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Baron Von Humongous Retired Number
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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yinoma2001 wrote: | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | pokoy wrote: | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | MJST wrote: | Baron Von Humongous wrote: | Lazy defensive game and he showed the good and bad of point-Jules, but it's fun to see him flying up and down the court playing bullyball while creating. Julius always did want to be Lebron. |
Imagine the Lakers running a death lineup with LeBron at the 4 and Julius at the small ball 5. |
Oh, MJST, I did imagine it for a few days this past July. It would've been glorious more often than not.
ETA: imagine Julius and Lebron at the elbows in all the horns sets the Lakers are going to run over the next four years. |
Gawd if we had just forced him to play here (I mean he was freaking restricted, and in a contract year).... Aside from outside shooting, Randle would fix our other weakness. |
The idea that Julius wouldn't complement Lebron was silly to me. A more skilled, quicker Tristan Thompson would do just fine next to LBJ. |
Without the off court baggage that Tristan brings too. |
So far, at least. There are a lot of Kardashians. _________________ Under New Management
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Inspector Gadget Retired Number
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:22 pm Post subject: |
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If Randle can complement players why are the Pelicans struggling to win games in the preseason? If they get off to a bad start I can see them dangling Randle in December... |
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DA1 Starting Rotation
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:23 pm Post subject: |
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Inspector Gadget wrote: | If Randle can complement players why are the Pelicans struggling to win games in the preseason? If they get off to a bad start I can see them dangling Randle in December... |
Pels miss Rondo's presence a lot |
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pokoy Moderator
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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Inspector Gadget wrote: | If Randle can complement players why are the Pelicans struggling to win games in the preseason? If they get off to a bad start I can see them dangling Randle in December... |
Not looking for him to carry a team, we just need a physical presence who can rebound and play small ball 5. He would have fit in with us this season perfectly.
We should never have given into his or Mintz’s demands. Qualifying offer or nothing. He would have come around and played well for us, then made his money next season as a UFA. |
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Baron Von Humongous Retired Number
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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Inspector Gadget wrote: | If Randle can complement players why are the Pelicans struggling to win games in the preseason? If they get off to a bad start I can see them dangling Randle in December... |
It's preseason. _________________ Under New Management |
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yinoma2001 Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 6:30 am Post subject: |
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Mintz really screwed over his clients and the Lakers. _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals |
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fbasketball4 Rookie
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 7:39 am Post subject: Re: GOODBYE JULIUS RANDLE (Lakers Renounce Randle at his request, Who Then Signs W/ NOR for 2 years (1+1), $18m) |
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Go4thaGold wrote: | Welcome big dog! They will regret it!! |
Fantasy basketball is a fairly simple game. You select a team and fill out a roster. You succeed or fail based on how well your players perform in certain categories. |
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venturalakersfan Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 8:48 am Post subject: |
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Inspector Gadget wrote: | If Randle can complement players why are the Pelicans struggling to win games in the preseason? If they get off to a bad start I can see them dangling Randle in December... |
If the Lakers have Lebron why are they struggling to win games in the preseason? _________________ RIP mom. 11-21-1933 to 6-14-2023. |
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Inspector Gadget Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:12 am Post subject: |
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venturalakersfan wrote: | Inspector Gadget wrote: | If Randle can complement players why are the Pelicans struggling to win games in the preseason? If they get off to a bad start I can see them dangling Randle in December... |
If the Lakers have Lebron why are they struggling to win games in the preseason? |
I would say the Lakers should be better then 2-3 the Clippers game we had no PG to run a unit with Zo and Rondo out, the Denver games were fairly even but Luke went with his dumb experimental line ups... |
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pokoy Moderator
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:21 am Post subject: |
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If he becomes a legit three point threat, he is going to be impossible to cover. |
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yinoma2001 Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:53 am Post subject: |
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pokoy wrote: | If he becomes a legit three point threat, he is going to be impossible to cover. |
We've been saying that for years now.
At best, maybe he can be a 30% 3 point shooter but it's never his instinct to shoot. Luckily for the Pels they have Mirotic who will let it fly from 3. I don't think Jules is going to be pressured to shoot jumpers as that is not his bread and butter. He will be a physical presence to protect AD. _________________ From 2-10 to the Western Conference Finals |
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Laker_Dynasty_01 Star Player
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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Randle didn't even start the last game, and AD finally played well as a result (AD's shot distance chart indicates he prefers to operate within 16', preferably 10').
Before last night's game, AD was shooting 43% from the field, only really dominating vs Alex Len. NO still lost to a Raptors team who sat multiple guys (Kawhi, Lowry, JV, Ibaka, Van Vleet, Green, Wright, Powell), while at full strength themselves. Barely even won the first quarter.
