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Larrier Working Out for the Lakers
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I hope he does, but his handle was pretty bad at times. Not sure if he can improve the fundamentals at his advanced age of 22. By NBA standards, that's close to the "back nine" of a career.
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Purvis at least looked like he wanted to be here.
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I suspect I won't be hearing from that clown who gives me a hard time for saying Larrier could have developed into a first rounder with another year of college.
It's good to see him getting an NBA look a year ahead of schedule. Best of luck to TL...
It's good to see him getting an NBA look a year ahead of schedule. Best of luck to TL...
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He needs to go back to school and get his masters and play college and develop his game...
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Good for him. He deserves an opportunity. With that being said, here's hoping that there are no cones set up to dribble around.
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Um, I think you're alone with that opinion.
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Clearly I'm not. If the Lakers are taking a look at him, they must think there's a possibility that he's one year away also.
So, in summation, I can either agree with a professional basketball team's assessment...or the Boneyard's assessment? I'm fine where I'm standing...
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It would be incredible if Terry made an NBA roster at some time. I’m skeptical though. This workout could have been done as a favor. I know injuries injuries injuries but I just didn’t see much in TL’s college career that stood out. He’s 6’8” and can shoot a little but that’s it. Full disclosure I’m often wrong
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I've been wrong before, too. But here are a couple of things to remember:
1) Favor or not, they are not evaluating Betty White. They obviously think it might lead to something or they wouldn't do it. Multi-million dollar sports enterprises rarely waste time on players they think have no chance.
2) The same folks who gave me hell about Larrier are the same folks who gave me hell about Purvis.
Again, I could be wrong. It's just my opinion. But it's great to see evidence that my opinion is shared by some high level basketball folks...
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Are we breaking BY protocol by having a discussion and not using the words idiot or moran?
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The NBA has two rounds, each team works out tons of players that have no chance. and Larrier is only getting workouts from a few teams. Is your point he's going to make the NBA?
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Maybe. But we're definitely both breaking protocol by admitting we could be wrong...
You're both wrong. Both of you are acting like complete idiots and when you do that it brings the moran out in each of you.
So there we have it...TL will either make an NBA roster some day or not. As always I am spot on!
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Yes only one of us is wrong but i don’t think any less of you just because it’s youMaybe. But we're definitely both breaking protocol by admitting we could be wrong...
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I watched a lot of film of Larrier at VCU
He was skinny as hell and his shot selection was awful but his handle was better than average for a 6’8” guy
He apparently made a huge jump in his red shirt year at UConn as he was tearing up the preseason camps and seemed like a lock first round draft pick. He played daily against a decent 2015-16 team in practice which probably helped .
That 2016-2017 team came out a bit disorganized but he was our leading scorer until his injury. The only question is can he get back to that 2016 form and get stronger.
His lack of handle for a 6’8” guy is just another BY myth . The guy actually can get his own shot and that is rare in guys that big. Frankly his lack of strength /athleticism is my bigger concern he even seems fragile.
Purvis was much stronger and a much better athlete TL is taller and better skilled basketball player. Rodney worked hard on his weaknesses whether TL can do the same is up to him and him alone.
He was skinny as hell and his shot selection was awful but his handle was better than average for a 6’8” guy
He apparently made a huge jump in his red shirt year at UConn as he was tearing up the preseason camps and seemed like a lock first round draft pick. He played daily against a decent 2015-16 team in practice which probably helped .
That 2016-2017 team came out a bit disorganized but he was our leading scorer until his injury. The only question is can he get back to that 2016 form and get stronger.
His lack of handle for a 6’8” guy is just another BY myth . The guy actually can get his own shot and that is rare in guys that big. Frankly his lack of strength /athleticism is my bigger concern he even seems fragile.
Purvis was much stronger and a much better athlete TL is taller and better skilled basketball player. Rodney worked hard on his weaknesses whether TL can do the same is up to him and him alone.
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I respect the heck out of you AZ but were you blinded by something? His handle was plain weak as heck, every time he tried to spin or cross over he lost control and while “every time” may be an exaggeration it’s slight at best. Listen hope he finds what you saw at VCU but he was simply a standstill shooter, a pretty good one, for us and not much more. And he was a chair on the other end.
It’s not a BY myth at all.
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The Lakers also just worked out LiAngelo Ball haha
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The comment on coaching had zero to do with his lack of desire, hustle or toughness
The guy just doesn't have a ticker to want to give 100% unless he did give 100% and in that case the YWCA league may be a challenge
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Yeah, that’s garbage.
Larrier rehabbed his way back from an ACL tear to get ready for the season - if the head coach had worked 1/2 that hard, he might still be here.
Coaching matters and Larrier had an awful coach.
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I'm fine with the narrative that KO mailed it in and left his players to drown, but I feel like we can't have it both ways where he's a quitter and incompetent and overmatched, especially if we're going to label his championship a fluke and scoff at the idea that he'll ever land on his feet again.
Many seem to believe that all of those things are applicable in assessing what went wrong here, which has never made sense to me even as somebody who was pretty shocked by the level of ineptitude he saw these last couple years.
The reason it's important to clarify these things isn't to exonerate KO so much as it is to shed some context on why so many people - myself included - may have been duped along the way. Some want to walk their second guessing all the way back to his hiring, which, while it was a fair opinion to have at the time, strikes me as petty given how things played out. The whole "see I told you, unqualified players never work out as coaches!" crew can get all the way out of here with their backpatting.
Many seem to believe that all of those things are applicable in assessing what went wrong here, which has never made sense to me even as somebody who was pretty shocked by the level of ineptitude he saw these last couple years.
The reason it's important to clarify these things isn't to exonerate KO so much as it is to shed some context on why so many people - myself included - may have been duped along the way. Some want to walk their second guessing all the way back to his hiring, which, while it was a fair opinion to have at the time, strikes me as petty given how things played out. The whole "see I told you, unqualified players never work out as coaches!" crew can get all the way out of here with their backpatting.
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No worries, that’s why we have Chief. What I like about you is that you embrace the casual fan and at least in spirit consider yourself one. I too try to think at times from the casual fan’s perspective. While I would never go to First Night myself, I accept how it might open the door to those who from a basketball standpoint are not knowledgeable and grow the fan base - a good thing. True, I still worry about the team losing its competitive focus and about how basketball becomes more about show than winning games.