This nikka Lonzo Ball isn't even good enough to hate

[Booker T Garvey]

He's averaging 10, 7, and 7.

Negged.

9.1, 6 and 6 now thanks to this most recent scoreless game

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Y'all forgot Lavar even said Lonzo COULD NOT go to a team and play the 2. Which means Lonzo will have trouble scoring.


And fukk all the Jason Kidd comparisons. IF Kidd is your standard then

How many times Kidd was traded? The role of the PG has changed since Kidd played. And you don't draft a guy that high if they can't created their own shot.

Westbrook didn't really put up numbers at UCLA but you could see he had the physical tools. Ball not so much.

I really feel bad for duke because everything he's done has and will be scrutinized and dissected under a microscope for the foreseeable future.

You're one of a very few on this board who acknowledges Kidd's game for what it is.

 

[L. Deezy]

We probably looking at a kid who is tired of basketball. I wouldnt be surprised he only playing cuz daddy making him...

Dude has no fight in him.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

@Gil Scott-Heroin

He was always going to struggle out the gate because he didn't run much PnR at UCLA. And even though there's a ton of red flags with his play, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt as it's early, and he just turned 20. Most of his shyt can be fixed in due time, but one thing that can't be is aggressiveness.

If they don't bite as puppies, they usually don't bite. Word to Thibs.

 

[Swagnificent]

So, you're willing to give Lonzo more time, but Fultz is a bum according to you.

Lonzo has shown more. He's just not been consistent cause he's lost confidence.

Fultz has shown NOTHING. He's even worse than I thought. I had him as Eric Gordon 2.0 (which is a pretty good player). Right now Fultz looks like the next Anthony Bennett.

 

[Mr_X]

Tonight we get D'angelo vs Lonzo, the hot takes that are gonna transpire are gonna be exquisite

 

[Damnshow]

how the fukk you are #2 draft pick and score zero points in a game by only attempting two field goals?

not even 10 games passed and he losing the confidence in his shot?

 

[Copy Ninja]

We probably looking at a kid who is tired of basketball. I wouldnt be surprised he only playing cuz daddy making him...

Dude has no fight in him.

Kids with overbearing fathers typically reach this point.

 

[smitty22]

D'Angelo is gonna cook this nikka tomorrow night

:DemBuckeyes: Negs @Regular_P

 

[King Biko]

He was always going to struggle out the gate because he didn't run much PnR at UCLA. And even though there's a ton of red flags with his play, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt as it's early, and he just turned 20. Most of his shyt can be fixed in due time, but one thing that can't be is aggressiveness.

If they don't bite as puppies, they usually don't bite. Word to Thibs.

Hes actually looked more comfortable in the pnr the last couple of games. Even last night even tho he played extremely passive. I won't even say bad because i could barely tell he was out there but the few times they ran a high pnr for him he seem to make the right decision outside of making the play for himself

 

[Malta]

Chuck and Kenny got it right for once. He takes too long to get his shot off, and he can only shoot going to his left. Coaches got film on him now; there's gonna be less nights like Phoenix and more like Portland unless he makes an adjustment.

Everyone was saying this before the draft and got labeled haters once it looked like the Lakers were going to take him you couldn't offer up any type of criticism even if you liked his game.

Going to his right, he basically can't shoot off the dribble -

 

[BXKingPin82]

can someone effectively change their shot this late in the game? (not really late late) but
i know itll probably be hard than a mafukka to change up how you been doing some shyt for so long.
i remember Anthony Mason with them ridiculous freethrow shots
changed up his form the way he changed up the designs cut into his hair!

 

[Osmosis]

He was always going to struggle out the gate because he didn't run much PnR at UCLA. And even though there's a ton of red flags with his play, I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt as it's early, and he just turned 20. Most of his shyt can be fixed in due time, but one thing that can't be is aggressiveness.

If they don't bite as puppies, they usually don't bite. Word to Thibs.

A lot of basketball minds I respect were touting him as a revolutionary player on the offensive end. He has some great tendencies--- the passing is obviously there but his scoring ability is pretty alarming. I never really understood how he was considered the second best prospect in the draft and his play isn't doing much to clarify things. Obviously, it's still really early but I really hope he can end up correcting the flaws in his game.

 

[Guile]

He has to change his shot going to the right or bigs are going to come out to swat his shot consistently.

Both his borthers have good strokes () I don't know why Lavar let him keep shooting that way.


Anyway, the Lakers are playing better without him because everyone else for the most part are nba ready in terms of their body and game. Ball isn't.

He can't have 0 points a game if he is going to be a starter as a guard.

 

[The God Poster]

The amount of upping ima do to y'all bytch nikkas