NBA: Draft Lottery Thread (5/17)

[Buddy Mignon]

Agreed. I'm of two frames of thought on Simmons:

1) 6' 155lbs Steph took a no name Davidson team to an elite 8. Simmons couldn't at least make the big dance? That's a red flag to me.

2) Simmons has all the tools, but he can't shoot. Well, neither could Blake Griffin coming into the league (or Mailman back in the day). Now Griffin is automatic out to about 18 feet (he even makes 3s on occasion). Shooting can be improved.

Ingram can do it all. I don't need him to have Simmons' passing ability - we have Russell for that. All he has to do is gain weight to be a monster in this league.

Admittedly, I'm on the fence. I'd be happy with either one. Both have plusses and minuses to their game but are not nearly a finished product.

Lebron couldn't shoot either, nor did he have a post game.

[LkrFan]

Lebron couldn't shoot either, nor did he have a post game.

True dat. This further fortifies my point. midnightpulp keeps yapping about how Randle can't shoot either. As if he is a finished product. Fisher couldn't shoot coming out of college either. He worked on it and worked on it until 0.4 happened.

I prefer Ingram, but I could be talked into Simmons. I'm legitimately fine with either player coming to LA. Both will be studs.

[DPG21920]

True dat. This further fortifies my point. midnightpulp keeps yapping about how Randle can't shoot either. As if he is a finished product. Fisher couldn't shoot coming out of college either. He worked on it and worked on it until 0.4 happened.

I prefer Ingram, but I could be talked into Simmons. I'm legitimately fine with either player coming to LA. Both will be studs.

To put thing in perspective it still took two years for CLE to make the playoffs after they got Lebron and there is no question he is 10x the prospect Simmons/Ingram are.

[LkrFan]

To put thing in perspective it still took two years for CLE to make the playoffs after they got Lebron and there is no question he is 10x the prospect Simmons/Ingram are.

They had LeHype and who else? Ingram or Simmons will team with Randle, Russell, Clarkson and Nance Jr. Then there is a ton of cap space to potentially "create" a FA (i.e. MVPAU).

I'd rather primarily build thru the draft like the Dubs did, but don't think Mitch isn't working the phones as I type this post. We've seen him swing for the fences. I just hope he's judicious about it going forward.

Simply put, we are in a much better position to make waves than last summer. I'll be interested to see what lies ahead.

[RsxPiimp]

we ready


pay up mid

[LkrFan]

My dude. This is something, doesnt matter who we draft or if we trade the pick. Something is better than nothing. We are finally trending upwards.

Oh absolutely. I'll be interested to see what Mitch does.

[LkrFan]

Welcome to LA, Simmons

[ambchang]

To put thing in perspective it still took two years for CLE to make the playoffs after they got Lebron and there is no question he is 10x the prospect Simmons/Ingram are.

To put things in perspective the Cavs didn't remove a giant cancer until after year one. The Lakers fastracked that process and should get a +10game advantage just due to that.