Lakers send Kelly, Black and Brown to D-League

Post #1 » by **Slava** » Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:34 pm

[tweet]https://twitter.com/EricPincus/status/676146550096068608[/tweet]

Kind of weird for Kelly but some game time is good for everyone involved.

gts1 · Post #2 » by **gts1** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 12:50 am

Slava wrote:[tweet]https://twitter.com/EricPincus/status/676146550096068608[/tweet]

Kind of weird for Kelly but some game time is good for everyone involved.

yep sounds like they're just getting them some floor time...

Spens1 · Post #3 » by **Spens1** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 1:03 am

Why would you even send Black to the D-League, he's been good and a guy who i actually wouldn't mind giving 20MPG+ to

Kelly on the other hand is where he really should be

larry14r · Post #4 » by **larry14r** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 2:18 am

Spens1 wrote:Why would you even send Black to the D-League, he's been good and a guy who i actually wouldn't mind giving 20MPG+ to

Kelly on the other hand is where he really should be

It oblivious Byron won't play Black because he doesn't like his defense, and Hibbert, Bass, and Sarce are ahead of him in the depth chart so you do the math.

gts1 · Post #5 » by **gts1** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 2:24 am

Spens1 wrote:Why would you even send Black to the D-League, he's been good and a guy who i actually wouldn't mind giving 20MPG+ to

Kelly on the other hand is where he really should be

As mentioned above his defense is bad but more importantly he hasn't been playing much and the D-League is a good place to get some game time.. better than sitting on the bench then getting told to get in the game and you haven't played for 3 weeks. Might be getting him ready to put into the rotation again

Spens1 · Post #6 » by **Spens1** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 2:26 am

gts1 wrote:
Spens1 wrote:Why would you even send Black to the D-League, he's been good and a guy who i actually wouldn't mind giving 20MPG+ to

Kelly on the other hand is where he really should be

As mentioned above his defense is bad but more importantly he hasn't been playing much and the D-League is a good place to get some game time.. better than sitting on the bench then getting told to get in the game and you haven't played for 3 weeks. Might be getting him ready to put into the rotation again

that is true, but Upshaw is there also (not sure how he is doing but i imagine one of the better blockers in the D-League right now)

gts1 · Post #7 » by **gts1** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 2:35 am

Spens1 wrote:
gts1 wrote:
Spens1 wrote:Why would you even send Black to the D-League, he's been good and a guy who i actually wouldn't mind giving 20MPG+ to

Kelly on the other hand is where he really should be

As mentioned above his defense is bad but more importantly he hasn't been playing much and the D-League is a good place to get some game time.. better than sitting on the bench then getting told to get in the game and you haven't played for 3 weeks. Might be getting him ready to put into the rotation again

that is true, but Upshaw is there also (not sure how he is doing but i imagine one of the better blockers in the D-League right now)

Upshaw has missed a couple games due to a person matter if I remember correctly but he also hasn't been playing really well. needs a lot of work... I think the only stat you might consider him doing well is the blocks you mentioned, everything else is pretty rough for the amount of time he getting

ArC_man · Post #8 » by **ArC_man** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 2:39 am

I wish AC did more broadcasting

Spens1 · Post #9 » by **Spens1** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 2:49 am

gts1 wrote:
Spens1 wrote:
gts1 wrote:
As mentioned above his defense is bad but more importantly he hasn't been playing much and the D-League is a good place to get some game time.. better than sitting on the bench then getting told to get in the game and you haven't played for 3 weeks. Might be getting him ready to put into the rotation again

that is true, but Upshaw is there also (not sure how he is doing but i imagine one of the better blockers in the D-League right now)

Upshaw has missed a couple games due to a person matter if I remember correctly but he also hasn't been playing really well. needs a lot of work... I think the only stat you might consider him doing well is the blocks you mentioned, everything else is pretty rough for the amount of time he getting

personal matters hopefully isn't related to personal demons

anyway thats a shame, i know he isn't really a scorer yet but i was hoping at least defensively and rebounding wise he would be good

gts1 · Post #10 » by **gts1** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:17 am

Spens1 wrote:
gts1 wrote:
Spens1 wrote:
that is true, but Upshaw is there also (not sure how he is doing but i imagine one of the better blockers in the D-League right now)

Upshaw has missed a couple games due to a person matter if I remember correctly but he also hasn't been playing really well. needs a lot of work... I think the only stat you might consider him doing well is the blocks you mentioned, everything else is pretty rough for the amount of time he getting

personal matters hopefully isn't related to personal demons

anyway thats a shame, i know he isn't really a scorer yet but i was hoping at least defensively and rebounding wise he would be good

Don't know, just remember it being "personal matters" He's back now but he was gone for about a week and a half

tugs · Post #11 » by **tugs** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 3:48 am

I hope Black dismantles everone in the DLeague and get his mojo back.

moonpie · Post #12 » by **moonpie** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:35 am

Stats from tonight:

Kelly: 34 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals (10-18 FG, 1-2 3PT, 13-17 FT)
Black: 19 points, 11 rebounds, 1 block (9-12 FG, 1-4 FT)
Brown: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal (4-15 FG, 1-6 3PT, 1-2 FT)

Archived game: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9-n29zCj_E[/youtube]

ArC_man · Post #13 » by **ArC_man** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 4:56 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/JacobRude/status/676211526328537089[/tweet]
[tweet]https://twitter.com/TheDonaldGeeNBA/status/676217130774233088[/tweet]
I don't understand why Black doesn't get any minutes over Sacre :banghead:

gts1 · Post #14 » by **gts1** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 5:40 am

moonpie wrote:Stats from tonight:

Kelly: 34 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals (10-18 FG, 1-2 3PT, 13-17 FT)
Black: 19 points, 11 rebounds, 1 block (9-12 FG, 1-4 FT)
Brown: 10 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal (4-15 FG, 1-6 3PT, 1-2 FT)

Really illustrates the gap between playing against NBA players and guys who are trying to be in the NBA...

moonpie · Post #15 » by **moonpie** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 6:45 am

[tweet]https://twitter.com/Lakers/status/676226700426895360[/tweet]

WVlakerfan · Post #16 » by **WVlakerfan** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 1:09 pm

I still think a Kelly Hibbert frontcourt would be a great bench combo if you could convince hibbert to stay for cheap.

gts1 · Post #17 » by **gts1** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 2:14 pm

Should also point out in full disclosure that Black had 6 turnovers and fouled out in the 4th quarter.

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ALL HAIL · Post #18 » by **ALL HAIL** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 2:28 pm

Kelly would be a good player in this league if given the proper role for him.

To the front office's credit, they had the right idea in knowing the type of role he requires when they drafted him to play alongside Howard. It wouldn't surprise me at all to see Kelly make a Ryan Anderson career out of himself.

Even with his severe lack of rebounding, if he learned to be able to guard centers, he'd really increase his value.

moonpie · Post #19 » by **moonpie** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 8:15 pm

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnkwgdOt0no[/youtube]

tugs · Post #20 » by **tugs** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:37 pm

Too easy.