The Truth About Lakers' Defensive Disaster
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- Опубліковано 25 лис 2024
- The Lakers can't seem to generate stops at a high enough rate and are getting crushed in transition, watching as opponents race down the floor. What needs to happen? Trevor Lane takes a look at what JJ Redick and Anthony Davis had to say....
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No defense, no championships. Simple as that.
Literally
Lebron is too old 😴 this exact team with prime lebron is a lock for the finals
@@lamarlashley8738 this team is garbage lebron in his prime does not make it a lock to the finals
@@kreezyn 9 straight finals is definitely a lock 🔐
East dude
It’s been 3 years now and we still can’t matchup well enough with the same damn team 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️ embarrassing
They have had the same team for the last three years
No size to stop anyone
@@EdwardCzaczkes-ky8txstill yet to have a guy who can guard MPJ. Vando is always hurt and Rui is too big and slow to guard most wings.
Nobody can go out and hurt Jamal or jockitch? Put me in the game I can take 1000 a night to flagrant foul any of the players🤷🏽♂️
That’s rob pelinka for you
@@SSJRome they need a bruiser down there to stop Gordon and jockitch with their passing tbh Drummond would be perfect
And to be honest, AD may be burnt out defensively. I am sure it gets deflating when you are the only one out there who is capable of playing solid defensive consistently.
It’s more deflating to know that your GM refuses to help make your team better, this is on Rob and Jeanie per usual
Naw... AD gotta man up !! Jokic got his card and so does Sabonis .. 🥷 balls shrivel up when he matches up against those 2 ... they don't need help when they play against him
Man stop making excuses. Bam does it. Rudy does it. AD isn’t this this great defensive anchor as y’all love to claim. He can’t even make a subpar defensive unit at least avg. They been bad the last 3 years on defense and they are HISTORICALLY bad against the Nuggets. Every game they play the Nuggets, they basically have a qtr where they shoot 60+ percent and outscore the Lakers by 20+ or they shoot 70%+ down the clutch of close games. They are 27th in defensive rating this season with AD basically playing every game lol. His defense is severely overrated. The Lakers were last good on defense when they literally had 6-8 good defenders on the squad at one time, not because AD was raising the level of the defense. If Bam can make the Heat a decent defense with Rozier, Herro and Love playing at one time, AD has no excuse with better athletes overall. Joker been out running AD up and down the court the last 3 years, they just need to get a trade poppin and bring in some athletes who are willing to compete on defense
@@josephhandy8767 come on now. The heat and the Wolves are built as defensive teams. The whole team plays defense. Especially Rudy, his team makes him better defensively and against smaller lineups he gets subbed out. The Heat culture is defense, the whole team puts back effort on defense. The same cannot be said for LA.
@@josephhandy8767 also tell me which players and team the Joker does not dominate?? I agree that AD shrinks when he plays Sabonis, but let's not act like AD is the only player that has a hard time with Joker. Apparently the whole league does every single year. And if I remember correctly, AD averaged 28 & 15 in the nuggets series last playoffs.
its the roster, there is no way this collection of players will EVER be good in transition on defense, pretending otherwise is part of the problem 🙄
Fact
JJ’s lineups in the 3rd quarter gave me Darvin Ham PTSD 😵💫
had no choice unfortunately 🤷🏾♂️ his gm gave him a guard heavy team
@@SSJRome Just like Ham did
@@SSJRome Stop making excuses for JJ-Ham/JJ-can'tCoach.
@ lol all of a sudden he can’t coach is hilarious there’s a big difference between excuses and just literally not having enough bodies
@@SSJRome Who said he could coach, since he never did it before?
Lakers folded like clean sheets. Embarrassing loss, no heart no effort. You would think they would have a comeback game after heartbreaking loss to Orlando
Vando really saved this team on defense him being absent revealed a lot of holes he covered when he was healthy
Agreed!!!
