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Bro. He is still super young and just got back from an illness. Lots of potential still there and at worst he is a pretty good bench player.
what an absolute pussy he turned out to be
Bro. He is still super young and just got back from an illness. Lots of potential still there and at worst he is a pretty good bench player.
Seems like he is got an issue with his mind
Lonnie is a microwave off the bench type player. One of those Jamal Crawford type guys that don't provide much of anything other than scoring on a good day.
It's looking bad and maybe we simply need to temper our expectations. He needs to pursue a JJ Red type of career. S om might be out of reach.
Three options:
1) Use him as trade bait
2) Re-sign him at a lower salary
3) Let him become restricted FA
This is what I said before the season began. I said he could be a Lou Williams type player.
So frustrating how when he drives, you already know he's going to pass it out because he can't make any nifty layup to score.
Hes been in the nba a few years already...Just seems lost....Every once in awhile he will have a good game,But then disappears the next several games.Hes not good at anything
His ceiling is Gerald Green or JR Smith. He's got that same low IQ vibe to him. He's shorter and softer than those two so he probably won't even reach that ceiling.
Wow, ok. Didn’t get to watch tonight but it looks like he wasn’t the only one who crapped the bed. I still got faith in him as a solid player in this league but some of these guys who were talking about him being an all-star might need an expectation adjustment.
if lonnie dont pick it up the next few games we should just go on with weaterspoon
I dunno I think he's at the stage where he needs to perform against nba pressure, and he's got to learn to handle it one way or another.
I believe more in Samanic's potential than Lonnie at this point.
You can probably get something juicy out of a Mills + Rudy + Lonnie package.
Eh, I give him the rest of the season. Pop needs to get the out of his head.
Lonnie wasn't the only guy who the bed, this was a team effort tonight ol' sports
No one is saying that it was because of Lonnie we lost this game. It's the consistency of lackluster aggressiveness and lack of willpower that has everyone down on Lonnie.
I don't know if it's Pop on these guys. Even Keldon is not showing as much bravado. He used to yell every time. Now he's more tempered.
I think it's what Vassell said the other day:
Especially when you go as hard as Keldon. The dude is probably fatigued. And maybe the PF role is taking a toll on him.
its not pops fault kj cant shoot all of a sudden....Pop giving kj,murray,lonnie the freedom to make happen...They just cant rise to the challenge
IMHO he hasn’t been the same since his hand injury. He clearly wasn’t 100% tonight. Not sure he plays if D. White was ready to go on the 2nd night of a b2b.
I give him credit for suiting up and playing. He has taken major strides in his professionalism and approach to the game this year, playing through injuries is another.
As Pop has said, the guy relies so much on his athleticism.
I see when he isn’t fully abled (either physically or psychologically), he becomes a s of his (newfound) former self.
He is also in a unique situation this year as there’s actually a rookie better than he is overall right now, playing behind him.
Coupled with Whites return, Lonnie would have to be feeling that pressure.
I still believe in him but agree it may take a change of scenery, lack of compe ion at his position; to truly find his game.
I don't mean shooting. There's good and bad nights. I'm talking about intensity. Keldon was 10 just a week ago, and I see him maybe 6-7 tonight. The same with Lonnie. He scored 20's two nights in a row, and could not even score tonight, but rather pass the ball.
Lonnie is pretty frustrating - I've been relatively impressed with his effort levels on defense and his ballhandling and general floor play looks to have improved a bit, but he is just so timid offensively. At this point, his vertical leap is purely a number and doesn't function as an advantage for him. Not ready to give up on him by any means, there is definitely a good player in there.
I think what bothers me the most about Lonnie is him hyping himself up before the season began, like he was going to takeover the league. He's really become the new IG Baller. I mean, I hope he backs up all his self-hype someday like Murray but Murray's been y from day 1 and it's always evident on the court.
Anything to get his confidence back. Lonnie can break his defender's ankle if he wants to with his quick first step. He can outrun anybody in the court on a fastbreak. But he chooses to dial down. He needs to know he can go in and attack anytime and punish his defender.
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