Lonzo Ball

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun May 28, 2017 8:47 am

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/b ... 102253622/

prh · Post by **prh** » Sun May 28, 2017 10:21 am

UAEebs86 wrote:https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/b ... 102253622/

Lonzo Ball, the former UCLA star expected to be among the top three picks in the NBA draft, arrived wearing Nikes rather than his signature shoes that LaVar is selling for $495 apiece.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Sun May 28, 2017 10:59 am

Lavar's AAU isn't very good. It's Me lo and that's it

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sun May 28, 2017 3:51 pm

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Mon May 29, 2017 4:21 pm

His CH teammates don't even play on his AAU team with him. That center who has Div.1 offers plays for Compton Magic

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Mon May 29, 2017 5:17 pm

It's so obvious that Lavar told Alf that it was all or nothing. That is, you gotta give all my sons scholarships if you want Lonzo. Every son not named Lonzo is average at best. Bryce Alford will go down as a more impactful Bruin player than Lavar's lesser offspring.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon May 29, 2017 5:55 pm

Does he have a guaranteed scholarship to UCLA?

Cause he is ... bad

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Mon May 29, 2017 7:31 pm

UAEebs86 wrote:

Are they playing on a junior high school gym? They seem to be playing out of bounds a lot.

Good thing for UCLA scholies are only good for one year.

azcat49 · Post by **azcat49** » Mon May 29, 2017 7:38 pm

That was just painful to watch

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Mon May 29, 2017 9:52 pm

Merkin wrote:
UAEebs86 wrote:

Are they playing on a junior high school gym? They seem to be playing out of bounds a lot.

Good thing for UCLA scholies are only good for one year.

They could be 10 year deals and it wouldn't matter

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Tue May 30, 2017 10:59 am

Alieberman wrote:Does he have a guaranteed scholarship to UCLA?

Cause he is ... bad

LaMelo is young. It does blow me away that he can maybe dunk and gets the hype he gets. He has a lot of developing to do, and I can't ever see him being a prospect on the level of Lonzo. If he grows and gets stronger and quicker, he could be a college contributor.

Lonzo is easily the best of the 3. I'm pretty sure LiAngelo wouldn't be at UCLA if not for Lonzo.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Tue May 30, 2017 12:14 pm

Spaceman Spiff wrote: I'm pretty sure Lavar would just be another crazy dude at the sports bar if not for Lonzo.

Fixed it for you

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Tue May 30, 2017 3:03 pm

Spaceman Spiff wrote:
Alieberman wrote:Does he have a guaranteed scholarship to UCLA?

Cause he is ... bad
LaMelo is young. It does blow me away that he can maybe dunk and gets the hype he gets. He has a lot of developing to do, and I can't ever see him being a prospect on the level of Lonzo. If he grows and gets stronger and quicker, he could be a college contributor.

Lonzo is easily the best of the 3. I'm pretty sure LiAngelo wouldn't be at UCLA if not for Lonzo.

He should just classify back to his original year and develop some more

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Tue May 30, 2017 7:36 pm

MrBug708 wrote:
Spaceman Spiff wrote:
Alieberman wrote:Does he have a guaranteed scholarship to UCLA?

Cause he is ... bad
LaMelo is young. It does blow me away that he can maybe dunk and gets the hype he gets. He has a lot of developing to do, and I can't ever see him being a prospect on the level of Lonzo. If he grows and gets stronger and quicker, he could be a college contributor.

Lonzo is easily the best of the 3. I'm pretty sure LiAngelo wouldn't be at UCLA if not for Lonzo.
He should just classify back to his original year and develop some more

He could be good, it's just that he'd better really develop. The game he plays right now is not going to transition to college, and he needs to be able to make plays that aren't pullup 3's or cherry picking.

