LaMelephant: The LaMelo Ball Thread (#2)

SWedd523 · Post #481 » by **SWedd523** » Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:25 pm

Repeated injuries and lack of healing are more concerning than anything.

Melo is going on 3 years of bum ankle. It's at the point to where it'll be a surprise if he ever plays a healthy season again.

Mark still has some benefit of the doubt

Post #482 » by **JDR720** » Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:42 pm

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JMAC3 · Post #483 » by **JMAC3** » Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:33 pm

I know success isn't over night, but it is incredibly rare for a player to win an NBA title before the age of 26/27.

LaMelo is 22 yrs old, feels crazy the amount of national writers that want to write him off.
Kemba wasn't an allstar until age 26.

KingCat · Post #484 » by **KingCat** » Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:36 pm

Number 14 in jersey sales this past season. Crazy for a guy that barely played in two years and is in a small market.

Somehow hisbstar power hasn't faded much.

GoBobs · Post #485 » by **GoBobs** » Sat Apr 20, 2024 7:57 pm

SWedd523 wrote:Repeated injuries and lack of healing are more concerning than anything.

Melo is going on 3 years of bum ankle. It's at the point to where it'll be a surprise if he ever plays a healthy season again.

Mark still has some benefit of the doubt

The big question is how much of not returning to health is because we weren't playing for anything anyway. Seems like the organization has been in tanking mode the last two years.

JustBuzzin · Post #486 » by **JustBuzzin** » Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:46 am

KingCat wrote:Number 14 in jersey sales this past season. Crazy for a guy that barely played in two years and is in a small market.

Somehow hisbstar power hasn't faded much.

He's the OBJ of the NBA.

Kid is a rockstar no doubt.

Liver_Pooty · Post #487 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:39 am

JustBuzzin wrote:
KingCat wrote:Number 14 in jersey sales this past season. Crazy for a guy that barely played in two years and is in a small market.

Somehow hisbstar power hasn't faded much.

He's the OBJ of the NBA.

Kid is a rockstar no doubt.

If OBJ played for the Panthers he'd be another DJ Moore. If that. The market made Beckham.

JustBuzzin · Post #488 » by **JustBuzzin** » Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:55 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:
JustBuzzin wrote:
KingCat wrote:Number 14 in jersey sales this past season. Crazy for a guy that barely played in two years and is in a small market.

Somehow hisbstar power hasn't faded much.

He's the OBJ of the NBA.

Kid is a rockstar no doubt.

If OBJ played for the Panthers he'd be another DJ Moore. If that. The market made Beckham.

No the catch made Beckham. The hair and swag off the court put him at another level.

Rich4114 · Post #489 » by **Rich4114** » Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:38 pm

JustBuzzin wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:
JustBuzzin wrote:He's the OBJ of the NBA.

Kid is a rockstar no doubt.

If OBJ played for the Panthers he'd be another DJ Moore. If that. The market made Beckham.

No the catch made Beckham. The hair and swag off the court put him at another level.

Giants fan here. It was all of it not just one thing IMO. It was the catch that got wider attention from national media and what not but the consistent domination his first 3 seasons + being in NY is what made him so popular. The TD celebrations, the one handed catches, the hair. All of it is what attracts younger gen people to some of these sports figures.

LaMelo is a little different. I think he speaks to the zoomer generation better than any other star out there right now (which is why most of us can't understand him at all). He also came into the league with the flair, was known from the show, had a lot of hype, has all of the bold fashion stuff, won RotY and started to make an irrelevant team relevant outside of us hardcore fans.

JustBuzzin · Post #490 » by **JustBuzzin** » Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:41 pm

Rich4114 wrote:
JustBuzzin wrote:
Liver_Pooty wrote:
If OBJ played for the Panthers he'd be another DJ Moore. If that. The market made Beckham.

No the catch made Beckham. The hair and swag off the court put him at another level.

Giants fan here. It was all of it not just one thing IMO. It was the catch that got wider attention from national media and what not but the consistent domination his first 3 seasons + being in NY is what made him so popular. The TD celebrations, the one handed catches, the hair. All of it is what attracts younger gen people to some of these sports figures.

