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CoolBreeze44 wrote:

longstrangetrip wrote:

monsterpile wrote:This has been mentioned before but here is the video of the top three lottery picks revealed and most everyone else of the likely picks looks like that are at a boring seminar and Towns is in the 2nd row grinning. It's not much worth swaying me either way or anything but kinda interesting.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UgI3yiyZfUI

It's a fun video to go back and watch from time to time, if for no other reason, just to remember that we actually won the lottery. The players' reaction is interesting and informative, but I enjoy watching the three guys on stage even more. Two observations:

1) In a series of one on one games between those three guys, Glen finishes last every time...even considering his deadly sky hook. He's a pesky defender, but I think Nerlens would eventually wear him down. I loved how the camera had to pan way down when they shifted from Noel to Taylor.

2) I wasn't convinced at the time, and I'm still not convinced, that Glen fully processed what was happening when they called the Lakers' name for the second pick. He is expressionless, and I really think he thought they were announcing the Lakers getting the first pick. With our history, I have a difficult time blaming him for that!

Good stuff LST!

longstrangetrip wrote:http://www.forbes.com/sites/markheisler/2015/06/11/guts-call-coming-for-lakers-because-insiders-say-theyre-not-getting-towns/

I don't know if this has been posted in any other threads, but I found it compelling evidence that Flip has decided on Towns. Heisler is a reputable guy who doesn't just pull stuff out of his ass. Flip clearly now prefers Towns.

What the Lakers are going through reminds me a lot of what we had to go through in 2011. While most mocks had Irving #1 and Williams #2, there were rumors from time to time that the Cavs might take Williams. Gave us some hope...until it didn't. The Lakers had to be feeling pretty good with all the rumors of Flip preferring Okafor, but in the end, they're not going to get Towns.

CoolBreeze44 wrote:Very telling text today at the end of the Zgoda article comparing Towns and Okafor:

[/In five weeks time, Saunders must choose a player and a style: Does he follow in the way Golden State, Houston and others have changed the game, a manner of play Rose (Jalen) calls the "flavor of the month."

Or does he admit the game never stays forever the way it is now and instead play the contrarian?

"Because everybody is playing one way, you can go back and play the other way and still be very efficient," Saunders said. There are different ways to look at it." b]

I've made reference to this way of thinking in some past threads. I totally agree the game never stays the same for very long. But instead of "going back" to an abandoned style, I hope Flip builds his team in yet a new direction. I'm not smart enough to think of what that way will be, but someone is and will reap the benefits.

Flip should take Towns and search for the best way to play tomorrow.