@@deereed3303 this why I can’t take any vando slander man he carried this team on his back when it came to defense I see ad going that same direction if he doesn’t come back soon man 🙏🏻
I said this once and i will say it again. High octane guards and forwards will feast because we simply do not have the players that can guard. AR can’t be your POA defender. Also, cam reddish can’t be the only one in the starting lineup playing defense. AD as well.
If Cam was a scorer he would be perfect for us.
@@TonyG-b2she shot pretty well yesterday. He’s jus not quick enough to be going around screens guarding guards lol.. our guard should be doing that 😂
This shook me. This wasn't a loss , it was a betrayal. They gave up like a 5th grade YMCA league game.
They need to trade for defensive pieces but they also must stop running 3 non defensive guard lineups like ar, dalton, and dlo . WTH
Crazy how in just one game Yokic knocked AD out the MVP discussion 🤦🏾♂️
No he didn’t 😂
Pelinka is totally to blame..No trades...Same damn players
Thank you! I couldn't believe so many people were ok with this team staying as is once pelinka started funneling out excuses about no moves. I get we are above 500 but I'm seeing too many bad habits that can be detrimental to us in the long run
Trade with who?? You don't want the players you're trying to get rid of, but you expect somebody else will? lol
@@herusun3654that’s where draft picks come in.
The thing is that they've never been 💯 healthy. We've never really seen them. However, Gabe Vincent needs to go to the G league.
I don’t get why people thought it would be any different? Rob brought back the same damn team.
We need a PG that can defend the other elite PGs
We need a true C to help AD with rim defense.
@@thatfatguy7591 we have bronny great 3 and d player give him some run 🏃🏾♂️
@@lamarlashley8738u mean oliveri🤣
@@zkupnext_9294 lol him too
@@lamarlashley8738Bronny ain't gonna do shit. I'm real sick and tired of yall bringing up about him. That dude is a straight up scrub.
That was the worst game I’ve watched in a long time.
For Rob to sit on his behind and not being pro active on the trade market is beyond frustrating to watch. 🥺
@@pierre.rolex1141 Hallelujah Hallelujah 🙏🏾👍🏾
JJ taking accountability at least there is that. The bare minimum a coach can do is take accountability. I couldn't stand last years lack of accountability from the coaching staff.
Where? What accountability! Did he say he made no adjustments? Did he say he called out his players that don’t play defense? Did he admit he was wrong in not calling a timeout during a 30 point run by Denver? Ohhhhhh he said the coaching staff is PARTLY to blame, that’s not accountability. That’s stating the obvious.
@@ddh540jj just be talking lol and they run with it 😂
The most senior superstar doesn’t play any defense! Just waiting for the playin when all his teammates been banged up already.
Great analysis Trev, I can’t blame you, you actually outlined the statistical conflicts and weaknesses of Denver vs Lakers before the game. You were spot on. As for the game I’ve seen Bron and AD be amazing and they lose to Nuggets so them being bad just is to what degree they lose. The constant of why they lose is bad perimeter defense from the others. Please somebody be brave enough to sit reeves or trade him and DLo and move on. Have D4 be the only weak link and load up on defenders to protect him. Bron can play Dee when needed so can Cam and AD, Add another defender center or wing and make Rui sixth man. It’s tough love time if this team wants to contend not just pretend
Best take bro. U on point. We are playing too many liabilities. Liabilities who are our best offensive players is whats killing us… look at the Nuggets the only defensive liability playing in the playoffs for them is Jamal Murray and he makes up for it on the offensive end.
Also look at how the clippers are winning without Kawhi. James harden is just playing with a bunch of good defenders and he’s still able to win games. Defense wins championships not saying u dont need offense tho.
Keep reaves he can contribute efficiently off the bench and he can ball in the playoffs. But I agree with getting defenders but we need to balance between defenders and shooters
It's not just a defense. Trevor, it goes way deeper than that.The rebounding is more important than the defense.
They really quit during the game that pissed me off more than them
Not playing defense!!!
3rd quarter melt
Down had flash backs of last year
Three trades to save the Lakers.
