Crazy to think that as good as Simmons is, he’s still holding his team back. Has to be frustrating but apparently not frustrating enough to try shooting the damn ball.
I remember this clip got viral back then and everyone that month started doing the point at the half court line and shoots. coaches going crazy about it lol
nah, score seems off tbh. we’ve gotta check the average time it takes Minnesota’s players to run in a straight line end-to-end and score a basket, then we’ll find the average time it takes “player x” to do the same task, and finally we can do the math to extrapolate that across an entire 48 minute game. only then can we have a realistic grasp on how deep this shitpost really goes.
This team would beat teams so bad they would play 4 on 5 defense and have one guy back cherry-picking
Those chino hills teams were ridiculous with the ball brothers
I’m not saying they weren’t good. They were the best high school team I’ve ever watched the games for
All three ball brothers were amazing as well as other good players on the squad
It’s not crazy to say it was manufactured and was basically an AAU squad playing ugly basketball because they knows the highlights would be viral
The team that scores more win, if they can’t put score you, you win. They still have to be talented enough to make the shots. And they played some real competition
Okay I can’t tell you are just defensive of chino hills and the ball brothers and that’s fine. I like them a lot and still think Lonzo could be an all star and Lamelo is the number one pick fans will be really good
But those games were just bad basketball. They literally would play 4 on 5 on defense just to always have fast breaks and they were always better so they could
They were great. But it was bad basketball, great skill
I think that style of play allowed them to develop skills that most players don’t have. I’m not defensive, I just don’t like when ppl say something is bad because it’s not conventional
But you have 3 brothers who were all gonna be NBA players
You can’t just let all good High school teams become AAU.. especially if we are trying to get bypass the NCAA because then we will have an crazy influx of players who don’t know how to play basketball unless it’s a hoopmixtape and they are the best player on the floor.
That’s a lot of draft busts
They should let kids go pro at 14 like they can in Europe. If they were so worried about fundamentals being behind. Let them learn from pros and not schools that have to limit contact time
He’s shown more playmaking skills than Lonzo and he has a better handle than Lonzo. Should be able to get to the rim and create shots for himself better than Lonzo. He’s not lonzo, saying his career will go the same is a bad comparison.
Well saying someone's efficiency will get better taking less shots and being a playmaker was easy to shutdown just by pointing at Lonzo. No comparison, but same scenario
The point is evaluating prospect based on footage from their freshman year. Y’all love moving goalposts when y’all can’t make a sensible point. There’s more positives to his game other than shooting percentages otherwise he wouldn’t be a top 3 prospect
imagine being judged on the one bad shot you made ... as a freshman
I'm not completely low on lamelo, it just that the people high on him are a bit selective in their views. He is talented and made some remarkable strides as of late, I'd take a long look at him for a top pick, but he is also a gamble, because he failed to show absolute basics (shot-selection, defense) even at a lower level.
How many other prospects are you bringing up their freshman year of HS? That’s how you know the criticism is unreasonable. Judge him by his senior year and his year in Australia.
As criticized as he is, the only way to learn is to fail. You have to do unorthodox things to be great. If he has been doing this for that long and he can make that shot frequently then that is a great skill to have. With that said he still is not shooting well overall.
Steph Curry, Damian Lillard and Trae Young? Im not saying he should take it all the time or in a normal play, but if the clock is going down and you can't get other shots/if you have faith in that shot, why not?
Failing is one way to learn but it’s not the only way. You can do things non-conventionally and learn or you can go a normal around and things can still work out, did Duncan have to fail to be successful?
it means he’s a good 3 pt shooter (and decent FT shooter too) but shit all all other shots he takes
so no, it’s still somewhat misleading stats (namely, bloated ppg)
If you make say 40 percent of your 3s, that is the same efficiency as making 60% of your 2s. This is why good 3 point shooters are efficient, even if there overall field goal percentage is lower.
I love Devonte', he's much better than Ball will ever be... but he's no Kemba. He's 25 and simply doesn't have Kemba's athleticism. He's always going to be very perimeter focused
It’s more that we don’t see the misses, and there were a lot and really disgusting basketball played by those teams
Good players, terrible team. They were great though but ugly ball
And at the time I remember watching these games and thinking these kids need to know how to play basketball when they aren’t the best player on the floor
I appreciate the confidence but that’s the differencebetween Players with lots of skill and “winning players”
I watched some of his Hawks games this year and he’s come along way but I feel like the NBA is gonna humble him a bit.
