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Russell Westbrook 2.0 at 23? (Zach LaVine)

Sexual Favors said:
This post is incredibly disingenuous, and I think even you know it.

Lavine has the length, height, and shooting ability to go along w/ his freakish athleticism. Rarely do you find athletes like him who can also shoot.

He needs to get a lot heavier before he can play starter minutes in the NBA.
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Brent Barry.

LaVine wasn't even a top 5 player on his college team, I'm not going to say he has super star potential, because he doesn't.
 
LaVine has average shooting guard height with average SG length, and a below average physical weight frame. Don't act like he is a PG either.
 
sojodave said:
Isn't it hilarious that the best athlete at the NBA combine couldn't even get off the bench for UCLA. Their coach should be fired just for that.
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The coach's son played ahead of him, as did Kyle Anderson (who's slow style wasn't an issue w/ the 35 second shot clock).

Lavine did play 24 mins a game though.

Check his per 40 compared to Russell Westrbook's @ UCLA
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/zach-lavine-1.html

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/russell-westbrook-1.html

College game rarely favors the athletic like Lavine and Westbrook, because the spacing is messed up w/ the shorter 3pt line, and the game is a lot slower and played in the hallfcourt more w/ the 35 second shot clock.

College was perfect for Trey's game.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
Brent Barry.

LaVine wasn't even a top 5 player on his college team, I'm not going to say he has super star potential, because he doesn't.
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He also didn't have a role to prove his worth.

Hate to keep mentioning Westbrook, but he only averaged 3.4 pts his first year at UCLA. College game isn't the greatest for projecting NBA players, and you should know this. They are two different beasts.
 
Sexual Favors said:
The coach's son played ahead of him, as did Kyle Anderson (who's slow style wasn't an issue w/ the 35 second shot clock).

Lavine did play 24 mins a game though.

Check his per 40 compared to Russell Westrbook's @ UCLA
https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/zach-lavine-1.html

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/russell-westbrook-1.html

College game rarely favors the athletic like Lavine and Westbrook, because the spacing is messed up w/ the shorter 3pt line, and the game is a lot slower and played in the hallfcourt more w/ the 35 second shot clock.

College was perfect for Trey's game.
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The coaches son didn't play ahead of Lavine. They both came off the bench, and almost always played in the backcourt together.

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Also LaVine being 6'4½ in socks is legit height for a SG, hes also got well above average quickness for a SG and hes grown about 3" in the past 2 years, there's no reason he cant continue to grow some.

Im convinced hes got all-star potential, hes got the ability to get his shot off really quickly and if he can consistently hit 3's at a high rate, its going to be pretty spectacular.
 
seattlejazzfan said:
The coaches son didn't play ahead of Lavine. They both came off the bench, and almost always played in the backcourt together.

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He was a guard w/ much less potential, who ate into the minutes and role available. Lavine should've been smarter and thought about that before committing there.

I never said the kid was bright... Just that he has superstar potential.

The pendulum swings far with this one, which is why he is being discussed as late lottery and not top 5.
 
His fluidity and size remind me of Curry. It's not really a fair comparison for LaVine, but it's the only one I can come up with. I think that he can be a great combo guard - start at one spot and back up the other. Unfortunately, I don't think there's any way he makes it out of the lottery. He might end up going top 10 depending on who he works out with and how they go.
 
LaVine's OOC stats vs. LaVine's PAC-12 stats. LOL. Superstar potential vs. inferior competition.
 
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fixed.

I have very little interest in LaVine
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I'm interested, but not willing to sell anything of value to get him. If he drops to 23, great, if not, oh well.
 
And the game were Anderson and Adams sat out, Bryce Alford heavily out-performed LaVine, but that was only because he is the coach's son, right?
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
And the game were Anderson and Adams sat out, Bryce Alford heavily out-performed LaVine, but that was only because he is the coach's son, right?
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the game where Lavine had 18 points 8 rebounds 5 assists and no turnovers in 48 minutes of play? obviously he was terrible that game.
 
I see Lavine and Exum in a similar light. Both have tantalizing potential, but just haven't done enough against good competition to warrant a high pick. Too risky. #15, sure, swing for the fences. #4 or #5. No thanks.

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I'm thinking that we're gonna be drafting some sort of SF/PF, whether it's Jabari or Vonleh. I guess there's the off-chance that Exum falls to 5, and Vonleh is taken 3rd or something.

Still. Either player would provide some bawse spacing, and really vault our offense forward IMO. Burke would excel in drafting either player IMO.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
LaVine's OOC stats vs. LaVine's PAC-12 stats. LOL. Superstar potential vs. inferior competition.
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If Zach LaVine fell off so hard in conference play, and Aaron Gordon is a good 3pt shooter, how did LaVine(37%) manage to shoot better than double the percentage of AG (17%) in Pac-12 play
 
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