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rybee
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| I feel like he always gets injured after a good game since he's come to the Lakers. |
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drae
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| vasashi17+ wrote: | Per Trudell:
Avery Bradley and LeBron James are both available to play tonight. Anthony Davis remains out. Meanwhile, Rajon Rondo got hurt Saturday at OKC, and had an MRI that revealed a non-displaced plate avulsion fracture of the right ring finger. He’s out tonight and then day-to-day. |
Apparently fully healed around 3 weeks it seems. If he comes back earlier bonus, shouldn't be later.
Good time to test out Cook  Maybe Kuzma's playmaking … *looks at Collison* |
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vasashi17+
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| drae wrote: | | vasashi17+ wrote: | Per Trudell:
Avery Bradley and LeBron James are both available to play tonight. Anthony Davis remains out. Meanwhile, Rajon Rondo got hurt Saturday at OKC, and had an MRI that revealed a non-displaced plate avulsion fracture of the right ring finger. He’s out tonight and then day-to-day. |
Apparently fully healed around 3 weeks it seems. If he comes back earlier bonus, shouldn't be later.
Good time to test out Cook Maybe Kuzma's playmaking … *looks at Collison* |
Damn you fast bro.
I just deleted the post after I saw you post it. Yeah, your guy Kuz either proves he’s a keeper or ups his trade value. Either way, it’s good for the Show moving forward. |
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drae
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| vasashi17+ wrote: | | Damn you fast bro. |
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LakerSD
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This is another reason they need a PG.
Rondo is too injury prone, even if he can still muster a game or two of playoff Rondo. |
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| drae wrote: | | vasashi17+ wrote: | Per Trudell:
Avery Bradley and LeBron James are both available to play tonight. Anthony Davis remains out. Meanwhile, Rajon Rondo got hurt Saturday at OKC, and had an MRI that revealed a non-displaced plate avulsion fracture of the right ring finger. He’s out tonight and then day-to-day. |
Apparently fully healed around 3 weeks it seems. If he comes back earlier bonus, shouldn't be later.
Good time to test out Cook Maybe Kuzma's playmaking … *looks at Collison* |
Kuzma has never been a playmaker. Only a scorer. The obvious answer of existing players on this team is Caruso. He is easily a top 3 playmaker on this team.
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Could've used him tonight. We're asking LBJ to do sooo much playmaking with Rondo out.
But as long as his hand is good to go for playoffs, that's what really matters.
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Dude just needs to stay healthy...but my body is ready for playoff Rondo. Out of all the signings this summer, Rondo's vet min ain't the one that I'm upset about at all.
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moonriver24
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idk what the fuss about Rondo.
It's not like Lakers paid him so handsomely to commensurate his contributions.
Show me those cheapy verterans better than Rondo.
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Great game tonight. Looked spry out there on the second night of the back to back. More of this, please.  |
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| Rajon is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, but he has been like that his whole career. Drives fans crazy, but I am fine with it. |
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| Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 4:02 am Post subject: |
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| If he plays like that come playoff time, all is forgiven |
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drae
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When he load manages in a game and becomes passive and slow, we all suffer, but when he's really going he's still great 
He obviously can't give everything for 82 games though  |
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lakerican
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| What we saw last night is a glimpse of Playoff Rondo and Playoff Lebron. This team is really scary |
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| lakerican wrote: | | What we saw last night is a glimpse of Playoff Rondo and Playoff Lebron. This team is really scary |
Can we play the Nets in the WC and Finals too?
Rondo had a nice game. But at this stage in life, he is a guy who has 2 good games every 10. He can't bring it every game and has too many athletic and other flaws.
Good 3rd PG option, and at the minimum would have been fine. Just not confident in him as our primary backup PG.
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| lakerican wrote: | | What we saw last night is a glimpse of Playoff Rondo and Playoff Lebron. This team is really scary |
The problem is this has been the pattern against soft teams lacking athleticism and defense.
When they face the aggressive, defensively capable personnel teams like the Celtics, Clippers and Bucks they don’t look nearly as scary. Lebron gets neutralized while Rondo gets exposed to the degree of you wonder how he is in the league. |
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| Rondo is the microcosm of how the league has evolved. his skillset fits the older brand of basketball, where a point guard's duty is setting up offense first, scoring 2nd. but nowadays, if you don't have a threat of being a scorer, doesn't matter what position you play, you'd be outdated. |
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lakerican
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Wow, raid from the Hate Police. And I use the word glimpse. Go figure.
At least, he looked better than Kyrie who has to stat pat in the fourth quarter in a meningless january game, like you people says.
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yinoma2001
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| lakerican wrote: | Wow, raid from the Hate Police. And I use the word glimpse. Go figure.
At least, he looked better than Kyrie who has to stat pat in the fourth quarter in a meningless january game, like you people says. |
It's not the hate police. It's the reality police.
He'll have a 2 good games per 10. That's expected for a guy his age who is 6'0 tall and doesn't have that explosive quickness he was known for in the past.
And again, it's the Nets. If he did this against the Clips or Celts, yeah, Playoff Rondo may still be alive. But he can't.
One good observation from GT (aka Lakerfilmroom aka Pete Zayas) was that against even a team like Miami, Rondo just couldn't keep up athletically. |
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| yinoma2001 wrote: | | lakerican wrote: | Wow, raid from the Hate Police. And I use the word glimpse. Go figure.
At least, he looked better than Kyrie who has to stat pat in the fourth quarter in a meningless january game, like you people says. |
It's not the hate police. It's the reality police.
He'll have a 2 good games per 10. That's expected for a guy his age who is 6'0 tall and doesn't have that explosive quickness he was known for in the past.
And again, it's the Nets. If he did this against the Clips or Celts, yeah, Playoff Rondo may still be alive. But he can't.
