I am just saying 600 shots is a gigantic sample size for people just choosing to leave him open. Now I think everyone, but BI and Zion get left open a lot each game. So if he is getting left open it is not just trying to cheat they have just picked their poison that Zion and BI are unguardable. If that suddenly changes then Zion and BI will feast. So it is good either way.

It is obvious that there is a contingent in this thread have nega-tiger traits and can’t be happy when certain players have success.

I was beyond frustrated with his 3pt shooting along with others like Hart, Redick, and Melli. Lonzo has corrected so over the top that I feel we have to give him some credit until he proves us wrong. It is also promising to see elite success. It means their is potential in a young player. The same thing with that Clippers game with NAW. Some of the performances show there is something there. Preferring consistently mediocre is not better over young players with some inconsistency but have shown out.

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Posted by Bronc

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Posted on 2/23/21 at 8:19 pm to Colonel Flagg

I mean obviously they’ve chosen that to this point because Lonzo has not shown consistency in his time in New Orleans. Started last year terribly, picked it up, finished terribly. Started this season off terribly, picked it up.....Not sure how this one ends yet.

The thing is that eventually defenses aren’t going to risk that. Teams will go from completely cheating off him and either not closing out(or only symbolically), to actually harassing him a bit. Doesn’t mean instantly Zion and Ingram are going to be free to feast, you can adjust in different ways.

And since we haven’t really even got to that point yet, I’m personally not ready to pencil him in as a permanent 39% three point shooter.

That’s not me shitting on him, that’s simply finding some important context and wanting to see what the inevitable other side looks like before I crown him with some of the declarations others have chosen. He’s come a long way in several key areas, no one is taking that away, but we also have to decide on whether he is a part of our future, and based on what the market ends up being, whether that price may be worth the risk.

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Posted by TeddyPadillac

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Posted on 2/23/21 at 11:06 pm to Colonel Flagg