D'angelo Russell with 24/6/6 tonight

[sammichoffate]

9/23, 5/10 from three, 2 stls, 3 tovs in blowout loss to San Antonio.
Last 5 games: 17/4/4 on 40/41/78 with 4 tovs per game :applause:
Edit Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsBV-5Y551s

[LoneyROY7]

He's playing strong lately. :applause:

[Jameerthefear]

empty stats

[sammichoffate]

empty statsEasy to say that when y'all lost by 35 to Cleveland tonight.

[sammichoffate]

He's playing strong lately. :applause:He'll end up with more ROTY votes than Okafor :banana:

[Nick Young]

Should have had a lot more assists if his teammates didn't screw up a lot of his great passes. He's going to be a great PG.

[Jameerthefear]

Easy to say that when y'all lost by 35 to Cleveland tonight.
i'm just using what lakers fans said about okafor :confusedshrug:

[1987_Lakers]

Lakers' fans should be ashamed of themselves for how they treated Russell in the first month of the season, dude is a 19 year old rookie, do you really expect him to dominate the moment he gets on an NBA court?? Some guys don't play their first NBA game until they are 21-22 years old. But of course ISH overreacting to a few games is very typical so you shouldn't be surprised. I will say this, I NEVER bashed the kid when he got off to a slow start, you people need to realize being 19 years old in the NBA can be tough, give the kid some damn time before you judge.

[sammichoffate]

i'm just using what lakers fans said about okafor :confusedshrug:I always thought the Lakers went with the right pick in Russell over Okafor even when half the Laker "fans" were giving him so much shit. Now that he's finally getting minutes and playing well, they're nowhere to be found.

[sammichoffate]

Lakers' fans should be ashamed of themselves for how they treated Russell in the first month of the season, dude is a 19 year old rookie, do you really expect him to dominate the moment he gets on an NBA court?? Some guys don't play their first NBA game until they are 21-22 years old. But of course ISH overreacting to a few games is very typical so you shouldn't be surprised. I will say this, I NEVER bashed the kid when he got off to a slow start, you people need to realize being 19 years old in the NBA can be tough, give the kid some damn time before you judge.^this, this so much.

[AI09]

i'm just using what lakers fans said about okafor :confusedshrug:

:cheers:

Okafor dropped 22 back 2 back nights no thread about it at all. If a thread were to be made all the laker fans would swarm it bashing him and calling it empty stats on the sixers like the lakers are any better

[sammichoffate]

:cheers:

Okafor dropped 22 back 2 back nights no thread about it at all. If a thread were to be made all the laker fans would swarm it bashing him and calling it empty stats on the sixers like the lakers are any betterHe's on a garbage-ass team doing his best, I don't give him shit for that. I woulda been just as fine if he had gotten picked by the Lakers instead of Russell. It's because he got minutes at the start of the season that he was able to play well though, Russell got shit for getting no playing time and somehow was expected to put up the same amount of stats by the idiots on here :facepalm

[bdreason]

You gotta give these guys a couple years. Especially the perimeter players. The depth of talent at the PG position in the NBA is ridiculous.

[SpecialQue]

I was one of the Laker fans talking shit about him early on.

I'm glad that I'm being proven wrong.

[sammichoffate]

I was one of the Laker fans talking shit about him early on.

I'm glad that I'm being proven wrong.It's aight fam, you just wanted what's best for the team :cheers:

[RRR3]

da gawd

[sammichoffate]

da gawdWait, I don't remember if you picked him up for fantasy in the beginning of the season. I remember you wanted someone on the Lakers to statpad or something :lol

[Tking714]

D'angePro Russell

[Nick Young]

He is still only 19 years old. How many 19 year olds come out and dominate right away vs grown ass pros? Very very few.

[RRR3]

Wait, I don't remember if you picked him up for fantasy in the beginning of the season. I remember you wanted someone on the Lakers to statpad or something :lol
yassss boiii that was Russgawd DeaANGEGAWD hahaha da GOAST PG

[Nick Young]

His ceiling is Magic Johnson with a knockdown jumpshot. Magic was two years older than Russell when he entered the NBA. Give Russell two years before fully judging him.

[fiddy]

I always thought the Lakers went with the right pick in Russell over Okafor even when half the Laker "fans" were giving him so much shit. Now that he's finally getting minutes and playing well, they're nowhere to be found.
Any evaluations before the years are premature and pointless, most people that are quick to diss him/glorify him are pure idiots

[Swaggin916]

much needed games for him... once he gets that 3 ball going efficiently then he will be ready to take his game to the next level.

[CarlosBoozer]

9/23 from the field doe :biggums:

[Bosnian Sajo]

I always thought the Lakers went with the right pick in Russell over Okafor even when half the Laker "fans" were giving him so much shit. Now that he's finally getting minutes and playing well, they're nowhere to be found.



It's aight fam, you just wanted what's best for the team :cheers:

STFU, don't make me go back and bump the thread YOU made about Lakers ****ing up with the Russell pick. Why lie?


I bashed Russell, but at the same time I cooled down after every game to remind myself and the rest of the posters in the game thread that he is in fact only 19 and still needed plenty of time to adjust. Now this doesn't mean he made it, but it was pretty awesome watching him fight in the 4th vs the Twolves to score 23 (including a game tying shot in regulation and long ass three pointer right before that, clutch gene, *****) and now tonight scoring 24 on the Spurs. Well done :applause:

[Nick Young]

RussGawd has the clutchness flowing through him like his father before him.

This year he is learning alot from Kobe what it takes to be a champion-next season, he'll be handed the keys.





Let's be real here.

