In the loop wrote:
thinker wrote:
Zion reminds me of Larry Johnson. I think he'll end up with a similar career at LJ. The marketability if the 2 are similar. The return of Grandmama would be awesome.
That's pretty good. Or maybe Carlos Boozer stats. Either way, around 19/8/3 averages for his good years.
Yeah, he's going to be solid. 20/10 type of guy. Johnson was good, but his peak was short due to back injuries and he was a little crazy personality-wise. Hopefully Zion's peak is longer.
You don't have a clue how well or how bad Zion is going to do in the NBA. He has only spent a year in college basketball. He is still going to play in the NBA. That is something over 551,000 high school boys can over dream of doing. Hope he does well and has a long NBA career, but he will get his 5 minutes on the NBA stage.
UncTarHeelsXC262 wrote:
You don't have a clue how well or how bad Zion is going to do in the NBA. He has only spent a year in college basketball. He is still going to play in the NBA. That is something over 551,000 high school boys can over dream of doing. Hope he does well and has a long NBA career, but he will get his 5 minutes on the NBA stage.
A Carolina guy says he hopes Zion does well. As a Duke grad (grad school) who still can’t work up any hate for the Heels- thanks Brother!
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dick vitale wrote:
Zion could very easily end up a fat slob with his body type. When his metabolism and bank account numbers change he could be the new round mound.
I also see the Lakers performing below expectations (playoffs?) unless they get some substantial help to this roster.
i agree with the lakers blowing it...and i have said it way before KD said it, lebron is a cancer and thats the problem.
a true GOAT doesnt have to spray about it all the time, shouldnt be throwing coaches and players under the bus, and threatening to trade anyone at anytime mentality.
davis will get scolded a few times and realize how annoying it is playing with cry baby lebron. only reason he won with the cavs is cause most of the team still looked at kyrie as the leader, this made LeCry jealous and there was a power struggle...kyrie bounced.
no one wanted to join LeCry in LA, KD was honest, no one wanted to be on his lame space jam 2, the young core of the lakers got worse as the season went on....imagine that.
people dont get better with lebron, they get yelled at, threatened and intimidated, and all options start and end with lebron...how the f*ck is someone supposed to grow as a player with him?
- the poster formally known as m!ndweak
You're dead wrong on this one. Look at Kyrie before and after Lebron. He was an injury prone diva on the Cavs before Lebron. Then considered the best finisher in the league with Bron and won an NBA championship. Post Lebron he couldn't lead a talented Celtics team to anything. Lebron makes everyone better
Young core only got worse when Lebron went down!
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lol, nope wrote:
third option..hah...he's a top 25 player in the league right now.
Z Williamson looked great beating up on mediocre college kids. Weak jump shot. Watch Kawhi Leonard shut him down. You'll see.
"Watch the best defender in the league shut him down" - really, that's your argument?
lebron killed the fun for dwade and bosh, killed the fun for love, killed the fun for the young laker core...just watch. davis will play ok till lebron gets annoyingly selfish.
davis is averaging around 26ppg the last 3 seasons, how well do you think he will feel when he starts only doing 20ppg and getting yelled at?
i dont know what will happen first, LeCry demanding "playmakers" or davis wanting a trade.
one last thing, if you can remember back and dwade and isaiah thomas questioned LeCry....boom they got sent the f*ck outa cleveland. LA will be worthless this next year, but you and the media will blame EVERYONE but the "king"
- the poster formally known as m!ndweak
LeGoat wrote:
Young core only got worse when Lebron went down!
Because they were all placed on the trade chopping block for the first failure of the trade. The only things that made that trade happen now was NO getting #1 and Lakers getting #4. The Pels really wanted those first round picks, and less so those prior first round picks. NBA teams place too much value on first round picks in the future, and much less value on first round picks already playing.
