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everything went downhill when ham played that 3 big line up.Bron was +12
Do they have different teammates?
injuries have limited what ham can put around ad in certain times of the game
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injuries have limited what ham can put around ad in certain times of the game
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Dlo is ***. Dude does not know how to get to the rim. Need a guard other than Bron and Reeves whoncan penetrate and finish or dish. Dude isnslow af and is onlyngood for some front runnig 3s. G TF OH
So.......Ham uses the good players for when Bron is in?
Make no mistake, AD is really good.
He's a better Pau Gasol. And Pau is going to the HOF.
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soon as he inserted the 3 big line up the magic lead went to double digits. hayes and wood picked up dumb fouls including 2 illegal screens by hayes. neither got any rebounds or blocks. no effort at all.
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Need Vando back in the worst way.
All around ****** game everywhere pretty much.
But due to injuries and inconsistency, forward play outside of LeBron has been really bad.
All around ****** game everywhere pretty much.
But due to injuries and inconsistency, forward play outside of LeBron has been really bad.
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Bad loss clearly. But early in the season.
Hoping we get Rui and Vando back soon.
Hoping we get Rui and Vando back soon.
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Team forgot how to rebound tonight
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Inexcusable with Bron and AD in the starting lineup
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I know there are injuries, but Ham can't keep trotting out Reddish or Prince with the other four starters.
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Who else he suppose to trot out there...lol
He had 4 guys gone.
He had 4 guys gone.
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Right on schedule soon as we give DLo his props.
He asking for Bron to trade him...
He asking for Bron to trade him...
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Everything points towards Wood until Vando returns.
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I’ve seen enough Reddish, he’s fine as a back-of-the-roster, when everyone is injured guy. when the team is whole, we got better options. The offensive rebounds and 2nd chance points is infuriating, must plug up that hole or it’s gonna be hard to win games.
Wood or Vando for last starting spot. AR and DLo are food out there and need another big on the back line to contest and/or help AD rebound.
Bad loss. Goga Bitadze and rookie Anthony Black took our lunch, come on
Wood or Vando for last starting spot. AR and DLo are food out there and need another big on the back line to contest and/or help AD rebound.
Bad loss. Goga Bitadze and rookie Anthony Black took our lunch, come on
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DLo - 3 point shooting has been sluggish to start. Every where else he’s been fine shooting, career high on 2P%. Last year the first 13 games shot 29.9% from 3. Then went 41.4% the rest of the year. Lowest TO/G of career.
As for defense, DLo likes to play QB and call out everything. If you ever listen to the court feed or mic’d up casts, DLo is always communicating on defense. Kenny Atkinson and Finch talked about how much film he watches and he knows where everything is during a game. But he’s unathletic and cant really compensate it with strength due to his frame. That’s where his physical limitation make him rough on defense.
The answer is really for him, hey there’s your guy, if you’re off ball stick to him. If the shot goes up either you crash or immediately put a body on him(probably would fix a lot of **** for everybody including LeBron, the rebounding part at least). That would solve a decent chunk of his issue. Not losing your guy on defense because he gets too focused on everything and forgets where his man is.
AR - two better games in a row, hopefully starting to turn the corner. The first 4 were atrocious and he was arguably the worst player on the court.
AR has been atrocious according to 2 man lineups with AD -17.1 rating. Almost even with Bron -1.8.
DLo has been bad with AD -5.4, but really good with Bron +6.1. I think they should stick with DLo and AD and AR with Bron to give AR more room. And DLo being the better passer works better with AD. While LeBron can take a lot of perimeter gravity off of AR.
Where it didn’t work last night was in the 1st quarter, Lakers were already in the end of the bench with Max & Jax 7 minutes into the game.
The 5th starter - This is what likely the mid-season move is going to be for, if Vando isn’t stabilizing things. Prince is alright, but him getting 18 points in a game is great and all but it’s by design for the other team. Lakers have 4 guys who can completely control a game on offense. If you force them to constantly have to kick out to TP, it’s a win. There’s no rhythm for the other 4. Also TP has been horrible on defense. The only guy worse, Cam Reddish.
No idea prior to the concussion what’s up with Rui or what the hell they are trying to do with him.
What the 5th starter needs to be… Energy, defense and be okay at hitting an open shot a couple times a game.
Bron - Hard to ask from more from someone as old as our resident geriatric CP. But two things that have been issues. He’s turning the ball over way too much. He’s been careless with the ball way too often and making dumb passes.
Two, he’s not engaged on defense. A chase down block is cool and all. But when the other team is going on a run and LeBron is on the court just watch every thing Bron is doing. Doesn’t have to be Miami LeBron on defense. Just stop taking defense off. You can be engaged and not the primary defender. Or doing it without exerting a ton of energy.
AD- Pick his spots better on offense. Just has to find the two stretches a game where he is putting his stamp on everything.
As for defense, DLo likes to play QB and call out everything. If you ever listen to the court feed or mic’d up casts, DLo is always communicating on defense. Kenny Atkinson and Finch talked about how much film he watches and he knows where everything is during a game. But he’s unathletic and cant really compensate it with strength due to his frame. That’s where his physical limitation make him rough on defense.
The answer is really for him, hey there’s your guy, if you’re off ball stick to him. If the shot goes up either you crash or immediately put a body on him(probably would fix a lot of **** for everybody including LeBron, the rebounding part at least). That would solve a decent chunk of his issue. Not losing your guy on defense because he gets too focused on everything and forgets where his man is.
AR - two better games in a row, hopefully starting to turn the corner. The first 4 were atrocious and he was arguably the worst player on the court.
AR has been atrocious according to 2 man lineups with AD -17.1 rating. Almost even with Bron -1.8.
DLo has been bad with AD -5.4, but really good with Bron +6.1. I think they should stick with DLo and AD and AR with Bron to give AR more room. And DLo being the better passer works better with AD. While LeBron can take a lot of perimeter gravity off of AR.
Where it didn’t work last night was in the 1st quarter, Lakers were already in the end of the bench with Max & Jax 7 minutes into the game.
The 5th starter - This is what likely the mid-season move is going to be for, if Vando isn’t stabilizing things. Prince is alright, but him getting 18 points in a game is great and all but it’s by design for the other team. Lakers have 4 guys who can completely control a game on offense. If you force them to constantly have to kick out to TP, it’s a win. There’s no rhythm for the other 4. Also TP has been horrible on defense. The only guy worse, Cam Reddish.
No idea prior to the concussion what’s up with Rui or what the hell they are trying to do with him.
What the 5th starter needs to be… Energy, defense and be okay at hitting an open shot a couple times a game.
Bron - Hard to ask from more from someone as old as our resident geriatric CP. But two things that have been issues. He’s turning the ball over way too much. He’s been careless with the ball way too often and making dumb passes.
Two, he’s not engaged on defense. A chase down block is cool and all. But when the other team is going on a run and LeBron is on the court just watch every thing Bron is doing. Doesn’t have to be Miami LeBron on defense. Just stop taking defense off. You can be engaged and not the primary defender. Or doing it without exerting a ton of energy.
AD- Pick his spots better on offense. Just has to find the two stretches a game where he is putting his stamp on everything.
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Damn man. Hopefully Rui is ok....
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wouldn't mind having either one of AR or DLo come off the bench when the team is healthy. i don't have anything against either of them, but having both your lead guards being unathletic turnstiles is rough.
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Problem with that is Prince has been abhorrent on defense.
Reaves is 8 points worse than DLo on defense rating. Prince is 1 worse than that. Going into last night.
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need to trade dlo for someone who can get to the rim and has rather large collection of insense.
