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i said this would happen. i called the improvement. i said he'd be ahead of the same pace set by giannis and y'all poplocked about dude's potential for THREE YEARS until he popped last season.

and this is AFTER he retooled his jumper over summer with a higher, quicker release.

i need to know before he absolutely explodes next season and y'all start sending friend requests...

do you believe any of that dumb shyt you been saying about him?

are you hating because of me? are you that mad?

i need to know.

because here's the thing: he better than kyrie. this gon be WORSE than that. and kyrie is the greatest start to finish agenda in this board's history, whether y'all admit it or not. BI gon be the best player on earth at some point. watch.

the green light on a lottery team from day one, while most of those other guys went later in the draft and were role players on playoff teams in their 2nd year and had to earn their minutes and shots.

Nobody has ever questioned Ingram's talent or ability he just has to learn how to bring it every night.


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>i said this would happen. i called the improvement. i said
>he'd be ahead of the same pace set by giannis and y'all
>poplocked about dude's potential for THREE YEARS until he
>popped last season.
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>and this is AFTER he retooled his jumper over summer with a
>higher, quicker release.
>
>i need to know before he absolutely explodes next season and
>y'all start sending friend requests...
>
>do you believe any of that dumb shyt you been saying about
>him?
>
>are you hating because of me? are you that mad?
>
>i need to know.
>
>because here's the thing: he better than kyrie. this gon be
>WORSE than that. and kyrie is the greatest start to finish
>agenda in this board's history, whether y'all admit it or not.
>BI gon be the best player on earth at some point. watch.
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>

BI had a green light last year? you said day one. why lie?

and you DID question his talent and ability.

you ALREADY tryna remove yourself from the frying pan. you and warren the entree, champ. YOU damn sure can't talk your way out of it.

>BI had a green light last year? you said day one. why lie?
>
>and you DID question his talent and ability.
>
>you ALREADY tryna remove yourself from the frying pan. you and
>warren the entree, champ. YOU damn sure can't talk your way
>out of it.

I would love nothing more than for him to prove me wrong. I'll take that L all day.

once they a contender and BI the STAR...they MY team. on this board? you already know. i'll make whole ass separate posts from y'all and cyse it on my own like i've done for the cavs and now the celts.

they bout to be MY team, because MY GUY had to save y'all.

I rooted for people like Jeremy Lin and Steve Nash when they were Lakers.

if you're wearing the purple and gold I want you to be great.

All other agendas are secondary.

here will tell you that I have been critical of a lot of our young prospects in recent years, its you that takes the BI shit personal.

Certain fans of OSU and Kentucky players have been in their feelings when I've criticized their guys but none of that shit matters to me. Clarkson went to Mizzou and I've been hard on him.

but apparently that’s what his coach wanted him to do and his shot seems to be coming around

you ain't been that way with BI, dogg. that's all i'm saying.

or Randle in their rookie years, I generally take a wait and see approach with dudes in their first year especially the one and done's.

15s...says everything about where this agenda stands

Not that we needed another BI post

The comparison coming out of college was most definitely KD...and he's still not doing KD's rookie numbers LOL

Most everybody, including myself, think he has the potential to be a good player

Rational does equal hate

Superstar, Laker great, etc...I don't see it

We're still talking about trajectories and potential, while rookies are moving into leadership roles on the LAL, speaks louder than troll posts

He aight, datall

B.I. ain't shit yet. His stats aren't translating into wins, much like his time at Duke.

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And BI is absolutely, unarguably, head and shoulders above "ain't shit yet" RIGHT TODAY.

Not having arrived is not the same as being nowhere.

>because here's the thing: he better than kyrie. this gon be
>WORSE than that. and kyrie is the greatest start to finish
>agenda in this board's history, whether y'all admit it or not.
>BI gon be the best player on earth at some point. watch.
>
>

The staff has asked him to do a lot from day 1 (on and off ball responsibility, challenged him defensively, balance being a play-maker and scorer) and with that comes a learning curve. From day 1 - he has anticipated and seen the game extremely well, gotten great looks, been willing to take cintact and worked extremely hard off the court.

Now as he’s worked on the jumper to set it higher and make It a 1-motion release while continuing to develop physically...his confidence has sky-rocketed and he continues to add to every single part of his game. In the last week, he’s already adjusted to team’s crowding the paint on him and he’s taking more pull-ups off the PnR and more 3’s...to the tune of a 60% TS.

The kid has every tool to be great and he’s on his way. The mental midget prisoner of the moment cats will have their lack of understanding exposed - yet again

but i gotta do what i gotta do. a lot was said last year and in preseason this year AND the first couple of weeks of the reg season.

i'm boiling the skin of bammas next year.

Honest question.

agenda talk.

But during Laker games I don’t see dudes hating on him on Twitter. My guy legitimately gets shitted on every game, despite playing well or bad. They even worked that into Insecure where that fake ass Toby Bailey said shit about him.

Who hating Brandon?

They catching up with Sixers Twitter. Might even be worst cuz they think they’re good or on the cusp.

I wish the best for your guy though.... unless if it’s in direct opposition to one of our agendas then to hell with him.

Zero patience, zero understanding of nuance or trend-line progression, instant hot-takes.

Well shit, I just described most fans lol.

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Don't jinx yourself and your boy. We like him. We're just not stupid about it like you.

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right now as a ceiling.



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KD ain't have BIs handle or passing at 20 years-old. He had that J tho. If BI had that shot he'd be averaging 25 in year 2 too.

He will NEVER be league MVP, period.

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He dominated the first quarter and then the team kinda fell apart.

