Lakers OFF-SEASON IS A WRAP

[mr j 858]

Lakers getting d'angelo tells okafor is going to bust they saw something in Bynum but not in okafor?

Seriously the more I saw & read up on Oakfor the more I think he's going to have a career like Elton Brand.

Decent and he will have a couple seasons where he makes all star teams. Then slowly fade away and out of the league.

 

[mr j 858]

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[Lizakers]

Seriously the more I saw & read up on Oakfor the more I think he's going to have a career like Elton Brand.

Decent and he will have a couple seasons where he makes all star teams. Then slowly fade away and out of the league.

Do people forget EB ruptured his Achilles in his prime and carried the clips to game 7 in the second round against the best team in the league?

 

[evoxr1]

First time posting in this thread.

Just wanna say I was either way with okafor and Russell. But the more I think about the more excited I am.

The fact that there is more big men available in FA vs guards makes me feel better about the Russell pick. Plus the thought of him and Clarkson both 6'5" guys as our guards gets me giddy.

If we can lure DeAndre or LaMarcus or Monroe I think we have a great chance to make playoffs

 

[essential1]

Get Robert Upshaw on the Summer League team and get him on the training camp roster

Low low risk.. High Potential Reward for a 5th Big

 

[noblekane]

Sixers should have traded up and given up assets if they knew what was good for them.

They didn't.

Yup

Next years pick back lol

 

[mr j 858]

Do people forget EB ruptured his Achilles in his prime and carried the clips to game 7 in the second round against the best team in the league?

Like I said Elton Brand was an allstar but clearly not a superstar.

Did he ever make it to first or second team all NBA in his career.

Another similarity between him & Oakfor. Great scoring big men coming out of Duke but never neither known as good or great defensive bigs.

 

[licensed to ball]

First time posting in this thread.

Just wanna say I was either way with okafor and Russell. But the more I think about the more excited I am.

The fact that there is more big men available in FA vs guards makes me feel better about the Russell pick. Plus the thought of him and Clarkson both 6'5" guys as our guards gets me giddy.

If we can lure DeAndre or LaMarcus or Monroe I think we have a great chance to make playoffs

First off, welcome to the thread

Secondly, I'm on the same page as you with most of your feelings

 

[mr j 858]

 

[pmatic]

Do people forget EB ruptured his Achilles in his prime and carried the clips to game 7 in the second round against the best team in the league?

Like I said Elton Brand was an allstar but clearly not a superstar.

Did he ever make it to first or second team all NBA in his career.

Another similarity between him & Oakfor. Great scoring big men coming out of Duke but never neither known as good or great defensive bigs.

Brand was a pretty good defender, not elite but good.

 

[licensed to ball]

Get some sleep P you gotta wake up soon

 

[mr j 858]

 

[mr j 858]

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Starting to think russell was drafted knowing that oak will be traded for a future pick next year

 

[rck3sactown]

man, happy for Big D

a life long dream come true to be drafted by such a prestigious franchise for sure 

 

[slipac2]

Good Draft picks. It's funny how a good few months can change everything. Even if we don't get a big time big this year in fa we have a solid youth foundation. I also have a feeling that tarik black is gonna improve immensely.

 

[kal-el-8]

man, happy for Big D

 

[mr j 858]

I get how guys like Essential are worried and have doubts about the front office (Mitch & Jim Buss) ability to land free agents this summer.

Because of what happened last summer and previous years in free agency. Also the whole joke of the Dwight Howard saga 2 summers ago.

But really though we all knew deep down that Melo was a serious long shot last summer and was staying with the Knicks and taking more money.

Lebron we tried but he was even more of a long shot and really had slim to no chance at getting him.

This summer though in free agency. I just have a feeling we have a better chance getting Aldridge, DJ, or Marc Gasol.

The team is in a better position with young assets, the cap space.

One of these bigs will be coming here to the Lakers.

 

[sohi 23]

I couldn't be happier guys.

RIP TEAM TANK (2013-2015)

RESULTS:
D'Angelo Russell
Julius Randle

D'ANGELO IS GUNNA BE A STAR.
RANDLE&RUSSELL, THE TWIN LEFTIES!!!



Russell
Clarkson
Kobe
Randle
Hopefully LMA

Brown
Black
Nance
Young
Kelly

This is about as good as a quick 2 year rebuild can get. Now we just wait a year for Kobe to expire and we're in prime position to compete for a ring (after we let go of B. Scott, of course).

 

[rck3sactown]

 

man, happy for Big D

 

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whats that shot chart from? college 3 is way shorter. thats from his nba workout?

 

[VinMillerHearn58]

DJ? I would rather have Aldridge or Gasol.

 

[moiety]

Lawd, PLEASE tell me this is the end of team tank.

I basically joined this forum for the Laker thread and I wanted nothing to do with it the past couple of years


Edit-- I know with the squad we have at the moment doesn't make us title contenders, but good lord this thread has been :x the past couple of seasons

 

[youngwolf]

Is Julius playing in summer league?

 

[mr j 858]