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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 5:55 am    Post subject:

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We have to accept the idea that the Lakers are poor at developing young players.


That’s been accepted for awhile now. Only young players with limiting roles would succeed here.


Only because LeBron is here tbh.
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Megaton wrote:
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We have to accept the idea that the Lakers are poor at developing young players.


That’s been accepted for awhile now. Only young players with limiting roles would succeed here.


Only because LeBron is here tbh.


But go back in time.

Kobe had to beat out a stud in Eddie Jones. He did.
Then he had to find his place amongst Shaq.

Lakers tend to do a sink/swim approach (talking about 90s and beyond) with their rookies. I think maybe Bynum was the best one where they drafted him and he made a few all star teams. But even Kobe wanted him shipped out too.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 7:39 am    Post subject:

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MJST wrote:
Megaton wrote:
venturalakersfan wrote:
We have to accept the idea that the Lakers are poor at developing young players.


That’s been accepted for awhile now. Only young players with limiting roles would succeed here.


Only because LeBron is here tbh.


But go back in time.

Kobe had to beat out a stud in Eddie Jones. He did.
Then he had to find his place amongst Shaq.

Lakers tend to do a sink/swim approach (talking about 90s and beyond) with their rookies. I think maybe Bynum was the best one where they drafted him and he made a few all star teams. But even Kobe wanted him shipped out too.


If not for Jerry West both Del Harris and Phil Jackson would have traded Kobe early in his career. So yeah. Having a GM to tell these people NO and committing to development is important too.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:28 am    Post subject:

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MJST wrote:
Megaton wrote:
venturalakersfan wrote:
We have to accept the idea that the Lakers are poor at developing young players.


That’s been accepted for awhile now. Only young players with limiting roles would succeed here.


Only because LeBron is here tbh.


But go back in time.

Kobe had to beat out a stud in Eddie Jones. He did.
Then he had to find his place amongst Shaq.

Lakers tend to do a sink/swim approach (talking about 90s and beyond) with their rookies. I think maybe Bynum was the best one where they drafted him and he made a few all star teams. But even Kobe wanted him shipped out too.


If not for Jerry West both Del Harris and Phil Jackson would have traded Kobe early in his career. So yeah. Having a GM to tell these people NO and committing to development is important too.


Also if it weren’t for ownership, Jerry West would have been able to trade Eddie Jones for Tracy McGrady as well that next year.



Big 3 of Kobe, McGrady and Shaq from 2000 on would have landed us 5 straight titles at least. Besides Jerry West, it feels like we never had a true front office that looked at the bigger picture. Mitch’s job was saved when Jerry let them have Pau Gasol just like McHale let the Celtics have Garnett.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 10:33 am    Post subject:

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We have to accept the idea that the Lakers are poor at developing young players.

Perhaps but the THT experience shows no evidence of that.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 11:12 am    Post subject:

Bear in mind, Caruso came to the Lakers as a raw G-league level player. The team worked with him and he started a closeout Game 6 in the Finals.

Maybe they struggle with the top draft pick and the insane expectations put on them at such an early age. Lots of truly bottom feeding teams allow them to grow over half a decade while the Lakers and their fanbase are less patient about immediate results. The Lakers are not a crucible that every player young or old can withstand. Just ask Russ.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 2:53 pm    Post subject:

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Bear in mind, Caruso came to the Lakers as a raw G-league level player. The team worked with him and he started a closeout Game 6 in the Finals.

Maybe they struggle with the top draft pick and the insane expectations put on them at such an early age. Lots of truly bottom feeding teams allow them to grow over half a decade while the Lakers and their fanbase are less patient about immediate results. The Lakers are not a crucible that every player young or old can withstand. Just ask Russ.


That raw version of Caruso in 2017 was already 23 as well so not really all that comparable to 18-19 year old draft picks. Just again shows how young THT was/is.. He still has two more years until he's even at the same age as the g-league Caruso was yet alone a few years later when he really took the huge leap into becoming a great role player.

It really is sink or swim here though. It's kind of silly to wait this long to trade THT for such a mediocre at best return imo but it is what it is.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 3:52 pm    Post subject:

Megaton wrote:
MJST wrote:
yinoma2001 wrote:
MJST wrote:
Megaton wrote:
venturalakersfan wrote:
We have to accept the idea that the Lakers are poor at developing young players.


That’s been accepted for awhile now. Only young players with limiting roles would succeed here.


Only because LeBron is here tbh.


But go back in time.

Kobe had to beat out a stud in Eddie Jones. He did.
Then he had to find his place amongst Shaq.

Lakers tend to do a sink/swim approach (talking about 90s and beyond) with their rookies. I think maybe Bynum was the best one where they drafted him and he made a few all star teams. But even Kobe wanted him shipped out too.


If not for Jerry West both Del Harris and Phil Jackson would have traded Kobe early in his career. So yeah. Having a GM to tell these people NO and committing to development is important too.


Also if it weren’t for ownership, Jerry West would have been able to trade Eddie Jones for Tracy McGrady as well that next year.



Big 3 of Kobe, McGrady and Shaq from 2000 on would have landed us 5 straight titles at least. Besides Jerry West, it feels like we never had a true front office that looked at the bigger picture. Mitch’s job was saved when Jerry let them have Pau Gasol just like McHale let the Celtics have Garnett.


Jerry West wasn't with Memphis when the Gasol trade happened.

