Shams: Lonnie Walker IV Signs with the Lakers, one year at $6.5 million

[Atl Spur]

I wonder why you didn't post this after the game with GSW

Stop being mean!!! Let these clowns fawn over Lonnie

[exstatic]

Coach Ham just asked Lonnie smiling, just drive the ball. I think Lonnie will thrive with the Lakers tbh

He won’t be any different than he was here. Highlight dunks, the occasional outburst,but ultimately a net negative.

[GAustex]

Stop being mean!!! Let these clowns fawn over Lonnie

Miss Cleo I see u playing the sock puppet game.
Shame on you

[ambchang]

Context: Davis not only had bad - mediocre talent, but the best surrounding talent was chronically injured on top of that.

The guy was playing at a MVP/first ballot HOF level. If it wasn't enough to do much team wise, maybe just maybe he wasn't the problem.




You people are ridiculous. First off, Davis was named top 75. Second, go virtually anywhere outside of this forum and spout this nonsense and you'll be laughed at and dismissed.

To clarify, I think he was clearly a top 75 player of all time. There were a bunch of players that made it that were clearly worse than AD. Robert Parish, Jerry Lucas, Lillard, Melo, Rodman, Hal Greer, Rodman, Worthy, just as a few examples.

However, the context was that he was in line to become the next Duncan, which he never was even close to. The Pelicans were bad, but not so bad that they would finish so poorly. Jrue Holiday, Eric Gordan, Tyreke Evans, Ryan Anderson, Al-Farouq Aminu, Lance Stephenson, Nikola Mirotic, Rondo and DeMarcus Cousins for a very short time, Randle. Sure these are not all-stars, but consistently winning 35 to 40 games a year? Luka is making playoffs with absolute dog as his teammates, the Grizzlies were making the playoffs with an ancient Marc Gasol and Mike Conley, Nuggest had a better record with Danillo Gallinari leading them in scoring and supported by a very young Jokic. A 37 year old Nowitzki made the playoffs with fat Deron Williams and Chandler Parsons as his best supporting players.

Davis put up great numbers on some pretty bad teams, in 7 years with NO, he made the playoffs TWICE! That's horrible.

[BacktoBasics]

Walker would massively benefit from them moving Westbrook

[timtonymanu]

We saw Walker do this all the time, puts up 20+ PPG game then looking very raw the next. Gotta see some consistency out of him, but like us the lakers are desperate for talent too.

[Slippy]

Walker would massively benefit from them moving Westbrook

Yap . Gald to see him flourishing, not surprised and all the anti walker posts in here since. Lol

[Dejounte]

a role player would play better next to Anthony Davis and LeBron James vs Murray and Keldon?? gasp

Huh….sounds like something I’ve been saying all along yet people still spout this nonsense that the team needs to be talented from top to bottom

dont forget White too who is now starting for the Celtics

Folks saying our players would never start or be a rotation player on other teams same guys saying the same now about our current roster yet flash forward a year from now and the ones who aren’t here anymore will probably be key players on a contending team.

[TD 21]

To clarify, I think he was clearly a top 75 player of all time. There were a bunch of players that made it that were clearly worse than AD. Robert Parish, Jerry Lucas, Lillard, Melo, Rodman, Hal Greer, Rodman, Worthy, just as a few examples.

However, the context was that he was in line to become the next Duncan, which he never was even close to. The Pelicans were bad, but not so bad that they would finish so poorly. Jrue Holiday, Eric Gordan, Tyreke Evans, Ryan Anderson, Al-Farouq Aminu, Lance Stephenson, Nikola Mirotic, Rondo and DeMarcus Cousins for a very short time, Randle. Sure these are not all-stars, but consistently winning 35 to 40 games a year? Luka is making playoffs with absolute dog as his teammates, the Grizzlies were making the playoffs with an ancient Marc Gasol and Mike Conley, Nuggest had a better record with Danillo Gallinari leading them in scoring and supported by a very young Jokic. A 37 year old Nowitzki made the playoffs with fat Deron Williams and Chandler Parsons as his best supporting players.

