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LiCeNseD To BaLL said:
Towns may be the better player, but Porzingawd is honestly a lot more fun to watch.

IMHO. For now at least.

I literally scavenged the Internet last night like a mad man to find a streams so I could watch that Knicks rockets game just to see KP.

I couldn't care any less about wolves games or Kat right now unless they're on a nationally televised game.

That's just me tho *shrug*
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That's not just you . Right now I'd rather watch porting us play then towns easily


I don't get the mudiay over hyping either .
 
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Mamba MVP said:
Clearly you haven't been watching. But continue to cook.
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Son you really out here acting like their offensive games are similar :lol: Towns doing most of his damage 10-15 ft from the basket which is no slight to him at all. Porzingis is a threat from 3 point range as well as from mid range. His post game isn't as polished as KAT's but it doesn't need to be considering the fact that he has more range
 
The mudiay thing is really strange. Not even just on here but other forums, blogs, articles. .nobody anywhere is critical of him at all. You basically see things like "he can't shoot or protect the ball but it's cool tho" everywhere you look. Never seen anything like it. The Nuggets announcers kind of call it how it is with him and rotoworld is not too high on him but other than that it's like nobody is really paying attention to him
 
I love the fact boogie, Horford, Porzingis, LA all hitting treys the stretch 4 is looking mighty bright for future of basketball bring more into the league
 
leemelone said:
The mudiay thing is really strange. Not even just on here but other forums, blogs, articles. .nobody anywhere is critical of him at all. You basically see things like "he can't shoot or protect the ball but it's cool tho" everywhere you look. Never seen anything like it. The Nuggets announcers kind of call it how it is with him and rotoworld is not too high on him but other than that it's like nobody is really paying attention to him
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Not strange at all. No one cares about the Nuggets. The Lakers are the NBA version on the Cowboys. Good or bad everything is blown up.
 


KAT showing his versatility.. them passes 
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 only played 27 minutes this game as well.

Got his ceiling higher than 6god. But Zinger will be great as well, be thankful Phil did something right. Gotta find a new coach tho
 
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leemelone said:
The mudiay thing is really strange. Not even just on here but other forums, blogs, articles. .nobody anywhere is critical of him at all. You basically see things like "he can't shoot or protect the ball but it's cool tho" everywhere you look. Never seen anything like it. The Nuggets announcers kind of call it how it is with him and rotoworld is not too high on him but other than that it's like nobody is really paying attention to him
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Lakers fans are really sick from all the criticism of D'Angelo Russell :rofl:
 
I remember I almost cried when I saw that video of Towns draining 3's in practice before the draft.

I think how well he stretches the floor will be the biggest difference maker between him and Porzingis. 

Even if he never becomes a legit stretch big, I'd still pick him over Porzingis if we could swap players. And that's coming from someone who was high on Kristaps from the jump.. but KAT is the superior prospect.
 
The Collector said:
Not strange at all. No one cares about the Nuggets. The Lakers are the NBA version on the Cowboys. Good or bad everything is blown up.
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It's not just that though in this situation. I think that some of the things Russell has done have intensified how critical people are of his on court performance. The multiple hair styles, already dating a Kardashian/Jenner, some of the Twitter/IG posts he's made. Rightly or wrongly, those things create a perception that he doesn't care enough about just ball. I think that's a major part of why he's getting bashed more than other rookies. Not just because he's on the Lakers
 
I understand the russell bashing to an extent but take him completely out of it and it's just weird how mudiay is hyped with the way he's been playing. It's not even like he's had a couple really off shooting nights that are dragging his % down, it's the other way around. He's had a couple great shooting nights that have kept him from dropping below 30%. Of course I expect him and other rookies to improve but if this continues for another month it's gotta be cause for conern. It would take drastic improvement for him to be a below average shooter at this point
 
law dog1 said:
It's not just that though in this situation. I think that some of the things Russell has done have intensified how critical people are of his on court performance. The multiple hair styles, already dating a Cartesian/Jenner, some of the Twitter/GI posts he's made. Rightly or wrongly, those things create a perception that he doesn't care enough about just ball. I think that's a major part of why he's getting bashed more than other rookies. Not just because he's on the Lake rs
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This is definitely part of it, but the kid has played scared for the most part out there and the deficiencies and red flags that a lot of scouts and just people had about him on court have all been on full display early on (slow, lack of athleticism) and almost none of the positives (dead eye shooting, crazy vision, confidence). Combine that with the seemingly nonchalant demeanor out there on the court, he's not exactly endured himself so far. 
 