Preseason or not, there are no positive signs for this pairing. Randle will be coming off the bench. I'm sure we can all name players who have extended their range from 17' to three, but extending Julius' range from about 17" to the arc isn't possible. |
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MJST Retired Number
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2018 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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Pels tested Julius off the bench with Mirotic playing Center...
Randle put up 20/11/4 in 24 mins _________________ How NBA 2K18 failed the All-Time Lakers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxMBYm3wwxk |
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Laker_Dynasty_01 Star Player
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2018 12:11 am Post subject: |
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MJST wrote: | Pels tested Julius off the bench with Mirotic playing Center...
Randle put up 20/11/4 in 24 mins |
If that man actually played center, Alvin Gentry must have a college job lined up. |
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2018 6:17 am Post subject: |
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Laker_Dynasty_01 wrote: | MJST wrote: | Pels tested Julius off the bench with Mirotic playing Center...
Randle put up 20/11/4 in 24 mins |
If that man actually played center, Alvin Gentry must have a college job lined up. |
I think Gentry was just testing it, cause Mirotic was doing his best poor-man's Pau impression in the last game at center with Jules playing the 4. I don't think it's a full time solution, and I think Davis has excelled at the 5 as of late and should/shall remain there.
Otherwise Gentry having a college job coming up soon would be true _________________ How NBA 2K18 failed the All-Time Lakers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxMBYm3wwxk |
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Vanquish Star Player
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2018 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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pokoy wrote: | Inspector Gadget wrote: | If Randle can complement players why are the Pelicans struggling to win games in the preseason? If they get off to a bad start I can see them dangling Randle in December... |
Not looking for him to carry a team, we just need a physical presence who can rebound and play small ball 5. He would have fit in with us this season perfectly.
We should never have given into his or Mintz’s demands. Qualifying offer or nothing. He would have come around and played well for us, then made his money next season as a UFA. |
Lakers had massive chemistry problems last year and that was just because Randle wasn't starting. It took a locker room meeting plus promoting Randle to the starting lineup to solve that.
I don't even want to think of what it would do to the team, if we had forced him to come back against his will with a qualifying offer. |
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Vanquish wrote: | pokoy wrote: | Inspector Gadget wrote: | If Randle can complement players why are the Pelicans struggling to win games in the preseason? If they get off to a bad start I can see them dangling Randle in December... |
Not looking for him to carry a team, we just need a physical presence who can rebound and play small ball 5. He would have fit in with us this season perfectly.
We should never have given into his or Mintz’s demands. Qualifying offer or nothing. He would have come around and played well for us, then made his money next season as a UFA. |
Lakers had massive chemistry problems last year and that was just because Randle wasn't starting. It took a locker room meeting plus promoting Randle to the starting lineup to solve that.
I don't even want to think of what it would do to the team, if we had forced him to come back against his will with a qualifying offer. |
Not to mention he would be coming off the bench. He didnt want to hear that. And he is coming off the bench anyway. |
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audioaxes Franchise Player
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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pokoy wrote: | If he becomes a legit three point threat, he is going to be impossible to cover. |
there's many a player who will be deadly if they somehow added 3 point accuracy _________________ (bleep) Kawhi |
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Baron Von Humongous Retired Number
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Shot is looking good early. _________________ Under New Management |
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Judah Star Player
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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He's been a beast so far. Hit two 3’s, been a force around the rim, and played good defense on Paul on a switch. I'm getting depressed all over again... _________________ “Christ did not die to forgive sinners who go on treasuring anything above seeing and savoring God. And people who would be happy in heaven if Christ were not there, will not be there."
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bandiger Franchise Player
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Judah wrote: | He's been a beast so far. Hit two 3’s, been a force around the rim, and played good defense on Paul on a switch. I'm getting depressed all over again... |
Looks like it, I'm watching and he deserves more minutes. |
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Judah Star Player
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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bandiger wrote: | Judah wrote: | He's been a beast so far. Hit two 3’s, been a force around the rim, and played good defense on Paul on a switch. I'm getting depressed all over again... |
Looks like it, I'm watching and he deserves more minutes. |
NO's lead ballooned when he checked in, then HOU got back in it once he went to the bench. _________________ “Christ did not die to forgive sinners who go on treasuring anything above seeing and savoring God. And people who would be happy in heaven if Christ were not there, will not be there."
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PayasoLoco Franchise Player
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 5:01 pm Post subject: |
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one of the dumbest move getting rid of randle |
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Judah Star Player
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Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2018 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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PayasoLoco wrote: | one of the dumbest move getting rid of randle |
'We wanted to get guys who are tough. We wanna play even faster than we did last year.'
Yeah, I can see how he wouldn't have fit with that vision at all...
But I'm happy that he's now with a franchise that actually appreciates him. He's up to 17 points in the first half. _________________ “Christ did not die to forgive sinners who go on treasuring anything above seeing and savoring God. And people who would be happy in heaven if Christ were not there, will not be there."
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