LONNIE WALKER IV signs with Nets

LakersInFour · Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2023 10:57 am Post subject:

Beas is trash. I seriously hope the Lakers decline his option this offseason - especially given the new CBA that will take effect. I doubt teams will be lining up to take his expiring contract in a trade ...

Beasley, Bamba, and LWIV - that's a good chunk of change off the books that can go to D'lo.
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IMO we are going to need LW4's firepower at some point vs GSW.

Mustaine · Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 6:02 pm Post subject:

It was me or Lonnie played an amazing defense on Klay? Wow :O

GOODRICH25 · Star Player Joined: 17 Jun 2017 Posts: 3366

He can contribute, who would have though?
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Killer_Z · Star Player Joined: 25 Apr 2011 Posts: 5049

The ultimate pro ...... well done today LW4. Your athleticism is needed to cover their shooters. More minutes to come I'm sure.

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He is it. He’s taking Troy/Beas minutes.
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Lonnie athleticism >>>> Klay athleticism
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geester · Sixth Man Joined: 28 Jun 2001 Posts: 93

Should have happened in Memphis series...Good game LW4. Should be permanent sub pattern here on out.

Ham finally made the right move!!

fansincemagic · Franchise Player Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 11100

Yeah good call by Ham, Lonnie rotated well and played well in transition. Nice controlled game after being out of the rotation.

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Buried on the bench for no reason

hydrohead · Posted: Sat May 06, 2023 7:25 pm Post subject:

Walker needs to be in the rotation. He needed to be a while ago.
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P.K. · Retired Number Joined: 10 Jul 2003 Posts: 29742

Ham might want to consider starting Walker instead of Reaves - just for this series.
Klay is a tough matchup for Reaves, and Walker's athleticism might be a better fit.
Reaves against their 2nd string might work better
This isn't a knock against Reaves, who's been great with the starters in general -- it's simply a matchup thing this series
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BadGuy · Star Player Joined: 13 May 2008 Posts: 3629

Solid minutes by Lonnie!

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Glad to see he made the most out of his opportunity tonight. I hope this gets him some consistent rotation minutes!
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Theseus · Franchise Player Joined: 15 Dec 2007 Posts: 14319

Lonnie really looked good on both sides of the ball. Doubt Kerr and co saw that coming. Look forward to one of their adjustments being "attack LW4" which is fine, I think his size and athleticism is really disruptive defensively in a way we haven't seen from him before.

I believe in him. He's shown us he can play many times this season. This is even further growth from him, and I look forward to more.

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He saved the teams in one of the crucial games towards the end of regular season.

Brawn13 · Star Player Joined: 30 Jan 2019 Posts: 3913

Can’t believe he was able to be effective on defense today…if this holds up…that just adds another dimension to our team

BandwagonLBJhopper · Star Player Joined: 07 Feb 2020 Posts: 3609

Great play by Lonnie on both sides. He deserves it playing good solider while Beasley stunk up the gym.

Credit to him for staying ready!

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Stay ready! Good work Lonnie!
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Start with Lonnie, end with Lonnie. What a weird idea. It worked! Lonnie hasn’t played this under control in a long time.
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Nonamehero · Starting Rotation Joined: 31 Oct 2018 Posts: 817

It seems like he is actually a ok defender when he tries.

Way way better than Beasley.

If he can be just a serviceable defender, then he can be a really good role player.

The dude got really good offensive skills