re: Anyone still want to talk shite about Lonzo?

He still needs to get better with FT but he def needs to be a part of future plans

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Jj redick says players are more worried about posting On Instagram and looking good


... and there Lonzo is posting pictures of himself after a loss... kinda disappointing

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Are you not a pro-Lonzo guy?

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would be nice for him to get his FT% up

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it would change his life.

He never shot 70% at any level.
Around 50% for the season.
Up from last year 47%.

Turrble.

So yes, i would not have him on my team if we choose up sides.

Why have a guy be pg who is worse at ft than shaq and wilt?
Liability with game on the line.

Pels should trade him while his stock is high

Realistically, Lonzo’s future in New Orleans is going to be determined on how he looks with Zion. I’m personally still not sold for a number of reasons but think he is trending in the right direction.

I do think if we keep him people are going to need to pick some loyalties in the Jrue/Lonzo/Favors game though. As that core is likely not going to be able to optimally thrive in a Gentry system(or any system in the modern NBA) that has seen its resurgence thanks in part to a decision to emphasis three point shooting in lineups. 4 average to below average shooters and a reluctant but good three point shooter is not gonna work.

If Lonzo does look like he has a future next to Zion, I think the odd man out is probably Jrue.

And I think an ideal target would be Bradley Beal. Who I think is not long for Washington after this season. And besides OKC, we have the most enticing asset pool to offer. It would probably require helping Jrue land somewhere better with a third team, but I think if people are sold on Lonzo, what he, Zion, Ingram, and Favors/Hayes will need is someone like Beal.

I know Beal has long been a popular player on this board.

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His shooting percentage has fallen 3 straight years; he shoots 31% from 3 this year. He isnt elevating his team to victory; their 3 best wins came with him on bench.

I am not saying he cant work here but I am not sure he is the slam dunk many view him to be. We would lose assets and tie up a decent bit of salary for his services.

Ideally, I think we sign good value/character vets in FA or make good value trades for them. We bank on BI and Zion being our 2 stars and we develop Jax, NAW, Ball, and whoever we draft going forward to be our core. IF we can develop through the draft, we have a much more manageable cap to work with.

Of course it has fallen three straight years, the team has progressively gotten more and more terrible.

At this point he is the only player defenses have to key in on.

It would be the equivalent of looking at Ingram’s performance against the Celtics, 4-15, when so many players were out and the D could focus on him, and claiming BI won’t get better when he gets help.

Does anyone not think that if a guy like Beal was playing on this team, in this system, with guys like BI, Zion, and Reddick helping draw defenses away that he wouldn’t look like the Beal we knew when he himself had that sort of talent supporting him?

But I’m not all in on Beal, but if people are wanting to build around Zion/Ingram/Lonzo/Hayes(Favors possibly as well), Jrue probably has to be exchanged for someone that fills the holes of where that core’s deficiencies are, and that would be spacing the floor, generating offense for yourself in the half court, and solid perimeter defense(I know Beals numbers this year are bad, but I’ll take the career sample of him being solid over the numbers coming from an abysmal team).

Galinari or Aldrige either one places someone on the bench. To bench Favors before we even see how he and Zion play together would be a big mistake in my mind.

Your Wall for Ball idea is a new one to me. While it could be a title type move, I think it has a better chance of hurting our team.

So Lonzo missed 3 FTs in a row? Big deal. FTs can be improved easily. He focused his 3 pt shot this offseason and looks a lot better with it. Next should be his FT%. He can do it

Coulda shoulda fixed his 3 pt shooting too:
.309 > .329 > .356