Honestly I think LeBron is the best player in the history of the league. The man lived in the finals (up until this last injury riddled season). IF LeBron has remained healthy for the entire season there is absolutely no doubt that the Lakers would have made the playoffs and, most likely, been playing for the title. The young players in the league all respect the gifts of LeBron and fight for the ability to play alongside the King!!
Most experts are predicting a Lakers final!! Time to get on board the Laker bus!!
- the poster formally known as m!ndweak
i got banned wrote:
Honestly I think LeBron is the best player in the history of the league. The man lived in the finals (up until this last injury riddled season). IF LeBron has remained healthy for the entire season there is absolutely no doubt that the Lakers would have made the playoffs and, most likely, been playing for the title. The young players in the league all respect the gifts of LeBron and fight for the ability to play alongside the King!!
Most experts are predicting a Lakers final!! Time to get on board the Laker bus!!
- the poster formally known as m!ndweak
come on man get your own damn handle....i cant use mine anymore since the annoying mods banned it
- the poster formally known as m!ndweak
i got banned wrote:
... there is absolutely no doubt that the Lakers would have made the playoffs and, most likely, been playing for the title.
- the poster formally known as m!ndweak
Your m!nd is a very weak one.
- the poster currently known as donut.
i got banned wrote:
Honestly I think LeBron is the best player in the history of the league. The man lived in the finals (up until this last injury riddled season). IF LeBron has remained healthy for the entire season there is absolutely no doubt that the Lakers would have made the playoffs and, most likely, been playing for the title. The young players in the league all respect the gifts of LeBron and fight for the ability to play alongside the King!!
Most experts are predicting a Lakers final!! Time to get on board the Laker bus!!
- the poster formally known as m!ndweak
When it rain, it pours. Now that LeBron James is seven months older and will be five months older when N.B.A. season starts, do you believe L. James will no longer get injured. Anthony Davis is fragile. Big men like Davis often are injured. Those two will play fifty to sixty games next season each.
lol, ok wrote:
Dominique Wilkens and Charles Barkley did just fine with worse shots coming out of college.
Nique was always an excellent shooter. He shot 53% from the field in college. He improved his FT in the pros.
back woods wrote:
lol, ok wrote:
Dominique Wilkens and Charles Barkley did just fine with worse shots coming out of college.
Nique was always an excellent shooter. He shot 53% from the field in college. He improved his FT in the pros.
FG% not a great measurement of one's shot...Zion shot almost 80%
It has to be said that Trae Young, despite closing the season very well, ranked 429th/514, near the bottom of the NBA, in real plus-minus ranking, at -2.74. Paul George was first at 7.63.
Trae shot 41.8% fg/32.4% 3pt.
You don't know squat. LeBron was in something like 11 straight NBA finals. He averaged 27/8/8. I don't know whether he'll be a great partner to Davis and they only kept Kuzma--not sure who else will be coming in, but that's going to be a contender in year one.
i got banned wrote:
lebron killed the fun for dwade and bosh, killed the fun for love, killed the fun for the young laker core...just watch. davis will play ok till lebron gets annoyingly selfish.
davis is averaging around 26ppg the last 3 seasons, how well do you think he will feel when he starts only doing 20ppg and getting yelled at?
i dont know what will happen first, LeCry demanding "playmakers" or davis wanting a trade.
one last thing, if you can remember back and dwade and isaiah thomas questioned LeCry....boom they got sent the f*ck outa cleveland. LA will be worthless this next year, but you and the media will blame EVERYONE but the "king"
- the poster formally known as m!ndweak
If "killing the fun" means 4 straight finals each for Wade/Bosh and Love, then I hope someone comes along to kill the fun for me
Lebron led a team of complete scrubs to the finals when he was only 22. After he left the cavs both times, they went from one of the best teams to the worst team in the league. Imagine if MJ had to play with crappy teams, coaching and management for his whole career. He wouldn't have 6 championships. Lebron is the GOAT.
Get in line. Different city/team, similar outcomes.
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