1) Rui & JHS plus 2 2nds for Marcus Smart
2) Gabe for Valencunis and a heavily protected 1st
3) DLo for Dorian Finney Smith and a protected 1st
Like these trades but the only thing is that ever since Marcus smart got to Memphis he's been injury prone
Wth no😂😂
Please don't ever say this dumb ahh take again.
Make those trades if you want to miss the playoffs completely
@ exactly can’t believe bro really said that😂
More than D. We were up 10 near end of 1st half and the O went scoreless allowing Denver to cut the deficit. The O continued to stall in the 3rd and you could visibly see AD and LBJs body language shift and the rest of the team followed suit. The second Denver punched back we folded like cheap sheets. This game told me a lot. All the optimism I had is gone. Especially after blowing the game vs magic to compound. We’ve only beaten scrubs. The second an opponent shows any resilience we fold. It’s the new NBA. Leads evaporate in a few minutes. You have to expect ALL teams to make a push from the top of the league to the bottom of the barrel. Only way I’ll feel any more confidence is if the team goes on another 3-4 game win streak within the week.
DEFENSE???? We scored 39 points in the second half…Denver scored 37 in the third quarter. Our defense was definitely bad last night, but our offense was worse in the second half. I would love it if someone would go back and watch the game in the second half and count how many times we got a stop and then went down on the other end and turned the ball over or forced a bad shot or just missed a wide open shot.
They totally shut us down in the second half, our offense was pathetic. I think a part of that was only giving six or seven shots to Dalton Knecht. Rui is not consistent enough, nor is he a good enough outside shooter, to force the defense to stay honest, and it is important for a rhythm player like Dalton to get touches, as his ceiling is higher than Rui’s, but we can only maximize Knecht if he is out there with the starters.
Rui can do what he does off the bench or with the starting unit. It won’t really affect him. He’ll get his 12 to 15 no matter what. We need to force feed Dalton 15-20 shots per night. He’ll average 20-25 if we do that. He’s the third scorer we’ve been looking/waiting for 🙄🤷
Denver had a good gameplan for shutting out dalton. If they are jamming and denying ball, you waste 10 second already off that alone.
They scored 70 in the second half and put up 125 pts on us..Our defense was ateocious
Totally agree and commented similar.
the truth is AR and Bron don't want to feed DK ! Especially AR ! Bad ball handler but always control the ball , that's sick !
@@CannedHam2479 the NBA league wide ppg average this season is 114 ppg, 127 is more than 114, but 78 points (the 39 points we scored in the second half doubled to represent our second half offensive performance over 4 quarters) is WAY less than 114, and the 39 points in the second half was an 18 point deviation from league average (57). That’s a 36 point deviation from the average over 4 quarters, V.S. the 13 point deviation for the defense, which was also consistently put in a bad position from the abysmal offense. 🙄 So, LIKE I SAID, while the defense was BAD, the OFFENSE WAS WAY WORSE!
When do we trade Reaves? That’s how we can get some athletic wings! He’s to one dimensional
It's b/c our guys jog back, they feel themselves when they hit the shot and they don't hustle back. It a matter of effort and lack of urgency.
I think Dalton should be a consistent starter, & he should work on defense
This team has too many egos that cannot hold themselves accountable. When things don’t go their way it’s never their fault, always look for a scapegoat. Until they get rid of the cancer in the locker room, they are going nowhere
Starts with the stars
@ yup, and when you have your stars like AD moping around cause he blew the game before with missed free throws, and lebron just out there stat padding, this is what you get
Trevor is so right with this one, Losing game is not the one which hurt the most, It's when you see them play they are like kids on the play ground who plays no defense at all, you will see their body language, every time they turn it over or missing shots or they force a shot but didn't get a foul. you'll see it every time. (teams taking advantage on that) people we need to move on from AR he is a liability. Ad, Lebron, DK is a rookie that can actually commit in defense. Cam is very good he just needs a little effort on chasing those fast breaks, We need that PG that can actually plays defense like suggs or sexton.
