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If I'm the Lakers, I basically play nobody but the young guys and Brook Lopez this year. Glue Deng, Brewer and Bogut to the bench.

Ball/Clarkson
Pope/Hart
Ingram/Kuzma
Randle/Nance
Lopez/Zubac/Bryant

Not likely to win a ton this year, but with a year of solid development, by the end of the season that's a real attractive core to lure the top free agents this summer.

Randle may not be long for this team. Kuzma's plays PF.
 
I think so. Batum aint playing PF.
Batum is a 2/3 swingman, so he's not really a reasonable comparison. You know there are tons of 3/4 hybrid forwards in this league (we've got a few in Portland), and I think Kuzma fits that paradigm to a T. No reason he can't play SF. I mean, is there really a major difference between him and Harkless?

Point is, Kuzma (potentially) being legit doesn't preclude Randle from being a part of their future. The possibility of them signing Lebron or George, however--that's a different story altogether.
 
C'mon, you're smarter than this.

Gallo and Lou's scoring efficiency has been well above average the last two years. Hell, Gallo has been above it every year of his career. And it's HCA that would be shocking, not finishing above the Clips in the standings. Although if healthy, the talent is closer to a wash than most here would want to believe.

You're also underrating Griffin and Jordan's individual talents --both saw no change in shooting efficiency with CP on vs off the floor last year.

I think the key words here are individual talents...
I do like Gallo and I think Denver will miss him. But I am very curious to see how this team develops. Right now the projected starters in the backcourt are Beverly and Rivers. Do the players now like Austin Rivers? or were the rumors wrong? Maybe they hated CP3 more so it is possible they will gel better, but unless Milos can somehow take over running the team, I would have concerns about this team's chemistry on and off the court. Definitely some individual talent but I am not sure they will mesh well. I am with Bones on this one.
 
C'mon, you're smarter than this.

Gallo and Lou's scoring efficiency has been well above average the last two years. Hell, Gallo has been above it every year of his career. And it's HCA that would be shocking, not finishing above the Clips in the standings. Although if healthy, the talent is closer to a wash than most here would want to believe.

You're also underrating Griffin and Jordan's individual talents --both saw no change in shooting efficiency with CP on vs off the floor last year.
Alright they're both average. Lou shot >43% from the field and 36% from 3pt. Before last year, Gallinari was always around 41% FGs and 36% 3pt. That's not efficient. With the way they struggle on defense neither of them make a big impact. Sadly, that's they're top two perimeter players.

This year is different, when teams will gameplan against the bigs first, instead of CP3.

I think they finish 6th, I just think we're definitely better than them.
 
Kuzma reminds me a lot of Tatum. Both of them are gifted scorers, but who're they going to guard?
 
I think Mudiay's going to be a lot better this year. He may even be a half-decent PG. If not, they're going to try Jamal Murray there. And Will The Thrill can play there in a pinch.
 
I think the key words here are individual talents...
I do like Gallo and I think Denver will miss him. But I am very curious to see how this team develops. Right now the projected starters in the backcourt are Beverly and Rivers. Do the players now like Austin Rivers? or were the rumors wrong? Maybe they hated CP3 more so it is possible they will gel better, but unless Milos can somehow take over running the team, I would have concerns about this team's chemistry on and off the court. Definitely some individual talent but I am not sure they will mesh well. I am with Bones on this one.
Hasn't Doc been "relieved" of his GMing duties? If so, how long do you think Austin stays on the roster?
 
Denver going live or die by the 3 ball. They have no rim proctector and there 2nd unit will be hit or miss. But they due have solid starting unit for offense and there defense is still in works.
 
Hasn't Doc been "relieved" of his GMing duties? If so, how long do you think Austin stays on the roster?

The GM is in a bad spot. Does he want to alienate Doc by trading Ausin? Does Austin have any trade value? (2 years around 12 per) My guess is Austin is on the roster until the GM and the owner stop caring if Doc is there or not. By the trade deadline they may know.
 
