Jordan Clarkson Discussion

I have to see him in a proper system with a little education on defensive fundamentals before I make a determination on whether he's a starter or 6th man. He's been misused, played with two other heavy ball dominant guys in Lou/Kobe and has been effective and consistent all season for the most part, IMO.

 

Random fun fact: This time last year Clarkson made a game winner in OT to beat Philly. Pretty cool that Randle follows with a game winner to beat the Heat in OT a year later.

 

I saw "Kendall Jenner is secretly dating Jordan Clarkson" on my Yahoo! page; I was stoked, then I realized it's April Fools.

 

She seems the most normal of that family at least.

 

When I watch Clarkson at his young and not fully mature age yet I see an incredibly strong kid in a great athlete's body. He reminds me of Kobe in that he is working all the time on creating new moves and polishing all of them. It's impressive already how much of a success rate he has in getting to the hoop in a variety of ways including tricky. I see Kobe's work ethic with him in that area too. To some level at his own limitations.

Just on offense, and without as high flying and reckless an act, does he have a shot at D. Wade lite or better than Monta? Huge improvement offensively with where he is now over 1 year ago. Man I would hate not having him here watching him develop with DAR, Julius and Nance.

Fire Byron. Hire Luke. ASAP. This becomes a whole different ballgame. Luke with his contribution as acting head coach to this record breaking Warriors season would become a FA pull on its own. Then give us luck again with keeping our pick.

 

Those rookie orientations the NBA puts the new players through should include a powerpoint on avoiding Kardashians.

 

You said "powerpoint on avoiding Kardashians"

 

I am a fan of JC. Hard worker, business-like appproach, what else can you ask for for late 2nd round pick. I do feel he will get a large contract this off season and this will lead to the lakers being stuck with a big contract that they will regret a few years from now. With the cap exploding the next few years I think there will be a bunch of overpayed players and teams trying to get rid of them.

 

We can't afford to let JC go. We have little to no talent on this roster outside of the young guys so we have to keep him one of our core pieces. If we can get a better player for him then maybe try and swing a trade. I don't see him getting max money. He's probably a terrific sixth man in best case scenario and that's okay. There's nothing wrong with that. Maybe if we get a real coach in here who can help him improve his defensive technique he can still be a quality starting SG in the league. Who knows.

 

I completely agree. His projected role is important but that can be discussed later when we actually have enough talent to send him to the bench. He's our best player and starter for the foreseeable future.