ThaGhostOfThaBeet

Sounds like we need to add Ja to the Summer League roster.

Why did you airbrush his tattoos away?

I hear this guy may be available

Pre season games count?

Boom! I was hoping he would.

It feels great to be able to cheer on Lakers losses again! LA lost to Sacramento last night and only scored 75 points. Lebron was 0-7 with 4 points.

That may have been the reasoning, but it seems that Jaren works better as a 4. He absolutely thrives when he's able to be the help D instead of being a primary defender down low.

Is this Kyrie's pathetic attempt at trying to be LeGM? https://sports.yahoo.com/kyrie-irving-is-reportedly-trying-to-recruit-lebron-james-to-the-dallas-mavericks-155512791.html

I think that partially played into it. The first and foremost reason, was we were heading into the off-season down two bigs. If one of our 3 remaining bigs got injured, we were up the creek without a paddle. Kennedy really had no use being on our roster with Ja & Tyus, so he was easily the one to go. I'm sure there's still some hope that Kenny could turn into a Paul Millsap or PJ Tucker type of player, and they didn't wan't to lose our 20-year old G-League MVP for absolutely nothing. He could be used in a trade, but there's only an argument that can be made that he's got higher trade value than Jitty, Jake, and BC (only because of the injury.)

I won’t hold my breath for that additional info being positive.

Can’t. He’s under contract another 2 years.

I don’t think having another scorer is holding us back. Obviously, we should always be looking at opportunities to make our roster better. But, what has held us back the last two years is health. Had everyone been healthy, I think we could have made the Finals each year. With Dillon gone, we will have a new starter next season. Will it be Jitty, Ziaire, Roddy, or LaRavia? I don’t think Jake is ready to step into that role. Jitty has the lowest ceiling. I really want it to be Ziaire, but unless he can turn those flashes of greatness we saw 2nd half of his rookie year into more of a frequent occurrence, it’s gonna be Roddy.

Some players announced for USA FIBA World Cup team - Austin Reaves, Anthony Edwards, Tyrese Halliburton, Bobby Portis, and Mika’s Bridges.

Naw, Adam Silver hands the Finals MVP to Jokic, then looks at the camera and says “Ja Morant is on ice for __ games.”

I don't think it happens either. But for instance, Raptors wont trade OG straight up for Dillon, but maybe they would trade OG for Dillon and three 1st round draft picks.

Those new hexclad skillets look pretty cool

Because if they agree to a sign & trade for him, they would be getting some draft picks also. If they just sign him, then no draft picks. But I think its highly unlikely we can get a sign & trade worked out.

So I'm picky about being precise with words. Accusing someone of being a liar is pretty serious in my book. A lie is intentionally being deceitful, or saying something you know to be false. Unless someone knows that Ja had no intention of doing better, that was not a lie. It was Ja breaking a promise, not living up to his word. He was truthful when he said it and probably had every intention to do better and not be a distraction, but failed to do so. I will say that this incident was slightly different as it wasn't as egregious as posting it himself, and someone had to record it and freeze frame it, then repost it, to make it see the light of day. However, I find it unlikely that Ja was completely unaware that Pack was filming it or doing Instagram Live. So this shows Ja's lack of self control and his lack of self-awareness. It also shows that he does not realize the seriousness of his situation. It's not a, "Ok, I won't post Instagram Live videos of me flashing/waving a gun around" situation, its a "Ok, I won't be flashing/waving a gun around, period" type of situation.

What did he lie about?

Jitty’s evil twin - Sh!tty

I saw him on that list of worst NBA players. Along with Vince, Ziaire, and LaRavia.

I wonder who will play for the US team. Probably safe to say, at this point, Ja will not be in consideration. We could maybe see Jaren play in it. It's funny how the scrubs play in all the qualifiers, then the NBA and other top players come in and replace them for the World Cup. Chris Chiozza has been playing for the US squad. Looks like Rubio and the Hernangomez brothers will play for Spain. Gasol and Rudy Fernandez probably a little old to play this time (both 38.) Interestingly, Spain is the current #1, while US is #2.

You think I'm gonna give that scrub any recognition? You're crazy! Besides, he peaked in production way before that, was All-Star only once. Only 7.8ppg that year. Got lucky against a weak Cleveland team, then got the feel good/sympathy vote.

Dwayne Wade was 24, but Heat had Shaq. Kobe won his first at 22, but Lakers had Shaq too. Duncan won his first at 22. Spurs had David Robinson, but Duncan was leading scorer. Kawhi Leonard was 22. But Spurs still had Duncan, Parker, Manu. Magic was 20. And again when he was 22. But had Kareem both times. The theme here, is young Star player with Vet Star player(s). Probably never been done with just multiple young star players that are the same age. Steph and Giannis were both 26, and they may have been the youngest stars to lead their team to championships without the help of an older star (as long as you don't consider Middleton or Holiday a star)