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Kept thinking of Ball as like a better shooting Rondo, because they are both elite passers/rebounders. While Rondo was good out of the gate as a defender, and Ball isn't, (can't expect most rookies to be anyways,) I would've expected similar struggles. But it seems like even Ball's shooting is worse. Brutal 41% TS through 3 games, (Ronod's career TS% is 50%), but I presume him and Fultz may have better chance of ROY, given Laker's hype machines, and plenty of empty triple doubles in the long run.

EDIT: To answer OP's question, yes the Lakers really are that bad. Ingram isn't panning out too well, he's a project, but man.. His woeful .39% FG is really awful... Randle apparently is displeased with his role, and it seems like the Lakers are intent on keeping Clarkson. All I can hope is that the Lakers end up being the worst team next to the Suns, and we end up with a top 2-5 pick, lol.

I think it was too early to shoot the gun on trading D'Angelo Russell. While that back court would be horrible defensively, I felt like Russell could play off ball occasionally, especially in C&S opportunities, and spot up.

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Kept thinking of Ball as like a better shooting Rondo, because they are both elite passers/rebounders. While Rondo was good out of the gate as a defender, and Ball isn't, (can't expect most rookies to be anyways,) I would've expected similar struggles. But it seems like even Ball's shooting is worse. Brutal 41% TS through 3 games, (Ronod's career TS% is 50%), but I presume him and Fultz may have better chance of ROY, given Laker's hype machines, and plenty of empty triple doubles in the long run.


Wait... rondo got drafted to the Celtics when they had the big 3 didn't he? Was the number 4 option on a team and you're comparing his defense and shooting percent to the number 1 option on a shit sandwich team?
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Wait... rondo got drafted to the Celtics when they had the big 3 didn't he? Was the number 4 option on a team and you're comparing his defense and shooting percent to the number 1 option on a shit sandwich team?


Comparing their similar skill sets and yeah I agree being very harsh on Ball, but high expectations on him. Lakers nation is depending heavily on him. So while everyone struggles rookie season, fultz has had it even worse lol.

Who's your ROY?

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Comparing their similar skill sets and yeah I agree being very harsh on Ball, but high expectations on him. Lakers nation is depending heavily on him. So while everyone struggles rookie season, fultz has had it even worse lol.

Who's your ROY?


He goes by the name of Lauri Markannen.
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