Hard to belive Lamelo Ball may go #1

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that idiot father may have accidentally gotten 2 of his kids drafted in the top 3.
 
With not much more than his fucking mouth
 
Just shows how weak this draft really is
 
He went from a second round flier to a top 5 pick with an insane growth spurt. Not a lot of 6 foot 8 point guards. I'm sure most thought given his frame he'd settle in slightly shorter than Lonzo.
 
stakesarehigh said:
He went from a second round flier to a top 5 pick with an insane growth spurt. Not a lot of 6 foot 8 point guards. I'm sure most thought given his frame he'd settle in slightly shorter than Lonzo.
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Disagree he was a second round flier. He was a five star recruit as a freshman and sophmore I’m college through his senior year. The growth spurt helped possibly propel him to top 5 level but he would have easily been considered in the lottery somewhere.
 
citysushi said:
Disagree he was a second round flier. He was a five star recruit as a freshman and sophmore I’m college through his senior year. The growth spurt helped possibly propel him to top 5 level but he would have easily been considered in the lottery somewhere.
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Agreed he was a top recruit but his dad's mismanagement jacked him up. I truly do believe that spurt is the thing that saved him. If he was six foot 4 I don't think he gets the buzz and obviously he wouldn't be as effective
 
I mean I get it happens...hell I went from starting high school at 5 foot to six foot by graduation with a seven inch spurt in a little over a year myself. You just tend not to see it with athletes to that degree.
 
I think folks are downgrading LaMelo because his Dad's a loudmouth.

The kid has been playing professional basketball since high school. Obviously, the Australian league isn't the NBA, but it's a professional league and he was #2 in both assists and steals in that league. I'm pretty sure there have been a couple of pretty good NBA players who started out in that league.
 
meanwhile, liangelo is a "g league practice player" for the thunder.


i wonder when he gets hooked on drugs?
 
I can't wait to see the NBA-level people get ahold of this kid and let him come out of a summer camp. Damn, and he's still growing? Plus Zo will make sure he doesn't wear his father's awful BBB shoes and fuck his ankles up.
 
Rock Strongo said:
meanwhile, liangelo is a "g league practice player" for the thunder.


i wonder when he gets hooked on drugs?
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You seen the girls hanging around him though? Sheeeit. He's a D-list celebrity in LA which makes for a pretty exciting life for a kid like him.
 
Rock Strongo said:
he can play. tho, can he shoot from outside? all his highlights are passes and driving.
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I looked at his stats. He's going to need to work on his 3 (I believe it was sub 30%), but he was 46% in 2 point range which is actually pretty good for a guard.
 
trojanfan12 said:
I looked at his stats. He's going to need to work on his 3 (I believe it was sub 30%), but he was 46% in 2 point range which is actually pretty good for a guard.
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yes, but that included layups, which he does a lot of.
 
trojanfan12 said:
I looked at his stats. He's going to need to work on his 3 (I believe it was sub 30%), but he was 46% in 2 point range which is actually pretty good for a guard.
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I'm surprised his Pops hasn't gotten him in one of those LA-area shooting schools yet where they literally shoot a thousand jumpshots a day with one of those specialists.
 
Wolves with the first pick. Does dengelo move to true shooting guard and we get lamelo?
 
trojanfan12 said:
I looked at his stats. He's going to need to work on his 3 (I believe it was sub 30%), but he was 46% in 2 point range which is actually pretty good for a guard.
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He needs to get a more consistent 3 point shot but shit, there's a lot of players that play D-1 ball and don't have a consistent outside shot...like Morant, still doesn't.

He can facilitate, quick hands, he can finish with the left and the right and a pretty good dribbler...his size helps a lot. He just doesn't seem like a good shooter and I don't think he is very quick for his build...which could be an issue considering he isn't a consistent shooter. But he is also only 18 (turns 19 tomorrow).
 
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