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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:01 pm Post subject:
Magic has to be really proud of Zo: showed he could wash away a subpar game, took over late and nearly had a triple-double. Couldn't ask for much more at all.
Ball is going to be good enough to actually build around. Very lucky to have drafted him. I think his game is going to expose the real from the fake too. He's going to make guys who have game look good.
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Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2017 9:03 pm Post subject:
Maybe my favorite thing about Ball tonight was how he looked to take over in crunch time and how he wanted to look to score in crunch time and did so. It was, dare I say it, shades of Kobe. _________________ Lakers 49ers Chargers Dodgers
Great game by Lonzo tonight. Too bad Ingram and Lopez couldn't get him the triple double late, but 29/11/9/1 in his second pro game is cause for excitement.
In one game, Lonzo manages to dispel the myths that he can't run PnR, get his shot off, or be a scoring threat. So what else can't he do?
Do it against good teams?
And yet no one said that D'Angelo's Nets debut was only because the Pacers are a bad team. Weird that.
DLo is about to put up the scoring numbers on the nets. they have zero expectations of him. and they wont force him into a point guard role like that per se. so he will be just find scoring at will and passing a little bit. which was him being himself. we were trying to mold him into more of a pG similar to what happen with Steph Curry when he was at davidson that last season. it takes time to turn a scorer into a solid pg.
In one game, Lonzo manages to dispel the myths that he can't run PnR, get his shot off, or be a scoring threat. So what else can't he do?
Do it against good teams?
And yet no one said that D'Angelo's Nets debut was only because the Pacers are a bad team. Weird that.
DLo is about to put up the scoring numbers on the nets. they have zero expectations of him. and they wont force him into a point guard role like that per se. so he will be just find scoring at will and passing a little bit. which was him being himself. we were trying to mold him into more of a pG similar to what happen with Steph Curry when he was at davidson that last season. it takes time to turn a scorer into a solid pg.
Sure Russell will put up numbers on a bad team with minimal impact. Means nothing. Anyone can jack up a bunch of shots and score inefficiently. _________________ #CowboysNation
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It's great that Lonzo can score ~30 points, but it's not really ideal. That's not his game. Guys need to make their shots. Anyway, nice game from the young man.
Consistency. He's going to have ups and downs, he'll look great some nights and terrible in other.
It's too early to determine whether he'll be a bust or not.
Good news is he had a good game tonight with an okay defender in Bledsoe on him. The team was one of the few slotted to be worse than us this year and we as a team made it a lot harder on ourselves than we needed to, but Lonzo had a really solid game.
Maybe my favorite thing about Ball tonight was how he looked to take over in crunch time and how he wanted to look to score in crunch time and did so. It was, dare I say it, shades of Kobe.
He responded to the criticism about being too laid back. And look what you see instant improvement. He was ALPHA Male tonight. I was on his back about not showing fire. But he responded did work. I like it!!
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Sure Russell will put up numbers on a bad team with minimal impact.
We're a bad team that isn't making the playoffs either, so I guess Lonzo's numbers also mean nothing by your logic. _________________ How NBA 2K18 failed the All-Time Lakers:
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