Wait a minute!! I thought their mediocre play was because of Ham? But you see the same issue with JJ! Wonder why that is 🤔
They would be 7-9 with ham instead of there current 10-6 stop it
@@playstationnintendowin489they were the SAME record last season at the same time with Ham y’all gotta stop lol
@@josephhandy8767and look at our schedule now, it’s gonna be a bloodbath.
Then we’ll come to this exact comment section and people will be blaming everyone.
People just have admit this team ain’t it. We’ve been chasing the Westbrook trade for 3 years now. They F’ed it up big time. We a had a good team, and they decided to trade every role player for RW because AD got injured vs the Suns.
And yeah I blame AD and Lebron. There’s no way in this world where we trade for RW without AD and Lebron agreeing to it. Pelinka was a pawn, AD and Lebron pushed for it, that’s why they met with RW before the trade was done.
That trade absolutely killed us. I’d rather lose because of injuries than losing because you straight up suck big time.
As teams know we’re desperate, we’re always going to get fleeced. It’s same with a house. If the buyers know you’re broke and you need the money, you’re gonna get fleeced. Can’t run from the inevitable
@josephhandy8767 I have seen 3 games this year where with ham and his crappy timeout usage and lack of timeouts they would have lost. Ham cost Lakers 6 games last year.
@ yeah Ham was terrible lol. But I’m saying they have the same exact record at this point last season too so we can’t say if they better or worse right now
Lets be honest Lebron is -5 for the season on 566 minutes. He can't do what he used to do. He won't be the 1st 2nd or 3rd best player on the court on most nights cuz he doesn't have the athleticism and quickness like he used to. That said it was still a team loss because whatever that second half was it was the entire team getting torched not just one player. Defense is effort, hustle, and imposing your will and the Lakers did none of that in the second half.
LeBystander doesn't want to play defense, so he can have energy to pad his stats. GOAT of load managing. You simply can't count on LeBum defending. Also GOAT of turnovers 👍
Then why don't you join and help the team on defense oh wait you're a couch potato watching and complaining Lebron is well known and got game money and talented what do you have to bring to the table I'll wait 🤣🤣🤣🤣stop hating and work on improving your boring azz life 🤣🤣🤣
If your leader (LBJ) is half-assing his way back down and defend, how would that inspire your team when his not even giving an ounce of effort? LBJ is even leading this team in turnovers, he loves to make lazy passes.
Of course he is giving a lot of effort and, yeah he is leading the team in turnovers, and how many more assists does he have than anyone else on the team? Anybody's D, 22 years in is not gonna be good by NBA standards. Why not pick on Rui. Considering he is in his prime-can hit 3's-good size-post-drive,but either doesn't have it between the ears or the shoulder blades to be a solid NBA player. he should average at least 16, or so a game with his skills. he has become a liability because he doesn't pass ,guard, or board well, so 10 or 12 a game doesn't cut the mustard. AD and LBJ carry this team, so they have to play great against good teams or we likely lose. Nice try at deflecting from AD, who was the main reason we lost. 6 for 19 on your homecourt, and what did Jokic do? That's the game right there.
@@vernpascal1531 I'm not referring to this lose only. LBJ has been inconsistent defensively. I agree that AD is bad against Denver because he's afraid of Jokic, but atleast AD's defense is felt in most of their games. Rui is a lost cause, the dude can't defend and terrible in finishing/driving to the basket. My point is that Bron should shame his teammates by just showing effort in the defensive end.
@@shizoshireimitv6224 I hear you. I know it was bad all around. They weren't competitive. If they lost by under 10 and played decent, pretty good it would have told the Nuggets and themselves that hey we got a shot at beating you if we meet again in the playoffs.
That’s why Darwin ham didn’t want to crash the boards… he wanted them to get back… this is why
They do neither, they stand in one spot the other team gets the boards and run while our guys are still standing in the same spot
Makes sense in theory. But they also sucked last year at fast break points so it didn’t help at all.
Exactly cause he was stuck with AR and DLO!!!
