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Exum doing Australia proud. Hope he gets drafted to a big franchise
Lakers, that is.
LINKWhen projected first-rounder Australian guard Dante Exum told an Australian paper that he planned to speak with Lakers star Kobe Bryant about the transition to the NBA and signed with Bryant's agent, Rob Pelinka, there was a degree of concern that this could be foreshadowing. There were rumors, after all, later denied by Bryant and some executives, that as a high school phenom Bryant had threatened to play in Europe if anyone but the Lakers tried to draft him.
Now the Sporting News reports that some personnel are concerned about the same thing with Exum.
But would Exum go so far as to try to angle his way onto the Lakers, who currently have the fifth-worst record in the NBA? That's the concern among some front-office executives around the league.
“When you hear some of what he says, it does make you wonder how the process is going to go as far as workouts and that sort of thing,” one general manager told Sporting News. “We have seen this story before, of course. I am not sure a player can have that kind of control, though.”
via NBA Draft: Is Dante Exum destined to be a Laker? - NBA - Sporting News.
Pulling that kind of stunt now as opposed to when Bryant did it in the late-90's is a different deal, now. Not only is there more reporting and more scrutiny with the internet and social media, but Adam Silver played a huge hand in the CBA negotiations towards leveling the playing field for small markets to prevent exactly this kind of thing.
Odds are that Exum will be happy no matter where he's drafted and this is a non-factor. But it's interesting that some league personnel have a concern about a possible demand from the youngster.
Exum: 6'6"
Kobe: 6'7"
Wes Johnson: 6'8"
Melo: 6'8"
MVPau: 7'
^ lineup is long, athletic, and versatile. I could see the 18 year old rook blowing by and posting up 30 year old Enrique or CPFlop.
Exum doing Australia proud. Hope he gets drafted to a big franchise
Sounds like another gamma male who needs a generational big man and a Horry-esque clutch player to carry him
Still a first round exit if not a lottery team tbh.
For all the whining people make over youngsters "not wanting to play in certain places", it's hard to argue with the results
John Elway: Don't wanna be a Baltimore Colt...Colts move away a year later, Elway goes to 5 superbowls and wins 2
Kobe Bryant: Don't wanna be a Hornet...Hornets eventually move away, Kobe wins 5 rings and goes to 7 NBA Finals.
Eli Manning: Don't wanna be a Charger...Wins 2 SBs in NY, SD still hasn't seen the big game since 1994.
Let's be honest, these kids know more than you do
Hated Eli at the time (I don't anymore), but he and his father were totally right about AJ Smith, tbh....
Agreed, Eli Manning is a poor example. Also not like Elway forced his way to a major city either.
Nah, at least 2nd round fodder if Mamba sits the rest of this year and comes back healthy next year.
Truth bombs.For all the whining people make over youngsters "not wanting to play in certain places", it's hard to argue with the results
John Elway: Don't wanna be a Baltimore Colt...Colts move away a year later, Elway goes to 5 superbowls and wins 2
Kobe Bryant: Don't wanna be a Hornet...Hornets eventually move away, Kobe wins 5 rings and goes to 7 NBA Finals.
Eli Manning: Don't wanna be a Charger...Wins 2 SBs in NY, SD still hasn't seen the big game since 1994.
Let's be honest, these kids know more than you do
Steve Francis doesn't want to play in beautiful Vancouver, forces his way to hole Houston, gets addicted to crack, and will be dead in 5 years.For all the whining people make over youngsters "not wanting to play in certain places", it's hard to argue with the results
John Elway: Don't wanna be a Baltimore Colt...Colts move away a year later, Elway goes to 5 superbowls and wins 2
Kobe Bryant: Don't wanna be a Hornet...Hornets eventually move away, Kobe wins 5 rings and goes to 7 NBA Finals.
Eli Manning: Don't wanna be a Charger...Wins 2 SBs in NY, SD still hasn't seen the big game since 1994.
Let's be honest, these kids know more than you do
But yet again, another player who refused to play for a franchise that moved away anyways
add Ricky Rubio to the listFor all the whining people make over youngsters "not wanting to play in certain places", it's hard to argue with the results
John Elway: Don't wanna be a Baltimore Colt...Colts move away a year later, Elway goes to 5 superbowls and wins 2
Kobe Bryant: Don't wanna be a Hornet...Hornets eventually move away, Kobe wins 5 rings and goes to 7 NBA Finals.
Eli Manning: Don't wanna be a Charger...Wins 2 SBs in NY, SD still hasn't seen the big game since 1994.
Let's be honest, these kids know more than you do
^This, but the better question is why would the Lakers attempt to resign him?
And no to Melo and Wes Johnson too. It's terrible to say but we need the team plane to go down.
Healthy Kobe still won't be anything more than a roleplayer at this point tbh. He'll prolly be Derek Fisher with a bit more consistency and more FTs.
^This, but the better question is why would the Lakers attempt to resign him?
And no to Melo and Wes Johnson too. It's terrible to say but we need the team plane to go down.
Juan Diego can't evenSounds like another gamma male who needs a generational big man and a Horry-esque clutch player to carry him
Of the 1st three plays on the video, the 2nd is him receiving 2 bogus foul shots.Lakers, that is.
Exum: 6'6"
Kobe: 6'7"
The third is of him obviously travelling and no call.
Stopped watching after that.
Go Kirby II
tbh we should assemble the old gang back next year (minus Gasol, of course). Get Odom, Bynum, and Fisher back with one-year deals, have them play a farewell tour with Kobe enroute to a 30-win season. If Pau sticks around for cheap, maybe we get 1-2 more W's. It would be nostalgically awesome, and Parker or Randle would get to play his first year with a bunch of championship vets before taking on a more important role in 2015. They're going to suck anyways next season so I'm just spitballing ideas
White EXU(m)?
Lakers will always remain a popular destination for many. The same cant be said about the Spurs.
The same reason he feigns bogus injuries just prior to the NBA trade deadline. He's been doing that the last 3 years in a row. He wants to be a LakerPERI
Still no response from JorgeSounds like another gamma male who needs a generational big man and a Horry-esque clutch player to carry him
STD-Wade has made a (probable) HOF career of the above.Of the 1st three plays on the video, the 2nd is him receiving 2 bogus foul shots.
The third is of him obviously travelling and no call.
Stopped watching after that.
Go Kirby II
Kobe - 5Sounds like another gamma male who needs a generational big man and a Horry-esque clutch player to carry him
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