[Highlight] Cameron Carr hits his 5th 3-pointer of the night - 17 points.
That great time of year where we all act rationally and pretend rookies are either immediately quality rotation pieces or worst player to grace basketball court
Agreed.
But also, lemme dream bro
Can we somehow extract his shooting and inject it into Thiero?
Don’t forget his dribbling, and literally everything else besides athleticism
Hits a big 3 to cut the lead to 27 he’s ready
I’ve seen enough he’s rookie of the year
Untouchable. Negotiations if that starts at 2 firsts and 2 swaps
This guy will be as good as Denzel Valentine.
curious why they mention 17 pointts but not assists
How’d this guy fall in the draft so much.
Skinny frame. Not a good defender (although has the length and athleticism to develop into one) and from what I know, he’s not a hustle guy which is what you want from all 3nD players.
He’s also already going to be 22 in a few months. Not saying he can’t be a late bloomer but prob played a factor into why he fell
Theres a reason Rick Barnes told him to go elsewhere when Carr was at Tennessee.. he wouldn’t defend.
He’s basically rookie Devin Vassell
Just what the Lakers needed lol
So Dalton Knecht?
Literally the opposite, Dalton was basically a finished product coming into the league and we ruined him by killing his confidence and now the one thing he was supposed to be good at he’s now terrible at, Carr is a project the question isn’t can he play basketball, it’s can he build his body to actually be able to operate in an NBA game.
Knecht was a “finished product” but he has the basketball IQ of Tyrus Thomas and the motor of Darko Milicic.
Nobody “ruined” him. Knecht ceiling is the rotation shooter for the NBA team that’s trying to avoid the bottom 3 in the standings.
I mean alot of it will be on Knect aswell and i dont disagree with you on his BBall IQ, but he was supposed to be a 3 level scorer and a big part of scoring is confidence, it would be disingenuous to say the lakers didn’t at least play a part in tanking his ability.
He got plenty of run and his play fell off and he lost minutes. This was well before the trade. It’s crazy you’re making excuses for this dude without the context of why his confidence fell.
Not only did his offense not translate…he was always lost while on the court. Especially on defense.
I feel like if the only deficit is needing to add 15 lbs that’s kind of silly, that’s like 2 seasons of development with NBA trainers if you are playing it conservative
not every body type can just add bulk to their frame.
Nah. He’s got potential. Great confident shooter. Great athlete with size.
Much better than Knecht.
He can defend, Dalton cannot.
Carr cannot defend ☹️ they cut him from TN for the reason.
He’s going to look so good playing off Luka
He likely won’t spend much time at all actually playing with Luka. If he even gets real (ie. non garbage time) minutes, He’ll be in the Austin & Sexton lead bench groups, not the Luka groups.
Idk I’m pissed bucks didn’t make a move to get another late pick to take him
Brother, He is literally Ousmane Dieng. You dont need another Ousmane
Haaave you met Nate Ament?
Also Dieng is 6’9”. Carr would guard 1-3, Dieng would 3-5, poorly
To be fair we said the same with Dalton Knecht.
He left Tennessee mid-season to transfer to Baylor after allegedly feuding with the HC. That’s why he was knocked in the draft by some teams.
“Hey coach, I’m a first round talent! Could I possibly get more than 10 minutes in blowouts vs Austin Peay and Gardner Webb in my second season?” How dare he!
First game, chill
Probably because his team is down 30 fucking points lol
Is that his fault lmao
20%
The Summer League Respecter has logged on
Summer league is not about winning or losing for the guys on the main club. Scoreboard is irrelevant when you’re seeing what the guy can do
Depends if you’re looking for somebody that can play real minutes or just fill garbage time. Down 30 in summer league is garbage time minutes, nobody is putting real effort in.
False
Holy fuck who is the career politician playing for the Lakers
Poor man’s Alex Caruso…Rick Caruso.
That’s actually Alex’s dad, Jon.
I could swear that was his grand father, Robinson
i understood that reference
Jon Elmore 🐐
I looked him up and I’m a year older than him 😭
I can’t believe he fell to us. I thought he would surely be gone by 20
Never would’ve guessed Lopez or quaintance would’ve been drafted over him
Lopez was actually projected to go higher than he went
Still would’ve had carr over him but I clearly know nothing
luka gonna get this dude pain in a few years
edit paid lmao
I hope neither of them get pain
Meh pain works. The NBA grind just cannot be good on the body long term. Even just a few seasons.
Very happy with Carr
We deadass got the steal of the draft
He’s way better than Knecht but this is also exactly what people said about Knecht lol.
Yep, people were so hyped for DK until like January. These people are getting hype for a summer league game lol
I don’t begrudge it since I am also getting hyped about Yax and Richard lol. It’s fun as fans to get some hope going about the young guys even if it’s just summer league.
Yaxel looked good, he’s huge
I was at the game with my fam, and after watching Yaxel go 4⁄4 from 3 at halftime, I turned to them and said “we’re not winning this game huh?” 😭
Carr looks promising though
Knecht was decent until the rescinded trade broke his brain
He played well in games after the trade though. Did it rattle him? Ya most likely, but the pressure of being in the LA spotlight combined with that fucked up situation is what broke him. I whole heartedly believe that if he went to a team with 4th worst aspirations he would be what he was meant to be, a serviceable shooter off the bench hopefully putting his athleticism to use and learning nba schemes to help him improve his on and off ball defense
Or occam’s razor - he’s actually just not that good
He looks good, but temper expectations on him. Hes a twig and will 1000% be knocked off his spot and taken advantage of on the defensive end
He’s gonna go through growing pains
You very well may have I wanted the clippers to trade down and get him
Surprised he fell out the top 8. This is the archetype you pay a premium for
His defense wasnt good enough to go top 10 and was quite underweight, but I’m suprised he went past the lottery
Top 8 is crazy man nobody had him going that early
Stay humble Cam
I’m running with these delusions man
3rd quarter….. that’s quite a score.
Yup, good game for him. Almost as good as Yaxel.
Ooter!!!
… what the hell is that score? I mean… I know it’s summer league but wtf?
When is the last time the Lakers drafted a player important to a championship in the first round? Jordan Farmer?
I remember Wemby having a bad 1st game in his summer league opener and people called him a bust lmao Fun time of year for overreactions
Let’s chill, he’s out there playing with Red Foreman
I’ve seen enough. Start him.
At least genuine rotation mins feels realistic
Huge 3 to cut the lead to 27!