Edit: I hadn't watched that video before posting. Damn, that,s pretty much what I'm talking about. He doesn't really create shots other than pullup threes, and when they aren't going in, he doesn't have a plan B. I just hope Lavar lets him do what he needs (like an extra year) to succeed instead of forcing him on.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Tue May 30, 2017 8:05 pm

To be fair, that video was designed to show the bad parts, which there were a lot to. It's unfortunate that people are going to rip him mercilessly, because of his dad. Pretty sure no other kid is going to get this kind of treatment.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Tue May 30, 2017 10:24 pm

MrBug708 wrote:To be fair, that video was designed to show the bad parts, which there were a lot to. It's unfortunate that people are going to rip him mercilessly, because of his dad. Pretty sure no other kid is going to get this kind of treatment.

Them's the breaks kid.

To bad for him, life aint fair.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Wed May 31, 2017 6:55 am

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Wed May 31, 2017 7:32 am

MrBug708 wrote:To be fair, that video was designed to show the bad parts, which there were a lot to. It's unfortunate that people are going to rip him mercilessly, because of his dad. Pretty sure no other kid is going to get this kind of treatment.

If only there was someone who could solve this problem...

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Wed May 31, 2017 8:03 am

MrBug708 wrote:Cool

Cool

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Wed May 31, 2017 8:04 am

CalStateTempe wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:To be fair, that video was designed to show the bad parts, which there were a lot to. It's unfortunate that people are going to rip him mercilessly, because of his dad. Pretty sure no other kid is going to get this kind of treatment.
Them's the breaks kid.

To bad for him, life aint fair.

Easy solution, don't be a cherry picking chucker.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Wed May 31, 2017 8:06 am

Crocodile tears.

Hope the younger balls like school or develop a marketable skill set, cause the only ball their player will be at the local Y. Should probably start sucking up to big bro too.

Cool.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Wed May 31, 2017 8:07 am

totally merk.

I've played with kids like that, sucks all the fun out of the game, especially when they arnt even good.

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Wed May 31, 2017 8:14 am

MrBug708 wrote:To be fair, that video was designed to show the bad parts, which there were a lot to. It's unfortunate that people are going to rip him mercilessly, because of his dad. Pretty sure no other kid is going to get this kind of treatment.

It cuts both ways. Ballislife is the most popular Youtube channel for hyping HS basketball and 5 of their last 10 videos are about LaMelo.

Lavar is generaring a lot of attention. LaMelo is getting hype his ability doesn't deserve and he will get hate that is above his level too.

It's unfortunate that Lavar is doing that to a 15 year old.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Wed May 31, 2017 9:21 am

Spaceman Spiff wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:To be fair, that video was designed to show the bad parts, which there were a lot to. It's unfortunate that people are going to rip him mercilessly, because of his dad. Pretty sure no other kid is going to get this kind of treatment.
It cuts both ways. Ballislife is the most popular Youtube channel for hyping HS basketball and 5 of their last 10 videos are about LaMelo.

Lavar is generaring a lot of attention. LaMelo is getting hype his ability doesn't deserve and he will get hate that is above his level too.

It's unfortunate that Lavar is doing that to a 15 year old.

Absolutely.

The youngest does have talent, his dad really should just close his AAU team down because Melo is the only kid with a Div. 1 offer on the team. Let him go play qith more talented kids. His his school team would crush the AAU team, it's that bad. But Lavar can't give up control

rgdeuce · Post by **rgdeuce** » Wed May 31, 2017 9:38 am

There should be a study of how much more tail Lavar is getting his boys because of the manufactured hype. This is the underrated angle in all of this, because Lonzo and LaMelo look like Drake with an extra chromosome 21.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Wed May 31, 2017 9:54 am

No a fan of biracial marriages?

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Wed May 31, 2017 11:41 am

MrBug708 wrote:
Spaceman Spiff wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:To be fair, that video was designed to show the bad parts, which there were a lot to. It's unfortunate that people are going to rip him mercilessly, because of his dad. Pretty sure no other kid is going to get this kind of treatment.
It cuts both ways. Ballislife is the most popular Youtube channel for hyping HS basketball and 5 of their last 10 videos are about LaMelo.

Lavar is generaring a lot of attention. LaMelo is getting hype his ability doesn't deserve and he will get hate that is above his level too.

It's unfortunate that Lavar is doing that to a 15 year old.
Absolutely.