One good observation from GT (aka Lakerfilmroom aka Pete Zayas) was that against even a team like Miami, Rondo just couldn't keep up athletically. |
LMAO . He torched CP3 (still a great defender ), a guy he despised and probably a game that he get up for even its meaningless regular season. It’s still quite apparent that he can get into another gear but obviously not for all that 82 games. |
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| CRoost wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | lakerican wrote: | Wow, raid from the Hate Police. And I use the word glimpse. Go figure.
At least, he looked better than Kyrie who has to stat pat in the fourth quarter in a meningless january game, like you people says. |
It's not the hate police. It's the reality police.
He'll have a 2 good games per 10. That's expected for a guy his age who is 6'0 tall and doesn't have that explosive quickness he was known for in the past.
And again, it's the Nets. If he did this against the Clips or Celts, yeah, Playoff Rondo may still be alive. But he can't.
One good observation from GT (aka Lakerfilmroom aka Pete Zayas) was that against even a team like Miami, Rondo just couldn't keep up athletically. |
LMAO . He torched CP3 (still a great defender ), a guy he despised and probably a game that he get up for even its meaningless regular season. It’s still quite apparent that he can get into another gear but obviously not for all that 82 games. |
This is my point. We can literally point to the good games he's had, b/c it's the exception, not the norm. This is what is usually expected for a soon-to-be 34 year old minimum deal PG.
Great 3rd PG option at that price where he can come in situationally. As you've conceded, not an 82 game level player and I fear against certain teams, namely Clips, he will have a difficult time. |
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| yinoma2001 wrote: | | CRoost wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | lakerican wrote: | Wow, raid from the Hate Police. And I use the word glimpse. Go figure.
At least, he looked better than Kyrie who has to stat pat in the fourth quarter in a meningless january game, like you people says. |
It's not the hate police. It's the reality police.
He'll have a 2 good games per 10. That's expected for a guy his age who is 6'0 tall and doesn't have that explosive quickness he was known for in the past.
And again, it's the Nets. If he did this against the Clips or Celts, yeah, Playoff Rondo may still be alive. But he can't.
One good observation from GT (aka Lakerfilmroom aka Pete Zayas) was that against even a team like Miami, Rondo just couldn't keep up athletically. |
LMAO . He torched CP3 (still a great defender ), a guy he despised and probably a game that he get up for even its meaningless regular season. It’s still quite apparent that he can get into another gear but obviously not for all that 82 games. |
This is my point. We can literally point to the good games he's had, b/c it's the exception, not the norm. This is what is usually expected for a soon-to-be 34 year old minimum deal PG.
Great 3rd PG option at that price where he can come in situationally. As you've conceded, not an 82 game level player and I fear against certain teams, namely Clips, he will have a difficult time. |
My point is Rondo is veteran point guard who’s known to put on another gear when it matters. So whatever he can contribute in the regular season is just gravy . Just like any proven veteran who is role playing, they are just waiting for the playoff. What I’m looking for Rondo is how can get his 3 ball going by playoff, not some irrelevant inconsistencies in the regular season. |
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| SGV-Laker fan wrote: | | Rondo is the microcosm of how the league has evolved. his skillset fits the older brand of basketball, where a point guard's duty is setting up offense first, scoring 2nd. but nowadays, if you don't have a threat of being a scorer, doesn't matter what position you play, you'd be outdated. |
The position basketball is outdated not roles. Gobert is an elite rim protector but he’s not a threat of being a scorer so does most of the elite 3 and D wings. |
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| SGV-Laker fan wrote: | | Rondo is the microcosm of how the league has evolved. his skillset fits the older brand of basketball, where a point guard's duty is setting up offense first, scoring 2nd. but nowadays, if you don't have a threat of being a scorer, doesn't matter what position you play, you'd be outdated. |
The position basketball is outdated not roles. Gobert is an elite rim protector but he’s not a threat of being a scorer so does most of the elite 3 and D wings. |
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| CRoost wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | CRoost wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | lakerican wrote: | Wow, raid from the Hate Police. And I use the word glimpse. Go figure.
At least, he looked better than Kyrie who has to stat pat in the fourth quarter in a meningless january game, like you people says. |
It's not the hate police. It's the reality police.
He'll have a 2 good games per 10. That's expected for a guy his age who is 6'0 tall and doesn't have that explosive quickness he was known for in the past.
And again, it's the Nets. If he did this against the Clips or Celts, yeah, Playoff Rondo may still be alive. But he can't.
One good observation from GT (aka Lakerfilmroom aka Pete Zayas) was that against even a team like Miami, Rondo just couldn't keep up athletically. |
LMAO . He torched CP3 (still a great defender ), a guy he despised and probably a game that he get up for even its meaningless regular season. It’s still quite apparent that he can get into another gear but obviously not for all that 82 games. |
This is my point. We can literally point to the good games he's had, b/c it's the exception, not the norm. This is what is usually expected for a soon-to-be 34 year old minimum deal PG.
Great 3rd PG option at that price where he can come in situationally. As you've conceded, not an 82 game level player and I fear against certain teams, namely Clips, he will have a difficult time. |
My point is Rondo is veteran point guard who’s known to put on another gear when it matters. So whatever he can contribute in the regular season is just gravy . Just like any proven veteran who is role playing, they are just waiting for the playoff. What I’m looking for Rondo is how can get his 3 ball going by playoff, not some irrelevant inconsistencies in the regular season. |
This is the old "flip the switch" argument.
The regular season is important to show whether you can flip the switch. 8 out 10 games, the switch is broken. That's why you can't assume that he can turn it on 7 out of 7 times against teams like the Clips, especially as a 34 year old Rondo (at that time).
Good 3rd PG option. Def should not be relied on as primary backup PG. |
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