I can't help but feel the opposite. I expected him to have zero impact this season consider how young and underdeveloped he is but he's already making a huge impact. For a 19 year old rookie to be a plus defender is insane, and that's exactly what he's been. His defense was something that was not discussed much pre-draft but he's looking a future all-defensive team member. I jumped out of my seat last night as he got two HUGE stops on Jimmy Butler in the last minute.

Offensively it hasn't always been pretty but the most important thing is that he's taking good shots. He's beating guys off the dribble with relative ease but struggling to score around the basket due to both his raw footwork and slight frame. Those are things that can be improved dramatically over a single off-season of pro instruction. The things you can't teach-- length, athleticism, IQ, feel-- have shown up each and every game and that what is important and exciting.

Simranjit, do you think we finish at .500 this season or above/below?
Prior to this season, I said we should improve by like 10+ wins at least, and maybe get to 30 wins, but we've been great so far. Everyone laughed at me
I would love if we got so many wins our first round pick was out of the top 10

Such a good draft this year, the Sixers will still get a good player with our pick.

I'm guessing it will all come down to the health of the team. The team has been competitive in every single game this season sans the last two matchups against the Warriors and the game against the Pelicans where we played without D'lo, Swaggy and Randle(he was limited). At this point we're almost a quarter of the way into the season and it's clear that this team is way better than anyone game them credit for. I think they will ultimately flirt with a .500 record assuming everyone is healthy. Lakers have had the 2nd toughest schedule thus far into the season but the schedule gets much softer after the next 3 games. I'm not too concerned over the record myself-- how they LOOK each game is much more important to me. Lakers are in a position where they can and should take moral victories even from losses. For a young team to be competitive against even the top teams in the league is no small feat.

I don't think I've seen Luold Deng miss a shot long all season. Starting to think the team should shut him down for a couple of weeks just to get his legs back.

Also it would be nice if the starting unit didn't dig a double digit hole for the bench to climb out of every game.

Zzz it's looking like one of those random nights where Terrance Ross hits 6-7 threes.

the first half hasn't finished yet and Loul Deng has already had his best game as a Laker. About damn time.

HOLY FUCK LOU WILL

Lou stealing the show

Lou Will for 6th man once again