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J.C. Smith
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| Loving his effort lately. Offense has been smooth as ever. But he's hitting the glass and playing hard. |
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mhan00
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:47 pm Post subject: |
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| yinoma2001 wrote: | Underscores for me how effective Myles would have been on this team. He's a superior defender/scorer/shooter than TB, and in this case, we'd be fully stocked and covered at center if we had Myles and TB.
Re: TB, I think he will get a team's MLE level offer if he keeps this up. His injury dramatically lowered his price so hopefully that is behind him. Going to be hard for the Lakers to keep him next year unless they save up cap space for him. |
Is Myles a better scorer/shooter than TB? I’m sure he’s a better defender, but TB has shown more touch and has shot better percentages from 3 than Turner, iirc. TB has shown this with the Wiz, so it’s not just a small sample size. Turner is running into contract issues with the Pacers on their negotiations, which implies that he’s asking for a lot. Is he that much better than TB? |
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Reds622
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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So Bryant stays at the 5 and Davis can move to the 4?
Pretty much the best case scenario unfolding at this point. |
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mad55557777
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Reds622 wrote: | So Bryant stays at the 5 and Davis can move to the 4?
Pretty much the best case scenario unfolding at this point. |
And also no Need for turner |
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PenG_
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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Insane game!
29/14 on 12-14 FG |
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Theseus
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Time to start building the statue |
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mhan00
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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| I don’t doubt Turner is a better defender than TB. I’ve seen enough of TB to know he’s pretty mediocre on that end. But TB has consistently scored well in his time with the Wiz before he got hurt and is showing that here too now that he’s healthy. Is Turner worth losing a first round pick or two plus being basically obligated to pay him a near max deal? I haven’t seen enough of Turner to know. What I have seen of him hasn’t impressed me all that much, though. |
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mad55557777
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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| He finishes around the rim, and that’s miles better than turner. TB has soft touch around the basket and goes hard |
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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Wizards fans are definitely pissed off that the team didn’t try harder in keeping Bryant.. I love it  |
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mad55557777
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Halflife wrote: | | Crazy how well he plays with Russ. The small sample size on wiz was telling. |
Yeah, Russ normally gets big man paid, and TB is sure trending that way |
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epic_
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Inspector Gadget wrote: | | Wizards fans are definitely pissed off that the team didn’t try harder in keeping Bryant.. I love it |
Perhaps.
He was coming off injury and he wasn't like this when he first got back last year. I'd also say it benefits him playing with Bron and Russ.
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DancingBarry
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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He’s playing with a couple great passers, but so much is on him finishing or knocking down all those midrange. He’s keeping us afloat somehow with no AD. |
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Laker's Fan
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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TB has been awesome! Dude grew up in DC.
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Polarbear
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Thomas Bryant must stay |
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BILBJH
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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Thomas Bryant shot 70% for 72 games when he was playing with John Wall
I mean most centers need a good point guard, but he doesn't have to have Russ to thrive. |
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MJST
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 10:16 pm Post subject: |
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StatMuse
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Thomas Bryant tonight:
29 PTS
14 REB
12-14 FG
First Laker with that statline or better on 85 FG% since Shaq.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| MJST wrote: | StatMuse
@statmuse
Thomas Bryant tonight:
29 PTS
14 REB
12-14 FG
First Laker with that statline or better on 85 FG% since Shaq. |
BEAST-MODE!!  |
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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Freaking love this guy, and was my favorite signing in that offseason by far.
A shame that Pelinka has zero foresight to not also have him on a team option for another season. That would have been what an actual good GM would do.
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Halflife
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Megaton wrote: | Freaking love this guy, and was my favorite signing in that offseason by far.
A shame that Pelinka has zero foresight to not also have him on a team option for another season. That would have been what an actual good GM would do. |
Agree. He’s probably gone.
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Polarbear
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Megaton wrote: | Freaking love this guy, and was my favorite signing in that offseason by far.
A shame that Pelinka has zero foresight to not also have him on a team option for another season. That would have been what an actual good GM would do. |
We’ll cross that bridge. Whenever we come to it. Pelinka deserves a little bit of credit for putting this team together. |
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| Polarbear wrote: | | Megaton wrote: | Freaking love this guy, and was my favorite signing in that offseason by far.
A shame that Pelinka has zero foresight to not also have him on a team option for another season. That would have been what an actual good GM would do. |
We’ll cross that bridge. Whenever we come to it. Pelinka deserves a little bit of credit for putting this team together. |
He would get credit if he can actually hold on to an actual core of players instead of total roster overhauls every year.
Until then, he gets nothings nice he put this team in a desperate situation in the first place.
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Polarbear
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| Megaton wrote: | | Polarbear wrote: | | Megaton wrote: | Freaking love this guy, and was my favorite signing in that offseason by far.
A shame that Pelinka has zero foresight to not also have him on a team option for another season. That would have been what an actual good GM would do. |
We’ll cross that bridge. Whenever we come to it. Pelinka deserves a little bit of credit for putting this team together. |
He would get credit if he can actually hold on to an actual core of players instead of total roster overhauls every year.
Until then, he gets nothings nice he put this team in a desperate situation in the first place. |
Pelinka put together a bad team last year that’s it prior to that we were in contention you cannot predict injuries now he has put together another team with two stars with enough at the other positions to win the Lakers got off to a slow start, and they have had a problem with injuries. You cannot predict that. |
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lar9149
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 10:41 pm Post subject: |
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I heard Lebron say in post game interview how the front court of him AD and TB would look.
I agree but Ham didn’t run this lineup when AD was playing.
I wonder if he will when AD returns. |
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epic_
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| Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2023 10:42 pm Post subject: |
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PB, you're one of my favorite posters because you use logic and your posts aren't emotionally charged. Glad you're here.
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