Watching this, he looked like a combination of Townes and Embiid. Hard to believe had he stayed healthy he would just be in the prime of his career now having turned 30 in October. So skilled.
I know the Lakers have just one pick in the draft and it's a 2nd rounder (from Denver), but I'm still going to start looking into the guys in this draft. Feel free to post any good draft content in this thread.
Early on this 2018 draft was considered as strong or maybe even stronger up top than the 2017 draft was. I was always skeptical, but now with Porter going down I'm convinced that's not true. Not to mention, what made (makes) the 2017 draft special was the depth of NBA talent. Not every player might be a star, but there's a lot of NBA players in that draft which isn't always the case.
First let's look at Marvin Bagley III. We have absolutely no chance at drafting him, but still good to get a feel for the draft. We're trying to keep up with the Joey, Jesse, and Ryan over here.
Marvin Bagley III-
6'11"
235 lbs
Pros-
Tremendous athlete. Watching him run at 6'11" (I think he's probably more like 6'10") is shocking. He's an incredibly fluid athlete for his size with...
Apparently people could still see it while in development, but I'd like to announce we're going to try something different.
A new section of the Lakersball forum call LB Analytics!
This section is dedicated to in depth discussion concerning stats and stats breakdowns, offensive and defensive play analysis, Salary Cap, and any topic that could use a deeper set of factual knowledge to further understand with intelligent in depth conversation.
We have buttons at the top of the page with player stats, team Salary information etc, so you have as much information as possible at hand.
As such, I contacted Pete Zayas from Laker Film Room and he was kind enough to let us feature LFR content in this section.
NOTE: Here's a few rules for LB analytics....
its not a place to vent WMC or Optimism. Its not a place for a bunch of jokes or Smiles, as such smilies have been disabled in this section alone (Sorry SIrron). As much as possible this new section needs...
