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Talked to my boy big Arizona guy.

says Ayton is a phenomenal defensive rebounder. That’s what we need.

said Jaxson Hayes is the perfect rim runner to come off the bench.

says Ayton was pissed at Portland because he was playing better then Clingman and they were still giving Clingman minutes. Ayton felt he was putting up numbers and they were still playing Clingman over him. Giving Clingman the minutes.

says Ayton never ingratiated to the town to Portland to the city. Never liked playing for the organization. Was miserable in Portland.

in L.A. where he’ll get all the minutes at Center will put up lots of stats. And better effort.

 

Hmm...

Interesting

The way you talk him up I'm expecting big things from DA this year

Including a full effort

Emphasis on the full part

I'm pulling for him as it's just what we need

 

But the Laker hate is real.

Doncic is Fat

Ayton is Lazy

Lebron hates the Lakers.


Basketball wise Ayton a better fit than Turner Lopez Turner and Lopez are more stretch bigs. Ayton can stretch but those guys really aren’t post players. Lopez is a terrible rebounder always has been for his size.

Lopez is still a good post player.has always been exceptionally skilled in the Brooklyn years big time. But at this point of his career he’s more of a shooter.


Ayton is more in the post what the Lakers need with Luka and LeBron.

My boy thought Turner looked horrible in the finals. Got cooked by Holmgren. I remember some folks in here saying that.


but like he said Portland is paying for the contract of Ayton. Gotta take it.

 

Best part about it

Now I'm all Missouri

You know, "Show Me"

 

low risk high reward proposition for us, so hard to go wrong

 

It amazes me how Luka was the prince of the league. Got to the Lakers and now everybody hates him. Not the legit scorer. Not the unquestioned superstar one of the best players in the league. It’s conditioning.

But you know good and damn well if Luka Doncic hit free agency every team would be lining up clearing cap space to meet with him. We’d be on Luka watch.


ESPN coverage wall to wall. Players like Luka don’t hit free agency or get a chance to get traded. That’s why the trade was so huge.

this guy is superstar.

take my Laker Allengency out of it. I’d take him over Booker and Shai.


And I don’t care what anybody said. Or says. Dallas got hooked up with Cooper Flagg. The hookup now everybody likes Dallas. They are such a great team.

Cooper Flagg is Larry Bird. Why can’t he be Christian Laetner. Yall look to go see what Avery Johnson said about him.

The biggest thing is Russell Deangelo Russell on the Lakers was a borderline D Leaguer. WNBA player and now on the Mavericks he’s a great guard. One of the best guards in the league. It’s funny it’s comedy.

What makes Houston so good. All of a sudden Kevin Durant makes him better than the Lakers okay.!!!!!

Van Fleet is better then Luka


And Thompson is better than Reaves or Lebron at this point of his career.

We are just crowning them.

DFS is Ron Artest on the Pacers. NBA is a joke. This stuff is comedy.

 

Cooper Flagg is not Larry Bird. Larry Bird when healthy is LeBron/MJ level.

 

get em RoB!!!!!!!!!

 

That wasn’t my opinion. NBA sarcasm. How these teams are crowning Cooper Flagg.

 

Hayes is one of the dumbest players we have employed over the past 20 seasons. He consistently gets lost on defense and can’t be relied on at all to stay out of foul trouble. Yeah, he can finish a lob- whooopie!
I’ll believe Ayton is the next coming of Shaq when I see it on the floor. The hype has gotten out of hand on this board.
So far, the dude has been a bust in the NBA.

 

Just some observations. Bronnie looks like a different player. He looks explosive. He looks like a quick guard. He’s handling the ball. If he could develop into a serviceable point guard.


This isn’t going to happen. But it would be so funny for LeBron to force a trade from the Lakers and then Bronnie win a championship with said Lakers.

But I think Bronny is going to help the Lakers a lot. We all talk about the quick guard to stay with young quick guards. That’s Bronnie we have him.

what I liked seeing that corner three that he has to develop. He’s explosive. I liked seeing the steal and dunk. More than anything I liked the celebration after he looked like his dad. I liked seeing the confidence. The number one key is confidence. Why can’t he be our Bruce Brown? Challenge everybody Reddick.

Knect I guess the shot will come like hitting in baseball shooting. He’s in a slump. I did like seeing Knect putting the ball on the floor and finding Bronny for the three.

complete his game.

training camp battles will be great. Ayton vs. Hayes Reaves vs. Lukas LeBron vs. Hachimura. Competition makes everybody better. That’s what the bulls used to do and the Lakers used to do.


Watch out Gabe Vincent. Bronny is bringing that smoke.

I like what I see.

other summer league stuff. Ace Bailey looks like Paul George. I love that jump shot. Same jump shot as Paul. Ace looks like a 3-D. That block Bailey had was LeBron esque.


The Philly kid Philly got from Baylor. Looks phenomenal. Quick. Athletic. With a jump shot. Dunking looking like a young Michael Jordan. But my comparison is John Wall with a mid range.

there is some skill in this draft. So glad he didn’t go to San Antonio. lol that’s what Dallas needs. Right under their nose. Serves Nico right.

vegas summer league should be fun.

is Lakers rookie Aou from Arkansas gonna be in Vegas summer league??? I wanna see him with Bronny.

 

Lol..My man you are relentless! I dig..Salute!

 

bust is a bit extreme

compared to expectations for his draft position, maybe, but 16/10 or whatever he's putting up isn't dog food

 

Does this look like a bust to you????

this is Deandre Aston’s stats 2021 playoffs notable games.

keep in mind the Lakers are paying him 8 million this year. 16 million for this guy.

24 points 14 rebounds 12/15 fg

22 points 19 rebounds 8/10 fg

22 points 11 rebounds 11/15 fg

22 pointers 10 rebounds 11/13 fg

21 points 16 rebounds 10/11 fg

14 points 17 rebounds 6/8 fgs
16 points 17 rebounds 8/10 fgs

20 points 10 rebounds 9/13 fgs

19 points 22 rebounds 8/14 fgs.

He is a rebounding machine. We struggled with defensive rebounds against Minnesota which led to a lot of second chance points. We clean that up.

He’s the reason the Phoenix suns went to the NBA finals in 2021 because of him.

Stats don’t lie. Because he sat and was benched against Dallas does not mean he is a bust.

And some of those Portland missed games were a tanking Portland team. And if vets know a team is tanking. They check out.

Was he somewhat unprofessional damn right. But to call him a bust is just not accurate.

Kwame Brown was a bust and had a successful playoff run here.

the level of play goes up here in L.A.


now in my Richard Pryor voice. You were saying a Bust?????

 

Those are Shaq like playoff numbers.

 

LOL. Greg Oden, Kwame Brown, Darko, those are busts.

Ayton just hasn't lived up to expectations? But Lakers fans will be Lakers fans. He'll be deleting is IG 2 or 3 weeks in, and I can't blame him.

 

Wherever he signs this will be his last run.


One of the backup options we were interested in stays in Milwaukee



We're a bit short on that BAE money

 

Waiving Shake is a given at this point. Still need a trade.