Brandon Ingram Discussion: He Is Who We Thought He Could Be

Trade filler

 

maybe because his boss told him to score 20 per when it was obvious to everyone that wasn't happening.

my big gripe with his offense right now is its predictability. just puts head down and drives right. defender is always waiting on it and bottling it up. clarkson and randle, even with their warts, are far better iso players than ingram at this point, but we run isos for ingram for some reason.

 

I agree, he's not ready to be an ISO scorer. He doesn't have the strength yet to just drive on his defender and meet the big man in the middle. He was most effective last year when he caught the ball and attacked right away.

 

Just about to post this. When the front office was pumping him up this summer I was concerned and he's not making me feel any better.

 

I guess this answers what everybody was wondering this summer, in particular LT haha...I see you buddy!

Brandon did not meet/train with the Mamba. Those isos would look a whole lot different if he had.

That being said, I do understand the isos and the ball sticking... We haven't practiced any of the playbook yet so we'll get there. Till then, he's probably given the green light to go display what he worked on in the summer ie isolation scoring by working on his body to get stronger.

For those that are concerned about our training camp pace...Luke was asked how he felt about such a condensed training camp and he said that trading camp was still going on for the Lakers till the beginning of the season. So from media day till Oct. 17, these guys will be going hard for 3 weeks. It kinda explains why they get so gassed so quickly in these last 2 games. The 1st quarters are always our best and then we fade.

Its true that BI has been disappointing, but when his conditioning gets there, he trains with Kob and knows the playbook, he's going to be alright! I'm not concerned cause the sample size is still considerably low.

I was against the Durant comparisons from the beginning cause I think the scoring will get there and Kobe will be there as a mentor as well. The kid needs to be in the film room studying Kawhi's game...once you build the D, the O will come. <--- intended to be read in a non-perverted way.

 

He's about 2 years away from where I think he wants to be ultimately; he's just not there right now, and that's okay. We're just an impatient fan base; including me. He has a little ways to go...

 

I do not think the Lakers are going to wait 2 years for BI. If this team plays the way it has the last 2 games into the regular season, I believe the Lakers may clean house before the end of the year to cover their a** for the missing draft pick. Lakers have Lonzo, in the end, they can say, we went through all this for the perfect PG to rebuild with. They hit a homerun with Kuzma and with some luck in the offseason, the Lakers can bring the difference makers.

I do not know where I stand with BI. I will give him until the end of the year to see where he is. Not expecting 20 points a game but he needs to show he is good at something all year like he did last year on defense. I do not know if he will ever be the guy who can get you basket when you need it. And that is not good because Lonzo never will either. He is the guy who passes to the guy to make the needed shot, like Nash and Kidd used to.

 

Giver that I am ..... knew y'alled be wanting to know what exactly a head concussion is (and me too ) ..... here ya go.

What is a head contusion?

 

Really?

 

He's soft OX. Or maybe read above. Guessing there'n be different levels of concern like any other head injury. Or you really meant really?

 

If the Lakers aren’t willing to allow these kids to develop I don’t even know the point of taking them then. Rebuilding takes time. You can’t just give up on it after a year or two. These kids next time to get acclimated to the NBA, grow into their bodies, and to develop their skills as players.

 

yes, i meant really.

 

really?

 

He needs to play considering how hes looked so far n expectations

 

If we're going to put BI in ISO, he's going to have to trust his jumper more. It seems he's too reliant on using his length off the dribble with the success he had at the end of last season, he still needs to develop some more strength and finish strong like he did last season.

Also, I wanna see some post work, I'm pretty sure he's got a definitely size advantage against most 3's.