Re: The Lonzo-est Yard
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2018 9:52 am
He can't bang inside like Rambis, nor shoot 3s like Coop, but if Rambis, Coop and Rick Fox all combined to have a baby . . maybe it would be Lonzo Ball. Given the chance to draft all over again, would we still select him? I'm thinking no - however, the acquisitions of Randle, Kuzma, Ingram, Zubac and Hart more than make up for Lonzo's shortcomings and our apparently lessened expectations of him so far. Do the Warriors win their first title without Harrison Barnes, or David Lee? The pickup of Iguodala proved to be more decisive than the contributions of either Barnes or Lee in the long run - although each played very necessary roles and glued things together at times.
So Lonzo - despite his scoring at UCLA and all the hype surrounding his draft to his hometown Lakers - is no more than a "glue guy" for us right now. Rick Fox, Brian Shaw, Mark Madsen . . . it goes without saying that Kuzma, Hart, Ingram and now even Zubac have shown their big-boy heart and soul on the court. Will we see a breakout from Lonzo - a guy who LeBron lovingly (protectively) describes as "a complete player"? Or should we be ok with a RambisCoopFox frankenstein?
So Lonzo - despite his scoring at UCLA and all the hype surrounding his draft to his hometown Lakers - is no more than a "glue guy" for us right now. Rick Fox, Brian Shaw, Mark Madsen . . . it goes without saying that Kuzma, Hart, Ingram and now even Zubac have shown their big-boy heart and soul on the court. Will we see a breakout from Lonzo - a guy who LeBron lovingly (protectively) describes as "a complete player"? Or should we be ok with a RambisCoopFox frankenstein?