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Zillethai
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| miggz23 wrote: | DLO didn't look happy in the one interview I saw....
But tune in for the Jan17 revenge game for DLO. |
He loved the LA lifestyle |
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Japago
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Why is this topic still here? This place isn't moderated very closely, is it?
He's going to have good games and good moments in BKN. On a team that's playing for nothing, he'll probably have even more of them.
But remember these performances:
Current season while on the Lakers: 12.4/2.8/4.7 on .415/.333/.849
Last year's series against DEN: 14.2/2.8/4.2 on .384/.318/.500
December of last season: 10.2/2.1/5.4 on 41/32.7/72.7
2023 playoffs: 13.3/2.9/4.6 on .426/.310/.769
2023 series against DEN: 6.3/2/3.5 on .323/.133/.750
He's just ultimately not good at fitting onto a team trying to win. Minnesota and GSW found that out too. |
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Day
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| Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2025 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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Funny, when he's allowed to actually be a point guard he looks like the exact type of player the Lakers would want 
22 pts on 9/13 shooting with 9 assists and the only player on their team with a positive +/- ( game isn't over as I'm posting the stats ). |
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Robblake
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| Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2025 11:24 am Post subject: |
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| Day wrote: | Funny, when he's allowed to actually be a point guard he looks like the exact type of player the Lakers would want
22 pts on 9/13 shooting with 9 assists and the only player on their team with a positive +/- ( game isn't over as I'm posting the stats ). |
He’s exactly the player we don’t want. Slow, terrible perimeter defender, low bball iq, inconsistent and shrinks in the playoffs when it matters. There’s ample data that he didn’t fit to what the squad was trying to do. He’s not good enough for us to fit what he is as a player. |
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TooMuchMajicBuss
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| Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2025 12:58 pm Post subject: |
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DLO may have become a mismatch with current needs, but a lot of posters show abject ignorance to what he added to this team to put them in the playoff picture since he arrived.
Hypocrites blather about him disappearing in the playoffs, yet get their panties in a knot at the thought of trading Rui Hachimura. As if Rui didn't disappear against Denver? LMAO. DLO scored twice as much as Rui, who was a complete non-factor against Denver, for almost the same salary. Same disappearance moniker can be laid on any other Laker not named LeBron, Anthony, or Austin.
I see this thread's moved, that's a good thing. He's no longer on the Laker squad.
That said, DLO added a lot for the Lakers, within the skill set he was capable of performing in. Many posters could see the good and the bad, but the ignorant one-sided negative takes on this thread were far too frequent, and a sad commentary on how some people find scapegoats to oversimplify anything they don't fully understand. |
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Brawn13
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The problem with DLo, is that we have Reaves and Lebron. They all have similar responsibilities so then the issue becomes what else can you offer on the court if your primary skillset has to be distributed to others too? No team can maximize 3 ball-handling players to its fullest potential.
Front office decided that 3 point guards wasn’t needed as much as another 3 and D wing. And DLo was the one with the expiring contract….so this is the result. Time will tell if it was the right move…. |
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Brawn13
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The problem with DLo, is that we have Reaves and Lebron. They all have similar responsibilities so then the issue becomes what else can you offer on the court if your primary skillset has to be distributed to others too? No team can maximize 3 ball-handling players to its fullest potential. (Or at least incredibly hard to do so)
Front office decided that 3 point guards wasn’t needed as much as another 3 and D wing. And DLo was the one with the expiring contract….so this is the result. Time will tell if it was the right move…. |
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TooMuchMajicBuss
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| Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2025 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Brawn13 wrote: | The problem with DLo, is that we have Reaves and Lebron. They all have similar responsibilities so then the issue becomes what else can you offer on the court if your primary skillset has to be distributed to others too? No team can maximize 3 ball-handling players to its fullest potential. (Or at least incredibly hard to do so)
Front office decided that 3 point guards wasn’t needed as much as another 3 and D wing. And DLo was the one with the expiring contract….so this is the result. Time will tell if it was the right move…. |
Valid, fair take. I was iffy on Austin being up to full time facilitator when LeBron sits for most of this season, but so far this past couple weeks he's taken a major step up. If he can keep at the level he's played at for the foreseeable future, then mad respect to Austin, plus that is one big gap the Lakers don't have to fill in DLO's absence. I hope you're right. |
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Carried off the court tonight in the middle of an 11 point 12 assist game vs Milwaukee in his start. Always awful to see happen.
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Threatt_Level
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| Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2025 5:37 am Post subject: |
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| WTF is going on in BKN? First Lewis, now Russell. |
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Rakim Allah
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| Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2025 10:11 am Post subject: |
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| Threatt_Level wrote: | | WTF is going on in BKN? First Lewis, now Russell. |
they are playing winning basketball since DLO got there. |
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Rakim Allah
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| Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2025 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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I doubt they miss the Laker playoff record of 7 threes, ma’am. |
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Lakeshow23_
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| Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2025 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Rakim Allah wrote: |
I doubt they miss the Laker playoff record of 7 threes, ma’am. |
They certainly miss the 6 PPG and 32 FG%, miss. |
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Rakim Allah
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| Lakeshow23_ wrote: | | Rakim Allah wrote: |
I doubt they miss the Laker playoff record of 7 threes, ma’am. |
They certainly miss the 6 PPG and 32 FG%, miss. |
or the Bron Ball, friend. They definitely miss Bron running the offense. The 2 games the Lakers won vs the Nuggs, DLO, Luka and Reeves ran the offense more, friend. |
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Lakeshow23_
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| Rakim Allah wrote: | | Lakeshow23_ wrote: | | Rakim Allah wrote: |
I doubt they miss the Laker playoff record of 7 threes, ma’am. |
They certainly miss the 6 PPG and 32 FG%, miss. |
or the Bron Ball, friend. They definitely miss Bron running the offense. The 2 games the Lakers won vs the Nuggs, DLO, Luka and Reeves ran the offense more, friend. |
Bron ball, moon ball, racquet ball, doesn't matter. DLO in the playoffs is statistically one of the worst players in NBA history. Averaged 12 PPG on 33 FG% against Memphis in 2022 It's who he is, my friend. |
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waterman40
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Hope he can land somewhere and have a good close to his career.
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| Lakeshow23_ wrote: | | Rakim Allah wrote: | | Lakeshow23_ wrote: | | Rakim Allah wrote: |
I doubt they miss the Laker playoff record of 7 threes, ma’am. |
They certainly miss the 6 PPG and 32 FG%, miss. |
or the Bron Ball, friend. They definitely miss Bron running the offense. The 2 games the Lakers won vs the Nuggs, DLO, Luka and Reeves ran the offense more, friend. |
Bron ball, moon ball, racquet ball, doesn't matter. DLO in the playoffs is statistically one of the worst players in NBA history. Averaged 12 PPG on 33 FG% against Memphis in 2022 It's who he is, my friend. |
Former Laker who holds a 3 point record in the regular season and playoffs. Also one of the main reasons why the Lakers beat Memphis in 2023, friend. |
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