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He slipped because of a smaller school and he was an upperclassmen.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2014 1:55 pm Post subject: Re: Damian Lillard |
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| KobeRe-Loaded wrote: | | KobeRe-Loaded wrote: | WOW ... this guy has "IT". In 5 years you can look back at the draft and realize he should have been the #1 or #2 pick.
This guy is like a hybrid of CP3 & DWill ... strength, quickness, and a killer jumper.
I think Portland wants him at #6
The Lakers should think of making a play for this kid. |
Guess it only took 2 years 
Anthony Davis is deserving of #1 |
A lot of people here on LG got it right and the Cavs could not even with all that analysis/metrics. |
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| Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 8:58 am Post subject: Re: Damian Lillard |
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| threetimechamps wrote: | | KobeRe-Loaded wrote: | | KobeRe-Loaded wrote: | WOW ... this guy has "IT". In 5 years you can look back at the draft and realize he should have been the #1 or #2 pick.
This guy is like a hybrid of CP3 & DWill ... strength, quickness, and a killer jumper.
I think Portland wants him at #6
The Lakers should think of making a play for this kid. |
Guess it only took 2 years
Anthony Davis is deserving of #1 |
A lot of people here on LG got it right and the Cavs could not even with all that analysis/metrics. |
Go find "a lot" of people on LG for me. 
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The only people who were the most confident were the Portland Trailblazers, who brought Lillard back in for a 2nd workout after his "road trip" of workouts.
Scouts kept saying he killed it.
That makes it difficult though. Sometimes players kill it in workouts, and it doesn't always show in the L.
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| Mike@LG wrote: | The only people who were the most confident were the Portland Trailblazers, who brought Lillard back in for a 2nd workout after his "road trip" of workouts.
Scouts kept saying he killed it.
That makes it difficult though. Sometimes players kill it in workouts, and it doesn't always show in the L. |
you could easily see how lil would work in the nba with how he played in college. didnt matter the comp. its HOW he split the double teams, How he ran pick n rolls. he was nba ready from the jump. now what you will never know until its to late. if a guy is just lazy and just wants a big check and will quit the working at his game. or if a guy truly wants to be great or just a nba player.
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What a stud!
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| postandpivot wrote: | | Mike@LG wrote: | The only people who were the most confident were the Portland Trailblazers, who brought Lillard back in for a 2nd workout after his "road trip" of workouts.
Scouts kept saying he killed it.
That makes it difficult though. Sometimes players kill it in workouts, and it doesn't always show in the L. |
you could easily see how lil would work in the nba with how he played in college. didnt matter the comp. its HOW he split the double teams, How he ran pick n rolls. he was nba ready from the jump. now what you will never know until its to late. if a guy is just lazy and just wants a big check and will quit the working at his game. or if a guy truly wants to be great or just a nba player. |
Agreed.
Pity Lillard isn't a great finisher.
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My man Lillard to quote Kobe...
"He was out there cooking with gasoline tonight."
Just another 34 pt 7 asst game.
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OP, good call on him. Sadly, we didn't make that call either. What did we do with our 2012 pick BTW?
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| yinoma2001 wrote: | | OP, good call on him. Sadly, we didn't make that call either. What did we do with our 2012 pick BTW? |
Based on NBA Draft.net I think it went to the Cavs for Ramon Sessions who then traded it to Mavs on draft day.
Anyways, he was that rare prospect I saw an edge to. It's weird, when I see it I know it.
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| KobeRe-Loaded wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | OP, good call on him. Sadly, we didn't make that call either. What did we do with our 2012 pick BTW? |
Based on NBA Draft.net I think it went to the Cavs for Ramon Sessions who then traded it to Mavs on draft day.
Anyways, he was that rare prospect I saw an edge to. It's weird, when I see it I know it. |
Who do you see now?
What did you think of Randle?
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| yinoma2001 wrote: | | KobeRe-Loaded wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | OP, good call on him. Sadly, we didn't make that call either. What did we do with our 2012 pick BTW? |
Based on NBA Draft.net I think it went to the Cavs for Ramon Sessions who then traded it to Mavs on draft day.
Anyways, he was that rare prospect I saw an edge to. It's weird, when I see it I know it. |
Who do you see now?
What did you think of Randle? |
Too early, don't see anyways that is "IT".
