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eyephone said:
Would think the supreme Court has better things to rule on.
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Would think the supreme Court has better things to rule on.
Nope. The 2017 pick is due to that brilliant trade for a 40 year old point guard who was nonathletic at 20 years old and never played D in his career, Nash. BRILLIANT!
The latter is due to the Dwight trade. They keep bouncing around because they're protected, and the NBA doesn't allow you to trade successive years' picks. They want to protect you from yourself, so that you can't trade the next three years' picks for Westbrook, as an example.
Early luck. He's been the Lakers best all-around player in Summer League.
I think he wants revenge against KD... if you play fantasy bball, draft Westbrook, his stats are going to be bonkers this season.
This is a good thing. Removes hope and speculation, but more importantly, we don't want nor need Westbrook. The Lakers aren't competing for a championship within the next two years. They don't need a top~5 player. He'd only take the ball out of the young guns' hands stunting their development. Advanced metrics also suggest Westbrook is a highly inefficient player. He just does so much so well, that he overcomes his inefficient play (poor shot selection multiplied by poor jump shooting).
I agree. My end goal though, is to have a ton of talent developing and really competing in 2-3 years, not a eighth seed first round, maybe second round, playoff appearance for the next three years.
They couldn't do it with just one Kobe the last few seasons.
OKC couldn't win and with Westbrook and KD (although they should have) so how can Westbrook do any better with the Lakers?
Would think the supreme Court has better things to rule on.
The Motor Court Company
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if lakers 2017 pick is in top 3, they will keep 2017 and 2019 and lose 2018. Otherwise they will lose 2017 and 2019 and keep 2018.
Perspective
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paydawg said:
Nope. The 2017 pick is due to that brilliant trade for a 40 year old point guard who was nonathletic at 20 years old and never played D in his career, Nash. BRILLIANT!
The latter is due to the Dwight trade. They keep bouncing around because they're protected, and the NBA doesn't allow you to trade successive years' picks. They want to protect you from yourself, so that you can't trade the next three years' picks for Westbrook, as an example.
Perspective
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eyephone said:
Early luck. He's been the Lakers best all-around player in Summer League.
irvinehomeowner
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eyephone said:
I think he wants revenge against KD... if you play fantasy bball, draft Westbrook, his stats are going to be bonkers this season.
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jmoney74
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He seems a little more old school. Definitely wants to make his mark with the team he started withth.
Perspective
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eyephone said:
This is a good thing. Removes hope and speculation, but more importantly, we don't want nor need Westbrook. The Lakers aren't competing for a championship within the next two years. They don't need a top~5 player. He'd only take the ball out of the young guns' hands stunting their development. Advanced metrics also suggest Westbrook is a highly inefficient player. He just does so much so well, that he overcomes his inefficient play (poor shot selection multiplied by poor jump shooting).
irvinehomeowner
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I'm with Perspective... don't want Westbrook on the Lakers... he's like Kobe 2.0.
Not worried about DRuss, I just hope Ingram bulks up... I think he's skinnier than when KD was a rook.
Not worried about DRuss, I just hope Ingram bulks up... I think he's skinnier than when KD was a rook.
Perspective
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eyephone said:
I agree. My end goal though, is to have a ton of talent developing and really competing in 2-3 years, not a eighth seed first round, maybe second round, playoff appearance for the next three years.
irvinehomeowner
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One Westbrook won't make the Lakers win.eyephone said:
They couldn't do it with just one Kobe the last few seasons.
OKC couldn't win and with Westbrook and KD (although they should have) so how can Westbrook do any better with the Lakers?