We Will Rise Again: Official 2014 Laker offseason thread

[YourMajesty]

 

[Broke Wave]

A breh please quote me and break down to me why this is a good pick. All I see is a dude who scores 85% of his buckets in the paint against undersized players in college, has no jumpshot, bad length, is a tweener who can't really dribble and won't grab rebounds against centers or pfs.

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

A breh please quote me and break down to me why this is a good pick. All I see is a dude who scores 85% of his buckets in the paint against undersized players in college, has no jumpshot, bad length, is a tweener who can't really dribble and won't grab rebounds against centers or pfs.

6'9 270 is a tweener now? he has great post moves, footwork, a lefty, etc... you act like this is the 90s and the NBA is filled with great big men.....Randle will be fine

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Makes sense


...The Kentucky product is already a solid post player who might think a bit too highly of his one-on-one skills. Too often he took on three defenders and failed to hit the open man with a pass...

...Randle, used to taking over games and being the go-to man, is clearly still adjusting to this fact, and at times, his competitiveness gets in the way of making the smarter play, passing the ball off. “Pass, Julius!” has become a common refrain this season...

...after three games in which the Cats have flourished with their star player on the bench, there’s no denying that at times, they move better as a squad without him...

 

[King Poetic]

6'9 270 is a tweener now? he has great post moves, footwork, a lefty, etc... you act like this is the 90s and the NBA is filled with great big men.....Randle will be fine

exactly

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

I love this pick

 

[G.O.A.T Squad Spokesman]

A breh please quote me and break down to me why this is a good pick. All I see is a dude who scores 85% of his buckets in the paint against undersized players in college, has no jumpshot, bad length, is a tweener who can't really dribble and won't grab rebounds against centers or pfs.

Terrence Jones with more athleticism.

 

[Lakerman0834]

My #lwo brehs what are we gonna nickname randle as we start the stanning of rich mans zbo?

 

[Lootpack]

Now all y'all need to get is Lionel Hollins and you're set.

 

[LeftCoast]

cant wait till summer league bruhs

 

[Swagnificent]

At the spot we were, how can you hate this pick? When the lottery happened, all I could hope for was Randle, Smart, or a trade.

I think Randle gon feast against SINGLE COVERAGE. He never faced that in college and still put up numbers

also you can't discount the benefit of playing with a player like Kobe. with the amount of attention he'll draw, Randle will have alot of open 18 foot jumpers. if he can become automatic on that, he'll be a beast.

we need to get a rim protector like DeAndre Jordan beside him though. he'll never be more than a mediocre man defender and poor rim protector. like blake griffin.

 

[NYC Rebel]

Can't believe we got him. Really glad he fell in our laps.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Can't believe we got him. Really glad he fell in our laps.

I'm more glad we didn't make a stupid pick at that spot, I have zero faith in this front office so any important thing like drafts and coaching hires got me edgy as hell right now.

 

[gho3st]

so i guess im the only one who's at Byron Scott being leading candidate for our next HC.

 

[King Poetic]

give byron a good point guard we'll be good to go

i knew randle all along was the pick, but this team needs players.. i defiantly need 2 more big men, at least 3 more guards with quickness and a shooter at small forward

fukk it we everybody and they mama