I kind of think ADs poor game vs Denver might be due to him still being rattled by those missed free throws vs Orlando
Everybody had a poor game honestly. The entire team was trash 🗑️ last night.
@@DustyThePlotagonist Yup
Poor excuse. He's the leader of our team. Gotta let that shit go. Defense is about effort, being good enough to do it AND DOING IT AS A TEAM! This deeper than AD
@tonyp4914 AD is not the leader of the team. And this is nothing against AD, it's just what it is. Some of you guys want AD to be the leader of the team so bad, but that's not the case. Yes, LeBron is and will be the leader. Even if AD makes more points or anything, it doesn't matter. And I'm saying this in a positive way, even though some of you won't be happy with that.
@@vesnam116 facts
Here me out, when people are healthy I'd try a DLo, DK, Vando, Bron, AD lineup with AR, Cam, Rui, Wood off the bench.
DLo was good for like 2 games off the bench, but like we saw last year, you don't get enough out of him off the bench. He needs to be in rhythm. And Rui has always been that scoring punch when Bron goes to the bench, idk why we changed that.
Need to bench delo permanently
And Denver didn’t even have Aaron Gordon 😢
All the energy and excitement I had for Reddick and this season all went out the window last night
I have been warning yall to stop overhyping those earlier wins against below average teams missing their best players. Glad yall finally see why 😂
@@godfreyevbuomwan4542hush beating the suns Timberwolves kings is no joke u gotta think we didn’t have our tallest rebounders or defensive players like Hayes wood or Vando different game if Hayes was atleast available no bigs for Denver last night n it showed
@@zkupnext_9294 we have played a double digit amount of games and yall are still using the same 3 games to convince me that they are a good team. Hayes and Wood are not real centers and will not have an impact on Jokic. Can you tell me when Vando is coming back? Yall need to stop bringing up Vando as an excuse and accept that this is the team we are stuck with due to Rob Pelinka being an idiot. The only player that has any chance of returning soon is Hayes and that still doesn’t answer all the problems with this team
@godfreyevbuomwan4542 lol 😆 yup 💯
I am starting to see why AD has never won dpoy, walks back in transition and whe he makes a basket he always ends up on the pine
We created this Defensive Sh*t Show when We allowed KCP/Kuz/Carushow to leave El Segundo!!! And, I think the only way The Basketball 🏀 Universe will Bless US is getting these exact players bac or similar players.
• Let’s Trade for Kuz
• Find a similar Carushow if He Resigns with OKC this Summer and
• ORL is not Trading KCP so, find a similar KCP.
They don't know how to box out..they get pushed under the rim..box OUT. so they get a stop,and don't capitalize.A.D also ends up on the floor often,so even on made baskets he lags behind on teams that push they ball.Loose balls,butter fingers.Eveyone wants to blame A.R,but how many times is he the only one back on a 2 on1 breakout!!
There is NO FIX WE JUST HAVE TO LEAN ON OFFENCE AND TRY TO OUTSCORE TEAMS
27th defense b/c Rob gets paid to do nothing 🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️🗑️
JJ is not a defense coach and like Ham it comes down to Defense and heart a coach can not fix these.
💯
Jeanie, please tell me Pelinka is at the end of his rope.
lebron does not fvcking defend setting an example very very well at least the team follows him
This is the reason why for instance a bad shooter seems becoming a decent shooter because they disrespect the Lakers defense.
The league has gone so young that transition defense and depth have become so important. Relying heavily on 2 older Superstars is not the answer in the regular season.
Lakers have the players for defense but they don’t play them,because Davis and Lebron are the so called stars that can’t play defense and even the reporters blame everyone but them when it’s clearly the problem ,Lebron only plays on chase down plays and Davis only goes for blocks no position for neither of them and they both play soft at the wrong time,Lakers can build defense oriented team with Christy,Reddish,Hayes,Traore and Olivari but can’t because Lebron would balk !!!!!
Rob should have never drafted Christi. He has not developed in 3 years. He does not know how to dribble the ball and get his own shot. He has been underwhelming. When is Rob Pelinka going to be held accountable?
