I think you’re one of a select few jspers who thinks highly of Lonzo, and iirc you have from the start. I think he will develop a respectable/legit jumper (in time off) but the sky is the limit from there imo

This team is night and day without him running the offense, pushing the ball up the court, playing with pace etc.

For reals lol.
Haters just look at his ppg/shooting % but he does so much for the team... If only ppl watched the games lol
Also hes slowly improving his shooting



This post was edited by Monkeykid on Jan 17 2018 07:47pm

Brook so useless.
Guy should be on the bench.
no defense/no rebounding/camping the 3 like if hes klay

Vouch.. Brook looked good in the beginning of the season. He was actually banging in the paint, albeit just a little bit but still.. he’s nowhere near it anywhere and like you said just floats outside hoping to jack up 3’s

I mean the guy isn’t even averaging 4 rebounds a game... he’s a 7ft C for fuck sakes like how’s that even possible.

OKC our rebounded the Lakers 54 > 30
They had 21 OFFENSIVE rebounds to the Lakers 6

Injury city

Yeah man @_@
The more I watch the lakers.. The more i hate Brooks lol

Anyways
Lakers injury report

-Ball: Sprained Knee
-KCP: Strained Achilles
-Kuzma: Sprained left fifth metacarpal
-Ennis: Unknown
-Ingram: Tweaked his ankle

Lonzo has plenty of perks but defense isn't one of them, imo

What case can you make to defend that?

https://lakeshowlife.com/2018/01/18/los-angeles-lakers-lonzo-balls-defensive-impact/

Lonzo is second on the team in defensive rating, behind Larry Nance Jr., and leads the team in defensive win shares with an impressive 1.7, per Basketball-Reference. Though still trailing to his teammate for second in defensive box plus/minus he has almost twice as many minutes played as Nance.

When Ball is on the court, opponents score 105.2 points per game and 112.4 when he is off. A difference of -7.2 is good for No. 1 on the team.

Lonzo is long and more athletic than people give him credit. His 0.9 blocks per game average is third among point guards.

He also excels in stealing the ball from the weakside thanks to his gift to easily read the game and understand where the rock is going to go. So far, he is averaging 1.5 steals per game with a career-high of five.

For anyone still not convinced by these numbers, I have one more thing to say. At least look at the effort. The 20-year-old is committed. Night in and night out. He never gives up on defense.

3,338 – Consecutive games Chick Hearn broadcasted for the @Lakers (Nov. 21, 1965-Dec. 16, 2001). Chick created a glossary of broadcasting buzzwords – known as “Chickisms” – “on him like a postage stamp,” ... “the mustard's off the hot dog,” and “can't throw a pea in the ocean.”

Chickisms: Chick Hearn also introduced: finger roll, slam dunk, air ball, popcorn machine, no-look pass ….. In & out, Heart-brrrreak! (a shot that appears to go in, but rattles off the rim & misses) ... Picked his pocket ... Frozen rope ..Give and go ...Throws up a "brick."