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i rarely watch lakers game in the past couple years.  i can't stand they keep losing and i especially didn't like watch antoni. 
 
yaliu07 said:
i rarely watch lakers game in the past couple years.  i can't stand they keep losing and i especially didn't like watch antoni.
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Its fun watching russell pass the ball. Need to get him some athletic weapons.
 
yaliu07 said:
i rarely watch lakers game in the past couple years.  i can't stand they keep losing and i especially didn't like watch antoni.
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Larry Nance Jr. blocked (pinned it to the backboard) Okafor's shot.

Lakers 68 76ers 60
 
So after watching some Summer League, if the young guys pan out, the Lakers are in a good position.

My favorite is Jordan Clarkson... seems really confident and I think he be better than Klay Thompson so the Lakers can have their own Splash Bros in Russell and Clarkson.

Let's hope Upshaw has matured and will not succumb to his demons and Yaliu will have the big guy with the "good body" that he wants.
 
some laker fans are calling Jordan Clarkson the next Westbrook
Russell a more athletic Steve Nash
Randle Lamar Odom 2

LOL

irvinehomeowner said:
So after watching some Summer League, if the young guys pan out, the Lakers are in a good position.

My favorite is Jordan Clarkson... seems really confident and I think he be better than Klay Thompson so the Lakers can have their own Splash Bros in Russell and Clarkson.

Let's hope Upshaw has matured and will not succumb to his demons and Yaliu will have the big guy with the "good body" that he wants.
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irvinehomeowner said:
So after watching some Summer League, if the young guys pan out, the Lakers are in a good position.

My favorite is Jordan Clarkson... seems really confident and I think he be better than Klay Thompson so the Lakers can have their own Splash Bros in Russell and Clarkson.

Let's hope Upshaw has matured and will not succumb to his demons and Yaliu will have the big guy with the "good body" that he wants.
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upshaw is intriguing.. where did he come from?
 
The California Court Company said:
some laker fans are calling Jordan Clarkson the next Westbrook
Russell a more athletic Steve Nash
Randle Lamar Odom 2

LOL

irvinehomeowner said:
So after watching some Summer League, if the young guys pan out, the Lakers are in a good position.

My favorite is Jordan Clarkson... seems really confident and I think he be better than Klay Thompson so the Lakers can have their own Splash Bros in Russell and Clarkson.

Let's hope Upshaw has matured and will not succumb to his demons and Yaliu will have the big guy with the "good body" that he wants.
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lol.. i hate trying to get comparisons. 
 
This is where he came from.  Like Marcus Peters of our football team, good riddance!

He transferred to UW from Fresno State(?) under suspicious terms so we were asking for it.  Hope he "matures" this time for real.

Huskies center Robert Upshaw dismissed from the program for violation of team rules

Posted by Adam Jude


Robert Upshaw registers one of his six blocks shots during Washington's 56-43 win over Oregon State. (Photo credit: Lindsey Wasson - Seattle Times)
Robert Upshaw registers one of his six blocks shots during Washington?s 56-43 win over Oregon State. (Photo credit: Lindsey Wasson ? Seattle Times)

Robert Upshaw, Washington?s 7-foot sophomore center who leads the nation in blocked shots, has been dismissed from the program for an unspecified violation of team rules, UW coach Lorenzo Romar announced Monday afternoon.

It?s the second program from which Upshaw has been dismissed. He landed at UW after being booted at Fresno State following his freshman season.

?We wish Rob well as he moves forward in his life, and we will do our best to support him in the future,? Romar said in a statement.

Romar would not be available for further comment, the statement read.

While he was redshirting at UW last season, Upshaw?s future with the Huskies was uncertain midway through the 2013-14 season after he was prohibited from attending practices or games. Romar said later that Upshaw needed time to focus on off-the-court issues.

He had seemed to turn things around this season while leading the nation with 4.5 blocks per game. He also led UW with 8.2 rebounds per game and was third on the team with 10.9 points per game, shooting 59.3 percent from the field.

