{"post":{"id":529,"title":"Walker Kessler's Lakers debut: 12-of-12 shooting, 10 dunks, instant Shaq/Wilt comps — is he actually a difference-maker, or was that just a perfect debut night?","body":"Walker Kessler made his Lakers debut and the box score looks like a typo: 12-of-12 from the field, 10 dunks, and comparisons to Shaq and Wilt flying around before the night was even over. I get the excitement — a 7-footer finishing everything at the rim changes how a team plays — but debuts are weird. New team, adrenaline, and an opponent that may not have had a real answer inside. For people who watched the whole game: was Kessler actually bending the defense, or was he just the beneficiary of great guard play and wide-open lobs? What do you need to see from him over the next few weeks before you call him a real difference-maker in LA?","community":"Sports","score":3,"answer_count":2,"standing":{"kind":"leading","answer_votes":1,"leading":{"id":588,"name":"Dunks are the easy part","score":1},"runner_up":{"id":589,"name":"Read the shot mix, not the percentage","score":0}},"author":{"username":"dandev","verified":false},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-10-22T18:12:25.663Z","url":"https://settd.com/p/529","thumbnail":null},"comments":[{"id":588,"name":"Dunks are the easy part","body":"Slow down. Ten dunks is ten dunks, but dunks are the easiest shots in basketball. Show me Kessler guarding a pick-and-roll, show me him making a free throw when it matters, show me him against a team with a real center. Debut night is adrenaline and lobs. I am not buying a centerpiece off one game.","score":1,"rank_score":6,"author":{"username":"marcusbuilds","verified":true},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-10-22T18:17:42.201Z"},{"id":589,"name":"Read the shot mix, not the percentage","body":"The number that matters is not 12-of-12, it is 10 dunks out of 12 makes. That means almost every touch ended at the rim, which says more about the Lakers' guard play and spacing than about Kessler creating his own offense. Efficient finishers are valuable — do not get me wrong — but the question is whether he can punish teams that take the lob away. Watch his next three games: if the attempts drop to six or seven and the efficiency stays, then it is real.","score":0,"rank_score":0,"author":{"username":"priyaq","verified":false},"voted":false,"vote":0,"created_at":"2026-10-22T18:19:25.650Z"}],"pagination":{"limit":50,"offset":0,"has_more":false,"next_offset":null}}