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Re: Lonzo Ball Thread (Merged)
« Reply #255 on: March 20, 2017, 10:19:21 AM »

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thanks chili. a tp for the analysis.
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Re: Lonzo Ball Thread (Merged)
« Reply #256 on: March 20, 2017, 12:24:26 PM »

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I was watching the Duke game primarily but was switching back to watch this one occasionally. I have to say maybe I missed it but the small sample size that I watched Lonzo didn't play "any" defense at all. I saw him hit those two consecutive dagger 3's in the second half but I didn't see any defense.

Re: Lonzo Ball Thread (Merged)
« Reply #257 on: March 20, 2017, 04:29:13 PM »

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Great game by Ball in UCLA over Cincinnati. 18-7-9 and it looked better than that. Wow.



 Plus One Liam. Just finishing the game now on DVR. Just controls the game, when his confidence is high, he's one of the top ten players in the world, right now.

 Best player in the Draft.


 To all the Ball haters. Can you imagine what Coach Brad could draw up with this guy?
 It's insane. We would be unstoppable with Ball,  IT and Steven's.
Kg, since you watched the entire game, did ball shoot a three pointer while moving right? How was his defense? Did he drive. To the basket often?

Thanks in advance.




 +1 for the thanks in advance. Actually he did not hit a shot going left I was looking for that all game.

 Steve Smith commented on he was amazed how much separation ball was getting, and also said Ball is real life is the truth.

 His defense is very good to my eye. He competes, even played good post defense. It's his BBIQ that makes him so good on D.

Re: Lonzo Ball Thread (Merged)
« Reply #258 on: March 20, 2017, 04:40:38 PM »

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Really looking forward to the game on Friday.  He'll be going against the most talented team he's played in the tournament in Kentucky, and he'll be guarded by Fox who is more athletic than he is.  I have the most Q's about Ball of any top 4 prospect but still think he could end up the best.
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Re: Lonzo Ball Thread (Merged)
« Reply #259 on: March 20, 2017, 05:13:21 PM »

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Really looking forward to the game on Friday.  He'll be going against the most talented team he's played in the tournament in Kentucky, and he'll be guarded by Fox who is more athletic than he is.  I have the most Q's about Ball of any top 4 prospect but still think he could end up the best.
Fox is flying under the radar. He has John  Wall level potential in my opinion.

Even more unbelievable is that I still dont have him in the top 4.

A truly terrific draft to be anywhere in the top 8 or so.
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Re: Lonzo Ball Thread (Merged)
« Reply #260 on: March 20, 2017, 05:24:29 PM »

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Great game by Ball in UCLA over Cincinnati. 18-7-9 and it looked better than that. Wow.



 Plus One Liam. Just finishing the game now on DVR. Just controls the game, when his confidence is high, he's one of the top ten players in the world, right now.

 Best player in the Draft.


 To all the Ball haters. Can you imagine what Coach Brad could draw up with this guy?
 It's insane. We would be unstoppable with Ball,  IT and Steven's.
Kg, since you watched the entire game, did ball shoot a three pointer while moving right? How was his defense? Did he drive. To the basket often?

Thanks in advance.




 +1 for the thanks in advance. Actually he did not hit a shot going left I was looking for that all game.

 Steve Smith commented on he was amazed how much separation ball was getting, and also said Ball is real life is the truth.

 His defense is very good to my eye. He competes, even played good post defense. It's his BBIQ that makes him so good on D.

Ball would pair so well with Bradley!

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« Reply #261 on: March 20, 2017, 06:03:14 PM »

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Really looking forward to the game on Friday.  He'll be going against the most talented team he's played in the tournament in Kentucky, and he'll be guarded by Fox who is more athletic than he is.  I have the most Q's about Ball of any top 4 prospect but still think he could end up the best.

Ball has played plenty of talented backcourt's this season, Washington (Fultz), USC, Oregon, Arizona and even Kentucky.  He hasn't looked overmatched in any of them that I've seen.

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« Reply #262 on: March 20, 2017, 06:30:55 PM »

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Ball vs Monk

Sweet

Re: Lonzo Ball Thread (Merged)
« Reply #263 on: March 20, 2017, 06:51:50 PM »

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 Bahaha Chipotle! You got me. Skip Bayless I am. I'm everywhere!

 And please define Flaming hot take ILS.
claiming that when Ball is confident, "he's one of the top ten players in the world, right now." is a hot take perhaps to hot even for Skip Bayless.

A man famous for his hot takes.

Lonzo Ball is 19. There is no way he can hang with top 10 NBA players right now.

Lebron, Steph, Kawhi, KD, Harden, Russ, Anthony Davis, Giannis, Wall, Thomas are all light years ahead of Ball right now and thats not even including guys like Butler and George and Kyrie and Lowry and Millsap and Chris Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline.ing Paul and Blake Griffin and Joel Embiid and all the other studs that I am forgetting right now.
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Re: Lonzo Ball Thread (Merged)
« Reply #264 on: March 20, 2017, 07:06:19 PM »

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 Bahaha Chipotle! You got me. Skip Bayless I am. I'm everywhere!

