A smart move would have been, for example, drafting Porzingis and not signing Deng and Mozgov. So that now you can have Lebron, Porzingis AND cap sace.
Bertans can put the ball on the floor and is a very good passer. He's also an underrated shot blocker. His defense (specially team defense) and shooting will only improve with more playing time and the experience and confidence that comes with that.
Philly are proving you could royally up with 3 out of 5 high lottery picks (3 of 6 if you include Saric) and still build something good. Lakers drafting was beyond awful. Had they just drafted Tatum last year Kawhi would have probably been a Laker by now.
And porzingis already has a leg injury (which I predicted), so No a smart team doesn't do that.
Deng and Mozgof were already on books Maginka just righted a previous wrong which was... Savvy. Yall righted a wrong by extending pau... Not so savvy.
No doubt your team has been better run overall the past 20 years. But the last two? I WILL take Maginka over what I have seen from PATFO since Duncan left...
I agree I wanted Tatum which I said here and on LG but that is still an incomplete (so far) ...
Boston not only got best asset but got an extra pick... No defending that. But I wouldn't trade Tatum for Injured KL anyways tbh
And again to early to judge or even to claim I was right after year one.Eeveryone was on Porzingis his rookie year even saying he should be pick over Kat but right now I would rather have Russell tbh... And Kat despite his issues over both ..Easily.
And Spidamitc seems better than Tatum year one, but I still wouldn't take him over Tatum... You don't judge a draft by one year.
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I feel that Bertans would've been successful in the beautiful game style. If we lose kawhi, I would love for the spurs to get back to it. Highly unlikely with lma but it would be nice to see.
Need shooters around LMA, good move here. Congrats to Bertans! That's a fat payday!
He's a very good passer when he isn't chucking up contested 30ft shots*
He doesn't even average a block Per36*
He got more playing time his second year and his defense and shooting only got worse. There is absolutely zero evidence that it will, indeed, improve*
Lakers drafting so bad that PA TFO wants Kuzma and Ingram ...
lol sure, knowing what you know now you wouldn't draft Porzingis.
No reason to keep arguing if you are going to be dishonest son.
Lakers have been terrible for years. Your attempt to act big time now is precious.
If you would have indeed drafted well, we would be asking for just one prospect, not severall, tbh.
Look I think Bertans sucks.
I also fully believe that correlates to the amount of playtime he received and the herky jerkiness of the rotations last year. If he knows he's going to be playing night in and night out and he has a 4 year deal locked up I don't see any reason a dude of his height with his stroke cant be a deadly threat in todays NBA.
lol sure, knowing what you know now you wouldn't draft Porzingis.
No reason to keep arguing if you are going to be dishonest son.
I am being 100% honest.
Look up the Porzingis trade I was the one that said bigs over 7 foot 1 dont save a reliable history of health ... Pointing to YAo, Smits, Zydrunas as examples. Which is why at the time I still preferred KAT and Druss even though everyone was calling KP a unicorn you can look it up ..I'll wait..
Now if you are asking which prospect has more trade value outside of KAT I agree KP has infinitely more based on size and the fact the media bought his hype.
But just saying when KP comes avialble for his extension I would not pay him the max.
I wouldnt pay Russell either only KAT fromthat class imho has proven to be worth anything close to that.
But at least Russell's injuries are minor.
Mark it down. I will say it again Porzingis will never be as good as his rookie "unicorn" year hype.
HE will get overpaid and will be injured with leg injuries followed by back issues.
Russell tougher to predict I like his talent but he already has knee issues too. and wasnt a great athlete. A good one not a great one.
BTW many spurfans were ing we did not draft Baby duncan or the better athlete (Oakafor or Mudiay)
Yes Spurfans are great at scouting young talent, especially Raven.
Some of y'all wanted to overpay on Kyle Anderson ...
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Celts drafted well but supposedly talks started with Tatum and one of their future lottery picks they acquired ...and he was the best asset from the last draft ...
Lakers picked 2nd and drafted Kuzma with the pick acquired from Nets in the 20's ...
Sample size?
3 of 18 is pretty bad, but I put a lot more credence in his 38.4% from three over his career. That’s well above average.
Slumps happen. The Rockets shot 7 of 41 in game 7 of the West Finals. If they shoot 30%, they win that game.
The cap is 50% higher than it was 3 yrs ago, this is like a 4 yr/$13 mil contract then for a backup 6'10" forward who can shoot the 3. What's the problem?
But he looks like a skinny Matt Bonner
Hopefully he gets some SF minutes more than pf
Derozan or Saric next??
Well, we are trading a top 3 player on his absolute prime, of course we are not going to trade for a rookie straight up. The point is that if the Celtics made Tatum available, it would probably just take him and a late first rounder to make a deal. Since the Lakers didn't draft a Tatum, they need to give more pieces besides the draft picks.
Slumps happen, but if a player doesn't make them when it counts, shouldn't that be priced in?
Like I wrote, good for him for not being too scared to shoot like Anderson, but if he can't make them ... Not helping that much.
A lot of his shots were open, he wasn't some gravitational force out there from my memory. I'd have to watch the series again to be sure .... But I don't think I can take that
A laker fan calling SA not a FA destination when LMA had offer from LA and SA on the table and ran from LA. LA, had max cap space and had to sign Deng and Mozgov with all their “FA appeal”
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