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TorturedBlazerFan said:
I love that lavar cares about his kids the way he does. I hate that Lavar puts so much of his kids business in front of cameras and microphones. Lavar is delusional sure, but a lot of the outlandish things he said were for the show, and the reaction it got from people. Overall though at least he's involved with his kid's life, there are much worse parents out there.
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We need a war of words from the dads. Bill Walton needs to tee off on Lavar for throwing his kid under the bus. Personally I think Luke's uptempo game is pretty much as good as it will get for Lonzo. The problem is Lonzo is not a good fit with LBJ.
 
Colin Cowherd on the radio right now, claim his "sauces" say that Dell Demps is facing intense pressure from other executives around the league not to take a Lakers deal before the deadline. Colin is claiming this is because of a league-wide "anti-Lakers bias", but I suspect that if there's any validity to his statement, it's more execs not wanting a player to be able to dictate terms to his team.

Either way, this claim smacks of collusion, and could be problematic if true.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Colin Cowherd on the radio right now, claim his "sauces" say that Dell Demps is facing intense pressure from other executives around the league not to take a Lakers deal before the deadline. Colin is claiming this is because of a league-wide "anti-Lakers bias", but I suspect that if there's any validity to his statement, it's more execs not wanting a player to be able to dictate terms to his team.

Either way, this claim smacks of collusion, and could be problematic if true.
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This has become a common narrative on Lakers' boards as well. And it's bullshit.

Demps shouldn't take the Laker deal because the return is garbage and he can do far better in the summer.
 
Chris Craig said:
He put's far to much pressure and expectations on them. No wonder, Lonzo is pretty much a bust, and his other kids will probably never play in the NBA
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I disagree. He's put too much "public" pressure on them sure. However, in my opinion, part of parenting is pressing the right buttons to challenge your children to get the best out of them. Sure his oldest might be an NBA Bust but he's going to make generational money in the Process, his other kids may not make it in the NBA but they'll be taken care of financially, which is why almost everyone goes to school, and works. As long as he loves them even if their best isn't good enough for the NBA, loves them when they fail then that's good parenting to me.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Colin Cowherd on the radio right now, claim his "sauces" say that Dell Demps is facing intense pressure from other executives around the league not to take a Lakers deal before the deadline. Colin is claiming this is because of a league-wide "anti-Lakers bias", but I suspect that if there's any validity to his statement, it's more execs not wanting a player to be able to dictate terms to his team.

Either way, this claim smacks of collusion, and could be problematic if true.
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Colin Cowherd's sources are the Lakers and he is doing their dirty work.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
Colin Cowherd sources are the Lakers and he is doing their dirty work.
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I haven't been able to listen to Colin for a while now, he is just an LA pawn at this point, and his takes pretty much suck... I stopped listening about a year ago cause it was just more than I was willing to subjugate myself too.
 
Laker tears, Laker tears...

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PtldPlatypus said:
Colin Cowherd on the radio right now, claim his "sauces" say that Dell Demps is facing intense pressure from other executives around the league not to take a Lakers deal before the deadline. Colin is claiming this is because of a league-wide "anti-Lakers bias", but I suspect that if there's any validity to his statement, it's more execs not wanting a player to be able to dictate terms to his team.

Either way, this claim smacks of collusion, and could be problematic if true.
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Colin being an LA homer....who would have thunk? The asse(t)s coming back are garbage. That is why....

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Lakers' three number 2 picks over the last few years:

2015: Russell over Porzingis (used to dump a horrible Mozgov contract).
2016: Ingram over Jaylen Brown
2017: Lonzo over Tatum, Fox, Mitchell, Collins, etc etc,

They fucked up. This isn't collusion.
 
Pinwheel1 said:
We need a war of words from the dads. Bill Walton needs to tee off on Lavar for throwing his kid under the bus. Personally I think Luke's uptempo game is pretty much as good as it will get for Lonzo. The problem is Lonzo is not a good fit with LBJ.
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That would be epic. Bill would philosophize him to death and LaVar would just keep getting louder and louder and making less and less sense.
 
yuyuza1 said:
Lakers' three number 2 picks over the last few years:

2015: Russell over Porzingis (used to dump a horrible Mozgov contract).
2016: Ingram over Jaylen Brown
2017: Lonzo over Tatum, Fox, Mitchell, Collins, etc etc,

They fucked up. This isn't collusion.
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Not that I'm defending the Lakers, but that's not really fair. All of those drafts lacked clarity up top. No one knew who Porzingis was and Knicks fans were irate at the over-reach. Brown was a pretty mediocre prospect, and as much as I love him, you have to worry about him being a "system" guy like Turner turned out to be for us. I doubt anyone regarded him more highly than Ingram. I didn't like Lonzo or Fultz as top picks last year, but most of those guys didn't look clearly better at the time. Enough people were high on Tatum, that's the only reasonable example.
 