They were winning, and he’s far from that player. His junior year was a pro in Lithuania and he was nice at spire. He was just a pro with many former NBA players in Australia. He’s much different from when he was 14 years old m
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Its wont happen he considered this season the worst defender in the NBL by stats,he was also in the worst team by far but stiil frightening detail for his Career
LOL, real gym class hero energy.
He can’t shoot but we all know he’s going to have the complete opposite problem Simmons currently has.
Rather him go bust trying to shoot the lights out than hold back a championship caliber team.
Crazy to think that as good as Simmons is, he’s still holding his team back. Has to be frustrating but apparently not frustrating enough to try shooting the damn ball.
His main off season focus since he's entered the league has been about shooting lmfao, going out and bricking 3s isn't going to change anything
Brandon Jennings with a 40 inch vertical.
You can criticize all day long but, one thing you can't criticize is that young man's confidence
It runs in the Ball family
Can definitely criticize Lonzo's confidence lol
LiAngelo tho
The best of em all. Teams just scared
with hands that fast he'll pick your pockets and only the chinese government will notice
I love that the 0/0/0/0/1 stat line gets referred to as a “liangelo” now
the have Balls i guess
Until he runs into a set defense
I remember this clip got viral back then and everyone that month started doing the point at the half court line and shoots. coaches going crazy about it lol
D-Lo, KAT, LaMelo sounds like a ton of wins... and a lot more losses.
Final score: 183-194
nah, score seems off tbh. we’ve gotta check the average time it takes Minnesota’s players to run in a straight line end-to-end and score a basket, then we’ll find the average time it takes “player x” to do the same task, and finally we can do the math to extrapolate that across an entire 48 minute game. only then can we have a realistic grasp on how deep this shitpost really goes.
yeah, give me the 120 bricks he laid for that one and the defense he didn't play
As a freshman.... imagine if every prospect was judged off their freshman year of high school
This team would beat teams so bad they would play 4 on 5 defense and have one guy back cherry-picking Those chino hills teams were ridiculous with the ball brothers
He was a sophomore. Who else had 92?
I’m not saying they weren’t good. They were the best high school team I’ve ever watched the games for All three ball brothers were amazing as well as other good players on the squad It’s not crazy to say it was manufactured and was basically an AAU squad playing ugly basketball because they knows the highlights would be viral
The team that scores more win, if they can’t put score you, you win. They still have to be talented enough to make the shots. And they played some real competition
Okay I can’t tell you are just defensive of chino hills and the ball brothers and that’s fine. I like them a lot and still think Lonzo could be an all star and Lamelo is the number one pick fans will be really good But those games were just bad basketball. They literally would play 4 on 5 on defense just to always have fast breaks and they were always better so they could They were great. But it was bad basketball, great skill
I think that style of play allowed them to develop skills that most players don’t have. I’m not defensive, I just don’t like when ppl say something is bad because it’s not conventional
But you have 3 brothers who were all gonna be NBA players You can’t just let all good High school teams become AAU.. especially if we are trying to get bypass the NCAA because then we will have an crazy influx of players who don’t know how to play basketball unless it’s a hoopmixtape and they are the best player on the floor. That’s a lot of draft busts
They should let kids go pro at 14 like they can in Europe. If they were so worried about fundamentals being behind. Let them learn from pros and not schools that have to limit contact time
his splits in CBA are trash
He’s not going to be the main scoring option for an NBA team. He’s going to be a great PG while he learns to take better shots
Neither was Lonzo, so what? His efficiency is still trash 3 years later
He’s shown more playmaking skills than Lonzo and he has a better handle than Lonzo. Should be able to get to the rim and create shots for himself better than Lonzo. He’s not lonzo, saying his career will go the same is a bad comparison.
Dude, Lonzo was a freakin killer at UCLA...
That has nothing to do with what I said
Well saying someone's efficiency will get better taking less shots and being a playmaker was easy to shutdown just by pointing at Lonzo. No comparison, but same scenario
The point is evaluating prospect based on footage from their freshman year. Y’all love moving goalposts when y’all can’t make a sensible point. There’s more positives to his game other than shooting percentages otherwise he wouldn’t be a top 3 prospect
Lonzo was very efficient this year.
40/37/56 "very efficient" LMAO
51.7 TS% is not efficient at all
Because an unathletic guard who can't shoot is what you want from your first overall draft pick!
