2017-2018 Team Could Look Like Showtime Lakers
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2017 1:12 pm    Post subject: Re: 2017-2018 Team Could Look Like Showtime Lakers

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The pieces just look similar.

PG- Tall, pass first, triple double threat, charismatic. Ball/Magic

SG- 6-4/6-5 Lethal shooter, able to defend opposing point guards. Russell/Byron

SF- 6-9, long, smooth, slasher, post moves could be their most skilled offensive player. Ingram/Worthey

PF- 6-9, able to guard multiple positions, good defensive player, does all the little things, good for about 10 and 8. Nance/A.C.

C- 7 foot+post player who loves to shoot the sky hook. Also good d and passer. Zubac/Kareem.

We just need a Michael Cooper off the bench.


You'd be a great boxer with that reach.
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2017 1:13 pm    Post subject:

But man, this is the most anticipated season since I said that last year, and the year before. LOL!

Nothing will ever compare to the 96 wait after signing Shaq, but this will come close.
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2017 3:46 pm    Post subject:

To run and gun, you have to play D. Can't run and gun when you're taking the ball out after a made hoop. This squad doesn't play d whatsoever. Barring changes to the "core", Lonzo is renedered useless because he too plays zero D
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2017 4:07 pm    Post subject:

I hope not. I'm tired of living in the past. The showtime Lakers, btw, aren't automatically dominant in today's NBA. It's a different league. Let's focus on the future and evolving, not the past.
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2017 4:12 pm    Post subject:

Sad thing about LG is I honestly can't even tell what is parody and what is serious. I certainly hope these guys develop, but right now, they resemble Showtime in the same way the Monkees resemble the Beatles. Four guys with similar haircuts.
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2017 4:23 pm    Post subject:

please stop
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2017 4:28 pm    Post subject:

loseyourname wrote:
Sad thing about LG is I honestly can't even tell what is parody and what is serious. I certainly hope these guys develop, but right now, they resemble Showtime in the same way the Monkees resemble the Beatles. Four guys with similar haircuts.


Comparing a college player that still has to play one NBA game to Magic, Zubac to Kareem and Julius to Worthy is clearly serious. What makes you think it can be a parody?
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2017 5:04 pm    Post subject:

Yes. A really really poor imitation of Showtime. I'm talking Chinese counterfeit Land Rover version.
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2017 5:18 pm    Post subject:

socalsp3 wrote:
venturalakersfan wrote:
I am guessing that the OP never saw a rookie Magic. Or is just reaybad at comparisons.


"Lonzo is better than Magic" - Lavar



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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2017 6:10 pm    Post subject:

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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2017 8:29 pm    Post subject:

Don't forget the lineup that, over the last six games, had a winning % not seen in nearly half a century of Lakers basketball (.833).

TRob = Wilt
MWP = Baylor
Tyler Ennis = Logo
Brewer = Goodrich
Nwaba = Jim McMillan
Tarik = Happy Hairston
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2017 8:34 pm    Post subject:

Well, 80's players did look skinny.
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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2017 11:43 pm    Post subject:

Julius Randle = Kurt Rambis

Tyler Innis = Larry Drew
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 1:07 am    Post subject:

This made me think of a really bad elvis impersonator.
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 1:14 am    Post subject:

If the Lakers select Zo and Nick doesn't opt out, do you guys think this 10 man rotation is good?

Starters:
Zo - PG
D'Lo - SG
Brandon Ingram - SF
Julius Randle - PF
Zu - C

Bench:
Nick Young - SF/SG
Jordan Clarkson - SG
Luol Deng - PF
Larry Nance - C
Tyler Ennis - PG
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 1:34 am    Post subject:

OMG...These threads...
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 3:48 am    Post subject:

Right now I'm just hoping we don't become the 1994-1997 Dallas Mavericks. Three super talented, high draft picks who couldn't gel, fought over Toni Braxton, and found success on different teams later on down the road.

Jason Kidd - Lonzo Ball
Jimmy Jackson - DLO
Jamal Mashburn - Ingram
Popeye Jones - Randle
Roy Tarpley - Zu

Outside of Tarpley, everyone on this list has had long, successful NBA careers. Unfortunately for the Mavericks Kidd, Mashburn, & Jackson excelled later on, apart from their original team. I hope that isn't the case with our young core.
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 5:17 am    Post subject:

Walton = Riley
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 5:18 am    Post subject:

Like those RayBans I bought in Mexico for $4
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 7:15 am    Post subject:

LilJay24 wrote:
But better.

Lonzo is Magic but more athletic. DLO is Byron but a better shooter. Ingram is Worthy but with more legnth. Nance is AC Green but more athletic. Zubac is Kareem but with a better skyhook and postmoves.

I'm convinced.


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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 7:21 am    Post subject:

RJBaca wrote:
LilJay24 wrote:
But better.

Lonzo is Magic but more athletic. DLO is Byron but a better shooter. Ingram is Worthy but with more legnth. Nance is AC Green but more athletic. Zubac is Kareem but with a better skyhook and postmoves.

I'm convinced.




I'm optimistic of our future but this is like listening to some youngster tell me that One Direction and Fifth Harmony are greater than the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 7:21 am    Post subject:

Ball = Jason Kidd
DLO = Brandon Roy
Ingram = Tayshaun Prince
Randle = Zach Randolph
Zubac = Marc Gasol
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 7:51 am    Post subject:

22 wrote:
please stop


The thread, and some of it's ridiculous assertions, is a great source of humor to start my day so it has a purpose if they don't stop.

Lonzo> Magic
Zubac= Kareem, just doesn't have the hook shot yet

You telling me that stuff isn't funny? The only way it's not funny is if you (as in the board) take it seriously.
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 8:21 am    Post subject:

LakerDYnasty72 wrote:
22 wrote:
please stop


The thread, and some of it's ridiculous assertions, is a great source of humor to start my day so it has a purpose if they don't stop.

Lonzo> Magic
Zubac= Kareem, just doesn't have the hook shot yet

You telling me that stuff isn't funny? The only way it's not funny is if you (as in the board) take it seriously.
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PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2017 9:08 am    Post subject:

Lakers fans never seize to amaze me. I remember reading this board during the summer of 2005 when we got Phil back and many were starting threads on how we will win the championship in 2006 with a lineup of Smush, Kobe, Walton, Odom, and Kwame
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