Nalod wrote:I agree, but “never getting the best out of players” is not an indigenous hereditary trait, it's a symptomatic of starphuckidry process. As for Ball, hell no!!! Take out the hype and then evaluate the talent. I'll root for frank at this juncture.

It doesn't have to be either/or.

WaltLongmire wrote:So Magic Johnson, in his first act as President of Basketball Operations, drafts a "generational talent" who is supposed to be the kind of player who "makes everyone better," but, one year later, has to be traded because Johnson, one of the great personalities and good guys of basketball can't control Lavar Ball, and it is expected that Lebron James, one of the great alpha dogs in the sport, wants to come to the Lakers, but wants nothing to do with Lavar Ball, but the Knicks, never known for getting the best out of players, are going to take Lonzo, who wasn't very good last year, anyway, and Lavar Ball, who cannot be controlled, and everything will work out hunky dory.

Do I have to write another long and convoluted sentence to show why we don't want the Balls in our court?

Lonzo, as a player, might very well NOT be worth pursuing anyway, and if you add to this the fact that you get his dad in the deal, it's a deal you want nothing to do with.

By the way...how much do you want to bet that Lebron James would prefer to have Ntilikina, instead of Lonzo, in a Laker lineup with him (And it might not only be because of a parent.)?

WaltLongmire wrote:So Magic Johnson, in his first act as President of Basketball Operations, drafts a "generational talent" who is supposed to be the kind of player who "makes everyone better," but, one year later, has to be traded because Johnson, one of the great personalities and good guys of basketball can't control Lavar Ball, and it is expected that Lebron James, one of the great alpha dogs in the sport, wants to come to the Lakers, but wants nothing to do with Lavar Ball, but the Knicks, never known for getting the best out of players, are going to take Lonzo, who wasn't very good last year, anyway, and Lavar Ball, who cannot be controlled, and everything will work out hunky dory.

Do I have to write another long and convoluted sentence to show why we don't want the Balls in our court?

Lonzo, as a player, might very well NOT be worth pursuing anyway, and if you add to this the fact that you get his dad in the deal, it's a deal you want nothing to do with.

By the way...how much do you want to bet that Lebron James would prefer to have Ntilikina, instead of Lonzo, in a Laker lineup with him (And it might not only be because of a parent.)?