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A phrase ”follow into" in a context

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I'm a ( an old style ) basketball fan and when I was reading this article

And I encountered this line,

Walton inherited a team that was ripped to the studs by Kobe Bryant's retirement tour and propped up by a pair of the NBA's worst contracts — Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov, one of whom is still cashing checks not to play for the Lakers and the other of whom cost them their No. 2 pick from 2015 in a salary dump. Starless and cap-strapped is not the best starting point, but Walton built the crop of draft picks who followed into a team attractive enough to lure LeBron to Los Angeles.

What would this phrase "follow into" mean in this context?

I can not find any definition either by paid or free dictionaries.

I appreciate you all native speakers' support in advance(m_m).

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I'm a ( an old style ) basketball fan and when I was reading this article

And I encountered this line,

Walton inherited a team that was ripped to the studs by Kobe Bryant's retirement tour and propped up by a pair of the NBA's worst contracts — Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov, one of whom is still cashing checks not to play for the Lakers and the other of whom cost them their No. 2 pick from 2015 in a salary dump. Starless and cap-strapped is not the best starting point, but Walton built the crop of draft picks who followed into a team attractive enough to lure LeBron to Los Angeles.

What would this phrase "follow into" mean in this context?

I can not find any definition either by paid or free dictionaries.

I appreciate you all native speakers' support in advance(m_m).

phrases

share|improve this question

asked 2 hours ago

Kentaro TomonoKentaro Tomono

7231719

add a comment | 

I'm a ( an old style ) basketball fan and when I was reading this article

And I encountered this line,

Walton inherited a team that was ripped to the studs by Kobe Bryant's retirement tour and propped up by a pair of the NBA's worst contracts — Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov, one of whom is still cashing checks not to play for the Lakers and the other of whom cost them their No. 2 pick from 2015 in a salary dump. Starless and cap-strapped is not the best starting point, but Walton built the crop of draft picks who followed into a team attractive enough to lure LeBron to Los Angeles.

What would this phrase "follow into" mean in this context?

I can not find any definition either by paid or free dictionaries.

I appreciate you all native speakers' support in advance(m_m).

phrases

share|improve this question

asked 2 hours ago

Kentaro TomonoKentaro Tomono

7231719

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asked 2 hours ago

Kentaro TomonoKentaro Tomono

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Walton built the crop of draft picks who followed into a team attractive enough to lure LeBron to Los Angeles

This means:

Walton built the picks, who came later, into a good team.

“Who Followed” is one idea, and “into a team” is a different idea.

“Into” is used to say “he turned ingredients into a result.”

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answered 2 hours ago

whiskeychiefwhiskeychief

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  Thanks! I think yours would be almost same with David Siegel's. But yours is much simpler, kindly let me have some time to choose the best answer.
  
  – Kentaro Tomono
  25 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

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Consider the key section of the sentence:

...Walton built the crop of draft picks who followed into a team attractive enough ..

Here "the crop of draft picks who followed" is the group of people who were picked by the team after the drafts of Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov. Call this geoup of players "the guys" and we have

Walton built the guys into a team attractive enough...

In short the pattern here is

"A built B into C" so "built into" is the compound verb. Here A is "Walton" B is "the crop of draft picks who followed" and C is "a team attractive enough..."

To help clarify this, the final sentence of the paragraph could be rewritten as:

Starless and cap-strapped is not the best starting point, but Walton built the group of players who were drafted subsequent to Deng and Mozgov, into a team attractive enough to lure LeBron to Los Angeles.

without changing the meaning at all.

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edited 14 mins ago

answered 2 hours ago

David SiegelDavid Siegel

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  You explained basically the same thing using different words.
  
  – Kaique
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  @Kaique I do not think so at all. "followed" does not belong with "into". "Followed modifies "players" to indicate which players: those who followed [the poor picks] . "Followed' here is a sequence in time. not followed in the sense of "he followed where Joe led" or any of several other posisble senses on "followed". The answer by whiskeychief does say pretty much the same thing that I did.
  
  – David Siegel
  2 hours ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  Thanks! I think the image became clearer in myself. So, I bet the verb "follow" here would be equal, like, "continued to play together",am I wrong? I wish or doubt that there should have been a comma between follow and into in my personal opinion.
  
