Buddy working out for the Lakers today

[AdaSooner]

http://www.nj.com/sports/index.ssf/2016/06/nba_draft_rumors_buddy_hield_to_lakers_at_no_2.html

 

[jmizzy4ou]

:woot:woot:dance005:

 

[BCSooners]

I only see him going to the lakers if they trade down.

 

[BCSooners]

I only see him going to the lakers if they trade down.

As I say this it's reported that the Lakers are shopping Russell for a top 5 pick.

 

[AdaSooner]

:woot:woot:dance005:

I'm with you, jmizzy! Sure would be nice if Buddy was drafted by a team we already like, instead of one we may have to develop a love/hate relationship with (the Celtics for example).

 

[geeoh]

As I say this it's reported that the Lakers are shopping Russell for a top 5 pick.

Has to be a good move for the Lakers. That locker room will be a bad place as long as Russell and Swaggy P are there together.

 

[Smash Williams]

Has to be a good move for the Lakers. That locker room will be a bad place as long as Russell and Swaggy P are there together.

Russell is a 20-year-old who was drafted #2 overall just a year ago, then made one off-court mistake. Swaggy P is a terrible 31-year-old player who habitually makes mistakes on and off the court. There is a much simpler solution to that situation than selling low on Russell.

If the Lakers are dangling Russell for a Top 5 pick simply because they think they can get a better player than Russell with the pick, that's reasonable. That Nick Young video shouldn't play any role whatsoever (I know it probably does, but it shouldn't). I understand the locker room tension created by that situation, but Russell is the most talented player on that roster, and nearly every other player in that locker room is dead weight. I'd take Russell alone over the rest of that roster.

 

[BCSooners]

Russell is a 20-year-old who was drafted #2 overall just a year ago, then made one off-court mistake. Swaggy P is a terrible 31-year-old player who habitually makes mistakes on and off the court. There is a much simpler solution to that situation than selling low on Russell.

If the Lakers are dangling Russell for a Top 5 pick simply because they think they can get a better player than Russell with the pick, that's reasonable. That Nick Young video shouldn't play any role whatsoever (I know it probably does, but it shouldn't). I understand the locker room tension created by that situation, but Russell is the most talented player on that roster, and nearly every other player in that locker room is dead weight. I'd take Russell alone over the rest of that roster.

If they can trade Russell for Dunn I would do it.

 

[BruinSooner]

LA Times coverage of Buddy's workout:

http://www.latimes.com/sports/lakers/

He really wants to be a Laker.

 

[furge]

If they can trade Russell for Dunn I would do it.

As good as Dunn is, I think you want the guy who's a superior shooter/scorer when he has so few options to feed. Russell and Brandon Ingram could become a poor man's Westbrook and Durant with some good secondary pieces and a few years. Dunn's defense is more impressive, but I think getting an athletic rim protector is the priority with Hibbert being unplayable and Randle not fitting that role.

 

[Sooner04]

Has to be a good move for the Lakers. That locker room will be a bad place as long as Russell and Swaggy P are there together.

Any place that employs Nick Young is a bad place.

 

[BCSooners]

As good as Dunn is, I think you want the guy who's a superior shooter/scorer when he has so few options to feed. Russell and Brandon Ingram could become a poor man's Westbrook and Durant with some good secondary pieces and a few years. Dunn's defense is more impressive, but I think getting an athletic rim protector is the priority with Hibbert being unplayable and Randle not fitting that role.

I like Russell a lot but you can't be the Lakers and want Russell bc he's the better fit with a bad team. Defense wins and you are going to have to hide Russell all the time bc of foot speed.

 

[WaymanFan]

As a lifelong Lakers fan, I find it troublesome that management is shopping a guy who was picked #2 overall last year. That's a bad sign that they might not know what they're doing. Nothing like this would have ever been considered when Dr. Buss was running things. He simply didn't make such colossal blunders on draft day where LA would be shopping a high 1st round pick after only one season.

As for Buddy, as much as I would love him to be on the Lakers, I just don't see how that will happen unless they think Clarkson can be their PG of the future. Otherwise, a trade involving Russell would seemingly be to land Dunn.