Parker declaring really helps LA

[fpliii]

Was this your reaction?



If both Exum and Parker are on the board, who do you take?

lol

Not sure tbh. Parker is more NBA ready and will probably always be the better pure scorer, but I feel like Exum wants to come to LA more. Tough call.

[Genaro]

This is great news for the Lakers. Even if we stay at 6th, we can still choose Exum. (Let's say the top 5 is Wiggins, Jabari, Embiid, Randle and Smart.)
Of course that a top 3 pick would be much better but now Lakers won't get a good player only if we fall back.

[BlackVVaves]

This is great news for the Lakers. Even if we stay at 6th, we can still choose Exum. (Let's say the top 5 is Wiggins, Jabari, Embiid, Randle and Smart.)
Of course that a top 3 pick would be much better but now Lakers won't get a good player only if we fall back.

Unless you are assuming Smart will go 5th because Exum threatens to return to Australia, you're high if you think a team is drafting Smart before Exum.

Smart is Lance Stephenson with 2/3s the talent. I rather take my chances on Gordon being Blake-lite than Smart being Wade-lite.

[Nash]

Ways for them to get any of the top 4:

1) They get lucky and get in to top 3 (which is the more likely scenario than the last two, but the % are not on their side)

2) Teams don't draft Exum because they don't need guards (Wiggins/Embiid/Parker won't slide down)

3) Silver compensates the Lakers for setting the franchise back after the failed CP3 trade and rigs the lottery for us




Parker because he is the safest pick. But Exum's two-way potential is certainly intriguing

two-way potential is just another word to say jabari stinks defensively

[Myth]

yeah it helps all of the lottery teams

This. F*cking Laker fans thinking everything is about them.

[Genaro]

Unless you are assuming Smart will go 5th because Exum threatens to return to Australia, you're high if you think a team is drafting Smart before Exum.

Smart is Lance Stephenson with 2/3s the talent. I rather take my chances on Gordon being Blake-lite than Smart being Wade-lite.

Bad choices happens all the time on NBA drafts. I think that team could pass on Exum because he's not american and didn't play in college and they saw Smart closely in the last 2 years.
Or maybe the 5th pick doesn't want a guard and take Gordon or Vonleh.

[ballup]

I almost forgot how conceited Lakers fans can be. Thanks for the update OP

[fpliii]

I almost forgot how conceited Lakers fans can be. Thanks for the update OP

So I'm not supposed to react to the news? We won the last two games of the year and if Jabari didn't declare, we were pretty much ****ed. Not looking forward to overpaying for free agents, or going through 3-4 more middling seasons. Now we have an outside shot at picking up a franchise player.

[BlackVVaves]

I almost forgot how conceited Lakers fans can be. Thanks for the update OP

Shut up dude.

Realize who the OP actually is before you project your misconceptions around

fpiii is one of the most objective posters on this troll forsaken board. Who the **** are you?

[ballup]

So I'm not supposed to react to the news? We won the last two games of the year and if Jabari didn't declare, we were pretty much ****ed. Not looking forward to overpaying for free agents, or going through 3-4 more middling seasons. Now we have an outside shot at picking up a franchise player.

Jabari declaring helps more than just the Lakers. It helps all teams that won't have one of the first two picks. Your reaction isn't thread worthy.

[CelticBaller]

cant wait for the lottery. Is this Sunday right?

[Genaro]

cant wait for the lottery. Is this Sunday right?

May 20th

[CelticBaller]

May 20th

i thought it was april 20th? wtf its never been this fvcking late

[fpliii]

Shut up dude.

Realize who the OP actually is before you project your misconceptions around

fpiii is one of the most objective posters on this troll forsaken board. Who the **** are you?

Jabari declaring helps more than just the Lakers. It helps all teams that won't have one of the first two picks. Your reaction isn't thread worthy.

Were all the threads mocking Lakers fans after the Utah/SA games thread worthy?

I didn't think that this thread bothered you so much. I'll have to keep that in mind in the future.

[ballup]

Shut up dude.

Realize who the OP actually is before you project your misconceptions around

fpiii is one of the most objective posters on this troll forsaken board. Who the **** are you?

Who the fvck are you? Matter of fact, I really don't care nor do I care how much you glorify OP.