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Rookie wrote:The Lakers and the Lickers

Watched the Lakers SL game yesterday. The Lakers had all the media ballsack Lickers in attendance ready to either pounce on the kid as a bust or pump him up as a potential talent.

After all the hype I was left with literally no impression of the kids game. He doesn't look ready yet. Kid needs to go into the incubator for a few years. With his size though the odds are against him unless he has another growth spurt left in him. He did come off as a little to cool for school which was a little too obvious when playing next to players who are playing with more urgency with a hint of desperation

He should stayed in college for 3-4 years. Then worked with the goal of earning rotation mins by the final year of his rookie scale deal. While him being able to play with his father is a great story, and who wouldn't want to do so if you have the ability to make that happen. Not sure if it was the best route for his actual development and career.

But he needs more games getting 30+mins as he reached higher level of comp. Right now he only got his freshman year and probably won't get much consistent rotational mins in the NBA unless Bron forces the issue which could also backfire towards his development.

I'm going to say Lebron is being a little selfish about wanting to play with his boy at the expense of his development.

An extra year or two would've helped him...seems pretty obvious to me.

Bronny will have a target in his back in the SL. Players will want to shine against him so they can show the association that they belong

Bronny will always draw attention due to being Bron's son. So if you were to have a great game vs him maybe you can parlay the attention Bronny comes with into eyes on you. But Bronny isn't a top 5 lottery pick so playing well vs him won't be the same impact as if you did that to like Wemby last year or something.

Kind of side note though.

Ppl claiming he didn't earn a shot or took someone spot are kind of full of it though. Teams draft euros just to stash them who never play a game in the NBA every year. Or freshman who are mostly potential, every year. Bronny didn't prevent anyone from getting added to a summer league roster to make an impression and maybe earn a spot on someone's G league roster. If anything if he isn't good it somewhat hurts the Lakers organization due to the small chance they passed on a rotational piece with the 55th pick in the NBA draft. Then again the money adding Bronny on to the roster to play with his son is way more valuable than that small % chance of netting that player.

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LivingLegend wrote:Looks like Rokas had a solid game in loss to P.R. today and now could play in Vegas.

He’s on his way!

He'd fit nice into that $5M slot

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martin wrote:Knicks shuold tell this cat to hold tight if they need to move Deuce in a trade.

He'd fit nice into that $5M slot

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You take a one year deal to get a better one next season. You need to be given minutes to do that. He will not come here to be a 3rd stringer.

I am thinking if they move Randle/Mitch for a KAT type deal, DDV starts and if Deuce is moved, that would be a very very good spot for him on Knicks bench.

Or, if Deuce is moved in a Kessler deal, that's not a bad spot for GTJr either.

I am putting a big guess out there: They really liked what they saw with OG at the 4. And you got a natural fit of DDV/Mikal at the SG/SF spots. A Randle trade, if and only if the right deal is there, could open a ton of possibilities.

Recall, Knicks signed DDV even though they had IQ, Hart, Deuce, RJ, Grimes. It's a 2-step maneuver process, or more.

Have seen a few mentions of those playing with him not mentioned.

I do not like Og at 4 full time. Yes he can probably do it but at the 3 we have great size, team length more rebounds steals and possessions

Situationally yes makes sense eg small line up w Julius at 5

Separately I’m expecting a step forward from Julius. I think he will play all the better when surrounded by better players. It’s tough to make a bad decision when literally all of your teammates are good

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