He was talking specifically about Pax/Gar. I should've been more specific about that.

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I seriously doubt most general managers were interviewed during these past summer league games. And unless it's Magic Johnson, no president is wasting their time with that. NBA TV and ESPN only want coaches and any veteran players visiting Vegas checking out their future teammates. Lavar Ball and Marc Cuban are exceptions.

In every game I watched, they had execs from each team on during the telecast. MANY GM's.

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Making tough shots isn't exactly considered a weakness. Ball shot at least 6 airballs bricked more than that and somehow it was still the "greatest summer league performance in history". Is it surprising that someone from ESPN is lauding Balls performance. He also had by far the worst individual game of anyone inside the top ten picks.

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https://basketball.realgm.com/analysis/246946/Lonzo-Balls-Court-Vision-Passes-The-Eye-Test

Another article by someone who obviously didn't read any of LTG's posts.

You keep harping on those airballs and the kid's very first game as a pro, let's see how much mileage you can get out of that nonsense.

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wasn't every game but it was a lot of them.

Jason Kidd airballed shots in his debut too.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Let's see. He had the worst single game performance of any of the top guys ducked the guy that average 30 against him in college and yet he dominated. I wonder what the opinion would be if it were a guy you didn't like.

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And also the single game greatest performance in SL history, but you seem to keep forgetting that and would rather focus on the kid's first game ever as a pro. With no mention of how greatly he improved as he got more comfortable.

I keep posting articles from people who agree that Lonzo was amazing and the best player in SL, still waiting for you to refute that with a source other than yourself.

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is this a joke? That's your source? That's the best you can come up with, some dude in his basement making a youtube video ripping on Lonzo because he shot poorly in summer league and doesn't like JayZ?

Honestly, the best move you can make right now is to respond with this.....

Hey Shakes, you were right, I was wrong, but I still think he's going to be a bust well just because. But, rather than beat this point to death with no supporting evidence at all while you have a mountain of evidence in your favor how about I just STFU till the guy actually plays an NBA and then maybe I'll have a real reason to call him a bust instead of gay shit I just pulled out of my ass.

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Nope not going to happen. I don't need to find articles supporting what I think because they will be ignored or the source discredited. I watched with my own eyes and I provided statistical evidence to support my argument.

The fact is that he was overhyped and if he were so dominant then why did they win both games in which he didn't play?

There isn't a guy in the NBA that could shoot 38% from the field 23% from 3, avg 4-5 turnovers a game play shitty defense and people would think he was great. Not one. It's not an old school or new school argument it's a basketball fact.

Once the season starts the myriad of excuses will follow.

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maybe start with finding 1 article that supports your position?

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And the "he only had one terrible game" is bullshit too. In another game he shot 6 for 20 with 7 turnovers.

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did he or did he not get better as the SL went on?

ANd that other terrible game also produced a triple double.


AND he still shot better than Steph Curry in SL!

Now, feel free to talk about how he also had the best game in SL history, the best SL in history and the only person in SL history to average more than 9 assists and only player in SL history to have a 30/10 game.


STill waiting for you to provide even one article that agrees with you.

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You can have a shitty game and still have a triple double. When I find that article I hope you respond to the points made in it.

Where is all of your evidence about the best Summer League in history by the way?

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https://www.si.com/nba/2017/07/18/nba-r ... sh-jackson

The comments regarding Ball are quite revealing.

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really dude, an article praising Lonzo Ball, but with some people making negative comments in the comments section is your evidence?

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Are you purposely being this stupid?

My evidence? It's listed right above you post you dumbass!

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Here is the problem with the Bullshit you're spewing and it also shows how inconsistent you are with this. You cavalierly dismiss the one awful game played by Ball while constantly referencing the one great game. He only had one game that was exceptional. The game where he shot 6 for 20 with 7 turnovers was a bad game triple double be damned. He also ducked his marquee matchup with Fox too and the game against Smith really was inconclusive because he left early. He had more assists but Smith scored more. He really didn't outplay him all that much if at all.

He won't play again until October and we will get a chance to see what he has then.

You also stated that his overall Sumner league performance was the greatest in history but when called on it you revert back to the one great game he had. That's bullshit. That wasn't your original point.

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You dumb fuck, go fuck yourself.

/end of discussion till october

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Lonzo Ball hasn't been on shit during his first 2 exhibition games. I will try and catch him tomorrow night but the first two performances have been fairly shitty.

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FAKE NEWS.

Obviously you didn't watch either game and are just cherry picking box scores. Great way to evaluate talent.

I actually watched both games. He wasn't great game 1, but did finish with 8 assists and 7 boards.

Last night he was great in the first quarter where he got all his stats, but then rolled his ankle in the 2nd quarter and was basically done at that point. Played in the 2nd half just to try and keep the ankle loose. Overall he looked really good running the offense, however there were some turnovers which is to be expected from a rookie. Surprisingly he looked pretty good defensively which I didn't expect.

Just heard the head NBA writer for ESPN on the radio, he came away very impressed with Ball after attending the game last night.

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I didn't watch but I did record it so i will check it out later today. The articles that i read stated that he wasn't all that impressive. Actually the other rookie Kuzma has looked better. He looked better during the summer too. I wouldn't put too much stock into ESPN analysis either. They are way too invested in the marketing of all things Ball to be objective about anything. I will get my analysis elsewhere.

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Kuzma looked better in SL than the guy who won the SL MVP and had the most impressive SL of any player in SL recorded history.

HOT TAKE ALERT!

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Yeah he did and the MVP award was a product of the hype machine that I'm talking about. Ball hasn't looked all that good in either game according to observers other than myself. It's early obviously but you seem to be looking for silver linings no matter the circumstance.

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Lonzo probably out the rest of pre-season with ankle sprain.

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Why I most certainly will.

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Called this one early.

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And this one too.

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Might want to think again.

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