course is a number of years down the road (not right-around-the-corner).

Bottom line: 30% just playoffs significantly under estimates this teams career "PEAK" expectations considering the talent that exists (and again, is why I think a large number of voters are not understanding the question).
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Eddie Johnson on the Lakers' young talent.

https://twitter.com/hoopshype/status/764086421967601665

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Missing that legit 1st option in order to be a true contender. This is how I see it in 2-3 years

1.??
2. DLO-20/4/6
3. Ingram 20/6/3/1.5/1.5
4. Randle 15/11
5. Center-Provides all the blue collar work (Zubac?)
6. JC-16/4/4
7. Nance 8/5

Add a Paul George or another legit 1st option and the players buy in on defense, we could be real contenders.

The list above is also why I wasn't the biggest fan of giving players who don't fit our timeline long term deals taking away flexibility. Hopefully we add another top 3 pick allowing us to draft another stud or use it in a trade. Also holding out hope Brown can become a solid bench player and live up to his role player potential. Would be a solid 8th-9th man.
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