Brunson or Ball

Fat Kat · Post #121 » by **Fat Kat** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 6:51 pm

Lonzo has been injury prone since college. I was right, but it was plain to see where his career was trending.

NYKinMIA · Post #122 » by **NYKinMIA** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 6:58 pm

look at all them receipts :lol:

Jalen Bluntson · Post #123 » by **Jalen Bluntson** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 7:11 pm

NYKinMIA wrote:look at all them receipts

Yeah man!

Lots of credibility getting ruined in this thread! :lol:

Post #124 » by **Capn'O** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:06 pm

3toheadmelo wrote:
robillionaire wrote:
3toheadmelo wrote:also the bulls were 27-13 with lonzo. people forget that. the bulls haven't been good since lonzo went down. he was their main glue piece.

Right, his injury basically ended their entire team experiment instantly

Basically had the OG effect on that team lol

Yeah and ironically the addition of a healthy Ball would make us VERY tough to beat. It's a real shame what happened with him.

But Brunson has been better than I ever imagined.

spree2kawhi · Post #125 » by **spree2kawhi** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:18 pm

snadler wrote:We know Ball is a better player, but would you rather pay Brunson about 10-12 mil per or ball 20 plus million a year? They are both RFA that will probably both hit the open market

Ball isn’t a better player at all.

Edit: lol I thought this was a new thread about LaMelo. My bad. Anyway, never liked the balls.

Iron Mantis · Post #126 » by **Iron Mantis** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 8:24 pm

spree2kawhi wrote:
snadler wrote:We know Ball is a better player, but would you rather pay Brunson about 10-12 mil per or ball 20 plus million a year? They are both RFA that will probably both hit the open market

Ball isn’t a better player at all.

Edit: lol I thought this was a new thread about LaMelo. My bad. Anyway, never liked the balls.

KnicksGadfly · Post #127 » by **KnicksGadfly** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 9:03 pm

robillionaire wrote:I was just flatly wrong about the caliber of player Brunson could be but I guess that’s been pretty much the story of his career, not picked in the first round, team that drafted him never started him and didn’t want to pay him, never been on an all-star team(probably about to change) but he’s just been the ultimate underdog so it’s a great story

Lonzo was playing really good and had the Bulls looking formidable until he got injured, unsure how he’d be right now if not for the injury. Maybe some team should buy low on him and hope he can come back next year and try to round back to form

Lonzo Ball almost singlehandedly made me look bad when I started taunting Bulls fans for having an Isiah Thomas team. I'd take him when he gets back, probably as a bench guy. We might need those, if we're gonna make future trades. Also, after all the stuff he's been through? He'd definitely be able to handle NYC.

Honestly, Brunson probably shocked a whole lot of people. I voted for him, probably because I'm fueled by some homerism and even more hate for the Bulls, but I can't lie and say that his connection to Leon Rose didn't make me suspicious.

3toheadmelo · Post #128 » by **3toheadmelo** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 9:05 pm

Capn'O wrote:
3toheadmelo wrote:
robillionaire wrote:
Right, his injury basically ended their entire team experiment instantly

Basically had the OG effect on that team lol

Yeah and ironically the addition of a healthy Ball would make us VERY tough to beat. It's a real shame what happened with him.

But Brunson has been better than I ever imagined.

lonzo next to brunson would make us extremely good.

i wasn't that high on brunson until i saw what he did in the playoffs in his last year with dallas. he was going crazy and i became a believer since then.

Post #129 » by **Capn'O** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 9:34 pm

3toheadmelo wrote:
Capn'O wrote:
3toheadmelo wrote:Basically had the OG effect on that team lol

Yeah and ironically the addition of a healthy Ball would make us VERY tough to beat. It's a real shame what happened with him.

But Brunson has been better than I ever imagined.

lonzo next to brunson would make us extremely good.

i wasn't that high on brunson until i saw what he did in the playoffs in his last year with dallas. he was going crazy and i became a believer since then.

Same. I always liked him but as a borderline starter.

Fat Kat · Post #130 » by **Fat Kat** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 10:54 pm

3toheadmelo wrote:this poll was made in 2021 when lonzo was still healthy and brunson didn't really prove anything yet. brunson averaged 8 ppg in the post season that year lol, so of course a lot of people wanted lonzo

True hoop aficionados always know

Jalen Bluntson · Post #131 » by **Jalen Bluntson** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 10:56 pm

Fat Kat wrote:
3toheadmelo wrote:this poll was made in 2021 when lonzo was still healthy and brunson didn't really prove anything yet. brunson averaged 8 ppg in the post season that year lol, so of course a lot of people wanted lonzo

True hoop aficionados always know

3toheadmelo · Post #132 » by **3toheadmelo** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:00 pm

Fat Kat wrote:
3toheadmelo wrote:this poll was made in 2021 when lonzo was still healthy and brunson didn't really prove anything yet. brunson averaged 8 ppg in the post season that year lol, so of course a lot of people wanted lonzo

True hoop aficionados always know

you mfer

HarthorneWingo · Post #133 » by **HarthorneWingo** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:34 pm

Capn'O wrote:
SmoothLefty21 wrote:Windhorst reported that Dallas views Brunson as untouchable (try not to spit out your water) so we can lock this thread.

I saw that. It's ridiculous.

Anyway, Lonzo will be the better player and we need better players.

Lonzo better than Brunson?

Edit: Oh, that was just a bad take from you back then. :lol:

Wildcat · Post #134 » by **Wildcat** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:40 pm

Hes_On_Fire wrote:Some legendary terrible takes in here.

Taking receipts like Morant.

Post #135 » by **dakomish23** » Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:53 pm

Yikes.

Jalen Bluntson · Post #136 » by **Jalen Bluntson** » Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:54 am

Iron Mantis wrote:
spree2kawhi wrote:
snadler wrote:We know Ball is a better player, but would you rather pay Brunson about 10-12 mil per or ball 20 plus million a year? They are both RFA that will probably both hit the open market

Ball isn’t a better player at all.

Edit: lol I thought this was a new thread about LaMelo. My bad. Anyway, never liked the balls.

RHODEY · Post #137 » by **RHODEY** » Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:08 am

How about Brunson AND Ball?

robillionaire · Post #138 » by **robillionaire** » Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:28 am

RHODEY wrote:How about Brunson AND Ball?

In theory it could be an awesome combo but reality is Lonzo injury was so bad there was rumors he’d never play again. He’s been out for two calendar years and the most recent update is that he might be cleared to run this month for the first time so he is still a long way off. hope he can come back next season though sad to see his career derailed like that

Post #139 » by **dakomish23** » Thu Jan 11, 2024 11:37 pm

RHODEY wrote:How about Brunson AND Ball?

Would address our need for a backup floor general. Maybe they’ll flip Fournier for him if they don’t make a trade this year (he has a PO which I assume he’s taking)

HopelessKnick · Post #140 » by **HopelessKnick** » Thu Jan 11, 2024 11:40 pm

spree2kawhi wrote:
snadler wrote:We know Ball is a better player, but would you rather pay Brunson about 10-12 mil per or ball 20 plus million a year? They are both RFA that will probably both hit the open market

Ball isn’t a better player at all.

Edit: lol I thought this was a new thread about LaMelo. My bad. Anyway, never liked the balls.

I actually think LaMelo would be a pretty good fit next to Brunson. Can shoot the three and pass extremely well. Thibs would have to teach him defense. But of course he is also super injury prone....crazy to think that LaMelo is still only 22 years old. Thought he is 25ish....

Brunson or Ball?