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Must be after this talk
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I don't remember who they were talking about, but Bill and Sean even had "he pulled a Lonnie" as a saying a couple of games this season when another player stepped out of bounds. But you're right, I also noticed that LWIV stopped doing that towards the end of the season.
Must be after this talk
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I really had high hopes for Lonnie. I still believed in him for a long time, but by the end of last season, that was the first time that I wavered and wasn't sure I wanted him back. I thought with Demar being gone last season, I really thought that Lonnie could get extra court time and be a lot more consistent as he played great the year before in games Demar missed with Lonnie getting consistent court time in those games. However, even without Demar, it didn't seem like he could put it all together with any kind of consistency.
Every year I wanted the Spurs to give him more time as I thought he had a lot of potential, but was just lacking the playing time/experience. I did listen to the posters here that said he didn't really have a high BBIQ and was lacking passion for the game, but I still thought he might come good after a while. I am not sure if it's Pop that destroyed his confidence early on by yanking him all the time or laying into him after he had him guard Kawhi one game where he got taken apart, I just don't know what the issue is with him. All I can say is, if he reaches anywhere close to his potential, you'll be getting a really good player. He still has a lot of talent and potential and maybe all he needs is a new coach and team to get him to start reaching it, or, maybe like posters here have said, he just doesn't have a passion for the game and is too low in his BBIQ (his lack of BBallIQ seems to show most on the defensive end) to get any better than an inconsistent scorer. Even if he doesn't reach his full potential for all his physical gifts (he also has decent/great form on his jump shot to go along with his physical gifts), he could still maybe be a great 6th man scorer such as Lou Williams. I think he had two ceilings 1. being close to a superstar level player due to his physical gifts and also having a decent form on his jump shot to go with it, and 2. being a 6th man of the year type of scorer off the bench. I think the first one has passed him by, but IMO he can still reach the other one as a 6th man in the mold of a Lou Williams for a good team where he's not the focal point of the offense. I don't know, maybe he could also learn to player better defense and end up being a better version of Lou Williams as he still has physical gifts that Lou didn't have athletically.
Which will probably be good for -8 on the +/-. But he'll be a steal!
Seriously, I swear Lonnie did this like once a game.
If the money is equal who would pick San Antonio over LA?
He's a poor man's James White. Waste of $6.5 million, but always fun to see the Lakers do stupid .
Well there's cost of living so he'll make less. And his years here n buying a house you'd think he'd have developed a sense of home or loyalty to the organization
Yap .. He asked the spurs to rescind the offer so they did initiallly want the ability to match. He saw better opportunities at the lakers but was also keeping an eye on who the spurs dafted this year. Im sure Klutch had something to with the move too. I think he'll play with more freedom for sure .
Pop won't be there but over time I could see Lebron being the one to destroy his confidence in other ways. Hopefully not, but I see this as Lebron's last chance for another le and if so and he comes in with a lot of pressure on the team, I don't know, things could all fall apart for Lonnie. I imagine Lonnie will be given a very specific role of what to do, and it might just be standing outside to shoot open 3s. We'll see.
This is all setting up for another Lebron "wtf" type moment with Lonnie in the place of JR Smith.
Walker will fit in with the very liberal outspoken James except when it effects his pocketbook
SR21 on a roll
Defense was the main reason he was approached by the Lakers?
I like Lonnie more than most on this board but that's pretty funny.
That's some next level scouting right there. Bravo, Lakers staff.
Wasn't Lonnie rated as like the third-worst defensive guard by some advanced stat (along with Bryn Forbes)?
Lakers approached Lonnie for his defense....wait wut..
No wonder that franchise is trash right now
They extended a QO which he asked them to rescind to sign the same deal elsewhere....tf he talkin bout
I think maybe he feels it’s charity that FO just trying to do him good, but deeply he feels he’s not part of the long-term plan. they just drafted two guards. That’s pretty clear enough
Again I like Lonnie. I hate the Fakers but I’m rooting for him to drop 30 pts on the Spurs
Drop 30 and give up 50. The fact it took this long to get rid of him tells you how terrible PATFO really is.I think maybe he feels it’s charity that FO just trying to do him good, but deeply he feels he’s not part of the long-term plan. they just drafted two guards. That’s pretty clear enough
Again I like Lonnie. I hate the Fakers but I’m rooting for him to drop 30 pts on the Spurs
Remember when Pop was a defense first guy?
Yeah but he’s always a softy for overachievers
Brynn Forbes and Matt Bonner are over acheivers. walker is literally the polar opposite.
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