312player wrote:
Time to take the L on this FF, I know Shakes won't post in here.. he abandoned this MFer faster than that Italian cruise boat captain.
Last night-
Lonzo- 27 minutes, 2 points, 2 assists, 4 rebounds on 1-11 shooting.
New shit my dick, this guy sucks.
I finally gave up on him a couple weeks ago. I'll take the L on this guy. He is not the same person I fell in basketball love with at UCLA. My plan was to always give him 3 years to see how he develops, but I've seen more than enough.
The funny thing is Lonzo's biggest problem by far is something that NO ONE has every brought up. Lonzo's biggest fault as a basketball player and the one thing that has prevented him from becoming a good player is that simply put, Lonzo Ball does not know how to slow down on the basketball court. He plays at one speed and one speed only...as fast as he can. It works in the open court transition game where his passing and vision are elite. But, in the half court he has no fucking idea what to do and it's all because he can't slow down.
He has no concept of changing speeds, hesitation, feints, etc. Lonzo can beat his man off the dribble because he is very fast with the ball, but once he gets past the initial guy his only move is to keep going on the exact same trajectory until he gets to the rim. In the NBA that doesn't work. You can't just beat your man at the 3point line and continue to the bucket without encountering a ton of help defense. Lonzo doesn't understand this. He has no concept of faking one way and going another or hesitating and letting the defense make the first move and then reacting and changing his path to the hoop.
The other day vs Dallas he had two semi open breaks to the hoop where the only person back on D was Luka, not exactly a rim protector. On both occasions Lonzo went full speed to the right side of the rim and had to bail out on even taking a shot because his path was so predictable that even Luka was able to successfully stop him from even threatening the rim. If he had given Luka even a simple up fake he would've lost him for sure and probably had a dunk. 95% of NBA players would've had a dunk or at least an easy lay up in that scenario.
This lack of ability to get to the hole has infected the rest of his game. It's the reason he just stands outside hoisting 3's all game...because he is scared to go inside and look like a fool. And when he does drive he is only looking to dish which is very predictable especially on lob attempts. his 3 ball has actually gotten a lot better, but it's still not good. As an athlete and former PG, it disgusts me to see him shoot 8-10 3s per night while much better shooters on his team get half as many. He needs to stop fucking shooting so much. He should never shoot more than 5 per night. If I was the coach I would've benched his ass by now several times. He also loves trying 3 points shots way above his pay grade. Step back 3s, contested 28 footers...and a whole bunch of these early in the shot clock.
At the end of the day he's just a very scared player out there who lacks self-awareness and plays like an idiot. I'm done with him. I've moved on. My dance card is full with Trae and Luka, plus Ja whenever he comes back.
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LTG wrote:
Trae Young will be a bust. Book It!