LBJ havent been given any effort on defence for years, so to make up for that, the rest of the team have to make up for that.
It’s the same crap as before… AD looks afraid to go inside and is obviously intimidated by the Joker!! It appears to be a mental issue. They lack confidence and the mental toughness to compete against Denver!! Bunch of P’s!!!
U summed everything in 15 seconds
no freaking defense. they can barely beat a crap team BUT it gets exposed terribly against good teams
Redick should require Lakers Nation as part of film study
Dalton has to get the ball more, sitting in the corner and waiting yo get open just isn’t going to cut it against good teams he has to keep moving
If Rob Pelinka doesn’t make trades then this team is doomed for a first round exit
It's quite simple. If the leader of the team quits on defense and isn't held accountable, it effects the morale of the entire team. Lebron is playing out of his mind on offense. But he hasn't boxed out on a rebound in 3 years, and he will not defend the basket at all. I'm not hating on Lebron, but leaders have to lead by example.
All of this is on the front office. We had a dawg in Dennis, maybe not the best with decisions or sometimes efficiency, but never can you question his effort. Could have had J Valanciunas FOR NOTHING this offseason, now wizards want a few 2nd round picks maybe a 1st! Got Gabe, an undersized defensive SG, that is a worse than average shooter all his career, but they saw 1 good playoff run and thought yeah, that's the guy. JHS never had a great ceiling, but had a low floor, so instead of gambling on a Whitmore, we'll take a guard, when we had 4 other guards! Just absolute incompetence in the FO and everyone still has their jobs.
of course, it's your boi Rob Bryant Pelinka! 😂😂😂
The Lakers losses, cuz of their own doing. Complacency of players coaches and management😢😢😢😢Defense wins championships which Lakers do not have.
Its time for Pelinka to prove himself like he did in 2023. When they made a trip to the western conference finals. I wouldn't be mad if we can turn dlo and Rui into Dennis Shroeder and Cam Johnson. At least you'll get defense out of those two. I like Rui but he's the same type of player like Lebron. We need better Defense.
Our defense is so bad even when we do get a stop it’s a offensive rebound 😂😂Rui is to big to be that terrible at rebounding or helping I forget he’s on the floor at times and dlo n reaves are just terrible defensively
Right on all points bro
No timeouts called during third quarter collapse? Come on JJ don't be a Ham🙄
Embarrassing defense and AD won’t be DPOY because the defense is trash
You can't tell me the difference between this team being a top 5 defence compared to now one of the worst ones is a healthy Vando, because that's what we were post trade 2 years ago. All the main pieces are the same. I love our guys, but it's time to shake the globe, some guys need to go, they've become complacent, too comfortable and that's not okay. Otherwise, our ceiling is top 5 seed, maybe 2nd round
Man you ALL act like Dennis Schroder wasn’t a major part of EVERY closing lineup along with Vando🤦🏾♂️
@@JX9917exactly
We've been saying the same Ole shiz since 2020. At this point, it's just front office incompetent
This roster construction will never be a good defense team especially without Vando
Somebody said Bronny is a defensive stopper.........
We are getting killed on the boards which is lack of defensive intensity.
Turning the ball over is just plain sloppy. Poor shooting from DLo and Dalton hurt us tonight.
*sigh* why are they making it so hard to fix that problem on defense and lack of size? Cmon now Lakers! Fix that issue already goddamn!
It starts at the top......when your leader minimizes D, doesn't blockout or rotate & help....argues every call. It does not matter the coach.......throw in his epic turnover rate, 39 last 7 gms....Lakers are stuck, again.
JJ-Ham/JJ-can'tCoach is a FRAUD and getting exposed. His substitution s are poor. He has lost the locker room already. They realized that he doesn't know ANYTHING. That is the reason his team is quitting on them, and not listening to him, Btw, REEVES is responsible for preventing the fast break. He should be traded. We have knecht, we do not need REEVES poor defense.
Pelinka is next. If no good trade by Feb, he's gone. Welcome, Myers!
