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[MVP]

This dude really thinks Clarkson is a starting PG. Please let him know brethren.

 

[a mufasa]

Sixers fan here. I wandered in here to see who y'all Lakers fans want them to take at 2. 

 

[kal-el-8]

Towns if available if not okafor. Rest is just doing due diligence.

 

[sea manup]

im okay with clarkson being a starting PG, as long as we bring in a wing that can be the primary ball handler to replace kobe 

 

[daddyrabbit251]

Boogie

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

This dude really thinks Clarkson is a starting PG. Please let him know brethren.

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[essential1]

Would need another year of Clarkson at a better level to say he could be a starting PG for more than just a transitional period.

Right now he looks like a 6th man, but I'd let him start by default.

And if he improves let him keep it. If he has hit his ceiling, year 3 he's back to the bench and look for an improvement. Or back to the bench anyway in Year 4 because of Russell Westbrook.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

He's 22 I would expect him to keep improving. He kept getting better and better as he got consistent minutes. The way he stepped up in the biggest matchups shows me he's not a 6th man, that's not a bench player trait. The adjustments he made in the b2b vs the clippers showed me a lot, the type of thing you look for from 1st year players. Carved up the best defenses in the league, held his own against almost every single elite pg. Put up numbers comparable to wiggins. 3 point shot could be better, he mostly just sucks from the left side. His numbers after getting more burn:

Feb: 13.8 pts 4 asst 3.6 rebs
Mar: 15.8 pts 5.2 asst 4.8 rebs
Apr: 19.4 pts 6.8 asst 4.6 rebs

 

[essential1]

He had 3 months of games, came out of nowhere harder to game plan for for that kind of guy. Clippers did that by crowding him and he looked bad. His adjusted which is great, but he still had a meh game shooting wise.

He needs another full year of good play to convince me that he can be a marginal starter. And that it wasn't just being a mirage of an unknown player getting over on other teams not having a scouting report on him.

He's nowhere near what Wiggins is. Wiggins was who he was with teams game planing on him day 1. Also he's a solid defender too.

Clarkson is still a mediocre defender. If he doesn't develop a more consistent 3 pointer, and get better on defense then he's not a starter.

To say he's absolutely the future, is way too early.

 

[delete1234]

#InClarksonWeTrust

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

My opinion is based on him continuing to show the improvement that he already has shown. People often are afraid and play it safe not wanting to be premature. Anyone can say something after the fact, I'm saying he looks like he has what it takes and shows characteristics you look for. Teams scouting him or not is overblown. It's not like they are just leaving him alone, look at the reactions from the defense and he clearly has them frustrated. The top defenses at that.

 

[essential1]

ZBo asked Ed Davis who Clarkson was...

You know what that means? When they did the run through or team meeting, they didn't even discuss Clarkson, or mentioned him in passing.

He's already far out produced being a mid-40s pick. But don't get premature. He's not the future yet. He needs a year where guys go after him for a better eye test.

I'd take at least 20 PGs before him right now (not factoring salaries).

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

It's overblown dude. Pretty sure zbo was being facetious anyway, you're completely speculating what they did in team meetings. It's not like baseball where you don't know what kinda stuff a pitcher has and then he gets exposed. You dare a guy to shoot, he knocks it down then you press him, he gets in the lane you send help and on and on. He's big enough to shoot over most pgs regardless. Steph curry still gets wide open 3s consistently, pretty sure teams read the book on him. Scouting or not you don't scheme against one player like that unless it's the playoffs. The clippers game planned against him and he adjusted, he wasn't making the same mistakes. That's a big deal. His shot was off but ok, he's a rook. Not expecting perfection off top. The important part is that he was getting good looks despite being schemed on and the % say those shots will normally drop. He showed enough improvement for me to believe in his progress

 

[pmatic]

Realistically, I think Clarkson is a combo guard off the bench. However, I'm giving him the keys this upcoming season at PG to prove it.

 

[kingjaffejo]

I don't think you want to give Clarkson the keys in his 2nd year as a mid 2nd pick. You are asking for him to fail. Too much too soon.
I know a lot of us were pleasantly surprised and excited about him coming out of nowhere and being a bright spot for our team. But thats exactly what he did...come out of nowhere.

