D'Angelo Russell Discussion: Adopting A Professional Attitude

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  1. SmoothOperator

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    If this was just a move to get the 27th to package to Indiana, why wouldn't it be a 3-way trade to begin with?

    That tells me Indiana has agreed to nothing so far.

    If this is it, god that's awful. Somewhere Byron, Mitch and Jim are laughing
     
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    naw, I think we all know Lopez is here for the year only
     
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    Alcohol and statutory rape is my wild speculation.
     
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    Barnstable Supreme Fuzzler of Lakersball.com Staff Member

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    That's THE ONLY part of it that stings a bit. I was hoping we could get better value out of it, but I think we're overlooking that we now have that 27th pick, and the way the team has been working out those 99 players, it seems that will probably pay off with a really good player.
     
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    Honestly, I'm not mad at this. Don't know why...
     
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    "How to make a bad team even worse" by Magic Johnson.
     
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    makes you wonder the late season benching by Luke wasn't simply just "experimenting"
     
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    I'm not against us trading anyone on the team but this was definitely selling low
     
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    my god. i hope the prophecy is true Magic Varys...
     
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    Nope. You need team chemistry .... DLo was a cancer!!
     
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    Maybe; but I'm good. I'm not angry about it. If Luke, who I thought was the perfect coach for Lonzo, couldn't get to him, then his time was up, apparently.
     
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    WTF, I wanted Lopez for Moz but not for DLo. Damn, Ball you better be great
     
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    I can't believe even Sacramento wouldn't give up 10 for D'Lo!
     
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    I know he was your guy and we fought over him. I never was a fan of him as a person, but I'm not happy he's gone in a salary dump. I was hoping for better value for sure. I'd be curious to know why you aren't more upset.
     
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    Anyways let's learn a lesson.... fans overrate their players!
     
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    I'd like to be more upset, but were about to get Paul freaking George.
     
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    Nobody wants to help us, in a league where the CBA was designed to stop us from being great. Shocker.
     
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    If we don't move those pieces to move up in the draft or to get George, I'm going to be disappointed. I like a lot of players in this draft, but I'm not sure I like them enough to make up for D'Angelo's production and I'm not sure there's a SG in this draft that late who will make up for his shooting.

    From a technical standpoint now we're just as desperate for shooting as we were before we (presumably) picked up Lonzo.
     
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    It sucks to stand-up for a kid you believe have the potential to be really good for 2 years and than to ship him out in a salary dump. Hoping for the next shoe to drop, but not expecting it.
     

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