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I understand the russell bashing to an extent but take him completely out of it and it's just weird how mudiay is hyped with the way he's been playing. It's not even like he's had a couple really off shooting nights that are dragging his % down, it's the other way around. He's had a couple great shooting nights that have kept him from dropping below 30%. Of course I expect him and other rookies to improve but if this continues for another month it's gotta be cause for conern. It would take drastic improvement for him to be a below average shooter at this point
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I think Mudiay is probably getting bit of a pass on some stuff right now because the Nuggets have a better record than most people expected they would. As they continue to get further below .500 Mudiay -- which I'm pretty sure they will -- he'll will probably start getting more criticism. That said, I'm not backing off my position that, so far, Mudiay looks like the better long-term prospect out of him and Russell.
 
Watching the games Mudiay just looks flat or better than Russell that's why the numbers aren't a big deal to everybody ( even tho mudiay still has better all around numbers anyway) ...plus one player was picked #2 and the other wasn't so it's gon be more criticism regardless


And also Mudiay's weakness coming into the league was shooting so it's not exactly a surprise that he's struggling with his shot , so if him n Russell have similar shooting numbers that tells you more about how Russell's been playing so far
 
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Mudiay's problem is he isn't afraid to make mistakes. He's always trying to make a play and is too aggressive at times. It's stuff that he can fix with experience. Plus everyone knew the jumper was broken to begin with so his poor shooting isn't a surprise. Those turnovers will come down once he learns to let the game come to him instead of chasing it.
 
I've watched mudiay and I really don't see it. Looks like a tyreke/shmurda type ceiling. Also I don't know what numbers you're talking but mudiay's are not impressive. High scoring is good unless you have (incredibly) low percentages, high assists are good unless you have high turnovers.

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Plus everyone knew the jumper was broken to begin with so his poor shooting isn't a surprise. Those turnovers will come down once he learns to let the game come to him instead of chasing it.
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This is the type of stuff I'm talking about :lol:. "He can't shoot but it's cool". It's not a surprise but its the reason I wasn't high on him before the draft. Everyone says that shooting is easy to fix but I don't buy it. For every blake griffin that drastically improves their shot there is a rondo, Tony allen, mkg, rubio who never does. Yea everybody knew he couldn't shoot but his potential is based on him fixing that jumper.
 
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Physically there don't seem to be as many limitations with Mudiay as there are with Russell and that's huge at the PG position now. Unless you're Steph Curry.
 
[quote name="JohnnyRedStorm"]It's definitely higher than that scrub picked second[/quote]True, but they were talking about KAT and Porkfingaz.

:D
 
Mamba MVP said:
Physically there don't seem to be as many limitations with Mudiay as there are with Russell and that's huge at the PG position now. Unless you're Steph Curry.
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Yup that's why I never had Rusell as the top pg ...unless you shooting like steph, I'm always going with the more quick/athletic pg ...that's the reason scouts always had Mudiay ranked higher until he chose China over college
 
Not saying it's cool Mudiay can't shoot but that was known ahead of time and the main critique against him. You had cats gushing about Russell's shooting, calling him the next Curry, the next Harden, the next Ginoboli. Lord only knows why or how he got those comparisons. Guy will be a solid player, but nowhere near those dudes.
 
Mamba MVP said:
Physically there don't seem to be as many limitations with Mudiay as there are with Russell and that's huge at the PG position now. Unless you're Steph Curry.
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There are a lot of assumptions about mudiay without and substance behind it. He doesn’t have any physical limitations..ok so how does that translate to his game? He should be getting a lot of shots at the rim, using his physical advantages on defense, blowing past guys and finishing over bigs right? He really doesn't do any of that. He does get to the line but when he gets there he shoots like okafor who was KILLED for being a poor ft shooter coming into the draft but somehow muddy gets a pass.

What good is scoring if it takes high volume and low percentages? What good is high assists with high turnovers? What good is getting to the line if you can't make a free throw? These are all traditional empty stats but mudiay gets a pass. Again I expect him to improve I'm just saying that so far he's been playing bad basketball and it's weird how no one notices
 
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