Julius Randle is okay to me. I don't know why people think he will be an all-star. He's the type of player you need on a championship team... gritty, blue collar, player with a motor. I will be happy at 15 and 8.
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[quote="KobeRe-Loaded"] | yinoma2001 wrote: | | KobeRe-Loaded wrote: | | yinoma2001 wrote: | | OP, good call on him. Sadly, we didn't make that call either. What did we do with our 2012 pick BTW? |
Based on NBA Draft.net I think it went to the Cavs for Ramon Sessions who then traded it to Mavs on draft day.
Anyways, he was that rare prospect I saw an edge to. It's weird, when I see it I know it. |
Who do you see now?
What did you think of Randle? |
Too early, don't see anyways that is "IT".
Julius Randle is okay to me. I don't know why people think he will be an all-star. He's the type of player you need on a championship team... gritty, blue collar, player with a motor. I will be happy at 15 and 8.[/quote
Yeah, I see Randle as an All-star caliber (ceiling) player who will be a 3rd option on a championship team. Solid player and probably the right one at the time he was picked (I also wanted Smart or Randle).
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Randle has a similar "IT" in his want to take over/score possession after possession. Something that a Aaron Gordon, Exum don't have.
Randle has the IT and the skill to me. The deciding factor for Randle is motor/conditioning to me. He'll look really Dame Lilliard relentless then. |
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| KeepItRealOrElse wrote: | Randle has a similar "IT" in his want to take over/score possession after possession. Something that a Aaron Gordon, Exum don't have.
Randle has the IT and the skill to me. The deciding factor for Randle is motor/conditioning to me. He'll look really Dame Lilliard relentless then. |
Agreed. And with his work ethic the conditioning will come. |
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| 22 wrote: | | KeepItRealOrElse wrote: | Randle has a similar "IT" in his want to take over/score possession after possession. Something that a Aaron Gordon, Exum don't have.
Randle has the IT and the skill to me. The deciding factor for Randle is motor/conditioning to me. He'll look really Dame Lilliard relentless then. |
Agreed. And with his work ethic the conditioning will come. |
Oh god hahahaha
Start your own Julius Randle is a HOF thread.
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| KobeRe-Loaded wrote: | | 22 wrote: | | KeepItRealOrElse wrote: | Randle has a similar "IT" in his want to take over/score possession after possession. Something that a Aaron Gordon, Exum don't have.
Randle has the IT and the skill to me. The deciding factor for Randle is motor/conditioning to me. He'll look really Dame Lilliard relentless then. |
Agreed. And with his work ethic the conditioning will come. |
Oh god hahahaha
Start your own Julius Randle is a HOF thread. |
Dang man are you obsessed with me or what? You realize you quoted a post from January right?
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| KobeRe-Loaded wrote: | | 22 wrote: | | KeepItRealOrElse wrote: | Randle has a similar "IT" in his want to take over/score possession after possession. Something that a Aaron Gordon, Exum don't have.
Randle has the IT and the skill to me. The deciding factor for Randle is motor/conditioning to me. He'll look really Dame Lilliard relentless then. |
Agreed. And with his work ethic the conditioning will come. |
Oh god hahahaha
Start your own Julius Randle is a HOF thread. |
You need to chill, man. You've been on one lately. |
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| Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 9:59 am Post subject: Re: Damian Lillard |
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| KobeRe-Loaded wrote: | | KobeRe-Loaded wrote: | WOW ... this guy has "IT". In 5 years you can look back at the draft and realize he should have been the #1 or #2 pick.
This guy is like a hybrid of CP3 & DWill ... strength, quickness, and a killer jumper.
I think Portland wants him at #6
The Lakers should think of making a play for this kid. |
Guess it only took 2 years
Anthony Davis is deserving of #1 |
Gonna start tuning into your scouting report lolbvs..Good call
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I think the only problem is that 3 years from now.. he may be the same player he is now instead of making a gigantic improvement each year and hitting the greatness mark by year 5-6.
That's not a bad thing though but I'm thinking we've seen the best from him this far and his ceiling and he's gonna hang there for a few years till his late 20s.
It's a pretty good ceiling too. But what he needs to work on now is becoming more efficient and a better defender. |
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| Pretty impressive someone on here actually was able to predict Lillard would be this great! |
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