 And please define Flaming hot take ILS.
claiming that when Ball is confident, "he's one of the top ten players in the world, right now." is a hot take perhaps to hot even for Skip Bayless.

A man famous for his hot takes.

Lonzo Ball is 19. There is no way he can hang with top 10 NBA players right now.

Lebron, Steph, Kawhi, KD, Harden, Russ, Anthony Davis, Giannis, Wall, Thomas are all light years ahead of Ball right now and thats not even including guys like Butler and George and Kyrie and Lowry and Millsap and Chris ****ing Paul and Blake Griffin and Joel Embiid and all the other studs that I am forgetting right now.



 Respectfully disagree. You'll see when Ball gets to the league.

Re: Lonzo Ball Thread (Merged)
« Reply #265 on: March 20, 2017, 07:23:48 PM »

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 Bahaha Chipotle! You got me. Skip Bayless I am. I'm everywhere!

 And please define Flaming hot take ILS.
claiming that when Ball is confident, "he's one of the top ten players in the world, right now." is a hot take perhaps to hot even for Skip Bayless.

A man famous for his hot takes.

Lonzo Ball is 19. There is no way he can hang with top 10 NBA players right now.

Lebron, Steph, Kawhi, KD, Harden, Russ, Anthony Davis, Giannis, Wall, Thomas are all light years ahead of Ball right now and thats not even including guys like Butler and George and Kyrie and Lowry and Millsap and Chris ****ing Paul and Blake Griffin and Joel Embiid and all the other studs that I am forgetting right now.



 Respectfully disagree. You'll see when Ball gets to the league.
alright. obviously youve got every right to believe that Lonzo Ball will be better as a rookie than Lebron James thats fine. I just think its a bit absurd.
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Re: Lonzo Ball Thread (Merged)
« Reply #266 on: March 20, 2017, 07:58:22 PM »

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 Bahaha Chipotle! You got me. Skip Bayless I am. I'm everywhere!

 And please define Flaming hot take ILS.
claiming that when Ball is confident, "he's one of the top ten players in the world, right now." is a hot take perhaps to hot even for Skip Bayless.

A man famous for his hot takes.

Lonzo Ball is 19. There is no way he can hang with top 10 NBA players right now.

Lebron, Steph, Kawhi, KD, Harden, Russ, Anthony Davis, Giannis, Wall, Thomas are all light years ahead of Ball right now and thats not even including guys like Butler and George and Kyrie and Lowry and Millsap and Chris ****ing Paul and Blake Griffin and Joel Embiid and all the other studs that I am forgetting right now.

He thinks Ball is at Lebrons level prior to being drafted.... You think this is not true

Lets see what happens next season
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Re: Lonzo Ball Thread (Merged)
« Reply #267 on: March 20, 2017, 08:02:53 PM »

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One thing about Ball that no one can dispute so far is....he is a winner

Ucla vs Kentucky should be a top game

But the one I would love to see is Ucla vs Kansas... Ball vs Jackson

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« Reply #268 on: March 20, 2017, 08:07:12 PM »

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Ball reminds me of John Wall except that;

-he can't score off the dribble and doesn't have the handles that Wall has but,
- he has the 3 point shot that Wall didn't have.

I think he's very very over rated right now against these awful college defenses.

He is not a top 10 player in the world right now though.
Top 5 college player yes.
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Re: Lonzo Ball Thread (Merged)
« Reply #269 on: March 20, 2017, 09:07:39 PM »

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 Bahaha Chipotle! You got me. Skip Bayless I am. I'm everywhere!

 And please define Flaming hot take ILS.
claiming that when Ball is confident, "he's one of the top ten players in the world, right now." is a hot take perhaps to hot even for Skip Bayless.

A man famous for his hot takes.

Lonzo Ball is 19. There is no way he can hang with top 10 NBA players right now.

Lebron, Steph, Kawhi, KD, Harden, Russ, Anthony Davis, Giannis, Wall, Thomas are all light years ahead of Ball right now and thats not even including guys like Butler and George and Kyrie and Lowry and Millsap and Chris ****ing Paul and Blake Griffin and Joel Embiid and all the other studs that I am forgetting right now.



 Respectfully disagree. You'll see when Ball gets to the league.
alright. obviously youve got every right to believe that Lonzo Ball will be better as a rookie than Lebron James thats fine. I just think its a bit absurd.




 I definitely didn't say that. LeBron is the true phenom. Still remember those high school games on ESPN.

 Talk about the chosen one. I've still never seen any other player in ESPN in high school.

 My point is besides the top five players in the league, he's going to be right there with the very best in the world.