  – Kentaro Tomono
  27 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Kentaro Tomono Not quite. "Follow" here means "came after" or "jointed the team after." It refers back to "Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov," and "the players who followed" are those who joined later than Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov. I think a comma after "followed" would be undesirable.
  
  – David Siegel
  20 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  You are right. Who followed were the "the crop of draft picks" ( which are persons ). Thanks!.
  
  – Kentaro Tomono
  15 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

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In that context "followed into" means "became/turned into/made"

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answered 2 hours ago

KaiqueKaique

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  With much appreciation!
  
  – Kentaro Tomono
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Kentaro Tomono I think this is not quite right, i will try an answer.
  
  – David Siegel
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @DavidSiegel Oh, thank you.....
  
  – Kentaro Tomono
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  He had come up with a selection of players that followed into a great team, that became a great team.
  
  – Kaique
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  @ Kaique "followed into" is not a grammatical unit here, "Players that followed' is
  
  – David Siegel
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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Walton built the crop of draft picks who followed into a team attractive enough to lure LeBron to Los Angeles

This means:

Walton built the picks, who came later, into a good team.

“Who Followed” is one idea, and “into a team” is a different idea.

“Into” is used to say “he turned ingredients into a result.”

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

whiskeychiefwhiskeychief

52129

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks! I think yours would be almost same with David Siegel's. But yours is much simpler, kindly let me have some time to choose the best answer.
  
  – Kentaro Tomono
  25 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

2

Walton built the crop of draft picks who followed into a team attractive enough to lure LeBron to Los Angeles

This means:

Walton built the picks, who came later, into a good team.

“Who Followed” is one idea, and “into a team” is a different idea.

“Into” is used to say “he turned ingredients into a result.”

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

whiskeychiefwhiskeychief

52129

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks! I think yours would be almost same with David Siegel's. But yours is much simpler, kindly let me have some time to choose the best answer.
  
  – Kentaro Tomono
  25 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

Walton built the crop of draft picks who followed into a team attractive enough to lure LeBron to Los Angeles

This means:

Walton built the picks, who came later, into a good team.

“Who Followed” is one idea, and “into a team” is a different idea.

“Into” is used to say “he turned ingredients into a result.”

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

whiskeychiefwhiskeychief

52129

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

whiskeychiefwhiskeychief

52129

answered 2 hours ago

whiskeychiefwhiskeychief

52129

answered 2 hours ago

whiskeychiefwhiskeychief

52129

1

Consider the key section of the sentence:

...Walton built the crop of draft picks who followed into a team attractive enough ..

Here "the crop of draft picks who followed" is the group of people who were picked by the team after the drafts of Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov. Call this geoup of players "the guys" and we have

Walton built the guys into a team attractive enough...

In short the pattern here is

"A built B into C" so "built into" is the compound verb. Here A is "Walton" B is "the crop of draft picks who followed" and C is "a team attractive enough..."

To help clarify this, the final sentence of the paragraph could be rewritten as:

Starless and cap-strapped is not the best starting point, but Walton built the group of players who were drafted subsequent to Deng and Mozgov, into a team attractive enough to lure LeBron to Los Angeles.

without changing the meaning at all.

share|improve this answer

edited 14 mins ago

answered 2 hours ago

David SiegelDavid Siegel

1,767112

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You explained basically the same thing using different words.
  
  – Kaique
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Kaique I do not think so at all. "followed" does not belong with "into". "Followed modifies "players" to indicate which players: those who followed [the poor picks] . "Followed' here is a sequence in time. not followed in the sense of "he followed where Joe led" or any of several other posisble senses on "followed". The answer by whiskeychief does say pretty much the same thing that I did.
  
  – David Siegel
  2 hours ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks! I think the image became clearer in myself. So, I bet the verb "follow" here would be equal, like, "continued to play together",am I wrong? I wish or doubt that there should have been a comma between follow and into in my personal opinion.
  
  – Kentaro Tomono
  27 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Kentaro Tomono Not quite. "Follow" here means "came after" or "jointed the team after." It refers back to "Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov," and "the players who followed" are those who joined later than Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov. I think a comma after "followed" would be undesirable.
  
  – David Siegel
  20 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You are right. Who followed were the "the crop of draft picks" ( which are persons ). Thanks!.
  
  – Kentaro Tomono
  15 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 1 more comment

1

Consider the key section of the sentence:

...Walton built the crop of draft picks who followed into a team attractive enough ..