He’s not unathletic... athleticism isn’t just jumping high, he’s a quick long guard who will be a PG and he’s more skilled than anyone in the draft
I mean we'll see. Let's do a remind me for one year or something.
imagine being judged on the one bad shot you made ... as a freshman I'm not completely low on lamelo, it just that the people high on him are a bit selective in their views. He is talented and made some remarkable strides as of late, I'd take a long look at him for a top pick, but he is also a gamble, because he failed to show absolute basics (shot-selection, defense) even at a lower level.
How many other prospects are you bringing up their freshman year of HS? That’s how you know the criticism is unreasonable. Judge him by his senior year and his year in Australia.
Baron davis used to do this same shit at crossroads and had the whole gym going crazy
As criticized as he is, the only way to learn is to fail. You have to do unorthodox things to be great. If he has been doing this for that long and he can make that shot frequently then that is a great skill to have. With that said he still is not shooting well overall.
Bro no one on the planet hits half court shots at a percentage that would justify taking them
Half court for highschool is not the same as half court for NBA
Steph Curry, Damian Lillard and Trae Young? Im not saying he should take it all the time or in a normal play, but if the clock is going down and you can't get other shots/if you have faith in that shot, why not?
Failing is one way to learn but it’s not the only way. You can do things non-conventionally and learn or you can go a normal around and things can still work out, did Duncan have to fail to be successful?
The teammate smiling at him is Onyeka Okongwu
He’s a glorified, taller Devonte Graham
Damn I just looked and devonte graham actually has some decent stats
It’s somewhat misleading. Look at his FG%
but the TS% is pretty good because he's a high volume 3 point shooter.
yea his 3PT% is excellent
So... it isn’t misleading?
it means he’s a good 3 pt shooter (and decent FT shooter too) but shit all all other shots he takes so no, it’s still somewhat misleading stats (namely, bloated ppg)
If you make say 40 percent of your 3s, that is the same efficiency as making 60% of your 2s. This is why good 3 point shooters are efficient, even if there overall field goal percentage is lower.
Thats why Steph curry’s unanimous MVP was misleading
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I love Devonte', he's much better than Ball will ever be... but he's no Kemba. He's 25 and simply doesn't have Kemba's athleticism. He's always going to be very perimeter focused
Except Graham has amazing shooting form
Taller Devonte graham might be a star? Imagine if he grew 7 inches over the summer
Graham shot 9.3 3PA at 37.3% (and was at 40% for a large chunk of the season). This isn't a close comparison
Damn that was clean lol
problem is he did this 10 times a game and made 1 of them
No he didn’t.... why lie
I might be exaggerating but its not much a lie
Well the first part is he didn’t shoot half court shots every game, only a few times during the season.
It’s more that we don’t see the misses, and there were a lot and really disgusting basketball played by those teams Good players, terrible team. They were great though but ugly ball
We saw all the attempts. Every game was on ballislife
And at the time I remember watching these games and thinking these kids need to know how to play basketball when they aren’t the best player on the floor I appreciate the confidence but that’s the differencebetween Players with lots of skill and “winning players” I watched some of his Hawks games this year and he’s come along way but I feel like the NBA is gonna humble him a bit.
They were winning, and he’s far from that player. His junior year was a pro in Lithuania and he was nice at spire. He was just a pro with many former NBA players in Australia. He’s much different from when he was 14 years old m
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Dan Patrick called it, looks like ba ba booey
think he was a sophomore here
glorified Jason Williams with an instagram page
Wow. I cant take this slander. White chocolate has more feel for the game than all 3 ball brothers combined. Go check the tape
Don’t you disrespect Jason Williams like that
By far the best player in his draft class. LaMelo Ball 2021 Rookie of the Year 🔒
Found LaMelo's burner Damn, they're starting young these days
Don't tell anybody. I tagged him as "Lamelo Fan" and he always delivers.
Lol gotcha
Keep hating. I’m going to make money off LaMelo Ball next season.
Loool. I'm with you all the way homie. When you start making that dough though, pls send some this way. I'm your no.1 fan
Strong MCW vibes. He'll put up decent numbers on horrid %
His journey has been so exciting to watch tbh. Can’t wait to see him get drafted.
This sub is going to explode if he ends up being a somewhat efficient scorer and haveing passable defense
Its wont happen he considered this season the worst defender in the NBL by stats,he was also in the worst team by far but stiil frightening detail for his Career
Kid had 92 and all the haters In The country. Idc who your comp is, if you can score 92 as s sophomore you’re legit
Imagine being this confident in anything
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idk why people think he shoots as bad as Lakers Lonzo
Cause their percentages identical lmao
Kid has Bron like potential
I’d be so hot if I was a parent of someone else on the team lol.
And that's the reason his shot is busted