Lavine summer highlights

Indomitable · Post #1 » by **Indomitable** » Thu Jul 25, 2019 12:25 pm

Lavine did not look to score as much in this scrimmage. He really was trying to playmake in my opinion. His defense and decision making are his two greatest liability.

Watch on YouTube

ZOMG · Post #2 » by **ZOMG** » Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:31 pm

Indomitable wrote:Lavine did not look to score as much in this scrimmage. He really was trying to playmake in my opinion. His defense and decision making are his two greatest liability.

Watch on YouTube

I was waiting to see Denzel getting his other ankle broken by some nobody, but I guess he knows by now to stay away from these runs.

madvillian · Post #3 » by **madvillian** » Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:56 pm

Drew League season is the worst part of the offseason fight me.

Jvaughn · Post #4 » by **Jvaughn** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:40 am

Always hoped Tony Wroten would eventually find a spot in the league.

WindyCityBorn · Post #5 » by **WindyCityBorn** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 1:58 am

ZOMG wrote:
Indomitable wrote:Lavine did not look to score as much in this scrimmage. He really was trying to playmake in my opinion. His defense and decision making are his two greatest liability.

Watch on YouTube

I was waiting to see Denzel getting his other ankle broken by some nobody, but I guess he knows by now to stay away from these runs.

Considering he hasn't been fully medically cleared yet I doubt he would risk playing in games like these.

samwana · Post #6 » by **samwana** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:58 pm

This vid is showing nothing really. Just a few guys running up and down, without much defense.

LaVine looks good though. I like that he doesn't balloon up in his upper body, he stays lean and looks strong.

sco · Post #7 » by **sco** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 3:32 pm

samwana wrote:This vid is showing nothing really. Just a few guys running up and down, without much defense.

LaVine looks good though. I like that he doesn't balloon up in his upper body, he stays lean and looks strong.

I wish he'd share that wisdom with Lauri!

Indomitable · Post #8 » by **Indomitable** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 3:59 pm

madvillian wrote:Drew League season is the worst part of the offseason fight me.

This is not the Drew League.

Nikola · Post #9 » by **Nikola** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 4:38 pm

samwana wrote:This vid is showing nothing really. Just a few guys running up and down, without much defense.

LaVine looks good though. I like that he doesn't balloon up in his upper body, he stays lean and looks strong.

But his core looks stronger, which is great.

bearadonisdna · Post #10 » by **bearadonisdna** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 5:04 pm

Zach is 1 of My favorite NBA players, with good reason.
Good natured and talented.

He was toying with the competition, he could barely keep a straight face.
This is one of the most athletic guys in the NBA, one of the top dunkers, can shoot lights out.
Them being able to keep his numbers down would be practically impossible., especially without some tight gameplanning.

Iirc he seemed like he didn't play the last few minutes in a tight game, he was probably just out there to get some run, make an appearance for the kids.

madvillian · Post #11 » by **madvillian** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 6:32 pm

Indomitable wrote:
madvillian wrote:Drew League season is the worst part of the offseason fight me.

This is not the Drew League.

No kidding. It's the generic part of the offseason after the draft, after FA, after SL and my old head calls it "Drew League' season because I'm old and grumpy and cynical about non-NBA basketball where NBA players are playing and I can only see so many "Ball is LIFE" youtubes of NBA guys "going off" before my eyes pop out.

In fact, just yesterday I saw some middle school principle from Indiana has introduced something he calls an "Elan Ending" and it's in effect in some 2 million dollar winner take all tourney with Fran **** Frischilla on the call.

I'm ready for fall camp and the preseason! This is just empty calories.

Post #12 » by **HomoSapien** » Sat Jul 27, 2019 12:00 am

I don't know. Personally I like seeing Zach out there playing. Sure beats Rose sitting all the time.

Post #13 » by **GimmeDat** » Sat Jul 27, 2019 12:27 am

Always good to get a run in. These aren't high intensity affairs - Zach's workouts are probably more rigorous. Still, it's nice to get some reps in versus opponents, even if the competition is a breeze for him. Plus, seeing guys wanting to play ball after a ridiculously draining NBA season always speaks to guys who love the game.

I would like to see Lavine get an invite to Team USA. It's a setting where he can learn from great coaching/surrounding talent and is in a 5 on 5 setting where he can work on things like defense/decision making which he can't do in an empty gym. With all the dropouts there's a very real chance he could get a spot.

