The Lakers passed on Porzingis and Okafor for... D'Angelo Russel...

[Jameerthefear]

:biggums:

[Bosnian Sajo]

Na, one L is not enough, boy was born with 2 in his surname :facepalm

[Gus Hemmingway]

:lol :lol :lol The lakers are a joke

goes hand n hand with their fans

[f0und]

lol lakers fan are most likely tired of people bringing it up every time those other picks have a good game, which is pretty much every day. the thing is, its only 10 games into the season. its gonna be a long year.

[Cold soul]

:lol :lol :lol The lakers are a joke

goes hand n hand with their fans


Is that you in your AV? Stay winning man. :rockon:

[Magic 32]

:lol :lol :lol The lakers are a joke

goes hand n hand with their fans

Doesn't this just ooze release of the social frustration?

Or maybe he really is just 12.

[bluechox2]

top 3 big men drafted have been producing for their teams

[TaLvsCuaL]

top 3 big men drafted have been producing for their teams
Willie Cauley-Stein has been good too, and Bobby Portis can't get minutes in Chicago stacked frontcourt but the kid has potential.

[FreezingTsmoove]

lol lakers fan are most likely tired of people bringing it up every time those other picks have a good game, which is pretty much every day. the thing is, its only 10 games into the season. its gonna be a long year.

:lol

Nah I think Russell EXPLODES next game for 8 points though

[Cold soul]

Well shit happens this question will be answered several years down the road but not right now.

[oh the horror]

lol lakers fan are most likely tired of people bringing it up every time those other picks have a good game, which is pretty much every day. the thing is, its only 10 games into the season. its gonna be a long year.



This is why it's funny right now. Because haters basically do what they do. Bottom feed and cling to anything they can get.


Sure some rooks look better than others right now but the reality is no one knows anything about how any of them will turn out down the line in terms of their absolute peaks.

[outbreak]

Willie Cauley-Stein has been good too, and Bobby Portis can't get minutes in Chicago stacked frontcourt but the kid has potential.
Myles Turner's showed signs of being decent as well. A lot of players taken later have looked decent. I think hezonja will have a nice career too if he can learn to stop turning the ball over so skiles doesn't pull him after a couple minutes all the time, got a good stroke and knows how to make contact on the drive.

[outbreak]

This is why it's funny right now. Because haters basically do what they do. Bottom feed and cling to anything they can get.


Sure some rooks look better than others right now but the reality is no one knows anything about how any of them will turn out down the line in terms of their absolute peaks.

I'd say 90% of the russell hate threads are made by people backlashing against all the "russell\randle\clarkson\kobe will be an all star" bullshit threads made by a handful of lakers fans all off season. Their the ones who bought all this exposure and spotlight on him on ish. I agree we don't know how he will turn out long term but based on what we've seen he hasn't looked like the greatest choice but of course that can change. Doesn't need 50 threads about how he's playing but we also don't need threads talking about how amazing he is when he does make the odd good play.

[FKAri]

I've been making fun of Russell a ton on ISH. Reality is I still have hope for him and haven't given up. I've given up on Byron tho.

[Donkey4trading]

The Lakers run this board or something?? Everytime somebody brings up the good players from this draft class somebody has to mention the Lakers, it's like the Lakers live rent free on everybody's mind on ISH

not even fan of the lakers but this is getting hilariously sad :oldlol: :oldlol:

[Jameerthefear]

Myles Turner's showed signs of being decent as well. A lot of players taken later have looked decent. I think hezonja will have a nice career too if he can learn to stop turning the ball over so skiles doesn't pull him after a couple minutes all the time, got a good stroke and knows how to make contact on the drive.
i have no idea how mario made it into basketball this far without learning how to dribble a basketball. got some work to do.

[outbreak]

The Lakers run this board or something?? Everytime somebody brings up the good players from this draft class somebody has to mention the Lakers, it's like the Lakers live rent free on everybody's mind on ISH

not even fan of the lakers but this is getting hilariously sad :oldlol: :oldlol:
Lakers paid the rent in full in advance and when they made multiple threads a day about Russell being an all star before he even played a game.

[FKAri]

i have no idea how mario made it into basketball this far without learning how to dribble a basketball. got some work to do.

I see this a lot with Euro guards (exception being Rubio). They just don't have the handle. People always talk about lack of athleticism but handles was the biggest flaw in Rudy Fernandez's game as well.

Mario can shoot and is athletic just like Fernandez but he also can't handle. It's like they grew up watching tapes of Jason Richardson over there.

[outbreak]

I see this a lot with Euro guards (exception being Rubio). They just don't have the handle. People always talk about lack of athleticism but handles was the biggest flaw in Rudy Fernandez's game as well.

Mario can shoot and is athletic just like Fernandez but he also can't handle. It's like they grew up watching tapes of Jason Richardson over there.

Dunno at times he's looked like he has a decent handle but it looks more like he tries to play so fast that he just loses the ball. Like he has the fundamentals and was ok over there but the increased pace just causes him to try and move without having control of what he's doing with the ball.

[Jameerthefear]

Dunno at times he's looked like he has a decent handle but it looks more like he tries to play so fast that he just loses the ball. Like he has the fundamentals and was ok over there but the increased pace just causes him to try and move without having control of what he's doing with the ball.
this is actually a good description of what he's doing. the funny thing is that he's still pretty decent at drawing fouls.

[Jameerthefear]

http://i.imgur.com/ZaakMV1.jpg

def. rtg for rookies