Jodie Meeks Discussion: Defensive Liability

Post a reply

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby lakerfan2 on Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:57 am

any move we're looking to do is pending dwight.
"we just want to win now...and that's our only goal, is to win. everything else comes second" - d. howard
User avatar
lakerfan2

 
Posts: 7825
Joined: Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:23 pm
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby Damian Necronamous on Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:59 am

Any Dwight trade will clearly not happen until at least mid-late August. There's no way we wait that long to try to add another swingman to our bench. We can't afford to.

Players like Meeks will have signed in Russia or Spain by then.
Damian Necronamous

 
Posts: 592
Joined: Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:35 pm
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby khmrP on Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:03 am

fksteveblake wrote:
also, are you seriously telling me that meeks and nash would never play together in any games?


no, I said its not a good idea defensively and 2ndly it would rarely happen since Nash should sit before Kobe does. Where is this notion that Meeks is a good defender from? I never heard anyone say he was a good defender and at 6 4" he's just gona get abused like Blake did. Again I never said I was against this signing, I just said he wouldn't get open if Blake is his counterpart guard.
User avatar
khmrP

 
Posts: 9222
Joined: Sat May 26, 2007 10:45 pm
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby karacha on Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:22 am

He would be good for our bench, but no -- he's not a good defender. Not even close.
Image

"It's not realistic to get younger and better when you only have the veteran's minimum to offer free agents." :mhihi:

-Mitch Kupchak
User avatar
karacha
CL Global Moderator
 
Posts: 34340
Joined: Tue Nov 01, 2005 3:20 pm
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby therealdeal on Fri Jul 27, 2012 11:33 am

PurpleNGold1 wrote:
therealdeal wrote:Alright so I delved a bit deeper into what Meeks is as a player (just a bit mind you) and here's what I got:

He shot 2.9/7.1 (40.9%) from the field last season and 1.4/4.0 (36.5%) from deep. Taking that a bit deeper:
- He shot his worst percentage from just inside the 3-Point line at 32.4%; unfortunately that's were his 3rd most shot attempts came from.
- He shot his best percentage around the rim at 61.7%, the good news is that this was his 2nd most prefered shot destination, a sign that he is also willing to attack.
- He shot 42.3% from 3-9 feet and 44.4% from 10-15 feet, but shot only 26 and 36 shots from those spots respectively, which are his two lowest totals by far (the next closest was 16-3pt line with 71 attempts).
- All that being said, he shot easily the most from outside where he was fairly successful (100/279 for 35.8%).
- He shot 408 jumpshots compared to only 85 dunks or layups (5 dunks on the season).


He may not be a creator, but he seems to be able to get to the basket enough because of the respect people have for his jump shot.
SPOKEN LIKE A TRU GM :man9:

Thanks :man10: just doin' my job.
Stu : "Yeah, that's an old fashioned whoopin'."
therealdeal
CL Global Moderator
 
Posts: 31851
Joined: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:03 pm
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby Phil XI on Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:41 pm

To super simplify: is he better than Ebanks or not?

Essentially, whomever is brought in as the 3rd wing will have to be better than Ebay, or don't waste the time.
Get 17!!
User avatar
Phil XI

 
Posts: 1584
Joined: Tue Jul 06, 2010 11:23 pm
Location: Only 2 mo's until Blake's a trade-able expiring asset!
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby Texas Lakers Fan on Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:55 pm

Phil XI wrote:To super simplify: is he better than Ebanks or not?

Essentially, whomever is brought in as the 3rd wing will have to be better than Ebay, or don't waste the time.

Much better.
Image
User avatar
Texas Lakers Fan

 
Posts: 5438
Joined: Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:26 am
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby trodgers on Fri Jul 27, 2012 1:10 pm

Sure seems like he's better than Ebanks.
blog.travisjrodgers.com
Its like Dr. Buss is guarding the Celtic rim this second half. Nothings dropping
User avatar
trodgers
Site Manager
 
Posts: 42716
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 6:31 pm
Location: Orlando
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby Alcindor on Fri Jul 27, 2012 1:45 pm

TSpence26 wrote:passs... would rather get rush or pietrus


That's nice. Not having the means with which to obtain those players might be a hurdle.
User avatar
Alcindor

 
Posts: 1779
Joined: Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:22 pm
Location: North Hollywood
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby Whatthef? on Fri Jul 27, 2012 1:45 pm

I would rather have Rush, but either one is far better than what the Lakers have on the bench.
User avatar
Whatthef?

 
Posts: 993
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:03 pm
Location: SactownLaker
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby Battle Tested20 on Fri Jul 27, 2012 2:09 pm

Whatthef? wrote:I would rather have Rush, but either one is far better than what the Lakers have on the bench.

