Paul George Discussion

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  1. LaVarBallsDad

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    Then you clobbered our team by 20 plus points? You still want to come? I thought he would come by himself, but he isn't. What I'm thinking is, if you can get a 2nd star to commit, you have some trade assets; and yes, everybody outside of Kuzma and Ball are available.

    Ingram has been playing hurt, but for the right piece, he can go, too.
     
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    therealdeal Moderator Staff Member

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    i agree that it's far more likely he comes if he can recruit another star player to come too

    but aside from lebron, who's a FA after this season? cousins?
     
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    PG is leaving. It's so hard to imagine him contented with being a far second option. Unless in some other world, Westbrook would decide to limit his touches which would never happen.

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    Man considering where we at as a team, should we be even sticking our noses up for cousin? You take what you can get
     
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    Like we're getting PG-13 now. He saw first hand how far away we are. Anyone know what the 2019 draft class looks like?
     
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    From an article:

    "It's what you expect in a young team," George said when asked about the Lakers after the game. "They're going to have their bruises. They're going to have their wounds. The best thing is [the Lakers] have young guys that are potentially going to be big names in this league. They've just got to continue to keep working, fine tuning themselves."

    George concluded, "They've got good young talent."

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    PG13 making some excuses after the blow out loss of the Lakers.
     
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    it is a little telling that he can't but help heap praise on this team. I'm as pessimistic as I've ever been about landing just 1 free agent next year, but George seems to keep leaving the door open. Maybe he's content playing at home and waiting a year or 2 for us to become contenders. I understand all the selling points as to why joining the Lakers could be a great move for him personally, but I feel like it's a little naive to assume it's a done deal or even likely.
     
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    Maybe these guys s*** the bed on purpose so PG doesn’t come replace any of them next season. :D
     
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    The only bright spot is that this won't be the only impression PG has on our team. We play them 2-3 more times this year. The last time we play them this season we had better show some improvement.
     
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    30+ bro lol
     
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    Hope you're right. Because if the next games turn out to be worse, uhhh... embarrassing would be a major understatement.

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    If I were PG, I'd stay the hell away from this mess....
     
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    Have to be a desperate journeyman or scrub like deng/mog getting free $ to willingly join this mess
     
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    Watched a lot of vids & commentaries post game last night and one unanimous thing stood out... "Lakers are embarrassed in trying to show Paul George the team he's supposed to lead if he transfers."

    What I am disappointed about is how everybody is starting to give up on Brandon Ingram.

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    Dude goes ghost mode to often
     
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    eh, what does "give up" mean, exactly? i was never on the star train in the first place, and i advocated trading him for any star under 30 (yes, even cousins when it could have happened). that doesn't mean i think he's terrible. it just means i have serious doubts that his ceiling is as an all-nba player.
     
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    I'm a huge fan of PG. Regardless of him possibly becoming a Laker or not. Just one of those guys you could hang with. Cool dude, interviews well, smart, can ball. Lakers really need a stud like this to break the curse.
     
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    Definitely should ship his puss semi-injured 20 year old a** out.

    :KobePoint:
     
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    All he needs is his J dropping more frequently from his relatively fine shooting motion and about 20 more pounds of muscle and you'll likely have to adjust that ceiling. IMO.

    EDIT. Saw your post about defensive impact. Yeah and step his game up defensively to where a long armed tall player like him should have it. More blocks, deflections and steals. In the next 5 years improving each toward his prime.
     

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