Randle has been starting, which is where he should have been all season. Hart's poise extrapolating extremely well into extended minutes. Ingram settling into that "second year lottery pick" jump that people expected from him this year. Addition by subtraction: no more Bogut, Ennis is no longer starting (or playing), Brewer barely plays. Lopez's 3-ball is falling in now, and he and Randle are coexisting well in the post. Clarkson and Nance comfortably filling in where needed.

Kuzma is hitting his rookie wall but Hart's filling in admirably.


Lotta things coming together right now, helps deal with Lonzo's absence. Best lineup would probably be Lopez/Randle/Ingram/Hart/Ball starting and only going 4 deep on the bench (Nance/Clarkson/Kuzma/KCP). Unfortunately I don't foresee KCP hitting the bench, even though Ingram/Hart/Ball would be extremely interesting with Ingram as the point forward.

not that hes better at running the offense than Ingram is, but Ingram is WAYYYYYYY better off the ball than Lonzo is.

and they need to figure that power forward shit out. Nance is *smoking* the rest of the team in ws/48 and somehow actually leads in total WS despite playing 20 mpg.

Zo has better recognition (he's basically 99th percentile in that regard) which means he moves the ball much quicker plus he has quickly learned how to attack PnR effectively.

BI is extremely good at attacking close-outs with his first step and he was just finding his rhythm spotting up for 3 when Zo got hurt.

Neither player has the mindset to be "The Guy" when it comes to initiating the offense and both are great at reading defenses. There doesn't have to be a clear delineation on who's playing off-ball and who's not. Develop offensive sets for both then read and react on the fly.

it becomes even more clear

my man was like 120 pounds 2 years ago. it was always gonna take a lil time

"I think the guy you kind of gotta watch,(who is) growing really fast, is my guy Brandon Ingram. I think he's gonna be a problem in this league with his length and the way he can score the ball.” -

@JordanClarksons on the Lakers' future without him

he just had a ready-made NBA body. BI better than him. *shrug*

Once Simmons figures out which hand to shoot that jumper with it won’t even be close.

you do just GET stronger with age tho. and that's why simmons' 16/7/7 ain't worrying me one bit when BI at 16/5/4.

y'all convinced yourselved the gap wider than it is.

BI legit more talented than him.

>BI legit more talented than him.
Oy vey

that nigga ain't giannis. he got a sub-20 PER. i know EXACTLY who i'm coming at.

Pick a hand and shoot, jumper learned! Ask Tristan Thompson about how well that goes

That doesn't necessarily mean they are the better player in the long-term. That shouldn't be headline news but doesn't seem like you quite understand the concept.

And that's about all he can do. WITH a 1 year head start on Ben.

Ben makes impact across other facets of the game & plays D on all defensive level.

You REALLY sure you want to do this?

that don't mean that's the only thing he has over been. again, all ben has is a ready-made NBA body over BI.

sorry this new reality bothers y'all.

So Ingram will improve, yet Ben will not?

Do tell me moar

all BI gotta improve is his body, which, like i said, occurs with time ANYWAY.

ben gotta fix a trash jumper. good luck.

The later was a thing nobody seen coming, shooting will come in due time.

Being a string bean is no excuse, Durant was 6'11 95 lbs soaking wet and still did 20-25 within his first two years. Stop making excuses for Ingram and feed him some burgers & protein shakes.

yet no simmons fans care about ingraham.

weird.

Because Ingram is also averaging 16/7/7 ?

Oh, what's this? You say Ingram is only shooting 53.x for TS%?

butbutbut...BUT!! He's such a superior shooter!!

Well he hasn't taken a serious 3 point attempt yet and never costed Philly a game when he shot deciding free throws.

But, nobody cares about scoring off of layups & dunks, even if they account for just as much as what your alum bro BI does WITH additional range + year playing against competition?

Cool, good to know.

Nice way to expose you going off of unfounded narrative & not the actual games for your yelling points

I'm not even a BI hater... I think he could end up being an all-star in this league. But dragging Ben into this agenda is not going to end well for you Bags. I'll keep my eye on it.

Same dude that worked with Oladipo going into last year worked with Ingram this year (Micah Lancaster).

Either way though, tangible difference in demeanor from Ingram so far this preseason. His assertiveness is catching up to his talent and IQ, and I foresee a lot of fill-in-the-blank statlines this year, whatever the team needed that game to win.

I think this team is gonna be better than expected this year, my biggest regret so far is not hitting the sportsbook when I was in Vegas after the O/U was set at 48 wins. The team with Lebron and Ingram (as long as he plays 70+ games) is a 50 win team, easy.

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Is this the official BI vs Ben agenda? Or is it BI vs the world thread?

The reason his trajectory is off, is because BasagLia is trying to convince errybody he's something he's not.

He's good.

the next KD, nope
LAL's next superstar, nope
Best player in the league, nope

3rd-4th best player on the LAL, yep.

http://board.okayplayer.com/okp.php?az=show_topic&forum=8&topic_id=2633191&mesg_id=2633191&page=#2634726

=3rd...at best.

>the next KD, nope
Not a potential top 10-15 player EVER. That’s ok.

>LAL's next superstar, nope
Not better than LeBron James. That’s ok.

>Best player in the league, nope
That’s fine.

>3rd-4th best player on the LAL, yep.
Whoa...nah. You skipped over a pretty large gap from talking about all time greats and best in the league to 3rd/4th best on the Lakers.

I think he’s got All Star potential. 2nd best player on the Lakers. He can get into that Paul George, Jimmy Butler, Derozen perennial all star territory over the next few years IMO.

Bron
Kuz
Zo
Hart
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He ain't no goddam Giannis, nigga.

Stop.

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The fact that you would up this during this kind of a stretch says all we need to know about your insight into his level of play.

>The fact that you would up this during this kind of a stretch
>says all we need to know about your insight into his level of
>play.

if he his I would be pleasantly surprised I just don't see it.