LaMelo is a little different. I think he speaks to the zoomer generation better than any other star out there right now (which is why most of us can't understand him at all). He also came into the league with the flair, was known from the show, had a lot of hype, has all of the bold fashion stuff, won RotY and started to make an irrelevant team relevant outside of us hardcore fans.

Im old as hell.

What is a zoomer?

Rich4114 · Post #491 » by **Rich4114** » Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:53 pm

JustBuzzin wrote:
Rich4114 wrote:
JustBuzzin wrote:No the catch made Beckham. The hair and swag off the court put him at another level.

Giants fan here. It was all of it not just one thing IMO. It was the catch that got wider attention from national media and what not but the consistent domination his first 3 seasons + being in NY is what made him so popular. The TD celebrations, the one handed catches, the hair. All of it is what attracts younger gen people to some of these sports figures.

LaMelo is a little different. I think he speaks to the zoomer generation better than any other star out there right now (which is why most of us can't understand him at all). He also came into the league with the flair, was known from the show, had a lot of hype, has all of the bold fashion stuff, won RotY and started to make an irrelevant team relevant outside of us hardcore fans.

Im old as hell.

What is a zoomer?

Lmao it’s just the current generation, people ages like 11-26 or there about

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Post #492 » by **yosemiteben** » Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:02 pm

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EmpireFalls · Post #493 » by **EmpireFalls** » Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:14 pm

That is a tragic tattoo man

Post #494 » by **luciano-davidwesley** » Tue Apr 30, 2024 9:58 pm

yosemiteben wrote:

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Seems like a mature, stable guy you'd definitely want to invest $200 million in.

JustBuzzin · Post #495 » by **JustBuzzin** » Tue Apr 30, 2024 9:58 pm

What the...

SWedd523 · Post #496 » by **SWedd523** » Tue Apr 30, 2024 11:59 pm

luciano-davidwesley wrote:
yosemiteben wrote:

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Seems like a mature, stable guy you'd definitely want to invest $200 million in.

meh LeBron, KD, Tatum, etc are all covered in ink too

GiggitySmalls · Post #497 » by **GiggitySmalls** » Wed May 1, 2024 12:29 am

SWedd523 wrote:
luciano-davidwesley wrote:
yosemiteben wrote:

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Seems like a mature, stable guy you'd definitely want to invest $200 million in.

meh LeBron, KD, Tatum, etc are all covered in ink too

But they are winners and healthy.

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KembaWalker · Post #498 » by **KembaWalker** » Wed May 1, 2024 1:39 am

MugzZo wrote:
SWedd523 wrote:
luciano-davidwesley wrote:Seems like a mature, stable guy you'd definitely want to invest $200 million in.

meh LeBron, KD, Tatum, etc are all covered in ink too
But they are winners and healthy.

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Dude can’t get a tattoo because he hurt his ankles? Y’all are starting to get kind of deranged over this LaMelo stuff

Liver_Pooty · Post #499 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Wed May 1, 2024 1:43 am

KembaWalker wrote:
MugzZo wrote:
SWedd523 wrote:meh LeBron, KD, Tatum, etc are all covered in ink too
But they are winners and healthy.

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Dude can’t get a tattoo because he hurt his ankles? Y’all are starting to get kind of deranged over this LaMelo stuff

Its disturbing. Dude can ink his damn eye balls if he wants. I care about him being a basketball player.

Bassman · Post #500 » by **Bassman** » Wed May 1, 2024 2:31 am

Liver_Pooty wrote:
KembaWalker wrote:
MugzZo wrote:But they are winners and healthy.

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Dude can’t get a tattoo because he hurt his ankles? Y’all are starting to get kind of deranged over this LaMelo stuff

Its disturbing. Dude can ink his damn eye balls if he wants. I care about him being a basketball player.

Yeah that’s obsession-level stuff IMO. My question is…where is his dedication to his health, getting stronger, achieving, staying healthy? I don’t pretend to know what he’s doing about it, but what I do see is his obsession with being inked up, wild cars, wild everything. I just wonder if he fits this team, and the culture we need to establish. I think of Brandon Miller, what he’s doing now to get better, and how far he came in his first season. That’s a level of leadership and maturity needed for a young man to become the best. I just don’t see it in LaMelo.