They really need to get a big man that can defend the paint. That will allow AD to roam more and allow the guards to extend a little more.
Starters: Dlo Dalton Cam LeBron AD
Bench: Austin Gabe Max Rui Koloko
I've been saying this is the best starting lineup for the Lakers, the Lakers can't have Rui playing SF he's too SLOW alongside slow DLO and Reaves it just doesn't make sense, play Rui as a PF when James on the bench
yup
Defense!!! What!!!? Defense!!!!
This team can't win with how they are performing in terms of defense. They need to re-tool the roster and get some guys that can play defense, and also DLO and Gabe need to get out of this team.
AD has been horrible last 2 games
Bron plays defense 10 minutes out of every game.
Great video
90% of the Lakers roster are one dimensional players and it’s a good chance that one thing they’re good at doesn’t happen in the game
Age is no excuse for not giving an effort to not play defense. Stop making excuses for the old guy, make him accountable.
Let’s see how u play defense at 40 years old
So we're supposed to be fine with no accountability from a player ? We know DLo and Reaves are trash on defense but God forbid you mention Lebron. He's supposed to get a pass, right ? Psh.
Teams actually set picks to get mismatches against Reaves and you complaining about LeBron??
@@logicalbrotherYou're concerned about a role player on the team and not the star? Makes no sense.
@@w.w.1348that was so dumb what u jus said😂
It’s all about making adjustments weather it’s made by the coach or players and the effort is not there
Rob Pelinka should have made some small moves during the off season
Rob not making a trade because his Kobe Bryant agent. I wish Jeanie Buss sale the team. She can't do it or the brothers so sale It.
What did you expect? The team hasn’t changed trade the whole bench
The Lakers need some DAWGS. The team is just too "cool"...
Lakers are finally be exposed. I’ve known once Lakers start playing good teams they will exposed as a terrible team. Lakers aren’t going anywhere fast.
We know defense are not scheme or coach based. Its player based . They are playing denver every year and they are arguably worst now than before. Now I think its the players that dont like playing d
Jokic and Porter did most of the damage in this game. Lakers’ bigs AD, Lebron, Rui failed in defense. Perhaps this is where a Vando or Hayes paired with AD could have done a better job. Going forward, JJ Redick will have time to make adjustments to their game and hold players accountable for their performance in executing the game plan.
JUST TRADE RUSSLE N MAX AND DRAFT PICKS FOR ZACH ASAP PLEASE!!!!
Am I the only one who’s starting to hate Rui n reaves just as much as dlo ??? Rui is a terrible rebounder for his size bad defender and iq isn’t there and reaves guarding these bigger guys won’t work like mpj that’s a nono and dlo I’m just completely done
If u notice we commit one mistake on offense we lose the game vs Nuggets. When Bron missed the point blank layup & open 3 at the end of 2nd qtr i knew Nuggets will come back
Never seen Trevor this upset after a game. Tells you all you need to know about the current situation. I'm more sad than upset at our guys because there's only so much an aging Lebron and a hobbled AD can do to prop up the defense. Can't be too upset at AD given he's being asked to be the focal point on both sides for 40 minutes a night on one foot.
We need to make a trade with Washington for Valanciunas and Kuzma.We need help in the paint with a big body like Valanciunas and a big perimeter defender like Kuzma,and both can give a good punch on Offense
Lebron, reaves and dlo are traffic cones
Fire 🔥 Rob pelinkadummy and hire trevor Lane to take his job🎉
I think you guys missed the point where Pelinka said after they reach 20+ games and this problem is still persistent, they should do something. But for now. Let's see what happens in the next five to six games.
I didn't see any sets being run they looked like they was playing pick up ball... we will make any Legit noise if they don't make a Trade or 2.
There's nothing to figure out with these group. KD, Joker and Wagner were switching on to the Lakers guards and there's nothing you can do about that except trade for wings and Bigs
No amount of coping will change the fact Denver has won 13 of 14. Until Pelinka does his job nothing else matters..