Topic: 2019 NBA Pre-Season - page 66. (Read 902000 times)

Even when LBJ isn't yet on the Lakers, people hated him already. That hate is causing them too much stress for themselves. I am not feeling bad for them either with LBJ. They give him hate as much as they want while LBJ continues to work on himself and made history after histories and continues to earn as well decently.

But it's true that the burden and expectation by being the son of the known and one of the greatest is there.

Compared to Thanasis, there are also other bench players that have gone through the championship by heating their seat on the bench. No offense, they've earned their spot and Thanasis, I don't see hate on him but pure memes. 

As for Bronny, he's got a lot of time to prove his worth but no doubt that his dad influenced the draft.

I think the one on that list that really hurts is Buddy Hield.  I've been saying for years that his game would go perfectly with LeBron.  The Lakers need a shooter like that so I was bummed they didn't at least get Klay.  LeBron does best when he has 3 point shooters to kick the ball out to while driving.  I feel like he hasn't been surrounded with good shooters since the bubble. 

I understand where the hate is coming from. It is not because LeBron is his father, but because he is not deserving to be in the NBA based on his statistics in college, just like Thanasis being hated by some fans because he was on a team where he literally did nothing, LOL.

I think we should not take this seriously though. They hate him in real life, but on his life as a basketball player. Without those kinds of hate and love in basketball, this league wouldn't be fun, just saying.

After having good trade by getting Hachimura, now a series of missed players are happening with the LA.

I don't know the main reason, but it's either they don't want to feel the pressure around the LA Laker fans like what happened with Russell Westbrook back when he was still there, or getting Bronny sends a negative impact towards these players hence, they don't want to be with the Lakers anymore. TBH, drafting Bronny wasn't a good decision at all, but Rob Pelinka isn't the GM of the Lakers, but it's LeBron, right?

That's the pressure when your dad is one of the greatest of all time in the largest basketball league around the world.

I don't hate him personally, but you can't take the fact that there will always be people out there that will hate him for multiple reasons. Also, take note that the LA Laker fans already hated Le-GM because of how manipulative he is, and how he acts like he's the GM of the Lakers organization. That hate will also be passed to his son and it's happening already. What Bronny can do is to just ignore what others are saying and focus on his development. That's his only way of shutting down these haters.

I have no hate for his son, but I have a bit of hate towards Le-GM because of how he uses his powers to make things favorable to him.

Fans have criticized him a lot.

Whenever he's not yet on the NBA and playing college, many were already criticizing him. Now, that he's got drafted by his pop's team, he's still being criticized.

The same as his dad, people still criticizing and hating him. I hope that people would have love for the two as they're just doing what they do.

Stop the hate, the actual season hasn't even started yet

Losing Harrison Barnes and gaining a mid 30s derozen doesn't move the needle much.  I love derozen amd think is health and ability to stay on the court is great he will be on the down trend.  Nobody gets better after theor mid 30s.  They had to do it but come playoffs I don't see them as anymore dangerous as they are now.

Yes guys it's a done deal. The Kings just got scarier.

Kings acquire DeMar DeRozan in three-team sign-and-trade with Bulls, Spurs

https://www.nbcsports.com/nba/news/kings-acquire-demar-derozan-in-three-team-sign-and-trade-with-bulls-spurs

Barnes on the other hand can give support for the star Rookie in Spurs. He and CP3 will do great being a veteran of the league and passing their knowledge to him.

Back to DeRozan. It's scary because now they have two of the best perimeter players in the league. Fox and him. The floor spacing will be wider and both can also attack the paint if they want to. Sabonis, DeMar, Fox, Monk, and Keegan. I am getting goosebumps. We will see a lot of fast-break plays on these agile guys.
Now, they need to strengthen their 2nd team.

Sad to say that he serves his purpose, I mean for now he's for marketing and to keep LeBron but in terms of his future inside the league, it's more on how he will perform and how the coaching staff will allow him to play, he can stand up and co-exist with all the stars if he keeps improves his game, not a quick conclusion but he can only defend himself by proving that he deserves that spot.

And same with what you mentioned, if he don't meet that expectation might be possible that his career might be like Thanasis, else, he can create his own name and compete with all the best players inside the league.

Bronny just got drafted because of the popularity of his father, other than that, we can't expect him to contribute to the team significantly.
I guess enough for Bronny, we criticized him too much but let's give him a chance, maybe he'll make a miracle and will be able to be one of the starters, probably replacing Reaves. lol

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Saric hasn't had a big impact with the Warriors, I don't know why they didn't use him much but if he'll be with the Nuggets, that would be another good addition so they could  give Jokic more time to rest in a game if necessary.

There's nothing huge expectation that Bronny would perform better since at first place he didn't get drafted at higher place.

Also his stats is pretty bad that's why lots of team avoid to get him. If there are few showing an interest then provably they are just luring Lebron to join their team. So provably that Bronny will just be a bench warmer then get few minutes in court just for marketing.

LBJ maybe just hope that Bronny could learn something on Lakers but if he totally became another Thanasis like then provably he's career will end up early especially that Lebron is going to retire soon.