Davis put up great numbers on some pretty bad teams, in 7 years with NO, he made the playoffs TWICE! That's horrible.

Davis was/is always going to be more Robinson/Garnett than Olajuwon/Duncan, which is to say at a championship contending level, he's more so a finisher than creator as any big who can't be a low post hub of the offense inevitably is.

Still, most of his prominent teammates were either chronically injured, didn't last long with them or both. The West was also brutal during that time period.

It's also not 2k. Individually, that might seem like fine talent, but they always lacked the secret sauce to virtually any good team: sizable two-way role players.

[BackHome]

I would not even put Davis even in the same conversation as Robinson people really forget how good he was. If he had played for a big Market team he would be worshipped like a God in the media but to our luck and fortune we got him for his career

[ambchang]

Davis was/is always going to be more Robinson/Garnett than Olajuwon/Duncan, which is to say at a championship contending level, he's more so a finisher than creator as any big who can't be a low post hub of the offense inevitably is.

Still, most of his prominent teammates were either chronically injured, didn't last long with them or both. The West was also brutal during that time period.

It's also not 2k. Individually, that might seem like fine talent, but they always lacked the secret sauce to virtually any good team: sizable two-way role players.

Robinson carried the offence of a 50win teams for six years. Garnett carried the offence of a horrible wolves team to mid 40 wins. Both of those guys were top 25 of so type players. Davis is likely around top 50 to 60.

[Mr. Body]

Davis isn't anywhere close to sight range of Robinson and Garnett. He's never carried a team anywhere near what those players did. He had one great season with LAL when the whole league had checked out and now, still in his prime, he's back to filing up empty stats.

There was a lot of talk about how he's the best PF of his era yet guys like Griffin and LMA were better. A total fraud.

[RC_Drunkford]

Davis was/is always going to be more Robinson/Garnett than Olajuwon/Duncan, which is to say at a championship contending level, he's more so a finisher than creator as any big who can't be a low post hub of the offense inevitably is.

Still, most of his prominent teammates were either chronically injured, didn't last long with them or both. The West was also brutal during that time period.

It's also not 2k. Individually, that might seem like fine talent, but they always lacked the secret sauce to virtually any good team: sizable two-way role players.

Comparing AD to Garnett and Robinson who both won MVPs. Davis was never even in a regular season MVP race and it's him who's always injured, cause he's made out of glass.

[TD 21]

Comparing AD to Garnett and Robinson who both won MVPs. Davis was never even in a regular season MVP race and it's him who's always injured, cause he's made out of glass.

At the lack of basic reading comprehension.

[John B]

I thought this was Lonnie Walker thread

[RC_Drunkford]

At the lack of basic reading comprehension.

yea right, now everybody who replied read the bull you wrote wrong

[TD 21]

yea right, now everybody who replied read the bull you wrote wrong

I clearly meant style of play as opposed to caliber, although he's far closer in that too than you nostalgic casuals realize.

[LkrFan]

Stop being mean!!! Let these clowns fawn over Lonnie

Right now Lonnie our 3rd best player

[Atl Spur]

Miss Cleo I see u playing the sock puppet game.
Shame on you

You like me huh? You gave a name and everything you enjoy this win? Im listening….

[Atl Spur]

Right now Lonnie our 3rd best player

Like I said…..poor you! ��. I respect your fandom though����

[BillMc]

I thought this was Lonnie Walker thread

As usual Lonnie has disappeared...

[John B]

As usual Lonnie has disappeared...

[mo7888]

As usual Lonnie has disappeared...

You win the internet today lol

[GAustex]

You like me huh? You gave a name and everything you enjoy this win? Im listening….

No real playa will ever play to lose.
I am on record being from the Herm Edwards school
You play to win the game
Your boys two years ago lotto and this years second rounder Primo, Zollins and Langford still ain’t showing anything

Spurs would be better off playing hard and losing but winning does have benefits

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Pretty good start for Lonnie, but not really outplaying his numbers from last year, just getting more minutes. I like Lonnie, but FTL.