The youngest does have talent, his dad really should just close his AAU team down because Melo is the only kid with a Div. 1 offer on the team. Let him go play qith more talented kids. His his school team would crush the AAU team, it's that bad. But Lavar can't give up control

I can agree with that. It would be far better for LaMelo to play for a real team where he had to play in a system and coexist. When he gets to college, he needs to be able to do that, and having him as the only offensive option on the Big Ballers stunts his growth.

Even at Chino, he gets to play a game that he won't at UCLA. The transition won't be pretty, and Lavar's attempt to build the Big Baller Brand is hurting his ability to develop things like distribution and D.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Wed May 31, 2017 12:22 pm

A lot of concerns with Lonzo and how he got into UCLA seemed to work out alright, so im extremely hopeful it works out just as well, but Lonzo has a much better game

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Wed May 31, 2017 4:40 pm

MrBug708 wrote:No a fan of biracial marriages?

Cool

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Wed May 31, 2017 5:59 pm

Beachcat97 wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:No a fan of biracial marriages?
Cool

I'm guessing this is your new Heh?

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Wed May 31, 2017 6:19 pm

MrBug708 wrote:A lot of concerns with Lonzo and how he got into UCLA seemed to work out alright, so im extremely hopeful it works out just as well, but Lonzo has a much better game

What makes Lonzo special is his ability to facilitate others. I don't see that out of LaMelo at all. If Lavar was smart, he'd be trying to push LaMelo to develop that aspect of his game. PG sized guys who jack long threes, are good when they catch fire and that's it are pretty common.

rgdeuce · Post by **rgdeuce** » Thu Jun 01, 2017 8:57 am

MrBug708 wrote:No a fan of biracial marriages?

Please. Biracial blacks are the most beautiful people on earth. Just not the youngest and oldest Ball kids.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Thu Jun 01, 2017 9:17 am

rgdeuce wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:No a fan of biracial marriages?
Please. Biracial blacks are the most beautiful people on earth. Just not the youngest and oldest Ball kids.

This thread has taken a strange turn.

Maybe let's get back to talking about how Lavar is batsh*t crazy and how average his younger sons are at basketball.

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Thu Jun 01, 2017 12:40 pm

Beachcat97 wrote:
rgdeuce wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:No a fan of biracial marriages?
Please. Biracial blacks are the most beautiful people on earth. Just not the youngest and oldest Ball kids.
This thread has taken a strange turn.

Maybe let's get back to talking about how Lavar is batsh*t crazy and how average his younger sons are at basketball.

I thought this thread was about condiments.

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Thu Jun 01, 2017 1:56 pm

Spaceman Spiff wrote:
Beachcat97 wrote:
rgdeuce wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:No a fan of biracial marriages?
Please. Biracial blacks are the most beautiful people on earth. Just not the youngest and oldest Ball kids.
This thread has taken a strange turn.

Maybe let's get back to talking about how Lavar is batsh*t crazy and how average his younger sons are at basketball.
I thought this thread was about condiments.

Well, based on its title, it's about the only UCLA player of the last several years to have anyone's attention, a player who took UCLA to new heights during the 2016-17 season. His impact on the program will not be soon forgotten.

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Thu Jun 01, 2017 2:13 pm

TucsonClip wrote:
wyo-cat wrote:We do a lot of mixing in my kitchen.

Ketchup and Mayo
Sriracha and Mayo
Bacon Ranch and Horseradish
Salsa Verde (Spanish) and Mayo aka Super Spanish Sauce*
Chimmichurri and Mayo aka Gaucho Sauce*

*I have to give some stuff crazy names so the kids are into them.
sriracha, soy, rice wine vinegar, garlic. I put that combo on everything, amazing salad dressing too.

I don't know where this idea is from that this is not about condiments.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Thu Jun 01, 2017 6:43 pm

rgdeuce wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:No a fan of biracial marriages?
Please. Biracial blacks are the most beautiful people on earth. Just not the youngest and oldest Ball kids.