The GM is in a bad spot. Does he want to alienate Doc by trading Ausin? Does Austin have any trade value? (2 years around 12 per) My guess is Austin is on the roster until the GM and the owner stop caring if Doc is there or not. By the trade deadline they may know.
Maybe pay someone to Gillooly Austin?
 
Denver going live or die by the 3 ball. They have no rim proctector and there 2nd unit will be hit or miss. But they due have solid starting unit for offense and there defense is still in works.

They don't have a rim protector in the first unit. :dunno:

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Alright they're both average. Lou shot >43% from the field and 36% from 3pt. Before last year, Gallinari was always around 41% FGs and 36% 3pt. That's not efficient. With the way they struggle on defense neither of them make a big impact. Sadly, that's they're top two perimeter players.

This year is different, when teams will gameplan against the bigs first, instead of CP3.

I think they finish 6th, I just think we're definitely better than them.
You're forgetting FT rate and Gallo and Lou are two of the best at drawing fouls.

I also think BG is both good enough and has enough supporting talent to thrive as a #1 guy when healthy but it'll be interesting to see how it all plays out.
 
I think the key words here are individual talents...
I do like Gallo and I think Denver will miss him. But I am very curious to see how this team develops. Right now the projected starters in the backcourt are Beverly and Rivers. Do the players now like Austin Rivers? or were the rumors wrong? Maybe they hated CP3 more so it is possible they will gel better, but unless Milos can somehow take over running the team, I would have concerns about this team's chemistry on and off the court. Definitely some individual talent but I am not sure they will mesh well. I am with Bones on this one.
Health and chemistry definitely makes it a pretty combustible situation and it's why I'd gives us the slight edge despite arguably less talent.
 
Read his post again. He's not saying they do.

I read his post the 1st time and my reading comprehension is intact. I wasn't saying he said there was one in the starting unit.
He only stated that there isn't a rim protector in the 2nd unit. Therefore neglecting any mention of Jokic and his rim protecting deficiencies.

I was merely pointing out that there isn't one rim protector on the team, let alone one being missing from the 2nd unit.

Now bolster that reading comprehension of yours rook.
 
You're forgetting FT rate and Gallo and Lou are two of the best at drawing fouls.

I also think BG is both good enough and has enough supporting talent to thrive as a #1 guy when healthy but it'll be interesting to see how it all plays out.
I'm not even arguing that they won't be good, just don't think they'll be better than us. Lillard and CJ are both better than anyone the Clippers got, and I believe it will become a justified argument to say Nurkic is better than Jordan.
 
I think Mudiay's going to be a lot better this year. He may even be a half-decent PG. If not, they're going to try Jamal Murray there. And Will The Thrill can play there in a pinch.
No matter what, they'll be at a disadvantage there, even if Mudiay improves.

Denver isn't going to be that good. Losing Gallinari and getting Millsap is a wash. Millsap isn't as good offensively and isn't good enough defensively to make up for how bad the rest of that team is on that side of the ball. Chandler had a career year last year at the age of 29(?) and should regress to the mean. That team greatly overachieved and didn't improve.. Their young players will get better but teams will counter that by figuring out Jokic, who I think isn't quite as good as his late-season play showed. I think teams will realize that they simply have to be overly-physical with him and attack him on the other side of the ball in order to be effective against him.

Denver is a borderline playoff team.
 
Denver going live or die by the 3 ball. They have no rim proctector and there 2nd unit will be hit or miss. But they due have solid starting unit for offense and there defense is still in works.

I read his post the 1st time and my reading comprehension is intact. I wasn't saying he said there was one in the starting unit.
He only stated that there isn't a rim protector in the 2nd unit. Therefore neglecting any mention of Jokic and his rim protecting deficiencies.

I was merely pointing out that there isn't one rim protector on the team, let alone one being missing from the 2nd unit.

Now bolster that reading comprehension of yours rook.
Hey man, I wasn't trying to call you out. But I'm pretty sure you're misunderstanding here.
 
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