cmon laker fans... just admit you blew up the lottery today drafting a bust

[Djax12]

Love to see many people in this board are great talent evaluators but humbly chose other jobs rather than be a basketball team executive, coach, or scout.

Some players haven't played a single NBA minutes and have already been labeled as a bust ...

[HOoopCityJones]

O cmon, steph is a legend in his college years at davidson, he carried a division 5 type of college team in to the ncaa tournament, his known to be a unstopable 3 pt scoring machine in his college years, same as harden, who showed a lot of scoring skills in arizona st, and do you compare this guy to them? He will be an austin rivers type of player at best

If the Tournament is all it's about Kaminsky and Okafor shoulda went 1 and 2.

[JimmyMcAdocious]

btw Davidson definitely isn't a d5 type college team. It's a top tier "mid major" program with a good history and McKillop is one of the best and most respected coaches in the sport. College, pro, whatever. Pretty sure he works with Team USA. They have as many NCAA Tournament appearances as Arizona State (Harden), and more than the likes of SDSU, Santa Clara, Clemson, Minnesota, Louisiana Tech, and Miami where HOFers and some others really good NBA players have come from.

I happened to have watched and remember (some of) Harden at ASU and I'd say their seasons were about equal. Remember, tho, that Harden was a sophomore when he left and there's the old saying that the biggest leap a player makes is from his freshman to sophomore season. And as far as the NCAAT goes, Harden's two games his soph year:
1-8 from the field, 7 rebounds, 3 assists in a 9 point win against lower seeded Temple
2-10 from the field, 6 rebounds, 5 assists in a 11 point loss against higher seeded Syracuse

He played with another NBA player as well. Someone still in the NBA... Unless McLovin makes the association, it would seem Russell didn't play with any. Or they didn't do shit when Russell was still in school.

[Genaro]

Clearly troll thread. Let's be honest: Had the Lakers chosen Okafor, someone would create the same thread but replacing Dlo's name with Ok4.

I actually preferred Ok4 but Russell won't be a bust.

[ImKobe]

lol at this thread, someone bookmark and bump it once the season arrives and he's showing his true potential

he's only 19...he's not at the peak of his athleticism. Look at Kobe or a young Jason Kidd for example, they didn't look that fast nor strong either but they improved.

People look at rookies and try to evaluate them as they are already a finished product or some ish...you don't have a clue. Some players are clear-cut future superstars/HOFs like Bran, Wade, Shaq, Jordan were but that's not always the case. Kobe even barely got drafted in the lottery because they said he was too skinny and not athletic enough though he showed he had all the tools.

He was the best player available/safest pick. Okafor is a big with no shooting ability and no defense. We can sign a FA and get a player with much bigger impact on both ends. Russell was a great pick.

[brownmamba00]

Nah we cool

[Prime_Shaq]

Dont you think it made the draft so much more interesting thou?