My bad, he had crutches for a week. Don't know if he is still in a boot.
If he's out of the boot by Wed next week and on to physical therapy then he is on time. If he's out of the boot already then he's ahead of schedule but still won't play for 6 weeks. If the boot is on after week 4 or 5 then we won't see him again this year. _________________ "If You're Afraid To Fail...Then You're Probably Going To Fail."
- Kobe
Watched some of his interviews from yesterday. While he did say a few things that made sense, a lot of it is just over the top bluster (he's mad at the Lakers for not keeping their "promise" because they didn't offer Gelo a roster spot on the summer league?? Dude gtfo of here), and for the most part it's stuff that can just cause drama in the locker room especially if folks view him as Zo's mouthpiece... If Luke does get fired, this dude is going to take credit and be even more overbearing (even though Luke can probably get fired without help from anyone else), and I just wonder if it will embolden him to be even louder.
Either Zo needs to start distancing himself from him publicly (like Mike Muscala did with his dad's offensive comments) or Magic needs to trade him as soon as his value as high enough to fetch good value back, because I think he really is going to be a legit star at some point and I'd hate to lose him for nothing.
At one point I even missed Lavar, but now that he's back, I remember why he annoyed the hell out of me. It's funny that Lavar rationalizes Lonzo's maturity (not yelling at his coach when he is taken out of the game like Lavar would) due to his middle-class upbringing in Chino Hills.
Lavar must have been doing a lot of yelling at his coach when he averaged 2 PPG...
Watched some of his interviews from yesterday. While he did say a few things that made sense, a lot of it is just over the top bluster (he's mad at the Lakers for not keeping their "promise" because they didn't offer Gelo a roster spot on the summer league?? Dude gtfo of here), and for the most part it's stuff that can just cause drama in the locker room especially if folks view him as Zo's mouthpiece... If Luke does get fired, this dude is going to take credit and be even more overbearing (even though Luke can probably get fired without help from anyone else), and I just wonder if it will embolden him to be even louder.
Either Zo needs to start distancing himself from him publicly (like Mike Muscala did with his dad's offensive comments) or Magic needs to trade him as soon as his value as high enough to fetch good value back, because I think he really is going to be a legit star at some point and I'd hate to lose him for nothing.
That’s a good article. When Ball got hurt, I was starting to believe in him. I’d hate to see his career limited by his dad. I agree with your last comment, though.
I look a Lavar like an old school WWF promoter. He enjoys getting a rise out of people with his words and a lot of people fall for it.
Throwing his coach and teammates under the bus is not acceptable no matter what his intentions are. If he was slamming Lonzo the same way you could at least mistake it as tough love but he doesn't do that.
I’m talking about Lavar and what Lavar has done for years now. I’ve never heard ADs dad speak until last week but I also don’t think it’s going to deter the Celtics for trading for AD if they hold on to Kyrie. AD and Kyrie would be a much better pairing then LeBron and AD.
Having said that, the rumored trade with the Celtics is not better then what the Lakers offered. The Pelicans will regret not jumping on that trade but I’m happy they didn’t.
Brad Turner reported that he’ll be back after the all star break. Obviously should be taken with a grain of salt
Unfortunately, next season is also “after the all star break”. 😊
If Lonzo misses the end of the season/playoffs and especially any of summer, I think it’s likely he won’t make it through next season with the Lakers..
I look a Lavar like an old school WWF promoter. He enjoys getting a rise out of people with his words and a lot of people fall for it.
Throwing his coach and teammates under the bus is not acceptable no matter what his intentions are. If he was slamming Lonzo the same way you could at least mistake it as tough love but he doesn't do that.
He's not gonna distance himself from his dad because his words effect the media/fans more than they effect him personally.
Lonzo has said this many times "He's been this way my whole life." so he doesn't give a care. Nor does he give a care what people think and likely doesn't give two cents about someone in the media saying he needs to distance himself from his own father. There's a scary bit of obsession the media and fans have on what Lonzo should do about his own parents.
Remember when Lavar's comments were supposedly going to cost the Lakers a chance at LeBron? _________________ How NBA 2K18 failed the All-Time Lakers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxMBYm3wwxk
He's not gonna distance himself from his dad because his words effect the media/fans more than they effect him personally.
Lonzo has said this many times "He's been this way my whole life." so he doesn't give a care. Nor does he give a care what people think and likely doesn't give two cents about someone in the media saying he needs to distance himself from his own father. There's a scary bit of obsession the media and fans have on what Lonzo should do about his own parents.
Remember when Lavar's comments were supposedly going to cost the Lakers a chance at LeBron?
Lavar was kissing LeBron's butt before LeBron signed though. He was saying really nice stuff and staying in his lane.
If people don't think Lavars talking has an effect, ask the Spurs, the Pelicans.. asks Liangelo Ball why he didn't even get a Summer league roster spot...lol _________________ I got Nothing interesting to put here
He's not gonna distance himself from his dad because his words effect the media/fans more than they effect him personally.
Lonzo has said this many times "He's been this way my whole life." so he doesn't give a care. Nor does he give a care what people think and likely doesn't give two cents about someone in the media saying he needs to distance himself from his own father. There's a scary bit of obsession the media and fans have on what Lonzo should do about his own parents.
Remember when Lavar's comments were supposedly going to cost the Lakers a chance at LeBron?
Lavar was kissing LeBron's butt before LeBron signed though. He was saying really nice stuff and staying in his lane.
If people don't think Lavars talking has an effect, ask the Spurs, the Pelicans.. asks Liangelo Ball why he didn't even get a Summer league roster spot...lol
Pelicans valued Zo the most according to reports... Spurs have Murray so that probably affected their interest far more.... Liangelo sucks and would’ve probably been a mid major player if not for his name and HS teams gimmick style of play. Lavar has made his kids rich and his son fulfilled his dream of being a top NBA draft pick on the Lakers. Maybe he’s negatively affecting the youngest one but Zo and the middle brother have benefitted from Lavar and all his antics. Maybe he had an effect but it’s undoubtedly overblown and the positives of it are ignored because he plays a villainous character in the media.
No kidding, watching Rondo play defense is so frustrating, dude puts zero effort on that end.
What’s strange about that is that Rondo used to be a lockdown defender.
Lots of guys were good defenders at 25. These days, Rondo can still do it in bursts, but he can’t sustain it.
Certainly he'll do it in longish spurts in the playoffs. The question is whether he'll do it enough during the regular season so we can actually reach the playoffs.
The problem with Rondos defense wasn’t that he was being beat. The problem was he was ignoring his guy and cheating down in to the paint to try and get a back pocket steal and the ball handler recognized it and hit rosier for a three with 10 feet of open space.
If the Ball family wants to continue to be associated with the Lakers - then Zo needs to frickin' improve his shooting percentage, period end of story, the Lakers are not a Charity supporting poor shooters!
Hear that dad? _________________ “Always remember... Rumors are carried by haters, spread by fools, and accepted by idiots.”
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