Las Vegas Summer League 2015

ROballer · Post #1 » by **ROballer** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 6:08 am

Still a bit early, I'll give you that, but I'm so **** anxious ... Let's discuss it here all things regarding the Summer League, not necessarily just about the Lakers, although that's our focus of course

-roster make-ups
-impressions when it's time to ball
-anything else regarding this event

So far, apparently we have 9 guys on the team if they manage to stay healthy:

Jordan Clarkson
Julius Randle
D'Angelo Russell
Tarik Black
Larry Nance Jr.
Anthony Brown
Jabari Brown

+ 2 camp invites

Robert Upshaw
Brandon Ashley

moonpie · Post #2 » by **moonpie** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 6:13 am

Anything less than the SL championship would be disappointing.

ROballer · Post #3 » by **ROballer** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 6:14 am

The Wolvez are stacked as well but I agree....we're deep as **** and should contend for the title

moonpie · Post #4 » by **moonpie** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 6:15 am

Nance Jr will dunk on Wiggins and Upshaw will reject every one of Towns's attempts in the paint

ArC_man · Post #5 » by **ArC_man** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 6:25 am

I don't give a crap about the SL championship. Let the guys show some flashes and keep everyone healthy, especially Julius.

tugs · Post #6 » by **tugs** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 7:01 am

Nah man. If these young players contend and show hunger in winning a Summer League title, imagine what it will do to their mentality going into the season.

Dr Aki · Post #7 » by **Dr Aki** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 7:03 am

moonpie wrote:Anything less than the SL championship would be disappointing.

Half these guys have never played with each other, winning 3 games would be a realistic goal

LApwnd · Post #8 » by **LApwnd** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 7:05 am

tugs wrote:Nah man. If these young players contend and show hunger in winning a Summer League title, imagine what it will do to their mentality going into the season.

The kings summer league team won last year....dont mean nothing lol

ROballer · Post #9 » by **ROballer** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 7:11 am

Dr Aki wrote:
moonpie wrote:Anything less than the SL championship would be disappointing.

Half these guys have never played with each other, winning 3 games would be a realistic goal

The story of every **** team ever assembled in the Summer League

Aki, worst high volume poster on this board...not close

Dr Aki · Post #10 » by **Dr Aki** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 7:14 am

ROballer wrote:
Dr Aki wrote:
moonpie wrote:Anything less than the SL championship would be disappointing.

Half these guys have never played with each other, winning 3 games would be a realistic goal

The story of every **** team ever assembled in the Summer League

Aki, worst high volume poster on this board...not close

Lol only Clarkson and Black have played with each other at any significant length of time

Things aren't going to be all roses straight away

moonpie · Post #11 » by **moonpie** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 7:27 am

I can't remember, did we make separate game threads for each SL game or did we just pile them into one discussion thread?

ROballer · Post #12 » by **ROballer** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 7:30 am

Some years differently, some yrs in the same thread... I can see this year doing separate threads, the discussions will be at an all time high at this point of the year

I mean, we'll probably **** over the past RS game threads like it's nothing :lol:

moonpie · Post #13 » by **moonpie** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 7:40 am

Upshaw comps:

Best case-Hassan Whiteside
Average-Samuel Dalembert
Worst-Eddie Griffin

ratra_1211 · Post #14 » by **ratra_1211** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 9:39 am

If upshaw could just be a 8 and 8 guy with good defense we are set man

ROballer · Post #15 » by **ROballer** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 1:49 pm

Whiteside comp is EXACTLY what I was thinking about too moonie...

4.5 bpg in 19 min ..beast

Now if he can only put it together

Post #16 » by **Slava** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:22 pm

Black - Upshaw - Ashley
Randle - Nance
A. Brown -
Clarkson - J. Brown
Russell
Decent roster there, hopefully some half decent SF projects out there we can invite, that position is extremely weak.

aaron_gray · Post #17 » by **aaron_gray** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:26 pm

Can Nance not play sf?

dipstick · Post #18 » by **dipstick** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:47 pm

aaron_gray wrote:Can Nance not play sf?

Based in Mitch talking about Randle and his position, I would think that it may be Randle playing Sf. Then again, maybe Nance has the ability to guard wings? Regardless, I think he is an upgrade over Ryan Kelly.

I actually think that because this pick has not been predicted by the mocks that the Lakers may really have seen something in Nance to pick him with the 27th and not the 34th where most people think he would still be available. A role has probably already been laid out for the guy.

Excited to see what our 3 picks and upshawUpshaw can do.

Mirjalovic · Post #19 » by **Mirjalovic** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 3:49 pm

Clarkson
Russell
Brown
Randle
Upshaw

this is even better than last year team.

ratra_1211 · Post #20 » by **ratra_1211** » Fri Jun 26, 2015 5:51 pm

Mirjalovic wrote:Clarkson
Russell
Brown
Randle
Upshaw

this is even better than last year team.

Funny thing is this might be our starting lineup with kobe at 3