re: Is lonzo ball a less explosive Michael Carter Williams?

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Yeah, 38% is well under 50%.

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If you're going to be nitpicky with a Rookie on his 2nd triple double at least acknowledge he shot 1 or maybe 2 full / half court heaves this game( I know 1 before the half). Which would give him a slightly more respectable 5-11(1-2 or 1-3 ) from the field. Not a " dominant" performance ,but.......the kid does so many things real well. Impressed with his " D".

Just nice to see him attempt to attack the basket more instead of jacking 6 or 7 3's.

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The nuggets best player and head coach were thrown out in the 2nd quarter.

Nurkic played 1 quarter of the game...

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Lakers were up 20 when both were ejected

Is this the nba thread:


FYI

Ben Simmons 18.1 PPG, 9.1 RPG, 8 APG, 21.1 PER, .542 TS%

Russell Westbrook 19.9 PPG, 8.2 RPG, 9.5 APG, 19.9 PER, .491 TS%

Reaux this Lonzo thing is gonna go as poorly for you as any poster’s stance on a particular player ever around here. It’s gonna be ugly. Lonzo is gonna be a all nba kinda guy.

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Hey look, there's 2 players who are WAAAAAAAY better than Lonzo. I wonder if they'll attempt to emulate him as he transcends the game.

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Dude. Lonzo was a teenager until three weeks ago. Are you expecting him to put up numbers in his first month in the NBA that Russ is putting up in his prime.

Yep. You are good at that. I always noticed that we have that in common.

so far in November he has had shooting nights of


3-15
3-13
4-15
3-12
3-10
1-9


this is worrisome


Great passer, good rebounder, he needs to stop shooting and hurting his team

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The way you talk about him almost makes it sound like any team that starts him during his career will be worse off because of it.

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Not any. But I don't think Lakers fans and top brass want the Lakers to be just any team. This kid is supposed to turn this organization into a champion. Now clearly that's a tall task for anyone, so I wouldn't judge him on that.

The thing about his shooting is he's either going to have to really improve it(which isn't all that easy), or stop shooting, which severely limits his value IMO.

I guess what I'm saying I think his potential moving forward is pretty damn volatile. Think the opposite of Simmons. I feel like we're all pretty comfortable in what his floor is in this league, even though he's not a great shooter. Lonzo's floor scares me.

lonzo ball. first 20 year old guard to have an unimpressive triple double within his first 20 career games

i think they show how he can still have an impact on the game even when he is shooting poorly