Russell and Randle might be the next Stockton and Malone, and both of them are Lakers.:rockon:

[Tking714]

His ceiling is Magic Johnson with a knockdown jumpshot.

I don't see any similarity to Magic, explain

[coin24]

I hated the pick and I'm still not convinced it was the right one over okafor, BUT, I'm glad he's playing well now and fu*ktard Byron is letting him play and develop..
Hopefully he continues to improve :applause:

[plowking]

I hated the pick and I'm still not convinced it was the right one over okafor, BUT, I'm glad he's playing well now and fu*ktard Byron is letting him play and develop..
Hopefully he continues to improve :applause:

We'll give you Dragic for him.

[Nick Young]

I hated the pick and I'm still not convinced it was the right one over okafor, BUT, I'm glad he's playing well now and fu*ktard Byron is letting him play and develop..
Hopefully he continues to improve :applause:
Okafor is getting in bar fights every two weeks, the man is a massive dumbass. If he had Tim Duncans attitude he'd have been the better pick, but he doesn't. Russell is clutch as hell and can shoot. A clutch shooting PG with elite vision and passing ability is the exact kind of guy you want leading your offense during close games.

[coin24]

Okafor is getting in bar fights every two weeks, the man is a massive dumbass. If he had Tim Duncans attitude he'd have been the better pick, but he doesn't. Russell is clutch as hell and can shoot. A clutch shooting PG with elite vision and passing ability is the exact kind of guy you want leading your offense during close games.


Should help us in maybe 2 games this year then:lol but yeah I am starting to like what I see a bit more..

I think okafor in a better situation would be a beast. The Suxers should be banned from drafting/ruining these young guys first few years..



And no thanks plow, you enjoy dragic Max $$ man:cheers:

[Milbuck]

Okafor is not that good at all. Pretty post game but just does not play a style conducive to winning in today's era. Dude is exactly what people projected him to be and what people projected him to be is not good enough to lead a franchise. You cannot win anything of value today when your franchise player is a slow-it-down center who sucks on defense. You can work around it with other positions, but if your center is a garbage defender it puts a clear cap on your team that you just can't get around unless you have a freakish defender at the 4 who can do everything like prime Garnett or Rodman or something.

Russell is going to take longer to reach his potential but his potential is much more valuable, especially with the way the league is trending.

Porzingis is the only guy LA fans should feel shitty about passing up.

[DaOldLion]

Anybody doubting that Russell would be good was stupid, bunch of moron on ISH looking stupid :oldlol: :oldlol:

[DaOldLion]

Okafor is not that good at all. Pretty post game but just does not play a style conducive to winning in today's era. Dude is exactly what people projected him to be and what people projected him to be is not good enough to lead a franchise. You cannot win anything of value today when your franchise player is a slow-it-down center who sucks on defense. You can work around it with other positions, but if your center is a garbage defender it puts a clear cap on your team that you just can't get around unless you have a freakish defender at the 4 who can do everything like prime Garnett or Rodman or something.

Russell is going to take longer to reach his potential but his potential is much more valuable, especially with the way the league is trending.

Porzingis is the only guy LA fans should feel shitty about passing up.


:applause: :applause:

Porzingis is going to be really good and is already is pretty good, but I think (hopefully at least doe) that Russ really has a chance to become a special player. He will more than likely never have the same shot as Curry (guy he was compared too, GOAT shooter who is on his way to becoming an all time great) but he clearly has the clutch gene and is a go getter.

I too believe that Okafor has peaked already, non defensive bigs who don't grab boards are basically worthless to a team that is trying to win. Okafor at best is Brook Lopez who makes no difference on the teams W/L and at worst is David Lee. Either or doesn't make much of a difference to the wins and losses.

[raprap]

He's going to be a star bros. he just has the presence of a star. I can feel it. I had the same feeling with OJ mayo tho so we'll see :oldlol:

[coin24]

He's going to be a star bros. he just has the presence of a star. I can feel it. I had the same feeling with OJ mayo tho so we'll see :oldlol:


Is OJ still in the league?:confusedshrug:

[fiddy]

Okafor is not that good at all. Pretty post game but just does not play a style conducive to winning in today's era. Dude is exactly what people projected him to be and what people projected him to be is not good enough to lead a franchise. You cannot win anything of value today when your franchise player is a slow-it-down center who sucks on defense. You can work around it with other positions, but if your center is a garbage defender it puts a clear cap on your team that you just can't get around unless you have a freakish defender at the 4 who can do everything like prime Garnett or Rodman or something.

Russell is going to take longer to reach his potential but his potential is much more valuable, especially with the way the league is trending.

Porzingis is the only guy LA fans should feel shitty about passing up.

Tall guys are prone to freak injuries, i dont feel totally bad about that. Ofc im not wishing anything bad to Kristaps.

[G0ATbe]

Never doubted this guy. At the very least he's going to be one of the best players in the league very soon:pimp:. He reminds me of Magic

[Prime_Shaq]

I don't see the need of him with them having Clarkson already, I still think Okafor would've been a better pick. I'll be happy to be proven wrong though.

[AI09]

Okafor is getting in bar fights every two weeks, the man is a massive dumbass. If he had Tim Duncans attitude he'd have been the better pick, but he doesn't. Russell is clutch as hell and can shoot. A clutch shooting PG with elite vision and passing ability is the exact kind of guy you want leading your offense during close games.

This guy is the stupidest poster I've seen on here. How the *** do you think Russell ceiling is Magic? How the hell can you campare randle to Malone? How can you call him clutch after one play vs wolves and they didn't even win the game. The next game he went 1-7 in the 4rth. Russell is good but calm down he's not that good