Post #14 » by **kulaz3000** » Fri Aug 23, 2019 1:22 am

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AKfanatic · Post #15 » by **AKfanatic** » Fri Aug 23, 2019 2:14 am

kulaz3000 wrote:

Read on Twitter

Devin Booker is somewhere on the sidelines yelling “double him”...

jacoby1us · Post #16 » by **jacoby1us** » Fri Aug 23, 2019 6:14 am

HomoSapien wrote:I don't know. Personally I like seeing Zach out there playing. Sure beats Rose sitting all the time.

The jabs don’t stop.
Have you ever torn your ACL? Trust me, just because your medically cleared PHYSICALLY does not mean your MENTALLY prepared. Everything is a joke to everyone when it comes to mental toughness until you hit that wall of vulnerability.

Rose never MENTALLY recovered, he never believed in his repaired ACL again. This definitely attributed to his domino effect of multiple lower extremity injuries to follow.

Zach and Derrick are two totally different players, Zach has had ONE major injury in his career, I can list over several MAJOR injuries that Derrick suffered in a Bulls Uniform.

The kid never turned his back on the City or the fans, people gave up on him due to him not being certain of his confidence, longevity and bad PR.

Proven_Winner · Post #17 » by **Proven_Winner** » Fri Aug 23, 2019 9:19 am

AKfanatic wrote:
kulaz3000 wrote:

Read on Twitter

Devin Booker is somewhere on the sidelines yelling “double him”...

Funny enough I honestly think Zach would be up for that challenge. Though to be fair he’s a way better dribbler than devin so it wouldn’t be hard trying to break a double team.

Axolotl · Post #18 » by **Axolotl** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 8:56 am

kulaz3000 wrote:

Read on Twitter

The way this man moves is a thing of beauty.

Indomitable · Post #19 » by **Indomitable** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 9:26 am

jacoby1us wrote:
HomoSapien wrote:I don't know. Personally I like seeing Zach out there playing. Sure beats Rose sitting all the time.

The jabs don’t stop.
Have you ever torn your ACL? Trust me, just because your medically cleared PHYSICALLY does not mean your MENTALLY prepared. Everything is a joke to everyone when it comes to mental toughness until you hit that wall of vulnerability.

Rose never MENTALLY recovered, he never believed in his repaired ACL again. This definitely attributed to his domino effect of multiple lower extremity injuries to follow.

Zach and Derrick are two totally different players, Zach has had ONE major injury in his career, I can list over several MAJOR injuries that Derrick suffered in a Bulls Uniform.

The kid never turned his back on the City or the fans, people gave up on him due to him not being certain of his confidence, longevity and bad PR.

Rose never had his shot. Lavine also did not tear up his other knee in his return season. Not all acl tears are the same and those who try to make them the same really are ignorant of it.

People who make these connections are wrong.

Post #20 » by **HomoSapien** » Sun Aug 25, 2019 5:06 pm

Indomitable wrote:
jacoby1us wrote:
HomoSapien wrote:I don't know. Personally I like seeing Zach out there playing. Sure beats Rose sitting all the time.

The jabs don’t stop.
Have you ever torn your ACL? Trust me, just because your medically cleared PHYSICALLY does not mean your MENTALLY prepared. Everything is a joke to everyone when it comes to mental toughness until you hit that wall of vulnerability.

Rose never MENTALLY recovered, he never believed in his repaired ACL again. This definitely attributed to his domino effect of multiple lower extremity injuries to follow.

Zach and Derrick are two totally different players, Zach has had ONE major injury in his career, I can list over several MAJOR injuries that Derrick suffered in a Bulls Uniform.

The kid never turned his back on the City or the fans, people gave up on him due to him not being certain of his confidence, longevity and bad PR.

Rose never had his shot. Lavine also did not tear up his other knee in his return season. Not all acl tears are the same and those who try to make them the same really are ignorant of it.

People who make these connections are wrong.

Fellas, before you get more bent out of shape I should warn you that I wasn't taking a jab at Rose. I sincerely meant that seeing LaVine healthy enough to play summer ball is a good thing, whereas Rose sitting meant some combination of still not recovered, mentally not ready, or a loss of the passion for the game. For that reason, it's a good sign in Zach's' progression that he is out there playing in something that many healthy/never injured players don't participate in.

And jacoby, for the record, I once broke the same foot four times in a two year span from playing basketball. Not the same as Rose's injuries by any means, but I have a better understanding than most of what he went through.