Anthony Davis Discussion: Only Player On Both All NBA + All Def

I don't agree at all. Wood was pretty good for us earlier int he year in some of those earlier games when we had guys out.

Our team isn't going to be healthy the entire year, and we haven't exactly been the beacon of health last few years.

When Ad or Bron are out..or heck any of Rui/Vando/Prince/Hayes are out...Wood is going to get minutes.

He was surprisingly good on defense - if you guys remember we trotted out a closing lineup that had Wood LeBron AD ffrontline - and they were switching eveything and had Wood guarding KD sometimes, and AD guarding KD sometimes...and he held his own against KD.

He's also a decent weak-side shot blocker.

I think having Wood is a luxury especially in case of injuries

 

it's games like 40/21 when he shows what he is capable of when he's focused that make you dislike his effort in 15/10 games.

It would be cool if he was beast mode 80% of the time, but I suppose as long as we get to see it in the playoffs, that's what matters.

 

So he could be more beat up here for being "injury prone" compared to the centers who can't and DON'T play like this even in one game?

 

i knew when i saw the 40/20 that the "why not every night?" was coming. clockwork.

15/10 as your worst game means you're a superduper star. it's not the reason you're not; it's the reason you are.

 

He’s literally had two games as a Laker so far in which he actually helped us win.
He was supposed to be our floor spacing big and has shot a whopping 26% from behind the arc so far this season.

 

Wood is playing the role he's being asked to play, by the coaching staff, not the role the fans envisioned. We haven't figured out what to do with Rui yet, Wood is not a priority. If AD or Lebron get hurt, Wood as a scoring stretch 4, becomes another weapon to deploy.

 

The role of multiple DNPs in a row because he doesn’t do anything to positively affect the outcome of a game?
Oh, okay.

 

Meh..Wood is on a vet minimum contract..in what world is he supposed to be prioritized, over Vanderbilt or Rui? There are only soo many minutes to be had. Cam has already adjusted the playing time model, we were never going to have 2 guys, on vet mins playing large roles here. Vincent is going to adjust the rotations too, once he comes back. It's December though, one turned ankle or sprained knee can change everything.

 

That’s funny, you were always the guy who said “I don’t care how much he makes” in just about every Westbrick discussion.
Which one is it?

 

Two totally different situations, the only thing they have in common, is being black and from LA.

 

Nah man. It’s just you refusing to acknowledge that you just changed your own standards to argue your viewpoint.

 

Nah..you have a problem arguing over nothing. What standard are you even talking about? I said that I didn't care what Westbrook's salary was, it didn't mean, that he was supposed carry the team, without Lebron or AD. I have no idea whatsoever, what that, has to do with Christian Wood.

 

this is enabling

Kobe was would be right now if he read your post.

There's nothing wrong with demanding consistent excellence. No, nobody expects 40/20 every night, but how do you explain the below games when you are capable of 40/20? Love to see more consistency. In effort. In results.



11/7 9/6
11/16 9/9

But to be fair, if you look at his game by game stats this year, he has been amazingly consistent overall compared to the last couple of seasons.

 

All I ask is 20 points plus 8 boards plus 2 blocks as a good game, below that is mediocre

 

Mostly gets it. Although I would say we can also excel with him not scoring 20 points a game. I'd rather have the 15/10 minimum consistently. 2 blocks is nice, and several more deterrents. And quit falling down Bambi. You're a grown a** man.

 

if you do something 85% of the time, is that not consistency?

whatevs, look for the reasons, i guess.

again, making my point for me? 20/8/2 is a good game for almost every center or pf in the league--especially if they're also the best defensive player on the floor, which no one else is. if AD averaged that, he'd still be getting a max contract offer from every single team. all of them. but he averages more, and that's apparently...infuriating. because he sometimes doesn't have a good game.

yeah, that guy NEVER had (famously) bad games, right?

 

Inconceivable! Never happened.

I think the deal with fans and AD has more to do with his effort in years past. It wasn’t there. He settled for fall away shots against smaller players. His balls shrunk with the game on the line.

Kobe may have had bad nights, but it was pretty rare that you could ever question his effort

 

I’ll say this as well about sirron’s “favorite player/other punching bag”. Everyone knows Kobe is also my favorite all time player and all time Laker. I’ll keep that sig forever …. a timeless feel good Lakers moment with Kobe in it. But no one ever had a reason to be a d*** on a radio show for a whole year to call LeBron “Ball Hog Bron”. I remember here on Lakersball as much as we all loved Kobe and the unreal way he played the game and unreal things he did on the court and his Big Balls to always want that last shot. But with that often came in his 30’s if not less often when younger and a force of nature …. inefficient 30 shot games, accusations of Hero ball and “Good Kobe/Bad Kobe” any given night …. because of that. And something else he copied from Mike in addition to all the great moves, adding even more skill to some …. was “leading” by fear and being a d*** to teammates to toughen them up or because they weren’t him. Jeremy Lin and the “Charmin” rant arrival at practice say hello. From what I have seen I prefer LeBron’s style and he’s acknowledged as well to be a “great” leader.