Of course, we would rather have Rush, but that's extremely unlikely given his contract situation in how Warriors can match any offer and we just signed the one player that could have been used to do a sign and trade with him in Jordan Hill.
Image
"I just put my faith in God. Through him we can do all things"
- Kobe Bryant, March 24, 2004
User avatar
Battle Tested20

 
Posts: 8581
Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:39 pm
Location: San Diego, CA (SDSU)
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby ragesince1516 on Fri Jul 27, 2012 2:25 pm

For some reason all these 3 point specialist don't work on the Lakers.
As good as anybody, much much better than most.
User avatar
ragesince1516

 
Posts: 1456
Joined: Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:45 pm
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby lakersyunowin on Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:55 pm

khmrP wrote:
fksteveblake wrote:
also, are you seriously telling me that meeks and nash would never play together in any games?


no, I said its not a good idea defensively and 2ndly it would rarely happen since Nash should sit before Kobe does. Where is this notion that Meeks is a good defender from? I never heard anyone say he was a good defender and at 6 4" he's just gona get abused like Blake did. Again I never said I was against this signing, I just said he wouldn't get open if Blake is his counterpart guard.


i never said he was a good defender. you wanted the good defender, so i asked you to show me who we could get who could defend, shoot the 3, and was cheap and would provide the better alternative to meeks
the artist formerly known as fklukewalton, fksteveblake, and fkmikebrown
User avatar
lakersyunowin

 
Posts: 9238
Joined: Sat Apr 25, 2009 7:19 pm
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby Battle Tested20 on Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:02 pm

annnnn wrote:For some reason all these 3 point specialist don't work on the Lakers.

except for Vlad Rad
Image
"I just put my faith in God. Through him we can do all things"
- Kobe Bryant, March 24, 2004
User avatar
Battle Tested20

 
Posts: 8581
Joined: Mon Oct 02, 2006 11:39 pm
Location: San Diego, CA (SDSU)
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby LTLakerFan on Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:50 pm

Alcindor wrote:
TSpence26 wrote:passs... would rather get rush or pietrus


That's nice. Not having the means with which to obtain those players might be a hurdle.



:man10: :man10:
LTLakerFan

 
Posts: 3843
Joined: Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:44 pm
Location: SoCal
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby Texas Lakers Fan on Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:51 pm

Any update?
Image
User avatar
Texas Lakers Fan

 
Posts: 5438
Joined: Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:26 am
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby XXIV on Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:58 pm

^ Nope, just that we continue to show interest in Meeks.
XXIV

 
Posts: 5390
Joined: Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:20 am
Location: Los Angeles
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby Weezy on Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:58 pm

Do want.
User avatar
Weezy
CL Global Moderator
 
Posts: 46019
Joined: Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:14 am
Location: Anaheim, CA
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby Texas Lakers Fan on Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:02 pm

XXIV wrote:^ Nope, just that we continue to show interest in Meeks.

You mean nothing is "imminent"?
Image
User avatar
Texas Lakers Fan

 
Posts: 5438
Joined: Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:26 am
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby Ariza3 on Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:27 pm

we need scoring off the bench. no matter who's on our bench chances are their defense would suck. so why not get a young guy who can score? we got jaminson...now we need a guard who can score, and both of them can take the scoring load for the bench unit.

Nash/Nate
Kobe/Meeks
MWP/Ebanks
Pau/Jaminson
Drew/Hill

seems like a pretty nice offensive bench to me. come in and spark the offense.
User avatar
Ariza3

 
Posts: 4179
Joined: Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:28 pm
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby KareemTheGreat33 on Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:53 pm

Nate is an idiot but that could be the thing that gets him here.
Bananash
User avatar
KareemTheGreat33

 
Posts: 6821
Joined: Fri Jul 09, 2004 2:52 am
Location: Philippines
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby TSpence26 on Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:57 pm

I am going off on a limb here but I am going to predict signing Meeks may or may not be imminent...
TSpence26

 
Posts: 152
Joined: Thu Jul 08, 2010 2:40 am
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby cthroatgtr on Sat Jul 28, 2012 7:04 am

KareemTheGreat33 wrote:Nate is an idiot but that could be the thing that gets him here.

No on Nate Robinson. Every 10th game he goes off, but the other 9 he is a black hole on offense and a complete liability on defense. He also cannot backup SG which is where the Lakers are thinnest currently. Plus I have never seem him as a catch/shoot player and the offense would dictate the best fits are catch/shoot players.
cthroatgtr

 
Posts: 2295
Joined: Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:06 pm
Location: so cal
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby GoldenKnight on Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:17 am

Weezy wrote:Do want.
Image

CHECK OUT MY DESIGNS ON FB/INSTAGRAM/TWITTER: @GoldenKnightGFX
User avatar
GoldenKnight

 
Posts: 1972
Joined: Thu Oct 28, 2010 7:57 am
Top

Re: Lakers in contact with Jodie Meeks

Postby Kou on Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:18 am

cthroatgtr wrote:
KareemTheGreat33 wrote:Nate is an idiot but that could be the thing that gets him here.

No on Nate Robinson. Every 10th game he goes off, but the other 9 he is a black hole on offense and a complete liability on defense. He also cannot backup SG which is where the Lakers are thinnest currently. Plus I have never seem him as a catch/shoot player and the offense would dictate the best fits are catch/shoot players.


100% what this man said, just say no to Robinson.
NBA 2k9 team:

Fisher/Rose/Watson
Bryant/Wells
Lee/Ariza/Walton
Gasol/Yi
Bynum/Zo
User avatar
Kou

 
Posts: 3017
Joined: Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:22 am
Top
PreviousNext
Post a reply

Return to Lakers Discussion

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: therealdeal and 15 guests

cron
Advertise Here | Privacy Policy | ©2008 Sculu Sports. Come Strong.