PtldPlatypus said:
Colin Cowherd on the radio right now, claim his "sauces" say that Dell Demps is facing intense pressure from other executives around the league not to take a Lakers deal before the deadline. Colin is claiming this is because of a league-wide "anti-Lakers bias", but I suspect that if there's any validity to his statement, it's more execs not wanting a player to be able to dictate terms to his team.
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as many here have already pointed out, this really looks a lot like Cowherd pumping out Laker spin. The whining from LA is loud and pathetic

PtldPlatypus said:
Either way, this claim smacks of collusion, and could be problematic if true.
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there is some collusion going on and that's between the talking heads of the media trying to pump up the value of those young Laker players and other Laker assets. Every one of those supposed great young players LA is offering is flawed, incomplete, and inconsistent
 
TBpup said:
That would be epic. Bill would philosophize him to death and LaVar would just keep getting louder and louder and making less and less sense.
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Are you saying Bill Walton would make sense?
 
handiman said:
Not that I'm defending the Lakers, but that's not really fair. All of those drafts lacked clarity up top. No one knew who Porzingis was and Knicks fans were irate at the over-reach. Brown was a pretty mediocre prospect, and as much as I love him, you have to worry about him being a "system" guy like Turner turned out to be for us. I doubt anyone regarded him more highly than Ingram. I didn't like Lonzo or Fultz as top picks last year, but most of those guys didn't look clearly better at the time. Enough people were high on Tatum, that's the only reasonable example.
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Still, it's beside the point. Boston's potential package of Tatum/Brown/lottery picks from Sac/Mem is far better than anything LA can put together. To suggest that teams are colluding to denigrate the value of LA's package is bogus.
 
yuyuza1 said:
Still, it's beside the point. Boston's potential package of Tatum/Brown/lottery picks from Sac/Mem is far better than anything LA can put together. To suggest that teams are colluding to denigrate the value of LA's package is bogus.
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A package consisting solely of CJ/Collins is better than any package LA has put forth.
 
blue9 said:
A package consisting solely of CJ/Collins is better than any package LA has put forth.
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So, why aren't we hearing the Blazers name in all this?
 
blue9 said:
A package consisting solely of CJ/Collins is better than any package LA has put forth.
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the problem with that assertion is that nobody really knows what the Pelicans would value as a return

CJ + Zach + a pair of 1sts likely has good generic value, but If the Pels want to maximize cap-space while collecting young assets, Portland's offer is a little short on what N.O. wants. I also wonder how highly the Pels would value CJ. The way they structured their defense in the playoffs last season and the first 2 games this season sure seems to indicate that don't think CJ has a big impact on games. They sold out to stop Dame; they didn't sell out to stop CJ

Chris Craig said:
So, why aren't we hearing the Blazers name in all this?
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because even in a trade for AD Olshey is holding CJ untouchable?
 
I am not sure i agree that CJ and Collins is better then any offer the Lakers have done let's exclude draft picks for a minute. CJ is better then all the players but factor in all the other pieces there is still good promise to Kuzma , Ingram and Ball compared to just Collins. I am as die hard as anyone but let's not let our fandom blind us to the Lakers offer that is good. The problem for the Lakers is not there offer it's the fact that the Pelicans do not want to be pushed into a corner by AD saying trade me to LA or i will opt out on any other team that might trade for me and they would be left with nothing. The Pelicans are in a bad spot cause if they give into AD even with getting a good package then other players will see this and do it even more is why other teams are pressuring them not to cave into AD's demands. This is when Adam Silver needs to say something or when the next collective bargaining deal comes up they need to address this cause this type of thing since i think hurts the NBA more then it helps it.
 
wizenheimer said:
the problem with that assertion is that nobody really knows what the Pelicans would value as a return

CJ + Zach + a pair of 1sts likely has good generic value, but If the Pels want to maximize cap-space while collecting young assets, Portland's offer is a little short on what N.O. wants. I also wonder how highly the Pels would value CJ. The way they structured their defense in the playoffs last season and the first 2 games this season sure seems to indicate that don't think CJ has a big impact on games. They sold out to stop Dame; they didn't sell out to stop CJ



because even in a trade for AD Olshey is holding CJ untouchable?
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We could add Aminu's expiring and take back Hill. I think that is the only way to get them to listen.
 
hoopsjock said:
We could add Aminu's expiring and take back Hill. I think that is the only way to get them to listen.
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well, I don't believe they'd have much interest in CJ

if that's true, the only way to get their attention might be Nurk + Aminu + Zach + Simons + 1st
 
wizenheimer said:
They sold out to stop Dame; they didn't sell out to stop CJ
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Their traps were pretty creative, but they were designed to stop whichever guard had the ball. Dame just usually runs the offense. Either way they did a good job at it and I am sure we will face it again in the playoffs when team have time to prepare. Although not every team has a Rondo.
 
wizenheimer said:
well, I don't believe they'd have much interest in CJ

if that's true, the only way to get their attention might be Nurk + Aminu + Zach + Simons + 1st
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They could just let CJ go crazy the rest of the year to build up his value and then trade him too.
 
TBpup said:
It's tough to make moves when you are on the phone with the valet making sure he has directions to Mrs. HCP's house.
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Whoa, he needs a new valet if they don't know the way there by heart.
 
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