What was the point of mentioning 21st chromosome? Did you really need to take a shot a down syndrome kids?

rgdeuce · Post by **rgdeuce** » Thu Jun 08, 2017 12:01 pm

You're reaching, even for a troll.

gronk4heisman · Post by **gronk4heisman** » Thu Jun 08, 2017 12:36 pm

MrBug708 wrote:
rgdeuce wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:No a fan of biracial marriages?
Please. Biracial blacks are the most beautiful people on earth. Just not the youngest and oldest Ball kids.
What was the point of mentioning 21st chromosome? Did you really need to take a shot a down syndrome kids?

Are you saying all biracial people have down syndrome? That's pretty racist Bug.

gronk4heisman · Post by **gronk4heisman** » Thu Jun 08, 2017 12:37 pm

gronk4heisman wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:
rgdeuce wrote:
MrBug708 wrote:No a fan of biracial marriages?
Please. Biracial blacks are the most beautiful people on earth. Just not the youngest and oldest Ball kids.
What was the point of mentioning 21st chromosome? Did you really need to take a shot a down syndrome kids?
Are you saying all biracial people have down syndrome (because you are using them interchangeably)? That's pretty racist Bug.

Spaceman Spiff · Post by **Spaceman Spiff** » Thu Jun 08, 2017 6:54 pm

Mrs. Renfro makes some good salsa. The jalapeno stuff is killer.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Thu Jun 08, 2017 8:27 pm

rgdeuce wrote:You're reaching, even for a troll.

Way to own it

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Thu Jun 08, 2017 8:28 pm

Spaceman Spiff wrote:Mrs. Renfro makes some good salsa. The jalapeno stuff is killer.

Costco has a pretty bomb ass Jalapeno Artichoke dip

97cats · Post by **97cats** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 9:47 am

this is easily the best yet -- by a mile

http://www.cbssports.com/college-basket ... -and-done/

The goal for LaVar, he says, is to get all three on the Lakers to form a superteam like they did in high school.

"We get three of the Ball boys on the Lakers together, and we gonna go championship, championship, championship, championship, championship," LaVar said. "You think I'm playing? You saw what they did in high school."

HiCat · Post by **HiCat** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 10:21 am

What a needy guy. Jeezus. Slow down LaVar... and stfu.

MountainCat · Post by **MountainCat** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 11:17 am

To get all three Ball Boys on the same team will be a feat! These guys have been at it for years and still can't get on the same team together

Go for it LaVar

zonagrad · Post by **zonagrad** » Mon Jun 12, 2017 7:54 pm

97cats wrote:this is easily the best yet -- by a mile

http://www.cbssports.com/college-basket ... -and-done/

The goal for LaVar, he says, is to get all three on the Lakers to form a superteam like they did in high school.

"We get three of the Ball boys on the Lakers together, and we gonna go championship, championship, championship, championship, championship," LaVar said. "You think I'm playing? You saw what they did in high school."

One and done for the other Ball boys I figured it meant they'd be at UCLA one year, and Alford would get fired for recruiting such crappy talent. And the new head coach would not honor their scholies. So...one....and done.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Tue Jun 13, 2017 9:25 am

Lavar's spin better be on point after this next season and how Gelo will be

Beachcat97 · Post by **Beachcat97** » Tue Jun 13, 2017 9:30 am

The younger Balls don't even register a faint blip on the national recruiting radar, which is telling. If UCLA fans have their hopes pinned to Lonzo's little brothers, they're in trouble.

MrBug708 · Post by **MrBug708** » Tue Jun 13, 2017 8:01 pm

Beachcat97 wrote:The younger Balls don't even register a faint blip on the national recruiting radar, which is telling. If UCLA fans have their hopes pinned to Lonzo's little brothers, they're in trouble.

Lonzo didn't register either and he was a top 5 prospect. They play for his dad's AAU team, they aren't worried about being the top ranked kid, exposure in all star games, or getting as many offers as possible. He's easily the most identifiable recruit in the nation, regardless of class. Everyone knows who he is because he scored 92 points in a single game. In his class, Melo is ranked higher than all but one of Arizona's class this year. Is this your way of dissing on Arizona again, thinking no one is going to call you on it? Melo is ranked 16th by ESPN, 12th on ESPN, 16th by scout, and 16th by Rivals. If that is a blip, you must think Arizona's basketball recruits are RichRod caliber kids.

Luckily for UCLA fans, they don't.

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