The boy had a good last 3 months of the season. But 3 months to me does not translate to him being our championship PG of the future or giving him the keys right now.
I am running in the same thoughts as E. He will need to do what he did the last 3 months of the previous season the ENTIRE year of this upcoming season.
If he doesn't take a step back and shows improvement in his game then we can have that discussion. Until then he was just a player that came out of nowhere and surprised
teams that didn't plan for him in the middle of the season.

And yes it does matter. A mid 2nd round rookie is unknown to all teams and is not planned for. Especially in the middle of the season. Nobody was checking for the Lakers
and nobody was checking for Clarkson. This year will show what he has when he has to play the Kobe and when there is more talent around him and the rest of the league knowing who he is.
This year will show me a lot.

Not gonna lie tho.... I get giddy when I think about Clarkson and Randle on the break. Throw Towns in there and I just jump for joy in my heart.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Realistically bench players don't hold their own against every elite player at their position, don't play well away from home, can't handle starters minutes...he may or may not end up as a 6th man but based on what he's actually done I don't see how that's realistic. Some of you would prefer dangelo and he has shown that he shrivels against elite players.

Yall are really exaggerating the purpose of a Scouting report as if it stops a guy from getting open shots, passing out of double teams, taking advantage of smaller, weaker, slower players. It basically just tells you what to expect. Obviously he frustrated the grizzlies enough that they had to put the best defender in the league on him because nothing else was working. I understand the appeal of the wait and see approach to avoid being wrong but I'm just not with it

 

[CP1708]

Marc Gasol was a 2nd rounder, and he turned out to be legit.
Chandler Parsons, same thing.
Gilbert Arenas (before he went crazy)
Draymond Green.

All 2nd rounders that have turned out to be legit NBA caliber players. All Stars. All NBA teams. Building Blocks.


I see no reason Jordan Clarkson can't join that list. He has to work his 3 asterisks off, but if he does that, with the young frontcourt he's about to have, he should continue to grow and develop and could be a very nice piece of our future. Be it a starting PG, an off the bench SG, a combo guard, or just a 6th man in general sort of like a hybrid early GS Monta Ellis. 28-30 minutes a night, both guard spots, mixed in with both starters at sep times.

 

[mr j 858]

D'Lo Russell today has his Laker draft work out:


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[comptonprince]

D'Lo Russell today has his Laker draft work out:

Harrison in the cut knowing damn well he aint gettin drafted...

 

[mr j 858]

He had dinner with the Lakers brass last night:


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The Lakers' basketball operations department took Ohio State guard D'Angelo Russell to dinner on Sunday night.

The team tweeted out a photo of the 6-foot-5 freshman, flanked by General Manager Mitch Kupchak and Assistant General Manager Glenn Carraro, along with Jesse Buss (director of scouting), Ryan West (assistant director of scouting), Jordan Wilkes (basketball operations assistant), Rondre Jackson (director of player development) and Kevin Grevey (college scout).

The Lakers hold three picks in the 2015 NBA draft. Russell is an option with the team's second overall selection. The franchise also has the 27th and 34th picks.

In his one season with the Buckeyes, Russell averaged 19.3 points and 5.0 assists, and shot 41.1% from three-point range.

The basketball operations staff also dined with guard Emmanuel Mudiay on Friday, before his workout with the team the following day. Mudiay played last season in China.

In addition to the team's morning audition of six players for the latter two picks, Russell is expected to go through an individual workout on Monday afternoon.

The Lakers are also expected to look at Duke's Jahlil Okafor and Kentucky's Karl-Anthony Towns for their second pick, among others.

Source:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/laker...taff-dine-dangelo-russell-20150608-story.html

 

[mr j 858]

 

[pmatic]

 

[pmatic]

@KevinDing Lakers will be meeting @JahlilOkafor for dinner tonight. It could be the first step in a long relationship.

 

[mr j 858]

Serena Winters ‏@SerenaWinters 4s4 seconds ago

Lakers are working out Jahlil Okafor at 9am tomorrow