Kobe met Pau in Barcelona that summer and they started working on it.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 4:46 pm    Post subject:

https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask?q=talen+horton-tucker+career+high
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 7:52 pm    Post subject:

https://lakersdaily.com/report-talen-horton-tucker-was-kind-of-on-an-island-with-lakers-and-didnt-have-many-friends/amp/

Most of his time in LA he was to young to go to the clubs.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 9:10 pm    Post subject:

yinoma2001 wrote:
MJST wrote:
Megaton wrote:
venturalakersfan wrote:
We have to accept the idea that the Lakers are poor at developing young players.


That’s been accepted for awhile now. Only young players with limiting roles would succeed here.


Only because LeBron is here tbh.


But go back in time.

Kobe had to beat out a stud in Eddie Jones. He did.
Then he had to find his place amongst Shaq.

Lakers tend to do a sink/swim approach (talking about 90s and beyond) with their rookies. I think maybe Bynum was the best one where they drafted him and he made a few all star teams. But even Kobe wanted him shipped out too.


Bynum only made one all star game.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 11:24 pm    Post subject:

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Most of his time in LA he was to young to go to the clubs.


Back when he had Wesley Matthews as his benchmate he had more MOJO..
He even looked a bit lonely without him
Reminded me a lot of Devean George.. Good Kid who you really feed bad to hate on

Wish him all the best out there
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2022 6:42 am    Post subject:

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Reminded me a lot of Devean George.. Good Kid who you really feed bad to hate on


Weird comparison

Gump could not dribble a basketball and ankles broke defending crossovers - Tony Parker got him in the playoffs, Tracy McGrady got him for a game winner off the top of my head. Gump had no talent. Wing defender that could not defend on-ball (see above). I think the only time Gump felt superior was watching Caron Butler try to dribble a basketball. Gump had better handles than Caron.

Talen actually had talent (pun?). He developed into a decent playmaker.

The guy who I felt bad for is Caron. He was traded because he was a bad triangle fit.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2022 8:56 am    Post subject:

No hate for THT. He is a ball dominant guard that is not comfortable as a spot up shooter. His role was reduced to nothing with the arrival of Russ as he too was a ball dominant guard that was not a good spot up shooter. That role belongs to Lebron, who actually is OK as a spot up shooter. Front office clearly doesn't understand fit very well. THT had a great game late in the season when Lebron sat (and maybe Russ cannot remember). He is most like Harden but doesn't have the 3pt shot that Harden had. If he did, his first three years would start to resemble Harden's first three.

I wish him the best. He has talent but that talent doesn't fit with the roster. Sad the FO didn't get that when they let Alex go and kept THT.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2022 11:07 am    Post subject:

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2022 2:23 pm    Post subject:

Good Luck THT. Hope you go off for 40 on us.

Good luck to Stanley Johnson too. Hope you deflect a game tying shot attempt by Lebron to teach us a lessen for letting a 16 win team hang in their whole game.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 27, 2022 2:57 pm    Post subject:

This move will be good for THT. He gets away from Lebron ball and can be more on ball in Utah with Mitchell on his way out.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2022 7:52 pm    Post subject:

The latest LFR podcast was pretty good and glad Pete, Darius, and Trudell spoke about the same things that the few THT fans here have been saying all along.

-his role and fit on the team was the biggest detriment to his success. Having Russ last year made it very hard for him to showcase his true talents

-he is an on ball player and needs reps on the ball. His ideal role would be Russ’s role, but lakers are not in a position to give him reps and let him develop into that

- his lack of three point shot made it hard to use him as a role player.

-they made comparisons to Kuz, but in Kuz’s case he could still rebound, defend, and shoot to make him a serviceable role player

-THT may be the next laker young guy that pops off after moving onto a new team.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:16 am    Post subject:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/the-lakers-badly-mismanaged-talen-horton-tucker-s-situation/ar-AA11kEoN?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=21c61ce97426474c8fb6f783c58bbbc9
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:46 pm    Post subject:

Laker4lifer4real wrote:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/the-lakers-badly-mismanaged-talen-horton-tucker-s-situation/ar-AA11kEoN?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=21c61ce97426474c8fb6f783c58bbbc9


Now with Mitchell out of the way, THT can takeover in Utah.

I predict at least 18ppg, 5apg, 5rpg.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 3:55 pm    Post subject:

Megaton wrote:
Laker4lifer4real wrote:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/the-lakers-badly-mismanaged-talen-horton-tucker-s-situation/ar-AA11kEoN?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=21c61ce97426474c8fb6f783c58bbbc9


Now with Mitchell out of the way, THT can takeover in Utah.

I predict at least 18ppg, 5apg, 5rpg.


Sexton/Clarkson says NO
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:37 pm    Post subject:

miggz23 wrote:
Megaton wrote:
Laker4lifer4real wrote:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nba/the-lakers-badly-mismanaged-talen-horton-tucker-s-situation/ar-AA11kEoN?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=21c61ce97426474c8fb6f783c58bbbc9


Now with Mitchell out of the way, THT can takeover in Utah.

I predict at least 18ppg, 5apg, 5rpg.


Sexton/Clarkson says NO


THT gonna have to earn it. Clarkson likely traded, but Sexton is Russ lite….
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 9:49 pm    Post subject:



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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2022 12:32 am    Post subject:

He might like the ability to acquire a few more wives, then he would have a good excuse for being such a poor shooter, if he has to keep 4 wives happy...
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Farewell young fella
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