Lamar had elite level talent. It's a shame he had so much shit happening off the court. He squandered a little bit of his talent. He had a good career, but it could have been great.I think the Lakers fucked themselves by chasing Andrew Bynum's potential. He had shit knees, and he was ahead case. As Bynum emerged, Pau's role had to diminish a bit. He was put in more of a facilitator role and that continued until he left the team in 2014. He's an excellent facilitator but it doesn't allow him to operate where he is most effective....in the post. Pau was one of the best big men in the league but they didn't appreciate him. The farther they started moving Pau away from the basket the worse the team got. They should have shit-canned Bynum and paid Trevor Ariza. That's my opinion anyway.
As a Raptors (season ticket holder) and Spurs (my entire life) fan I have a love/hate relationship with him. He's essentially won rings for my two fav teams yet he's left us hanging. Regardless you his raw talent is off the charts. The Spurs developed him so well. People forget about defense and how good this guy is on d, let alone dropping 30 a game. In that Milwaukee series when Nick Nurse switched up and put Kawhi on Giannis it changed the entire series. He's so fucking good, I'm fully devastated he left.
Two ball hogs together. That won’t end well.
Maybe it would be better to call Harden (and Westbrook) ball dominant instead of ball hogs. The bottom line is that both of these players are used to having the ball in their hands for pretty much the entire game. Yes they will rack up assists when the defense collapses on them but other than a kick out and a quick shot by a teammate...........they do not share the ball.Now Houston has two of these guys. I don't see it working because neither of them have proven that they can or will play off the ball.
That's a good analysis. It will be interesting to see which of the two players compromises their offensive game to the other. No way either of them puts up the same stat line as they had last year.