?I just got tired of being talked about and not in good way,? Upshaw told The Seattle Times earlier this month. ?I got tired of being average. I got tired of being somebody?s joke. Everybody come into the room and it?s ?Ha-ha. He did this today.? But it wasn?t anything about basketball.

?Now when you walk into a room and you talk about Robert Upshaw it?s ?This kid is the top sixth man in the country or the best shot blocker in the country.? That?s what I like to hear. That?s what I want to be a part of. I?m tired of being average. I put my average ways behind me and now I?m striving to be great.?

Both Upshaw and Romar had talked this season about how the 21-year-old center had matured.

?I?m a completely different person,? Upshaw said earlier this month. ?I?ve matured. I?ve become a lot more coachable. I have the trust of my teammates and my coaches to do the right things. I?m just a completely different player. I put in all of my work over the summer to become the best player I need to be and I feel like I?m doing my thing right now.?

Upshaw had 13 points, nine rebounds and five blocks in his final game for UW, a 77-56 loss at Utah on Sunday.


jmoney74 said:
upshaw is intriguing.. where did he come from?
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thanks. I didn't really see him show up during summer league but will look out.  He should get the ball more.
 
irvinehomeowner said:
So after watching some Summer League, if the young guys pan out, the Lakers are in a good position.

My favorite is Jordan Clarkson... seems really confident and I think he be better than Klay Thompson so the Lakers can have their own Splash Bros in Russell and Clarkson.

Let's hope Upshaw has matured and will not succumb to his demons and Yaliu will have the big guy with the "good body" that he wants.
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Clarkson is balling out of control. ;)
 
eyephone said:
irvinehomeowner said:
So after watching some Summer League, if the young guys pan out, the Lakers are in a good position.

My favorite is Jordan Clarkson... seems really confident and I think he be better than Klay Thompson so the Lakers can have their own Splash Bros in Russell and Clarkson.

Let's hope Upshaw has matured and will not succumb to his demons and Yaliu will have the big guy with the "good body" that he wants.
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Clarkson is balling out of control. ;)
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Whoa...easy there.  Clarkson shot 45% last year including 31% from 3.  Thompson shot 41% from 3 in his rookie year. 

Russell has shot poorly and committed a bunch of TOs.  This is not to say that Russell cannot be very good but his gameay is much closer to Jason "White Chocolate" Williams than Nash or Curry.

Upshaw is supposedly way out of shape and may not even play in foreseeable future.  I mean you can pick up Javale McGee if you want insane athleticism combined with bad attitude.
 
eyephone said:
Russel had 21 points, last game of the summer league for the Lakers.
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He definitely has potential but so far I'm not convince he should have been drafted #2. Probably could have gotten someone just as good with a later pick.
 
eatthis said:
eyephone said:
Russel had 21 points, last game of the summer league for the Lakers.
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He definitely has potential but so far I'm not convince he should have been drafted #2. Probably could have gotten someone just as good with a later pick.
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Give him some time. Russell needs to zone out the pressure, and play his game. (He's playing with the C talent wise team, the only player that is decent is Clarkson. Hopefully he gets better, when there is better talent on the floor with him during regular season.)

I think Clarkson has potential to go far. (I want to say Kobe, but I will say Jimmy Butler) Clarkson had a monster dunk today. People say, that Clarkson's dunk is the dunk of the summer league.

 
eyephone said:
Give him some time. Russell needs to zone out the pressure, and play his game. (He's playing with the C talent wise team, the only player that is decent is Clarkson. Hopefully he gets better, when there is better talent on the floor with him during regular season.)
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I hope the coach get the rest of the team moving, cutting and running. When other players are standing around there's not much even the best passer can do.

eyephone said:
I think Clarkson has potential to go far. (I want to say Kobe, but I will say Jimmy Butler) Clarkson had a monster dunk today. People say, that Clarkson's dunk is the dunk of the summer league.
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At times he reminds me of Westbrook, except more in control.
 
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