Game 13: LAC (3-8) @ DAL (3-9) 7:30 PM CT

[KillerLeft]

Some good DLO moments.  I just feel in his two best shooting games (this one and Detroit) I just don't care.  When he is hot he is exciting, but I just find it boring and short term.  Maybe just me.

It's not just you. 

To be fair, the offense has been so dysfunctional and the lineups have been so experimental that I think the ball-handlers are having just as much trouble getting acclimated as everyone else, so I think he'll look better as things progress, especially now that he and Williams are all the way in the rotation, but...what's the point?

The allure of DLO was based on the idea that the team might be good. I don't think we realized around here (maybe we should have, in hindsight) that he'd almost have to be the REASON they were good for that to happen. He was literally getting an extra defender thrown at him down the stretch last night. The other team figuring out they can beat you if they can get the ball out of DLo's hands is just not a great place to be (lol). Honestly, there were a couple of possessions when he should have taken the hint and given the ball up, but that brings us back to the reality that DeAngelo Russell is the only experienced PG on a team that told us with a straight face they were trying to contend. 

The contract is a good one, and if DLO was playing behind some real NBA guards with experience and chemistry, he'd be helpful (again, on THIS contract). We don't talk about it much, but I'd look for him to be a fairly popular name at the TDL.