Here "the crop of draft picks who followed" is the group of people who were picked by the team after the drafts of Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov. Call this geoup of players "the guys" and we have

Walton built the guys into a team attractive enough...

In short the pattern here is

"A built B into C" so "built into" is the compound verb. Here A is "Walton" B is "the crop of draft picks who followed" and C is "a team attractive enough..."

To help clarify this, the final sentence of the paragraph could be rewritten as:

Starless and cap-strapped is not the best starting point, but Walton built the group of players who were drafted subsequent to Deng and Mozgov, into a team attractive enough to lure LeBron to Los Angeles.

without changing the meaning at all.

share|improve this answer

edited 14 mins ago

answered 2 hours ago

David SiegelDavid Siegel

1,767112

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You explained basically the same thing using different words.
  
  – Kaique
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Kaique I do not think so at all. "followed" does not belong with "into". "Followed modifies "players" to indicate which players: those who followed [the poor picks] . "Followed' here is a sequence in time. not followed in the sense of "he followed where Joe led" or any of several other posisble senses on "followed". The answer by whiskeychief does say pretty much the same thing that I did.
  
  – David Siegel
  2 hours ago
  
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Thanks! I think the image became clearer in myself. So, I bet the verb "follow" here would be equal, like, "continued to play together",am I wrong? I wish or doubt that there should have been a comma between follow and into in my personal opinion.
  
  – Kentaro Tomono
  27 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Kentaro Tomono Not quite. "Follow" here means "came after" or "jointed the team after." It refers back to "Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov," and "the players who followed" are those who joined later than Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov. I think a comma after "followed" would be undesirable.
  
  – David Siegel
  20 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  You are right. Who followed were the "the crop of draft picks" ( which are persons ). Thanks!.
  
  – Kentaro Tomono
  15 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 1 more comment

Consider the key section of the sentence:

...Walton built the crop of draft picks who followed into a team attractive enough ..

Here "the crop of draft picks who followed" is the group of people who were picked by the team after the drafts of Luol Deng and Timofey Mozgov. Call this geoup of players "the guys" and we have

Walton built the guys into a team attractive enough...

In short the pattern here is

"A built B into C" so "built into" is the compound verb. Here A is "Walton" B is "the crop of draft picks who followed" and C is "a team attractive enough..."

To help clarify this, the final sentence of the paragraph could be rewritten as:

Starless and cap-strapped is not the best starting point, but Walton built the group of players who were drafted subsequent to Deng and Mozgov, into a team attractive enough to lure LeBron to Los Angeles.

without changing the meaning at all.

share|improve this answer

edited 14 mins ago

answered 2 hours ago

David SiegelDavid Siegel

1,767112

share|improve this answer

edited 14 mins ago

answered 2 hours ago

David SiegelDavid Siegel

1,767112

answered 2 hours ago

David SiegelDavid Siegel

1,767112

answered 2 hours ago

David SiegelDavid Siegel

1,767112

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In that context "followed into" means "became/turned into/made"

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

KaiqueKaique

1,796623

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  With much appreciation!
  
  – Kentaro Tomono
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Kentaro Tomono I think this is not quite right, i will try an answer.
  
  – David Siegel
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @DavidSiegel Oh, thank you.....
  
  – Kentaro Tomono
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  He had come up with a selection of players that followed into a great team, that became a great team.
  
  – Kaique
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @ Kaique "followed into" is not a grammatical unit here, "Players that followed' is
  
  – David Siegel
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

0

In that context "followed into" means "became/turned into/made"

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

KaiqueKaique

1,796623

• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  With much appreciation!
  
  – Kentaro Tomono
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Kentaro Tomono I think this is not quite right, i will try an answer.
  
  – David Siegel
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @DavidSiegel Oh, thank you.....
  
  – Kentaro Tomono
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  He had come up with a selection of players that followed into a great team, that became a great team.
  
  – Kaique
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @ Kaique "followed into" is not a grammatical unit here, "Players that followed' is
  
  – David Siegel
  2 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

In that context "followed into" means "became/turned into/made"

share|improve this answer

answered 2 hours ago

KaiqueKaique

1,796623

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answered 2 hours ago

KaiqueKaique

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answered 2 hours ago

KaiqueKaique

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KaiqueKaique

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