Ball Don't Lie: The LaMelo Ball Thread

Post #1841 » by **BigSlam** » Wed Mar 23, 2022 11:13 pm

luciano-davidwesley wrote:IT seems like a guy who we need to keep around as he is providing some great advice and mentoring to LaMelo.

It's funny: IT wouldn't have been the type of guy who i thought would be an ideal mentor for LaMelo. I mean, IT is more a score point, super undersized PG and his game doesn't resemble LaMelo's at all.

But it seems to be working, so it's all good!!

Post #1842 » by **fatlever** » Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:43 pm

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Post #1843 » by **fatlever** » Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:44 pm

Truth bombs from Melo. Lol

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CuseMayne · Post #1844 » by **CuseMayne** » Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:59 pm

Love it.

Post #1845 » by **BigSlam** » Wed Mar 30, 2022 11:09 pm

fatlever wrote:Truth bombs from Melo. Lol

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Sooooooooooooooo no Christmas card from the Plumlee's this year?

MasterIchiro · Post #1846 » by **MasterIchiro** » Wed Mar 30, 2022 11:17 pm

Plumlee's buyout is only 4.5 million dollars. Just sayin'.

Liver_Pooty · Post #1847 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Wed Mar 30, 2022 11:33 pm

Lol. Well he's not lying. That's about the only reason I pay attention to the Swarm basically praying Kai becomes the player I think he can.

SWedd523 · Post #1848 » by **SWedd523** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 12:34 am

it's only exactly what every single one of us has been saying all year

Post #1849 » by **Diop** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 6:22 am

my only concern is if he thinks a centre is going to solve all the defensive issues. coz it aint

HornetJail · Post #1850 » by **HornetJail** » Thu Mar 31, 2022 5:18 pm

it won't solve every issue, but even an average defensive center would go a very long way

Post #1851 » by **yosemiteben** » Mon Apr 11, 2022 2:47 pm

Last 10 game stats

Melo ballin

Post #1852 » by **fatlever** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:22 pm

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I very much agree with this statement. Ive quietly been having concerns that lamelo maybe an empty stats kind of player and not someone who can impose impact on a game the way we would hope. At this point the hype exceeds his actual impact. Hopefully that starts to change. Right now his impact is far too reliant on making threes.

I don't think this is a change that can happen from coaching or teammates. I think this is 100% up to melo and his maturity level. I don't ever expect him to become some super serious Kobe type player, that's just not his personality. Lamelo can still be fun and quirky while at the same time being deadly f****** serious about dominating NBA. I'm not quite sure he has that in him though. Let's hope.

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KembaWalker · Post #1853 » by **KembaWalker** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:34 pm

I mean, that just seems pointlessly negative toward a 20 year old that was very much the best player on a 43 win team. If he was empty calorie then how the hell did we get here?

I'm all about negativity after a game like that but I'm gonna focus it towards the big money no shows and the coaches that clearly had nobody prepared. Yeah LaMelo isn't ready for postseason basketball as a 1 option, neither is Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes, Evan Mobley, Jalen Green. That's what Gordon Hayward was supposed to be here for

amcoolio · Post #1854 » by **amcoolio** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:41 pm

Disagree with that. There were times where LaMelo played really hard like the Celtics game and he was a a dominant player that went toe to toe with Jayson Tatum. It just seems like those games are few and far between. He definitely has maturity issues, but hes 20. One summer it will click and he'll take every game seriously. Hopefully that's this summer.

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KembaWalker · Post #1855 » by **KembaWalker** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:49 pm

I too would like if he got 38 points and went blow for blow with the Tatum's, Embiids and Giannis of the world every single game at age 20.

Unfortunately we didn't draft the literal GOAT

Hornet Mania · Post #1856 » by **Hornet Mania** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:49 pm

I think Melo was much more mature and showed better decision making skills this year. He was a bit whiny towards the refs near the end of the season so I hope that doesn't get worse. Still far from perfect, still plenty of room to improve.

If he stagnates over the next year or two I'll get concerned, but it's easy to forget how young he is even after two full seasons.

Liver_Pooty · Post #1857 » by **Liver_Pooty** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 2:53 pm

Year 3 is typically when a player takes a huge leap, but even then he will still he a young 21. His body still has a ways to go as well.

amcoolio · Post #1858 » by **amcoolio** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 3:17 pm

KembaWalker wrote:I too would like if he got 38 points and went blow for blow with the Tatum's, Embiids and Giannis of the world every single game at age 20.

Unfortunately we didn't draft the literal GOAT

It wasn't the scoring, it was the active on defense and urgency. He was legit pissed they lost that game.

KembaWalker · Post #1859 » by **KembaWalker** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 3:33 pm

amcoolio wrote:
KembaWalker wrote:I too would like if he got 38 points and went blow for blow with the Tatum's, Embiids and Giannis of the world every single game at age 20.

Unfortunately we didn't draft the literal GOAT

It wasn't the scoring, it was the active on defense and urgency. He was legit pissed they lost that game.

You don't think he was pissed they lost this game? Maybe he should have thrown his mouth guard at some kids face too? I dunno, this wasn't a game we lost cause we werent emotionally invested enough. They were tactically dismantled. If Trae Young was having a good shooting night we may have lost that game by 50. Our blitzing strategy was broken down within 3-4 minutes and we were cooked. As JB said, we did the same thing we did to them in the last regular season game. I guess the idea that they may have prepared a counter to that caught him by surprise. I don't know how that's possible, or that he wasn't embarrassed to say that in a press conference but it's right there

Post #1860 » by **fatlever** » Thu Apr 14, 2022 3:50 pm

https://sideaction.com/nba/lamelo-ball-caught-smoking-a-blunt-in-4k-ahead-of-hornets-play-in-game/

I don't necessarily believe this was filmed yesterday, regardless, how do we feel about this?

No one should be surprised that players get high before games. I'm more annoyed about the fact that it's more evidence about the immaturity. Why would you allow yourself getting filmed?

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