I don't label people. I never called you a Randle hater when you were bashing him earlier in the season. If you want to resort to that trolling behavior so be it. And I love Lonzo by the way. I just don't want to damage him psychologically.
Ah, but you did keep track of my “Randle bashing” I see. Cool. I guess we just agree to disagree, I don’t think you like Zo based on your post history. But you have that right, same as I have the right to hate Isaiah Thomas. You say Zo should be benched to finish games, I completely disagree, it is what it is.
See, that’s how you own it. And I don’t have an issue with this, you make it clear and I move on. If you hate the guy I’m not gonna try and change your mind. What I don’t like is seeing it repeated over and over in game time and this thread and WMC that he needs to be benched to finish games because he sucks so much! It’s like we’re watching a different player. Bad shooting doesn’t = sucks.
I keep track of all Randle postings man, and yes, you were on my list Here's what I posted just 3 weeks ago. http://lakersball.com/threads/lonzo...in-steals-deflections-for-march.2751/page-188 Like I said, I'm a huge fan of Lonzo. I just think his shooting woes should be addressed during the summer, not in games.
No, not props, but it allows me to go oh, ok, this person’s not being rational and I don’t need to waste my time.
I’ll be honest, I missed this post. I see that I didn’t like it, and had I seen it I would have for sure. I also see you said his floor is an all-star and ceiling is a generational player a page before that. So, it looks like I lumped you in with the actual haters, and I apologize. I guess I’m just tired of the hate for this kid, he gets no patience from people to just play and figure it out, it started to wear on me with the talking heads like Screamin’ A. Like I said though, we simply disagree, I want him to figure in out on the floor, same as Russell got to, same as Ingram got to, same as Randle got to, he has to be allowed to learn in crunch time. I’m not at all worried about him being damaged psychologically, he is an extremely tough kid, he has a supportive coach, and a team full of guys that have his back.
Need to put Ball on the Randle/Ingram FT shooting regimen. ~45% for a guard let alone a professional basketball player is embarrassing.
I appreciate the sincerity in your response. No worries man, we'll all rooting for the same team. To me it looks like his confidence is getting crushed every time he gets to the line, and I'd rather not put him in that situation. We've all seen how bad it could get with Fultz, so I think it's a bigger deal than most people realize. This could potentially make or break the kid for the next 2-3 years.
except that he makes an even lower percentage of his stepback shots. there's actually not a spot on the floor from which he looks comfortable. it's bizarre at this point. he's got late-career kidd's aversion to finishing at the rim, chris dudley's FT touch, and antoine walker's general mindset and results from everywhere else.
I don't know where I'd find this stat, but if anything he looks WAY more comfortable shooting stepback threes than anything else. Hell his footwork on stepback threes is great. As for the way he looks on the field, the only time he looks uncomfortable is when he's looking to score. Otherwise he looks incredibly natural as a rebounder, defender, and play-maker. All he has to do is get his head screwed on straight as a shooter. We all had the same sort of criticisms of Ingram last season as a scorer and Ingram looks fine now.
Another thing that Lonzo should work on is the change of pace that PG's like IT have. He seems to have a habit of going too fast when he decides to drive and it's hard for him to stop. If he can learn to jump stop and get more crafty with his drives, it'll help him a lot in terms of scoring.
the only players in the league who have attempted more FT's than lonzo and have a lower percentage are mason plumlee and kosta koufos ouch
That’s on the level of Ego Ears level and Jiminy Cricket. That was one of the main issues I had with Farmar when he was here.
