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birdsEAThornets wrote:I think the Lakers dropped the ball on their latest first round pick. They should've capitalized on what could be a post-Kobe era sensation, aka, LaVine, Saric or Stauskas. Those guys will be exciting players, whereas Randle won't produce the "L.A. glamour" style of play, your fans are used to... Well at least there's Linsanity!
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
birdsEAThornets wrote:I think the Lakers dropped the ball on their latest first round pick. They should've capitalized on what could be a post-Kobe era sensation, aka, LaVine, Saric or Stauskas. Those guys will be exciting players, whereas Randle won't produce the "L.A. glamour" style of play, your fans are used to... Well at least there's Linsanity!
Slava wrote:I pulled a hammy while fapping. I won't make fun of Nash.
birdsEAThornets wrote:I think the Lakers dropped the ball on their latest first round pick. They should've capitalized on what could be a post-Kobe era sensation, aka, LaVine, Saric or Stauskas. Those guys will be exciting players, whereas Randle won't produce the "L.A. glamour" style of play, your fans are used to... Well at least there's Linsanity!
MaxwellSmart wrote:I hate to say this, but Go Lakers....
birdsEAThornets wrote:I think the Lakers dropped the ball on their latest first round pick. They should've capitalized on what could be a post-Kobe era sensation, aka, LaVine, Saric or Stauskas. Those guys will be exciting players, whereas Randle won't produce the "L.A. glamour" style of play, your fans are used to... Well at least there's Linsanity!
shawn_hemp wrote: a guy who is far worse than Robert Covington in Brandon Ingram, and a guy who is no better than TJ McConnell or Tony Wroten in D'Angelo Russell.
birdsEAThornets wrote:I think the Lakers dropped the ball on their latest first round pick. They should've capitalized on what could be a post-Kobe era sensation, aka, LaVine, Saric or Stauskas. Those guys will be exciting players, whereas Randle won't produce the "L.A. glamour" style of play, your fans are used to... Well at least there's Linsanity!
GoLakers1990 wrote:]
Cons- DEFENSE. Definitely has the potential to be a good defender but at this time, he's a relatively weak man to man defender. Can't protect the rim at all. Fouls a lot as shown in the preseason games. Unfortunately, I think he will always be somewhat limited defensively due to his height and wingspan at the 4. Ball watches WAY too much when defending off ball and loses his man easily. Somewhat of a basic and predictable move/skill set with the ball in the post whether back is to the basket or facing up. Not a huge issue as post game is usually undeveloped when entering the pros for most. I also have concerns about his conditioning at times.
The pros of RANDLE definitely outweigh the cons. The big question is whether he can have a positive impact offensively due to the mismatch he presents with his power, strength, speed, quickness (overall athleticism) and ball handling ability and whether or not it trumps his inefficiencies defensively. I definitely love Randle when he becomes a finished product and think he's a great draft pick!
Fultz, Ball or BustD Nice wrote:birdsEAThornets wrote:I think the Lakers dropped the ball on their latest first round pick. They should've capitalized on what could be a post-Kobe era sensation, aka, LaVine, Saric or Stauskas. Those guys will be exciting players, whereas Randle won't produce the "L.A. glamour" style of play, your fans are used to... Well at least there's Linsanity!
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. Sounds like he's really a student of the game and has been studying a lot of film while rehabbing. EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — The body failed him in dramatic fashion for all the world to see.
It has led to the mind, under no spotlight and with no celebrity, becoming stronger.
Julius Randle's inability to play basketball drags on at a time when the Los Angeles Lakers' season would be about almost nothing but his personal development if he was healthy.
In spite of that, there is an undeniable optimism to Randle these days. It's a spirit, more like an assuredness, that this detour has been and will be completely worthwhile for him.
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Randle no longer has to email his papers in to Professor Kupchak, but Randle has taken the work to his own higher level. He now keeps a personal notebook of observations, primarily scouting points he notices about other power forwards, while he watches more NBA games than probably any player on any roster in the league.
Randle said he still talks to Kupchak "all the time" about things, but Randle's enthusiasm for independent study is irrepressible. He said his idle time while injured "has flown by." You can see the light in his eyes as he goes on about it—and as he implies he can already take most of these NBA guys he's now watching.
"Taking notes on those guys, taking notes on how I would attack those guys next year, or what they do, what do they like," he said. "Just try to become an extreme student of the game. That's for me, personally. To make sure when we're playing five games in seven nights, and it's tough to keep up next season, I'll have my own scouting report as well as the coaches'."
"With how my body is reacting and how I feel," he said, "I definitely feel like I should be ready for summer league."
(and taking advantage of the downtime to replace the screw in his right foot, which Randle now admits was estimated as "a 50-50 chance I may need surgery in the middle of a season if it breaks some more").
Fultz, Ball or Bust 
Arc_man posted it first. I just added my favorite quotes. Fultz, Ball or Bust
