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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby The Rock on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:32 pm



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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby Battle Tested20 on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:34 pm

^Thanks Rock for posting those highlights!

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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby lakersyunowin on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:36 pm

heeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyy, we did get odom
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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby Ariza3 on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:36 pm

Even if he does well in the summer league I doubt MB will give him mins. Prob still go with Blake for some stupid reason.

DJO & Glock are gunna be competing for a spot in the rotation as prob only 1 will get backup 1 or 2 spots if MB plays them. Would LOVE to see him and glock on the floor together of we really just need scoring and juice into our offense. guess well see how summer league goes
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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby Doc Brown on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:37 pm

He plays like James Harden.
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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby The Rock on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:37 pm

no probs. Seems like hes a Shannon Brown replacement, an athletic guard who supposedly has tools to D up 1s and 2s
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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby Phil XI on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:40 pm

I really like DJO. I wish his PG skills were stronger but his O is solid and he's a tenacious defender, like all Marquette guys recently.
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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby Sideways on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:44 pm

The Rock wrote:no probs. Seems like hes a Shannon Brown replacement, an athletic guard who supposedly has tools to D up 1s and 2s


And he actually has range, he basically is Glock with the athleticism.

I feel bad for Goudelock, now he has to step up big time in order to prove his worth, because Odom is looking way better than Glock ever has.

Glock can barely dunk, barely got any PT, and now we got a Glock clone with a 40 inch vertical?

Let's hope this move helps our bench.




we neeeeeeeeed bench scoring, that's our priority this off-season, I hope we could dump Pau and Blake for a top 10 rookie and 2 solid role players (I know it's kind of not what we've expected, but I'd rather build around Bynum with proven players than switch Pau for another player outside of Deron (which we're not getting))
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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby The Rock on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:46 pm

https://twitter.com/Mike_Bresnahan/status/218565345017999360

The Lakers paid Dallas about $500,000 for the rights to Darius Johnson-Odom.
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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby GoldHammish on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:48 pm

^And they paid Lamar that ridiculous salary, sooooo we came out on top? :man10:
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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby Battle Tested20 on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:50 pm

Darius Johnson-Odom ‏@KingMe_DJ1

Laker nation I will not disappoint


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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby noobiew on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:52 pm

A 6'3” shooting guard ? If he could play as point then would be nice LOL :cry:

Still better than Andrew Goudelock and Darius Morris right :man13:
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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby Battle Tested20 on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:54 pm

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More Odom-Johnson: "I want to be that guy that has that spark off the bench. Brings energy on the defensive end. Knock down open shots
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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby Battle Tested20 on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:54 pm

noobiew wrote:A 6'3” shooting guard ? If he could play as point then would be nice LOL :cry:

Still better than Andrew Goudelock and Darius Morris right :man13:


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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby Doc Brown on Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:56 pm

It would be nice to have Glock and DJO in at the same time with Kobe / Hill / Bynum. Can't double off anyone in that lineup.

Granted Glock works on his PG game and DJO actually sticks.

But it's Mike Brown so that won't happen, so I shouldn't have even brought it up.
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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby Doc Brown on Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:03 pm

Doc Brown wrote:He plays like James Harden.


RT @MarkGMedina: Johnson-Odom said he's elicited a lot of comparisons to James Harden


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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby jamabile on Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:09 pm

For some reason, I think we Mitch may have gotten a steal with this guy. He can shoot lights out, athletic, and can play defense. I didn't get this excited about our draft prospects this year, but I'm more inclined to believe this guy can get some playing time next year and contribute right away.
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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby Doc Brown on Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:11 pm

jamabile wrote:For some reason, I think we Mitch may have gotten a steal with this guy. He can shoot lights out, athletic, and can play defense. I didn't get this excited about our draft prospects this year, but I'm more inclined to believe this guy can get some playing time next year and contribute right away.


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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby vic5150 on Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:20 pm

Battle Tested20 wrote:
Darius Johnson-Odom ‏@KingMe_DJ1

Laker nation I will not disappoint


https://twitter.com/KingMe_DJ1


We don't believe you, you need more people. I am not impressed with a point guard who can't, as of yet, run the point.
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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby Doc Brown on Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:23 pm

He's not a PG, he's a SG.
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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby jamabile on Thu Jun 28, 2012 10:23 pm

^^^Very true. However, from what he said last year he stated the reason that Glock didn't play was because he was a defensive liability. If Johnson-Odom proves that he can play defense at an NBA level, then I pray that Mike isn't dumb enough to keep him on the bench.
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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby khmrP on Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:06 pm

think they keeping this guy, otherwise they wouldn't have paid money for it. He's a left, I like it :jam2: give me some Nick the Quick flashback....now boot that scrub Casper back to Por.
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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby vic5150 on Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:38 pm

Doc Brown wrote:He's not a PG, he's a SG.


He's 6'2" he's a point guard period. Only way he's checking a SG is in transition cross matches. In fact he's smaller than quite a few point guards. Bravado and athleticism only get you so far, eventually you need to fill the role that has been given to you.
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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby TIME on Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:43 pm

Thanks for posting the videos Rock. Apparently DJO never actually misses. :man12:

Kid looks solid. He seems to have a strong motor, he's built a little like Fish was as a rookie. I like his handles, first step, and his stroke looks smooth. Who knows, maybe Mitch found a bench spark for 12 minutes a game to give Kobe a breather.
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Re: Welcome to the Lakers Darius Johnson Odom

Postby KareemTheGreat33 on Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:46 pm

Finally we got Magic back and it took only 20 years. plus fans who have Odom's jersey are happy :man9:
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